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1923 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1923 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumNeilson Field
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1923 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   8 – 0 – 0
St. John's   –   5 – 0 – 1
Dartmouth   –   8 – 1 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 0
Boston College   –   7 – 1 – 1
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   6 – 1 – 2
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
Army   –   6 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   6 – 2 – 1
Geneva   –   6 – 2 – 1
Lehigh   –   6 – 2 – 1
NYU   –   6 – 2 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 2 – 1
Vermont   –   6 – 3 – 1
Brown   –   6 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   4 – 4 – 1
Duquesne   –   4 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   3 – 3 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   3 – 5 – 1
Drexel   –   2 – 6 – 0
Buffalo   –   2 – 5 – 1
Fordham   –   2 – 7 – 0
Boston University   –   1 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   0 – 7 – 1
Temple   –   0 – 5 – 0
CCNY   –   0 – 7 – 0
Springfield   –   0 – 7 – 0

The 1923 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In their 11th season under head coach George Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored their opponents, 260 to 36. The team shut out six of nine opponents, including victories over Villanova (44–0), Richmond (56–0), Boston University (61–0), and Fordham (42–0), but lost to West Virginia (27–7). At the end of the 1923 season, Sanford surprised the football world by retiring from the game at age 53.[1] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Pennsylvania Military
W 27–04,500[3]
October 6Villanova
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 44–03,000[4]
October 13Lehigh
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 10–08,000[5]
October 20NYU
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 7–33,000[6]
October 27at Lafayette
T 6–6
November 6West Virginia
L 7–27[7]
November 10Richmond
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 56–0
November 17Boston University
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 61–0> 3,000[8]
November 24vs. Fordham
W 42–05,000[9]

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References

  1. ^ John B. Foster. "Retirement of Sanford Stirs Gridiron World: Rutgers Mentor Through With Grid Game". The Des Moines Register. p. 5.
  2. ^ "George "Sandy" Sanford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. ^ R. Wallace Elliott (September 30, 1923). "Mighty Rutgers Eleven Easily Defeats Penn. Military; Team Shows Significant Progress". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Harold E. O'Neill. "Intelligence and Alertness Feature Rutgers' Second Victory; Forward Passes of 55 and 40 Yards Pave Way To Touchdowns". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 7, 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Harold E. O'Neill. "Colorful Crowd of 8,000 Sees Rutgers Defeat Lehigh; Foe's Great, but Late Comeback Furnishes Thrills Aplenty". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 7, 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ R. Wallace Elliott (September 21, 1923). "Terrill's Brilliant 82-Yard Dash Saves Rutgers From Defeat; N.Y.U. Makes Local Team Fight Hard To Win by 7 to 3 Margin". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "West Virginia punch a winner". The Boston Globe. November 7, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ R. Wallace Elliott (November 25, 1923). "Rutgers' Relentless and Furious Attack Wears Down Rugged Bostonians and Scores Sixty-one Points in Three Periods". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 9–10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ R. Wallace Elliott (November 25, 1923). "Rutgers Tramples on Fordham in Sea of Mud at East Orange". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "1923 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.


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