1909 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1909 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
CaptainEdwin T. Leslie
Home stadiumNeilson Field
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1909 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   10 – 0 – 0
Lafayette   –   7 – 0 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   9 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   9 – 1 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 0 – 2
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 1 – 1
Springfield Training School   –   5 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   6 – 1 – 1
Ursinus   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   7 – 1 – 2
Trinity (CT)   –   6 – 1 – 2
Dartmouth   –   5 – 1 – 2
Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 2
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Carlisle   –   8 – 3 – 1
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 1
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Vermont   –   4 – 2 – 2
Lehigh   –   4 – 3 – 2
Army   –   3 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 2 – 0
Dickinson   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 4 – 2
Boston College   –   3 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   3 – 4 – 1
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   3 – 5 – 1
Holy Cross   –   2 – 4 – 2
Swarthmore   –   2 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 5 – 3
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 0
Amherst   –   1 – 6 – 1
Temple   –   0 – 4 – 1

The 1909 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1909 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Herman Pritchard, the Queensmen compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 74 to 62. The team captain was Edwin T. Leslie.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 2Fordham
L 0–9[2]
October 9at Navy
L 3–12[3]
October 16at Franklin & Marshall
L 0–15[4]
October 23Medico-Chirurgical
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
T 0–0[5]
October 30at Hamilton
W 8–5[6]
November 6at NYU
L 0–11[7]
November 10Muhlenberg
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 35–5[8]
November 13Haverford
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 11–0[9]
November 20at Stevens
L 5–17[10]

References

  1. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Fordham beats Rutgers". The New York Times. October 3, 1909. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Navy is too slow; Rutgers plays stubborn game against "Middies"". The Baltimore Sun. October 10, 1909. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Rutgers beaten; Franklin and Marshall defeats Jersey eleven, 15 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 17, 1909. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rutgers and Medico Chi fail to score". The Daily Home News. October 25, 1909. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rutgers displays class against Hamilton, 8 to 5". The Daily Home News. November 1, 1909. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Rutgers easy for N.Y.U." The New York Times. November 7, 1909. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Muhlenberg lost to Rutger's team". The Morning Call. November 11, 1909. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Rutgers trims Haverford team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 14, 1909. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Stevens beats old rival". The Sun. November 21, 1909. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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