1876 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1876 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1876 college football season. The team finished with a 3–0 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1][2] The Yale team defeated rival Harvard for the first time.

1876 Yale Bulldogs football
Consensus national champion
ConferenceIndependent
1876 record3–0
Head coachNone
CaptainEugene V. Baker
Home stadiumHamilton Park
1876 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale      3 0 0
Rutgers      1 0 0
Harvard      3 1 0
Princeton      3 2 0
Stevens      2 2 0
Penn      1 2 0
Columbia      1 3 0
Canada All-Stars      0 1 0
McGill      0 1 0
NYU      0 1 0
Philadelphia All-Stars      0 1 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
November 18HarvardW 1–02,000
November 30vs. PrincetonW 2–0>1,000[3]
December 9vs. ColumbiaHoboken, NJW 2–0

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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. "1876 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "Foot-Ball, from the New York Herald, Dec. 1st". The Buffalo Commercial. December 2, 1876. p. 2.
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