The 1890 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1890 college football season. In its third year under head coach Walter Camp, the team compiled a 13–1 record, recorded 12 shutouts, and outscored all opponents by a total of 484 to 18. Its only loss was to rival Harvard by a 12–6 score.

Three Yale players (halfback Thomas McClung, guard Pudge Heffelfinger, and tackle William Rhodes) were consensus picks for the 1890 College Football All-America Team. All three have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

Schedule

Roster William Adams, G Frank Barbour, QB Hugh Aiken Bayne, E Laurie Bliss, HB Ben Crosby, E Frank H. Funk, T John A. Hartwell, E Perry W. Harvey, FB Pudge Heffelfinger, G Harry C. Holcomb, C William M. Lewis, C Thomas McClung, HB Charles W. Mills, G B. Morrison, HB Stanford N. Morrison, G Adelbert L. Reynolds William Rhodes, T Erman J. Ridgway, E Alexander Hamilton Wallis, T Henry L. Williams, HB

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