1914 Yale

7–⁠2, coached by Frank Hinkey.

Yale, 1914
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Yale in 1914, game by game: won vs. Maine 20–0; won vs. Virginia 21–0; won vs. Lehigh 20–3; won vs. Notre Dame 28–0; lost vs. Washington & Jefferson 7–13; won vs. Colgate 49–7; won vs. Brown 14–6; won at Princeton 19–14; lost vs. Harvard 0–36+42−36Won 20–0 vs. Maine+20MaineWon 21–0 vs. Virginia+21VirginiaWon 20–3 vs. Lehigh+17LehighWon 28–0 vs. Notre Dame+28Notre DameLost 7–13 vs. Washington & Jefferson-6Washington & Je…Won 49–7 vs. Colgate+42ColgateWon 14–6 vs. Brown+8BrownWon 19–14 at Princeton+5PrincetonLost 0–36 vs. Harvard-36Harvard
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Harvard 36–⁠0.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).

Photographs from 1914

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1914.

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
178–⁠79
Coach
Frank Hinkey
Elo
1618 +63 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
25.2 No. 5 of 83 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Captain
Bud Talbott