1874 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1874 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1874 college football season. The team finished with a 3–0 record and was retroactively named national champion by the National Championship Foundation and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2] The team captain was Hugh J. McBirney.[3]

1874 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion (NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1874 record3–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainHugh J. McBirney
Home stadiumHamilton Park
1874 college football records
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Yale      3 0 0
Princeton      2 0 0
Harvard      1 1 0
Tufts      1 0 0
Stevens      3 1 0
Rutgers      1 3 0
Columbia      1 5 0
NYU      0 1 0
McGill      0 1 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 18StevensW 6–0
November 21Columbia
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 5–1
December 5Columbia
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 6–1

References

  1. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. "1874 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "Timeline of Yale Football". Yale University. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
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