1897 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1897 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion ( The Sun , Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–0–2
Head coach
Captain James O. Rodgers
Home stadium Yale Field
Seasons
←  1896
1898  →
1897 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Penn  – 15 –0 –0
Princeton  – 10 –1 –0
Washington & Jefferson  – 10 –1 –0
Yale  – 9 –0 –2
Buffalo  – 9 –1 –0
Harvard  – 10 –1 –1
Army  – 6 –1 –1
Vermont  – 3 –0 –2
Lafayette  – 9 –2 –1
Drexel  – 6 –2 –1
Colgate  – 5 –2 –1
Dickinson  – 7 –3 –2
Swarthmore  – 7 –3 –2
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
Holy Cross  – 4 –3 –1
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  – 3 –5 –2
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
Rutgers  – 2 –5 –0
Western Univ. Penn.  – 1 –3 –0

The 1897 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0–2 record, shut out seven of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 170 to 35. [1] Frank Butterworth was the head coach.

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New York newspaper The Sun ranked Pennsylvania and Yale tied for first in the nation in November 1897. [2] The teams were named as co-national champions in a list published by Parke H. Davis in 1934. [3] Other later selectors designated 15–0 Pennsylvania alone as the national champion for 1897; Yale and Penn did not play during the 1897 season.

Four Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1897 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback Charles de Saulles; end John A. Hall; guard Gordon Brown; and tackle Burr Chamberlain. [4] Other notable players included halfback Charles T. Dudley, fullback Malcolm McBride, center George Cadwalader, guard Charles Chadwick, and tackle James O. Rodgers.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Trinity (CT)
W 10–0800 [5]
October 2 Wesleyan
W 30–0 [6]
October 6 Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–0 [7]
October 9 Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 32–0 [8]
October 16at Newton Athletic Association Newton, MA W 10–0 [9]
October 20 Brown
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 18–142,000 [10]
October 23vs. Carlisle
W 24–99,000–13,000 [11] [12]
October 30at Army
T 6–6 [13]
November 6 Chicago Athletic Association
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–6 [14]
November 13at Harvard
T 0–025,000 [15]
November 20 Princeton
W 6–018,000 [16]

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Roster

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References

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  2. ↑ "Summary of Football — How the Big College Elevens Compare in Strength". The Sun . November 28, 1897. Pennsylvania and Yale as Even Match — Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, and West Point Next in Order
  3. ↑ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ ""Not So Warm" Just Yet: Yale Scores Only 10 Against Trinity and U. of P. is Scored on at Home". The boston Globe. September 30, 1897. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Yale 30, Wesleyan 0". The Boston Globe. October 3, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Yale Is Encouraged". The Boston Globe. October 7, 1897. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Yale 32, Williams 0". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Yale Defeats Newton A.A." The Boston Globe. October 17, 1897. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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  11. ↑ "Nine Points Scored Against Old Eli". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, New York. October 24, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 12, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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  13. ↑ "Yale Humiliated BY: Yale Is Outplayed at Every Point". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 31, 1897. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Score Against Yale: C.A.A. Eleven Plays a Plucky Game at New Haven". Chicago Tribune. November 7, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
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  16. ↑ "Great Victory for Yale: She Plays a Brilliant Game, Defeating Princeton with a Score of 6 to 0". The New York Times. November 21, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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