1890 Yale Bulldogs football team

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The 1890 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1890 college football season. In its third year under head coach Walter Camp, the team compiled a 13–1 record, recorded 12 shutouts, and outscored all opponents by a total of 486 to 18. Its only loss was to rival Harvard by a 12–6 score.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record13–1
Headcoach
CaptainWilliam Rhodes
Quick facts Yale Bulldogs football, Conference ...
1890 Yale Bulldogs football
Touchdown, 1890 Yale vs. Princeton game,
painting by Frederic Remington
ConferenceIndependent
Record13–1
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Rhodes
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1889
1891 â†’
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1890 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard â€“ 11–0–0
Yale â€“ 13–1–0
Princeton â€“ 11–1–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 8–2–0
Navy â€“ 5–1–1
Penn â€“ 11–3–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 2–1–0
Cornell â€“ 7–4–0
Lehigh â€“ 7–4–0
Syracuse â€“ 7–4–0
Springfield YMCA â€“ 5–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 5–5–1
Penn State â€“ 2–2–0
Western Univ. Penn â€“ 2–2–0
Colgate â€“ 1–1–0
Wesleyan â€“ 5–6–0
Tufts â€“ 2–3–0
NYU â€“ 2–4–0
Lafayette â€“ 2–5–1
Fordham â€“ 1–3–1
Brown â€“ 2–5–0
Bucknell â€“ 1–4–1
Massachusetts â€“ 1–4–0
Columbia â€“ 1–6–1
Army â€“ 0–1–0
Geneva â€“ 0–1–0
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Three Yale players (halfback Thomas McClung, guard Pudge Heffelfinger, and tackle William Rhodes) were consensus picks for the 1890 College Football All-America Team.[2] All three have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1 Wesleyan
W 8–0 [3]
October 4at Crescent Athletic Club
W 18–64,000[4]
October 8at Wesleyan Middletown, CTW 34–0 [5]
October 11 Lehigh
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 26–0 [6]
October 15at Trinity (CT) Hartford, CTW 40–0500[7]
October 18at Orange Athletic Club
W 16–0 [8]
October 22 Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 36–0 [9]
October 25at Amherst Amherst, MAW 12–0 [10]
November 1 Wesleyan
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 76–0 [11]
November 4at Crescent Athletic Club
  • Washington Park
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 52–08,000[12]
November 8 Rutgers
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 70–0 [13]
November 15 Penn
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 60–0 [14]
November 222:30 p.m.vs. Harvard
L 6–1215,000–17,000[15][16][17][18]
November 27vs. Princeton
W 32–010,000[19][20]
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