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1895 Yale Bulldogs football team

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.

1895 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record13–0–2
Head coach
CaptainSam Thorne
Home stadiumYale Field
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   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

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 edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 8–0800[4]
October 2Brown
W 4–0[5]
October 5at Union (NY)
W 26–05,000[6]
October 9Amherst
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 36–0[7]
October 12at Crescent Athletic Club
W 8–2[8]
October 16Dartmouth
  • 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 23Williams
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 54–0[12]
October 26Boston 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 6Carlisle
  • 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]

[1]

 
Posed photo of the full roster of the 1895 Yale football team

References edit

  1. ^ a b "1895 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  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  .
  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  .
  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.
  14. ^ "Yale 32, Dartmouth 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 27, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  15. ^ "Yale, 28; West Point, 8: Cadets Played Great Game and Led Yale at First". Boston Post. November 3, 1895. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  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.
  17. ^ "Yale 6, Brown 6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 10, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved March 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  18. ^ "Played An Imaginary Eleven". The Buffalo Sunday Morning News. November 17, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  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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