1912 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1912 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainTheodore Van Winkle
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1911
1913 →
1912 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   8 – 0 – 0
Carlisle   –   12 – 1 – 1
Maine   –   7 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   7 – 1 – 1
Yale   –   7 – 1 – 1
Lehigh   –   9 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   7 – 2 – 0
Wesleyan   –   7 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 3 – 1
Rhode Island State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 4 – 0
Army   –   5 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 4 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   5 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 3 – 0
Morris Harvey   –   2 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   4 – 5 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 4 – 1
Geneva   –   3 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   3 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Boston College   –   2 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   3 – 7 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 6 – 0

The 1912 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1912 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Howard Gargan, the Queensmen compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents, 112 to 102. The team captain was Theodore Van Winkle.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Franklin & Marshall
L 0–20[2]
October 2at Princeton
L 6–41[3]
October 12at Army
L 0–19[4]
October 19Hobart
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 16–7[5]
October 26at Union (NY)Schenectady, NYL 0–3[6]
November 2Hamilton
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 25–6[7]
November 9RPI
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 21–0[8]
November 16at Haverford
W 18–0[9]
November 23at Stevens
W 26–6[10]

References

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  1. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "F. and M. trounces Rutgers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 29, 1912. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Easy game for Princeton, Rutgers losing by 41 to 6". Chicago Tribune. October 3, 1912. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Army team scores easy victory over Rutgers". The Sun. October 13, 1912. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Victory for Rutgers over Hobart". The New York Times. October 20, 1912. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rutgers outplayed Union, but lost on Dewey's field goal in first quarter". The Daily Home News. October 28, 1912. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Rutgers is spry, speedy, powerful". The Daily Home News. November 4, 1912. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Surprise for Rutgers; Expects hard game with Rensselaer, but wins, 21 to 0". The New York Times. November 10, 1912. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Haverford drops one to Rutgers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1912. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Triumph for Rutgers; Stevens goes down to defeat after a game stand". New-York Tribune. November 24, 1912. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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