1890 Yale Bulldogs football team

1890 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
1890 record	13–1
Head coach	Walter Camp (3rd season)
Captain	William Rhodes
Seasons

1890 college football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
California			–					4	–	0	–	0
Virginia			–					5	–	2	–	0
Michigan			–					4	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	4	–	0
Georgetown			–					3	–	3	–	1
Washington			–					0	–	0	–	1
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colorado			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1890 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1890 college football season. In its third year under head coach Walter Camp, the team compiled a 13–1 record, recorded 12 shutouts, and outscored all opponents by a total of 486 to 18. Its only loss was to rival Harvard by a 12–6 score.

Three Yale players (halfback Thomas McClung, guard Pudge Heffelfinger, and tackle William Rhodes) were consensus picks for the 1890 College Football All-America Team. All three have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	[[{{{school}}}|Wesleyan]]	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 8–0
October 4	at Crescent Athletic Club	Washington Park Brooklyn	W 18–6	4,000
October 8	at [[{{{school}}}|Wesleyan]]	Middletown, CT	W 34–0
October 11	Lehigh	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 26–0
October 15	at Trinity	Hartford, CT	W 40–0	500
October 18	at Orange Athletic Club	O.A.C. grounds Orange, NJ	W 16–0
October 22	Williams	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 36–0
October 25	at Amherst	Amherst, MA	W 12–0
November 1	[[{{{school}}}|Wesleyan]]	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 76–0
November 4	at Crescent Athletic Club	Washington Park Brooklyn	W 52–0	8,000
November 8	Rutgers	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 70–0
November 15	Penn (rivalry)	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 60–0
November 22	vs. Harvard	Springfield, MA (rivalry)	L 6–12	> 9,000
November 27	vs. Princeton	Eastern Park Brooklyn (rivalry)	W 32–0	10,000