1927 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1927 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainHerbert E. Lorenz
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts     8 0 0
Springfield     7 0 2
Washington & Jefferson     7 0 2
No. 6 Army     9 1 0
No. 2 Pittsburgh     8 1 1
Temple     7 1 0
No. 5 Yale     7 1 0
NYU     7 1 2
Princeton     6 1 0
Villanova     6 1 0
Penn State     6 2 1
Columbia     5 2 2
Bucknell     6 3 1
Colgate     4 2 3
CCNY     4 2 2
Lafayette     5 3 1
Penn     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 2
Carnegie Tech     5 4 1
Boston College     4 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
Rutgers     4 4 0
Cornell     3 3 2
Boston University     3 4 1
Drexel     3 5 1
Fordham     3 5 0
Brown     3 6 1
Vermont     2 6 0
Providence     1 4 2
Franklin & Marshall     1 7 1
Lehigh     1 7 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1927 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1927 college football season. In their first season under head coach Harry Rockafeller, the Queensmen compiled a 4–4 record and were outscored by their opponents, 179 to 103.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 1Manhattan
W 24–6[1]
October 8at LafayetteL 0–56[2]
October 15George Washington
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–6[3]
October 22at NYUL 6–60[4]
October 29at Holy CrossL 0–39[5]
November 5Alfred
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 42–0[6]
November 12Lehigh
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 19–6[7]
November 19at Swarthmore
W 12–6[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rutgers humbles Manhattan, 24–6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 2, 1927. p. C4. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Lafayette gallops over Rutgers defense for big 56 to 0 victory". The Morning Call. October 9, 1927. p. 11. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Rutgers loses by single touchdown". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 16, 1927. Retrieved February 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "N.Y.U. rolls over Rutgers, 60 to 6". Brooklyn Times-Union. October 23, 1927. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Final drive of Holy Cross wins over Rutgers, 39–0". Hartford Courant. October 30, 1927. p. C3. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Rutgers downs Alfred, 42–0". Democrat and Chronicle. November 6, 1927. p. 16. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Rutgers' passes bad for Lehigh". The Morning Call. November 13, 1927. p. 13. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ "Rutgers conquers Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 20, 1927. p. S3. Retrieved September 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.