The1946 Rutgers Queensmen football team representedRutgers University in the1946 college football season. Rutgers was in its fifth non-consecutive season under head coachHarvey Harman. Harman had coached Rutgers from 1938 to 1941, but missed the 1942 to 1945 seasons while serving as a lieutenant commander in theUnited States Navy.^[1] The 1946 team compiled a 7–2 record, won theMiddle Three Conference championship, and outscored its opponents 252 to 48. The team's only losses came againstColumbia (7–13) andPrinceton (7–14).^[2]

Rutgers was ranked at No. 49 in the finalLitkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.^[3]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	atColumbia*	Baker Field New York, NY	L 7–13	23,000	[4]
October 5	Johns Hopkins*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 53–0	7,000	[5]
October 12	atNYU*	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 26–0	10,000	[6]
October 19	atPrinceton*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 7–14	45,000	[7]
October 26	George Washington*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 25–13	8,000	[8]
November 2	at No. 17Harvard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 13–0	12,000	[9]
November 9	Lafayette	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 41–2	12,000	[10]
November 16	atLehigh	Taylor Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 55–6	7,000	[11]
November 23	Bucknell*	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, NJ	W 25–0	15,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromCoaches' Poll released prior to the game

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