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1878 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
1878 record4–1–1
Head coachNo coach
CaptainWalter Camp
Seasons
← 1877
1879 →
1878 college football records
v · d · e Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Princeton         6 0 0
Yale         4 1 1
Columbia         0 0 1
Stevens Tech         1 1 2
Harvard         1 2 0
Penn         1 2 1
Rutgers         1 2 1
Amherst         1 3 0
Brown         0 1 0
Swarthmore         0 1 0

The 1878 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1878 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 4–1–1 record. The team recorded five shutouts and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 7 to 1.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
November 2AmherstW 2–0
November 9vs. Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 2–0
November 13vs. Trinity (CT)Hartford, CTW 3–0
November 16AmherstAmherst, MAT 0–0
November 23at Harvard
W 1–0
November 28vs. PrincetonHoboken, NJ (rivalry)L 0–1

Source: SR/College Football [2]

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