1914 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1914 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1914 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 7–2 record under first-year head coach Frank Hinkey.[1]

1914 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
1914 record	7–2
Head coach	Frank Hinkey (1st season)
Home stadium	Yale Field Yale Bowl

1914 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Army			–					9	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					7	–	0	–	2
Wash. & Jeff.			–					10	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					8	–	1	–	0
Lehigh			–					8	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Princeton			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	2	–	2
Fordham			–					6	–	3	–	1
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					5	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					5	–	3	–	2
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	2
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					4	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	1
Temple			–					3	–	3	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	3	–	3
Carlisle			–					5	–	10	–	1
Duquesne			–					1	–	5	–	0

Fullback Harry LeGore was a consensus All-American, and tackle Bud Talbot also received first-team All-America honors from multiple selectors.

The Yale Bowl opened on November 21; the inaugural game was against rival Harvard, a 36–0 loss with a crowd of between 68,000 and 71,000 in attendance.[2][3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Maine	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 20–0
October 3	Virginia	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 21–0
October 10	Lehigh	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 20–3
October 17	Notre Dame	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 28–0
October 24	Washington & Jefferson	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 7–13
October 31	Colgate	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 49–7
November 7	Brown	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 14–6
November 14	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 19–14		[4]
November 21	Harvard	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 0–36	71,000	[2]

References

1. "1914 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Harvard Buries Yale In New Bowl: Pile Up 36 Points and Shut Out Yale". The Hartford Courant. November 22, 1914. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.(reporting crowd size of 71,000)
3. "Greatest football crowd ever, sees big match". The Day. (New London, Connecticut). November 21, 1914. p. 13.(reporting crowd size of 68,117)
4. "Yale's Open Game Proves Its Worth". The Hartford Courant. November 15, 1914. pp. I-1, IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.