1878 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1878 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainThomas Fitz-Randolph
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons
← 1877
1879 →
1878 college football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   6 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   0 – 0 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 1 – 0
Stevens   –   1 – 1 – 2
Harvard   –   1 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   1 – 2 – 1
Rutgers   –   1 – 2 – 1
Amherst   –   1 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   0 – 1 – 0
Swarthmore   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1878 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1878 college football season. The Queensmen compiled a 1–2–1 record, scored one point, and allowed six points.

The team had no coach, and its captain was Thomas Fitz-Randolph.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 29StevensNew Brunswick, NJT 0–0[2]
November 2at PrincetonPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)L 0–5
November 9at Stevens
L 0–1[3][4]
December 7CCNYNew Brunswick, NJW 6–0[5]

[6]

References

  1. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Sporting Notes". The News Journal. October 31, 1878. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Foot-Ball in Hoboken: An Exciting Game Between Teams From Rutgers College and the Stevens Institute". The New York Times. November 10, 1878. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "The Stevens Institute Team Defeat the Boys From Rutgers College by One Goal to Nothing". New York Daily Herald. November 10, 1878. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Football". New York Herald. New York, New York. December 8, 1878. p. 7. Retrieved November 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "1878 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.


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