The 1894 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an
American football
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team that represented
Rutgers University
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during the
1894 college football season
The 1894 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1894–95 academic year.
The 1894 Yale Bulldogs football team compiled a perfect 16–0 record, outscore ...
. The team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored by a total of 210 to 61. Rutgers was a member of the
Middle States Intercollegiate Football League
The Middle States Intercollegiate Football League (MSIFL) was an early intercollegiate athletic football conference which played for the 1893 and 1894 seasons.[Lafayette
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and .
The team had no coach, and its captain was
William V. B. Van Dyck.
Van Dyck later served as the head coach of the Rutgers football teams of 1898 and 1899.
The Rutgers football team won its two home games, playing both of those games at Neilson Field in
New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Rutgers Scarlet Knights football seasons
Rutgers Queensmen football
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represents Rutgers University in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Rutgers competes as a member of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. ...