Fordham at Rutgers
Saturday, October 18, 1947 Share
Rutgers beat Fordham 36–6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Rutgers led the series 4–1.
FinalHigh 73°F, low 63°FAttendance 10,000
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 20, 1947, page 3 (results column)
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FOOTBALL | SCORES Final scores of leading football games played over the weekend are as follows: Oregon 6; Washington O. California 21; Washington s. 6. UCLA 39 Stanford 6. Southern Cal 48; Oregon S. 6. Idaho 20, Portland IA. Macy 39; Co.,: ell 19. Virginia Tech 0; Army tc. Wisconsin g; Yale 0. Notre Dame 31 Nebraska 0. Connecticut T. Maine l3. Western Maryland 4l; Washing ton College 0. Iowa State 0; Michigan State 20. Miss. State 34; Duquesne g. Georgetown 12; Tulsa O. Baylor 32; Texas Teachers 6. Colorado 9; Brigham Young ‘. Wyoming 33: Utah State l9 Colorado A & M 29. Colo Coll. ‘. Utah 13; Denver ‘. Montana State IS; Montana University 12 Iowa IS; Ohio Etate 13 Tie. Purdue 62; Boston U T Columbia IA; Pennsylvania 34 Brown 10; Dartmouth 13 Maryland T; Duke g. Colgate ‘; Princeton 20. Wake Forest 39; George Wash ington ‘. Amherst 13; Colby T. Holy Cross o; Harvard ‘. Auburn ‘; Georgia Tech 27. North Carolina IA; William and Mary ‘. Penn State 40; Syracuse O. Rice 0; Southern Methodist IA. West Virginia 40; NYU 0. Rutgers 36; Fordham 6. Bucknell ‘; Layfette 27. Tennessee 0; Alabama 10. VMI 20; Richmond T. Virginia 32; Washington-Le ‘. University of San Francisco 34; Marquette l3. Minnesota l3; Illinois 40. Pittsburgh 6; Indiana 4l. Michigan 49; Northwestern 21. Texas 21; Arkansas 6. Texas A & M O. Texas Christ ian 26. Bowdoin F; Williams O. University of Mississippi 27; Tu- lane IA.
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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Fordham–Rutgers gameRutgers leads 7–3 in 10 meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1954 | Fordham 13, Rutgers 7 | |
| 1953 | Fordham 40, Rutgers 13 | |
| 1951 | Rutgers 13, Fordham 7 | |
| 1949 | Rutgers 35, Fordham 14 | |
| 1948 | Rutgers 28, Fordham 19 | |
| 1947 | Rutgers 36, Fordham 6 |
Around this game
Fordham
- Next gameat Merchant MarineOct. 25, 1947
- SeasonFordham in 1947
- ProgramFordham history and records
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. LehighOct. 25, 1947
- SeasonRutgers in 1947
- ProgramRutgers history and records

