1896 Yale Bulldogs football team

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The 1896 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1896 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 13–1 record under first-year head coach Sam Thorne. The team recorded nine shutouts and won its first 13 games by a combined 212 to 29 score. It then lost its final game against rival Princeton by a 24–6 score.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record13–1
Headcoach
Quick facts Yale Bulldogs football, Conference ...
1896 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record13–1
Head coach
CaptainFred T. Murphy
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1895
1897 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Fordham â€“ 1–0–0
Lafayette â€“ 11–0–1
Princeton â€“ 10–0–1
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 8–0–1
Penn â€“ 14–1–0
Yale â€“ 13–1–0
Pittsburgh College â€“ 11–2–0
Buffalo â€“ 9–1–2
Villanova â€“ 10–4–0
Bucknell â€“ 5–2–1
Harvard â€“ 7–4–0
Boston College â€“ 5–3–0
Storrs â€“ 5–3–0
Cornell â€“ 5–3–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–3–2
Temple â€“ 3–2–0
Army â€“ 3–2–1
Rutgers â€“ 6–6–0
Carlisle â€“ 5–5–0
Holy Cross â€“ 2–2–2
Brown â€“ 4–5–1
Wesleyan â€“ 4–5–1
Dickinson â€“ 4–5–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 3–4–2
Geneva â€“ 3–4–0
Penn State â€“ 3–4–0
Colgate â€“ 3–4–1
Amherst â€“ 3–6–1
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 3–6–0
Lehigh â€“ 2–5–0
Tufts â€“ 2–6–1
Swarthmore â€“ 2–6–0
New Hampshire â€“ 1–4–0
Drexel â€“ 1–5–0
Massachusetts â€“ 0–4–0
Rhode Island â€“ 0–4–0
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Two Yale players, quarterback Clarence Fincke and tackle Fred T. Murphy, were consensus picks for the 1896 College Football All-America Team.[2] Leslie's Weekly also picked three other Yale players (ends Lyman Bass and Louis Hinkey and center Burr Chamberlain) as 1896 first-team All-America players.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Trinity (CT) Hartford, CTW 6–0 [4]
September 30 AmherstW 12–0 [5]
October 7 Brown
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–01,800[6][7]
October 10vs. Orange Athletic Club
W 12–01,000[8]
October 14 Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 22–0 [9]
October 17 Dartmouth
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 42–0 [10]
October 21 Wesleyan
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–0 [11]
October 24vs. CarlisleW 12–65,000[12]
October 28 Elizabeth Athletic Club
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 12–6 [13]
October 31at Army
W 16–2 [14]
November 3 Boston Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 10–02,500[15]
November 7at Brown
W 18–62,500[16][17]
November 14 New Jersey Athletic Club
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–0 [18]
November 21 Princeton
  • Manhattan Field
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
L 6–2435,000–50,000[19][20]
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Roster

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