1877 Yale Bulldogs football team

1877 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion (NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainEugene V. Baker
Home stadiumHamilton Park
Seasons
← 1876
1878 →
1877 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 1
Amherst   –   1 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 2 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 2 – 0
Stevens   –   1 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1877 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1877 college football season. The team finished with a 3–0–1 record and was retroactively named national champion by the National Championship Foundation and co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1][2]

  1. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "1877 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.