Conference Independent Captain Burr Chamberlain | 1898 record 9–2 | |
Head coach Frank Butterworth (2nd year) | ||
The 1898 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1898 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 9–2 record under second-year head coach Frank Butterworth. The team recorded seven shutouts and won its first nine games by a combined 146 to 11 score. It then lost its final two games against rivals Princeton (6–0) and Harvard (17–0).
Three Yale players, halfback Malcolm McBride and guards Burr Chamberlain and Gordon Brown, were consensus picks for the 1898 College Football All-America Team.
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1898 Yale Bulldogs football team Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA