1884 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1884 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
  • None
CaptainJohn DeWitt
Home stadiumCollege Field
1884 college football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   9 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   8 – 0 – 1
Michigan   –   2 – 0 – 0
Williams   –   2 – 0 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 0 – 0
Wabash   –   1 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   5 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 4 – 0
Wesleyan   –   3 – 2 – 0
Butler   –   1 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 1 – 0
  –   3 – 4 – 0
Stevens   –   4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth   –   1 – 2 – 1
Tufts   –   2 – 4 – 1
Massachusetts   –   1 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 5 – 0
Johns Hopkins   –   1 – 3 – 0
Albion   –   0 – 1 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 1 – 0
Denver   –   0 – 1 – 0
DePauw   –   0 – 1 – 0
Olivet   –   0 – 2 – 0
Amherst   –   0 – 3 – 0
Lehigh   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1884 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1884 college football season. The Queensmen compiled a 3–4 record and were outscored by their opponents, 184 to 155. The team had no coach, and its captain was John DeWitt.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4PrincetonNew Brunswick, NJ (rivalry)L 5–23[2]
October 15ColumbiaNew Brunswick, NJW 35–5
October 182:40 p.m.at PrincetonPrinceton, NJL 0–35[3]
October 22YaleNew Brunswick, NJL 10–76[4]
November 1LehighNew Brunswick, NJW 61–0
November 8LafayetteNew Brunswick, NJW 26–0[5]
November 153:00 p.m.vs. WesleyanL 0–25[6][7]

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References

  1. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Trying Princeton's Football Team". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 5, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Football At Princeton—The Rutgers Eleven Beaten In A Fairly Played Game". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 19, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "College Football Games". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 23, 1884. p. 1. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "One-Sided Game Of Football". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 9, 1884. p. 7. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Yale News". Morning Journal and Courier. New Haven, Connecticut. November 15, 1884. p. 4. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Wesleyan And Rutgers At Football". New-York Tribune. New York, New York. November 16, 1884. p. 2. Retrieved August 9, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "1884 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.