1877 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion (NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainEugene V. Baker
Home stadiumHamilton Park
Seasons
← 1876
1878 →
1877 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 1
Amherst   –   1 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 2 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 2 – 0
Stevens   –   1 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1877 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1877 college football season. The team finished with a 3–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the National Championship Foundation and co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 3Tufts
W 1–0[3]
November 21Trinity (CT)
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 7–0[4]
November 24Stevens
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 13–0[5]
December 8vs. Princeton
T 0–02,000–3,000[6][7]

[2]

References

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "1877 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "The Tufts Football Team Defeated By Yale". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 4, 1877. p. 5. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Football—A Fine Game Between Yale And Trinity". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 22, 1877. p. 5. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Foot-Ball Matters At Yale". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 25, 1877. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Great Football Game.—Yale and Princeton Teams Playing for the Championship". New York Herald. New York, New York. December 9, 1877. p. 12. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "The Sporting World—Football Match between Yale and Princeton". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. December 9, 1877. p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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