1891 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1891 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–6
Head coach
CaptainPhilip Milledoler Brett
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1890
1892 →
1891 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Harvard     13 1 0
Princeton     12 1 0
Tufts     7 1 0
Penn     11 2 0
Colgate     4 1 0
Army     4 1 1
Navy     5 2 0
Cornell     7 3 0
Geneva     4 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 2 0
Lehigh     7 4 0
Delaware     5 3 1
Rutgers     8 6 0
Brown     4 6 0
Springfield YMCA     5 8 1
Fordham     1 2 1
Syracuse     4 7 0
Massachusetts     2 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.     2 6 0
Lafayette     2 9 1
Columbia     1 5 0
Wesleyan     1 6 0

The 1891 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1891 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach William A. Reynolds, the Queensmen compiled an 8–6 record and outscored their opponents, 265 to 137.[1][2] The team's captain was Philip Milledoler Brett, who later served as Rutgers University president.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at PrincetonPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)L 0–12[4]
October 10at Orange Athletic ClubEast Orange, NJL 6–10
October 13at Schuylkill Navy ACPhiladelphia, PAW 24–0
October 17at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–22
October 21at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 6–32500[5]
October 24StevensNew Brunswick, NJW 12–10
October 28ColumbiaNew Brunswick, NJW 44–0
October 31at NavyAnnapolis, MDL 12–20
November 2at Columbia Athletic Club
W 4–0[6]
November 3at New York Athletic ClubNew York, NYL 12–21
November 7NYUNew Brunswick, NJW 70–4
November 14at ArmyWest Point, NYW 27–6
November 18New York Law SchoolNew Brunswick, NJW 14–0
November 24Manhattan Athletic ClubNew Brunswick, NJW 34–0

References

  1. ^ "1891 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1890–1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Princeton's Poor Showing: Rutgers Makes the Yellow and Black Wearers Play to Win". The Times (Philadelphia). October 4, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania Wins Easily From the Rutgers Eleven". The Times (Philadelphia). October 22, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Foot-Ball in Washington: The Rutgers College Team Defeats the Columbia Athletic Team". The Baltimore Sun. November 3, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.