1923 Yale Bulldogs football team

1923 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (QPRS)
Conference	Independent
Head coach	Tad Jones (6th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	Bill Mallory [1]
Home stadium	Yale Bowl
Uniform
Seasons ←  1922 1924  →

1923 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					8	–	0	–	0
St. John's			–					5	–	0	–	1
Dartmouth			–					8	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	1	–	1
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	1	–	1
Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	1	–	2
Tufts			–					6	–	2	–	0
Army			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					6	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	2	–	1
NYU			–					6	–	2	–	1
Penn State			–					6	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					6	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	3	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					4	–	3	–	1
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
Columbia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					3	–	3	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					3	–	5	–	1
Drexel			–					2	–	6	–	0
Buffalo			–					2	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					2	–	7	–	0
Boston University			–					1	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	7	–	1
Temple			–					0	–	5	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	7	–	0
Springfield			–					0	–	7	–	0

The 1923 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1923 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with an undefeated 8–0 record under sixth-year head coach Tad Jones. Yale outscored its opponents by a combined score of 230 to 38, including a 40–0 victory over Georgia, a 31–10 victory over Army and shutout victories over rivals Princeton and Harvard. ^[2] Two Yale players, tackle Century Milstead and fullback Bill Mallory, were consensus selections for the 1923 College Football All-America Team. ^[3] The team was selected retroactively as a co-national champion by the Berryman QPRS system. ^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6		North Carolina	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 53–0	20,000	[5]
October 13		Georgia	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 40–0		[6]
October 20		Bucknell	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 29–14		[7] [8]
October 27	2:30 p.m.	Brown	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 21–0	45,000	[9] [10]
November 3		Army	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 31–10		[11]
November 10		Maryland	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 16–14	20,000	[12]
November 17		Princeton	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 27–0
November 24		at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 13–0
All times are in Eastern time

Roster

• Edward C. Bench
• John S. Bingham, E
• Edwin F. Blair, T
• James F. Burns
• Benjamin Butterworth, T
• Edmund P. Cottle, HB
• Joshua M. Deaver, E
• John C. Diller, T
• Richard J. Eckhart
• Caldwell B. Esselstyn, G
• Edward M. Greene
• J. Hoxie Haas, FB
• Theodore S. Hart
• Otis L. Hubbard
• Tony Hulman, E
• Houston E. Landis, C
• John J. Lincoln
• Winslow Lovejoy, C
• Richard Luman, E
• Bill Mallory, FB
• John L. Miller, T
• Century Milstead, T
• Russell W. Murphy, QB
• William H. Neale, HB
• Newell G. Neidlinger
• Norris, G
• Charles M. O'Hearn, HB
• Philip W. Pillsbury
• Ducky Pond, HB
• William L. Richeson, QB
• Riley, QB
• Henry C. Scott
• Mal Stevens, HB
• Weinecke, QB

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References

1. "Year By Year Scores: 1923". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 64. Retrieved November 26, 2024– via Internet Archive.
2. "1923 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
3. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1155
4. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
5. "Yale's brilliant attack humbles N. Carolina, 53–0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Georgia easy mark for Yale team, 40–0". The Boston Sunday Globe. October 14, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Dazzling Bucknell Aerial Attack Scores Twice Against Yale But Elis Win, 29 to 14". The Hartford Courant. October 21, 1923. p. IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Bucknell Scores Twice on Yale -- The Score". The Lewisburg Journal. October 26, 1923. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Brown To Marshall Veteran Team Against Bulldogs Today; Bruin's Backfield Is Strong". The Bridgeport Telegram . Bridgeport, Connecticut. October 27, 1923. p. 23. Retrieved September 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
10. "Yale's Strong Attack Beats Brown Eleven". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, New York. October 28, 1923. p. D1. Retrieved September 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
11. "Army is routed by Yale attack". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. November 4, 1923. p. 8.
12. "Maryland Throws Big Scare Into Bulldog Camp, Score 16-14". The Hartford Courant. November 11, 1923. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "All-Time Lettermen (DOC)". Yale University Athletics. Retrieved January 29, 2025.