1897 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1897 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0–2 record and was retroactively named as a co-national champion by one selector, Parke H. Davis.[1][2]

1897 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record9–0–2
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Field
1897 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn    15 0 0
Buffalo    7 0 0
Princeton    10 1 0
Washington & Jefferson    10 1 0
Yale    9 0 2
Harvard    10 1 1
Army    6 1 1
Vermont    3 0 2
Lafayette    9 2 1
Drexel    6 2 1
Colgate    5 2 1
Dickinson    7 3 2
Swarthmore    7 3 2
Fordham    2 1 1
Cornell    5 3 1
Syracuse    5 3 1
Brown    7 4 0
Carlisle    6 4 0
Boston College    4 3 0
Holy Cross    4 3 1
Bucknell    3 3 1
NYU    3 3 0
Temple    3 3 0
Trinity (CT)    4 4 1
Wesleyan    6 6 0
Tufts    6 7 0
Geneva    3 4 1
Pittsburgh College    2 3 1
Villanova    3 5 1
Penn State    3 6 0
Amherst    2 6 2
Frankin & Marshall    2 6 2
Lehigh    3 7 0
New Hampshire    2 5 0
Rutgers    2 6 0
Western Univ. Penn.    1 3 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 10–0
October 2WesleyanW 30–0
October 6Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–0
October 9Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 32–0
October 16at Newton Athletic ClubNewton, MAW 10–0
October 20Brown
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–14
October 23vs. CarlisleW 24–9
October 30at ArmyT 6–6
November 6Chicago Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–6
November 13at HarvardT 0–0
November 20Princeton
W 6–018,000[3]

[2]

References

  1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. "1897 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "Great Victory for Yale: She Plays a Brilliant Game, Defeating Princeton with a Score of 6 to 0". The New York Times. November 21, 1897. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
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