1897 Yale Bulldogs football team

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The 1897 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0–2 record, shut out seven of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 170 to 35.[1] Frank Butterworth was the head coach.

ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0–2
Headcoach
CaptainJames O. Rodgers
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1897 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (The Sun, Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0–2
Head coach
CaptainJames O. Rodgers
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
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1898 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn â€“ 15–0–0
Princeton â€“ 10–1–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 10–1–0
Yale â€“ 9–0–2
Buffalo â€“ 9–1–0
Harvard â€“ 10–1–1
Army â€“ 6–1–1
Vermont â€“ 3–0–2
Lafayette â€“ 9–2–1
Drexel â€“ 6–2–1
Colgate â€“ 5–2–1
Dickinson â€“ 7–3–2
Swarthmore â€“ 7–3–2
Fordham â€“ 2–1–1
Cornell â€“ 5–3–1
Syracuse â€“ 5–3–1
Brown â€“ 7–4–0
Carlisle â€“ 6–4–0
Boston College â€“ 4–3–0
Holy Cross â€“ 4–3–1
Wesleyan â€“ 8–7–0
Bucknell â€“ 3–3–1
NYU â€“ 3–3–0
Temple â€“ 3–3–0
Trinity (CT) â€“ 4–4–1
Tufts â€“ 6–7–0
Geneva â€“ 3–4–1
Pittsburgh College â€“ 3–5–2
Villanova â€“ 3–5–1
Penn State â€“ 3–6–0
Amherst â€“ 2–6–2
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 2–6–2
Lehigh â€“ 3–7–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–5–0
Rutgers â€“ 2–5–0
Western Univ. Penn. â€“ 1–3–0
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New York newspaper The Sun ranked Pennsylvania and Yale tied for first in the nation in November 1897.[2] The teams were named as co-national champions in a list published by Parke H. Davis in 1934.[3] Other later selectors designated 15–0 Pennsylvania alone as the national champion for 1897; Yale and Penn did not play during the 1897 season.

Four Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1897 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback Charles de Saulles; end John A. Hall; guard Gordon Brown; and tackle Burr Chamberlain.[4] Other notable players included halfback Charles T. Dudley, fullback Malcolm McBride, center George Cadwalader, guard Charles Chadwick, and tackle James O. Rodgers.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Trinity (CT)
W 10–0800[5]
October 2Wesleyan
W 30–02,000–3,000[6][7][8]
October 6Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–0[9]
October 9Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 32–0[10]
October 16at Newton Athletic AssociationNewton, MAW 10–0[11]
October 20Brown
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–142,000[12]
October 23vs. Carlisle
W 24–99,000–13,000[13][14]
October 30at Army
T 6–6[15]
November 6Chicago Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–6[16]
November 13at Harvard
T 0–025,000[17]
November 20Princeton
W 6–018,000[18]
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