1874 college football records
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Yale  300
Princeton  200
Harvard  110
Tufts  100
Stevens  220
Rutgers  220
Columbia  150
NYU  010
McGill  010

The 1874 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1874 college football season. The team finished with a 3–0 record and was retroactively named national champion by the National Championship Foundation and as co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2] The team captain was Hugh J. McBirney.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 18StevensW 6–0
November 21Columbia
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 5–1[4]
December 5Columbia
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 6–1

References

  1. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. "1874 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. "Timeline of Yale Football". Yale University. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  4. "Untitled". The Morning Republican. Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 24, 1874. p. 1. Retrieved March 26, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.