1877 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1877 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1877 college football season. The team finished with a 3–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the National Championship Foundation and co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2]

1877 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion (NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1877 record3–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainEugene V. Baker
Home stadiumHamilton Park
1877 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale      3 0 1
Princeton      2 0 1
Amherst      1 0 0
Harvard      3 1 0
Columbia      2 3 0
Rutgers      1 2 0
Stevens      1 3 0
Tufts      0 3 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 3TuftsW 1–0
November 21Trinity (CT)
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 7–0
December 2Columbia
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 1–0
December 8vs. PrincetonHoboken, NJ (rivalry)T 0–0

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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. "1877 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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