1948 Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record7–2 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
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 Columbia*
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.
  4. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (September 26, 1948). "Columbia Scores over Rutgers, 27-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Burns, Joe (October 3, 1948). "34-19 Win Is Posted by Rutgers". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ O'Gara, Frank (October 10, 1948). "Temple Stages Late Rally, but Loses to Rutgers Team". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Rutgers Beats Lehigh, 20-6, with All Scoring in First Half of Game at Bethlehem". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. October 24, 1948. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  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.
  10. ^ Burns, Joe (November 7, 1948). "Lafayette Bows, 34-13 to Rutgers". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Burns, Joe (November 14, 1948). "N.Y.U. Bows to Rutgers in 40-0 Tilt". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Turkin, Hy (November 21, 1948). "Rutgers Downs Rams in Stiff Battle, 28-19". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 109 – via Newspapers.com.


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