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1913 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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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
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

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

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  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.