1878 Yale Bulldogs football team

1878 Yale Bulldogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–1–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWalter Camp
Home stadiumHamilton Park
1878 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton    6 0 0
Yale    4 1 1
Columbia    0 0 1
CCNY    1 1 0
Stevens    1 1 2
Harvard    1 2 0
Penn    1 2 1
Rutgers    1 2 1
Amherst    1 3 0
Brown    0 1 0
Swarthmore    0 1 0

The 1878 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1878 college football season. The Bulldogs finished with a 4–1–1 record. The team recorded five shutouts and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 7 to 1. A loss to Princeton stripped Yale of the fictional College Football Macguffin award.