1938 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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.^[2] On November 5, 1938, Rutgers played its first game at the new Rutgers Stadium, built at a cost of $1 million. 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.^[3][4] In the final game of the 1938 season, Rutgers defeated Lafayette to win the Middle Three championship.^[5]

1938 Rutgers Queensmen football
Middle Three champion
Conference	Middle Three Conference
Record	7–1 (2–0 Middle Three)
Head coach	Harvey Harman (1st season)
Captain	Paul Harvey
Home stadium	Neilson Field, Rutgers Stadium
Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 Middle Three Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Marietta	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 20–0
October 1	Vermont	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 15–14	7,000	^[6]
October 8	NYU	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	L 6–25	12,000	^[7]
October 15	Springfield	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 6–0
October 21	Hampden–Sydney	Rutgers Stadium New Brunswick, NJ	W 32–0
October 29	at Lehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 13–0	9,000	^[8]
November 5	Princeton	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ (rivalry)	W 20–18	22,500	^[3]^[4]
November 12	Lafayette	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 6–0		^[5]

References

1. "Harvey Harman Named Coach at Rutgers U.: Replaces Tasker as Head of Scarlet Team". The Tennessean. February 20, 1938. p. 14.
2. . College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
3. "Rutgers Ends Historic Jinx By Defeating Tiger Eleven". The Salt Lake Tribune. November 6, 1938. p. C1.
4. "Rutgers Eleven Downs Princeton First Time in 69 Years, 20–18". Asbury Park Press. November 6, 1938. p. 11.
5. "Rutgers Whips Lafayette, 6–0, Wins Middle Three Grid Crown". Asbury Park Press. November 13, 1938. p. 9.
6. "Rutgers halts Vermont, 15–14". Asbury Park Press. October 2, 1938. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "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.
8. "Stopped along the ground, Rutgers takes to the air to score over Lehigh". The New York Times. October 30, 1938. p. S4.