Rutgers is 9-12-0 when playing on November 10. That is Charter Day – Rutgers birthday.
Rutgers played special Charter Day football games scheduled on Tuesday and Wednesday in 1908 and 1909 respectively. Rutgers considered convincing NYU to play a Charter Day game in 1897 but eventually had to cancel the game. The same thing happened with Navy and NYU and Stevens for various reasons.
The first updated Charter Day celebration wasn’t until 1895. According to the November 11, 1895 New York Times, Rutgers erroneously celebrated its Centennial on June 21, 1871, 100 years after the first classes were held. According to the November 10, 1908 New Brunswick Home News, it wasn’t until a story discovered in the April 20, 1767 New York Mercury revealed Queen’s College original charter date of November 10, 1766. An amended charter was issued on March 20, 1770 and is kept at Rutgers. The first has been lost to history. “The college is one of the few, possessing royal charters, it having been granted by George III.”
Old Queen’s held its first class on November 12, 1771 in the basement of the Sign of the Red Lion Tavern at the corner of Albany & Neilson Streets. Some of the original Tavern stones currently make up a wall and bench in the middle of Old Queen’s campus.
Rutgers played special Charter Day football games scheduled on Tuesday and Wednesday in 1908 and 1909 respectively. Rutgers considered convincing NYU to play a Charter Day game in 1897 but eventually had to cancel the game. The same thing happened with Navy and NYU and Stevens for various reasons.
The first updated Charter Day celebration wasn’t until 1895. According to the November 11, 1895 New York Times, Rutgers erroneously celebrated its Centennial on June 21, 1871, 100 years after the first classes were held. According to the November 10, 1908 New Brunswick Home News, it wasn’t until a story discovered in the April 20, 1767 New York Mercury revealed Queen’s College original charter date of November 10, 1766. An amended charter was issued on March 20, 1770 and is kept at Rutgers. The first has been lost to history. “The college is one of the few, possessing royal charters, it having been granted by George III.”
Old Queen’s held its first class on November 12, 1771 in the basement of the Sign of the Red Lion Tavern at the corner of Albany & Neilson Streets. Some of the original Tavern stones currently make up a wall and bench in the middle of Old Queen’s campus.