1893 Yale Bulldogs football team

1893 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion (Davis)
Conference Independent
1893 record 10–1
Head coach William Rhodes (1st season)
Captain Frank Hinkey
Home stadium Yale Field

The 1893 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1893 college football season. The team finished with a 10–1 record and, despite losing to Princeton, was retroactively named as the national champion by one selector, Parke H. Davis.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
October 4 Brown Yale FieldNew Haven, CT (rivalry) W 18–0  
October 7 Crescent Athletic Club Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 16–0  
October 14 Dartmouth Yale Field • New Haven, CT (rivalry) W 28–0  
October 18 Amherst Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 46–0  
October 21 at Orange Athletic Club Orange, NJ W 50–0  
October 25 Williams Yale Field • New Haven, CT W 82–0  
October 28 at Army The PlainWest Point, NY W 28–0  
November 7 at New York Athletic Club Polo GroundsNew York, NY W 42–0  
November 11 vs. Penn Polo Grounds • New York, NY (rivalry) W 14–6  
November 25 vs. Harvard Hampden Park • Springfield, MA (rivalry) W 6–0  
November 30 vs. Princeton Polo Grounds • New York, NY (rivalry) L 0–6  

[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. 1 2 "1893 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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