1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1947 Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record8–1 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1947 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled an 8–1 record and outscored their opponents 262 to 99. The team lost its opening game against Columbia before winning eight consecutive games, including a 31–7 victory over Harvard.[1][2]

Frank R. Burns starred for the team.

Rutgers was ranked at No. 58 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[3]

  1. ^ "1947 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 28, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.