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1923 Yale

8–⁠0, coached by Tad Jones.

Yale, 1923
Photo: The Boston Globe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Yale in 1923, game by game: won vs. North Carolina 53–0; won vs. Georgia 40–0; won vs. Bucknell 29–14; won vs. Brown 21–0; won vs. Army 31–10; won vs. Maryland 16–14; won vs. Princeton 27–0; won at Harvard 13–0+53Won 53–0 vs. North Carolina+53North CarolinaWon 40–0 vs. Georgia+40GeorgiaWon 29–14 vs. Bucknell+15BucknellWon 21–0 vs. Brown+21BrownWon 31–10 vs. Army+21ArmyWon 16–14 vs. Maryland+2MarylandWon 27–0 vs. Princeton+27PrincetonWon 13–0 at Harvard+13Harvard
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 6vsNorth CarolinaW 53–⁠052%
Oct 13vsGeorgiaW 40–⁠061%
Oct 20vsBucknellW 29–⁠1479%
Oct 27vsBrownW 21–⁠074%
Nov 3vsArmyW 31–⁠1063%
Nov 10vsMarylandW 16–⁠1476%
Nov 17vsPrincetonW 27–⁠071%
Nov 24atHarvardW 13–⁠063%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Harvard 13–⁠0.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 137 on file).

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 1923.

2 consensus All-AmericansCentury Milstead, OT; Bill Mallory, FB

Record
8–⁠0
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
230–⁠38
Coach
Tad Jones
Elo
1708 +155 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
21.6 No. 4 of 109 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Bill Mallory
Offense
Single-wing