American college football season
The1889 Yale Bulldogs football team representedYale University in the1889 college football season . In their second season under head coachWalter 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 rivalPrinceton by a 10–0 score.[ 1]
Three Yale players (endAmos Alonzo Stagg , guardPudge Heffelfinger and tackleCharles O. Gill ) were named to the1889 All-America college football team , the first All-America college football team as selected byCaspar Whitney .[ 2] Stagg and Heffelfinger have also been inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame .
Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 28 3:00 p.m. Wesleyan W 38–0[ 3] [ 4] October 9 at Wesleyan Middletown, CT W 63–5[ 5] October 12 Williams W 36–0[ 6] October 16 Cornell W 56–6[ 7] October 19 Amherst W 42–0[ 8] October 24 atTrinity (CT) Hartford, CT W 64–0[ 9] October 26 atColumbia W 62–0600 [ 10] October 30 atPenn Philadelphia, PA W 20–10[ 11] October 31 vs.Stevens Berkeley Oval New York, NY W 30–0[ 12] November 5 atCrescent Athletic Club W 18–04,000 [ 13] November 9 at Cornell Ithaca, NY W 70–02,000 [ 14] November 12 at Amherst Amherst, MA W 32–0[ 15] November 13 at Williams W 70–0[ 16] November 16 vs. Wesleyan W 52–0[ 17] [ 18] November 23 2:00 p.m. vs.Harvard Hampden Park Springfield, MA (rivalry ) W 6–015,000 [ 19] [ 20] November 28 2:29 p.m. vs.Princeton L 0–10>25,000 [ 21]
William Adams, T Harry Beecher, QB C. D. Bliss , HBWilliam Herbert Corbin , CHarry T. Ferris, C Charles O. Gill , TAndrew Graves, FB Bert Hanson, T John A. Hartwell , EPudge Heffelfinger , GLawrence Heyworth, G Herbert McBride, FB Lee McClung , HBB. Morrison, HB Stanley Morrison, HB Wallace Moyle, E Ashbel Barney Newell, C William Rhodes , TAmos Alonzo Stagg , ETerry, HB John B. Townsend, E Henry L. Williams, HB William Wurtenburg , QB^ "1889 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results" .SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedJanuary 6, 2018 .^ The All-America team for 1889 selected by Casper Whitney is identified in theNCAA guide to football award winners Archived 2009-07-14 at theWayback Machine ^ "Yale University News" .Hartford Courant .Hartford, Connecticut . September 28, 1889. p. 6. RetrievedMarch 25, 2022 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale's Easy Victory" .The Meriden Sunday Journal .Meriden, Connecticut . September 29, 1889. p. 1. RetrievedMarch 25, 2022 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Wesleyan Scored" .The Boston Sunday Globe .Boston, Massachusetts . October 10, 1889. p. 4. RetrievedMarch 25, 2022 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "No Science In The Play: Yale Defeats Williams in a Very Rough Game of Football" .The New York Times . October 13, 1889. p. 3 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale Wins at Football: Cornell Defeated by a Score of 56 to 6" .The New York Times . October 17, 1889. p. 2 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale Defeats Amherst" .The New York Times . October 28, 1889. p. 3 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale 64, Trinity 0: The Blues Easily Win at Hartford -- Casualties and Score" .Burlington Daily Free Press . October 25, 1889. p. 1 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale Beats Columbia, and Princeton Wins, Too" .The New York Times . October 27, 1889. p. 2 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale Takes The Game" .The Times (Philadelphia) . October 31, 1889. p. 2 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale's New Football Men: Corbin, Terry and Beecher Play Against Stevens" .The New York Times . November 1, 1889. p. 2 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale Muscle Wins Again" .The Sun (New York) . November 6, 1889. p. 8 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Cornell Defeated By Yale" .Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . November 10, 1889. p. 6 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale Plays The Return Game With Amherst And Wins" .The New York Times . November 13, 1889. p. 1 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "More Like Old Times" .The Boston Sunday Globe .Boston, Massachusetts . November 14, 1889. p. 5. RetrievedMarch 25, 2022 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale, 52; Wesleyan, 0" .The New York Times . November 17, 1889. p. 5 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale, 52; Wesleyan, 0" .The Boston Sunday Globe .Boston, Massachusetts . November 17, 1889. p. 4. RetrievedMarch 25, 2022 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Yale Wins From Harvard" .The New York Times . November 24, 1889. p. 1 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Leather Chasing" .Brooklyn Citizen .Brooklyn, New York . November 24, 1889. p. 3. RetrievedMarch 25, 2022 – viaNewspapers.com .^ "Princeton Wins Gloriously" .The Sun (New York) . November 29, 1889. p. 1 – viaNewspapers.com .
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