1878 Yale Bulldogs football team

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| date = November 2

| w/l = w

| opponent = Amherst

| site_stadium = Hamilton Park

| site_cityst = New Haven, CT

| score = 2–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Football—College Championship Game Between Yale And Trinity |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98524121/new-york-daily-herald/ |newspaper=New York Herald |location=New York, New York |date=November 10, 1878 |page=7 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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| date = November 9

| w/l = w

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1878|team=Trinity Bantams|title=Trinity (CT)}}

| site_stadium = Hamilton Park

| site_cityst = New Haven, CT

| score = 2–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Football—Game Between The Amhersts And The Yales—Yale The Victor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98523877/new-york-daily-herald/ |newspaper=New York Herald |location=New York, New York |date=November 3, 1878 |page=7 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite web |title=1878 Trinity vs. Yale Football Program |url=http://footballofyore.blogspot.com/2018/08/1878-trinity-vs-yale-football-program.html |website=Football of Yore |access-date=August 1, 2020}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 13

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Trinity (CT)

| site_stadium = Hartford Ball Club Grounds

| site_cityst = Hartford, CT

| score = 3–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=College Sports—The Yale-Trinity Foot-Ball Game |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98524357/hartford-courant/ |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |date=November 14, 1878 |page=2 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 16

| w/l = t

| away = y

| opponent = Amherst

| site_stadium = Blake Field

| site_cityst = Amherst, MA

| score = 0–0

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Amherst And Yale—The Second Match Between These Players A Draw |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98524531/new-york-daily-herald/ |newspaper=New York Herald |location=New York, New York |date=November 17, 1878 |page=7 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 23

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Harvard

| site_stadium = Boston Baseball Grounds

| site_cityst = Boston, MA

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 1–0

| attend = 700

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Football—Yale And Harvard Teams—Play For The College Championship—An Exciting Game—Yale The Winner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98524889/new-york-daily-herald/ |newspaper=New York Herald |location=New York, New York |date=November 24, 1878 |page=10 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=A Match of Ball Between the Colleges |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98524679/the-atlanta-constitution/ |newspaper=The Daily Constitution |location=Atlanta, Georgia |date=November 24, 1878 |page=1 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 28

| time = 2:25 p.m.

| w/l = l

| neutral = y

| opponent = Princeton

| site_stadium = St. George's Cricket Club grounds

| site_cityst = Hoboken, NJ

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 0–1

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Princeton Defeats Yale |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98525144/the-new-york-times/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=November 29, 1878 |page=8 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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• Walter Irving Badger
• Fayette J. Brown
• Frederic W. Brown
• Walter Camp
• Henry C. Crouch
• Franklin M. Eaton
• John V. Farwell
• Philo C. Fuller
• John S. Harding
• William B. Hill
• Louis K. Hull
• Henry Ives
• Preston King
• Benjamin B. Lamb
• John Moorhead Jr.
• William W. K. Nixon
• William A. Peters
• Thomas E. Rochfort
• O. D. Thompson
• Frederick R. Vernon
• William J. Wakeman
• Robert W. Watson

{{cite web |author= |title=All-Time Lettermen (DOC) |url=https://yalebulldogs.com/documents/2019/7/19//Lettermen_updated_through_2018__003_.doc?id=3591 |publisher=Yale University Athletics |access-date=January 29, 2025 }}

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