1942 Rutgers Queensmen football team

The 1942 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1942 college football season. In February 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Rutgers head coach Harman, who had led the team to a 26-7-1 record from 1938 to 1941, joined the United States Navy.^[1] In April 1942, Harry Rockafeller, who had coached the team from 1927 to 1930, resumed responsibility as Rutgers' head football coach.^[2] In their fifth, non-consecutive season under head coach Harry Rockafeller, the Queensmen compiled a 3–4–1 record and were outscored by their opponents 113 to 100.

1942 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	3–4–1 (0–2 Middle Three)
Head coach	Harry Rockafeller (5th season)
Captain	Kenneth MacDonald
Home stadium	Rutgers Stadium
Seasons ← 1941 1943 →

1942 Middle Three Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lehigh +	1	–	0	–	1			5	–	2	–	1
Lafayette +	1	–	0	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Rutgers	0	–	2	–	0			3	–	4	–	1
$ – Conference champion

Rutgers was ranked at No. 161 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Vermont	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 27–20	3,000	[4]
October 10	at Maryland	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 13–27	15,000	[5]
October 17	Bucknell	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 9–7		[6]
October 24	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 10–28	6,000	[7]
October 31	Springfield	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 21–0
November 7	Lafayette	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 13–19
November 14	Fort Monmouth	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	T 0–0	3,000	[8]
November 21	Syracuse	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 7–12	5,000