1948 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1948
Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record7–2 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
Seasons
1948 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rutgers $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Lafayette 1 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1948 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1948 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled a 7–2 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, and outscored their opponents 224 to 130.[1][2]

On October 16, 1948, Rutgers defeated Princeton, 22-6, in front of a crowd of 41,000 at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey. This was the first Rutgers victory at Princeton in 79 years of play between the two schools, ending what the Associated Press called "the oldest jinx in intercollegiate football history."[3]

Rutgers was ranked at No. 58 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at
Baker Field
  • New York, NY
    		• L 6–27 28,000 [5]
    October 2Colgate*
    		W 34–1916,000 [6]
    October 9Temple*
    • Rutgers Stadium
    • Piscataway, NJ
    		W 34–2013,000 [7]
    October 16at Princeton*
    		W 22–7 41,000 [3]
    October 23at Lehigh
    		W 20–68,000 [8]
    October 30Brown*
    • Rutgers Stadium
    • Piscataway, NJ
    		L 6–2020,000 [9]
    November 6Lafayettedagger
    • Rutgers Stadium
    • Piscataway, NJ
    		W 34–1318,000 [10]
    November 13at NYU*
    		W 40–04,000 [11]
    November 20Fordham*
    • Rutgers Stadium
    • Piscataway, NJ
    		W 28–1910,000 [12]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming

    References

    1. ^ "1948 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 26, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
    3. ^ a b "Rutgers Ends Princeton Jinx With Decisive 22-6 Win Before 41,000". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. Associated Press. October 17, 1948. p. 15.
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    5. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (September 26, 1948). "Columbia Scores over Rutgers, 27-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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    9. ^ "Brown's Aerial Barrage in Second Half Topples Rutgers at New Brunswick". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 31, 1948. p. S4.
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