1890 Yale Bulldogs football team
1890 Yale Bulldogs football | |
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Conference | Independent |
1890 record | 13-1 |
Head coach | Walter Camp (3rd year) |
The 1890 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1890 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 13-1 record under third-year head coach Walter Camp, who became known as the "Father of American Football". The 1890 team recorded 12 shutouts and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 486 to 18. Its only loss was to rival Harvard by a 12-6 score.[1]
Three Yale players (halfback Thomas McClung, guard Pudge Heffelfinger, and tackle William Rhodes) were consensus picks for the 1890 College Football All-America Team.[2] All three have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
References
- ↑ "Yale Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ↑ "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
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