1887 Yale Bulldogs football team
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Template:1887 college football records The 1887 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1887 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1][2]
Schedule
October 5Wesleyan
W 38–0 October 15at WesleyanMiddletown, CTW 106–0 October 22at WilliamsWilliamstown, MAW 74–0 October 29at PennPhiladelphia, PA (rivalry)W 50–0 November 6Rutgers
- Yale Field
- New Haven, CT
W 74–0 November 8at Crescent Athletic ClubNew York, NYW 68–0 November 12Wesleyan
- Yale Field
- New Haven, CT
W 76–4 November 19vs. PrincetonNew York, NY (rivalry)W 12–0 November 24vs. Harvard
- Polo Grounds
- New York, NY (rivalry)
W 17–8
Template:CFB Schedule End Source: SR/College Football [2]
References
- ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ^ a b "1887 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.