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1948 Rutgers

7–⁠2, coached by Harvey Harman.

Schedule and results

Rutgers in 1948, game by game: lost at Columbia 6–27; won vs. Colgate 34–19; won vs. Temple 34–20; won at Princeton 22–6; won at Lehigh 20–6; lost vs. Brown 6–20; won vs. Lafayette 34–13; won at New York University 40–0; won vs. Fordham 28–19+40−21Lost 6–27 at Columbia-21ColumbiaWon 34–19 vs. Colgate+15ColgateWon 34–20 vs. Temple+14TempleWon 22–6 at Princeton+16PrincetonWon 20–6 at Lehigh+14LehighLost 6–20 vs. Brown-14BrownWon 34–13 vs. Lafayette+21LafayetteWon 40–0 at New York University+40New York Univer…Won 28–19 vs. Fordham+9Fordham
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 25atColumbiaL 6–⁠2738%
Oct 2vsColgateW 34–⁠1969%
Oct 9vsTempleW 34–⁠2074%
Oct 16atPrincetonW 22–⁠654%
Oct 23atLehighW 20–⁠691%
Oct 30vsBrownL 6–⁠2069%
Nov 6vsLafayetteW 34–⁠1375%
Nov 13atNew York UniversityW 40–⁠073%
Nov 20vsFordhamW 28–⁠1987%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Fordham 28–⁠19; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 14th-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 1948.

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
2–⁠0 first in the Middle Three Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
224–⁠130
Coach
Harvey Harman
Elo
1560 +34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−0.8 No. 66 of 117 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1949

The 1949 draft
Rd 2Frank R. Burns BPhiladelphia Eagles