1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team

The 1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1908 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Joseph T. Smith, the Queensmen compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 104 to 53.[1][2] The team captain, for the second consecutive year, was Charles E. Corbin.[3]

1908 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
1908 record3–5–1
Head coach
  • Joseph T. Smith (1st season)
CaptainCharles E. Corbin
Home stadiumNeilson Field
1908 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Penn      11 0 1
Harvard      9 0 1
Cornell      7 1 1
Fordham      5 1 0
Yale      7 1 1
Dartmouth      6 1 1
Carlisle      10 2 1
Washington & Jefferson      10 2 1
Army      6 1 2
Pittsburgh      8 3 0
Lafayette      6 2 2
Princeton      5 2 3
Syracuse      6 3 1
Brown      5 3 1
Temple      3 2 1
Colgate      4 3 0
Lehigh      4 3 0
Amherst      3 3 2
Penn State      5 5 0
Wesleyan      3 4 2
NYU      2 3 2
Frankin & Marshall      4 6 1
Bucknell      3 5 2
Rutgers      3 5 1
Villanova      3 6 0
Carnegie Tech      3 7 0
Tufts      1 6 1
Geneva      0 6 2

The Rutgers yearbook put a positive spin on the season: "The football season of 1908 turned out to be very successful, considering the poor prospects which seemed to face us before the opening of college in the fall."[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3at NavyL 0–18
October 10at LehighL 0–12
October 24at HaverfordL 5–9
October 31HamiltonW 5–4
November 3Franklin & MarshallW 9–0
November 7DelawareT 6–6
November 10UrsinusL 0–35
November 14MuhlenbergW 15–5
November 21at StevensL 13–15

Players

The following players earned varsity letters for their participation on the 1908 football team:[5]

  • James Woods Babcock, Paterson, NJ, Class of 1909
  • Myron Hamilton Beekman, Rosendale, NY, Class of 1909
  • Charles Eli Corbin, Oxford, NY, Class of 1909
  • Allen Dale Cloke, Rahway, NJ, Class of 1909
  • Samuel S. Demarest, Bergenfield, NJ, Class of 1909
  • Frederick Foster Read, Arlington, NJ, Class of 1909
  • F. Rudolph Steinke, Elizabeth, NJ, Class of 1909
  • William Henry Wallace, Moorestown, NJ, Class of 1909
  • Booz, Class of 1910
  • Thomas Laughlin Hanson, Class of 1910
  • Edwin Thomas Leslie, Class of 1910
  • Arthur Thomas McMichael, Class of 1910
  • E. T. Goode 1911
  • Rogers 1911
  • H. A. Smith 1911
  • Alverson 1912
  • Carpender 1912
  • H. C. Cooper 1912
  • Freystadt 1912

References

  1. "1908 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. "Rutgers Yearly Results (1905–1909)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. "2014 Rutgers Football Media Guide". Rutgers University. 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. The Scarlet Letter, Class of 1910. Greek Letter Fraternities of Rutgers College. June 1909. p. 78=79.
  5. 1910 Scarlet Letter, p. 85.


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