1904 YALE BULLDOGS FOOTBALL TEAM

1904 Yale Bulldogs football
1904 Yale Bulldogs football
Conference	Independent
Record	10–1
Head coach	Charles D. Rafferty (1st season);
Captain	James Hogan
Home stadium	Yale Field
	Seasons ← 1903 1905 →

1904 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Penn		–		12	–	0	–	0
Western U. of Penn.		–		10	–	0	–	0
Dartmouth		–		7	–	0	–	1
Yale		–		10	–	1	–	0
Amherst		–		9	–	1	–	0
Colgate		–		8	–	1	–	1
Carlisle		–		10	–	2	–	0
Lafayette		–		8	–	2	–	0
Princeton		–		8	–	2	–	0
Army		–		7	–	2	–	0
Fordham		–		4	–	1	–	1
Harvard		–		7	–	2	–	1
Dickinson		–		8	–	3	–	1
Columbia		–		7	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		7	–	3	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	2	–	1
Syracuse		–		6	–	3	–	0
Swarthmore		–		6	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		5	–	3	–	1
Penn State		–		6	–	4	–	0
Temple		–		3	–	2	–	0
Brown		–		6	–	5	–	0
Bucknell		–		3	–	3	–	0
Springfield Training School		–		4	–	4	–	1
NYU		–		3	–	6	–	0
Holy Cross		–		2	–	5	–	2
Wesleyan		–		3	–	7	–	0
Geneva		–		1	–	4	–	2
Vermont		–		1	–	5	–	2
New Hampshire		–		2	–	5	–	0
Rutgers		–		1	–	6	–	2
Tufts		–		2	–	9	–	1
Lehigh		–		1	–	8	–	0
Frankin & Marshall		–		0	–	10	–	0

The 1904 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1904 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 10–1 record under first-year head coach Charles D. Rafferty. The team outscored its opponents by a combined 220 to 20 score with the only loss being by an 11–6 score to Army.^[1]

Four Yale players (quarterback Foster Rockwell, end Tom Shevlin, tackle James Hogan, and guard Ralph Kinney) were consensus picks for the 1904 College Football All-America Team.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Wesleyan	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 22–0
October 1	Trinity (CT)	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 42–0
October 5	Holy Cross	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 23–0
October 8	Penn State	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 24–0
October 12	Springfield Training School	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 6–0	100	^[3]^[4]
October 15	Syracuse	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 17–9
October 22	at Army	West Point, NY	L 6–11
October 29	at Columbia	American League Park New York, NY	W 34–0		^[5]
November 5	Brown	Yale Field New Haven, CT	W 22–0
November 12	at Princeton	Princeton, NJ ( rivalry)	W 12–0
November 19	Harvard	Yale Field New Haven, CT ( rivalry)	W 12–0

References

^ "1904 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
^ "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.
^ "Close Call For Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 13, 1904. p. 2. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Holds Yale To 6-0 Score". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 13, 1904. p. 8. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Columbia Overwhelmed By The Yale Eleven". The New York Times. October 30, 1904. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

[SR-1] "1904 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.

[2] "Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. 2012. pp. 2–4.

[3] "Close Call For Yale". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. October 13, 1904. p. 2. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[4] "Holds Yale To 6-0 Score". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. October 13, 1904. p. 8. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

[5] "Columbia Overwhelmed By The Yale Eleven". The New York Times. October 30, 1904. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.

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v t e Yale Bulldogs football
Venues	Hamilton Park (1872–1883) Yale Field (1884–1914, 1916) Yale Bowl (1914–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Harvard Princeton
Culture & lore	1910 Vanderbilt game 1927 Georgia game 1968 Harvard game ( Harvard Beats Yale 29–29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank Handsome Dan " Boola Boola" Pigskin Parade Huddle
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Yale Bulldogs football
Venues	Hamilton Park (1872–1883) Yale Field (1884–1914, 1916) Yale Bowl (1914–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Harvard Princeton
Culture & lore	1910 Vanderbilt game 1927 Georgia game 1968 Harvard game ( Harvard Beats Yale 29–29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank Handsome Dan " Boola Boola" Pigskin Parade Huddle
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold

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