1875 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1875 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1875 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 2–2 record. The team won games against Rutgers and Wesleyan and lost to Harvard and Columbia.[1]

News about the Harvard v Yale game played under the "concessionary rules" in 1875. It is considered the first rugby-style game in the US

1875 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–2
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumHamilton Park
1875 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard    4 0 0
Princeton    2 0 0
Columbia    4 1 1
Rutgers    1 1 1
Yale    2 2 0
Stevens    3 3 0
Tufts    0 1 0
NYU    0 1 0
Wesleyan    0 1 0
Bates    0 1 0
Canada All-Stars    0 2 0
CCNY    0 3 0

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 6RutgersW 4–1
November 13Harvard
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT (rivalry)
L 0–4[2][3]
November 20Wesleyan
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 6–0
December 4Columbia
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
L 2–3

References

  1. "1875 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "Football Game Between Harvard and Yale Today". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 13, 1875. p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. "Foot Ball.—The Match Between Harvard And Yale – Harvard Victorious". Boston Evening Transcript. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1875. p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2022 via Newspapers.com open access.


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