1894 Yale Bulldogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1894
| team = Yale Bulldogs
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| record = 16–0
| head_coach = William Rhodes
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain = Frank Hinkey
| stadium = Yale Field
| champion = National champion (Billingsley, Helms, NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
}}
{{1894 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1894 Yale Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Yale University as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The team finished with a 16–0 record, shut out 13 of 16 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 485 to 13.{{cite web|title=1894 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 27, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/yale/1894-schedule.html}} William Rhodes was the head coach, and Frank Hinkey was the team captain.
There was no contemporaneous system in 1894 for determining a national champion. However, Yale was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2015/FBS.pdf |title=National Poll Rankings |author=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) |year=2015|work=NCAA Division I Football Records |publisher=NCAA |page=107 |access-date=January 4, 2016 }}
Five Yale players were selected as consensus first-team players on the 1894 All-America team. The team's consensus All-Americans were: quarterback George Adee, fullback Frank Butterworth, end Frank Hinkey, center Phillip Stillman, and guard Bill Hickok.{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2016|access-date=October 21, 2017 |page=6 |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf}}
The Bulldogs' 16–0 record was not matched again at any level of college football until 125 years later when the 2019 North Dakota State Bison football team won the 2019 FCS national championship.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28464414/north-dakota-state-beats-james-madison-wins-eighth-fcs-title |title=North Dakota State beats James Madison, wins eighth FCS title |agency=Associated Press |website=ESPN.com |date=January 11, 2020 |access-date=January 11, 2020}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Trinity (CT)
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Hartford, CT
| score = 42–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale, 44; Trinity, 0|newspaper=St. Louis Globe-Democrat|date=September 30, 1894|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98262440/yale-44-trinity-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = w
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Yale Field
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 28–0
| attend = 2,500
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Yale 28, Brown 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97217153/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=October 4, 1894 |page=2 |access-date=March 8, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Crescent Athletic Club
| site_stadium = Eastern Park
| site_cityst = Brooklyn, NY
| score = 10–0
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite news|title=On the Gridiron: Yale Surprised at the Crescent Team's Strength|newspaper=The Brooklyn Citizen|date=October 7, 1894|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51648314/on-the-gridiron-yale-surprised-at-the/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1894|team=Williams Ephs|title=Williams}}
| site_stadium = Yale Field
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 23–4
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale Scored Against Williams by the Williams Football Team -- Captain Hinckey is Charged with Kicking a Man|newspaper=Boston Evening Transcript|date=October 11, 1894|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98262676/yale-scored-against-williams-by-the/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| w/l = w
| opponent = Lehigh
| site_stadium = Yale Field
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 34–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale Walks Over Lehigh|newspaper=The Philadelphia Times|date=October 14, 1894|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98262883/yale-walks-over-lehigh/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Hampden Park
| site_cityst = Springfield, MA
| score = 34–0
| attend = 700
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Yale 34, Dartmouth 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98128545/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=October 18, 1894 |page=4 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Yales Wins Over Dartmouth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98128592/boston-evening-transcript/ |newspaper=Boston Evening Transcript |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=October 18, 1894 |page=5 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Orange Athletic Club
| site_stadium = Orange Oval
| site_cityst = East Orange, NJ
| score = 24–0
| attend = 2,500
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale, 24; Orange A.C, O|newspaper=The Sun|date=October 21, 1894|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51682352/yale-24-orange-ac-o/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = w
| opponent = Boston Athletic Association
| site_stadium = Yale Field
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 23–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Small Score: B.A.A. Holds Yale Down to 23 Points|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=October 25, 1894|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98263167/small-score-baa-holds-yale-down-to/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Army
| site_stadium = The Plain
| site_cityst = West Point, NY
| score = 12–5
| attend = 6,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale 12, West Point 5|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=October 28, 1894|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98262191/yale-12-west-point-5/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = w
| opponent = Volunteer (NY) Athletic Association
| site_stadium = Yale Field
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 42–0
| source = {{cite news|title='Twas Easy for Yale: The Volunteers Make a Weak Showing Against the Blue's Team|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 1, 1894|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98262016/twas-easy-for-yale-the-volunteers/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| time = 3:15 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Adelaide Park
| site_cityst = Providence, RI
| score = 12–0
| attend = 5,000
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Yale 12, Brown 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97219383/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=November 4, 1894 |page=2 |access-date=March 8, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Brown's Plucky Fight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97219201/new-york-tribune/ |newspaper=New York Tribune |location=New York, New York |date=November 4, 1894 |page=9 |access-date=March 8, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1894|team=Tufts Jumbos|title=Tufts}}
| site_stadium = Yale Field
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 67–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale's Big Score: The Blue Beats Tufts College Sixty-seven to Nothing|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 8, 1894|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98261805/yales-big-score-the-blue-beats-tufts/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Lehigh
| site_stadium = Polo Grounds
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 50–0
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale's Heavy Scoring: With Many Substitutions She Rolls Up Fifty Points on Lehigh|newspaper=The Philadelphia Times|date=November 11, 1894|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98261420/yales-heavy-scoring/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = w
| opponent = Chicago Athletic Association
| site_stadium = Yale Field
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 48–0
| attend = 1,500
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Yale Scores 48 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98141127/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=November 15, 1894 |page=4 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 24
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Hampden Park
| site_cityst = Springfield, MA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 12–4
| attend = 23,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale 12, Harvard 4|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=November 25, 1894|pages=1, 2, 4|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-25-1894-p-1/|via=NewspaperArchive}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 1
| time = 2:08 p.m.
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Manhattan Field
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 24–0
| attend = 20,000–30,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Yale, 24 Princeton, 0: The Blue Has an Easy Triumph Over the Tiger|newspaper=The Philadelphia Times|date=December 2, 1894|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98261193/yale-24-princeton-0-the-blue-has-an/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |author= |title=Tigers Downed |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98264804/minneapolis-daily-times/ |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |date=December 2, 1894 |page=1 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Yale 24, Princeton 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98265045/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=December 2, 1894 |page=1 |access-date=March 8, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Yale 24, Princeton 0 (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98265155/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=December 2, 1894 |page=4 |access-date=March 8, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
}}
Roster
- George Adee, QB
- Bill Armstrong, HB
- Anson M. Beard, C
- Lyman M. Bass, E
- Alexander Brown
- J. M. Brown, G
- Frank Butterworth, FB
- Charles Chadwick, T
- Harry P. Cross, C
- Alfred W. Dafer
- Clarence DeWitt, HB
- Feeter, T
- Clarence Fincke, QB
- Gerens, FB
- Gillette, HB
- John Campbell Greenway, E
- George B. Hatch, E
- Bill Hickok, G
- Ross A. Hickok
- Louis Hinckey, E
- Frank Hinkey, E
- Alexander Jerrems, HB
- Judd, T
- Harold W. Letton, FB
- Marks, HB
- James A. McCrea, G
- Paul D. Mills, FB
- Charles S. Morris, QB
- Fred T. Murphy, T
- Pond, HB
- George O. Redington, FB
- James O. Rodgers, T
- Phillip Stillman, C
- Dudley Sutphin, T
- Sam Thorne, FB
- Whitcomb, T
References
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