1885 Yale Bulldogs football team

1885 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–1
Head coach	None
Captain	Frank G. Peters
Home stadium	Yale Field
Seasons ←  1884 1886  →

1885 college football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Michigan			–					3	–	0	–	0
Colorado College			–					1	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati			–					1	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					8	–	5	–	0
Lafayette			–					3	–	2	–	1
Massachusetts			–					3	–	2	–	1
Johns Hopkins			–					2	–	2	–	0
Richmond			–					1	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					3	–	4	–	0
Navy			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					1	–	5	–	1
Rutgers			–					0	–	1	–	0
Fordham			–					0	–	3	–	0

The 1885 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1885 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 7–1 record. The team achieved six shutouts and held a significant scoring advantage over their opponents, with a combined total of 366 points scored to just 11 against them. Their sole defeat came at the hands of their archrival Princeton, in a closely contested match with a final score of 6-5. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 10		at Stevens	St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ	W 55–0		[2]
October 14		vs. Wesleyan	Ward Street grounds Hartford, CT	W 18–0	200	[3]
October 28	3:00 p.m.	Wesleyan	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 68–0		[4]
October 31		at MIT	Union Grounds Boston, MA	W 51–0	900	[5]
November 3		Crescent Athletic Club	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 52–0		[6]
November 14	2:00 p.m.	at Penn	University Athletic Grounds Philadelphia, PA	W 53–5		[7] [8]
November 21	2:30 p.m.	Princeton	Yale Field New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 5–6	5,000	[9] [10]
November 26		vs. Wesleyan	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 61–0	5,000	[11] [12]

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Roster

• Harry Beecher, QB
• Lewis S. Bigelow
• James J. Buchanan, G
• William T. Bull
• Edward L. Burke, FB
• George R. Carter
• Robert N. Corwin, E
• Alexander B. Coxe
• Billy Crawford, HB
• Charles O. Gill, T
• Harry L. Hamlin, T
• Albert C. Lux
• Frank G. Peters, C
• Reginald Ronalds
• Edward B. Seeley
• Amos Alonzo Stagg
• Frederick W. Wallace, E
• George A. Watkinson
• George Washington Woodruff, G
• George H. Young, FB

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References

1. "1885 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. "Yale's Big Foot Ball Men Win". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
3. "Yale's Defeats Wesleyan". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 15, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Yale College News". New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier . New Haven, Connecticut. October 29, 1885. p. 4. Retrieved March 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
5. "Techs Vs. Yales". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
6. "Yale Wins the Game". The New York Times. November 4, 1885. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "The Football Furore". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1885. p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
8. "Yale's Big Goal Kickers". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1885. p. 5. Retrieved March 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
9. "Yale Bites The Dust". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
10. "Princeton Is Champion". The New York Times . New York, New York. November 22, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
11. "Yale Uses Up Wesleyan". The Sun . New York, New York. November 27, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
12. "Yale's Picnic With The Wesleyans". The Daily Inter Ocean . Chicago, Illinois. November 27, 1885. p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
13. "All-Time Lettermen (DOC)". Yale University Athletics. Retrieved January 29, 2025.