1920 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
Home stadiumNeilson Field
1920 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Boston College    8 0 0
Harvard    8 0 1
Princeton    6 0 1
Penn State    7 0 2
Pittsburgh    6 0 2
Army    7 2 0
Dartmouth    7 2 0
Cornell    6 2 0
Syracuse    6 2 1
Geneva    5 2 1
New Hampshire    5 2 1
Brown    6 3 0
Bucknell    6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson    6 3 1
Penn    6 4 0
Carnegie Tech    5 3 0
Lafayette    5 3 0
Holy Cross    5 3 0
Williams    5 3 0
Yale    5 3 0
Fordham    4 3 0
Franklin & Marshall    3 2 2
Boston University    4 3 1
Columbia    4 4 0
Duquesne    3 3 1
Vermont    3 5 0
NYU    2 5 1
Rhode Island State    0 4 4
Tufts    2 6 0
Rutgers    2 7 0
Buffalo    1 4 0
Colgate    1 5 2
Villanova    1 5 1
Drexel    0 6 0

The 1920 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1920 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach George Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 2–7 record and were outscored by their opponents, 132 to 32. The team's two victories were against Maryland (6-0) and Virginia Tech (19-6). The losses included games against Nebraska (0-28) and West Virginia (0-17).[1][2] Coach Sanford was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25Ursinus
L 7–14
October 2Maryland
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 6–0[4]
October 9at LehighBethlehem, PAL 0–9
October 16VPI
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 19–6
October 23Virginia
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
L 0–7
October 30at CornellL 0–24[5]
November 2vs. NebraskaL 0–28
November 13at West VirginiaMorgantown, WVL 0–17
November 25at DetroitDetroit, MIL 0–27

References

  1. "1920 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. "Rutgers Yearly Results (1920–1924)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  3. "George "Sandy" Sanford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  4. Harold E. O'Neill (October 3, 1920). "Rutgers Eleven Victors In Fast Game With Maryland Team At Neilson Field". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Cornell Smears Strong Rutgers Defense to Win by Score of 24-0". Ithaca Journal-News. November 1, 1920. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.


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