1897 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1897 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0–2 record and was retroactively named as a co-national champion by one selector, Parke H. Davis.[1][2]

1897 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
1897 record9–0–2
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Field
1897 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn   –    15 –0 –0
Yale   –    9 –0 –2
Buffalo   –    7 –0 –0
Princeton   –    10 –1 –0
Harvard   –    10 –1 –1
Drexel   –    7 –1 –1
Army   –    6 –1 –1
Lafayette   –    9 –2 –1
Colgate   –    5 –2 –1
Fordham   –    2 –1 –1
Cornell   –    5 –3 –1
Syracuse   –    5 –3 –1
Brown   –    7 –4 –0
Carlisle   –    6 –4 –0
Boston College   –    4 –3 –0
Bucknell   –    3 –3 –1
NYU   –    3 –3 –0
Temple   –    3 –3 –0
Trinity (CT)   –    4 –4 –1
Wesleyan   –    6 –6 –0
Tufts   –    6 –7 –0
Geneva   –    3 –4 –1
Pittsburgh College   –    2 –3 –1
Villanova   –    3 –5 –1
Penn State   –    3 –6 –0
Amherst   –    2 –6 –2
Frankin & Marshall   –    2 –6 –2
Lehigh   –    3 –7 –0
New Hampshire   –    2 –5 –0
Western Univ. Penn.   –    1 –3 –0
Rutgers   –    2 –7 –0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 29at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 10–0
October 2WesleyanW 30–0
October 6Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–0
October 9Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 32–0
October 16at Newton Athletic ClubNewton, MAW 10–0
October 20Brown
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–14
October 23vs. CarlisleW 24–9
October 30at ArmyT 6–6
November 6Chicago Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–6
November 13at HarvardT 0–0
November 20Princeton
W 6–0

[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. "1897 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
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