The 1879 Yale Bulldogs football team represented

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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.

Schedule

Roster

* Forwards: Franklin M. Eaton, John S. Harding, Louis K. Hull, Benjamin B. Lamb, Howard H. Knapp, John Moorhead Jr.,

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, Charles S. Beck * Halfbacks:

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, George H. Clark, William A. Peters, Robert W. Watson * Backs: William K. Nixon, Chester W. Lyman * Others: Benjamin Wisner Bacon, John S. Durand, John F. Merrill, Charles B. Storrs, Frederick R. Vernon * Manager: Eugene W. Walker

References

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