1898 Yale Bulldogs football team

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The 1898 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1898 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 9–2 record, under second-year head coach Frank Butterworth. The team recorded seven shutouts and won its first nine games by a combined 146 to 11 score. It then lost its final two games against rivals Princeton (6–0) and Harvard (17–0).[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Headcoach
CaptainBurr Chamberlain
Quick facts Yale Bulldogs football, Conference ...
1898 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
CaptainBurr Chamberlain
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1897
1899 â†’
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1898 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard â€“ 11–0–0
Drexel â€“ 7–0–0
Princeton â€“ 11–0–1
Penn â€“ 12–1–0
Buffalo â€“ 8–1–0
Cornell â€“ 10–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 9–2–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 9–2–0
Yale â€“ 9–2–0
Dickinson â€“ 8–2–0
Syracuse â€“ 8–2–1
Wesleyan â€“ 7–3–0
Western Penn. â€“ 5–2–1
Brown â€“ 6–4–0
Carlisle â€“ 6–4–0
Penn State â€“ 6–4–0
Pittsburgh College â€“ 6–4–1
Army â€“ 3–2–1
Vermont â€“ 3–2–1
Holy Cross â€“ 5–4–1
Bucknell â€“ 4–4–3
Fordham â€“ 1–1–2
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 4–4–2
New Hampshire â€“ 4–4–0
Amherst â€“ 4–5–1
Villanova â€“ 2–4–1
Lehigh â€“ 3–6–1
Boston College â€“ 2–5–1
Colgate â€“ 2–5–1
Temple â€“ 2–5–0
Lafayette â€“ 3–8–0
NYU â€“ 1–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 1–6–1
Tufts â€“ 1–9–0
Geneva â€“ 0–6–1
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Three Yale players, halfback Malcolm McBride and guards Burr Chamberlain and Gordon Brown, were consensus picks for the 1898 College Football All-America Team.[2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 243:30 p.m.at Trinity (CT)
W 18–0 [3][4]
October 1 Wesleyan
W 5–0 [5]
October 5 Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 34–0 [6]
October 8 Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–0 [7]
October 15at Newton Athletic Association Newton, MAW 6–0 [8]
October 19 Brown
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 22–6 [9]
October 22 Carlisle
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–52,500[10][11]
October 29at Army
W 10–05,000[12]
November 5 Chicago Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 10–0 [13]
November 12at Princeton
L 0–616,500[14]
November 19 Harvard
L 0–1717,500[15][16]
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Roster

  • Andrews, G
  • Hamilton F. Benjamin, HB
  • Gordon Brown, G
  • Burdick, HB
  • Burr Chamberlain, FB
  • Clarence P. Cooke, T
  • Arthur F. Corwin, HB
  • Sherman Coy, E
  • George Barton Cutten, C
  • Dashiel, FB
  • Charles de Saulles, QB
  • Charles T. Dudley, E
  • Charles Dupee, FB
  • Alfred H. Durston, T
  • Edwin M. Eddy, E
  • Morris Ely, QB
  • Grant, T
  • Perry W. Harvey, C
  • George W. Hubbell, E
  • Edward E. Marshall, T
  • Alexander B. Marvin, HB
  • Malcolm McBride, FB
  • Raymond A. McGee, G
  • Ralph R. Richardson
  • Richard J. Schweppe, E
  • Albert Sharpe, E
  • George S. Stillman, G
  • Stocovich, E
  • Corliss E. Sullivan, QB
  • Leonard M. Thomas, E
  • Raynham Townsend, HB
  • Walton, C
  • James H. Wear, HB
  • Keyes Winter, QB

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