1884 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1884 Yale Bulldogs football 1884 yale football team.jpg 250 Independent 8–0–1 None Eugene Lamb Richards Yale Field National champion (Helms, NCF)Co-national champion (Davis) The 1884 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1884 college football season. The team compiled an 8–0–1 record, shut out eight of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents, 495 to 10.1884 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1884-schedule.html The team was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and National Championship Foundation and as a 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 PDF Schedule October 1 w 1884 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 31–0 Yale Easily Defeats Wesleyan https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1884-10-02/ed-1/seq-8/ November 25, 2024 New-York tribune October 2, 1884 New York, NY 8 October 11 w 1884 Stevens Stevens Yale Field New Haven, CT 96–0 October 18 3:00 p.m. w y Wesleyan Ward Street Grounds Hartford, CT 63–0 Football ad - Newspapers.com October 22 w y Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ 76–10 College Football Games https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times/152992787/ The New York Times New York, New York October 23, 1884 1 August 9, 2024 Newspapers.com October 25 w y Dartmouth Hanover, NH 113–0 Saturday's Foot Ball Games https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98048611/hartford-courant/ Hartford Courant Hartford, Connecticut October 27, 1884 1 March 20, 2022 Newspapers.com November 5 w Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 46–0 Yale Beats Wesleyan https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015483/1884-11-06/ed-1/seq-2/ November 25, 2024 Morning journal and courier November 6, 1884 New Haven, Connecticut 2 November 19 w y Yale alumni Yale Field New Haven, CT 20–0 Yale News https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015483/1884-11-20/ed-1/seq-4/ November 25, 2024 Morning journal and courier November 20, 1884 New Haven, Connecticut 4 November 22 w Harvard Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 52–0 2,400 The Harvards Badly Beaten: The Yale Football Team Whip Them by a Score of 52 to 0 The New York Times November 23, 1884 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324377/the_harvards_badly_beaten/ Newspapers.com November 27 t y Princeton Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 0–0 over 10,000 Hard Work and No Glory: The Princeton-Yale Football Game Declared Drawn The New York Times November 28, 1884 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16323168/hard_work_and_no_glory_the/ Newspapers.com Roster Rushers: Frederick W. Wallace, Samuel Reading Bertron, Robert N. Corwin, Henry R. Flanders, Frank G. Peters, Alexander B. Coxe, Reginald Ronalds, W. B. Goodwin, Sheffield, Lucius F. Robinson, R. S. Storrs, Oliver Gould Jennings Quarterback: T. L. Bayne Halfbacks: Eugene Lamb Richards, Wyllys Terry Fullbacks: Mahlon H. Marlin, George H. Young 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