1918 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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The 1918 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1918 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach George Sanford, the team compiled a 5–2 record, shut out its first four opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 192 to 78.

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Headcoach
HomestadiumNeilson Field
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1918 Rutgers Queensmen football
Rutgers' All-American end Paul Robeson
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2
Head coach
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1917
1919 â†’
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1918 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell â€“ 6–0–0
Princeton â€“ 3–0–0
Holy Cross â€“ 2–0–0
Army â€“ 1–0–0
Buffalo â€“ 6–1–0
Columbia â€“ 5–1–0
Syracuse â€“ 5–1–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 4–1–0
Boston College â€“ 5–2–0
Rutgers â€“ 5–2–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 2–1–0
Geneva â€“ 4–2–0
Swarthmore â€“ 4–2–0
Harvard â€“ 2–1–0
Fordham â€“ 4–2–1
Villanova â€“ 3–2–0
Penn â€“ 5–3–0
Dartmouth â€“ 3–3–0
Lehigh â€“ 4–4–0
Washington & Jefferson â€“ 2–2–0
New Hampshire â€“ 2–2–1
Lafayette â€“ 3–4–0
Brown â€“ 2–3–0
Tufts â€“ 2–3–0
Penn State â€“ 1–2–1
Vermont â€“ 0–1–1
Drexel â€“ 0–1–0
NYU â€“ 0–4–0
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Paul Robeson played at the end position for the 1917 and 1918 Rutgers teams, was selected by Frank G. Menke as a first-team All-American in both 1917 and 1918, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995.[1] Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28Ursinus
W 66–0[3]
October 19Pelham Bay Naval Station
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 7–0[4]
October 26Lehigh
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 39–0[5]
November 5Brickley's Naval Transport Service
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 40–0[6][7]
November 9at Penn StateState College, PAW 26–3[8]
November 16vs. Great Lakes NavyL 14–54[9]
November 30vs. SyracuseL 0–21[10]
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