1887 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1887 Yale Bulldogs football Yale Bulldogs football team (1887).jpg 285 Intercollegiate Football Association IFA 9–0 None Harry Beecher Yale Field National championIFA champion The 1887 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as a member of the Intercollegiate Football Association (IFA) during the 1887 college football season. The team compiled a perfect 9–0 record, shut out seven of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 515 to 12.1887 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1887-schedule.html Quarterback Harry Beecher was the team's captain.Football at Yale: Football the Chief Topic on the Campus New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier September 30, 1887 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98271759/football-at-yale-football-the-chief/ Newspapers.com There was no contemporaneous system in 1887 for determining a national champion. However, Yale was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, 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 PDF Schedule October 5 w 1887 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 38–0 Yale Victorious: First Game of the Season - Wesleyan Defeated in a Tame Game at the Yale Field New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier October 6, 1897 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98270737/yale-victorious/ Newspapers.com October 15 w y Wesleyan Middletown, CT 106–0 Yale Victorious: Overwhelming Defeat of Wesleyan's Foot Ball Team - Score, 106-0 The Boston Globe October 16, 1887 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98270877/yale-victorious-overwhelming-defeat-of/ Newspapers.com October 22 1:00 p.m. w y Williams Weston Field Williamstown, MA 74–0 Foot-Ball.—Yales 74, Williams 0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-daily-republican/200026961/ Springfield Republican Springfield, Massachusetts October 23, 1887 1 June 21, 2026 Newspapers.com Yale, 74; Williams, 0 New York Tribune October 23, 1887 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98270991/yale-74-williams-0/ Newspapers.com October 29 w y Penn University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA 50–0 Yale Wins at Foot-Ball: The Pennsylvanians Defeated by a Score of 50 to 0 The Times-Philadelphia October 30, 1887 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98271117/yale-wins-at-foot-ball-the/ Newspapers.com November 5 w Rutgers Yale Field New Haven, CT 74–0 Yale's Heavy Rushers: Rutgers Easily Defeated, Seventy-four to Nothing The Boston Globe November 6, 1887 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98271296/yales-heavy-rushers-rutgers-easily/ Newspapers.com November 8 w y Crescent Athletic Club Polo Grounds New York, NY 70–0 Yale Foot Ball Kickers: Harry Beecher Helped Them Annihilate the Brookly Crescents The Brooklyn Daily Eagles November 9, 1887 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51566971/yale-foot-ball-kickers/ Newspapers.com November 12 w Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 68–4 Yale Defeats Wesleyan The Times-Philadelphia November 13, 1887 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98271410/yale-defeats-wesleyan/ Newspapers.com November 19 w y Princeton Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 12–0 Yale Triumphs in the Mud The Sun (New York) November 20, 1887 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15026017/yale_triumphs_in_the_mud/ Newspapers.com November 24 2:00 p.m. w y Harvard Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 17–8 15,000 Yale Outplays Harvard The New York Times November 25, 1887 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15324640/yale_outplays_harvard/ Newspapers.com Roster Baker, FB Harry Beecher, QB William T. Bull, FB G. R. Carter, G William Herbert Corbin, C S. M. Cross, T Foster, FB Charles O. Gill Graves, HB-FB Mason, HB Morrison, HB F. C. Pratt, E William Rhodes, T Robinson, E Amos Alonzo Stagg, HB Frederic W. Wallace, E Williams, HB George Washington Woodruff, G William Wurtenburg, FB References Yale Category:Yale Bulldogs football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Yale Bulldogs football