1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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| year = 1947

| team = Rutgers Queensmen

| sport = football

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| conference = Middle Three Conference

| short_conf = Middle Three

| record = 8–1

| conf_record = 2–0

| head_coach = Harvey Harman

| hc_year = 6th

| captain =

| stadium = Rutgers Stadium

| champion = Middle Three champion

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The 1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as a member of the Middle Three Conference in the 1947 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled an 8–1 record, outscored their opponents 262 to 99, and won the Middle Three championship. The team lost its opening game against Columbia and then won eight consecutive games, including a 31–7 victory over Harvard.{{cite web|title=1947 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=June 12, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/rutgers/1947-schedule.html}}

Quarterback Frank R. Burns was selected by the Associated Press and International News Service as a first-team back on the 1947 All-Eastern football team.{{cite news|title=Ridgefield's Lilienthal Is Tackle On All-Eastern Team|newspaper=The Record|date=November 24, 1947|page=28|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106036180/ridgefields-lilienthal-is-tackle-on/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Rutgers' Burns Named To I.N.S. All-East Squad|newspaper=The Morning Call|date=November 29, 1947|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-rutgers-burns-named-to/166161952/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Rutgers was ranked at No. 58 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.{{cite news|title=Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=Times|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 18, 1947|page=47|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123152970/michigan-national-champion-in-final/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Schedule

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|September 27|at|Columbia|Baker Field|New York, NY|L 28-40|23,000|{{cite news|title=Lions Win, 40-28, After Rugged Rutgers Rally|newspaper=The Daily News (New York City)|author=Hy Turkin|date=September 28, 1947|page=C41|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28222540/lions_win_4028_after_rugged_rutgers/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 4||Western Reserve|Rutgers Stadium|Piscataway, NJ|W 21-6|10,000|{{cite news|title=Western Reserve Loses to Rutgers|newspaper=The Sunday Times|author=Joe Burns|date=October 5, 1947|pages=1, 25|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28222354/western_reserve_loses_to_rutgers/|via=Newspapers.com}} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Red Cats Beaten by Rutgers |date=October 5, 1947 |page=43 |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |location=Cincinnati, Ohio}}

|October 11||Princeton|Rutgers Stadium|Piscataway, NJ (rivalry)|W 13-7|30,426|{{cite news|title=Rutgers Tames Princeton, 13-7, Before Record Stadium Crowd|newspaper=The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ)|date=October 12, 1947|pages=1, 22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28212253/rutgers_tames_princeton_137_before/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 18||Fordham|Rutgers Stadium|Piscataway, NJ|W 36-6|10,000|{{cite news|title=Stubborn Fordham Gridders Beaten by Rutgers, 36-6|newspaper=The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ)|author=Joe Burns|date=October 19, 1947|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28222104/stubborn_fordham_gridders_beaten_by/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 25||Lehigh|Rutgers Stadium|Piscataway, NJ|W 46-13|12,000|{{cite news|title=Rutgers Trounces Lehigh, 46-13|newspaper=The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ)|author=Joe Burns|date=October 26, 1947|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28221958/rutgers_trounces_lehigh_4613/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 1|at|Harvard|Harvard Stadium|Boston, MA|W 31-7|15,000|{{cite news|title=Harvard Collapses, Superior Rutgers Rolls to 31-7 Triumph|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Vern Miller|date=November 2, 1947|pages=29, 31|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28207206/harvard_collapses_superior_rutgers/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 8|at|Lafayette|Fisher Field|Easton, PA|W 20-0|11,000|{{cite news|title=Last Period Surge Wins For Rutgers|newspaper=The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ)|author=Joe Burns|date=November 9, 1947|pages=1, 20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28221670/last_period_surge_wins_for_rutgers/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 15||NYU|Rutgers Stadium|Piscataway, NJ|W 40-0|14,000|{{cite news|title=Rutgers Downs Violets, 40-0|newspaper=The Daily News (New York City)|date=November 16, 1947|page=102|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28221799/rutgers_downs_violets_400/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Burns in Brilliant Aerial Exhibition as Rutgers Romps: Hurls Three Touchdown Passes; Grimsley Runs For Pair of Scores|newspaper=The Daily Home News|pages=1, 22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-burns-i/166163613/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 27|at|Brown|Brown Stadium|Providence, RI|W 27-20|16,000|{{cite news|title=Rutgers Defeats Brown, 27-20|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=November 28, 1947|page=38|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28219859/rutgers_defeats_brown_2720/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Rutgers Closes Campaign With 27-20 Triumph Over Brown: Bruins Offer Stubborn Resistance As Scarlet Wins Eighth in Row|newspaper=The Daily Home News|date=November 28, 1947|page=27|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-rutgers/166163250/|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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