1898 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1898 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–6–1
Head coach	William V. B. Van Dyck (1st season)
Captain	William F. McMahon
Home stadium	Neilson Field

1898 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Drexel			–					7	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	1
Penn			–					12	–	1	–	0
Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					10	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					9	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					9	–	2	–	0
Yale			–					9	–	2	–	0
Dickinson			–					8	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	1
Wesleyan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Western Penn.			–					5	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					6	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					6	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	2	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	2	–	1
Holy Cross			–					5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	3
Fordham			–					1	–	1	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	4	–	2
New Hampshire			–					4	–	4	–	0
Amherst			–					4	–	5	–	1
Villanova			–					2	–	4	–	1
Lehigh			–					3	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					2	–	5	–	1
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	5	–	0
Lafayette			–					3	–	8	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	6	–	1
Tufts			–					1	–	9	–	0
Geneva			–					0	–	6	–	1

The 1898 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1898 college football season. In their first season under head coach William V. B. Van Dyck, the Queensmen compiled a 1–6–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 114 to 16. The team captain was William F. McMahon.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	L 0–12
October 8	at Swarthmore	Swarthmore, PA	L 0–6
October 12	at Stevens	St. George Cricket Club Hoboken, NJ	L 0–1 (forfeit)	[2]
October 15	at NYU	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 11–5	[3]
October 22	Haverford	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	T 0–0
October 29	at Union (NY)	Schenectady, NY	L 0–17
November 5	Stevens	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 0–5
November 12	at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	L 0–59

References

1. "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
2. "Football—Rutgers Refuses to Finish Game with Stevens". The Daily Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. October 13, 1898. p. 8. Retrieved August 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "Rutgers beats New York University". The New York Times. October 16, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.