1948 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1948 Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	7–2 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach	Harvey Harman (7th season)
Home stadium	Rutgers Stadium

1948 Middle Three Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Rutgers $	2	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette	1	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh	0	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1948 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1948 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled a 7–2 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, and outscored their opponents 224 to 130. On October 16, 1948, Rutgers defeated Princeton, 22-6, in front of a crowd of 44,000 at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey. The result was the first Rutgers victory at Princeton in 79 years of play between the two schools, ending what the Associated Press called "the oldest jinx in intercollegiate football history." On November 13, 1948, the Queensmen defeated New York University, 40–0, in a game played at Yankee Stadium. In the final game of the season, Rutgers defeated Fordham, 28-19.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 6–27
October 2	Colgate	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	W 34–19
October 9	Temple	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	W 34–20
October 16	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 22–7
October 23	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Behtlehem, PA	W 20–6
October 30	Brown	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	L 6–20
November 6	Lafayette	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	W 34–13
November 13	at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 40–0	4,000
November 20	Fordham	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	W 28–19