1879 Yale Bulldogs football team

1879 Yale Bulldogs football
Y==
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–0–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWalter Camp
Home stadiumHamilton Park
1879 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton    4 0 1
Yale    3 0 2
Massachusetts    1 0 0
Michigan    1 0 1
Haverford    1 0 1
Harvard    2 1 2
Penn    2 2 0
Amherst    1 1 0
Navy    0 0 1
McGill    0 0 1
Toronto    0 0 1
Stevens    1 2 5
Rutgers    1 2 3
Pennsylvania Military    0 1 1
NYU    0 2 1
Racine    0 1 0
Swarthmore    0 1 0
Columbia    0 3 2

The 1879 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1879 college football season. The team finished with a 3–0–2 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.