1880 Yale Bulldogs football team explained
| Year: | 1880 |
| Team: | Yale Bulldogs |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 4–0–1 |
| Head Coach: | None |
| Stadium: | Hamilton Park |
| Champion: | National champion (Billingsley)
Co-national champion (NCF, Davis) |
The 1880 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1880 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0–1 record, did not allow opposing teams to score a single point, outscored all opponents, 30–0, and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report and as co-national champion with Princeton by the National Championship Foundation and Parke H. Davis.[1] [2]
Schedule
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Roster
- Rushers: Philo Carroll Fuller, Charles S. Beck, Louis K. Hull, John S. Harding, Benjamin B. Lamb, Charles Bigelow Storrs, Franklin M. Eaton
- Quarterback: Walter Irving Badger
- Halfbacks: Robert W. Watson, Walter Camp
- Back: Benjamin Wisner Bacon
- Others: John L. Adams, George H. Clark, John S. Durand, Howard H. Knapp, Chester W. Lyman, John F. Merrill, John Moorhead Jr., William Nixon, William A. Peters, Frederic Remington, Adrian S. Vandegraaf, Frederick R. Vernon
- Manager: William B. Hill
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Notes and References
- Web site: National Poll Rankings . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) . 2015. NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA . 105–106 . January 4, 2016 .
- Web site: 1880 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. February 27, 2017.
- Book: A History of Yale Athletics, 1840-1888. Richard Melancthon Hurd. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. 81. 1888.
- Book: The Yale Football Story. Tim Cohane. Putnam. 1951. 343.
- Web site: Yale Football 2009 Media Guide. Yale University. 2009. 113–125.
