Fordham at Rutgers

Saturday, October 18, 1947

Rutgers beat Fordham 36–⁠6. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Rutgers led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayFordham1–⁠6–⁠1 in 1947
6
HomeRutgers8–⁠1 in 1947
36

FinalHigh 73°F, low 63°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL | SCORES

    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.

Rutgers leads 7–⁠3 in 10 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1954Fordham 13, Rutgers 7
1953Fordham 40, Rutgers 13
1951Rutgers 13, Fordham 7
1949Rutgers 35, Fordham 14
1948Rutgers 28, Fordham 19
1947Rutgers 36, Fordham 6

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