1878 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1878 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1878 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 4–1–1 record. The team recorded five shutouts and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 7 to 1.[1][2]

1878 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
1878 record4–1–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWalter Camp
Home stadiumHamilton Park
1878 college football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton      6 0 0
Yale      4 1 1
Columbia      0 0 1
CCNY      1 1 0
Stevens      1 1 2
Harvard      1 2 0
Penn      1 2 1
Rutgers      1 2 1
Amherst      1 3 0
Brown      0 1 0
Swarthmore      0 1 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 2AmherstW 2–0
November 9Trinity (CT)
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 2–0[3]
November 13at Trinity (CT)W 3–0
November 16AmherstAmherst, MAT 0–0
November 23at HarvardW 1–0
November 28vs. PrincetonL 0–1[4]

[2]

References

  1. "1878 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "2015 Yale Football" (PDF). yalebulldogs.com. Yale Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  3. "1878 Trinity vs. Yale Football Program". Football of Yore. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  4. "PRINCETON DEFEATS YALE.; THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF FOOTBALL. AN EXCITED AND WELL-CONTESTED GAME--THE LARGEST CROWD EVER GATHERED ON THE ST. GEORGE'S CRICKET GROUNDS--THE ORANGE AND BLACK WINS BY A TOUCH-DOWN AND A GOAL". The New York Times. November 29, 1878. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
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