1946 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1946 Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	7–2 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach	Harvey Harman (5th season)

1946 Middle Three Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Rutgers $	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette	1	–	1	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Lehigh	0	–	2	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

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
September 28	at Columbia*	Baker Field New York, NY	L 7–13	23,000	[5]
October 5	Johns Hopkins*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 53–0	7,000	[6]
October 12	at NYU*	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 26–0	10,000	[7]
October 19	at Princeton*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 7–14	45,000	[8]
October 26	George Washington*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 25–13	8,000	[9]
November 2	at No. 17 Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 13–0	12,000	[10]
November 9	Lafayette	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 41–2	12,000	[11]
November 16	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 55–6	7,000	[12]
November 23	Bucknell*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 25–0	15,000	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Will Honor Rockafeller: Rutgers' Wartime Coach Started Career on Asbury Sandlot". Asbury Park Press. January 10, 1946. p. 14.
2. "1946 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
3. "Rutgers Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
4. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Turkin, Hy (September 29, 1946). "Lions Edge Rutgers, 13-7; Cestary Scores Twice". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C47 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Burns, Joe (October 6, 1946). "7,000 See Rutgers in First Win". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Turkin, Hy (October 13, 1946). "Frosh Pilots Rutgers over Violets, 26-0". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 46C – via Newspapers.com.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Noonan, Tom (November 3, 1946). "Rutgers Trips Harvard, 13-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Burns, Joe (November 10, 1946). "Rutgers Smothers Lafayette 41 to 2". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
12. 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.
13. 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.