1899 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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.

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

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.