1895 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1895 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record13–0–2
Head coach
CaptainSam Thorne
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   14 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   10 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   8 – 2 – 1
Lafayette   –   6 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 2
Army   –   5 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   7 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   8 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 2 – 0
Wesleyan   –   6 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   6 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   7 – 6 – 1
Carlisle   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   2 – 2 – 3
Cornell   –   3 – 4 – 1
Rutgers   –   3 – 4 – 0
New Hampshire   –   2 – 3 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   2 – 4 – 2
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 4 – 2
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
MIT   –   1 – 4 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   1 – 4 – 0
Massachusetts   –   1 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   1 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 5 – 0

The 1895 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1895 college football season. The team finished with a 13–0–2 record, shut out 10 of 15 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 316 to 38.[1] John A. Hartwell was the head coach, and Sam Thorne was the team captain.

There was no contemporaneous system in 1895 for determining a national champion. However, Yale was retroactively named as the co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[2] Most selectors designated Penn (perfect 14–0 record) as the national champion for 1895; Yale and Penn did not play during the 1895 season.

Two Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1895 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: halfback Sam Thorne and tackle Fred T. Murphy.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 8–0800[4]
October 2Brown
W 4–0[5]
October 5at Union (NY)
W 26–05,000[6]
October 9Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 36–0[7]
October 12at Crescent Athletic Club
W 8–2[8]
October 16Dartmouth
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 26–0[9]
October 193:30 p.m.at Orange Athletic Club
W 24–126,000[10][11]
October 23Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 54–0[12]
October 26Boston Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
T 0–0[13]
October 30Dartmouth
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 32–01,500[14]
November 2at Army
W 28–8[15]
November 6Carlisle
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–0[16]
November 9at Brown
T 6–63,000[17]
November 16at Orange Athletic ClubOrange, NJW 26–0[18]
November 23vs. Princeton
W 20–1035,000[19]

[1]

Posed photo of the full roster of the 1895 Yale football team

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "1895 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  3. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "Yale's First Game: Capt Thorne Obliged to be Satisfied With Two Touchdowns Against Trinity". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1895. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Brown Held Yale". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 3, 1895. p. 12. Retrieved March 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Yale Defeated Union". Buffalo Courier. October 6, 1895. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Yale Was Strong: Defeated Amherst 38 to 0 in Best Game Played This Season". Boston Post. October 10, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Crescents Surprise Yale". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 13, 1895. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tale Defeats Dartmouth 26 to 0". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 17, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Football, Orange Oval, To-day, 3:30". The Sun. October 19, 1895. p. 4. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  11. ^ "Yale 24; Orange 12". The New York Times. October 20, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  12. ^ "Yale's Strong Game: Beat Williams 54 to 0 by Playing Fine Football". The New York Times. October 24, 1895. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "B.A.A. Prevents Yale Scoring: Yale Could Not Score". The Boston Globe. October 27, 1895. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Yale 32, Dartmouth 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 27, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Yale, 28; West Point, 8: Cadets Played Great Game and Led Yale at First". Boston Post. November 3, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Yale Beat the Indians: Score 18 to 0 After a Hard Fought Game". The Morning Journal-Courier. November 7, 1895. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Yale 6, Brown 6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 10, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved March 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Played An Imaginary Eleven". The Buffalo Sunday Morning News. November 17, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  19. ^ "Yale Downs the Tiger: Princeton Defeated on Manhattan Field by a Score of 20 to 10". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1895. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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