1912 Rutgers Queensmen Football Team
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The 1912 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented
Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ...
as an independent during the
1912 college football season The 1912 college football season was the first of the modern era, as the NCAA implemented changes to increase scoring: *Teams were given ''4 downs'' instead of ''3 downs'' to gain ten yards *The value of a touchdown was increased from ''5 points ...
. In their third and final season under head coach
Howard Gargan Howard Matthew Gargan (December 12, 1886 – January 21, 1945) was an American football player and coach. He Served as the head football coach at Fordham University from 1908 to 1909 and at Rutgers University from 1910 to 1912, compiling a career ...
, the Queensmen compiled a 5–4 record and outscored their opponents, 112 to 102. The team captain was Theodore Van Winkle.


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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. ...
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