1939 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The 1939 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1939 college football season. In their second season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled a 7–1–1 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, and outscored their opponents 146 to 70.[1] Rutgers was undefeated in its first eight games, but fell short of its first undefeated season in 70 years when Brown scored 13 points in the fourth quarter to defeat the Queensmen, 13–0, in a Thanksgiving Day game at Providence, Rhode Island.[2]
| 1939 Rutgers Queensmen football | |
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Middle Three champion | |
| Conference | Middle Three Conference |
| 1939 record | 7–1–1 (2–0 Middle Three) |
| Head coach | Harvey Harman (2nd season) |
| Captain | William Tranavitch |
| Home stadium | Rutgers Stadium |
| 1939 Middle Three Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 30 | Wesleyan | W 13–7 | ||
| October 7 | Wooster | W 20–0 | ||
| October 14 | Richmond | T 6–6 | ||
| October 21 | Maryland | W 25–12 | ||
| October 28 | Lehigh | W 13–0 | ||
| November 4 | New Hampshire | W 32–13 | ||
| November 11 | at Lafayette | W 13–6 | ||
| November 18 | Springfield | W 17–7 | ||
| November 30 | at Brown | L 0–13 |
References
- "Rutgers Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
- "Rutgers Glum After Setback: Hopes for First Unbeaten Season in 70 Years Are Shattered by Brown". Asbury Park Press. December 1, 1939. p. 18.
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