1937 Rutgers Queensmen football team

The 1937 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1937 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach J. Wilder Tasker, the Queensmen compiled a 5–6 record and outscored their opponents 128 to 39.[1] In February 1938, Rutgers announced Tasker's resignation as Rutgers' football coach and his replacement by Harvey Harman.[2]

1937 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceMiddle Three Conference
Record5–4 (1–1 Middle Three)
Head coach
CaptainArthur C. Perry
Home stadiumNeilson Field
1937 Middle Three Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lafayette $ 2 –0 –08 –0 –0
Rutgers 1 –1 –05 –4 –0
Lehigh 0 –2 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Susquehanna
W 9–06,000[3]
October 2Hampden–Sydney
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 20–0[4]
October 9Delaware
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 27–0[5]
October 16at Springfield
W 26–02,500[6]
October 23at Princeton
L 0–635,000[7]
October 30Lehigh
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 34–09,000[8]
November 6at Lafayette
L 6–13[9]
November 13Ohio
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–134,000[10]
November 25at Brown
L 6–710,000[11]

References
  1. "Rutgers Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  2. "Harvey Harman Named Coach at Rutgers U.: Replaces Tasker as Head of Scarlet Team". The Tennessean. February 20, 1938. p. 14.
  3. "Rutgers ushers in season with 9 to 0 triumph". The Sunday Times. September 26, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Rutgers' power overcomes Tigers, 20–0". The Times-Dispatch. October 3, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Rutgers grid squad hands Delaware team second defeat, 27–0". The Morning News. October 11, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Rutgers scalps Indians 26 to 0 at Springfield". The Sunday News. October 17, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Princeton wins from Rutgers by lone touchdown". The Sunday Times. October 24, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Tranavitch scores 28 points for Rutgers in rout of Lehigh on the gridiron". The New York Times. October 31, 1937. p. S5.
  9. "Lafayette beats Rutgers, 13–6, to keep its 1937 slate clean". The Morning Call. November 7, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Small backs big help to Ohio U. as Bobcats beat favored Rutgers' eleven, 13–0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 14, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Brown downs Rutgers, 7–6, with drive on to oust coach "Tuss" McLaughry". The Boston Globe. November 26, 1937. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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