Trinity (CT) at Yale

Saturday, October 1, 1904

Yale beat Trinity (CT) 42–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; Yale leads the series 17–⁠0.

AwayTrinity (CT)0–⁠3 in 1904
0
HomeYale10–⁠1 in 1904
42

FinalHigh 67°F, low 52°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: YALE OvERwHELMS TRINITY, AZ TO o. New-Hayen Team Scores on First Lineup Gains at Will Through Weak Opponents

    New-York tribune, October 2, 1904, page 6

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    YALE OvERwHELMS TRINITY, AZ TO o. New-Hayen Team Scores on First Lineup Gains at Will Through Weak Opponents New-Haven. Conn. oct. Time and the sub sJitutiou Of third for the Yale varsity iu the second half alone saved Trinity to-day from having the biggest score rolled up against her IN Yale Field history. As it was. the inal score was Yale. -: Trinity. O. The Trinity team contained only veteran. and made no concerted attempt hold Yale. The Blue backs and ends sfted through the visitors right and left every play the rule being signal snapback and touchdown after nearly every kickoff. only once did Trinity have the least chance tc handle ;he ball That when Bloomcr made “A lzzle trying 70 put place kick for goal kicking The ball into his line Donueuy the big Trinity guard, picked 10 the ball and would have made touchdown after a f1-yard run had not Hoyt for YaIe caught him tblrty yards from the Yale goal lire Quill made three long END runs and Stevenson and RoCnc put up fast backheId games Shevlin and Hoyt were the backned stars on al around play, making gains AT will through The weak Hartford players. Yales score at the end Of he first half with The varsity I’m line was 20 20 o. The second and third team substitutes wound up with twelve more game for Yale Trinity munfed the first kick-on and IN three seconds Of play GUM darted across The visiting goal line FOR the first touchdown Trinity fumbled their first play after m, ncxt kickoff and the second Yale play sent Hoyt across the line for The second touchdown The game ended with seven touchdowns for Yale The line up and score:

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 96% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 17–⁠0 in 17 meetings.

Recent meetings
1904Yale 42, Trinity (CT) 0
1903Yale 35, Trinity (CT) 0
1902Yale 40, Trinity (CT) 0
1901Yale 23, Trinity (CT) 0
1900Yale 22, Trinity (CT) 0
1899Yale 46, Trinity (CT) 0

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