1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team
American college football season
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The 1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1869 college football season. The team finished with a 1â1 record and was retroactively named the co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] They played Princeton two times, splitting the series one game each.[2] The team had no coach, and was captained by William J. Leggett.[3]
| 1869 Rutgers Queensmen football | |
|---|---|
Co-national champion (Davis) | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 1â1 |
| Head coach |
|
| Captain | William J. Leggett |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 6 | 3:00 p.m. | Princeton |
| W 6â4 | [4][5] |
| November 13 | at Princeton | Princeton, NJ | L 0â8 | [4] | |
| |||||
Roster
The Rutgers roster consisted of:[6][7]
Class of 1870
- D.D. Williamson, BSc., Later architect
Class of 1871
- Ezra Doane DeLamater, Lawyer.
- Stephen George Gano, BSc, Civil engineer.
- William James Hill, Left Rutgers 1870 for New Brunswick Seminary; later clergyman.
- WS Lasher, BSc., Engineer.
- George Edgar Pace, Lawyer.
- CL Pruyn, BSc., Manufacturer.
- John Henry Wyckoff, Clergyman and professor of theology.
Class of 1872
- Thomas Wallace Clemens, Lawyer.
- Edward D. Gillmore, Lawyer.
- John Warne Herbert Jr., BSc., Lawyer.
- George Hall Large, Lawyer.
- William James Leggett, Lawyer.
- Charles Henry Steele, Physician.
- George Henry Stevens, Lawyer.
- John Alfred Van Neste, Clergyman.
Class of 1873
- Frederick Ernest Allen, Clergyman.
- Madison Monroe Ball, Teacher.
- George Riley Dixon, Lawyer and superintendent of schools.
- Daniel Trimble Hawxhurst, Bookkeeper.
- Peter V. Huyssoon, Manager, teachersâ agency.
- William Henry McKee, Clergyman.
- Abram Irving Martine, Clergyman.
- Claudius Rockefeller, Lawyer, Captain of the 1872 Rutgers football team.
- Jacob Outcalt Van Fleet, Clergyman.
- George Sidney Willits, Transferred to US Naval Academy; later Rear Admiral.
- Charles Seymour Wright, Clergyman.
