The 1869 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented
Rutgers University
Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and was ...
in the
1869 college football season. The team finished with a 1–1 record and was retroactively named the
co-national champion by
Parke H. Davis.
They played
Princeton
Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ni ...
two times, splitting the series one game apiece.
The team had no coach, and its captain was William Leggett.
Schedule
See also
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List of historically significant college football games
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List of the first college football games in each U.S. state
The following is a list of the first college football game in each U.S. state and the District of Columbia. Games included on this list are the earliest recorded single intercollegiate football games in each member state of the United States
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References
Rutgers
Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and w ...
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football seasons
College football national champions
Rutgers Queensmen football
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