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1947 Rutgers

8–⁠1, coached by Harvey Harman.

Schedule and results

Rutgers in 1947, game by game: lost at Columbia 28–40; won vs. Western Reserve 21–6; won vs. Princeton 13–7; won vs. Fordham 36–6; won vs. Lehigh 46–13; won at Harvard 31–7; won at Lafayette 20–0; won vs. New York University 40–0; won at Brown 27–20+40−12Lost 28–40 at Columbia-12ColumbiaWon 21–6 vs. Western Reserve+15Western ReserveWon 13–7 vs. Princeton+6PrincetonWon 36–6 vs. Fordham+30FordhamWon 46–13 vs. Lehigh+33LehighWon 31–7 at Harvard+24HarvardWon 20–0 at Lafayette+20LafayetteWon 40–0 vs. New York University+40New York Univer…Won 27–20 at Brown+7Brown
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atColumbiaL 28–⁠4031%
Oct 4vsWestern ReserveW 21–⁠679%
Oct 11vsPrincetonW 13–⁠758%
Oct 18vsFordhamW 36–⁠673%
Oct 25vsLehighW 46–⁠1393%
Nov 1atHarvardW 31–⁠739%
Nov 8atLafayetteW 20–⁠076%
Nov 15vsNew York UniversityW 40–⁠082%
Nov 27atBrownW 27–⁠2058%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Brown 27–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 17th-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 1947.

Record
8–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠0 first in the Middle Three Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
262–⁠99
Coach
Harvey Harman
Elo
1539 +117 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.2 No. 46 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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