1943 Rutgers Queensmen football team
| 1943 Rutgers Queensmen football | |
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| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 3–2 (3–1 Middle Three) |
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| Captain | Robert S. Goldberger |
| Home stadium | Rutgers Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1943 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as a member of the Middle Three Conference during the 1943 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Harry Rockafeller, the Queensmen compiled a 3–2 record, were co-champions of the Middle Three, and outscored their opponents 61 to 21. The team defeated Lehigh twice and split a pair of games against Lafayette.[1]
In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Rutgers ranked 174th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 48.2.[2]
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 30 | Lehigh | W 26–6 | 2,500 | [3] | |||
| November 6 | Lafayette |
| W 13–0 | 4,000 | [4] | ||
| November 13 | at Lehigh | W 20–0 | [5][6] | ||||
| November 20 | at Lafayette | L 2–9 | 7,000 | [7] | |||
| November 26 | Brooklyn* |
| L 6–12 | [8] | |||
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References[edit]
- ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- ^ Litkenhous, E. E. (December 17, 1943). "Litkenhouse Selects U. S. Grid Leaders". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 18. Retrieved April 16, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Jack Lewis (October 31, 1943). "Rutgers Crushes Lehigh by 26-6 in Opening Game". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. pp. 1, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jack Lewis (November 7, 1943). "Lafayette Vanquished By Rutgers: Leopards Lose by 13-0; Scarlet Scores Twice in Second Period". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. pp. 1, 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rutgers Sets Back Lehigh Again, 20-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 14, 1943. p. S2.
- ^ "Rutgers Rolls Over Lehigh for 20 to 0 Victory". The Morning Call. November 14, 1943. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jack Lewis (November 21, 1943). "Lafayette Overcomes Rutgers With Touchdown on First Play". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. pp. 1, 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brooklyn Upsets Rutgers, 12 to 6". New York Daily News. November 28, 1943. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
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