1897 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1897 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–7
Head coach	John C. B. Pendleton (2nd season)
Captain	F. K. W. Drury

1897 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					15	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					10	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	2
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	1
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	0	–	2
Lafayette			–					9	–	2	–	1
Drexel			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Dickinson			–					7	–	3	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	3	–	2
Fordham			–					2	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	3	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	4	–	1
Wesleyan			–					6	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	5	–	2
Villanova			–					3	–	5	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Amherst			–					2	–	6	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	2
Lehigh			–					3	–	7	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					1	–	3	–	0

The 1897 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University during the 1897 college football season. The 1897 Rutgers team compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored by opponents by a combined total of 128 to 38. John C. B. Pendleton was the team's coach, and F. K. W. Drury was the team captain.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 2	at Newark FC		W 12–6
October 6	at Princeton		L 0–53
October 10	Swarthmore		L 6–8
October 23	Stevens		W 16–0
October 27	at Haverford		L 0–26
October 30	at Union		L 0–10
November 3	at Stevens		L 0–14

Players

• Decker, right tackle
• F. K. W. Drury, quarterback and captain
• Guthrie, fullback
• McMahon, left guard
• Oram, right halfback
• Patterson, right guard
• Pettit, right end
• Rapalje, left end
• Ryno, left halfback
• Van Winkle, left tackle
• Woodruff, center