Rutgers Trivia

The very first college football game...

was played between two neighboring New Jersey institutions, with Rutgers defeating Princeton, on November 6, 1869.

If ESPN had recorded that first collegiate game, we would not recognize it today……….it looked more like Rugby, with a little soccer thrown in.

From 1869 through 1904, Rutgers had NO Head Football Coaches who finished with a winning record, and only one Head Coach who reached the .500 level.

During the 1900 season, Mike Daly led the Scarlet Knights to a 4-4 record. 

Mike Daly was a starting halfback for Notre Dame, 1896-97.  He was from the home of Rutgers--New Brunswick, New Jersey.  His coach at ND was Frank Hering, who some have called “The Father of Notre Dame Football”.

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Rutgers Head Football Coaches:

William A. Reynolds	1869–1894	49–80–9 (.355)
H. W. Ambruster	1895	3–4 (.429)
John C. B. Pendleton	1896–1897	8–12 (.400)
William V. B. Van Dyck	1898–1899	3–15–1 (.184)
Michael F. Daly	1900	4–4 (.500)
Arthur P. Robinson	1901	0–7 (.000)
Henry Van Hoevenberg	1902	3–7 (.300)
Oliver D. Mann	1903, 1905	7–10–1 (.417)
Alfred Ellet Hitchner	1904	1–6–2 (.222)
Frank Gorton	1906–1907	8–7–3 (.528)