1945 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1945
Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record5–2 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainEugene McManus
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
Seasons
1945 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rutgers $ 2 0 0 5 2 0
Lafayette 1 1 0 1 7 1
Lehigh 0 2 0 2 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1945 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1945 college football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Harry Rockafeller, the Queensmen compiled a 5–2 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, and outscored their opponents 140 to 61. The team's only losses came against Swarthmore (6–13) and Princeton (6–14).[1] In November 1945, Rockafeller announced that he would step down as the head coach at the end of the 1945 season.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6Swarthmore*L 6–13 2,000 [3]
October 13at Muhlenberg*
W 10–6 1,000 [4]
October 20Rhode Island State*
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 39–7 5,000 [5]
October 27at Princeton*L 6–14 12,000 [6]
November 3Lehigh
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 25–0 5,500 [7]
November 10at LafayetteW 32–14 2,500 [8]
November 17NYU*
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 13–7 10,000 [9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "N.Y.U. Conquered by Rutgers, 13-7: Scarlet Gives Rockafeller, Ending Coaching Career, Victory for Present". The New York Times. November 18, 1945.
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  7. ^ "Rutgers Triumphs over Lehigh, 25-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 4, 1945. p. S3.
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