1877 Yale Bulldogs football team
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 3–0–1 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Eugene V. Baker |
| Home stadium | Hamilton Park |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| November 3 | Tufts | W 1–0 | [3] | ||
| November 21 | Trinity (CT) |
| W 7–0 | [4] | |
| November 24 | Stevens |
| W 13–0 | [5] | |
| December 8 | vs. Princeton |
| T 0–0 | 2,000–3,000 | [6][7] |
References
[edit]- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ^ a b "1877 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "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
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- ^ "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 .
- ^ "Foot-Ball Matters At Yale". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 25, 1877. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "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 .
- ^ "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 .
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