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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. William V. B. Van Dyck was the team's coach, and William E. McMahon was the team captain.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3Columbia
L 0–26[1]
October 7at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–10[2]
October 14at Lafayette
L 0–37[3]
October 18at Stevens
L 5–12[4]
October 21at Haverford
L 0–36[5]
October 25Swarthmore
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–34[6]
October 28at UrsinusNorristown, PAL 6–53[7]
November 4Stevens
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 39–0[8]
November 11NYU
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 5–6[9]
November 22CCNY
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 59–0[10]
November 30Knickerbocker Athletic Club
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–11[11]

Players

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Columbia's first game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 4, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Lehigh's playing lacked snap". The Times (Philadelphia). October 8, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Stevens 12, Rutgers 5". The Daily Times. October 19, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Haverford downs Rutgers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 22, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Swarthmore wins from Rutgers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Ursinus wins easily". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "N.Y.U. 6, Rutgers 5". New-York Tribune. November 12, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Pulvermacher badly hurt". The World. November 23, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rutgers to Knickerbocker A.C." The Daily Times. December 1, 1899. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.