1913 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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
New Hampshire   –   2 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   1 – 3 – 2
Penn State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 5 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 8 – 0

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27at Princeton
L 3–14[2]
October 4Union (NY)
W 39–6[3]
October 11at Army
L 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

  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.


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