1881 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1881 Yale Bulldogs football Yale football team, 1881.jpg 285 Independent 5–0–1 None Franklin M. Eaton Hamilton Park National champion (NCF)Co-national champion (Davis) The 1881 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1881 college football season. The team compiled a 5–0–1 record, did not allow opposing teams to score a single point, outscored all opponents, 10–0, and was retroactively named co-national champions by 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 107 January 4, 2016 1881 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1881-schedule.html Schedule October 29 2:30 p.m. w y Amherst Amherst, MA 2–0 Yale and Amherst at Foot-Ball The New York Times October 31, 1881 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16328472/yale_and_amherst_at_football/ Newspapers.com November 2 w Michigan Hamilton Park New Haven, CT 2–0 600 College Foot-Ball The New York Times November 3, 1881 8 November 5 w Amherst Hamilton Park New Haven, CT 4–0 Yale Against Amherst The New York Times November 6, 1881 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16328352/yale_against_amherst/ Newspapers.com November 12 2:40 p.m. w Harvard Hamilton Park New Haven, CT rivalry 1–0 1,500 Yale Overcomes Harvard The New York Times November 13, 1881 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16327881/yale_overcomes_harvard/ Newspapers.com November 16 w y Columbia Polo Grounds New York, NY 1–0 Pretty Lively Football: Yale Defeats Columbia After a Long and Hot Battle The Sun November 17, 1881 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16328076/pretty_lively_football_yale_defeats/ Newspapers.com November 24 t y Princeton Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 0–0 10,000 Princeton Faces Yale: Playing Foot-Ball in a Freezing Wind The New York Times November 25, 1881 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16327768/princeton_faces_yale/ Newspapers.com Roster Rushers: Howard H. Knapp, Arthur L. Farwell, Ray Tompkins, Louis K. Hull, Charles Bigelow Storrs, Franklin M. Eaton, Charles S. Beck Quarterback: Walter Irving Badger Halfbacks: Eugene Lamb Richards, Walter Camp Back: Benjamin Wisner Bacon Source:A History of Yale Athletics, 1840-1888 Richard Melancthon Hurd Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor 82 1888 https://books.google.com/books?id=RkxDAAAAYAAJ References Yale Category:Yale Bulldogs football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Yale Bulldogs football