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1903 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1903 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainAlfred Ellet Hitchner
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1902
1904 →
1903 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton     11 0 0
Yale     11 1 0
Columbia     9 1 0
Dartmouth     9 1 0
Geneva     9 1 0
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Temple     4 1 0
Washington & Jefferson     8 2 0
Lehigh     9 2 1
Harvard     9 3 0
Penn     9 3 0
Army     6 2 1
Carlisle     6 2 1
Amherst     7 3 0
Lafayette     7 3 0
Cornell     6 3 1
Colgate     4 2 1
Penn State     5 3 0
Swarthmore     6 4 0
Brown     5 4 1
Syracuse     5 4 0
Fordham     1 1 0
Frankin & Marshall     5 5 1
Buffalo     4 4 0
Rutgers     4 4 1
Delaware     4 4 0
Villanova     2 2 0
Bucknell     4 5 0
Vermont     4 5 0
Tufts     5 8 0
Wesleyan     3 6 1
Springfield Training School     1 3 1
NYU     2 5 0
New Hampshire     2 6 1
Pittsburgh College     1 5 1
Western U. Penn.     1 8 1

The 1903 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1903 college football season. In their first season under head coach Oliver D. Mann, the Queensmen compiled a 4–4–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 110 to 94.[1][2] The team captain, for the second consecutive year, was Alfred Ellet Hitchner.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at FordhamL 0–15[4]
October 10at Delaware
L 0–5[5][6]
October 14Manhattan College
W 8–6[7]
October 17at UrsinusCollegeville, PAL 0–40
October 24HaverfordL 6–18
October 31StevensW 36–6
November 7at StevensW 26–5
November 14NYU
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 18-15[8]
November 23Franklin & MarshallT 0–0

References

  1. ^ "1903 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1900–1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "Fordham, 15; Rutgers, 0". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 4, 1903. p. 18. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Rutgers Meet Delaware Today". The Evening Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. October 10, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Rutgers Defeated". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. October 12, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Bloody Time On Neilson Field". The Daily Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. October 15, 1903. p. 1. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Rutgers beats N.Y.U. 18 to 15". The New York Times. November 15, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.