1894 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1894 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion (Billingsley, Helms, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1894 record16–0
Head coach
  • William Rhodes (2nd season)
CaptainFrank Hinkey
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →
1894 Eastern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   16 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   12 – 0 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 0 – 1
Harvard   –   11 – 2 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 2 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   7 – 2 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   10 – 5 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 1 – 1
Army   –   3 – 2 – 0
Frankin & Marshall   –   6 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 4 – 1
Amherst   –   7 – 5 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   4 – 3 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   3 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   5 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn   –   1 – 1 – 0
Lafayette   –   5 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   5 – 9 – 0
Williams   –   1 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 3 – 0
MIT   –   1 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   1 – 6 – 0
Carlisle   –   1 – 8 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 3 – 0
Wesleyan   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1894 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1894 college football season. The team finished with a 16–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2]

The Bulldogs' 16–0 record would not be matched again at any level of college football until 125 years later with the 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team which won the 2019 FCS national championship.[3]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 42–0
October 3Brown
W 28–0
October 6at Crescent Athletic Club
  • Eastern Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 10–03,000[4]
October 10Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–4
October 13vs. LehighNew York, NYW 34–0
October 17vs. Dartmouth
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA
W 34–0
October 20at Orange Athletic Club
W 24–02,500[5]
October 24Boston Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–0
October 27at Army
  • The Plain
  • West Point, NY
W 12–5
October 31Volunteer (NY) Athletic Club
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 42–0
November 3BrownProvidence, RIW 12–0
November 7Tufts
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 67–0
November 10vs. LehighNew York, NYW 50–0
November 14Chicago Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 48–0
November 24vs. Harvard
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA (rivalry)
W 12–423,000[6]
December 1vs. PrincetonNew York, NY (rivalry)W 24–0

[2]

References[]

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "1894 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "North Dakota State beats James Madison, wins eighth FCS title". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 11, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  4. ^ "On the Gridiron: Yale Surprised at the Crescent Team's Strength". The Brooklyn Citizen. October 7, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Yale, 24; Orange A.C, O". The Sun. October 21, 1894. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Yale 12, Harvard 4". The Boston Globe. November 25, 1894. pp. 1, 2, 4 – via NewspaperArchive.
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