1887 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1887 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
  • None
CaptainClarence G. Scudder
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons
← 1886
1888 →
1887 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 0
Penn State     2 0 0
Harvard     10 1 0
Lafayette     7 2 0
Princeton     7 2 0
Lehigh     4 3 0
Williams     3 3 0
Penn     6 7 0
Wesleyan     4 5 0
Tufts     4 6 0
Massachusetts     2 3 0
Rutgers     2 6 0
Bucknell     0 2 0
Cornell     0 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     0 2 0
Vermont     0 2 0

The 1887 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1887 college football season. The Queensmen compiled a 2–6 record and were outscored their opponents, 187 to 81. The team had no coach, and its captain was Clarence G. Scudder.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 8StevensNew Brunswick, NJW 26–0[2]
October 12PrincetonNew Brunswick, NJ (rivalry)L 0–301,500[3][4]
October 15at Lafayette
L 0–20[5]
October 19at StevensHoboken, NJW 5–2[6]
October 293:35 p.m.at WilliamsWilliamstown, MAL 6–12[7]
November 23:25 p.m.PennNew Brunswick, NJL 10–13[8]
November 5at YaleL 0–74[9]
November 12LafayetteNew Brunswick, NJL 0–36[10]

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References

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  1. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Rutgers Wins At Football". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 9, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Carried Senseless Off the Field". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Princeton Defeats Rutgers". The New York Times. October 13, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lafayette Wins a Hard-Fought Battle". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 16, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "[Untitled]". Plainfield Evening News. Plainfield, New Jersey. October 20, 1887. p. 1. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Williams 12, Rutgers 6". Springfield Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. October 30, 1887. p. 1. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Rah For Pennsylvania". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 3, 1887. p. 5. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Yale's Heavy Rushers: Rutgers Easily Defeated, Seventy-four to Nothing". The Boston Globe. November 6, 1887. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Lafayette Outkicks Rutgers". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 13, 1887. p. 2. Retrieved August 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "1887 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.



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