1896 Yale Bulldogs football team

Yale Bulldogs football
	1896 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
1896 record	13–1
Head coach	Sam Thorne (1st season)
Home stadium	Yale Field
	Seasons ← 1895 1897 →

The 1896 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1896 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 13–1 record under first-year head coach Sam Thorne. The team recorded nine shutouts and won its first 13 games by a combined 212 to 29 score. It then lost its final game against rival Princeton by a 24–6 score.^[1]

Two Yale players, quarterback Clarence Fincke and tackle Fred T. Murphy, were consensus picks for the 1896 College Football All-America Team.^[2] Leslie's Weekly also picked three other Yale players (ends Lyman Bass and Louis Hinkey and center Burr Chamberlain) as 1896 first-team All-America players.^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at Trinity	Hartford, CT	W 6–0		^[4]
September 30	Amherst	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 12–0		^[5]
October 7	Brown	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 18–0		^[6]
October 10	vs. Orange Athletic Club	Orange Oval Orange, NJ	W 12–0	1,000	^[7]
October 14	Williams	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 22–0		^[8]
October 17	Dartmouth (rivalry)	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 42–0		^[9]
October 21	[[{{{school}}}\|Wesleyan]]	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 16–0		^[10]
October 24	vs. Carlisle	Manhattan Field New York City	W 12–6	5,000	^[11]
October 28	Elizabeth Athletic Club	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 12–6		^[12]
October 31	at Army	Parade grounds West Point, NY	W 16–2		^[13]
November 3	Boston Athletic Association	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 10–0	2,500	^[14]
November 7	at Brown	Providence, RI (rivalry)	W 18–6	2,500	^[15]
November 14	New Jersey Athletic Club	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 16–0		^[16]
November 21	Princeton	Manhattan Field New York City (rivalry)	L 6–24	35,000	^[17]

References[]

↑ "1896 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1896-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
↑ "Award Winners". NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf.
↑ "All-America Addendum". College Football Historical Society Newsletter. February 2001. http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv14/CFHSNv14n2f.pdf.
↑ "Yale Scores But Once On Trinity's Eleven". The Philadelphia Inquirer: p. 8. September 27, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354280/yale_scores_but_once_on_trinitys_eleven/.
↑ "Amherst Gives Yale a Hard Tussle". Boston Post: p. 3. October 1, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354386/amherst_gives_yale_a_hard_tussle/.
↑ "Victory for the Blue". Chicago Tribune: p. 8. October 8, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354514/victory_for_the_blue/.
↑ "Yale, 12; Orange, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 9. October 11, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354632/yale_12_orange_0/.
↑ "Yale, 22; Williams, O". Boston Post: p. 3. October 15, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354728/yale_22_williams_0/.
↑ "Yale Beats Dartmouth Easily". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 10. October 18, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354804/yale_beats_dartmouth_easily/.
↑ "Yale, 16; Wesleyan, 0". Boston Post: p. 3. October 22, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354930/yale_16_wesleyan_0/.
↑ "Yale Had a Close Call". The New York Times: p. 4. October 25, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355057/yale_had_a_close_call_defeats_carlisle/.
↑ "Close Formation Plays Give Yale a Surprise: Elizabeth A. C. Scores Six Points, and the Blue Goes Them Six Points Better". The Philadelphia Inquirer: p. 4. October 29, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355252/close_formation_plays_give_yale_a/.
↑ "Yale, 16; West Point, 2". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 16. November 1, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14609087/yalewest_point_football_gamebrooklyn/.
↑ "Yale, 10; Boston A.A., 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer: p. 10. November 4, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355680/yale_10_boston_aa_0/.
↑ "Brown University Scores Against Yale". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 4. November 8, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355860/brown_university_scores_against_yale/.
↑ "Yale Held Down: Scored But Sixteen Points Against the New Jersey Athletic Club". Washington Times: p. 7. November 15, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355978/yale_held_down/.
↑ "Nassau Beats Eli: Princeton Football Players Bowled Over Yale's Warriors and Won Easily on Manhattan Field". The New York Times: pp. 1, 2. November 22, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16356123/nassau_beats_eli/.

[SR-1] "1896 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1896-schedule.html. Retrieved February 27, 2017.

[2] "Award Winners". NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2012/Awards.pdf.

[3] "All-America Addendum". College Football Historical Society Newsletter. February 2001. http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv14/CFHSNv14n2f.pdf.

[4] "Yale Scores But Once On Trinity's Eleven". The Philadelphia Inquirer: p. 8. September 27, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354280/yale_scores_but_once_on_trinitys_eleven/.

[5] "Amherst Gives Yale a Hard Tussle". Boston Post: p. 3. October 1, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354386/amherst_gives_yale_a_hard_tussle/.

[6] "Victory for the Blue". Chicago Tribune: p. 8. October 8, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354514/victory_for_the_blue/.

[7] "Yale, 12; Orange, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 9. October 11, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354632/yale_12_orange_0/.

[8] "Yale, 22; Williams, O". Boston Post: p. 3. October 15, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354728/yale_22_williams_0/.

[9] "Yale Beats Dartmouth Easily". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 10. October 18, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354804/yale_beats_dartmouth_easily/.

[10] "Yale, 16; Wesleyan, 0". Boston Post: p. 3. October 22, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16354930/yale_16_wesleyan_0/.

[11] "Yale Had a Close Call". The New York Times: p. 4. October 25, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355057/yale_had_a_close_call_defeats_carlisle/.

[12] "Close Formation Plays Give Yale a Surprise: Elizabeth A. C. Scores Six Points, and the Blue Goes Them Six Points Better". The Philadelphia Inquirer: p. 4. October 29, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355252/close_formation_plays_give_yale_a/.

[13] "Yale, 16; West Point, 2". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 16. November 1, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14609087/yalewest_point_football_gamebrooklyn/.

[14] "Yale, 10; Boston A.A., 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer: p. 10. November 4, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355680/yale_10_boston_aa_0/.

[15] "Brown University Scores Against Yale". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: p. 4. November 8, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355860/brown_university_scores_against_yale/.

[16] "Yale Held Down: Scored But Sixteen Points Against the New Jersey Athletic Club". Washington Times: p. 7. November 15, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16355978/yale_held_down/.

[17] "Nassau Beats Eli: Princeton Football Players Bowled Over Yale's Warriors and Won Easily on Manhattan Field". The New York Times: pp. 1, 2. November 22, 1896. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16356123/nassau_beats_eli/.

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