1885 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
  • None
Home stadiumYale Field
1885 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton    9 0 0
Michigan    3 0 0
Colorado College    1 0 0
Yale    7 1 0
Cincinnati    1 0 1
Penn    8 5 0
Lafayette    3 2 1
Massachusetts    3 2 1
Johns Hopkins    2 2 0
Richmond    1 1 0
Wesleyan    3 4 0
Navy    1 2 0
Lehigh    1 5 1
Rutgers    0 1 0
Fordham    0 3 0

The 1885 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1885 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 7–1 record. The team recorded six shutouts and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 366 to 11. Its only loss was against rival Princeton by a 6–5 score.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 10at Stevens
W 55–0[2]
October 14vs. Wesleyan
W 18–0200[3]
October 283:00 p.m.WesleyanW 68–0[4]
October 31at MIT
W 51–0900[5]
November 3Crescent Athletic Club
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 52–0[6]
November 142:00 p.m.at Penn
W 53–5[7][8]
November 212:30 p.m.Princeton
L 5–65,000[9][10]
November 26vs. WesleyanW 61–05,000[11][12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "1885 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "Yale's Big Foot Ball Men Win". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. "Yale's Defeats Wesleyan". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 15, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. "Yale College News". New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier. New Haven, Connecticut. October 29, 1885. p. 4. Retrieved March 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. "Techs Vs. Yales". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 1, 1885. p. 6. Retrieved March 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. "Yale Wins the Game". The New York Times. November 4, 1885. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "The Football Furore". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 14, 1885. p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. "Yale's Big Goal Kickers". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1885. p. 5. Retrieved March 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. "Yale Bites The Dust". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 22, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. "Princeton Is Champion". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 22, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. "Yale Uses Up Wesleyan". The Sun. New York, New York. November 27, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved March 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. "Yale's Picnic With The Wesleyans". The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago, Illinois. November 27, 1885. p. 2. Retrieved March 23, 2022 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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