1902 Yale Bulldogs football team

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The 1902 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. The team finished with an 11–0–1 record, shut out eight of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 286 to 22.[1] Joseph R. Swan was the head coach, and George B. Chadwick was the team captain.

ConferenceIndependent
Record11–0–1
Headcoach
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1902 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record11–0–1
Head coach
CaptainGeorge B. Chadwick
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1901
1903 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1902 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Ursinus â€“ 9–0–0
Yale â€“ 11–0–1
Geneva â€“ 7–0–0
Harvard â€“ 11–1–0
Princeton â€“ 8–1–0
Army â€“ 6–1–1
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 7–2–0
Dartmouth â€“ 6–2–1
Holy Cross â€“ 6–2–1
Syracuse â€“ 6–2–1
Carlisle â€“ 8–3–0
Cornell â€“ 8–3–0
Lafayette â€“ 8–3–0
Amherst â€“ 7–3–0
Penn State â€“ 7–3–0
Penn â€“ 9–4–0
Lehigh â€“ 7–3–1
Vermont â€“ 5–3–2
Colgate â€“ 5–3–1
NYU â€“ 5–3–0
Bucknell â€“ 6–4–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 6–4–0
Columbia â€“ 6–4–1
Springfield Training School â€“ 3–2–1
Villanova â€“ 4–3–0
Brown â€“ 5–4–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–6–0
Western U. of Penn. â€“ 5–6–1
New Hampshire â€“ 2–3–1
Buffalo â€“ 3–5–1
Tufts â€“ 4–6–1
Dickinson â€“ 4–6–0
Fordham â€“ 2–4–1
Wesleyan â€“ 3–6–1
Rutgers â€“ 3–7–0
Navy â€“ 2–7–1
Drexel â€“ 1–4–1
Temple â€“ 1–4–1
Pittsburgh College â€“ 1–6–0
Boston College â€“ 0–8–0
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Yale was selected as the 1902 champion in the 1903 edition of the World Almanac.[2]

In the absence of any recognized Intercollegiate Football Association the championship cannot always be unerringly fixed; but in 1902 there is no difficulty in allotting the honor to Yale, inasmuch as she won every one of her games.

— The World Almanac and Encyclopedia (1903)

In 1933 Yale was retroactively named as the national co-champion, along with Michigan, by NCAA-designated "major selector" Parke H. Davis.[3]

Seven Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1902 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback Foster Rockwell; halfback George B. Chadwick; end Tom Shevlin; center Henry Holt; guard Edward Glass; and tackles Ralph Kinney and James Hogan.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Trinity (CT)W 40–0[5]
October 1Tufts
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 34–6[6]
October 4Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 23–0[7]
October 8Wesleyan
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 35–0[8]
October 11at Brown
W 10–0[9]
October 15Vermont
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 32–0[10]
October 18Penn State
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 11–0[11]
October 25Syracuse
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 24–0[12]
November 1at ArmyT 6–6[13]
November 8Bucknell
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 36–56,000[14]
November 15at PrincetonW 12–520,000[15]
November 22Harvard
W 23–030,000[16]
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Roster

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