1894 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1894 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1894 college football season. The team finished with a 16–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2]

1894 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion (Billingsley, Helms, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1894 record16–0
Head coach
CaptainFrank Hinkey
Home stadiumYale Field
1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale      16 0 0
Penn      12 0 0
Villanova      1 0 0
Penn State      6 0 1
Harvard      11 2 0
Geneva      5 1 0
Princeton      8 2 0
Temple      4 1 0
Pittsburgh College      7 2 1
Brown      10 5 0
Bucknell      5 3 0
Colgate      2 1 1
Army      3 2 0
Frankin & Marshall      6 4 0
Cornell      6 4 1
Amherst      7 5 0
Trinity (CT)      4 3 0
Syracuse      6 5 0
Tufts      6 5 0
Boston College      3 3 0
Massachusetts      3 3 0
Western Univ. Penn      1 1 0
Lafayette      5 6 0
New Hampshire      2 3 0
Rutgers      4 6 0
Lehigh      5 9 0
Drexel      1 2 1
Williams      1 3 0
MIT      1 4 0
Carlisle      1 8 0
NYU      0 3 0
Wesleyan      0 5 0

The Bulldogs' 16–0 record would not be matched again at any level of college football until 125 years later in the 2019 season, when North Dakota State won the NCAA Division I FCS national title with said record.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 42–0
October 3BrownW 28–0
October 6at Crescent Athletic ClubW 10–03,000[4]
October 10Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–4
October 13vs. LehighNew York, NYW 34–0
October 17vs. DartmouthW 34–0
October 20at Orange Athletic ClubW 24–02,500[5]
October 24Boston Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–0
October 27at ArmyW 12–5
October 31Volunteer (NY) Athletic Club
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 42–0
November 3BrownProvidence, RIW 12–0
November 7Tufts
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 67–0
November 10vs. LehighNew York, NYW 50–0
November 14Chicago Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 48–0
November 24vs. Harvard
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA (rivalry)
W 12–4
December 1vs. PrincetonNew York, NY (rivalry)W 24–0

[2]

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. "1894 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "North Dakota State beats James Madison, wins eighth FCS title". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 11, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  4. "On the Gridiron: Yale Surprised at the Crescent Team's Strength". The Brooklyn Citizen. October 7, 1894. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Yale, 24; Orange A.C, O". The Sun. October 21, 1894. p. 8 via Newspapers.com.
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