1890 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1890 Yale Bulldogs football Touchdown Yale vs. Princeton by Frederic Remington 1890.jpeg 285 Touchdown, 1890 Yale vs. Princeton game, painting by Frederic Remington Independent 13–1 Walter Camp 3rd William Rhodes Yale Field The 1890 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1890 college football season. In its third year under head coach Walter Camp, the team compiled a 13–1 record, recorded 12 shutouts, and outscored all opponents by a total of 484 to 18. Its only loss was to rival Harvard by a 12–6 score. Three Yale players (halfback Thomas McClung, guard Pudge Heffelfinger, and tackle William Rhodes) were consensus picks for the 1890 College Football All-America Team.Award Winners NCAA 2012 2–4 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf All three have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame Schedule y y y October 1 1890 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT W 8–0 The Season Opened At Yale The Sun (New York) October 2, 1890 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16352804/the_season_opened_at_yale/ Newspapers.com October 4 at Crescent Athletic Club Washington Park Brooklyn, NY W 18–6 4,000 Weak In The Rush Line: The Crescents Succumb to Yale's Foot Ball Team The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 5, 1890 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16352687/weak_in_the_rush_line_the_crescents/ Newspapers.com October 8 at 1890 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Middletown, CT W 34–0 Yale 34, Wesleyan 0 The Hartford Courant October 9, 1890 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16352545/yale_34_wesleyan_0/ Newspapers.com October 11 Lehigh Yale Field New Haven, CT W 26–0 Yale Defeats Lehigh The Times (Philadelphia) October 12, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16352458/yale_defeats_lehigh/ Newspapers.com October 15 at 1890 Trinity Bantams Trinity (CT) Hartford, CT W 40–0 500 Yale, 40; Trinity, 0 The World (New York) October 16, 1890 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16352307/yale_40_trinity_0/ Newspapers.com October 18 at Orange Athletic Club Orange Oval Orange, NJ W 16–0 Yale Makes Sixteen Points New York Tribune October 19, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16352182/yale_makes_sixteen_points/ Newspapers.com October 22 Williams Yale Field New Haven, CT W 36–0 Yale Plays At Home The New York Times October 23, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16352067/yale_plays_at_home/ Newspapers.com October 25 4:25 p.m. at Amherst Blake Field Amherst, MA W 10–0 Contests Of The Kickers—Yale Held Down By Amherst.—So The New Haven Boys Make Only 10 Points, But Amherst Fails To Score https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-daily-republican/200154323/ The Springfield Sunday Republican Springfield, Massachusetts October 26, 1890 1 June 23, 2026 Newspapers.com Yale's Slender Victory Over Amherst New York Tribune October 26, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16351988/yales_slender_victory_over_amherst/ Newspapers.com November 1 1890 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT W 76–0 Wesleyan No Match For Yale New York Tribune November 2, 1890 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16351918/wesleyan_no_match_for_yale/ Newspapers.com November 4 at Crescent Athletic Club Washington Park Brooklyn, NY W 52–0 8,000 Yale's Victory The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 5, 1890 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16351694/yales_victory/ Newspapers.com November 8 Rutgers Yale Field New Haven, CT W 70–0 Rhodes Went To See Harvard The New York Times November 9, 1890 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16351508/rhodes_went_to_see_harvard/ Newspapers.com November 15 Penn Yale Field New Haven, CT W 60–0 Yale Victorious: The "Varsity" Boys Meet With a Waterloo in New Haven The Philadelphia Inquirer November 16, 1890 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16351070/yale_victorious/ Newspapers.com November 22 2:30 p.m. vs Harvard (rivalry) Hampden Park Springfield, MA L 6–12 15,000–17,000 Crimson: Even Ladies, Who Blushed The Boston Globe November 23, 1890 1, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28721231/the_boston_globe/Coming of the Thousands The Boston Globe November 23, 1890 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51766019/harvard-yale/ Newspapers.comHarvard's Jubilee: Her Team Defeats Yale in the Great Football Game at Springfield New York Tribune November 23, 1890 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16350824/harvards_jubilee/ Newspapers.com Yale Whipped By Harvard https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98441212/the-sun/ The Sun New York, New York November 23, 1890 8 March 26, 2022 Newspapers.com November 27 vs Princeton (rivalry) Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY W 32–0 10,000 Yale's Blue Kickers Win The Sun (New York) November 28, 1890 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16350470/yales_blue_kickers_win/ Newspapers.comFall of a Crowded Stand The Sun (New York) November 28, 1890 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16350562/fall_of_a_crowded_stand/ Newspapers.com 1890 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1890-schedule.html Roster William Adams, G Frank Barbour, QB Hugh Aiken Bayne, E Laurie Bliss, HB Ben Crosby, E Frank H. Funk, T John A. Hartwell, E Perry W. Harvey, FB Pudge Heffelfinger, G Harry C. Holcomb, C William M. Lewis, C Thomas McClung, HB Charles W. Mills, G B. Morrison, HB Stanford N. Morrison, G Adelbert L. Reynolds William Rhodes, T Erman J. Ridgway, E Alexander Hamilton Wallis, T Henry L. Williams, HB All-Time Lettermen (DOC) https://yalebulldogs.com/documents/2019/7/19//Lettermen_updated_through_2018__003_.doc?id=3591 Yale University Athletics January 29, 2025 References Yale Category:Yale Bulldogs football seasons Yale Bulldogs football