1953 Rutgers Queensmen football team

1953 Middle Three Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

The 1953 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1953 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled a 2–6 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, and were outscored by their opponents 215 to 126.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	VPI*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 20–13	10,000	^[3]
October 10	at Princeton*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 7–9	25,000	^[4]
October 17	Brown*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 20–27	7,500	^[5]
October 24	Fordham*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 13–40	9,000	^[6]
October 31	Colgate*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 12–33	7,500	^[7]
November 7	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 14–13	4,000	^[8]
November 14	Penn State*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	L 26–54	9,500	^[9]
November 21	at Columbia*	Baker Field New York, NY	L 13–27	12,000	^[10]
*Non-conference game

^ "1953 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1950-1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
^ Capaldo, Chuck (October 4, 1953). "Rutgers' Splurge Upends VPI". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 11, 1953). "Tigers Vanquish Rutgers by 9 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^ Rennie, Rud (October 18, 1953). "Brown Nips Rutgers for First Win, 27-20". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Mozley, Dana (October 25, 1953). "Rams Bowl Over Rutgers, 44-13". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 102 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Burns, Joe (November 1, 1953). "Rutgers Beaten 33-13; Longest Losing Streak Since 1936". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Burns, Joe (November 8, 1953). "Rutgers Nips Leopards, 14-13". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Burns, Joe (November 15, 1953). "Penn State Thumps Rutgers, 54-26, in Free Scoring Game". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 22, 1953). "Lions Down Rutgers, 27-13; Carr Goes Route Ninth Time". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

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1953 Middle Three Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Rutgers $	1	–	0	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Lafayette	1	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Lehigh	0	–	1	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion