1921 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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.[1][2] Coach Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[3]

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

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24at UrsinusCollegeville, PAW 33–0
October 1Maryland
L 0–3[4]
October 8Lehigh
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–7
October 15Washington & Lee
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 14–13
October 22at Georgia TechL 14–48
October 29at Lafayette
L 0–35[5]
November 8vs. Notre DameL 0–48
November 12at NYU
W 21–7[6]
November 19West Virginia
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 17–7

References edit

  1. ^ "1921 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1920–1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "George "Sandy" Sanford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. ^ "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.
  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.