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1923 Yale Bulldogs football team

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.[1] Two Yale players, tackle Century Milstead and fullback Bill Mallory, were consensus selections for the 1923 College Football All-America Team.[2] The team was selected retroactively as a co-national champion by the Berryman QPRS system.[3]

1923 Yale Bulldogs football
Co-national champion (QPRS)
ConferenceIndependent
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6 North Carolina
W 53–020,000[4]
October 13 Georgia
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 40–0[5]
October 20 Bucknell
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 29–14[6][7]
October 272:30 p.m. Brown
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 21–045,000[8][9]
November 3 Army
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 31–10[10]
November 10 Maryland
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 16–1420,000[11]
November 17 Princeton
W 27–0
November 24at Harvard
W 13–0

References

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  1. ^ "1923 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1155
  3. ^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  4. ^ "Yale's brilliant attack humbles N. Carolina, 53–0". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 7, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia easy mark for Yale team, 40–0". The Boston Sunday Globe. October 14, 1923. Retrieved December 15, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Bucknell Scores Twice on Yale -- The Score". The Lewisburg Journal. October 26, 1923. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "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  .
  9. ^ "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  .
  10. ^ "Army is routed by Yale attack". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. November 4, 1923. p. 8.
  11. ^ "Maryland Throws Big Scare Into Bulldog Camp, Score 16-14". The Hartford Courant. November 11, 1923. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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