1879 Rutgers Queensmen football team

American college football season

1879 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2–3
Head coach
  • None
CaptainC. I. Haring, N. W. Voorhees
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons
← 1878
1880 →
1879 college football records
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     4 0 1
Yale     3 0 2
Massachusetts     1 0 0
Michigan     1 0 1
Haverford     1 0 1
Harvard     2 1 2
Penn     2 2 0
Amherst     1 1 0
Navy     0 0 1
McGill     0 0 1
Toronto     0 0 1
Stevens     1 2 5
Rutgers     1 2 3
Pennsylvania Military     0 1 1
NYU     0 2 1
Racine     0 1 0
Swarthmore     0 1 0
Columbia     0 3 2

The 1879 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1879 college football season. The Queensmen compiled a 1–2–3 record and were outscored by their opponents 11 to 5.[1][2] The team had no coach, and its captains were N. W. Voorhees and C. I. Haring.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
November 11at Stevens
W 6–0
November 15at Yale
L 0–5300[4]
November 20at Columbia
T 6–6
November 23StevensNew Brunswick, NJT 0–0
November 26StevensNew Brunswick, NJL 1–3

References

  1. ^ "1879 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1875–1879)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Match Between The College Teams Of Rutgers, Of New York, and Yale, Of New Haven". New York Herald. New York, New York. November 16, 1879. p. 12. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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