1896 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1896 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1896 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 13–1 record under first-year head coach Sam Thorne. The team recorded nine shutouts and won its first 13 games by a combined 212 to 29 score. It then lost its final game against rival Princeton by a 24–6 score.[1]

1896 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
1896 record	13–1
Head coach	Sam Thorne (1st season)
Home stadium	Yale Field

1896 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Fordham			–					1	–	0	–	0
Lafayette			–					11	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					14	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					11	–	2	–	0
Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	2
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Storrs			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Villanova			–					10	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	0
Carlisle			–					5	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					6	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	5	–	1
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	1
Frankin & Marshall			–					3	–	4	–	2
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					3	–	6	–	1
Holy Cross			–					1	–	3	–	2
Western Univ. Penn.			–					3	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					2	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	6	–	1
New Hampshire			–					1	–	4	–	0
Massachusetts			–					0	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island			–					0	–	4	–	0

Two Yale players, quarterback Clarence Fincke and tackle Fred T. Murphy, were consensus picks for the 1896 College Football All-America Team.[2] Leslie's Weekly also picked three other Yale players (ends Lyman Bass and Louis Hinkey and center Burr Chamberlain) as 1896 first-team All-America players.[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	W 6–0		[4]
September 30	Amherst	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 12–0		[5]
October 7	Brown	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 18–0		[6]
October 10	vs. Orange Athletic Club	Orange Oval Orange, NJ	W 12–0	1,000	[7]
October 14	Williams	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 22–0		[8]
October 17	Dartmouth	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 42–0		[9]
October 21	Wesleyan	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 16–0		[10]
October 24	vs. Carlisle	Manhattan Field New York, NY	W 12–6	5,000	[11]
October 28	Elizabeth A. C.	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 12–6		[12]
October 31	at Army	Parade grounds West Point, NY	W 16–2		[13]
November 3	Boston Athletic Association	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 10–0	2,500	[14]
November 7	at Brown	Providence, RI	W 18–6	2,500	[15]
November 14	New Jersey A.C.	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 16–0		[16]
November 21	Princeton	Manhattan Field New York, NY (rivalry)	L 6–24	35,000	[17]

References

1. "1896 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. "All-America Addendum" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter. February 2001.
4. "Yale Scores But Once On Trinity's Eleven". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 27, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Amherst Gives Yale a Hard Tussle". Boston Post. October 1, 1896. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Victory for the Blue". Chicago Tribune. October 8, 1896. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Yale, 12; Orange, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 11, 1896. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Yale, 22; Williams, O". Boston Post. October 15, 1896. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Yale Beats Dartmouth Easily". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 18, 1896. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Yale, 16; Wesleyan, 0". Boston Post. October 22, 1896. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Yale Had a Close Call". The New York Times. October 25, 1896. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Close Formation Plays Give Yale a Surprise: Elizabeth A. C. Scores Six Points, and the Blue Goes Them Six Points Better". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1896. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Yale, 16; West Point, 2". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 1, 1896. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Yale, 10; Boston A.A., 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1896. p. 10.
15. "Brown University Scores Against Yale". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 8, 1896. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
16. "Yale Held Down: Scored But Sixteen Points Against the New Jersey Athletic Club". Washington Times. November 15, 1896. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
17. "Nassau Beats Eli: Princeton Football Players Bowled Over Yale's Warriors and Won Easily on Manhattan Field". The New York Times. November 22, 1896. pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.