The 1882 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1882 college football season. The team compiled an 8–0 record, shut out seven of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents, 51 to 1.[1] The team was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.[2]

Quick Facts Yale Bulldogs football, National champion ...
1882 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
  • None
CaptainRay Tompkins
Home stadiumHamilton Park
Seasons
 1881
1883 
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More information Conf, Overall ...
1882 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    8 0 0
Colorado College    1 0 0
Navy    1 0 0
Richmond    1 0 0
Harvard    7 1 0
Fordham    7 1 0
Princeton    7 2 0
Wesleyan    3 1 0
Rutgers    6 4 0
Columbian University    0 0 1
Dartmouth    1 1 0
Lake Forest    1 1 0
Minnesota    1 1 0
Northwestern    1 1 0
Stevens    1 1 1
Amherst    2 3 0
Penn    2 4 0
CCNY    1 2 0
MIT    1 4 0
Randolph–Macon    0 1 0
Clifton AC    0 1 0
Lafayette    0 2 0
McGill    0 2 0
NYU    0 2 0
Massachusetts    0 3 0
Columbia    0 5 0
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Henry Twombly, the team's quarterback, became a lawyer who participated in the incorporation of General Electric and Otis Elevator Company.[3] Ray Tompkins was the team captain of the 1882 and 1883 teams.[4] He became the president of the Chemung Canal Trust Company.[5] Halfback Wyllys Terry went on to set a college football record in 1884 with a 115-yard run against Wesleyan.[6] Rusher Louis K. Hull was also captain of the rowing team and was credited with winning more athletic letters than any Yale student.[7] Back Benjamin Wisner Bacon became a noted theologian and leader of the Yale Divinity School.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7WesleyanW 9–0[8]
October 21Rutgers
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 9–0[9]
October 28at RutgersNew Brunswick, NJW 5–0
November 4MIT
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 6–0
November 8at AmherstAmherst, MAW 8–0
November 18Columbia
  • Hamilton Park
  • New Haven, CT
W 11–0600[10]
November 25at Harvard
W 1–03,000–4,000[11]
November 30vs. PrincetonW 2–16,000–7,000[12]
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Roster

References

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