1944 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1944 Rutgers Queensmen football
1944 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	3–2 (2–2 Middle Three)
Head coach	Harry Rockafeller (7th season);
Captain	Joseph E. D'Imperio
Home stadium	Rutgers Stadium

1944 Middle Three Conference football standings
	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Lafayette $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	1	–	0
	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	2	–	0
Lehigh	0	–	4	–	0	0	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1944 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1944 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Harry Rockafeller, the Queensmen compiled a 3–2 record and were outscored by their opponents 82 to 58.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 28	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 6–19	4,000	^[1]
November 4	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 19–6	2,200	^[2]
November 11	Lafayette	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 0–39	5,000	^[3]
November 18	Rutgers ASTP*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 18–12	500	^[4]
November 24	Lehigh	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 15–6	3,000	^[5]
*Non-conference game

References

^ "Lafayette Beats Rutgers, 19-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 29, 1944. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Whitfield, Jim (November 5, 1944). "Rutgers Downs Lehigh Eleven at Bethlehem". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Whitfield, Jim (November 12, 1944). "State Officials Rutgers Guests; Team Bows 39-0: Speedy Lafayette Backs Pile Up Big Margin over Rutgers". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Whitfield, Jim (November 19, 1944). "Rutgers Varsity Tallies Two Touchdowns in Last Four Minutes of Thrilling Tilt to Nip ASTP Gridmen, 18-12". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rutgers Triumphs over Lehigh, 15-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 26, 1944. p. S2.

[1] "Lafayette Beats Rutgers, 19-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. October 29, 1944. p. S3 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] Whitfield, Jim (November 5, 1944). "Rutgers Downs Lehigh Eleven at Bethlehem". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Whitfield, Jim (November 12, 1944). "State Officials Rutgers Guests; Team Bows 39-0: Speedy Lafayette Backs Pile Up Big Margin over Rutgers". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] Whitfield, Jim (November 19, 1944). "Rutgers Varsity Tallies Two Touchdowns in Last Four Minutes of Thrilling Tilt to Nip ASTP Gridmen, 18-12". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "Rutgers Triumphs over Lehigh, 15-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 26, 1944. p. S2.

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