1898 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1898 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1898 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 9–2 record under second-year head coach Frank Butterworth. The team recorded seven shutouts and won its first nine games by a combined 146 to 11 score. It then lost its final two games against rivals Princeton (6–0) and Harvard (17–0).[1]

1898 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
1898 record	9–2
Head coach	Frank Butterworth (2nd season)
Captain	Burr Chamberlain
Home stadium	Yale Field

1898 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Drexel			–					7	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					12	–	1	–	0
Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					10	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Yale			–					9	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Western Penn.			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					5	–	4	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	1	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	4	–	2
New Hampshire			–					4	–	4	–	0
Amherst			–					4	–	5	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	4	–	1
Lehigh			–					3	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	0
Lafayette			–					3	–	8	–	0
Geneva			–					1	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					1	–	9	–	0

Three Yale players, halfback Malcolm McBride and guards Burr Chamberlain and Gordon Brown, were consensus picks for the 1898 College Football All-America Team.[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	W 18–0		[3]
October 1	Wesleyan	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 5–0		[4]
October 5	Amherst	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 34–0		[5]
October 8	Williams	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 23–0		[6]
October 15	at Newton Athletic Association	Newton, MA	W 6–0		[7]
October 19	Brown	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 22–6		[8]
October 22	Carlisle	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 18–5		[9]
October 29	at Army	West Point, NY	W 10–0	5,000	[10]
November 5	Chicago Athletic Association	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 10–0		[11]
November 12	at Princeton	Brokaw Field Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 0–6	16,500	[12]
November 19	Harvard	New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 0–17	17,500	[13]

References

1. "1898 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
3. "Yale's First Game: The New Have Collegians Defeat Trinity 18 to 0". The Times (Philadelphia). September 25, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Yale's Small Score". The Times (Philadelphia). October 2, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Yale Plays Fiercely: Puts Up a Game That Greatly Pleases Her Supporters". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 6, 1898. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Yale Makes Twenty-Three: And Is Nearly Scored on in the Last Half by Williams". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 9, 1898. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Narrow Escape: Yale Defeated the Newton A.A. Team, But It Was by a Narrow Margin". The Illustrated Buffalo Express. October 16, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Brown Scores on Yale". Chicago Tribune. October 20, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Yale, 18; Carlisle Indians, 5". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 23, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Fall In Brilliant Defeat: West Point Beaten By Yale After a Game Struggle". Chicago Tribune. October 30, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Yale, 10; Chicago A.A., 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 6, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Princeton Is Victorious". The New York Times. November 13, 1898. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Harvard Is The Victor". The New York Times. November 20, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.