1876 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1876 Yale Bulldogs football Yale football 1876.jpg 285 Independent 3–0 None Eugene V. Baker Hamilton Park National champion The 1876 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1876 college football season. The team finished with a 3–0 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report, 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 1876 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1876-schedule.html The Yale team defeated rival Harvard for the first time. Walter Camp also played for the first time.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47725950/harvard-yale-1876-in-ny-daily-herald/ Harvard-Yale 1876 in NY Daily Herald (Pt. 2) New York Daily Herald 19 November 1876 10 The team's captain was Eugene V. Baker. thumb|220px|Harvard-Yale lineups The Princeton-Yale matchup effectively decided the national championship after Princeton defeated Columbia. Thompson and Camp executed the first "legal" forward pass in football history. Early in the game, Camp ran for a good gain on a play, however when he was finally tackled, he threw the ball forward to O. D. Thompson, who ran for a touchdown. The Princeton players protested the play. Since the rules of football were still unclear in 1876, a coin toss was used by the referee to decide if the play stood. Yale won the toss and the touchdown stood. Schedule November 18 3:00 p.m. w Harvard Hamilton Park New Haven, CT rivalry 1–0 2,000 Game Between The Harvard and Yale Clubs At Hamilton Park - Yale Wins New York Herald November 19, 1876 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15315107/game_between_the_harvard_and_yale_clubs/ Newspapers.com Foot Ball.—The Yales Defeat Harvard and Princeton Defeats Columbia https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98406750/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts November 20, 1876 3 March 26, 2022 Newspapers.com November 30 w y Princeton St. George's Cricket Club Hoboken, NJ rivalry 2–0 >1,000 Foot-Ball—From the New York Herald, Dec. 1st https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98406651/the-buffalo-commercial/ Buffalo Commercial Advisor Buffalo, New York December 2, 1876 2 March 26, 2022 Newspapers.com December 9 3:20 p.m. w y Columbia St. George's Cricket Club Hoboken, NJ 2–0 Football.—An Exciting Game With The Thermometer Fourteen Degrees Below The Freezing Point—Yale Vs. Columbia—Yale The Winner https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98406884/new-york-daily-herald/ New York Herald New York, New York December 10, 1876 10 March 26, 2022 Newspapers.com Yale Against Columbia https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98406996/new-york-tribune/ New-York Daily Tribune New York, New York December 11, 1876 10 March 26, 2022 Newspapers.com References Yale Category:Yale Bulldogs football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Yale Bulldogs football