1887 Rutgers Queensmen football team

American college football season

1887 Rutgers Queensmen football

Conference| Independent
Record| 2–6
Head coach|

* None

Captain| Clarence G. Scudder
Home stadium| College Field

Seasons

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1888 ->

1887 Eastern college football independents records

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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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October 8| | Stevens| New Brunswick, NJ| W 26–0| | [2]
October 12| | Princeton| New Brunswick, NJ (rivalry)| L 0–30| 1,500| [3][4]
October 15| | at Lafayette|

* The Quad
* Easton, PA

| L 0–20| | [5]
October 19| | at Stevens| Hoboken, NJ| W 5–2| | [6]
October 29| 3:35 p.m.| at Williams| Williamstown, MA| L 6–12| | [7]
November 2| 3:25 p.m.| Penn| New Brunswick, NJ| L 10–13| | [8]
November 5| | at Yale|

* Yale Field
* New Haven, CT

| L 0–74| | [9]
November 12| | Lafayette| New Brunswick, NJ| L 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 .
3. ^ "Carried Senseless Off the Field". The Times. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 13, 1887. p. 3. Retrieved August 10, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
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 .
6. ^ "[Untitled]". Plainfield Evening News. Plainfield, New Jersey. October 20, 1887. p. 1. Retrieved August 10, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ "Williams 12, Rutgers 6". Springfield Republican. Springfield, Massachusetts. October 30, 1887. p. 1. Retrieved August 10, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
8. ^ "Rah For Pennsylvania". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 3, 1887. p. 5. Retrieved August 10, 2024 - via Newspapers.com .
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 .
11. ^ "1887 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.

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