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1876 Yale Bulldogs football
Consensus national champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainEugene V. Baker
Home stadiumHamilton Park
Seasons
← 1875
1877 →
1876 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   3 – 2 – 0
Stevens   –   2 – 2 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 1 – 0
Penn   –   1 – 2 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 3 – 0
Canada All-Stars   –   0 – 1 – 0
McGill   –   0 – 1 – 0
Northwestern   –   0 – 1 – 0
Philadelphia All-Stars   –   0 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 2 – 0

The 1876 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1876 college football season. The team finished with a 3–0 record and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[1][2] The Yale team defeated rival Harvard for the first time.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
November 18Harvard
W 1–02,000
November 30vs. Princeton
W 2–0>1,000[3]
December 9vs. ColumbiaHoboken, NJW 2–0

[2]

References

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "1876 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Foot-Ball, from the New York Herald, Dec. 1st". The Buffalo Commercial. December 2, 1876. p. 2.
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