The 1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as a member of the Middle Three Conference in the 1947 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled an 8–1 record, outscored their opponents 262 to 99, and won the Middle Three championshp. The team lost its opening game against Columbia and then won eight consecutive games, including a 31–7 victory over Harvard.[1][2]
| 1947 Rutgers Queensmen football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 8–1 (2–0 Middle Three) |
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| Home stadium | Rutgers Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterback Frank R. Burns was selected by the Associated Press and International News Service as a first-team back on the 1947 All-Eastern football team.[3][4]
Rutgers was ranked at No. 58 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[5]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 27 | at Columbia* | L 28–40 | 23,000 | [6] | |||
| October 4 | Western Reserve* | W 21–6 | 10,000 | [7] | |||
| October 11 | Princeton* |
| W 13–7 | 30,426 | [8] | ||
| October 18 | Fordham* |
| W 36–6 | 10,000 | [9] | ||
| October 25 | Lehigh |
| W 46–13 | 12,000 | [10] | ||
| November 1 | at Harvard* | W 31–7 | 15,000 | [11] | |||
| November 8 | at Lafayette | W 20–0 | 11,000 | [12] | |||
| November 15 | NYU* |
| W 40–0 | 14,000 | [13][14] | ||
| November 27 | at Brown* | W 27–20 | 16,000 | [15][16] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "1947 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^ "Ridgefield's Lilienthal Is Tackle On All-Eastern Team". The Record. November 24, 1947. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rutgers' Burns Named To I.N.S. All-East Squad". The Morning Call. November 29, 1947. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hy Turkin (September 28, 1947). "Lions Win, 40-28, After Rugged Rutgers Rally". The Daily News (New York City). p. C41 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rutgers Tames Princeton, 13-7, Before Record Stadium Crowd". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). October 12, 1947. pp. 1, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joe Burns (October 19, 1947). "Stubborn Fordham Gridders Beaten by Rutgers, 36-6". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joe Burns (October 26, 1947). "Rutgers Trounces Lehigh, 46-13". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Vern Miller (November 2, 1947). "Harvard Collapses, Superior Rutgers Rolls to 31-7 Triumph". The Boston Globe. pp. 29, 31 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joe Burns (November 9, 1947). "Last Period Surge Wins For Rutgers". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 1, 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rutgers Downs Violets, 40-0". The Daily News (New York City). November 16, 1947. p. 102 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Burns in Brilliant Aerial Exhibition as Rutgers Romps: Hurls Three Touchdown Passes; Grimsley Runs For Pair of Scores". The Daily Home News. pp. 1, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rutgers Defeats Brown, 27-20". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 28, 1947. p. 38 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rutgers Closes Campaign With 27-20 Triumph Over Brown: Bruins Offer Stubborn Resistance As Scarlet Wins Eighth in Row". The Daily Home News. November 28, 1947. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.