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1898 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1898 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–6–1
Head coach
CaptainWilliam F. McMahon
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1897
1899 →
1898 Eastern college football independents records
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

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–12
October 8at SwarthmoreSwarthmore, PAL 0–6
October 12at Stevens
L 0–1 (forfeit)[2]
October 15at NYUW 11–5[3]
October 22Haverford
T 0–0
October 29at Union (NY)Schenectady, NYL 0–17
November 5Stevens
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–5
November 12at WesleyanMiddletown, CTL 0–59

References

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  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 Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Rutgers beats New York University". The New York Times. October 16, 1898. Retrieved February 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.