1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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.^[1]

1947 Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	8–1 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach	Harvey Harman (6th season)
Home stadium	Rutgers Stadium
Seasons ← 1946 1948 →

1947 Middle Three Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Rutgers $	2	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Lafayette	1	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Lehigh	0	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

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.^[2][3]

Rutgers was ranked at No. 58 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Columbia*	Baker Field New York, NY	L 28–40	23,000	[5]
October 4	Western Reserve*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 21–6	10,000	[6]
October 11	Princeton*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ (rivalry)	W 13–7	30,426	[7]
October 18	Fordham*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 36–6	10,000	[8]
October 25	Lehigh	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 46–13	12,000	[9]
November 1	at Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 31–7	15,000	[10]
November 8	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 20–0	11,000	[11]
November 15	NYU*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 40–0	14,000	[12][13]
November 27	at Brown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 27–20	16,000	[14][15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming