Rutgers at Ursinus
Saturday, September 24, 1921 Share
Rutgers beat Ursinus 33–0. It was their fifth meeting; Rutgers leads the series 4–1.
FinalHigh 81°F, low 56°F
In the newspapers

The New York herald, New York, September 25, 1921, page 47
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Rutgers Smothers Ursinus Under 33 to o Score Spcciai Despatch 70 Tur Nrw SonK HERALD. New Brunswick. n. j., Sept. “a The big Rutgers eleven displayed a one hundred per cent Improvement over last years form in smothering Uursinus here this afternoon b. score Of $40. The Pennsylvanians we’re outclassed from the start. and only an avalanche OF pen alties imposed on the home team prevented q bigger score. The first touchdown was made by sanford’s men after EIGHT minutes OF playing. Taking the kickoff. 2 dazzling succession or shortlne plunges carried the ball 10 the visitors 10 yard line and Gardner plunged over for a tally. At the start OF the second quarter Rutgers intercepted tumble on their opponents’ IL yard line. Benkert went over on the next play. but fumbled the ball. He recovered. but the play was declared Illegal Ursinus punted outside on tho Is yard line and on the next play Bcnkert again went over. The lineup:
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Rutgers 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Rutgers–Ursinus gameRutgers leads 4–1 in five meetings.
| 1921 | Rutgers 33, Ursinus 0 | |
| 1920 | Ursinus 14, Rutgers 7 | |
| 1919 | Rutgers 34, Ursinus 0 | |
| 1918 | Rutgers 66, Ursinus 0 | |
| 1917 | Rutgers 25, Ursinus 0 |
Around this game
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. MarylandOct. 1, 1921
- SeasonRutgers in 1921
- ProgramRutgers history and records
Ursinus
- Next gameat ColumbiaSept. 30, 1922
- SeasonUrsinus in 1921
- ProgramUrsinus history and records
