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 as an independent during the 1891 college football season. In their first year under head coach John C. B. Pendleton,[1] the Queensmen compiled an 8–6 record and outscored their opponents, 265 to 137.[2][3] The team's captain was Philip Milledoler Brett, who later served as Rutgers University president.[4]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at PrincetonPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)L 0–12[5]
October 10at Orange Athletic ClubL 6–10
October 13at Schuylkill Navy ACPhiladelphia, PAW 24–0
October 17at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–221,000[6]
October 21at PennPhiladelphia, PAL 6–32500[7]
October 24StevensNew Brunswick, NJW 12–10
October 28ColumbiaNew Brunswick, NJW 44–0[8]
October 31at NavyAnnapolis, MDL 12–20
November 2at Columbia Athletic Club
W 4–0[9]
November 3at New York Athletic ClubNew York, NYL 12–21
November 7NYUNew Brunswick, NJW 70–4
November 14at ArmyW 27–6
November 18New York Law SchoolNew Brunswick, NJW 14–0
November 24Manhattan Athletic ClubNew Brunswick, NJW 34–0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Exchanges". The Rutgers Targum. New Brunswick, NJ. November 15, 1891. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "1891 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1890–1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "On the Field at Bethlehem". The Times. October 18, 1891. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Pennsylvania Wins Easily From the Rutgers Eleven". The Times (Philadelphia). October 22, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rutgers, 44; Columbia, 0". The Sun. October 29, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Foot-Ball in Washington: The Rutgers College Team Defeats the Columbia Athletic Team". The Baltimore Sun. November 3, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.