1917 Rutgers Queensmen football team

The 1917 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach George Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored their opponents, 295 to 28. The team's wins included a 28–0 victory over Fordham. The sole loss was to Syracuse by a 14–10 score. The tie was a 7–7 game with West Virginia.[1][2] Paul Robeson played at the end position for the 1917 and 1918 Rutgers teams, was selected by Frank G. Menke as a first-team All-American in both 1917 and 1918, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995.[3] Coach Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[4]

1917 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1916
1918 →
1917 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Pittsburgh  1000
Williams  701
Yale  300
Princeton  200
Syracuse  811
Army  710
Rutgers  711
Penn  920
Brown  820
Fordham  720
Lehigh  720
Boston College  620
Swarthmore  620
Washington & Jefferson  730
Colgate  420
Harvard  313
New Hampshire  322
Dartmouth  530
Geneva  531
Penn State  540
Buffalo  440
NYU  223
Tufts  330
Carnegie Tech  231
Bucknell  351
Lafayette  350
Holy Cross  340
Rhode Island State  242
Carlisle  360
Columbia  240
Delaware  250
Cornell  360
Franklin & Marshall  260
Villanova  032
Temple  061
Paul Robeson

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 29Ursinus
W 25–0
October 6Camp Wadsworth
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 90–0
October 13at SyracuseSyracuse, NYL 10–14
October 20at LafayetteEaston, PAW 33–7
October 27at Fordham
  • Fordham Field
  • New York, NY
W 28–0
November 3West Virginia
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
T 7–7
November 10Springfield YMCA
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 61–0
November 17League Island Navy
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 27–0
November 24Newport Naval Reserves
  • Ebbets Field
  • Brooklyn, NY
W 14–0

References


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