1878 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–2–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainThomas Fitz-Randolph
Home stadiumCollege Field
1878 college football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton    6 0 0
Yale    4 1 1
Columbia    0 0 1
CCNY    1 1 0
Stevens    1 1 2
Harvard    1 2 0
Penn    1 2 1
Rutgers    1 2 1
Amherst    1 3 0
Brown    0 1 0
Swarthmore    0 1 0

The 1878 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1878 college football season. The Queensmen compiled a 1–2–1 record, scored one point, and allowed six points.[1][2]

The team had no coach, and its captain was Thomas Fitz-Randolph.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 29StevensNew Brunswick, NJT 0–0[4]
November 2at PrincetonPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)L 0–5
November 9at Stevens
L 0–1[5][6]
December 7CCNYNew Brunswick, NJW 6–0[7]

References

  1. "1878 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. "Rutgers Yearly Results (1875–1879)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. "Sporting Notes". The News Journal. October 31, 1878. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Foot-Ball in Hoboken: An Exciting Game Between Teams From Rutgers College and the Stevens Institute". The New York Times. November 10, 1878. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "The Stevens Institute Team Defeat the Boys From Rutgers College by One Goal to Nothing". New York Daily Herald. November 10, 1878. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Football". New York Herald. New York, New York. December 8, 1878. p. 7. Retrieved November 12, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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