1916 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–2–2
Head coach
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
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1916 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   6 – 2 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 2 – 2
Harvard   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 3 – 1
Temple   –   3 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   3 – 2 – 2
NYU   –   4 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 0
Holy Cross   –   4 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 4 – 1
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Carlisle   –   1 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 9 – 0
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 2
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 0
Villanova   –   1 – 8 – 0

The 1916 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1916 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach George Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 3–2–2 record and outscored their opponents, 106 to 52.[1][2] Coach Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7Villanova
W 33–0
October 14Washington and Lee
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
T 13–13
October 28at Brown
L 3–21
November 4vs. Holy Cross
W 14–63,000[4]
November 11West Virginia
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
T 0–0
November 25Dickinson
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 34–0
November 30vs. Washington & Jefferson
L 9–12[5]

References

  1. ^ "1916 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1915–1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "George "Sandy" Sanford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Rutgers Too Strong for Holy Cross Men". New-York Tribune. New York, N.Y. November 5, 1916. sect. II, p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ O'Neill, Harold E. (December 1, 1916). "Rutgers Loses To W. and J. But Puts Up Thrilling Battle at Polo Grounds". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 18. Retrieved September 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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