1906 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1906 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–2
Head coach
CaptainDouglas J. Fisher
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1905
1907 →
1906 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     9 0 1
Yale     9 0 1
Haverford     7 0 2
Harvard     10 1 0
Cornell     8 1 2
Lafayette     8 1 1
Penn State     8 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     9 2 0
Swarthmore     7 2 0
Drexel     6 2 0
Tufts     6 2 0
Penn     7 2 3
Carlisle     9 3 0
Brown     6 3 0
Rutgers     5 2 2
Dartmouth     6 3 1
Syracuse     6 3 0
Colgate     4 2 2
Vermont     5 4 0
Fordham     5 3 0
Western U. of Penn.     6 4 0
Holy Cross     4 3 1
Amherst     3 3 1
Lehigh     5 5 1
Bucknell     3 4 1
Dickinson     3 4 2
Carnegie Tech     2 3 2
Army     3 5 1
Frankin & Marshall     3 5 1
Wesleyan     2 4 1
New Hampshire     2 5 1
Villanova     3 7 0
Springfield Training School     1 5 3
NYU     0 4 0

The 1906 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1906 college football season. In their first season under head coach Frank Gorton, the Queensmen compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored their opponents, 123 to 30.[1][2] The team captain was Douglas J. Fisher.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29at Fordham
W 6–0[4]
October 6at Stevens
T 0–0[5]
October 13at VillanovaVillanova, PAL 0–17[6]
October 20at Haverford
T 0–0[7]
October 27Delaware
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–4[8]
November 6at NYUW 14–0[9]
November 10CCNY
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 55–0[10]
November 17Stevens
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 18–4[11]
November 24Ursinus
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 29–5[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1906 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1905–1909)". 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. ^ "Fordham defeated by Rutgers". New-York Tribune. September 30, 1906. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rutgers and Stevens blank each other". The Sun. October 7, 1906. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rutgers lost, 17–0". Perth Amboy Evening News. October 15, 1906. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Neither team scored: Haverford and Rutgers play each other to a standstill". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1906. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Delaware wins from Rutgers". The Morning News. October 29, 1906. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Great crowd see Rutgers win". The Daily Home News. November 7, 1906. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Rutgers 55, C.C.N.Y. 0". The New York Times. November 11, 1906. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rutgers too heavy for Stevens". New-York Tribune. November 18, 1906. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Ursinus was easy for Rutgers". The New York Times. November 25, 1906. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.