1903 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1903 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
1903 record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainAlfred Ellet Hitchner
Home stadiumNeilson Field
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 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
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
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 as an independent during 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. The team captain, for the second consecutive year, was Alfred Ellet Hitchner.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at FordhamL 0–15[2]
October 10at Delaware
  • Front and Union Streets gridiron
  • Wilmington, DE
L 0–5[3][4]
October 14Manhattan College
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswich, NJ
W 8–6[5]
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[6]
November 23Franklin & MarshallT 0–0

References[]

  1. ^ "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Rutgers Meet Delaware Today". The Evening Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. October 10, 1903. p. 2. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Rutgers Defeated". The Morning News. Wilmington, Delaware. October 12, 1903. p. 5. Retrieved October 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Rutgers beats N.Y.U. 18 to 15". The New York Times. November 15, 1903. p. 10. Retrieved February 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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