1937 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1937 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record5–4 (1–1 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainArthur C. Perry
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lafayette $ 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Rutgers 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1937 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1937 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach J. Wilder Tasker, the Queensmen compiled a 5–6 record and outscored their opponents 128 to 39.[1] In February 1938, Rutgers announced Tasker's resignation as Rutgers' football coach and his replacement by Harvey Harman.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Susquehanna
W 9–06,000[3]
October 2Hampden–Sydney
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 20–0[4]
October 9Delaware
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 27–0[5]
October 16at Springfield
W 26–02,500[6]
October 23at Princeton
L 0–635,000[7]
October 30Lehigh
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 34–09,000[8]
November 6at Lafayette
L 6–13[9]
November 13Ohio
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–134,000[10]
November 25at Brown
L 6–710,000[11]

References

  1. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  2. ^ "Harvey Harman Named Coach at Rutgers U.: Replaces Tasker as Head of Scarlet Team". The Tennessean. February 20, 1938. p. 14.
  3. ^ "Rutgers ushers in season with 9 to 0 triumph". The Sunday Times. September 26, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Rutgers' power overcomes Tigers, 20–0". The Times-Dispatch. October 3, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Rutgers grid squad hands Delaware team second defeat, 27–0". The Morning News. October 11, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Rutgers scalps Indians 26 to 0 at Springfield". The Sunday News. October 17, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Princeton wins from Rutgers by lone touchdown". The Sunday Times. October 24, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tranavitch scores 28 points for Rutgers in rout of Lehigh on the gridiron". The New York Times. October 31, 1937. p. S5.
  9. ^ "Lafayette beats Rutgers, 13–6, to keep its 1937 slate clean". The Morning Call. November 7, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Small backs big help to Ohio U. as Bobcats beat favored Rutgers' eleven, 13–0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 14, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Brown downs Rutgers, 7–6, with drive on to oust coach "Tuss" McLaughry". The Boston Globe. November 26, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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