Eisspeedway

1911 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1911 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainJames K. Alverson
Seasons
← 1910
1912 →
1911 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn State     8 0 1
Carlisle     11 1 0
Princeton     8 0 2
Trinity (CT)     6 0 2
Temple     6 1 0
Army     6 1 1
Swarthmore     6 1 1
Dartmouth     8 2 0
Lafayette     8 2 0
Yale     7 2 1
Harvard     6 2 1
Cornell     7 3 0
Rhode Island State     5 2 1
Brown     7 3 1
Bucknell     6 3 1
Penn     7 4 0
Pittsburgh     4 3 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 2
Dickinson     4 4 0
Lehigh     5 5 1
Rutgers     4 4 1
Dickinson     4 4 0
St. Bonaventure     2 2 0
Carnegie Tech     4 5 0
Holy Cross     4 5 0
Tufts     3 4 0
Vermont     3 5 0
NYU     1 3 3
Colgate     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     3 6 0
New Hampshire     1 5 1
Geneva     1 6 1
Villanova     0 5 1
Boston College     0 7 0

The 1911 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1911 college football season. The 1911 Rutgers team compiled a 4–4–1 record and was outscored by opponents by a combined total of 99 to 25. Howard Gargan was the team's coach, and James K. Alverson was the team captain.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at PrincetonL 0–37[1]
October 7Haverford
W 10–6[2]
October 14at ArmyL 0–18[3]
October 21Union (NY)
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 6–0[4]
October 28at Swarthmore
L 0–21[5]
November 4RPI
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 6–0[6]
November 11at NYUT 0–0[7]
November 18Ursinus
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–17[8]
November 25at Stevens
W 3–0[9]

Roster

The players on the 1911 football team were as follows.

  • Henry Clifton Cooper, left end, Palmyra, NJ, Class of 1912
  • G. Raymond Robinson, left end, Class of 1913
  • Toohey, left tackle, Class of 1914
  • Theodore Van Winkle, left guard, Class of 1913
  • Julie, center, Class of 1913
  • Samuel Furman Foster, right guard, Bayhead, NJ, Class of 1912
  • Alfred Bentley Titsworth, right guard, Plainfield, NJ, Class of 1912
  • McCallum, right tackle, Class of 1914
  • John F. McGovern, right end, New Brunswick, NJ, Class of 1912[10]
  • Herbert M. Bergamini, right end, Class of 1913
  • Todd, right end, Class of 1914
  • Dexter White, quarterback, New York, NY, Class of 1912
  • Elmendorf, quarterback, Class of 1914
  • Frederick J. Johnson, left halfback, Class of 1913
  • Gay, right halfback, Class of 1915
  • James K. Alverson, fullback, East Orange, NJ, Class of 1912

References

  1. ^ "Princeton's open football wins: Rutgers defeated by forward passes, fake formations, and line shifts". The New York Times. October 5, 1911. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Rutgers defeats Haverford". The New York Times. October 8, 1911. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Practice for West Point; Soldiers defeat Rutgers easily, with substitute team at end". New-York Tribune. October 15, 1911. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Rutgers scores early; Touchdown and goal in first period enough to beat Union". The New York Times. October 22, 1911. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Swarthmore finds Rutgers eleven easy picking". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 29, 1911. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rutgers is hard pressed; Defeats Rensselaer in close and keenly contested game". New-York Tribune. November 5, 1911. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "New York University and Rutgers play a scoreless game". The Daily Home News. November 13, 1911. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Ursinus jolts Rutgers boys". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 19, 1911. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Jimmy Alverson wins his last game for Rutgers; His field goal brings 3 to 0 defeat to Stevens". The Daily Home News. November 27, 1911. Retrieved December 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ The Central New Jersey Home News December 13, 1938 p2