1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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Conference Independent Captain Charles E. Corbin		1908 record 3–5–1 Home stadium Neilson Field

Head coach Joseph T. Smith (1st year)

The 1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1908 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Joseph T. Smith, the Queensmen compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 104 to 53. The team captain, for the second consecutive year, was Charles E. Corbin.

The Rutgers yearbook put a positive spin on the season: "The football season of 1908 turned out to be very successful, considering the poor prospects which seemed to face us before the opening of college in the fall."

The following players earned varsity letters for their participation on the 1908 football team:

James Woods Babcock, Paterson, NJ, Class of 1909

Myron Hamilton Beekman, Rosendale, NY, Class of 1909

Charles Eli Corbin, Oxford, NY, Class of 1909

Allen Dale Cloke, Rahway, NJ, Class of 1909

Samuel S. Demarest, Bergenfield, NJ, Class of 1909

Frederick Foster Read, Arlington, NJ, Class of 1909

F. Rudolph Steinke, Elizabeth, NJ, Class of 1909

William Henry Wallace, Moorestown, NJ, Class of 1909

Booz, Class of 1910

Thomas Laughlin Hanson, Class of 1910

Edwin Thomas Leslie, Class of 1910

Arthur Thomas McMichael, Class of 1910

E. T. Goode 1911

Rogers 1911

H. A. Smith 1911

Alverson 1912

Carpender 1912

H. C. Cooper 1912

Freystadt 1912

References

1908 Rutgers Queensmen football team Wikipedia

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