1917 Yale Bulldogs football team

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1917 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0
Head coach
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Seasons
← 1916
1919 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh     10 0 0
Williams     7 0 1
Yale     3 0 0
Princeton     2 0 0
Syracuse     8 1 1
Army     7 1 0
Rutgers     7 1 1
Penn     9 2 0
Brown     8 2 0
Fordham     7 2 0
Lehigh     7 2 0
Boston College     6 2 0
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 3 0
Colgate     4 2 0
Harvard     3 1 3
New Hampshire     3 2 2
Dartmouth     5 3 0
Geneva     5 3 1
Penn State     5 4 0
Buffalo     4 4 0
NYU     2 2 3
Tufts     3 3 0
Carnegie Tech
    2 3 1
Bucknell     3 5 1
Lafayette     3 5 0
Holy Cross     3 4 0
Rhode Island State     2 4 2
Carlisle     3 6 0
Columbia     2 4 0
Delaware     2 5 0
Cornell     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall
    2 6 0
Villanova     0 3 2
Temple
    0 6 1

The 1917 Yale Bulldogs football team, commonly known in 1917 as the Yale "Informals",[1][2] represented Yale University in the 1917 college football season. The team compiled an undefeated 3–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 47 to 0 in games against Loomis Institute (a private boarding school), New Haven Naval Base, and Trinity College.[3] No Yale player received first-team honors on the 1917 College Football All-America Team.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 27 Loomis Institute Windsor, CTW 7–0 [4]
November 10 New Haven Naval BaseW 33–0 [2]
November 17 Trinity (CT)
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 7–0500[1]

Roster

  • A. D. Hendrickson, left end
  • W. W. Meekins, left tackle
  • G. Williams, left guard
  • H. S. Walters, center
  • A. M. Vorys, right guard
  • K. Hamill, right tackle
  • M. Borders, right end
  • C. J. Stewart, fullback
  • S. L. Reinhardt, right halfback
  • C. G. Stradella, left halfback
  • G. W. O'Connor, quarterback
  • G. M. Sidenberg, substitute guard
  • W. Bushby, substitute halfback
  • J. P. Weyerhauser, substitute center

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Coaching staff

Charles J. Stewart was the team captain, and Philip C. Walsh was the team manager. John Mack was the trainer and Brides' chief assistant coach.[5][3]

References