Led by William T. Bull in his first only season as head coach, the Indians compiled a record of 6–4 and outscored opponents 232 to 98.
The New York Times wrote that "little Hudson showed his ability as a kicker by dropping the ball squarely between the posts.
The spectators held their breath and watched the ball as it sailed on just over the heads of the Yale players and finally dropped over the bar.
The goal was one of the prettiest ever seen ..."[4] The success of the Carlisle football team was a source of great pride for Native Americans.
In 1897, the Indian Helper (the Carlisle school newspaper) described a celebration that greeted the football team on its return from a game played in New York City against Yale University:"On Monday morning after breakfast, the football team, who returned the evening before from the Yale game which was played at New York last Saturday, was treated to a free ride across the parade, in the large four horse herdic, drawn by the entire battalion.