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Rutgers Football Team History


Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Rutgers State University
 New Brunswick, NJ
Founded: 1766
Stadium: Rutgers Stadium
Capacity: 42,000
Colors: Scarlet & White
Coach: George Foster Sanford
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1869  <-- 1918 <- 1919 -> 1920 --> 2024
1919 Season Highlights
 George Foster Sanford enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Rutgers.
 
1919 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
 Sat., Sep. 27  vs. Ursinus (PA)  34   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 4  vs. North Carolina  19   9   W       
 Sat., Oct. 11  @ Lehigh  0   19   L       
 Sat., Oct. 25  vs. New York State  14   0   W       
 Tue., Nov. 4  @ Syracuse  0   14   L    @ New York, NY   
 Sat., Nov. 8  @ Boston College  13   7   W       
 Sat., Nov. 15  vs. West Virginia  7   30   L       
 Thu., Nov. 27  vs. Northwestern  28   0   W    @ Newark, NJ   
 
1919 Season Totals
  Record5-3
  Points Scored115
  Scoring Average14.4
  Points Allowed79
  Defense Average9.9
  Opponents Record27-16
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record4-1
  Away Record1-2
1919 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1919 Independent- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
New Mexico 3-0-213615   John F. McGough
Connecticut 2-628174   Roy Guyer
Notre Dame 9-022947   Knute Kenneth Rockne
Marshall 8-030213   Archer Reilly
Nevada 8-1-145032   R.O. William Courtright
Syracuse 8-312341   Frank J. Buck ONeill
West Virginia 8-232647   Mont H. McIntire
Arizona 7-125319   James F. Pop McKale
Navy 7-119818   Gilmour Gloomy Gil Dobie
Penn State 7-117333   Hugo F. Bezdek
Akron 6-1-113938   Fred Sefton
Army 6-314038   Charles D. Daly
Louisiana State 6-216135   Irving R. Pray
Pittsburgh 6-2-111966   Glenn Scobey Pop Warner
Boston College 5-37862   Frank W. Cavanaugh
Rutgers 5-311579   George Foster Sanford
Hawaii 4-0-113821   Dave Crawford
Michigan State 4-4-113299   Chester L. Brewer
Middle Tennessee State 4-01486   Alfred B. Miles
North Texas 4-422572   J.W. St. Clair
Southern Mississippi 4-1-210031   Cephus Allen Anderson
Western Michigan 4-115691   William H. Bill Spaulding
Jacksonville State 3-4-18999   Ben Harris
Memphis 3-49166   V.M. Bic Campbell
Arkansas State 2-527101   Foy Hammons
Central Michigan 2-2-38288   Garland Nevitt
New Mexico State 2-3-18369   Anthony Savage
Texas El Paso 2-365122   Tommy Dwyer
Toledo 2-43173   Walt Hobt
UCLA 2-652193   Fred W. Cozens
Wake Forest 2-6118144   Harry A. Rabenhorst
Arizona State 0-23104   George Cooper
Bowling Green 0-4638   John Sitt
Buffalo 0-5-112114   Art Powell
Sam Houston State 0-76169   Gene Berry

1919 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1919 All Independent Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The most points scored in a college football Bowl game is 66, scored by Nebraska against Northwestern in the 2000 Alamo Bowl.