1899 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1899 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–9
Head coach
CaptainWilliam E. McMahon
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1898
1900 →
1899 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   12 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Buffalo   –   7 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   8 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   9 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   8 – 1 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   9 – 2 – 1
Wesleyan   –   7 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   2 – 0 – 2
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 1
Western Univ. of Penn.   –   3 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   9 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   3 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   8 – 3 – 2
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
New Hampshire   –   4 – 2 – 0
Vermont   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Syracuse   –   4 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 0
Army   –   4 – 5 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 6 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 6 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 9 – 0
Rutgers   –   2 – 9 – 0
Geneva   –   0 – 3 – 0

The 1899 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1899 college football season. The 1899 Rutgers team compiled a 2–9 record and was outscored by opponents by a combined total of 245 to 114.[1] William V. B. Van Dyck was the team's coach, and William E. McMahon was the team captain.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Columbia
L 0–26[2]
October 7at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–10[3]
October 14at Lafayette
L 0–37[4]
October 18at Stevens
L 5–12[5]
October 21at Haverford
L 0–36[6]
October 25Swarthmore
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–34[7]
October 28at UrsinusNorristown, PAL 6–53[8]
November 4Stevens
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 39–0[9]
November 11NYU
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 5–6[10]
November 22CCNY
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 59–0[11]
November 30Knickerbocker Athletic Club
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–11[12]

Players[edit]

  • Black, right tackle
  • Conger, right halfback
  • Courtney, right tackle
  • Edgar, quarterback
  • Mann, left halfback
  • William E. McMahon, fullback and captain
  • Patterson, right guard
  • Pettit, right end
  • Ranson, center
  • Rapalje, left end
  • Wirth, left tackle
  • Woodruff, left guard

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1895-1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "Columbia's first game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 4, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Lehigh's playing lacked snap". The Times (Philadelphia). October 8, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Rutgers failed to score: Lafayette made touchdowns almost at will and ran up 57 points". The Times (Philadelphia). October 15, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Stevens 12, Rutgers 5". The Daily Times. October 19, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Haverford downs Rutgers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 22, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Swarthmore wins from Rutgers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Ursinus wins easily". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Rutgers wins, defeats old enemy Stevens by a score of 39 to 0". The Daily Times. November 6, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "N.Y.U. 6, Rutgers 5". New-York Tribune. November 12, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Pulvermacher badly hurt". The World. November 23, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Rutgers to Knickerbocker A.C." The Daily Times. December 1, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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