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1946 Rutgers

7–⁠2, coached by Harvey Harman.

Schedule and results

Rutgers in 1946, game by game: lost at Columbia 7–13; won vs. Johns Hopkins 53–0; won at New York University 26–0; lost at Princeton 7–14; won vs. George Washington 25–13; won at No. 17 Harvard 13–0; won vs. Lafayette 41–2; won at Lehigh 55–6; won vs. Bucknell 25–0+53−7Lost 7–13 at Columbia-6ColumbiaWon 53–0 vs. Johns Hopkins+53Johns HopkinsWon 26–0 at New York University+26New York Univer…Lost 7–14 at Princeton-7PrincetonWon 25–13 vs. George Washington+12George Washingt…Won 13–0 at No. 17 Harvard+13No. 17 HarvardWon 41–2 vs. Lafayette+39LafayetteWon 55–6 at Lehigh+49LehighWon 25–0 vs. Bucknell+25Bucknell
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28atColumbiaL 7–⁠1310%
Oct 5vsJohns HopkinsW 53–⁠057%
Oct 12atNew York UniversityW 26–⁠023%
Oct 19atPrincetonL 7–⁠1423%
Oct 26vsGeorge WashingtonW 25–⁠1331%
Nov 2at17HarvardW 13–⁠015%
Nov 9vsLafayetteW 41–⁠287%
Nov 16atLehighW 55–⁠675%
Nov 23vsBucknellW 25–⁠067%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Bucknell 25–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 97th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 152 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1946.

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠0 first in the Middle Three Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
252–⁠48
Coach
Harvey Harman
Elo
1384 +213 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
7.0 No. 42 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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