1907 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1907 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainDouglas J. Fisher
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1906
1908 →
1907 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 1
Dartmouth     8 0 1
Penn     11 1 0
Carlisle     10 1 0
Temple     4 0 2
Fordham     6 1 1
Cornell     8 2 0
Western U. of Penn.     8 2 0
Princeton     7 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 2 0
Lafayette     7 2 1
Lehigh     7 2 1
Swarthmore     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
NYU     5 2 0
Vermont     4 1 2
Harvard     7 3 0
Brown     7 3 0
Penn State     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 1
Drexel     3 2 2
Colgate     4 4 1
Geneva     4 5 2
Amherst     3 4 1
Tufts     3 4 1
Frankin & Marshall     4 6 0
Rutgers     3 5 1
Springfield Training School     2 4 2
Bucknell     4 7 0
New Hampshire     1 5 2
Villanova     1 5 1
Holy Cross     1 7 2
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Carnegie Tech     1 8 0

The 1907 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1907 college football season. In their second and last season under head coach Frank Gorton, the Queensmen compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 99 to 76.[1][2] The team captain, for the second consecutive year, was Douglas J. Fisher.[3]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Fordham
T 5–5[4]
October 5at Swarthmore
L 5–29[5]
October 12Lehigh
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 6–16[6]
October 19at Union (NY)Schenectady, NYW 12–5[7]
October 26at DelawareNewark, DEW 39–0[8]
November 5at NYUL 0–11[9]
November 9Haverford
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 5–6[10]
November 16Jefferson Medical College
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–27[11]
November 23Stevens
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 4–0[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1907 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 ties Rutgers". The New York Times. September 29, 1907. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Swarthmore downed Rutgers". The New York Times. October 6, 1907. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Lehigh team has play to win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 13, 1907. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Rutgers won easily from Union eleven". Perth Amboy Evening News. October 21, 1907. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Delaware lost; Rutgers rolled up a score of 39 to 0 at Newark on Saturday last". The Morning News. October 28, 1907. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "N.Y.U. crush Rutgers eleven". The Daily Home News. November 6, 1907. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Haverford had very close call". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 10, 1907. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Old Jeff eats up Rutgers, 27–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1907. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Rutgers wins on place kick". New-York Tribune. November 24, 1907. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.