1883 Yale Bulldogs football team

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The 1883 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1883 college football season. The team compiled a 9–0 record, shut out eight of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents, 540 to 2.[1] The team was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation and Parke H. Davis.[2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Headcoach
  • None
CaptainRay Tompkins
Quick facts Yale Bulldogs football, National champion ...
1883 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainRay Tompkins
Home stadiumHamilton Park
Seasons
← 1882
1884 â†’
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1883 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 9–0–0
Gallaudet â€“ 2–0–0
Carleton â€“ 1–0–0
Johns Hopkins â€“ 1–0–0
NYU â€“ 1–0–0
Harvard â€“ 8–2–0
Princeton â€“ 7–1–0
Penn â€“ 6–2–1
Stevens â€“ 6–4–1
Massachusetts â€“ 1–1–0
Minnesota â€“ 1–1–0
Wesleyan â€“ 3–3–0
Williams â€“ 1–1–0
Fordham â€“ 4–5–0
Michigan â€“ 2–3–0
Lafayette â€“ 2–4–0
Johns Hopkins â€“ 1–2–0
Columbia â€“ 1–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 1–6–0
Amherst â€“ 0–1–0
Dartmouth â€“ 0–1–0
Hamline â€“ 0–1–0
Lewisburg â€“ 0–1–0
Navy â€“ 0–1–0
CCNY â€“ 0–2–0
Columbian University â€“ 0–2–0
Georgetown â€“ 0–2–0
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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Wesleyan
W 58–0
September 29at WesleyanMiddletown, CTW 90–0
October 6Stevens
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 59–0[3]
November 63:20 p.m.vs. Rutgers
W 92–0nearly 1,000[4][5]
November 14Brooklyn Polytechnic InstituteBrooklyn, NYW 49–0
November 17vs. Columbia
W 93–0400–500[6]
November 21Michigan
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 64–0400
November 242:15 p.m.vs. Princeton
W 6–05,000–6,000[7]
November 292:37 p.m.vs. Harvard
W 23–2nearly 10,000[8]
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