The 1911 Yale Bulldogs football team represented

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in the

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. The Bulldogs finished with a 7–2–1 record under first-year head coach

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. Three Yale players, end

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, center

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and quarterback

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, were consensus picks for the

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's son, Walter C. Camp, Jr., played at the halfback position for the 1911 Bulldogs and received second-team All-America honors from his father and from

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. Yale fullback Jesse Philbin also received first-team All-America honors from Farnsworth.

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