1911 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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.

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

Schedule

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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

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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

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  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