1921 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1921 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumNeilson Field
1921 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Jefferson   –   10 – 0 – 1
Lafayette   –   9 – 0 – 0
Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
Penn State   –   8 – 0 – 2
Yale   –   8 – 1 – 0
New Hampshire   –   8 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   7 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   7 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   7 – 2 – 1
Boston University   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 1
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 3 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 3 – 0
Army   –   6 – 4 – 0
Princeton   –   4 – 3 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 3 – 1
Fordham   –   4 – 3 – 2
Penn   –   4 – 3 – 2
Colgate   –   4 – 4 – 2
Lehigh   –   4 – 4 – 0
Springfield   –   4 – 5 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 3 – 3
Buffalo   –   2 – 3 – 2
Drexel   –   2 – 3 – 1
  –   4 – 6 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 0
Tufts   –   1 – 5 – 2
Duquesne   –   0 – 4 – 1

The 1921 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach George Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by their opponents, 168 to 99. Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at UrsinusCollegeville, PAW 33–0
October 1Maryland
L 0–3[2]
October 8Lehigh
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–7
October 15Washington & Lee
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 14–13[3]
October 22at Georgia TechL 14–4815,000[4]
October 29at Lafayette
L 0–35[5]
November 8vs. Notre DameL 0–4812,000
November 12at NYU
W 21–7[6]
November 19West Virginia
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 17–7[7]

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References

  1. ^ "George "Sandy" Sanford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Forty Yard Field Goal Gives Maryland 3 to 0 Victory Over Rutgers Eleven; Brooke Brewer's Great Punting Feature of Bitter and Thrilling Contest". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. October 2, 1921. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Garrison finish for Rutgers wins battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 16, 1921. Retrieved June 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Barron Is Star For Tornado". The Atlanta Constitution. October 23, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved May 6, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Sutherland's Lafayette Squad Finds Rutgers Easy Victim in Its Sixth Victory". The Allentown Morning Call. October 31, 1921. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "N.Y.U. eleven loses to heavy Rutgers machine by 21–7". New York Tribune. November 13, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Rutgers win, 17 to 7, over Mountaineers". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. November 20, 1921. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "1921 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.