1893 Rutgers Queensmen football team

The 1893 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1893 college football season. The Queensmen compiled a 0–4 record and were outscored by their opponents 88 to 8.[1][2] The team had no coach, and its captains were Chalmers P. Van Dyke, Gabe Ludlow, and George Ludlow.[3]

1893 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Independent
1893 record	0–4
Head coach	none
Captain	Chalmers P. Van Dyke, Gabe Ludlow, George Ludlow
Home stadium	Neilson Field

1893 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Princeton			–					11	–	0	–	0
Fordham			–					4	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					12	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					10	–	1	–	0
Colgate			–					3	–	0	–	2
Penn			–					12	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					4	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					4	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					7	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	0
Carlisle			–					2	–	1	–	0
Delaware			–					2	–	1	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					4	–	2	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Amherst			–					7	–	6	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	2	–	1
Army			–					4	–	5	–	0
Williams			–					2	–	3	–	1
Tufts			–					4	–	7	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	1
Worcester Tech			–					2	–	4	–	1
Boston University			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					3	–	6	–	0
Syracuse			–					4	–	9	–	1
Western Penn			–					1	–	4	–	0
MIT			–					1	–	5	–	0
Massachusetts			–					1	–	9	–	0
New Hampshire			–					0	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					0	–	2	–	0
Rutgers			–					0	–	4	–	0
Maine			–					0	–	5	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 14	at New York Athletic Club	Manhattan Field New York, NY	L 0–14		[4]
October 21	Stevens	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 0–34		[5]
October 28	at Orange Athletic Club	Orange Oval East Orange, NJ	L 0–34	800	[6]
November 11	at Lafayette		L 0–1		[7]

References

1. "1893 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
2. "Rutgers Yearly Results (1890–1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
3. "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
4. "New York A. C., 15; Rutgers, 0". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 15, 1893. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Rutgers vs. Stevens: Saturday's Game of Football on the Neilson Field". October 23, 1893. October 23, 1893. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Orange Beats Stevens". The New York Times. October 1, 1893. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "To-Day's Schedule". The Times. November 11, 1893. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.(The Rutgers media guide lists the game as a 1-0 loss played on November 4. Contemporary press accounts show the game originally scheduled for November 4, then rescheduled to November 11, but no published report of the game results has been found.)