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1872 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference Independent
1872 record 1–0
Head coach No coach
Captain David Schley Schaff
Home stadium Hamilton Park
Seasons
« None 1873 »
1872 college football records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Princeton         1 0 0
Yale         1 0 0
Rutgers         1 1 1
Columbia         1 2 1
Stevens Tech         0 1 0

The 1872 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University in the 1872 college football season. The team finished with a 1–0 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] They played Columbia at Hamilton Park and won 3–0.[2] Each team had 20 players and the field was 400 feet long and 250 wide (134 by 83 yards). Tommy Sherman scored the first goal and Lew Irwin the other two.[3] The team's captain was David Schley Schaff, who attended the Rugby School in England where he learned to play football.[4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 16ColumbiaW 3–0

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References[]

  1. "National Poll Champions". NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. "1872 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1872-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "Timeline of Yale Football". Yale University. http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/2014-15/files/TIMELINE_OF_YALE_FOOTBALL_after_2014_season.doc. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  4. "Football by Year" (in en). Yale University. http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-footbl/2016-17/files/year_by_year_results_thru_2016.pdf. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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