1900 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1900 Yale Bulldogs football 1900yale.jpg 285 Independent 12–0 Malcolm McBride 1st Gordon Brown Yale Field National champion The 1900 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1900 college football season. The team finished with a 12–0 record, shut out ten of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 336 to 10.1900 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1900-schedule.html Malcolm McBride was the head coach, and Gordon Brown was the team captain. Yale is the only team retroactively named as the national champion for 1900 by NCAA-designated "major selectors". Those include 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 Seven Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1900 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback William Fincke; halfback George B. Chadwick; fullback Perry Hale; center Herman Olcott; guard Gordon Brown; and tackles George S. Stillman and James Bloomer.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 29 w 1900 Trinity Bantams Trinity (CT) Yale Field New Haven, CT 22–0 Yale Played a Good Game: Trinity Defeated 23 to 0 -- The Blue Almost Scored On The Philadelphia Times September 30, 1900 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202709/yale-played-a-good-game-trinity/ Newspapers.com October 3 w Amherst Yale Field New Haven, CT 27–0 1,500 Yale Beats Amherst 27 to 0 The Hartford Courant October 4, 1900 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202656/yale-amherst/ Newspapers.com October 6 w 1900 Tufts Jumbos Tufts Yale Field New Haven, CT 30–0 2,300 Yale 30, Tufts 0 The Boston Globe October 7, 1900 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202606/yale-30-tufts-0/ Newspapers.com October 10 w 1900 Bates Bobcats Bates Yale Field New Haven, CT 50–0 Yale Wins From Bates New Haven Morning Journal and Courier October 11, 1900 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202577/yale-wins-from-bates/ Newspapers.com October 13 3:15 p.m. w y Dartmouth Cedar St. grounds Newton, MA 17–0 Yale 17; Dartmouth 0 New York Tribune October 14, 1900 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202543/yale-17-dartmouth-0/ Newspapers.com October 17 w 1900 Bowdoin Polar Bears Bowdoin Yale Field New Haven, CT 30–0 Yale Runs Up Big Score The Boston Globe October 18, 1900 5 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202504/yale-runs-up-big-score/ Newspapers.com October 20 w Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 38–0 4,000 Shock For Yale: Wesleyan Boys Got to Her 15-Yard Line The Boston Globe October 21, 1900 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202461/shock-for-yale-wesleyan-boys-got-to/ Newspapers.com October 27 w y Columbia Manhattan Field New York, NY 12–5 8,000 Columbia's Mighty Stand New York Tribune October 28, 1900 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202392/columbias-mighty-stand/ Newspapers.comColumbia's Game Fight The Sun October 28, 1900 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29365738/columbias_game_fight/ Newspapers.com November 3 w y Army The Plain West Point, NY 18–0 Yale in the Dumps: Slump Has Overwhelmed the Eleven of Giants The Boston Globe November 4, 1900 32 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202345/yale-in-the-dumps-slump-has/ Newspapers.com November 10 w Carlisle Yale Field New Haven, CT 35–0 Great Is Eli: Yale Piles Up 35 Points Against Carlisle The Boston Globe November 11, 1900 1, 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202262/great-is-eli-yale-piles-up-35-points/ Newspapers.com November 17 2:45 p.m. w y Princeton University Field Princeton, NJ rivalry 29–5 Yale Scores 29, Princeton 5 The Philadelphia Inquirer November 18, 1900 1, 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202173/yale-scores-29-princeton-5/ Newspapers.comYale Buries Princeton: Sons of Eli Score 29 to 5 by the Tigers The New York Times November 18, 1900 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16533449/yale_buries_princeton_sons_of_eli/ Newspapers.comEli Crushes the Tigers in a One-Sided Game The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 18, 1900 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16549451/eli_crushes_the_tigers_in_a_one_sided/ Newspapers.com November 24 w Harvard Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 28–0 20,000 Yale 28, Harvard 0: Blues Outclass Crimsons in All Departments of Football The Boston Globe November 25, 1900 1, 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98202090/yale-28-harvard-0-blues-outclass/ Newspapers.comYale Football Champions of 1900: Harvard Beaten in the Annual Game at New Haven The New York Times November 25, 1900 1–2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16460084/yale_football_champions_of_1900/ Newspapers.com Roster Thomas S. Adams, HB James Bloomer, T Gordon Brown, G George B. Chadwick, HB Clarence P. Cook, HB Sherman Coy, E Charles Dupee, E Ferguson, E William Fincke, QB Charles Gould, E Perry Hale, FB Chauncey J. Hamlin, G Henry Holt, C Alvan W. Hyde, FB Philip H. Kunzig, T Miller, HB Herman Olcott, C Charles D. Rafferty, E Ralph R. Richardson, G Albert Sharpe, HB Richard Sheldon, G George S. Stillman, T Leonard M. Thomas Tomlinson, T G. B. Ward, E James H. Wear, QB Frederick W. Wilhelmi, HB 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