1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1947 Rutgers Queensmen football
Conference	Independent
1947 record	8–1
Head coach	Harvey Harman (6th season)
Home stadium	Rutgers Stadium
Seasons

1947 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Penn State			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Penn			–					7	–	0	–	1
Muhlenberg			–					9	–	1	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Columbia			–					7	–	2	–	0
No. 11 Army			–					5	–	2	–	2
Lafayette			–					6	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					6	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	3	–	1
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					5	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	4	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					4	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	4	–	1
Dartmouth			–					4	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross			–					4	–	4	–	2
Harvard			–					4	–	5	–	0
Cornell			–					4	–	5	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	6	–	0
NYU			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	6	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	8	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	5	–	2
Fordham			–					1	–	6	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Drexel			–					0	–	8	–	0

The 1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1947 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled an 8–1 record and outscored their opponents 262 to 99. The team lost its opening game against Columbia before winning eight consecutive games, including a 31-7 victory over Harvard.

Frank R. Burns starred for the team.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 28–40	23,000
October 4	Western Reserve	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 21–6
October 11	Princeton	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ (rivalry)	W 13–7	30,426
October 18	Fordham	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 36–6	10,000
October 25	Lehigh	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 46–13	12,000
November 1	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 31–7	15,000
November 8	at Lafayette	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	W 20–0	11,000
November 15	NYU	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 40–0	14,000
November 27	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 27–20	16,000
Homecoming