1896 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1896 Yale Bulldogs football Independent 13–1 Sam Thorne 1st Fred T. Murphy Yale Field The 1896 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1896 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 13–1 record under first-year head coach Sam Thorne. The team recorded nine shutouts and won its first 13 games by a combined 212 to 29 score. It then lost its final game against rival Princeton by a 24–6 score.1896 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1896-schedule.html Two Yale players, quarterback Clarence Fincke and tackle Fred T. Murphy, were consensus picks for the 1896 College Football All-America Team.Award Winners NCAA 2012 2–4 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf Leslie's Weekly also picked three other Yale players (ends Lyman Bass and Louis Hinkey and center Burr Chamberlain) as 1896 first-team All-America players.All-America Addendum College Football Historical Society Newsletter February 2001 http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv14/CFHSNv14n2f.pdf 2014-08-14 2010-06-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20100613011304/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv14/CFHSNv14n2f.pdf dead Schedule y y September 26 at 1896 Trinity Bantams Trinity (CT) Hartford, CT W 6–0 Yale Scores But Once On Trinity's Eleven The Philadelphia Inquirer September 27, 1896 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354280/yale_scores_but_once_on_trinitys_eleven/ Newspapers.com September 30 Amherst Yale Field New Haven, CT W 12–0 Amherst Gives Yale a Hard Tussle Boston Post October 1, 1896 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354386/amherst_gives_yale_a_hard_tussle/ Newspapers.com October 7 Brown Yale Field New Haven, CT W 18–0 1,800 Yale 18, Brown 0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97313634/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts October 8, 1896 5 March 10, 2022 Newspapers.com Victory for the Blue Chicago Tribune October 8, 1896 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354514/victory_for_the_blue/ Newspapers.com October 10 vs Orange Athletic Club Orange Oval Orange, NJ W 12–0 1,000 Yale, 12; Orange, 0 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 11, 1896 9 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354632/yale_12_orange_0/ Newspapers.com October 14 Williams Yale Field New Haven, CT W 22–0 Yale, 22; Williams, O Boston Post October 15, 1896 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354728/yale_22_williams_0/ Newspapers.com October 17 Dartmouth Yale Field New Haven, CT W 42–0 Yale Beats Dartmouth Easily The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 18, 1896 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354804/yale_beats_dartmouth_easily/ Newspapers.com October 21 Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT W 16–0 Wesleyan's Good Game.—Yale, However, Won By A Score Of 16-0 Yesterday https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/200944442/ The Daily Morning Journal and Courier New Haven, Connecticut October 22, 1896 3 July 5, 2026 Newspapers.com Yale, 16; Wesleyan, 0 Boston Post October 22, 1896 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354930/yale_16_wesleyan_0/ Newspapers.com October 24 vs Carlisle Manattan Field New York, NY W 12–6 5,000 Yale Had a Close Call The New York Times October 25, 1896 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355057/yale_had_a_close_call_defeats_carlisle/ Newspapers.com October 28 Elizabeth Athletic Club Yale Field New Haven, CT W 12–6 Close Formation Plays Give Yale a Surprise: Elizabeth A. C. Scores Six Points, and the Blue Goes Them Six Points Better The Philadelphia Inquirer October 29, 1896 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355252/close_formation_plays_give_yale_a/ Newspapers.com October 31 at Army Parade grounds West Point, NY W 16–2 Yale, 16; West Point, 2 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 1, 1896 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14609087/yalewest_point_football_gamebrooklyn/ Newspapers.com November 3 Boston Athletic Association Yale Field New Haven, CT W 10–0 2,500 Yale, 10; Boston A.A., 0 The Philadelphia Inquirer November 4, 1896 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355680/yale_10_boston_aa_0/ November 7 at Brown Adelaide Park Providence, RI W 18–6 2,500 Yale-Brown https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97314509/buffalo-evening-news/ Buffalo Evening News Buffalo, New York November 7, 1896 51 March 10, 2022 Newspapers.com Brown University Scores Against Yale The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 8, 1896 4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355860/brown_university_scores_against_yale/ Newspapers.com November 14 New Jersey Athletic Club Yale Field New Haven, CT W 16–0 Yale Held Down: Scored But Sixteen Points Against the New Jersey Athletic Club Washington Times November 15, 1896 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355978/yale_held_down/ Newspapers.com November 21 Princeton (rivalry) Manhattan Field New York, NY L 6–24 35,000–50,000 Nassau Beats Eli: Princeton Football Players Bowled Over Yale's Warriors and Won Easily on Manhattan Field The New York Times November 22, 1896 1, 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16356123/nassau_beats_eli/ Newspapers.comPrinceton Won at Manhattan Field and the Blow Almost Killed Eli The Philadelphia Inquirer November 22, 1896 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98347906/princeton-won-at-manhattan-field-and/ Newspapers.com Roster Abbott, T Alport, T Lyman M. Bass, E Hamilton F. Benjamin, HB Butler, FB Charles Chadwick, G Burr Chamberlain, C George S. Chauncey, FB W. Boudinot Conner, E Drummond, G Alfred H. Durston Morris Ely, QB Clarence Fincke, QB Gerard, QB Gilmore, HB Goodwin, HB John A. Hall Josiah J. Hazen, E Alfred H. Hine Louis Hinkey, FB King, HB Alexander B. Marvin John S. McFarland, C Paul D. Mills, HB Morris, G Fred T. Murphy, T Lang Murray, G Post, T James O. Rodgers, T Dudley Sutphin, G Leonard H. Van Every, HB Wright, 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 Yale Bulldogs football