1923 Yale Bulldogs football team

1923 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (QPRS)
ConferenceIndependent
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainBill Mallory[1]
Home stadiumYale Bowl
Uniform
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     8 0 0
Yale     8 0 0
St. John's     5 0 1
Dartmouth     8 1 0
Syracuse     8 1 0
Boston College     7 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Lafayette     6 1 2
Tufts     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Geneva     6 2 1
Lehigh     6 2 1
NYU     6 2 1
Penn State     6 2 1
Vermont     6 3 1
Brown     6 4 0
Harvard     4 3 1
Carnegie Tech     4 3 1
Penn     5 4 0
Pittsburgh     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
Columbia     4 4 1
Duquesne     4 4 0
Princeton     3 3 1
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Buffalo     2 5 1
Fordham     2 7 0
Boston University     1 6 0
Villanova     0 7 1
Temple     0 5 0
CCNY     0 7 0
Springfield     0 7 0

The 1923 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1923 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with an undefeated 8–0 record under sixth-year head coach Tad Jones. Yale outscored its opponents by a combined score of 230 to 38, including a 40–0 victory over Georgia, a 31–10 victory over Army and shutout victories over rivals Princeton and Harvard.[2] Two Yale players, tackle Century Milstead and fullback Bill Mallory, were consensus selections for the 1923 College Football All-America Team.[3] The team was selected retroactively as a co-national champion by the Berryman QPRS system.[4]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6 North CarolinaW 53–020,000[5]
October 13 Georgia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 40–0[6]
October 20 Bucknell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 29–14[7][8]
October 272:30 p.m. Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 21–045,000[9][10]
November 3 Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 31–10[11]
November 10 Maryland
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–1420,000[12]
November 17 Princeton
W 27–0
November 24at Harvard W 13–0

References

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  1. ^ "Year By Year Scores: 1923". Yale Football Media Guide. 1964. p. 64. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "1923 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  3. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1155
  4. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Yale's brilliant attack humbles N. Carolina, 53–0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Georgia easy mark for Yale team, 40–0". The Boston Sunday Globe. October 14, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Dazzling Bucknell Aerial Attack Scores Twice Against Yale But Elis Win, 29 to 14". The Hartford Courant. October 21, 1923. p. IV-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Bucknell Scores Twice on Yale -- The Score". The Lewisburg Journal. October 26, 1923. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Brown To Marshall Veteran Team Against Bulldogs Today; Bruin's Backfield Is Strong". The Bridgeport Telegram. Bridgeport, Connecticut. October 27, 1923. p. 23. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Yale's Strong Attack Beats Brown Eleven". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. October 28, 1923. p. D1. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Army is routed by Yale attack". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. November 4, 1923. p. 8.
  12. ^ "Maryland Throws Big Scare Into Bulldog Camp, Score 16-14". The Hartford Courant. November 11, 1923. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.