1913 Rutgers Queensmen football team

The 1913 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1913 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 6–3 record and outscored their opponents, 247 to 76. Sanford remained at Rutgers for 11 years and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[1]

1913 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–3
Head coach
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1912
1914 →
1913 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard     9 0 0
Carlisle     10 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     10 0 1
Army     8 1 0
Dartmouth     7 1 0
Tufts     7 1 0
Colgate     6 1 1
Franklin & Marshall     6 2 0
Pittsburgh     6 2 1
Princeton     5 2 1
Yale     5 2 3
Rutgers     6 3 0
Penn     6 3 1
Villanova     4 2 1
Lehigh     5 3 0
Bucknell     6 4 0
Cornell     5 4 1
Boston College     4 3 1
Syracuse     6 4 0
Fordham     3 3 2
Geneva     4 4 0
Lafayette     4 5 1
Brown     4 5 0
Duquesne     3 5 1
Carnegie Tech     2 4 1
Holy Cross     3 6 0
Temple     1 3 2
Penn State     2 6 0
Rhode Island State     2 6 0
Vermont     1 5 0
NYU     0 8 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27at PrincetonL 3–14[2]
October 4Union (NY)
W 39–6[3]
October 11at ArmyL 0–29[4]
October 18Hobart
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 71–0[5]
October 25at RPITroy, NYW 13–0[6]
November 1Wesleyan
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 9–20[7]
November 8at Hamilton
W 38–0[8]
November 15Trinity (CT)
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 37–7[9]
November 22at Stevens
W 37–0[10]

References

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  1. ^ "George "Sandy" Sanford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Talman of Rutgers scores on Princeton". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 28, 1913. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Rutgers eleven now on the football map". New-York Tribune. October 5, 1913. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Army eleven wins by 29 to 0 count". The Washington Herald. October 12, 1913. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rutgers scores 71 points". The New York Times. October 19, 1913. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rutgers defeats Rensselaer eleven, 13 to 0, on marshy field and in pouring rain". The Daily Home News. October 27, 1913. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Deetjem stars in Rutgers victory". The Hartford Courant. November 2, 1913. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rutgers beats Hamilton". New-York Tribune. November 9, 1913. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Rutgers mass play smothers Trinity". The Hartford Courant. November 16, 1913. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Stevens easy for Rutgers big team". The New York Times. November 23, 1913. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.