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1938 Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record7–1 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainPaul Harvey
Home stadiumNeilson Field, Rutgers Stadium
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Middle Three Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rutgers $ 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Lafayette 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Lehigh 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1938 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1938 college football season. In February 1938, Rutgers announced Tasker's resignation as Rutgers' football coach and his replacement by Harvey Harman.[1] In their first season under coach Harman, the Queensmen compiled a 7–1 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, and outscored their opponents 118 to 57. Rutgers only loss was to NYU by a 25-6 score.

On November 5, 1938, Rutgers played its first game at the new Rutgers Stadium, built at a cost of $1 million.[2][3] Playing in front of a crowd of 22,500, Rutgers won the game, 20-18, against Princeton, marking the first time Rutgers had defeated a Princeton team since the two schools played the first college football game in 1869.[4][5]

In the final game of the 1938 season, Rutgers defeated Lafayette to win the Middle Three championship.[6]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Marietta
W 20–06,000[7]
October 1Vermont
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 15–147,000[8][9]
October 8NYU
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 6–2512,000[10]
October 15Springfield
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 6–0[11]
October 21Hampden–Sydney
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 32–012,000[12]
October 29at Lehigh
W 13–09,000[13]
November 5Princeton
W 20–1822,500[4][5]
November 12Lafayette
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 6–0[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Harvey Harman Named Coach at Rutgers U.: Replaces Tasker as Head of Scarlet Team". The Tennessean. February 20, 1938. p. 14.
  2. ^ "Rutgers Dedicates Stadium Saturday". The Daily Home News. November 2, 1938. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Overflow Throng of 22,500 Sees Rutgers Bowl Dedicated". Plainfield Courier-News. November 7, 1938. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Rutgers Ends Historic Jinx By Defeating Tiger Eleven". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 6, 1938. p. C1.
  5. ^ a b "Rutgers Eleven Downs Princeton First Time in 69 Years, 20–18". Asbury Park Press. November 6, 1938. p. 11.
  6. ^ a b "Rutgers Whips Lafayette, 6–0, Wins Middle Three Grid Crown". Asbury Park Press. November 13, 1938. p. 9.
  7. ^ Bus Bown (September 25, 1938). "Rutgers Defeats Marietta 20 to 0 In OPening Game". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 1, 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Bob Bowen (October 2, 1938). "Rutgers Topples Vermont, 15-14, In Final Period". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 1, 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Rutgers halts Vermont, 15–14". Asbury Park Press. October 2, 1938. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Rutgers is flattened by N.Y.U. in steamroller 25–6 in first defeat". The Sunday Times. October 9, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rutgers Defeats Springfield, 6-0 For Third Victory". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). October 16, 1938. pp. 1, 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Bus Bowen (October 23, 1938). "Rutgers Overwhelms Weak Hampden-Sydney Eleven, 32-0". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 1, 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Stopped Along the Ground, Rutgers Takes to the Air to Score Over Lehigh". The New York Times. October 30, 1938. p. S4.
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