1942 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1942 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	3–4–1 (0–2 Middle Three)
Head coach	Harry Rockafeller (5th season)
Captain	Kenneth MacDonald
Home stadium	Rutgers Stadium

1942 Middle Three Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lehigh +	1	–	0	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Lafayette +	1	–	0	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Rutgers	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1942 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1942 college football season. In February 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Rutgers head coach Harman, who had led the team to a 26-7-1 record from 1938 to 1941, joined the United States Navy.^[1] In April 1942, Harry Rockafeller, who had coached the team from 1927 to 1930, resumed responsibility as Rutgers' head football coach.^[2] In their fifth, non-consecutive season under head coach Harry Rockafeller, the Queensmen compiled a 3–4–1 record and were outscored by their opponents 113 to 100.^[3]

Rutgers was ranked at No. 161 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Vermont	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 27–20	3,000	[5]
October 10	at Maryland	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 13–27	15,000	[6]
October 17	Bucknell	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 9–7		[7]
October 24	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 10–28	6,000	[8]
October 31	Springfield	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 21–0
November 7	Lafayette	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 13–19
November 14	Fort Monmouth	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	T 0–0	3,000	[9]
November 21	Syracuse	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 7–12	5,000

References

1. "Harman, 3 Aides Seek Instructor Berths in Navy". Democrat Chronicle (Rochester, NY). February 5, 1942. p. 24.
2. "Rockafeller Gets Post: Named Head Football Coach at Rutgers in Harman's Absence". The New York Times. April 26, 1942.
3. "Rutgers Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
4. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Scarlet wins 27–20 in '42 season opener". The Sunday Times. October 4, 1942. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Rutgers loses to Maryland". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 11, 1942. Retrieved December 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Rutgers Topples Bucknell". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, NJ. October 18, 1942. pp. 1, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Lehigh conquers Rutgers, 28 to 10". The New York Times. October 25, 1942. p. S2.
9. "Sarullo's field goal try misses near close". The Daily Record. November 16, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved July 18, 2020.