1887 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1887 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1887 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1][2]

1887 Yale Bulldogs football
Consensus national champion
IFA champion
ConferenceIntercollegiate Football Association
1887 record9–0 ( IFA)
Head coachNone
CaptainHarry Beecher
Home stadiumYale Field
1887 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale      9 0 0
Penn State      2 0 0
Harvard      10 1 0
Lafayette      7 2 0
Princeton      7 2 0
Lehigh      4 3 0
Trinity (CT)      3 3 1
Penn      6 7 0
Wesleyan      4 5 0
Amherst      4 6 0
Massachusetts      2 3 0
Rutgers      3 6 0
Tufts      3 6 0
Cornell      0 2 0
Franklin & Marshall      0 2 0
Stevens      0 6 1
Bucknell         
Union (NY)         
Worcester Tech         

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 5WesleyanW 38–0
October 15at WesleyanMiddletown, CTW 106–0
October 22at WilliamsWilliamstown, MAW 74–0
October 29at PennPhiladelphia, PAW 50–0
November 6Rutgers
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 74–0
November 8at Crescent Athletic ClubW 70–0[3]
November 12Wesleyan
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 76–4
November 19vs. PrincetonNew York, NY (rivalry)W 12–0
November 24vs. Harvard
W 17–8

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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. "1887 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "Yale Foot Ball Kickers: Harry Beecher Helped Them Annihilate the Brookly Crescents". The Brooklyn Daily Eagles. November 9, 1887. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
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