1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1947 Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record8–1 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rutgers $ 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Lafayette 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1947 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled an 8–1 record and outscored their opponents 262 to 99. The team lost its opening game against Columbia before winning eight consecutive games, including a 31–7 victory over Harvard.[1][2]

Frank R. Burns starred for the team.

Rutgers was ranked at No. 58 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Columbia*
L 28–4023,000[4]
October 4Western Reserve*
W 21–610,000[5]
October 11Princeton*
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ (rivalry)
W 13–730,426[6]
October 18Fordham*
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 36–610,000[7]
October 25Lehighdagger
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 46–1312,000[8]
November 1at Harvard*
W 31–715,000[9]
November 8at Lafayette
W 20–011,000[10]
November 15NYU*
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 40–014,000[11]
November 27at Brown*
W 27–2016,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1947 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Hy Turkin (September 28, 1947). "Lions Win, 40-28, After Rugged Rutgers Rally". The Daily News (New York City). p. C41 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Joe Burns (October 5, 1947). "Western Reserve Loses to Rutgers". The Sunday Times. pp. 1, 25 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Red Cats Beaten by Rutgers". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. October 5, 1947. p. 43.
  6. ^ "Rutgers Tames Princeton, 13-7, Before Record Stadium Crowd". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). October 12, 1947. pp. 1, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Joe Burns (October 19, 1947). "Stubborn Fordham Gridders Beaten by Rutgers, 36-6". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Joe Burns (October 26, 1947). "Rutgers Trounces Lehigh, 46-13". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Vern Miller (November 2, 1947). "Harvard Collapses, Superior Rutgers Rolls to 31-7 Triumph". The Boston Globe. pp. 29, 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Joe Burns (November 9, 1947). "Last Period Surge Wins For Rutgers". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 1, 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rutgers Downs Violets, 40-0". The Daily News (New York City). November 16, 1947. p. 102 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Rutgers Defeats Brown, 27-20". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 28, 1947. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.