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1921 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1921 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1920
1922 →
1921 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Washington & Jefferson     10 0 1
Lafayette     9 0 0
Cornell     8 0 0
Penn State     8 0 2
Yale     8 1 0
New Hampshire     8 1 1
Franklin & Marshall     6 1 2
Villanova     6 1 2
Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
Syracuse     7 2 0
Harvard     7 2 1
Boston University     6 2 0
Dartmouth     6 2 1
Brown     5 3 1
Bucknell     5 3 1
Geneva     5 3 1
Pittsburgh     5 3 1
Holy Cross     5 3 0
Army     6 4 0
Princeton     4 3 0
Boston College     4 3 1
Fordham     4 3 2
Penn     4 3 2
Colgate     4 4 2
Lehigh     4 4 0
Springfield     4 5 2
Vermont     3 4 0
NYU     2 3 3
Buffalo     2 3 2
Drexel     2 3 1
Rutgers     4 6 0
Rhode Island State     3 5 0
Columbia     2 6 0
Tufts     1 5 2
Duquesne     0 4 1

The 1921 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1921 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach George Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by their opponents, 168 to 99. Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at UrsinusCollegeville, PAW 33–0
October 1Maryland
L 0–3[2]
October 8Lehigh
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–7
October 15Washington & Lee
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 14–13[3]
October 22at Georgia TechL 14–4815,000[4]
October 29at Lafayette
L 0–35[5]
November 8vs. Notre DameL 0–4812,000
November 12at NYU
W 21–7[6]
November 19West Virginia
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 17–7[7]

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References

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  1. ^ "George "Sandy" Sanford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Forty Yard Field Goal Gives Maryland 3 to 0 Victory Over Rutgers Eleven; Brooke Brewer's Great Punting Feature of Bitter and Thrilling Contest". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. October 2, 1921. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Garrison finish for Rutgers wins battle". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 16, 1921. Retrieved June 10, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Barron Is Star For Tornado". The Atlanta Constitution. October 23, 1921. p. 3. Retrieved May 6, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Sutherland's Lafayette Squad Finds Rutgers Easy Victim in Its Sixth Victory". The Allentown Morning Call. October 31, 1921. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "N.Y.U. eleven loses to heavy Rutgers machine by 21–7". New York Tribune. November 13, 1921. Retrieved February 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Rutgers win, 17 to 7, over Mountaineers". The Pittsburgh Gazette Times. November 20, 1921. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "1921 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.