1945 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1945 Rutgers Queensmen football
1945 Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	5–2 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach	Harry Rockafeller (8th season);
Captain	Eugene McManus
Home stadium	Rutgers Stadium
	Seasons ← 1944 1946 →

1945 Middle Three Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
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

$ – Conference champion

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]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result
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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[1] "Rutgers Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved June 13, 2016.

[2] "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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