1946 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1946 Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
Conference Middle Three Conference
1946 record7–2 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
Seasons
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1947  →
1946 Middle Three Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rutgers $ 2 –0 –07 –2 –0
Lafayette 1 –1 –02 –7 –0
Lehigh 0 –2 –02 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1946 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1946 college football season. Rutgers was in its fifth non-consecutive season under head coach Harvey Harman. Harman had coached Rutgers from 1938 to 1941, but missed the 1942 to 1945 seasons while serving as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy. [1] The 1946 team compiled a 7–2 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, and outscored its opponents 252 to 48. The team's only losses came against Columbia (7–13) and Princeton (7–14). [2] [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Columbia *
L 7–13 23,000 [4]
October 5 Johns Hopkins *
W 53–0 7,000 [5]
October 12at NYU *
W 26–0 10,000 [6]
October 19at Princeton *
L 7–14 45,000 [7]
October 26 George Washington *
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 25–13 8,000 [8]
November 2at No. 17 Harvard *
W 13–0 12,000 [9]
November 9 Lafayette Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 41–2 12,000 [10]
November 16at Lehigh
W 55–6 7,000 [11]
November 23 Bucknell *
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 25–015,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "Will Honor Rockafeller: Rutgers' Wartime Coach Started Career on Asbury Sandlot". Asbury Park Press. January 10, 1946. p. 14.
  2. ↑ "1946 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ Turkin, Hy (September 29, 1946). "Lions Edge Rutgers, 13-7; Cestary Scores Twice". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. C47 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Burns, Joe (October 6, 1946). "7,000 See Rutgers in First Win". The Sunday Times . New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Turkin, Hy (October 13, 1946). "Frosh Pilots Rutgers over Violets, 26-0". Sunday News . New York, N.Y. p. 46C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Burns, Joe (October 20, 1946). "Princeton Beats Rutgers 14 to 7 in Close Contest". The Sunday Times . New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Burns, Joe (October 27, 1946). "Rutgers Topples Washington by Score of 25-13". The Sunday Times . New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Noonan, Tom (November 3, 1946). "Rutgers Trips Harvard, 13-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Burns, Joe (November 10, 1946). "Rutgers Smothers Lafayette 41 to 2". The Sunday Times . New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Burns, Joe (November 17, 1946). "Rutgers Drubs Lehigh 55 to 6 and Keeps Title". The Sunday Times . New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Burns, Joe (November 24, 1946). "Rutgers Trims Bucknell 25-0 Before 15,000". The Sunday Times . New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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