1907 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1907 Yale Bulldogs football 1907 yale football team.jpg 285 Independent 9–0–1 William F. Knox 1st Lucius Horatio Bigelow Yale Field National champion The 1907 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1907 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0–1 record, shut out nine of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 208 to 10.1907 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1907-schedule.html William F. Knox was the head coach, and Lucius Horatio Bigelow was the team captain. Yale was ranked first in the nation by Caspar Whitney in January 1908.Whitney Caspar Whitney Caspar January 1908 LI 4 495–498, 514–516 The View-Point: Team Ranking 1907 https://books.google.com/books?id=9h4uAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA512-IA2 The Outing Magazine Outing Publishing Company January 26, 2024 The team was additionally later retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, the Helms Athletic Foundation, the Houlgate System, the 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 Four Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1907 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback Tad Jones; fullback Ted Coy; end Clarence Alcott; and tackle Lucius Horatio Biglow.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 October 2 w 1907 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 25–0 Yale Beats Wesleyan New York Tribune October 3, 1907 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98253137/yale-beats-wesleyan/ Newspapers.com October 5 w Syracuse Yale Field New Haven, CT 11–0 Yale Forced To Limit: Syracuse Fights Hard New York Tribune October 6, 1907 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98252832/yale-forced-to-limit-syracuse-fights/ Newspapers.com October 9 w Springfield Training School Yale Field New Haven, CT 18–0 Yale Eleven Defeats Springfield 18 To 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98616069/the-morning-journal-courier/ Journal Courier New Haven, Connecticut October 10, 1907 9 March 28, 2022 Newspapers.com Springfield Team Easy for Yale Men The New York Times October 10, 1907 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98252992/springfield-team-easy-for-yale-men/ Newspapers.com October 12 w Holy Cross Yale Field New Haven, CT 52–0 Yale Has Easy Time Against Holy Cross October 13, 1907 S2 The New York Times New York, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/73580107/1907-yale-hc/ October 19 t y Army The Plain West Point, NY 0–0 10,000 Cadets Surprised Yale at Football The New York Times October 20, 1907 29 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98252536/cadets-surprised-yale-at-football/ Newspapers.com October 26 w Villanova Yale Field New Haven, CT 45–0 Yale 45, Villanova 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88548564/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 27, 1907 12 November 7, 2021 Newspapers.com November 2 w Washington & Jefferson Yale Field New Haven, CT 11–0 Yale's Hard Task: New Haven Finds It Difficult to Beat Washington and Jefferson The New York Times November 3, 1907 30 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98252302/yales-hard-task/ Newspapers.com November 9 w Brown Yale Field New Haven, CT 22–0 Yale Outplays Brown: Scores Four Times New York Tribune November 10, 1907 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98252150/yale-outplays-brown-scores-four-times/ Newspapers.com November 16 w Princeton Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 12–10 34,000 The Yale-Princeton Game at New Haven: Yale's Football Triumph New York Tribune November 17, 1907 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98251969/the-yale-princeton-game-at-new-haven/ Newspapers.com November 23 w y Harvard Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 12–0 40,000 Yale's Greatest Football Season Closes with a Victory Over Harvard at Cambridge Yesterday: Yale Vanquishes Harvard, 12 to 0 The New York Times November 24, 1907 29, 30 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98251720/yales-greatest-football-season-closes/ Newspapers.com Roster Clarence Alcott, E Roderick Beebe, E George R. Berger, HB Alfred A. Biddle, E Lucius Horatio Biglow, T Boggs, G William P. Bomar, HB Arthur Brides, G Walter L. Brown, G Robert Burch, E T. Burke, E Edward C. Congdon, C Carroll Cooney, C Ted Coy, FB Tyson M. Dines, QB Noel M. S. Dunbar, T Graham Foster, T William Goebel, G Hagan, E Howard Jones, QB Tad Jones, QB Howard Linn, E Mitchell, HB Fred J. Murphy, HB H. Ray Paige, T Stephen Philbin, HB Pigott, E Thornton, T H. M. Wheaton, HB Edward A. G. Wylie, FB 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