1917 Rutgers Queensmen football team

Rutgers Queensmen football
1917 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Independent
1917 record	7–1–1
Head coach	George "Sandy" Sanford (5th season)
Home stadium	Neilson Field

The 1917 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach George "Sandy" Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored their opponents, 295 to 28. The team's wins included a 28–0 victory overFordham. The sole loss was to Syracuse by a 14–10 score. The tie was a 7–7 game with West Virginia.[1][2] Paul Robeson played at the end position for the 1917 and 1918 Rutgers teams, was selected by Frank G. Menke as a first-team All-American in both 1917 and 1918, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1995.[3] Coach Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 29	Ursinus	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 25–0
October 6	Camp Wadsworth	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 90–0
October 13	at Syracuse	Syracuse, NY	L 10–14
October 20	at Lafayette	Easton, PA	W 33–7
October 27	at Fordham	Fordham Field New York, NY	W 28–0
November 3	West Virginia	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	T 7–7
November 10	Springfield (MA)	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 61–0
November 17	League Island Navy	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 27–0
November 24	Newport Naval Reserves	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 14–0

"1917 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
"Rutgers Yearly Results (1915–1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
"Paul "Robey" Robeson". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
"George "Sandy" Sanford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.

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National championship seasons in bold

1917 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Pittsburgh		–		10	–	0	–	0
Williams		–		7	–	0	–	1
Yale		–		3	–	0	–	0
Princeton		–		2	–	0	–	0
Syracuse		–		8	–	1	–	1
Army		–		7	–	1	–	0
Rutgers		–		7	–	1	–	1
Penn		–		9	–	2	–	0
Brown		–		8	–	2	–	0
Fordham		–		7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh		–		7	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		6	–	2	–	0
Wash. & Jeff.		–		7	–	3	–	0
Colgate		–		4	–	2	–	0
Harvard		–		3	–	1	–	3
New Hampshire		–		3	–	2	–	2
Dartmouth		–		5	–	3	–	0
Geneva		–		5	–	3	–	1
Penn State		–		5	–	4	–	0
NYU		–		2	–	2	–	3
Tufts		–		3	–	3	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		2	–	3	–	1
Lafayette		–		3	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island State		–		2	–	4	–	2
Carlisle		–		3	–	6	–	0
Columbia		–		2	–	4	–	0
Cornell		–		3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		2	–	6	–	0
Villanova		–		0	–	3	–	2
Temple		–		0	–	6	–	1