1894 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1894 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1894 college football season. The team finished with a 16–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2]

1894 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion (Billingsley, Helms, NCF) Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference	Independent
1894 record	16–0
Head coach	William Rhodes (2nd season)
Captain	Frank Hinkey
Home stadium	Yale Field

1894 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					16	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					11	–	2	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					7	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					10	–	5	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	1	–	1
Army			–					3	–	2	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					6	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					7	–	5	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Western Univ. Penn			–					1	–	1	–	0
Lafayette			–					5	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	9	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	2	–	1
Williams			–					1	–	3	–	0
MIT			–					1	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					1	–	8	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					0	–	5	–	0

The Bulldogs' 16–0 record would not be matched again at any level of college football until 125 years later in the 2019 season, when North Dakota State won the NCAA Division I FCS national title with said record.[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	W 42–0
October 3	Brown	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 28–0
October 6	at Crescent Athletic Club	Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY	W 10–0	3,000	[4]
October 10	Williams	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 23–4
October 13	vs. Lehigh	New York, NY	W 34–0
October 17	vs. Dartmouth	Hampden Park Springfield, MA	W 34–0
October 20	at Orange Athletic Club	Orange Oval East Orange, NJ	W 24–0	2,500	[5]
October 24	Boston Athletic Association	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 23–0
October 27	at Army	The Plain West Point, NY	W 12–5
October 31	Volunteer (NY) Athletic Club	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 42–0
November 3	Brown	Providence, RI	W 12–0
November 7	Tufts	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 67–0
November 10	vs. Lehigh	New York, NY	W 50–0
November 14	Chicago Athletic Association	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 48–0
November 24	vs. Harvard	Hampden Park Springfield, MA (rivalry)	W 12–4
December 1	vs. Princeton	New York, NY (rivalry)	W 24–0

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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. "1894 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
3. "North Dakota State beats James Madison, wins eighth FCS title". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 11, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
4. "On the Gridiron: Yale Surprised at the Crescent Team's Strength". The Brooklyn Citizen. October 7, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Yale, 24; Orange A.C, O". The Sun. October 21, 1894. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.