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1950 Rutgers

4–⁠4, coached by Harvey Harman.

Schedule and results

Rutgers in 1950, game by game: lost at Syracuse 12–42; lost at Princeton 28–34; won vs. Temple 26–20; won vs. New York University 42–0; lost at Lehigh 18–21; won vs. Brown 15–12; won vs. Lafayette 31–7; lost at Penn State 14–18+42−30Lost 12–42 at Syracuse-30SyracuseLost 28–34 at Princeton-6PrincetonWon 26–20 vs. Temple+6TempleWon 42–0 vs. New York University+42New York Univer…Lost 18–21 at Lehigh-3LehighWon 15–12 vs. Brown+3BrownWon 31–7 vs. Lafayette+24LafayetteLost 14–18 at Penn State-4Penn State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atSyracuseL 12–⁠4256%
Oct 7atPrincetonL 28–⁠3432%
Oct 14vsTempleW 26–⁠2058%
Oct 21vsNew York UniversityW 42–⁠072%
Oct 28atLehighL 18–⁠2185%
Nov 4vsBrownW 15–⁠1263%
Nov 11vsLafayetteW 31–⁠775%
Nov 18atPenn StateL 14–⁠1840%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Penn State 18–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 35th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 152 on file).

Record
4–⁠4
Conference
1–⁠1 2nd in the Middle Three Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
186–⁠154
Coach
Harvey Harman
Elo
1489 −30 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−6.7 No. 91 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Leon Root