1917 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1917 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–1–1
Head coach	George Sanford (5th season)
Home stadium	Neilson Field

1917 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pittsburgh			–					10	–	0	–	0
Williams			–					7	–	0	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	0
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					7	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					9	–	2	–	0
Brown			–					8	–	2	–	0
Fordham			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	2	–	0
Swarthmore			–					6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	2	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire			–					3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	2	–	3
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	1
Lafayette			–					3	–	5	–	0
Holy Cross			–					3	–	4	–	0
Rhode Island State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle			–					3	–	6	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					2	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	6	–	0
Villanova			–					0	–	3	–	2
Temple			–					0	–	6	–	1

Paul Robeson

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. 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.^[1] Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 29	Ursinus	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 25–0
October 6	Camp Wadsworth	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 90–0
October 13	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY	L 10–14
October 20	at Lafayette	Easton, PA	W 33–7
October 27	at Fordham	Fordham Field New York, NY	W 28–0
November 3	West Virginia	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	T 7–7	[3]
November 10	Springfield YMCA	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 61–0
November 17	League Island Navy	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 27–0
November 24	Newport Naval Reserves	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	W 14–0

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References

1. "Paul "Robey" Robeson". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
2. "George "Sandy" Sanford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
3. "Teams again play another tie game". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 4, 1917. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "1917 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.