1953 Rutgers Queensmen football team
American college football season
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The 1953 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1953 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled a 2–6 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship and were outscored by their opponents 215 to 126.[1]
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record2–6 (1–0 Middle Three)
Headcoach
- Harvey Harman (12th season)
CaptainDonald Duncan
| 1953 Rutgers Queensmen football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 2–6 (1–0 Middle Three) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Donald Duncan |
| Home stadium | Rutgers Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers $ | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 3 | VPI* | W 20–13 | 10,000 | [2] | |||
| October 10 | at Princeton* | L 7–9 | 25,000 | [3] | |||
| October 17 | Brown* |
| L 20–27 | 7,500 | [4] | ||
| October 24 | Fordham* |
| L 13–40 | 9,000 | [5] | ||
| October 31 | Colgate* |
| L 12–33 | 7,500 | [6] | ||
| November 7 | at Lafayette | W 14–13 | 4,000 | [7] | |||
| November 14 | Penn State* |
| L 26–54 | 9,500 | [8] | ||
| November 21 | at Columbia* | L 13–27 | 12,000 | [9] | |||
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