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1878 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–1–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWalter Camp
Home stadiumHamilton Park
Seasons
← 1877
1879 →
1878 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     6 0 0
Yale     4 1 1
Columbia     0 0 1
CCNY     1 1 0
Stevens     1 1 2
Harvard     1 2 0
Penn     1 2 1
Rutgers     1 2 1
Amherst     1 3 0
Brown     0 1 0
Swarthmore     0 1 0

The 1878 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1878 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 4–1–1 record. The team recorded five shutouts and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 7 to 1.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 2AmherstW 2–0
November 9vs. Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 2–0
November 13vs. Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 3–0
November 16AmherstAmherst, MAT 0–0
November 23at HarvardW 1–0
November 28vs. PrincetonHoboken, NJ (rivalry)L 0–1

[2]

References

  1. ^ "1878 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2015 Yale Football" (PDF). yalebulldogs.com. Yale Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.