1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team
| 1869 Rutgers Queensmen football | |
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Co-national champion (Davis) | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 1–1 |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | William J. Leggett |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1869 college football season. The team finished with a 1–1 record and was retroactively named the co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] They played Princeton two times, splitting the series one game each.[2] The team had no coach, and was captained by William J. Leggett.[3]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 6 | 3:00 p.m. | Princeton |
| W 6–4 | [4][5] |
| November 13 | at Princeton | Princeton, NJ | L 0–8 | [4] | |
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Roster
[edit]The Rutgers roster consisted of[6] [7]:
Class of 1870
- D.D. Williamson, BSc., Later architect
Class of 1871
- Ezra Doane DeLamater, Lawyer.
- Stephen George Gano, BSc, Civil engineer.
- William James Hill, Left Rutgers 1870 for New Brunswick Seminary; later clergyman.
- WS Lasher, BSc., Engineer.
- George Edgar Pace, Lawyer.
- CL Pruyn, BSc., Manufacturer.
- John Henry Wyckoff, Clergyman and professor of theology.
Class of 1872
- Thomas Wallace Clemens, Lawyer.
- Edward D. Gillmore, Lawyer.
- John Warne Herbert, Jr., BSc., Lawyer.
- George Hall Large, Lawyer.
- William James Leggett, Lawyer.
- Charles Henry Steele, Physician.
- George Henry Stevens, Lawyer.
- John Alfred Van Neste, Clergyman.
Class of 1873
- Frederick Ernest Allen, Clergyman.
- Madison Monroe Ball, Teacher.
- George Riley Dixon, Lawyer and superintendent of schools.
- Daniel Trimble Hawxhurst, Bookkeeper.
- Peter V. Huyssoon, Manager, teachers’ agency.
- William Henry McKee, Clergyman.
- Abram Irving Martine, Clergyman.
- Claudius Rockefeller, Lawyer, Captain of the 1872 Rutgers football team.
- Jacob Outcalt Van Fleet, Clergyman.
- George Sidney Willits, Transferred to US Naval Academy; later Rear Admiral.
- Charles Seymour Wright, Clergyman.
See also
[edit]- List of historically significant college football games
- List of the first college football games in each U.S. state
References
[edit]- ^ "National Poll Champions" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2017. p. 110. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ "1869 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ a b c "The Foot-Ball Match | Princeton vs. Rutgers". The Targum. Vol. I, no. 8. New Brunswick, New Jersey. November 1869. p. 5.
- ^ "New-Jersey". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 9, 1869. p. 8. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Frusciano, Thomas J. (October 25, 2008). Rutgers University Football Vault: The History of the Scarlet Knights. Whitman Pub LLC. ISBN 0794825737.
- ^ "143 years ago today: Rutgers team of mostly classicists beat Princeton in first-ever intercollegiate football game". Rutgers University Classics Department. November 6, 2012.
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