1882 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1882 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1882 college football season. The team compiled an 8–0 record, shut out seven of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents, 51 to 1.[1] The team was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[2]

1882 Yale Bulldogs football
Consensus national champion
Conference	Independent
1882 record	8–0
Head coach	None
Captain	Ray Tompkins
Home stadium	Hamilton Park

1882 college football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					8	–	0	–	0
Colorado College			–					1	–	0	–	0
Navy			–					1	–	0	–	0
Richmond			–					1	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					7	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					3	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					6	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	1	–	0
Lake Forest			–					1	–	1	–	0
Minnesota			–					1	–	1	–	0
Northwestern			–					1	–	1	–	0
Stevens			–					1	–	1	–	1
Amherst			–					2	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					2	–	4	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	2	–	0
MIT			–					1	–	4	–	0
Randolph–Macon			–					0	–	1	–	0
Lafayette			–					0	–	2	–	0
McGill			–					0	–	2	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					0	–	5	–	0
Michigan			–					0	–	0	–	0

Henry Twombly, the team's quarterback, became a lawyer who participated in the incorporation of General Electric and Otis Elevator Company.[3] Ray Tompkins was the team captain of the 1882 and 1883 teams.[4] He became the president of the Chemung Canal Trust Company.[5] Halfback Wyllys Terry went on to set a college football record in 1884 with a 115-yard run against Wesleyan.[6] Rusher Louis K. Hull was also captain of the rowing team and was credited with winning more athletic letters than any Yale student.[7] Back Benjamin Wisner Bacon became a noted theologian and leader of the Yale Divinity School.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 7	Wesleyan	Hamilton Park New Haven, CT	W 9–0		[8]
October 21	Rutgers	Hamilton Park New Haven, CT	W 9–0		[9]
October 28	at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	W 5–0
November 4	MIT	Hamilton Park New Haven, CT	W 6–0
November 8	at Amherst	Amherst, MA	W 8–0
November 18	Columbia	Hamilton Park New Haven, CT	W 11–0	600	[10]
November 25	at Harvard	Holmes Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 1–0	3,000–4,000	[11]
November 30	vs. Princeton	Polo Grounds New York, NY (rivalry)	W 2–1	6,000–7,000	[12]

[1]

Roster

• Rushers: Howard H. Knapp, William Hugh Hyndman, Ray Tompkins, Louis K. Hull, F. G. Peters, Charles S. Beck, and A. L. Farwell[12][11]
• Quarterback: Henry Twombly[12][11]
• Halfbacks: Eugene Lamb Richards and Wyllys Terry[12][11]
• Back: Benjamin Wisner Bacon[12][11]

References

1. "1882 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
3. "H. B. Twombly, Yale Grid Hero, Attorney, Dies". Chicago Tribune. March 1, 1955. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Tompkins, Old Yale Grid Star, Dies". The Pittsburgh Press. July 19, 1918. p. 27.
5. "Elmira Banker Expires". Democrat and Chronicle. July 1, 1918. p. 2.
6. "Old Yale Blue Terry, 84, Who Once Ran 115 Yards Against Wesleyan, Succumbs". Hartford Courant. April 23, 1949. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Louis K. Hull Funeral Is Set for Wednesday". The Minneapolis Star. November 23, 1931. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Foot Ball at Yale". The Times (Philadelphia). October 8, 1882. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Foot Ball". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 24, 1882. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Yale Defeats Columbia". The New York Times. November 19, 1882. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "College Foot-Ball: A Lively Match Between The Harvard and Yale Teams". The New York Times. November 26, 1882. p. 9.
12. "Yale's Great Victory". The New York Times. December 1, 1882. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.