1891 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1891 Yale Bulldogs football 1891 Yale football team.jpg 285 Intercollegiate Football Association IFA 13–0 Walter Camp 4th Lee McClung Yale Field National championIFA champion The 1891 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1891 college football season. The team finished with a 13–0 record and a 488–0 season score. It 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 107 January 4, 2016 PDF1891 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1891-schedule.html Yale's 1891 season was part of a 37-game winning streak that began with the final game of the 1890 season and stopped at the end of the 1893 season. Five Yale players were selected by Caspar Whitney to the 1891 All-America college football team: halfback and team captain Lee McClung; ends Frank Hinkey and John A. Hartwell; tackle Wallace Winter; and guard Pudge Heffelfinger.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Camp also selected the following Yale players to his second team: quarterback Frank Barbour; halfback Laurie Bliss; guard Samuel Morison; and center George Sanford.2009 Yale Football Media Guide Yale University 2009 77 https://issuu.com/ivyleaguemanual/docs/yale-football-2009-opt Schedule September 30 w 1891 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 28–0 October 3 w y Crescent Athletic Club Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY 26–0 3,000 Yale Defeats Crescents https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51773021/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 4, 1891 7 May 20, 2020 Newspapers.com October 7 w y 1891 Trinity Bantams Trinity (CT) Hartford, CT 36–0 October 10 w y Williams Ridgefield grounds Albany, NY 46–0 2,000–2,500 On The Foot-ball Field.—The Yale-Williams Contest—Berkshire's Eleven Defeated 46 to 0 in an Exciting Game https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-daily-republican/200194725/ The Springfield Sunday Republican Springfield, Massachusetts October 11, 1891 8 June 23, 2026 Newspapers.com Yale Superior To Williams https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/200194642/ The New-York Times New York, New York October 11, 1891 2 June 23, 2026 Newspapers.com October 14 w Springfield YMCA Yale Field New Haven, CT 28–0 500 October 24 3:30 p.m. w y Orange Athletic Club Orange Oval Orange, NJ 36–0 2,700 In The Football Field https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98344601/the-new-york-times/ The New York Times New York, New York October 25, 1891 2 March 25, 2022 Newspapers.com Yale Collegians Score 46 Points and Fail at Kicking Goals https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98344681/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle/ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York October 25, 1891 16 March 25, 2022 Newspapers.com October 31 w Lehigh Yale Field New Haven, CT 38–0 November 3 w Crescent Athletic Club Yale Field New Haven, CT 70–0 5,600 Lively Kickers: How the Amateur Athletes Observed Election The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 4, 1891 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51393771/lively-kickers-how-the-amateur/ Newspapers.com November 7 w Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 76–0 November 11 2:30 p.m. w Amherst Yale Field New Haven, CT 27–0 350 Yale Men Knocked Out https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98199708/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 12, 1891 3 March 23, 2022 Newspapers.com November 14 w y Penn Polo Grounds New York, NY 48–0 November 21 w y Harvard Hampden Park Springfield, MA rivalry 10–0 20,000–25,000 Yale 10, Harvard 0: And The Great Match Is Over The Evening World November 21, 1891 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15344666/yale_10_harvard_0/ Newspapers.com November 26 w y Princeton Manhattan Field New York, NY rivalry 19–0 40,000 Blue Triumphs Again.—The Score Ten to Nothing https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-daily-republican/200185828/ The Springfield Sunday Republican Springfield, Massachusetts November 22, 1891 1–2 June 23, 2026 Newspapers.com Goal Of Glory.—Yale's Colors Through Harvard Line https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200185601/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 22, 1891 1, 4, 6 June 23, 2026 Newspapers.com Yale 10, Harvard 0: And The Great Match Is Over The Evening World November 21, 1891 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15344666/yale_10_harvard_0/ Newspapers.com Roster William Adams Frank Barbour, QB Hugh Aiken Bayne Anson M. Beard, G C. D. Bliss, HB Laurie Bliss, HB Thomas Cochran, E Edward V. Cox Ben Crosby, E Thomas Dyer, FB Harmon S. Graves Henry S. Graves John A. Hartwell, E Pudge Heffelfinger, G Frank Hinkey Jenkins, G Lee McClung, HB Vance C. McCormick, FB Eugene Messler, T Charles W. Mills, T Stanford N. Morison, G William H. Norton Noyes, FB Ralph Delahaye Paine, C William M. Richards, FB George Sanford, C Phillip Stillman, C Alexander Hamilton Wallis, T Wallace Winter, T Game summaries YMCA Training School On October 14, 1891, Yale defeated the team from the 1891 Springfield Gymnasts YMCA Training School by a score of 28–0 before a crowd of 500 persons at Yale Field in New Haven, Connecticut. Yale alumnus Amos Alonzo Stagg was the coach of the YMCA team and also played at the halfback position. Pudge Heffelfinger scored three touchdowns, and Lee McClung kicked three goals after touchdown. Halfback and team captain Lee McClung suffered a broken thumb in the game.Yale Given A Hard Tussle: Capt. McClung Badly Injured in Game With Stagg's Eleven The Boston Daily Globe October 15, 1891 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/44001016/yale_given_a_hard_tussle/ Newspapers.com References Yale Category:Yale Bulldogs football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Yale Bulldogs football