1884 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1884 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1884 college football season. The team compiled an 8–0–1 record, shut out eight of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents, 495 to 10.^[1] The team was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and National Championship Foundation and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.^[2]

1884 Yale Bulldogs football
National champion (Helms, NCF) Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference	Independent
Record	8–0–1
Head coach	None
Captain	Eugene Lamb Richards
Home stadium	Yale Field
Seasons ← 1883 1885 →

1884 college football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					8	–	0	–	1
Michigan			–					2	–	0	–	0
Williams			–					2	–	0	–	0
Navy			–					1	–	0	–	0
Wabash			–					1	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	1	–	1
Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					7	–	4	–	0
Wesleyan			–					3	–	2	–	0
Butler			–					1	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	4	–	0
Stevens			–					4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					1	–	2	–	1
Tufts			–					2	–	4	–	1
Massachusetts			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	5	–	0
Johns Hopkins			–					1	–	3	–	0
Albion			–					0	–	1	–	0
CCNY			–					0	–	1	–	0
Denver			–					0	–	1	–	0
DePauw			–					0	–	1	–	0
Olivet			–					0	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					0	–	3	–	0
Lehigh			–					0	–	4	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1		Wesleyan	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 31–0		[3]
October 11		Stevens	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 96–0
October 18	3:00 p.m.	vs. Wesleyan	Ward Street Grounds Hartford, CT	W 63–0		[4]
October 22		at Rutgers	New Brunswick, NJ	W 76–10		[5]
October 25		at Dartmouth	Hanover, NH	W 113–0		[6]
November 5		Wesleyan	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 46–0		[7]
November 19		vs. Yale alumni	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 20–0		[8]
November 22		Harvard	Yale Field New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 52–0	2,400	[9]
November 27		vs. Princeton	Polo Grounds New York, NY (rivalry)	T 0–0	over 10,000	[10]

^[1]

Roster

• Rushers: F. W. Wallace, Samuel Reading Bertron, H. R. Flanders, F. G. Peters, A. B. Coxe, R. Ronalds, W. N. Goodwin, Sheffield, L. F. Robinson, R. S. Storrs
• Quarterback: T. L. Bayne
• Halfbacks: Eugene Lamb Richards, Wyllys Terry
• Back: M. H. Marlin

References

1. "1884 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 107. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
3. "Yale Easily Defeats Wesleyan". New York, NY: New-York tribune. October 2, 1884. p. 8. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
4. Football ad - Newspapers.com
5. "College Football Games". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 23, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Saturday's Foot Ball Games". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 27, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved March 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Yale Beats Wesleyan". New Haven, Connecticut: Morning journal and courier. November 6, 1884. p. 2. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
8. "Yale News". New Haven, Connecticut: Morning journal and courier. November 20, 1884. p. 4. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
9. "The Harvards Badly Beaten: The Yale Football Team Whip Them by a Score of 52 to 0". The New York Times. November 23, 1884. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Hard Work and No Glory: The Princeton-Yale Football Game Declared Drawn". The New York Times. November 28, 1884. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.