1909 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1909 Yale Bulldogs football Independent 10–0 Howard Jones 1st Ted Coy Yale Field National champion The 1909 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1909 college football season. The team finished with a 10–0 record, shut out every opponent, and outscored them by a total of 209 to 0.1909 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1909-schedule.html Howard Jones was the team's head coach, and Ted Coy was the team captain. There was no contemporaneous system in 1909 for determining a national champion. However, Yale was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf National Poll Rankings National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2015 NCAA Division I Football Records NCAA 108 January 4, 2016 PDF Six Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1909 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: fullback Ted Coy; halfback Stephen Philbin; end John Kilpatrick; center Carroll Cooney; guard Hamlin Andrus; and tackle Henry Hobbs.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Schedule September 29 w 1909 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 11–0 Yale Beats Wesleyan: Scores Two Touchdowns and One Goal in Snappy Game New York Tribune September 30, 1909 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98257804/yale-beats-wesleyan/ Newspapers.com October 2 w Syracuse Yale Field New Haven, CT 15–0 Spectacular Plays in Yale's Victory The New York Times October 3, 1909 45 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98257652/spectacular-plays-in-yales-victory/ Newspapers.com October 6 w Holy Cross Yale Field New Haven, CT 12–0 3,000 Yale by 12 to 0 October 7, 1909 5 The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73586172/1909-yale-hc/ October 9 w Springfield Training School Yale Field New Haven, CT 36–0 6,000 Hobbs Stars for Yale The New York Times October 10, 1909 34 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98257345/hobbs-stars-for-yale/ Newspapers.com October 16 w y Army The Plain West Point, NY 17–0 Yale Beats Army Team: Blue Piles Up Score in Second Half New York Tribune October 17, 1909 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98257176/yale-beats-army-team/ Newspapers.com October 23 w Colgate Yale Field New Haven, CT 36–0 Yale Easy Victor: Two Goals by Coy; Blue Piles Up Big Total Against Colgate Eleven New York Tribune October 24, 1909 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98256974/yale-easy-victor/ Newspapers.com October 30 w 1909 Amherst Amherst Yale Field New Haven, CT 34–0 Coy and Murphy: They Distinguish Themselves in Football Game With Amherst The Sun New York, N.Y. October 31, 1909 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98256812/coy-and-murphy-they-distinguish/ Newspapers.com November 6 w Brown Yale Field New Haven, CT 23–0 Yale Shows a Strong Hand The Sun New York, N.Y. November 7, 1909 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98256597/yale-shows-a-strong-hand/ Newspapers.com November 13 w Princeton Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 17–0 Yale Defeats Princeton, 17-0 The New York Times November 14, 1909 31 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98254716/yale-defeats-princeton-17-0/ Newspapers.com November 20 w y Harvard Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 8–0 Yale Triumphs at Harvard; Coy's Two Goals From Field The New York Times November 21, 1909 31 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98254482/yale-triumphs-at-harvard-coys-two/ Newspapers.com Roster Hamlin Andrus, G Henry P. Bingham, QB Walter L. Brown, G Carroll Cooney, T Allan L. Corey, QB Ted Coy, FB Fred Daly, HB Robert C. Deming, FB John Field, HB Pomeroy T. Francis, C French, HB Myron Fuller, C William Goebel, G George Hains, E Hall, G Henry Hobbs, T Henry G. Holt, HB Art Howe, QB Hyde, C James F. Johnson, QB John Kilpatrick, E Erle O. Kistler, FB Theodore Lilley, T Walter S. Logan, E Messinger, HB Effingham B. Morris, C Fred J. Murphy, HB Theodore C. Naedele Parker, T Charles H. Paul, T Stephen Philbin, HB Edward Savage, E J. Brooks Spencer Adrian Van Sinderen, E Daniel G. Tomlinson, T Harry Vaughan, E 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 Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Yale Bulldogs football