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1953 Rutgers

2–⁠6, coached by Harvey Harman.

Schedule and results

Rutgers in 1953, game by game: won vs. Virginia Tech 20–13; lost at Princeton 7–9; lost vs. Brown 20–27; lost vs. Fordham 13–40; lost vs. Colgate 13–33; won at Lafayette 14–13; lost vs. Penn State 26–54; lost at Columbia 13–27+7−28Won 20–13 vs. Virginia Tech+7Virginia TechLost 7–9 at Princeton-2PrincetonLost 20–27 vs. Brown-7BrownLost 13–40 vs. Fordham-27FordhamLost 13–33 vs. Colgate-20ColgateWon 14–13 at Lafayette+1LafayetteLost 26–54 vs. Penn State-28Penn StateLost 13–27 at Columbia-14Columbia
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 3vsVirginia TechW 20–⁠1359%
Oct 10atPrincetonL 7–⁠924%
Oct 17vsBrownL 20–⁠2780%
Oct 24vsFordhamL 13–⁠4057%
Oct 31vsColgateL 13–⁠3349%
Nov 7atLafayetteW 14–⁠1371%
Nov 14vsPenn StateL 26–⁠5430%
Nov 21atColumbiaL 13–⁠2736%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Columbia 27–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The tied 118th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 152 on file).

Record
2–⁠6
Conference
1–⁠0 first in the Middle Three Conference (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
126–⁠216
Coach
Harvey Harman
Elo
1351 −128 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−21.2 No. 103 of 110 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Donald Duncan