1874 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1874 Yale Bulldogs football
Yale football team 1874.jpg
National champion (NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainHugh J. McBirney
Home stadium Hamilton Park
Seasons
  1873
1875  

The 1874 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1874 college football season. The team finished with a 3–0 record and was retroactively named national champion by the National Championship Foundation and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. [1] [2] The team captain was Hugh J. McBirney. [3]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 18 Stevens W 6–0
November 21 Columbia
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 5–1 [4]
December 5Columbia
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 6–1

Standings

1874 college football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Yale   3 0 0
Princeton   2 0 0
Harvard   1 1 0
Tufts   1 0 0
Stevens   3 1 0
Rutgers   1 3 0
Columbia   1 5 0
NYU   0 1 0
McGill   0 1 0

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