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1911 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1911 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1911 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 7–2–1 record under first-year head coach John Field.


1911 Yale Bulldogs football
Independent
7–2–1
John Field (1st season)
Art Howe
Yale Field

The 1911 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1911 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 7–2–1 record under first-year head coach John Field.

Three Yale players, end Douglas Bomeisler, center Hank Ketcham and quarterback Art Howe, were consensus picks for the 1911 College Football All-America Team. Walter Camp's son, Walter C. Camp, Jr., played at the halfback position for the 1911 Bulldogs and received second-team All-America honors from his father and from Wilton S. Farnsworth. Yale fullback Jesse Philbin also received first-team All-America honors from Farnsworth.

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27WesleyanYale FieldNew Haven, CTW 21–0
September 30Holy CrossYale FieldNew Haven, CTW 26–0
October 7SyracuseYale FieldNew Haven, CTW 12–0
October 14VPIYale FieldNew Haven, CTW 33–0
October 21at ArmyThe PlainWest Point, NYL 0–6
October 28ColgateYale FieldNew Haven, CTW 23–0
November 4NYUYale FieldNew Haven, CTW 28–3
November 11BrownYale FieldNew Haven, CTW 15–0
November 18PrincetonYale FieldNew Haven, CT (rivalry)L 3–635,000
November 25at HarvardHarvard StadiumBoston, MA (rivalry)T 0–0
  • Sidney W. Anderson, HB
  • Benjamin Avery, E
  • Douglas Bomeisler, E
  • E. Bomeisler, E
  • Walter C. Camp, HB
  • Clarence Childs, G
  • David L. Dunn, FB
  • Pomeroy T. Francis, G
  • Edgar W. Freeman, HB
  • Carl Gallauer, E
  • Art Howe, QB
  • William F. Howe, E
  • Hank Ketcham, C
  • Robert F. Loree, C
  • Henry A. Marting, T
  • Elmer McDevitt, G
  • Harry N. Merritt, QB
  • Mitchell, HB
  • Charles H. Paul, T
  • Henry E. Perry, T
  • Jesse H. Philbin, FB
  • James A. Reilly, HB
  • James W. Scully, T
  • Ogilvie H. Sheldon
  • Jesse Spalding, HB
  • Edwin A. Strout
  • Daniel G. Tomlinson, T
  • William C. Warren, T
  • Wentworth, FB
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