1894 Yale Bulldogs football team

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The 1894 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The team finished with a 16–0 record, shut out 13 of 16 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 485 to 13.[1] William Rhodes was the head coach, and Frank Hinkey was the team captain.

ConferenceIndependent
Record16–0
Headcoach
CaptainFrank Hinkey
Quick facts Yale Bulldogs football, Conference ...
1894 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion (Billingsley, Helms, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record16–0
Head coach
CaptainFrank Hinkey
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1893
1895 â†’
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1894 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 16–0–0
Penn â€“ 12–0–0
Villanova â€“ 1–0–0
Penn State â€“ 6–0–1
Harvard â€“ 11–2–0
Geneva â€“ 5–1–0
Princeton â€“ 8–2–0
Temple â€“ 4–1–0
Holy Ghost College â€“ 7–2–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 5–2–1
Brown â€“ 10–5–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–3–0
Colgate â€“ 2–1–1
Army â€“ 3–2–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 6–4–0
Cornell â€“ 6–4–1
Amherst â€“ 7–5–0
Trinity (CT) â€“ 4–3–0
Syracuse â€“ 6–5–0
Tufts â€“ 6–5–0
Massachusetts â€“ 3–3–0
Swarthmore â€“ 5–5–0
Western Univ. Penn â€“ 1–1–0
Lafayette â€“ 5–6–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 4–6–0
Lehigh â€“ 5–9–0
Williams â€“ 1–3–0
Drexel â€“ 1–3–0
MIT â€“ 1–4–0
Boston College â€“ 1–6–0
Carlisle â€“ 1–8–0
Buffalo â€“ 0–2–0
NYU â€“ 0–3–0
Wesleyan â€“ 0–5–0
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There was no contemporaneous system in 1894 for determining a national champion. However, Yale was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[2]

Five Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1894 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback George Adee, fullback Frank Butterworth, end Frank Hinkey, center Phillip Stillman, and guard Bill Hickok.[3]

The Bulldogs' 16–0 record was not matched again at any level of college football until 125 years later when North Dakota State won the 2019 FCS National Championship.[4] In 2026, Indiana matched the record in the CFP National Championship with a victory over Miami (FL) for its first national championship.[5]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 42–0[6]
October 3Brown
W 28–02,500[7]
October 6at Crescent Athletic Club
W 10–03,000[8]
October 10Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–4[9]
October 13Lehigh
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 34–0[10]
October 17vs. Dartmouth
W 34–0700[11][12]
October 20at Orange Athletic Club
W 24–02,500[13]
October 24Boston Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–0[14]
October 27at Army
W 12–56,000[15]
October 31Volunteer (NY) Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 42–0[16]
November 33:15 p.m.at Brown
W 12–05,000[17][18]
November 7Tufts
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 67–0[19]
November 10vs. Lehigh
W 50–0[20]
November 14Chicago Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 48–01,500[21]
November 24vs. Harvard
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA (rivalry)
W 12–423,000[22]
December 12:08 p.m.vs. Princeton
W 24–020,000–30,000[23][24][25][26]
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Roster

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