1885 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1885 Yale Bulldogs football
Yale Bulldogs football team (1885).jpg
ConferenceIndependent
1885 record7–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1884
1886 →
1885 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     9 0 0
Michigan     3 0 0
Colorado College     1 0 0
Yale     7 1 0
Cincinnati     1 0 1
Penn     8 5 0
Lafayette     3 2 1
Massachusetts     3 2 1
Johns Hopkins     2 2 0
Richmond     1 1 0
Wesleyan     3 4 0
Navy     1 2 0
Lehigh     1 5 1
Rutgers     0 1 0
Fordham     0 3 0

The 1885 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1885 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 7–1 record. The team recorded six shutouts and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 366 to 11. Its only loss was against rival Princeton by a 6–5 score.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 10at StevensHoboken, NJW 55–0
October 14vs. WesleyanBoston, MAW 18–0
October 28WesleyanW 71–0
October 31at MITBoston, MAW 51–0
November 3Crescent Athletic Club
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 52–0[2]
November 14at PennPhiladelphia, PAW 53–5
November 21Princeton
L 5–6
November 26vs. WesleyanNew York, NYW 61–0

[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "1885 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Yale Wins the Game". The New York Times. November 4, 1885. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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