1899 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1899 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–9
Head coach	William V. B. Van Dyck (2nd season)
Captain	William E. McMahon
Home stadium	Neilson Field

1899 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 3	Columbia	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 0–26	[1]
October 7	at Lehigh	Bethlehem, PA	L 0–10	[2]
October 14	at Lafayette	Lafayette Field Easton, PA	L 0–37	[3]
October 18	at Stevens	St. George's Cricket Grounds Hoboken, NJ	L 5–12	[4]
October 21	at Haverford	Walton Field Haverford, PA	L 0–36	[5]
October 25	Swarthmore	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 0–34	[6]
October 28	at Ursinus	Norristown, PA	L 6–53	[7]
November 4	Stevens	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 39–0	[8]
November 11	NYU	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 5–6	[9]
November 22	CCNY	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 59–0	[10]
November 30	Knickerbocker Athletic Club	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 0–11	[11]

Players

• 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

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.