1895 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1895 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4
Head coach
CaptainWilliam A. Ranney
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1894
1896 →
1895 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     14 0 0
Yale     13 0 2
Princeton     10 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 1 1
Harvard     8 2 1
Lafayette     6 2 0
Syracuse     6 2 2
Army     5 2 0
Bucknell     5 2 0
Colgate     4 2 0
Swarthmore     7 4 1
Tufts     8 5 0
Villanova     4 2 0
Wesleyan     6 3 0
Amherst     6 5 0
Brown     7 6 1
Carlisle     4 4 0
Drexel     3 3 1
Penn State     2 2 3
Cornell     3 4 1
Rutgers     3 4 0
New Hampshire     2 3 1
Frankin & Marshall     3 5 1
Boston College     2 4 2
Lehigh     3 6 0
CCNY     2 5 1
Buffalo     1 4 2
Temple     1 4 1
MIT     1 4 0
Trinity (CT)     1 4 0
Massachusetts     1 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.     1 6 0
Geneva     0 5 0

The 1895 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1895 college football season. William Ayres Reynolds coached the first two games, going 0-2.[1] When Reynolds left to coach the Sewanee team,[2] Rutgers completed their season under head coach H. W. Ambruster, the Queensmen compiling an overall 3–4 record and were outscored by their opponents, 131 to 98.[3][4] The team captain was William A. Ranney.[5]

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–25[6]
October 5at PrincetonL 0–22[7]
October 194:00 p.m.Roseville Athletic Club
W 38–4[8][9]
October 233:30 p.m.Swarthmore
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 26–12[10]
October 26NYU
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 16–0[11]
October 30at Lafayette
L 0–52500[12]
November 9at Elizabeth Athletic ClubElizabeth, NJL 6–14[13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletic Notes". The Targum. New Brunswick, NJ. October 2, 1895. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "Athletic Notes". The Targum. New Brunswick, NJ. October 16, 1895. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "1895 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1895–1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  6. ^ "Lehigh Starts Off Well". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 29, 1895. p. 8. Retrieved August 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Princeton's Tigers Roast the University of Virginia by 36 to 0 on Catonsville's Gridiron". The Sun (Baltimore). October 10, 1895. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rutgers and Roseville". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 20, 1895. p. 10. Retrieved August 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "Foot Ball Game.—Rutgers . vs the Roseville athletic Club". The Philadelphia Inquirer. New Brunswick, New Jersey. October 21, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved August 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Rutgers Downs Swarthmore by a Score of 26 to 12". The Daily Times. October 24, 1895. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rutgers and New York". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. October 27, 1895. p. 8. Retrieved August 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ "Lafayette Team Wins Easy Game: Defeats Rutgers at Football by a Score of 52 to 0". Chicago Tribune. October 31, 1895. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Elizabeth, 14; Rutgers, 6". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 10, 1895. p. 3. Retrieved August 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.