Temple at Rutgers
Saturday, October 14, 1950 Share
Rutgers beat Temple 26–20. It was their third meeting; after it, Rutgers led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 41°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1950, page 45
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Rutgers Wins Thriller From Temple, $50 NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Oct. l4.-Quarterback Jack Denardo, getting his first sustained taste of running the Rutgers University T attack, put on a slick display of passing and play calling today for a last quarter 1920 upset vic tory over Temple. A crowd of $4,000 watched Den ardo take over in the third quarter with Rutgers on the short end of a 14–6 score. He accounted for three touchdowns, two in a hectic final quarter. Fullback Jim Monahan took a hand-off from Denardo and bucked over to put Rutgers in the lead late in the game, 20–14. | Temple charged back to a 20 20 tie three minutes later. Then Rutgers got break Half back Ray Vohden intercepted a Temple desperation toss on Temples 40-yard line. Halfback Bob Wygant, Monahan and Bob Damato drove to the five. With IS seconds left. Damato crossed his own left end with the clincher.
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 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Temple–Rutgers gameRutgers leads 23–16 in 39 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.
| 2023 | Rutgers 36, Temple 7 | |
| 2022 | Rutgers 16, Temple 14 | |
| 2021 | Rutgers 61, Temple 14 | |
| 2013 | Rutgers 23, Temple 20 | |
| 2012 | Rutgers 35, Temple 10 | |
| 2004 | Rutgers 16, Temple 6 |
Around this game
Temple
- Next gamevs. Wayne StateOct. 21, 1950
- SeasonTemple in 1950
- ProgramTemple history and records
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. New York UniversityOct. 21, 1950
- SeasonRutgers in 1950
- ProgramRutgers history and records

