1900 Yale Bulldogs football team

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The 1900 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1900 college football season. The team finished with a 12–0 record, shut out ten of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 336 to 10.[1] Malcolm McBride was the head coach, and Gordon Brown was the team captain.

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1900 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record12–0
Head coach
CaptainGordon Brown
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1899
1901 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1900 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale â€“ 12–0–0
Penn â€“ 12–1–0
Harvard â€“ 10–1–0
Cornell â€“ 10–2–0
Geneva â€“ 5–1–1
Lafayette â€“ 9–2–0
Syracuse â€“ 7–2–1
Princeton â€“ 8–3–0
Drexel â€“ 5–2–0
Fordham â€“ 3–1–1
Army â€“ 7–3–1
Brown â€“ 7–3–1
Columbia â€“ 7–3–1
Villanova â€“ 5–2–2
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–3–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–3–2
Holy Cross â€“ 5–3–1
Carlisle â€“ 6–4–1
Buffalo â€“ 3–2–2
Western Univ. of Penn â€“ 5–4–0
Bucknell â€“ 4–4–1
Dickinson â€“ 5–5–0
Pittsburgh College â€“ 3–3–1
Rutgers â€“ 4–4–0
Vermont â€“ 4–4–1
Lehigh â€“ 5–6–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 4–5–0
Temple â€“ 3–4–1
Penn State â€“ 4–6–1
Amherst â€“ 4–7–1
Dartmouth â€“ 2–4–2
NYU â€“ 3–6–1
Tufts â€“ 3–6–1
Wesleyan â€“ 3–6–1
New Hampshire â€“ 1–5–1
Colgate â€“ 2–8–0
CCNY â€“ 0–1–0
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Yale is the only team retroactively named as the national champion for 1900 by NCAA-designated "major selectors". Those include the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[2]

Seven Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1900 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback William Fincke; halfback George B. Chadwick; fullback Perry Hale; center Herman Olcott; guard Gordon Brown; and tackles George S. Stillman and James Bloomer.[3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Trinity (CT)W 22–0[4]
October 3Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 27–01,500[5]
October 6Tufts
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 30–02,300[6]
October 10Bates
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 50–0[7]
October 133:15 p.m.vs. Dartmouth
W 17–0[8]
October 17Bowdoin
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 30–0[9]
October 20Wesleyan
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 38–04,000[10]
October 27at Columbia
W 12–58,000[11][12]
November 3at ArmyW 18–0[13]
November 10Carlisle
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 35–0[14]
November 172:45 p.m.at PrincetonW 29–5[15][16][17]
November 24Harvard
W 28–020,000[18][19]
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Roster

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