1898 Yale Bulldogs football team
American college football season
The 1898 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1898 college football season . The Bulldogs finished with a 9–2 record, under second-year head coach Frank Butterworth . The team recorded seven shutouts and won its first nine games by a combined 146 to 11 score. It then lost its final two games against rivals Princeton (6–0) and Harvard (17–0).[ 1]
Three Yale players, halfback Malcolm McBride and guards Burr Chamberlain and Gordon Brown , were consensus picks for the 1898 College Football All-America Team .[ 2]
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References
^ "1898 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ "Award Winners" (PDF) . NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
^ "Yale-Trinity Football Game" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . September 24, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Yale's First Game: The New Have Collegians Defeat Trinity 18 to 0" . The Times (Philadelphia) . September 25, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Yale's Small Score" . The Times (Philadelphia) . October 2, 1898. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Yale Plays Fiercely: Puts Up a Game That Greatly Pleases Her Supporters" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 6, 1898. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Yale Makes Twenty-Three: And Is Nearly Scored on in the Last Half by Williams" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 9, 1898. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Narrow Escape: Yale Defeated the Newton A.A. Team, But It Was by a Narrow Margin" . The Illustrated Buffalo Express . October 16, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Brown Scores on Yale" . Chicago Tribune . October 20, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Indians Score At Yale: Hudson Drops a Wonderful Goal From The 45-Yard Line" . The Boston Globe . October 23, 1898. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Yale, 18; Carlisle Indians, 5" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . October 23, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Fall In Brilliant Defeat: West Point Beaten By Yale After a Game Struggle" . Chicago Tribune . October 30, 1898. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Yale, 10; Chicago A.A., 0" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . November 6, 1898. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton Is Victorious" . The New York Times . November 13, 1898. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Harvard Supreme: Yale Lowers Her Colors to the Invincible Crimson Eleven" . The Boston Globe . November 20, 1898. pp. 1, 4 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Harvard Is The Victor" . The New York Times . November 20, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com .
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