The1947 Rutgers Queensmen football team was anAmerican football team that representedRutgers University as a member of theMiddle Three Conference in the1947 college football season. In their sixth season under head coachHarvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled an 8–1 record, outscored their opponents 262 to 99, and won the Middle Three championship. The team lost its opening game againstColumbia and then won eight consecutive games, including a 31–7 victory overHarvard.^[1]

QuarterbackFrank R. Burns was selected by theAssociated Press andInternational News Service as a first-team back on the1947 All-Eastern football team.^[2][3]

Rutgers was ranked at No. 58 (out of 500 college football teams) in the finalLitkenhous Ratings for 1947.^[4]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	atColumbia*	Baker Field New York, NY	L 28–40	23,000	[5]
October 4	Western Reserve*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 21–6	10,000	[6]
October 11	Princeton*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ (rivalry)	W 13–7	30,426	[7]
October 18	Fordham*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 36–6	10,000	[8]
October 25	Lehigh	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 46–13	12,000	[9]
November 1	atHarvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 31–7	15,000	[10]
November 8	atLafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 20–0	11,000	[11]
November 15	NYU*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 40–0	14,000	[12][13]
November 27	atBrown*	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 27–20	16,000	[14][15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

• 1947 Middle Three Conference football season
• Rutgers Scarlet Knights football seasons
• 1947 in sports in New Jersey

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