1945 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The 1945 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1945 college football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Harry Rockafeller, the Queensmen compiled a 5–2 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, and outscored their opponents 140 to 61. The team's only losses came against Swarthmore (6–13) and Princeton (6–14).[1] In November 1945, Rockafeller announced that he would step down as the head coach at the end of the 1945 season.[2]
| 1945 Rutgers Queensmen football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| 1945 record | 5–2 (2–0 Middle Three) |
| Head coach | Harry Rockafeller (8th season) |
| Captain | Eugene McManus |
| Home stadium | Rutgers Stadium |
| 1945 Middle Three Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette $ | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| October 6 | Swarthmore | L 6–13 | ||
| October 13 | at Muhlenberg | W 10–6 | ||
| October 20 | Rhode Island State | W 39–7 | ||
| October 27 | at Princeton | L 6–14 | ||
| November 3 | Lehigh | W 25–0 | ||
| November 10 | at Lafayette | W 32–14 | ||
| November 17 | NYU | W 13–7 |
References
- "Rutgers Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- "N.Y.U. Conquered by Rutgers, 13-7: Scarlet Gives Rockafeller, Ending Coaching Career, Victory for Present". The New York Times. November 18, 1945.
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