1877 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0–1
Headcoach
  • None
CaptainEugene V. Baker
Quick facts Yale Bulldogs football, National champion (NCF)Co-national champion (Davis) ...
1877 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion (NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainEugene V. Baker
Home stadiumHamilton Park
Seasons
← 1876
1878 â†’
Close
More information Conf., Overall ...
1877 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 3–0–1
Princeton â€“ 2–0–1
Amherst â€“ 1–0–0
Harvard â€“ 3–1–0
Columbia â€“ 2–2–0
Rutgers â€“ 1–2–0
Stevens â€“ 1–3–0
Tufts â€“ 0–3–0
Close

Schedule

More information Date, Opponent ...
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 3Tufts
W 1–0[3]
November 21Trinity (CT)
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 7–0[4]
November 24Stevens
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–0[5]
December 8vs. Princeton
T 0–02,000–3,000[6][7]
Close

[2]

Roster

  • Eugene V. Baker
  • Fayette J. Brown
  • Frederic W. Brown
  • Walter Camp
  • George H. Clark
  • William V. Downer
  • John S. Harding
  • Henry Ives
  • Benjamin B. Lamb
  • William A. Peters
  • Edward W. Smith
  • William H. Smith
  • O. D. Thompson
  • John Trumbull
  • William J. Wakeman
  • William L. R. Wurts

[8]

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI