1891 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1891 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1891 college football season. The team finished with a 13–0 record and a 488–0 season score. It was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1][2] Yale's 1891 season was part of a 37-game winning streak that began with the final game of the 1890 season and stopped at the end of the 1893 season.

Record13–0 ( IFA)
Headcoach
Quick facts Yale Bulldogs football, National championIFA champion ...
1891 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion
IFA champion
ConferenceIntercollegiate Football Association
Record13–0 ( IFA)
Head coach
CaptainLee McClung
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1890
1892 â†’
Close
More information Conf., Overall ...
1891 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 13–0–0
Harvard â€“ 13–1–0
Princeton â€“ 12–1–0
Tufts â€“ 7–1–0
Penn â€“ 11–2–0
Colgate â€“ 4–1–0
Army â€“ 4–1–1
Bucknell â€“ 6–2–1
Navy â€“ 5–2–0
Cornell â€“ 7–3–0
Geneva â€“ 4–2–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 4–2–0
Lehigh â€“ 7–4–0
Rutgers â€“ 8–6–0
Brown â€“ 4–6–0
Springfield YMCA â€“ 5–8–1
Fordham â€“ 1–2–1
Syracuse â€“ 4–7–0
Massachusetts â€“ 2–5–0
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 2–6–0
Lafayette â€“ 2–9–1
NYU â€“ 1–4–0
Columbia â€“ 1–5–0
Wesleyan â€“ 1–6–0
Close

Five Yale players were selected by Caspar Whitney to the 1891 All-America college football team: halfback and team captain Lee McClung; ends Frank Hinkey and John A. Hartwell; tackle Wallace Winter; and guard Pudge Heffelfinger.[3] Camp also selected the following Yale players to his second team: quarterback Frank Barbour; halfback Laurie Bliss; guard Samuel Morison; and center George Sanford.[4]

Schedule

More information Date, Time ...
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30WesleyanW 28–0
October 3at Crescent Athletic ClubW 26–03,000[5]
October 7at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 36–0
October 10vs. Williams
W 46–0[6]
October 14Springfield YMCA
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–0500[7]
October 243:30 p.m.at Orange Athletic ClubW 36–02,700[8][9]
October 31Lehigh
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 38–0
November 3Crescent Athletic Club
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 70–05,600[10]
November 7Wesleyan
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 76–0
November 112:30 p.m.Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–0350[11]
November 14vs. PennW 48–0
November 21vs. HarvardW 10–020,000[12]
November 26vs. Princeton
W 19–040,000[13]
Close

[2]

Roster

Game summaries

YMCA Training School

On October 14, 1891, Yale defeated the team from the YMCA Training School by a score of 28–0 before a crowd of 500 persons at Yale Field in New Haven, Connecticut. Yale alumnus Amos Alonzo Stagg was the coach of the YMCA team and also played at the halfback position. Pudge Heffelfinger scored three touchdowns, and Lee McClung kicked three goals after touchdown. Halfback and team captain Lee McClung suffered a broken thumb in the game.[7]

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI