1890 Rutgers Queensmen football team

The 1890 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1890 college football season. The Queensmen compiled a 5–5–1 record and outscored their opponents, 222 to 147.[1][2] The team had no coach, and its captain for the second consecutive year was James Bishop, Jr.[3]

1890 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Independent
1890 record	5–5–1
Head coach	No coach
Captain	James Bishop, Jr.
Home stadium	College Field

1890 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					11	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					8	–	2	–	0
Navy			–					5	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					11	–	3	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	4	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					2	–	1	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					6	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					3	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					6	–	5	–	1
Rutgers			–					5	–	5	–	1
Dartmouth			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan			–					5	–	6	–	0
Tufts			–					2	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	4	–	1
Western Univ. Penn			–					1	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	5	–	1
Bucknell			–					1	–	4	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	3	–	1
Massachusetts			–					1	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	1
Army			–					0	–	1	–	0
Geneva			–					0	–	1	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	at Penn	Philadelphia, PA	L 4–16		[4]
October 8	at Princeton	Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 0–27	300	[5]
October 18	at New York Athletic Club	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 30–1		[6]
October 25	Orange Athletic Club	New Brunswick, NJ	W 6–4		[7]
November 1	Crescent Athletic Club	Washington Park Brooklyn, NY	W 18–6	4,000	[8]
November 3	at Yale	Yale Field New Haven, CT	L 0–70		[9]
November 4	Lehigh	New Brunswick, NJ	L 2–4		[10]
November 14	NYU	New Brunswick, NJ	W 62–0		[11]
November 15	at Columbia	Brotherhood Park New York, NY	T 6–6
November 22	Manhattan Athletic Club	New Brunswick, NJ	W 32–0		[12]

References

1. "1890 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
2. "Rutgers Yearly Results (1890–1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
3. "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
4. "One for the 'Varsity: In the Initial Game They Defeat Rutgers". The Times (Philadelphia). October 5, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Princeton Defeats Rutgers". The Daily Times (New Brunswick, NJ). October 9, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Rutgers Was in It". The Pittsburgh Press. October 19, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Football: Orange Athletics Defeated by Rutgers -- Celebration of the Victory". The Daily Times (New Brunswick, NJ). October 27, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Weak In The Rush Line: The Crescents Succumb to Yale's Foot Ball Team". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 5, 1890. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Rhodes Went To See Harvard". The New York Times. November 9, 1890. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Rutgers and Lehigh Line Up". The Boston Globe. November 5, 1890. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Rutgers Had An Easy Victory". New York Tribune. November 15, 1890. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Rough and Tumble Contest". The Pittsburgh Dispatch. November 23, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.