1911 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1911 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1911 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 7–2–1 record under first-year head coach John Field.[1]

1911 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
1911 record7–2–1
Head coachJohn Field (1st season)
CaptainArt Howe
Home stadiumYale Field
1911 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn State      8 0 1
Carlisle      11 1 0
Princeton      8 0 2
Trinity (CT)      6 0 2
Temple      6 1 0
Army      6 1 1
Dartmouth      8 2 0
Lafayette      8 2 0
Yale      7 2 1
Harvard      6 2 1
Cornell      7 3 0
Rhode Island State      5 2 1
Brown      7 3 1
Penn      7 4 0
Pittsburgh      4 3 1
Washington & Jefferson      6 4 0
Syracuse      5 3 2
Lehigh      5 5 1
Rutgers      4 4 1
St. Bonaventure      2 2 0
Carnegie Tech      4 5 0
Tufts      3 4 0
NYU      1 3 3
Colgate      3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall      3 6 0
Villanova      0 5 1
Geneva      0 6 1
Boston College      0 7 0

Three Yale players, end Douglas Bomeisler, center Hank Ketcham and quarterback Art Howe, were consensus picks for the 1911 College Football All-America Team. Walter Camp's son, Walter C. Camp, Jr., played at the halfback position for the 1911 Bulldogs and received second-team All-America honors from his father and from Wilton S. Farnsworth.[2][3] Yale fullback Jesse Philbin also received first-team All-America honors from Farnsworth.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 27 WesleyanW 21–0
September 30 Holy Cross
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 26–0
October 7 Syracuse
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 12–0
October 14 Virginia Polytechnic
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 33–0
October 21at ArmyL 0–6
October 28 Colgate
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–0
November 4 NYU
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–3
November 11 Brown
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 15–0
November 18 Princeton
L 3–6
November 25at Harvard T 0–0

References

  1. "1911 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "Walter Camp Picks All-American Team: Unquestioned Football Authority of Country Selects Best Men". The Lexington Herald. 1911-12-10.
  3. "Latest Sporting News All-American Football Team Selected by W. S. Farnsworth". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1911-12-10.
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