1889 Yale Bulldogs football team

1889 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	15–1
Head coach	Walter Camp (2nd season)
Captain	Charles O. Gill
Home stadium	Yale Field
Seasons ←  1888 1890  →

1889 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					15	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					9	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	1	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					4	–	1	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	1	–	0
Lehigh			–					8	–	3	–	2
Cornell			–					8	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					5	–	7	–	1
Bucknell			–					2	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	4	–	2
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	2
Fordham			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1889 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1889 college football season. In their second season under head coach Walter Camp, Yale compiled a 15–1 record, held opponents scoreless in 12 games, and outscored all opponents by a total of 659 to 31. Its only loss was in the final game of the season against rival Princeton by a 10–0 score. ^[1]

Three Yale players (end Amos Alonzo Stagg, guard Pudge Heffelfinger and tackle Charles O. Gill) were named to the 1889 College Football All-America Team, the first college football All-America team as selected by Caspar Whitney. ^[2] Stagg and Heffelfinger have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	3:00 p.m.	Wesleyan	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 38–0		[3] [4]
October 9		at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	W 63–5		[5]
October 12		Williams	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 36–0		[6]
October 16		Cornell	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 56–6		[7]
October 19		Amherst	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 42–0		[8]
October 24		at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	W 64–0		[9]
October 26		at Columbia	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	W 62–0	600	[10]
October 30		at Penn	Philadelphia, PA	W 20–10		[11]
October 31		vs. Stevens	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	W 30–0		[12]
November 5		at Crescent Athletic Club	Washington Park Brooklyn, NY	W 18–0	4,000	[13]
November 9		at Cornell	Ithaca, NY	W 70–0	2,000	[14]
November 12		at Amherst	Amherst, MA	W 32–0		[15]
November 13		at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	W 70–0		[16]
November 16		vs. Wesleyan	Hampden Park Springfield, MA	W 52–0		[17] [18]
November 23	2:00 p.m.	vs. Harvard	Hampden Park Springfield, MA (rivalry)	W 6–0	15,000	[19] [20]
November 28	2:29 p.m.	vs. Princeton	Berkley Oval New York, NY (rivalry)	L 0–10	>25,000	[21]

Roster

• William Adams, T
• Harry Beecher, QB
• C. D. Bliss, HB
• William Herbert Corbin, C
• Harry T. Ferris, C
• Charles O. Gill, T
• Andrew Graves, FB
• Bert Hanson, T
• John A. Hartwell, E
• Pudge Heffelfinger, G
• Lawrence Heyworth, G
• Herbert McBride, FB
• Lee McClung, HB
• B. Morrison, HB
• Stanley Morrison, HB
• Wallace Moyle, E
• Ashbel Barney Newell, C
• William Rhodes, T
• Amos Alonzo Stagg, E
• Terry, HB
• John B. Townsend, E
• Henry L. Williams, HB
• William Wurtenburg, QB

References

1. "1889 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
2. The All-America Team for 1889 selected by Casper Whitney is identified in the NCAA guide to football award winners Archived 2009-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Yale University News". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. September 28, 1889. p. 6. Retrieved March 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
4. "Yale's Easy Victory". The Meriden Sunday Journal . Meriden, Connecticut. September 29, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
5. "Wesleyan Scored". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved March 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
6. "No Science In The Play: Yale Defeats Williams in a Very Rough Game of Football". The New York Times . October 13, 1889. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Yale Wins at Football: Cornell Defeated by a Score of 56 to 6". The New York Times. October 17, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Yale Defeats Amherst". The New York Times. October 28, 1889. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Yale 64, Trinity 0: The Blues Easily Win at Hartford -- Casualties and Score". Burlington Daily Free Press. October 25, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Yale Beats Columbia, and Princeton Wins, Too". The New York Times. October 27, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Yale Takes The Game". The Times (Philadelphia). October 31, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Yale's New Football Men: Corbin, Terry and Beecher Play Against Stevens". The New York Times. November 1, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Yale Muscle Wins Again". The Sun (New York). November 6, 1889. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Cornell Defeated By Yale". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 10, 1889. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Yale Plays The Return Game With Amherst And Wins". The New York Times. November 13, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
16. "More Like Old Times". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1889. p. 5. Retrieved March 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
17. "Yale, 52; Wesleyan, 0". The New York Times. November 17, 1889. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
18. "Yale, 52; Wesleyan, 0". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved March 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
19. "Yale Wins From Harvard". The New York Times. November 24, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
20. "Leather Chasing". Brooklyn Citizen . Brooklyn, New York. November 24, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved March 25, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
21. "Princeton Wins Gloriously". The Sun (New York). November 29, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.