| 1946 Rutgers Queensmen football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| Record | 7–2 (2–0 Middle Three) |
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| Rutgers $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1946 college football season. Rutgers was in its fifth non-consecutive season under head coach Harvey Harman. Harman had coached Rutgers from 1938 to 1941, but missed the 1942 to 1945 seasons while serving as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy.[1] The 1946 team compiled a 7–2 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, and outscored its opponents 252 to 48. The team's only losses came against Columbia (7–13) and Princeton (7–14).[2][3]
Rutgers was ranked at No. 49 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[4]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 28 | at Columbia* | L 7–13 | 23,000 | [5] | |||
| October 5 | Johns Hopkins* | W 53–0 | 7,000 | [6] | |||
| October 12 | at NYU* | W 26–0 | 10,000 | [7] | |||
| October 19 | at Princeton* | L 7–14 | 45,000 | [8] | |||
| October 26 | George Washington* |
| W 25–13 | 8,000 | [9] | ||
| November 2 | at No. 17 Harvard* | W 13–0 | 12,000 | [10] | |||
| November 9 | Lafayette |
| W 41–2 | 12,000 | [11] | ||
| November 16 | at Lehigh | W 55–6 | 7,000 | [12] | |||
| November 23 | Bucknell* |
| W 25–0 | 15,000 | [13] | ||
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References
- ^ "Will Honor Rockafeller: Rutgers' Wartime Coach Started Career on Asbury Sandlot". Asbury Park Press. January 10, 1946. p. 14.
- ^ "1946 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Turkin, Hy (September 29, 1946). "Lions Edge Rutgers, 13-7; Cestary Scores Twice". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C47 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Burns, Joe (October 6, 1946). "7,000 See Rutgers in First Win". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Turkin, Hy (October 13, 1946). "Frosh Pilots Rutgers over Violets, 26-0". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 46C – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Burns, Joe (October 20, 1946). "Princeton Beats Rutgers 14 to 7 in Close Contest". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Burns, Joe (October 27, 1946). "Rutgers Topples Washington by Score of 25-13". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Noonan, Tom (November 3, 1946). "Rutgers Trips Harvard, 13-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Burns, Joe (November 10, 1946). "Rutgers Smothers Lafayette 41 to 2". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Burns, Joe (November 17, 1946). "Rutgers Drubs Lehigh 55 to 6 and Keeps Title". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Burns, Joe (November 24, 1946). "Rutgers Trims Bucknell 25-0 Before 15,000". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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