1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team
American college football season
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The 1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as a member of the Middle Three Conference in the 1947 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled an 8–1 record, outscored their opponents 262 to 99, and won the Middle Three championship. The team lost its opening game against Columbia and then won eight consecutive games, including a 31–7 victory over Harvard.[1]
- Harvey Harman (6th season)
| 1947 Rutgers Queensmen football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 8–1 (2–0 Middle Three) |
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| Home stadium | Rutgers Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterback Frank R. Burns was selected by the Associated Press and International News Service as a first-team back on the 1947 All-Eastern football team.[2][3]
Rutgers was ranked at No. 58 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 27 | at Columbia* | L 28–40 | 23,000 | [5] | |||
| October 4 | Western Reserve* | W 21–6 | 10,000 | [6] | |||
| October 11 | Princeton* |
| W 13–7 | 30,426 | [7] | ||
| October 18 | Fordham* |
| W 36–6 | 10,000 | [8] | ||
| October 25 | Lehigh |
| W 46–13 | 12,000 | [9] | ||
| November 1 | at Harvard* | W 31–7 | 15,000 | [10] | |||
| November 8 | at Lafayette | W 20–0 | 11,000 | [11] | |||
| November 15 | NYU* |
| W 40–0 | 14,000 | [12][13] | ||
| November 27 | at Brown* | W 27–20 | 16,000 | [14][15] | |||
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