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
Record3–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainEugene V. Baker
Home stadiumHamilton Park
1877 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    3 0 1
Princeton    2 0 1
Amherst    1 0 0
Harvard    3 1 0
Columbia    2 2 0
Rutgers    1 2 0
Stevens    1 3 0
Tufts    0 3 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 3TuftsW 1–0[3]
November 21Trinity (CT)
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 7–0[4]
November 24Stevens
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–0[5]
December 8vs. Princeton
T 0–02,000–3,000[6][7]

[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. "1877 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "The Tufts Football Team Defeated By Yale". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1877. p. 5. Retrieved March 26, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Football—A Fine Game Between Yale And Trinity". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 22, 1877. p. 5. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. "Foot-Ball Matters At Yale". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 25, 1877. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "Great Football Game.—Yale and Princeton Teams Playing for the Championship". New York Herald. New York, New York. December 9, 1877. p. 12. Retrieved March 26, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "The Sporting World—Football Match between Yale and Princeton". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. December 9, 1877. p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.


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