1894 Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle States champion
ConferenceMiddle States Intercollegiate Football League
Record4–6 (2–0 Middle States)
Head coach
  • None
CaptainWilliam V. B. Van Dyck
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1893
1895 →

The 1894 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University during the 1894 college football season. The team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored by a total of 210 to 61.[1] Rutgers was a member of the Middle States Intercollegiate Football League and won the conference championship by beating the other two member schools, Lafayette and Stevens.[2]

The team had no coach, and its captain was William V. B. Van Dyck.[3] Van Dyck later served as the head coach of the Rutgers football teams of 1898 and 1899.

The Rutgers football team won its two home games, playing both of those games at Neilson Field in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29at Lehigh*Bethlehem, PAL 0–24[4]
October 6Lafayette
W 12–10[5]
October 10at Princeton*Princeton, NJ (rivalry)L 0–48[6]
October 17at Stevens
W 20–0[2]
October 20at New Jersey Athletic Club*Bayonne, NJW 12–0[7]
October 27at Crescent Athletic Club*
L 4–20[8]
November 13:45 p.m.North Carolina*
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 5–0[9]
November 3at Virginia*
L 4–20[10]
November 5at Columbia Athletic Club*Washington, DCL 0–20[11]
November 6at Franklin & Marshall*Lancaster, PAL 4–68[12]

References

  1. ^ "Rutgers 2019 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Rutgers University. p. 158. Retrieved May 19, 2020.(dates and/or outcomes of several games reported inaccurately; schedule chart and scores here based on contemporaneous press accounts)
  2. ^ a b "Championship For Rutgers: Deciding Game in the Middle States Football League". The Inter Ocean. October 18, 1894. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Lehigh, 24; Rutgers, 0". New York Tribune. September 30, 1894. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rutgers Starts With Victory". The Inter Ocean. October 7, 1894. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Princeton Scores Heavily". The Times. October 11, 1894. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Refused To Finish the Game: New Jersey Athletic Club Team Disgruntled by a Decision Against Them". The New York Times. October 21, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Easy for the Crescents: Pigskin Punters From Rutgers Beaten 20 to 4". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 28, 1894. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Won By a Goal From the Field: Rutgers Beats University of North Carolina". The Daily Times (New Brunswick, NJ). November 2, 1894. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "University of Virginia and Rutgers". The Times (Philadelphia). November 4, 1894. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Columbia 20, Rutgers 0". The Times-Picayune. November 6, 1894. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Rutgers Football". The Daily Times (New Brunswick). November 8, 1894. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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