1897 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1897 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0–2 record, shut out seven of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 170 to 35.[1] Frank Butterworth was the head coach.

1897 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0–2
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Field
1897 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn   –  15 –0 –0
Princeton   –  10 –1 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  10 –1 –0
Yale   –  9 –0 –2
Buffalo   –  9 –1 –0
Harvard   –  10 –1 –1
Army   –  6 –1 –1
Vermont   –  3 –0 –2
Lafayette   –  9 –2 –1
Drexel   –  6 –2 –1
Colgate   –  5 –2 –1
Dickinson   –  7 –3 –2
Swarthmore   –  7 –3 –2
Fordham   –  2 –1 –1
Cornell   –  5 –3 –1
Syracuse   –  5 –3 –1
Brown   –  7 –4 –0
Carlisle   –  6 –4 –0
Boston College   –  4 –3 –0
Holy Cross   –  4 –3 –1
Bucknell   –  3 –3 –1
NYU   –  3 –3 –0
Temple   –  3 –3 –0
Trinity (CT)   –  4 –4 –1
Wesleyan   –  6 –6 –0
Tufts   –  6 –7 –0
Geneva   –  3 –4 –1
Pittsburgh College   –  3 –5 –2
Villanova   –  3 –5 –1
Penn State   –  3 –6 –0
Amherst   –  2 –6 –2
Frankin & Marshall   –  2 –6 –2
Lehigh   –  3 –7 –0
New Hampshire   –  2 –5 –0
Rutgers   –  2 –6 –0
Western Univ. Penn.   –  1 –3 –0

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 15–0 record) as the national champion for 1897; Yale and Penn did not play during the 1897 season.

Four Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1897 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback Charles de Saulles; end John A. Hall; guard Gordon Brown; and tackle Burr Chamberlain.[3] Other notable players included halfback Charles T. Dudley, fullback Malcolm McBride, center George Cadwalader, guard Charles Chadwick, and tackle James O. Rodgers.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Trinity (CT)
W 10–0800[4]
October 2Wesleyan
W 30–0[5]
October 6Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–0[6]
October 9Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 32–0[7]
October 16at Newton Athletic AssociationNewton, MAW 10–0[8]
October 20Brown
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–142,000[9]
October 23vs. Carlisle
W 24–99,000–13,000[10][11]
October 30at Army
T 6–6[12]
November 6Chicago Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–6[13]
November 13at Harvard
T 0–025,000[14]
November 20Princeton
W 6–018,000[15]

[1]

References
  1. "1897 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. ""Not So Warm" Just Yet: Yale Scores Only 10 Against Trinity and U. of P. is Scored on at Home". The boston Globe. September 30, 1897. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.}
  5. "Yale 30, Wesleyan 0". The Boston Globe. October 3, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Yale Is Encouraged". The Boston Globe. October 7, 1897. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Yale 32, Williams 0". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Yale Defeats Newton A.A." The Boston Globe. October 17, 1897. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "On The Football Field". The Meridien Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. October 21, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. "Nine Points Scored Against Old Eli". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 24, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. "Yale Beats the Indians". The New York Times. October 24, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Yale Humiliated BY: Yale Is Outplayed at Every Point". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 31, 1897. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Score Against Yale: C.A.A. Eleven Plays a Plucky Game at New Haven". Chicago Tribune. November 7, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. Langdon Smith (November 14, 1897). "Harvard and Yale Tie: Neither Side Able to Score a Point During 70 Minutes of Fierce Play". The Boston Globe. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  15. "Great Victory for Yale: She Plays a Brilliant Game, Defeating Princeton with a Score of 6 to 0". The New York Times. November 21, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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