American college football season
The 1878 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1878 college football season . The Bulldogs finished with a 4–1–1 record. The team recorded five shutouts and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 7 to 1.[ 1] [ 2]
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^ "1878 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017 .
^ a b "2015 Yale Football" (PDF) . yalebulldogs.com . Yale Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2016 .
^ "Football—College Championship Game Between Yale And Trinity" . New York Herald . New York, New York . November 10, 1878. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football—Game Between The Amhersts And The Yales—Yale The Victor" . New York Herald . New York, New York . November 3, 1878. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "1878 Trinity vs. Yale Football Program" . Football of Yore . Retrieved August 1, 2020 .
^ "College Sports—The Yale-Trinity Foot-Ball Game" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . November 14, 1878. p. 2. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Amherst And Yale—The Second Match Between These Players A Draw" . New York Herald . New York, New York . November 17, 1878. p. 7. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Football—Yale And Harvard Teams—Play For The College Championship—An Exciting Game—Yale The Winner" . New York Herald . New York, New York . November 24, 1878. p. 10. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "A Match of Ball Between the Colleges" . The Daily Constitution . Atlanta, Georgia . November 24, 1878. p. 1. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Princeton Defeats Yale" . The New York Times . New York, New York . November 29, 1878. p. 8. Retrieved March 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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