The 1896 Yale Bulldogs football team represented

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

in the

1896 college football season The 1896 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Lafayette and Princeton as having been selected national champions. Lafayette finished with an 11–0–1 record whil ...

. The Bulldogs finished with a 13–1 record under first-year head coach

Sam Thorne Samuel Brinckerhoff "Brinck" Thorne (September 19, 1873 – June 3, 1930) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University as halfback from 1893 to 1894. As a senior and team captain in 1895, Thorn wa ...

. The team recorded nine shutouts and won its first 13 games by a combined 212 to 29 score. It then lost its final game against rival Princeton by a 24–6 score. Two Yale players, quarterback Clarence Fincke and tackle

Fred T. Murphy Fred Towsley Murphy (October 23, 1872 – January 10, 1948) was an American football and baseball player and physician. He played college football at Yale University from 1893 to 1896. He was named to the 1895 College Football All-America Team ...

, were consensus picks for the

1896 College Football All-America Team The 1896 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1896 college football season, as selected by Caspar Whitney for ''Harper's Weekly'' and the Walter Camp Football Foundat ...

. ''

Leslie's Weekly ''Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper'', later renamed ''Leslie's Weekly'', was an American illustrated literary and news magazine founded in 1855 and published until 1922. It was one of several magazines started by publisher and illustrator Frank ...

'' also picked three other Yale players (ends Lyman Bass and Louis Hinkey and center

Burr Chamberlain Burr Clark "B. C." Chamberlain (August 21, 1877 – November 11, 1933) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University from 1896 to 1898 at the center and tackle positions. Three times he was an All-Ame ...

) as 1896 first-team All-America players.

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