1897 Rutgers Queensmen football team

The 1897 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1897 college football season. The 1897 Rutgers team compiled a 2–5 record. John C. B. Pendleton was the team's coach and F. K. W. Drury was the team captain.

1897 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5
Head coach	John C. B. Pendleton (2nd season)
Captain	F. K. W. Drury
Home stadium	Neilson Field
Seasons ← 1896 1898 →

1897 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn			–					15	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					10	–	1	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					10	–	1	–	0
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	2
Buffalo			–					9	–	1	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	1
Army			–					6	–	1	–	1
Vermont			–					3	–	0	–	2
Lafayette			–					9	–	2	–	1
Drexel			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	1
Dickinson			–					7	–	3	–	2
Swarthmore			–					7	–	3	–	2
Fordham			–					2	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					5	–	3	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					7	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					6	–	4	–	0
Boston College			–					4	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					4	–	3	–	1
Wesleyan			–					8	–	7	–	0
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	1
NYU			–					3	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	3	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					6	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					3	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh College			–					3	–	5	–	2
Villanova			–					3	–	5	–	1
Penn State			–					3	–	6	–	0
Amherst			–					2	–	6	–	2
Frankin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	2
Lehigh			–					3	–	7	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					1	–	3	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	at Newark Field Club	Newark, NJ	W 12–6		[1]
October 6	at Princeton	University Field Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 0–53		[2]
October 16	Swarthmore	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 6–8		[3]
October 23	Stevens	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 16–0		[4]
October 27	at Haverford	Haverford, PA	L 0–28		[5]
October 30	vs. Union (NY)	Albany, NY	L 0–10		[6]
November 3	at Stevens	Hoboken, NJ	L 0–14	several hundred	[7]
November 6	at Navy	Worden Field Annapolis, MD	Cancelled		[8]

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Players

• Decker, right tackle
• F. K. W. Drury, quarterback and captain
• Guthrie, fullback
• McMahon, left guard
• Oram, right halfback
• Patterson, right guard
• Pettit, right end
• Rapalje, left end
• Ryno, left halfback
• Van Winkle, left tackle
• Woodruff, center