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1881 Yale Bulldogs football team


1881 Yale Bulldogs football
Independent
5–0–1
None
Franklin M. Eaton
Hamilton Park

The 1881 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1881 college football season. The team compiled a 5–0–1 record, did not allow opposing teams to score a single point, outscored all opponents, 10–0, and was retroactively named co-national champions by the National Championship Foundation and Parke H. Davis.

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 292:30 p.m.at AmherstAmherst, MAW 2–0
November 2MichiganHamilton ParkNew Haven, CTW 2–0600
November 5AmherstHamilton ParkNew Haven, CTW 4–0
November 122:40 p.m.HarvardHamilton ParkNew Haven, CT (rivalry)W 1–01,500
November 16at ColumbiaPolo GroundsNew York, NYW 1–0
November 24vs. PrincetonPolo GroundsNew York, NY (rivalry)T 0–010,000
  • Rushers: Howard H. Knapp, Arthur L. Farwell, Ray Tompkins, Louis K. Hull, Charles Bigelow Storrs, Franklin M. Eaton, Charles S. Beck
  • Quarterback: Walter Irving Badger
  • Halfbacks: Eugene Lamb Richards, Walter Camp
  • Back: Benjamin Wisner Bacon

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