1940 Rutgers Queensmen football team
American college football season
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The 1940 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1940 college football season. In their third season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled a 5–3 record and outscored their opponents 211 to 56.
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record5–3 (1–1 Middle Three)
Headcoach
- Harvey Harman (3rd season)
CaptainMilton Nelson
| 1940 Rutgers Queensmen football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 5–3 (1–1 Middle Three) |
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| Captain | Milton Nelson |
| Home stadium | Rutgers Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Lafayette $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rutgers was ranked at No. 100 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 5 | Springfield | W 33–0 | 8,000 | [2] | |||
| October 12 | at Lehigh | W 34–0 | [3] | ||||
| October 19 | Marietta |
| W 53–0 | 5,000 | [4] | ||
| October 26 | at Princeton | L 13–28 | [5] | ||||
| November 2 | Connecticut |
| W 45–7 | 7,000 | [6] | ||
| November 9 | Lafayette |
| L 6–7 | 19,000 | [7] | ||
| November 16 | St. Lawrence |
| W 20–0 | 3,200 | [8] | ||
| November 21 | at Maryland |
| L 7–14 | 5,000 | [9] | ||
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