1895 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1895 Yale Bulldogs football
1895 Yale Bulldogs (team picture).jpg
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record13–0–2
Head coach
Captain Sam Thorne
Home stadium Yale Field
Seasons
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1895 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  – 14 –0 –0
Yale  – 13 –0 –2
Princeton  – 10 –1 –1
Washington & Jefferson  – 6 –1 –1
Harvard  – 8 –2 –1
Lafayette  – 6 –2 –0
Syracuse  – 6 –2 –2
Army  – 5 –2 –0
Bucknell  – 5 –2 –0
Colgate  – 4 –2 –0
Swarthmore  – 7 –4 –1
Tufts  – 8 –5 –0
Villanova  – 4 –2 –0
Wesleyan  – 6 –3 –0
Amherst  – 6 –5 –0
Brown  – 7 –6 –1
Carlisle  – 4 –4 –0
Drexel  – 3 –3 –1
Penn State  – 2 –2 –3
Cornell  – 3 –4 –1
Rutgers  – 3 –4 –0
New Hampshire  – 2 –3 –1
Frankin & Marshall  – 3 –5 –1
Boston College  – 2 –4 –2
Lehigh  – 3 –6 –0
CCNY  – 2 –5 –1
Buffalo  – 1 –4 –2
Temple  – 1 –4 –1
MIT  – 1 –4 –0
Trinity (CT)  – 1 –4 –0
Massachusetts  – 1 –5 –0
Western Univ. Penn.  – 1 –6 –0
Geneva  – 0 –5 –0
NYU  – 0 –5 –0

The 1895 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1895 college football season. The team finished with a 13–0–2 record, shut out 10 of 15 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 316 to 38. [1] John A. Hartwell was the head coach, and Sam Thorne was the team captain.

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There was no contemporaneous system in 1895 for determining a national champion. However, Yale was retroactively named as the co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. [2] Most selectors designated Penn (perfect 14–0 record) as the national champion for 1895; Yale and Penn did not play during the 1895 season.

Two Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1895 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: halfback Sam Thorne and tackle Fred T. Murphy. [3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Trinity (CT) Hartford, CT W 8–0800 [4]
October 2 Brown
W 4–0 [5]
October 5at Union (NY)
W 26–05,000 [6]
October 9 Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 36–0 [7]
October 12at Crescent Athletic Club
W 8–2 [8]
October 16 Dartmouth
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 26–0 [9]
October 193:30 p.m.at Orange Athletic Club
W 24–126,000 [10] [11]
October 23 Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 54–0 [12]
October 26 Boston Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
T 0–0 [13]
October 30Dartmouth
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 32–01,500 [14]
November 2at Army
W 28–8 [15]
November 6 Carlisle
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–0 [16]
November 9at Brown
T 6–63,000 [17]
November 16at Orange Athletic ClubOrange, NJW 26–0 [18]
November 23vs. Princeton
W 20–1035,000 [19]

Roster

[20]

Posed photo of the full roster of the 1895 Yale football team 1895-Yale-Football.jpg
Posed photo of the full roster of the 1895 Yale football team

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References

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  2. ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Yale's First Game: Capt Thorne Obliged to be Satisfied With Two Touchdowns Against Trinity". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1895. pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Brown Held Yale". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. October 3, 1895. p. 12. Retrieved March 9, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  6. ↑ "Yale Defeated Union". Buffalo Courier. October 6, 1895. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Yale Was Strong: Defeated Amherst 38 to 0 in Best Game Played This Season". Boston Post. October 10, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Crescents Surprise Yale". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 13, 1895. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Tale Defeats Dartmouth 26 to 0". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. October 17, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  10. ↑ "Football, Orange Oval, To-day, 3:30". The Sun. October 19, 1895. p. 4. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Yale 24; Orange 12". The New York Times. October 20, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Yale's Strong Game: Beat Williams 54 to 0 by Playing Fine Football". The New York Times. October 24, 1895. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "B.A.A. Prevents Yale Scoring: Yale Could Not Score". The Boston Globe. October 27, 1895. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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  16. ↑ "Yale Beat the Indians: Score 18 to 0 After a Hard Fought Game". The Morning Journal-Courier. November 7, 1895. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
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  19. ↑ "Yale Downs the Tiger: Princeton Defeated on Manhattan Field by a Score of 20 to 10". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1895. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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