1889 Yale Bulldogs football team

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The 1889 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1889 college football season. In their second season under head coach Walter Camp, Yale compiled a 15–1 record, held opponents scoreless in 12 games, and outscored all opponents by a total of 659 to 31. Its only loss was in the final game of the season against rival Princeton by a 10–0 score.[1]

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Record15–1
Headcoach
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1889 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record15–1
Head coach
CaptainCharles O. Gill
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1888
1890 â†’
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1889 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton â€“ 10–0–0
Massachusetts â€“ 2–0–0
Yale â€“ 15–1–0
Harvard â€“ 9–2–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 5–1–1
Dickinson â€“ 4–1–1
Navy â€“ 4–1–1
Tufts â€“ 3–1–0
Lehigh â€“ 8–3–2
Cornell â€“ 8–4–0
Penn â€“ 7–6–0
Brown â€“ 2–2–0
Penn State â€“ 2–2–0
Wesleyan â€“ 5–7–1
Bucknell â€“ 2–3–1
Lafayette â€“ 3–4–2
Columbia â€“ 2–7–2
Fordham â€“ 1–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 1–4–0
NYU â€“ 0–2–0
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Three Yale players (end Amos Alonzo Stagg, guard Pudge Heffelfinger and tackle Charles O. Gill) were named to the 1889 All-America college football team, the first All-America college football team as selected by Caspar Whitney.[2] Stagg and Heffelfinger have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 283:00 p.m. WesleyanW 38–0 [3][4]
October 9at Wesleyan Middletown, CTW 63–5 [5]
October 12 Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 36–0 [6]
October 16 Cornell
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 56–6 [7]
October 19 Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 42–0 [8]
October 24at Trinity (CT) Hartford, CTW 64–0 [9]
October 26at Columbia
W 62–0600[10]
October 30at Penn Philadelphia, PAW 20–10 [11]
October 31vs. Stevens
  • Berkeley Oval
  • New York, NY
W 30–0 [12]
November 5at Crescent Athletic ClubW 18–04,000[13]
November 9at Cornell Ithaca, NYW 70–02,000[14]
November 12at Amherst Amherst, MAW 32–0 [15]
November 13at Williams
W 70–0 [16]
November 16vs. WesleyanW 52–0 [17][18]
November 232:00 p.m.vs. Harvard
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA (rivalry)
W 6–015,000[19][20]
November 282:29 p.m.vs. Princeton
L 0–10>25,000[21]
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