1923 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1923 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1923 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with an undefeated 8–0 record under sixth-year head coach Tad Jones. Yale outscored its opponents by a combined score of 230 to 38, including a 40–0 victory over Georgia, a 31–10 victory over Army and shutout victories over rivals Princeton and Harvard.[1] Two Yale players, tackle Century Milstead and fullback Bill Mallory, were consensus selections for the 1923 College Football All-America Team.[2] The team was selected retroactively as a co-national champion by the Berryman QPRS system.[3]

1923 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (QPRS)
ConferenceIndependent
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Uniform
1923 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Cornell    8 0 0
Yale    8 0 0
St. John's    5 0 1
Dartmouth    8 1 0
Syracuse    8 1 0
Boston College    7 1 1
Rutgers    7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson    6 1 1
Holy Cross    8 2 0
Lafayette    6 1 2
Tufts    6 2 0
Army    6 2 1
Colgate    6 2 1
Geneva    6 2 1
Lehigh    6 2 1
NYU    6 2 1
Penn State    6 2 1
Vermont    6 3 1
Brown    6 4 0
Harvard    4 3 1
Carnegie Tech    4 3 1
Penn    5 4 0
Pittsburgh    5 4 0
Bucknell    4 4 1
Columbia    4 4 1
Duquesne    4 4 0
Princeton    3 3 1
Franklin & Marshall    3 5 1
Drexel    2 6 0
Buffalo    2 5 1
Fordham    2 7 0
Boston University    1 6 0
Villanova    0 7 1
Temple    0 5 0
CCNY    0 7 0
Springfield    0 7 0

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6 North CarolinaW 53–0
October 13 Georgia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 40–0
October 20 Bucknell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 29–14[4][5]
October 272:30 p.m. Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 21–045,000[6][7]
November 3 Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 31–10[8]
November 10 Maryland
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–1420,000[9]
November 17 Princeton
W 27–0
November 24at Harvard W 13–0

References

  1. "1923 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1155
  3. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  4. "Dazzling Bucknell Aerial Attack Scores Twice Against Yale But Elis Win, 29 to 14". The Hartford Courant. October 21, 1923. p. IV-2 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Bucknell Scores Twice on Yale -- The Score". The Lewisburg Journal. October 26, 1923. p. 3 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Brown To Marshall Veteran Team Against Bulldogs Today; Bruin's Backfield Is Strong". The Bridgeport Telegram. Bridgeport, Connecticut. October 27, 1923. p. 23. Retrieved September 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Yale's Strong Attack Beats Brown Eleven". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 28, 1923. p. D1. Retrieved September 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. "Army is routed by Yale attack". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. November 4, 1923. p. 8.
  9. "Maryland Throws Big Scare Into Bulldog Camp, Score 16-14". The Hartford Courant. November 11, 1923. p. IV-1 via Newspapers.com.
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