Middlebury at Yale

Saturday, October 3, 1925

Yale beat Middlebury 53–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayMiddlebury0–⁠2 in 1925
0
HomeYale5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1925
53

FinalHigh 70°F, low 58°F, 0.48 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: STRONG YALE TEAM ROUTS MIDDLEBURY

    Evening star, October 4, 1925, page 87

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    STRONG YALE TEAM ROUTS MIDDLEBURY By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn, October g. Yale, minus the services Of Capt. Joss, defeated Middlebury. So to 0, this afternoon. Using three complete backfields, the Blue team made an impressive show ing, making eight touchdowns. The visitors completed only three first downs, two on short. forward passes and the other on q Yale penalty. The Yale backs showed skill in pass ing, open field running and line plunging. Bunnell starred for the Blue, his brilliant run-back of punts keeping Yale ever on the offensive. Lineup and summary:

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Yale 95% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

Around this game

Middlebury

Yale