1920 Rutgers Queensmen football team

American college football season

1920 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
  • George Sanford (8th season)
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College     8 0 0
Harvard     8 0 1
Princeton     6 0 1
Penn State     7 0 2
Pittsburgh     6 0 2
Army     7 2 0
Dartmouth     7 2 0
Cornell     6 2 0
Syracuse     6 2 1
Geneva     5 2 1
New Hampshire     5 2 1
Brown     6 3 0
Bucknell     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     6 3 1
Penn     6 4 0
Carnegie Tech     5 3 0
Lafayette     5 3 0
Holy Cross     5 3 0
Williams     5 3 0
Yale     5 3 0
Fordham     4 3 0
Franklin & Marshall     3 2 2
Boston University     4 3 1
Columbia     4 4 0
Duquesne     3 3 1
Vermont     3 5 0
NYU     2 5 1
Rhode Island State     0 4 4
Tufts     2 6 0
Rutgers     2 7 0
Buffalo     1 4 0
Colgate     1 5 2
Villanova     1 5 1
Drexel     0 6 0

The 1920 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach George Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored by their opponents, 132 to 32. The team's two victories were against Maryland (6-0) and Virginia Tech (19-6). The losses included games against Nebraska (0-28) and West Virginia (0-17).[1][2] Coach Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25Ursinus
L 7–14
October 2Maryland
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 6–0[4]
October 9at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–9
October 16VPI
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 19–6
October 23Virginia
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–7
October 30at CornellL 0–24[5]
November 2vs. NebraskaL 0–28
November 13at West VirginiaMorgantown, WVL 0–17
November 25at DetroitDetroit, MIL 0–27

References

  1. ^ "1920 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1920–1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "George "Sandy" Sanford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. ^ Harold E. O'Neill (October 3, 1920). "Rutgers Eleven Victors In Fast Game With Maryland Team At Neilson Field". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Cornell Smears Strong Rutgers Defense to Win by Score of 24-0". Ithaca Journal-News. November 1, 1920. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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