Springfield at Yale

Saturday, October 16, 1915

Yale beat Springfield 19–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 9–⁠0.

AwaySpringfield0–⁠2 in 1915
0
HomeYale4–⁠5 in 1915
19

Finallow 52°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Sunday telegram's story: YALE WINS FROM SPRINGFIELD N. c. A. sayage's Field Goal Kicked from Forty three Yard.Line Was Feature.

    The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., October 17, 1915, page 14

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    YALE WINS FROM SPRINGFIELD N. c. A. sayage’s Field Goal Kicked from Forty three Yard.Line Was Feature. NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 10 Yale defeated the Springfield Young Mems Christian Association college here today. 10 to o. The points came from two touchdowns and the resaltant goals, beautiful field goal by Savage from the forty-three-yard line and safety. The visitors made many brilliant forward passes, but were I’M able to gain consistently. Yale was penalized for a total Of 1876 yards. The lineup and summary: Vallejo. snr,n.e.,s n. ss40seiy ...................... Burnhani q sha,,a, Left end. Left tackle .’‘‘‘‘‘‘.’. sAea Nonnole ........................ Slime Left guard. \ sas 20 ;,.,;ts Harvey j. sheldon !. . .en’es. stafford Right guard i,i’i’‘‘‘ s’anofa Right tackle. alien ..........:.. .............. Herkimcr Right end. >,,,, Quarterback. Lett ha iiti.s:;.’.’.... Miller Right hnifback. = sscVNA ,..............i.... ....,..... COoper Fullback. Score by periods: Yale-7z- 5--T-0--1o Springfield O-O0. 0lkeson, Lehigh. Field Judge. .Goicharies, Lafayette. Head linesman Carpenter. Am. herst. Time Of periods. 10 minutes each. Yale Yale scoring dg roucldowns. Legore, Ne vile. Goals from touchdowns. 1.eEore, Suhstitutions: Yale Smith for I.egore, Savage for Wilson. Taft for ScoviI, p Rent for ]. Sheldon, Legore for Smith, scoyil Tor Taft; Blodgett for Allen, Church for Sheldon. HigEinbotham for ScoviI, Bentley Tor Savage. Fisher for Neville, Durfee for Nonhort. Springield-A1 Marvin for Harvey Kendall for Smith. Graham for Herkimer..

  • The Ottumwa tri-weekly courier's story: HARVARD CAPTAIN IS STAR OF GAME MAHAN, BY DROPPING FIELD GOAL, CARRIES SCHOOL TO FOOTBALL VICTORY. YALE is WINNER Iambasts Springfield Y. College; Navy and Pennsylvania Tie; Princeton and Cornell IA are Vlctors.

    Ottumwa tri-weekly courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, October 19, 1915, page 5

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    HARVARD CAPTAIN IS STAR OF GAME MAHAN, BY DROPPING FIELD GOAL, CARRIES SCHOOL TO FOOTBALL VICTORY. YALE is WINNER Iambasts Springfield Y. College; Navy and Pennsylvania Tie; Princeton and Cornell IA are Vlctors. Cambridge, Mass, Oct. 18.-Captair Edward Mahan of Harvard, proved himself a worthy successor to Captain Charles Rrickley. the former football star, by personally defeating the Uni. versity of Virginia Saturday, 8 to o, by dropping three field goals, one Of them, from the forty-two yard line. The Virginians proved less formid, lble than was anticipated from their 10 to defeat Of Yale two weeks ago. They had little in the way of an of. tense which Harvard did not fathom In the first period but their defense stiffened as 1t retreated and twice threw back the Crimson tide inside the five yard line. Score by periods: Harvard ....,......... 8 O 3 SIS virginia .............. 0 0 0 90

  • The Evening star's story: YALE NOT EXTENDED Defeats Springfield Y. NJ. C. A., 19 to O, in One Sided Battle. GOAL FROM 43-YARD LINE Herkimer Drops Ball When Tackled After Running S. Yards.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 17, 1915, page 59

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    YALE NOT EXTENDED Defeats Springfield Y. NJ. C. A., 19 to O, in One Sided Battle. GOAL FROM 43-YARD LINE Herkimer Drops Ball When Tackled After Running S. Yards. NEW HAVEN, Conn, October 16.- Tale defeated the Springfield Y. M. c. A. College here today, 19 to o. The points came from two touchdowns and the resCitant goals, a beautiful field goal by Savage from the 43-yard line, and q sa.cty. The visitors made many brilliant fo- ward passes. but were unable to gain corsistently. y touchdown for Springfield was lost carly in the game. when Herkimer. after r king up a blocked ball and running – yards. dropped It as he was tackled over the line. A Yale man fell on it for touchdown Yale scored safety when c. Sheldon blocked punt and Miller Of Springfield fell on it over the line. Yale was penalized for a total Of 135 Yards.

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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 11–⁠0 in 11 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1947Yale 49, Springfield 0
1919Yale 20, Springfield 0
1915Yale 19, Springfield 0
1909Yale 36, Springfield 0
1907Yale 18, Springfield 0
1906Yale 12, Springfield 0

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