1883 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1883 Yale Bulldogs football 1883 yale football team.jpg 250 Independent 9–0 None Ray Tompkins Hamilton Park National champion The 1883 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1883 college football season. The team compiled a 9–0 record, shut out eight of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents, 540 to 2.1883 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1883-schedule.html The team was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, 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 PDF Schedule September 26 w 1883 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Hamilton Park New Haven, CT 58–0 September 29 w y Wesleyan Middletown, CT 90–0 October 6 w 1883 Stevens Stevens Hamilton Park New Haven, CT 59–0 Yale vs. Stevens Institute The Harvard Crimson October 12, 1883 http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1883/10/12/yale-vs-stevens-institute-the-following/ November 6 3:20 p.m. w y Rutgers Washington Park Brooklyn, NY 92–0 nearly 1,000 The Yale-Rutgers Football Game https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-journal-courier/153006128/ Morning Journal and Courier New Haven, Connecticut November 7, 1883 3 August 10, 2024 Newspapers.com Yale Easily Defeats Rutgers New York Tribune November 7, 1883 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16316350/yale_easily_defeats_rutgers/ Newspapers.com November 14 w Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Brooklyn, NY 49–0 November 17 w y Columbia Polo Grounds New York, NY 93–0 400–500 Two Games of Football The Sun November 18, 1883 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16316616/two_games_of_football/ Newspapers.com November 21 w Michigan Hamilton Park New Haven, CT 64–0 400 November 24 2:15 p.m. w y Princeton Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 6–0 5,000–6,000 Yale Beats Princeton The Sun November 25, 1883 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16316710/yale_beats_princeton/ Newspapers.com November 29 2:37 p.m. w y Harvard Polo Grounds New York, NY rivalry 23–2 nearly 10,000 Yale Again Victorious New York Tribune November 30, 1883 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16316816/yale_again_victorious/ Newspapers.com Roster Rushers: Samuel Reading Bertron (4), Howard H. Knapp, F. G. Peters (4), Ray Tompkins, A. L. Farwell (4), Williams (4), Louis K. Hull, W. P. McCrorey Quarterback: Henry Twombly (4) Halfbacks: Wyllys Terry, Eugene Lamb Richards Back: Benjamin Wisner Bacon References Yale Category:Yale Bulldogs football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Yale Bulldogs football