1889 Yale Bulldogs football team

1889 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	15–1
Head coach	Walter Camp (2nd season)
Captain	Charles O. Gill
Home stadium	Yale Field

1889 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					10	–	0	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					15	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					9	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	1	–	1
Dickinson			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					4	–	1	–	1
Tufts			–					3	–	1	–	0
Lehigh			–					8	–	3	–	2
Cornell			–					8	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					7	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	2	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	2	–	0
Wesleyan			–					5	–	7	–	1
Bucknell			–					2	–	3	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	4	–	2
Columbia			–					2	–	7	–	2
Fordham			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1889 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1889 college football season. In their second season under head coach Walter Camp, Yale compiled a 15–1 record, held opponents scoreless in 12 games, and outscored all opponents by a total of 659 to 31. Its only loss was in the final game of the season against rival Princeton by a 10–0 score.^[1]

Three Yale players (end Amos Alonzo Stagg, guard Pudge Heffelfinger and tackle Charles O. Gill) were named to the 1889 College Football All-America Team, the first college football All-America team as selected by Caspar Whitney.^[2] Stagg and Heffelfinger have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	3:00 p.m.	Wesleyan	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 38–0		[3][4]
October 9		at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	W 63–5		[5]
October 12		Williams	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 36–0		[6]
October 16		Cornell	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 56–6		[7]
October 19		Amherst	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 42–0		[8]
October 24		at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	W 64–0		[9]
October 26		at Columbia	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	W 62–0	600	[10]
October 30		at Penn	Philadelphia, PA	W 20–10		[11]
October 31		vs. Stevens	Berkeley Oval New York, NY	W 30–0		[12]
November 5		at Crescent Athletic Club	Washington Park Brooklyn, NY	W 18–0	4,000	[13]
November 9		at Cornell	Ithaca, NY	W 70–0	2,000	[14]
November 12		at Amherst	Amherst, MA	W 32–0		[15]
November 13		at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	W 70–0		[16]
November 16		vs. Wesleyan	Hampden Park Springfield, MA	W 52–0		[17][18]
November 23	2:00 p.m.	vs. Harvard	Hampden Park Springfield, MA (rivalry)	W 6–0	15,000	[19][20]
November 28	2:29 p.m.	vs. Princeton	Berkley Oval New York, NY (rivalry)	L 0–10	>25,000	[21]

References

1. "1889 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
2. The All-America Team for 1889 selected by Casper Whitney is identified in the NCAA guide to football award winners Archived 2009-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Yale University News". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. September 28, 1889. p. 6. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Yale's Easy Victory". The Meriden Sunday Journal. Meriden, Connecticut. September 29, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
5. "Wesleyan Scored". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 10, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "No Science In The Play: Yale Defeats Williams in a Very Rough Game of Football". The New York Times. October 13, 1889. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Yale Wins at Football: Cornell Defeated by a Score of 56 to 6". The New York Times. October 17, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Yale Defeats Amherst". The New York Times. October 28, 1889. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Yale 64, Trinity 0: The Blues Easily Win at Hartford -- Casualties and Score". Burlington Daily Free Press. October 25, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Yale Beats Columbia, and Princeton Wins, Too". The New York Times. October 27, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Yale Takes The Game". The Times (Philadelphia). October 31, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Yale's New Football Men: Corbin, Terry and Beecher Play Against Stevens". The New York Times. November 1, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Yale Muscle Wins Again". The Sun (New York). November 6, 1889. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Cornell Defeated By Yale". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 10, 1889. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Yale Plays The Return Game With Amherst And Wins". The New York Times. November 13, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
16. "More Like Old Times". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 14, 1889. p. 5. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
17. "Yale, 52; Wesleyan, 0". The New York Times. November 17, 1889. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
18. "Yale, 52; Wesleyan, 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
19. "Yale Wins From Harvard". The New York Times. November 24, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
20. "Leather Chasing". Brooklyn Citizen. Brooklyn, New York. November 24, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
21. "Princeton Wins Gloriously". The Sun (New York). November 29, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.