1896 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1896 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–6
Head coach
CaptainJohn N. Mills
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fordham     1 0 0
Lafayette     11 0 1
Princeton     10 0 1
Washington & Jefferson     8 0 1
Penn     14 1 0
Yale     13 1 0
Pittsburgh College     11 2 0
Buffalo     9 1 2
Villanova     10 4 0
Bucknell     5 2 1
Harvard     7 4 0
Boston College     5 3 0
Storrs     5 3 0
Cornell     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 3 2
Temple     3 2 0
Army     3 2 1
Rutgers     6 6 0
Carlisle     5 5 0
Holy Cross     2 2 2
Brown     4 5 1
Wesleyan     4 5 1
Frankin & Marshall     3 4 2
Geneva     3 4 0
Penn State     3 4 0
Colgate     3 4 1
Amherst     3 6 1
Western Univ. Penn.     3 6 0
Lehigh     2 5 0
Tufts     2 6 1
Swarthmore     2 6 0
New Hampshire     1 4 0
Drexel     1 5 0
Massachusetts     0 4 0
Rhode Island     0 4 0

The 1896 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1896 college football season. In their first season under head coach John C. B. Pendleton, the Queensmen compiled a 6–6 record and were outscored by their opponents, 226 to 74.[1][2] The team captain was John N. Mills.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at PrincetonL 0–44
October 7UrsinusW 20–0
October 10at Elizabeth Athletic ClubL 0–28
October 14at LehighL 0–44
October 17HaverfordW 6–2
October 21StevensW 10–0
October 24at Swarthmore
W 16–10
October 31at NavyL 0–40
November 3UnionL 0–10
November 7at Irvington Athletic ClubL 0–20
November 11at StevensW 12–0
November 14Newark Athletic ClubW 4–0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1896 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1895–1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.