1917 Rutgers Queensmen football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1917 Rutgers Queensmen football PRobeson.jpg 165px Rutgers end Paul Robeson Independent 7–1–1 George Sanford 5th Neilson Field The 1917 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach George Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored their opponents, 295 to 28. The team's wins included a 28–0 victory over 1917 Fordham Rams Fordham. The sole loss was to Syracuse by a 14–10 score. The tie was a 7–7 game with West Virginia.1917 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football February 18, 2025 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/rutgers/1917-schedule.html Key players included end Paul Robeson, tackle William Feitner,Sporting Topics Harold E. O'Neil The Daily Home News December 6, 1917 10 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-rutgers/166131382/ Newspapers.comFeitner Rutgers Captain: End Succeeds Rendall for Leader Next Season The New York Times December 11, 1917 16 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-feitner/166131049/ Newspapers.com team captain Ken "Thug" Rendall who left the team at the end of the season to join the Naval Aviation Corps,Kenneth Rendall Will Lead Rutgers Eleven in 1917; Players Banquet After Game The Daily Home News December 1, 1916 4 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-rendall/166132087/ Newspapers.com Frank Kelly, Joe Breckley, and Mike Whitehill.Whitehill Stars in Rutgers's Win Over Fordham Passaic Daily News October 29, 1917 3 https://www.newspapers.com/article/passaic-daily-news-whitehill/166132536/ Newspapers.com Schedule y September 29 1917 Ursinus Ursinus Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ W 25-0 Talking It Over Harold E. O'Neill The Daily Home News October 1, 1917 10 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-rutgers/166140862/ Newspapers.com October 6 Camp Wadsworth Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ W 90-0 Talking It Over Harold E. O'Neill The Daily Home News October 8, 1917 10 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-rutgers/166139303/ Newspapers.com October 13 at Syracuse Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY L 10-14 Syracuse Defeats Rutgers in Clean, Brilliant Game Rochester Democrat and Chronicle October 14, 1917 34 https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-syracuse-defeats/166140347/ Newspapers.com October 20 at Lafayette March Field Easton, PA W 33-7 Talking It Over The Daily Home News Harold E. O'Neill October 22, 1917 10 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-rutgers/166140690/ Newspapers.com October 27 at Fordham Fordham Field Bronx, NY W 28-0 Rutgers Football Legions Overthrow Fordham Team The Sun October 28, 1917 II-3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53743205/rutgers-football-legions-overthrow/ Newspapers.comSporting Topics Harold E. O'Neill The Daily Home News October 29, 1917 10 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-rutgers/166140115/ Newspapers.com November 3 West Virginia Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ T 7-7 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-teams-again-pla/151776133/ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Teams again play another tie game November 4, 1917 July 21, 2024 Newspapers.com November 10 1917 Springfield YMCA Springfield YMCA Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ W 61-0 Springfield Men Slaughtered by Rutgers Eleven The Springfield Union November 11, 1917 16 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-union-springfield-men-slaugh/166139834/ Newspapers.com November 17 League Island Navy Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ W 27-0 November 24 vs. Newport Naval Reserves Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY W 14-0 Rutgers Team's Great Victory Sends Thrill Throughout City The Daily Home News November 26, 1917 9 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-rutgers/166121771/ Newspapers.comCupid Black's Team Soundly Trounced by Rutgers Eleven The Brooklyn Citizen November 25, 1917 4 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-citizen-cupid-blacks-team/166121976/ Newspapers.com Role of Paul Robeson Paul Robeson played at the end position on both offense and defense. In his history of Rutgers football, Michael Pellowski wrote:It was in the last game of the 1917 season that Paul Robeson dazzled sportswriters and American football fans coast to coast. . . . Rutgers' Paul Robeson ruled the gridiron that day. He singlehandedly terrorized the opposing offense, making crushing tackle after tackle. On offense he caught a pass at the 5-yard line and dragged three would-be tacklers into the end zone to score a touchdown.Rutgers Football: A Gridiron Tradition in Scarlet Michael Pellowski 2008 Rutgers University Press 22-23 9780813542836 In January 1918, Robeson wrote a review of Rutgers' football season in the Rutgers Alumni Quarterly:The season of 1917 is over, but the memories thereof will fire the hearts of Rutgers men as long as football is football. For the team, fighting as only a Rutgers team can fight, and inspired by the indomitable spirit of that greatest of football mentors, George Foster Sanford, rose to the greatest heights, and stands not only as one of the best teams of the year but as one of the greatest of all time. Coach Sanford says that it is the nearest to the Yale '91 team he has ever seen, and this perhaps is the greatest compliment received . . .Paul Robeson Speaks: Writings Speeches Interviews 1918-1974 Paul Robeson Citadel Press 1978 49-53 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Paul_Robeson_Speaks/V_CJfbpKOLwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=rutgers+football+1917&pg=PA49&printsec=frontcover At the end of the 1917 season, Robeson was selected by Frank G. Menke as a first-team All-American. Robeson was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.Paul "Robey" Robeson National Football Foundation June 14, 2016 1339 References Rutgers Category:Rutgers Scarlet Knights football seasons Rutgers Queensmen football