1914 Yale Bulldogs football team

1914 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–2
Head coach
CaptainBud Talbott
Home stadiumYale Field
Yale Bowl
Seasons
← 1913
1915 →
1914 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 0 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   8 – 1 – 0
Lehigh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 1
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 2 – 2
Fordham   –   6 – 3 – 1
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   5 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 2
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Boston College   –   5 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 3 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 3 – 3
Carlisle   –   5 – 10 – 1
Holy Cross   –   2 – 5 – 1
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 1
New Hampshire   –   1 – 6 – 2
Duquesne   –   1 – 5 – 0

The 1914 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1914 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 7–2 record under first-year head coach Frank Hinkey.[1]

Fullback Harry LeGore was a consensus All-American, and tackle Bud Talbottt also received first-team All-America honors from multiple selectors.

The Yale Bowl opened on November 21; the inaugural game was against rival Harvard, a 36–0 loss with a crowd of between 68,000 and 71,000 in attendance.[2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Maine
W 20–0
October 3 Virginia
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 21–0 [4]
October 10 Lehigh
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 20–3
October 17 Notre Dame
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 28–0
October 24 Washington & Jefferson
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
L 7–13 [5]
October 31 Colgate
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 49–7
November 7 Brown
  • Yale Field
  • New Haven, CT
W 14–6
November 14at Princeton
W 19–14 [6]
November 21 Harvard
L 0–3671,000[2]

References

  1. ^ "1914 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Harvard Buries Yale In New Bowl: Pile Up 36 Points and Shut Out Yale". The Hartford Courant. November 22, 1914. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.(reporting crowd size of 71,000)
  3. ^ "Greatest football crowd ever, sees big match". The Day. (New London, Connecticut). November 21, 1914. p. 13.(reporting crowd size of 68,117)
  4. ^ "Virginia keeps Yale moving". The Springfield Daily Republican. October 4, 1914. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wash-Jeff Defeats Yale". The Pittsburg Press. October 25, 1914. p. Sport 2.
  6. ^ "Yale's Open Game Proves Its Worth". The Hartford Courant. November 15, 1914. pp. I-1, IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.