1872 Yale Bulldogs football team

The 1872 Yale Bulldogs football team was a football team that represented Yale University in the 1872 college football season. The team (which played a game based on the association football laws)^[1] finished with a 1–0 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.^[2]

1872 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference	Independent
Record	1–0
Head coach	None
Captain	David Schley Schaff
Home stadium	Hamilton Park
Seasons 1873 →

1872 college football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					1	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					1	–	0	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	1	–	1
Columbia			–					1	–	2	–	1
Stevens			–					0	–	1	–	0

They played Columbia at Hamilton Park and won 3–0.^[3] Each team had 20 players and the field was 400 feet long and 250 wide (134 by 83 yards). Tommy Sherman scored the first goal and Lew Irwin the other two.^[4] The team's captain was David Schley Schaff, who attended the Rugby School in England where he learned to play football.^[5]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
November 16	2:45 p.m.	Columbia	Hamilton Park New Haven, CT	W 3–0	400	[6]

See also

• List of the first college football game in each US state