The 1889 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1889 college football season. In their second season under head coach Walter Camp, Yale compiled a 15–1 record, held opponents scoreless in 12 games, and outscored all opponents by a total of 659 to 31. Its only loss was in the final game of the season against rival Princeton by a 10–0 score.
Three Yale players (end Amos Alonzo Stagg, guard Pudge Heffelfinger and tackle Charles O. Gill) were named to the 1889 All-America college football team, the first All-America college football team as selected by Caspar Whitney.The All-America team for 1889 selected by Casper Whitney is identified in the NCAA guide to football award winners Stagg and Heffelfinger have also been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Schedule
Roster William Adams, T Harry Beecher, QB C. D. Bliss, HB William Herbert Corbin, C Harry T. Ferris, C Charles O. Gill, T Andrew Graves, FB Bert Hanson, T John A. Hartwell, E Pudge Heffelfinger, G Lawrence Heyworth, G Herbert McBride, FB Lee McClung, HB B. Morrison, HB Stanley Morrison, HB Wallace Moyle, E Ashbel Barney Newell, C William Rhodes, T Amos Alonzo Stagg, E Terry, HB John B. Townsend, E Henry L. Williams, HB William Wurtenburg, QB
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