1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1869 Rutgers Queensmen football
Co-national champion (Davis)
Conference	Independent
Record	1–1
Head coach	None
Captain	William J. Leggett

1869 college football records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					1	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	1	–	0

The 1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1869 college football season. The team finished with a 1–1 record and was retroactively named the co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.^[1] They played Princeton two times, splitting the series one game each.^[2] The team had no coach, and was captained by William Leggett.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 6	Princeton	College Field New Brunswick, NJ (rivalry)	W 6–4	[4]
November 13	at Princeton	Princeton, NJ	L 0–8

See also

• List of historically significant college football games
• List of the first college football games in each U.S. state

References

1. "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
2. "1869 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
3. "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
4. "New-Jersey". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 9, 1869. p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .