1897 Yale Bulldogs football team (original) (raw)

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1897 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (The Sun, Davis)
Conference Independent
Record 9–0–2
Head coach Frank Butterworth (1st season)
Captain James O. Rodgers
Home stadium Yale Field
Seasons← 18961898 →

1897 Eastern college football independents records | vte | Conf | Overall | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------- | - | | - | -- | - | - | - | - | | Team | W | | L | | T | W | | L | | T | | Penn | | | – | | | 15 | – | 0 | – | 0 | | Princeton | | | – | | | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | Washington & Jefferson | | | – | | | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | Yale | | | – | | | 9 | – | 0 | – | 2 | | Buffalo | | | – | | | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | Harvard | | | – | | | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | | Army | | | – | | | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | | Vermont | | | – | | | 3 | – | 0 | – | 2 | | Lafayette | | | – | | | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | | Drexel | | | – | | | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | | Colgate | | | – | | | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | | Dickinson | | | – | | | 7 | – | 3 | – | 2 | | Swarthmore | | | – | | | 7 | – | 3 | – | 2 | | Fordham | | | – | | | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | | Cornell | | | – | | | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | | Syracuse | | | – | | | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | | Brown | | | – | | | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | Carlisle | | | – | | | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | Boston College | | | – | | | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | Holy Cross | | | – | | | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | | Bucknell | | | – | | | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | | NYU | | | – | | | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | Temple | | | – | | | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | Trinity (CT) | | | – | | | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | | Wesleyan | | | – | | | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | Tufts | | | – | | | 6 | – | 7 | – | 0 | | Geneva | | | – | | | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | | Pittsburgh College | | | – | | | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | | Villanova | | | – | | | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | | Penn State | | | – | | | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | Amherst | | | – | | | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | | Frankin & Marshall | | | – | | | 2 | – | 6 | – | 2 | | Lehigh | | | – | | | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | | New Hampshire | | | – | | | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | Rutgers | | | – | | | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | Western Univ. Penn. | | | – | | | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

The 1897 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0–2 record, shut out seven of eleven opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 170 to 35.[1] Frank Butterworth was the head coach.

New York newspaper The Sun ranked Pennsylvania and Yale tied for first in the nation in November 1897.[2] The teams were named as co-national champions in a list published by Parke H. Davis in 1934.[3] Other later selectors designated 15–0 Pennsylvania alone as the national champion for 1897; Yale and Penn did not play during the 1897 season.

Four Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1897 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback Charles de Saulles; end John A. Hall; guard Gordon Brown; and tackle Burr Chamberlain.[4] Other notable players included halfback Charles T. Dudley, fullback Malcolm McBride, center George Cadwalader, guard Charles Chadwick, and tackle James O. Rodgers.

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source
September 29 at Trinity (CT) Trinity Athletic FieldHartford, CT W 10–0 800 [5]
October 2 Wesleyan Yale FieldNew Haven, CT W 30–0 [6]
October 6 Amherst Yale FieldNew Haven, CT W 18–0 [7]
October 9 Williams Yale FieldNew Haven, CT W 32–0 [8]
October 16 at Newton Athletic Association Newton, MA W 10–0 [9]
October 20 Brown Yale FieldNew Haven, CT W 18–14 2,000 [10]
October 23 vs. Carlisle Polo GroundsNew York, NY W 24–9 9,000–13,000 [11][12]
October 30 at Army The PlainWest Point, NY T 6–6 [13]
November 6 Chicago Athletic Association Yale FieldNew Haven, CT W 16–6 [14]
November 13 at Harvard Soldier's FieldCambridge, MA (rivalry) T 0–0 25,000 [15]
November 20 Princeton Yale FieldNew Haven, CT (rivalry) W 6–0 18,000 [16]

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  1. ^ a b "1897 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Summary of Football — How the Big College Elevens Compare in Strength". The Sun. November 28, 1897. Pennsylvania and Yale as Even Match — Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, and West Point Next in Order
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  4. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  5. ^ ""Not So Warm" Just Yet: Yale Scores Only 10 Against Trinity and U. of P. is Scored on at Home". The boston Globe. September 30, 1897. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Yale 30, Wesleyan 0". The Boston Globe. October 3, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Yale Is Encouraged". The Boston Globe. October 7, 1897. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Yale 32, Williams 0". The Boston Globe. October 10, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Yale Defeats Newton A.A." The Boston Globe. October 17, 1897. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "On The Football Field". The Meridien Daily Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. October 21, 1897. p. 7. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Nine Points Scored Against Old Eli". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 24, 1897. p. 8. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Yale Beats the Indians". The New York Times. October 24, 1897. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Yale Humiliated BY: Yale Is Outplayed at Every Point". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 31, 1897. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Score Against Yale: C.A.A. Eleven Plays a Plucky Game at New Haven". Chicago Tribune. November 7, 1897. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Langdon Smith (November 14, 1897). "Harvard and Yale Tie: Neither Side Able to Score a Point During 70 Minutes of Fierce Play". The Boston Globe. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  16. ^ "Great Victory for Yale: She Plays a Brilliant Game, Defeating Princeton with a Score of 6 to 0". The New York Times. November 21, 1897. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

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