1888 Yale Bulldogs football team

1888 Yale Bulldogs football
Consensus national champion
Conference Independent
1888 record 13–0
Head coach Walter Camp (1st season)
Captain Pa Corbin
Home stadium Yale Field
1888 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Yale   –    13 –0 –0
USC   –    2 –0 –0
Notre Dame   –    1 –0 –0
Harvard   –    12 –1 –0
Princeton   –    11 –1 –0
California   –    6 –1 –0
Cornell   –    4 –2 –0
Michigan   –    2 –1 –0
Northwestern   –    2 –1 –0
Trinity   –    2 –1 –0
Virginia   –    2 –1 –0
Wake Forest   –    2 –1 –0
Lake Forest   –    2 –2 –0
Minnesota   –    1 –1 –0
Indiana   –    0 –0 –1
Miami (OH)   –    0 –0 –1
Massachusetts   –    2 –4 –0
Richmond   –    1 –2 –0
North Carolina   –    1 –3 –0
Navy   –    1 –4 –0
WPI   –    1 –4 –0
Rutgers   –    1 –7 –1
Penn State   –    0 –2 –1

The 1888 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1888 college football season. The team finished with a 13–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 29 Wesleyan Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 76–0  
October 6 Rutgers Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 65–0  
October 13 at Penn Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) W 34–0  
October 16 at Wesleyan Middletown, CT W 46–0  
October 19 at Amherst Amherst, MA W 39–0  
October 20 at Williams Williamstown, MA W 30–0  
October 24 vs. MIT Hartford, CT W 68–0  
October 27 Stevens Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 69–0  
November 3 Penn Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 54–0  
November 6 Crescent Athletic Club Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 28–0  
November 10 Amherst Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 70–0  
November 17 Wesleyan Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 105–0  
November 24 vs. Princeton Polo Grounds • New York, NY (rivalry) W 10–0  

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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. 1 2 "1888 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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