1895 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1895 Yale Bulldogs football 1895 Yale Bulldogs (team picture).jpg 285 Independent 13–0–2 John A. Hartwell 1st Sam Thorne Yale Field Co-national champion (Davis) The 1895 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1895 college football season. The team finished with a 13–0–2 record, shut out 10 of 15 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 318 to 38. John A. Hartwell was the head coach, and Sam Thorne was the team captain. There was no contemporaneous system in 1895 for determining a national champion. However, Yale was retroactively named as the co-national champion by 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 Most selectors designated Penn (perfect 14–0 record) as the national champion for 1895; Yale and Penn did not play during the 1895 season. Two Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1895 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: halfback Sam Thorne and tackle Fred T. Murphy.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 28 w y 1895 Trinity Bantams Trinity (CT) Hartford, CT 8–0 800 Yale's First Game: Capt Thorne Obliged to be Satisfied With Two Touchdowns Against Trinity The Boston Globe September 29, 1895 1–2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98266417/yales-first-game-capt-thorne-obliged/ Newspapers.com October 2 w Brown Yale Field New Haven, CT 4–0 Brown Held Yale https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97289485/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 3, 1895 12 March 9, 2022 Newspapers.com October 5 w y 1895 Union Dutchmen Union (NY) Ridgefield Athletic Grounds Albany, NY 26–0 5,000 Yale Defeated Union Buffalo Courier October 6, 1895 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98266157/yale-defeated-union/ Newspapers.com October 9 w Amherst Yale Field New Haven, CT 38–0 Yale Was Strong: Defeated Amherst 38 to 0 in Best Game Played This Season Boston Post October 10, 1895 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98266001/yale-was-strong-defeated-amherst-38-to/ Newspapers.com October 12 w y Crescent Athletic Club Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY 8–2 Crescents Surprise Yale The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 13, 1895 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51636395/crescents-suprise-yale/ Newspapers.com October 16 w Dartmouth Yale Field New Haven, CT 26–0 Tale Defeats Dartmouth 26 to 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98157678/hartford-courant/ Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut October 17, 1895 1 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com October 19 3:30 p.m. w y Orange Athletic Club Orange Oval Orange, NJ 24–12 6,000 Football, Orange Oval, To-day, 3:30. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56590694/football-orange-oval-to-day-330/ The Sun 4 October 19, 1895 August 2, 2020Yale 24; Orange 12 The New York Times 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56590625/yale-24-orange-12/ October 20, 1895 August 2, 2020 October 23 w Williams Yale Field New Haven, CT 54–0 Yale's Strong Game: Beat Williams 54 to 0 by Playing Fine Football The New York Times October 24, 1895 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98265802/yales-strong-game-beat-williams-54-to/ Newspapers.com October 26 t Boston Athletic Association Yale Field New Haven, CT 0–0 B.A.A. Prevents Yale Scoring: Yale Could Not Score The Boston Globe October 27, 1895 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98265652/baa-prevents-yale-scoring-yale/ Newspapers.com October 30 w Dartmouth Yale Field New Haven, CT 32–0 1,500 Yale 32, Dartmouth 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98158218/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 27, 1895 2 March 22, 2022 Newspapers.com November 2 w y Army The Plain West Point, NY 28–8 Yale, 28; West Point, 8: Cadets Played Great Game and Led Yale at First Boston Post November 3, 1895 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98265207/yale-28-west-point-8-cadets-played/ Newspapers.com November 6 w Carlisle Yale Field New Haven, CT 18–0 Yale Beat the Indians: Score 18 to 0 After a Hard Fought Game The Morning Journal-Courier November 7, 1895 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98264994/yale-beat-the-indians-score-18-to-0/ Newspapers.com November 9 t y Brown Adelaide Park Providence, RI 6–6 3,000 Yale 6, Brown 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97290518/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 10, 1895 2 March 9, 2022 Newspapers.com November 16 w y Orange Athletic Club Orange, NJ 26–0 1895-11-17 Played An Imaginary Eleven. 3 The Buffalo Sunday Morning News https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56589456/played-an-imaginary-eleven/ 2020-08-02 November 23 w y Princeton Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 20–10 35,000 Yale Downs the Tiger: Princeton Defeated on Manhattan Field by a Score of 20 to 10 The Philadelphia Inquirer November 24, 1895 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16518636/yale_downs_the_tiger_princeton/ Newspapers.com 1895 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1895-schedule.html Roster Lyman M. Bass, E Frederick G. Beck Hamilton F. Benjamin, HB Alexander Brown Henry G. Campbell Charles Chadwick, G Burr Chamberlain, T Harry P. Cross, C W. Redmond Cross, G Charles de Saulles, QB Clarence DeWitt, HB Morris Ely, HB Clarence Fincke, QB John Campbell Greenway, E John A. Hall, E Hammond, HB George B. Hatch Josiah J. Hazen, E Louis Hinkey, E Charles Ives, E Alexander Jerrems, FB Langford, G Lee, E Harold W. Letton, HB John M. Longacre, G John S. McFarland, G Miller, QB Paul D. Mills, HB Moncke, T Charles S. Morris, T Fred T. Murphy, T Lang Murray, T Polk, QB James O. Rodgers, T George Sanford, G Richard Sheldon, G Squire, HB Dudley Sutphin, T Alfred H. Thomas, QB Sam Thorne, HB Whitcomb, T 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 thumb|center|500px|Posed photo of the full roster of the 1895 Yale football team References Yale Category:Yale Bulldogs football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Yale Bulldogs football