1902 Yale Bulldogs football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1902 Yale Bulldogs football 1902 yale football team.jpg 250 Independent 11–0–1 Joseph R. Swan 1st George B. Chadwick Yale Field Co-national champion (Davis) The 1902 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1902 college football season. The team finished with an 11–0–1 record, shut out eight of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 286 to 22.1902 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 27, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1902-schedule.html Joseph R. Swan was the head coach, and George B. Chadwick was the team captain. Yale was selected as the 1902 champion in the 1903 edition of the World Almanac.1903 The World Almanac and Encyclopedia (1903) Football. Intercollegiate Games of 1914. https://archive.org/details/worldalmanacency1903newy/page/261/mode/1up 261–262 In the absence of any recognized Intercollegiate Football Association the championship cannot always be unerringly fixed; but in 1902 there is no difficulty in allotting the honor to Yale, inasmuch as she won every one of her games. In the absence of any recognized Intercollegiate Football Association the championship cannot always be unerringly fixed; but in 1902 there is no difficulty in allotting the honor to Yale, inasmuch as she won every one of her games. The World Almanac and Encyclopedia (1903) In 1933 Yale was retroactively named as the national co-champion, along with Michigan, by NCAA-designated "major selector" 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 108 January 4, 2016 PDF Seven Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1902 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback Foster Rockwell; halfback George B. Chadwick; end Tom Shevlin; center Henry Holt; guard Edward Glass; and tackles Ralph Kinney and James Hogan.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 27 w 1902 Trinity Bantams Trinity (CT) Yale Field New Haven, CT 40–0 Yale Easily Beats Trinity New York Tribune September 28, 1902 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98245118/yale-easily-beats-trinity/ Newspapers.com October 1 w 1902 Tufts Jumbos Tufts Yale Field New Haven, CT 34–6 Yale, 34; Tufts, 6 New York Tribune October 2, 1902 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98245269/yale-34-tufts-6/ Newspapers.com October 4 w 1902 Amherst Amherst Yale Field New Haven, CT 23–0 Yale, 23; Amherst, 0 The New York Times October 5, 1902 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98245453/yale-23-amherst-0/ Newspapers.com October 8 w 1902 Wesleyan Methodists Wesleyan Yale Field New Haven, CT 35–0 Yale, 35; Wesleyan, 0 The New York Times October 9, 1902 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98245607/yale-35-wesleyan-0/ Newspapers.com October 11 w y Brown Andrews Field Providence, RI 10–0 Yale, 10; Brown, 0 The New York Times October 12, 1902 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98245757/yale-10-brown-0/ Newspapers.com October 15 w Vermont Yale Field New Haven, CT 32–0 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79928758/yale-easily-defeats-vermont-in-a-well-pl/ New York Tribune Yale easily defeats Vermont in a well played game October 16, 1903 June 20, 2021 Newspapers.com October 18 w Penn State Yale Field New Haven, CT 11–0 Yale, 11; Penn. State, 0 The New York Times October 19, 1932 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98245953/yale-11-penn-state-0/ Newspapers.com October 25 w Syracuse Yale Field New Haven, CT 24–0 Yale, 24; Syracuse, 0 The New York Times October 26, 1902 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98244452/yale-24-syracuse-0/ Newspapers.com November 1 t y Army The Plain West Point, NY 6–6 Yale and West Point Tie: Six to Six Is the Score After Hard Battle -- Weight of New-Haven Team Balked By Soldiers' Line New York Tribune November 2, 1902 28 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98244261/yale-and-west-point-tie-six-to-six-is/ Newspapers.com November 8 w Bucknell Yale Field New Haven, CT 36–5 6,000 Rough Work at Yale Field: Bucknell Men Scored By Referee -- The Blue Eleven Won by 34 to 5 New York Tribune November 9, 1902 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98243964/rough-work-at-yale-field-bucknell-men/ Newspapers.com November 15 w y Princeton University Field Princeton, NJ rivalry 12–5 20,000 Yale Football Team Defeats Princeton: New Haven Eleven Wins After a Fiercely Fought Game The New York Times November 16, 1902 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98243696/yale-football-team-defeats-princeton/ Newspapers.com November 22 w Harvard Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 23–0 30,000 Yale 23, Harvard 0: Crimson Outclassed at Every Stage; 30,000 Saw Game Boston Post November 23, 1902 1 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-nov-23-1902-p-1/ NewspaperARCHIVE Roster Arthur W. Allen, HB Harold S. Batchelder, G Harry E. Benham Martin H. Bergen Lebbeus F. Bissell, T Morgan H. Bowman, FB George B. Chadwick, HB Ralston R. Coffin, E Malcolm Farmer, HB Edgar Glass, G George A. Goss, G Chauncey J. Hamlin, T Morin S. Hare, E Hinkle, HB James Hogan, T Henry Holt, C Ralph Kinney, G McClintock, FB Harold G. Metcalf, QB John A. Moorhead, E Chester T. Neal, E James C. Preston, HB Charles D. Rafferty, E Foster Rockwell, QB Carleton Shaw, HB Tom Shevlin, T Willard B. Soper, HB S. Oakley Van der Poel, FB S. Dwight Ward, HB Frederick W. Wilhelmi, E Burnside Winslow, QB 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