1881 Yale Bulldogs football team explained

Year:	1881
Team:	Yale Bulldogs
Sport:	football
Conference:	Independent
Record:	5–0–1
Head Coach:	None
Captain:	Franklin M. Eaton
Stadium:	Hamilton Park
Champion:	National champion (NCF) Co-national champion (Davis)

The 1881 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1881 college football season. The team compiled a 5–0–1 record, did not allow opposing teams to score a single point, outscored all opponents, 10-0, and was retroactively named co-national champions by the National Championship Foundation and Parke H. Davis.^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

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Roster

• Rushers: Howard H. Knapp, Arthur L. Farwell, Ray Tompkins, Louis K. Hull, Charles Bigelow Storrs, Franklin M. Eaton, Charles S. Beck
• Quarterback: Walter Irving Badger
• Halfbacks: Eugene Lamb Richards, Walter Camp
• Back: Benjamin Wisner Bacon

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Notes and References

1. Web site: National Poll Rankings . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) . 2015. NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA . 107 . January 4, 2016 .
2. Web site: 1881 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. February 27, 2017.
3. Book: A History of Yale Athletics, 1840-1888. Richard Melancthon Hurd. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. 82. 1888.