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1923 Rutgers Queensmen football team

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1923 Rutgers Queensmen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumNeilson Field
Seasons
← 1922
1924 →
1923 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell     8 0 0
Yale     8 0 0
St. John's     5 0 1
Dartmouth     8 1 0
Syracuse     8 1 0
Boston College     7 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 1 1
Holy Cross     8 2 0
Lafayette     6 1 2
Tufts     6 2 0
Army     6 2 1
Colgate     6 2 1
Geneva     6 2 1
Lehigh     6 2 1
NYU     6 2 1
Penn State     6 2 1
Vermont     6 3 1
Brown     6 4 0
Harvard     4 3 1
Carnegie Tech     4 3 1
Penn     5 4 0
Pittsburgh     5 4 0
Bucknell     4 4 1
Columbia     4 4 1
Duquesne     4 4 0
Princeton     3 3 1
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Drexel     2 6 0
Buffalo     2 5 1
Fordham     2 7 0
Boston University     1 6 0
Villanova     0 7 1
Temple     0 5 0
CCNY     0 7 0
Springfield     0 7 0

The 1923 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as an independent during the 1923 college football season. In their 11th and final season under head coach George Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored their opponents, 260 to 36. The team shut out six of nine opponents, including victories over Villanova (44–0), Richmond (56–0), Boston University (61–0), and Fordham (42–0), but lost to West Virginia (27–7).[1]

The team was led by Homer Hazel who played for the 1916, dropped out due to lack of funds, and returned in 1923 at age 28. During the 1923 season, he played at fullback, end, and quarterback, tallying 10 touchdowns and 85 points.[2] Described as "muscular, fast and agile", he "could run, block, tackle, kick, and pass."[3] He was credited with a 75-yard punt,[3] as well as the longest pass in college football that year, a pass that covered 69 yards in the air.[4] He also scored a touchdown on his own kickoff on October 6, 1923, when an opposing player fumbled the ball behind the goal line, and Hazel fell on the loose ball for the touchdown.[5] At the end of the season, Hazel was selected by Walter Camp as a first-team end on the 1923 All-America team.[6]

Other key players included team captain and tackle William Kingman, quarterback "Bus" Terrill, lineman Dave Bender, back Carl White and halfback Henry Benkert.[3][7]

At the end of the 1923 season, Sanford surprised the football world by retiring from the game at age 53.[8] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.[9]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Pennsylvania Military
W 27–04,500[10]
October 6Villanova
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 44–03,000[11]
October 13Lehigh
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 10–08,000[12]
October 20NYU
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 7–33,000[13]
October 27at Lafayette
T 6–6
November 6West VirginiaL 7–2720,000[14][15]
November 10Richmond
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 56–0[16]
November 17Boston University
  • Neilson Field
  • New Brunswick, NJ
W 61–0> 3,000[17]
November 24vs. Fordham
W 42–05,000[18]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "1923 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ^ "Pfann and Hazel Leade in Eastern Scoring". The Daily Home News. December 3, 1923. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c Michael Pellowski (2008). Rutgers Football: A Gridiron Tradition in Scarlet. Rutgers University Press. pp. 27–29. ISBN 9780813542836.
  4. ^ "The Longest Pass". Ironwood Daily Globe. December 24, 1923.
  5. ^ John H. Wallace (October 1, 1925). "Hazel's Record Touchdown". Berkeley Daily Gazette.
  6. ^ "Walter Camp's All-American Team". Alton Evening Telegraph. December 19, 1923.
  7. ^ "Rutgers Completes First Week of Football Practice; All Veterans Eligible and Outlook Unparalleled". The Daily Home News. September 16, 1923. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ John B. Foster. "Retirement of Sanford Stirs Gridiron World: Rutgers Mentor Through With Grid Game". The Des Moines Register. p. 5.
  9. ^ "George "Sandy" Sanford". National Football Foundation. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  10. ^ R. Wallace Elliott (September 30, 1923). "Mighty Rutgers Eleven Easily Defeats Penn. Military; Team Shows Significant Progress". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Harold E. O'Neill. "Intelligence and Alertness Feature Rutgers' Second Victory; Forward Passes of 55 and 40 Yards Pave Way To Touchdowns". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 7, 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Harold E. O'Neill. "Colorful Crowd of 8,000 Sees Rutgers Defeat Lehigh; Foe's Great, but Late Comeback Furnishes Thrills Aplenty". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 7, 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ R. Wallace Elliott (September 21, 1923). "Terrill's Brilliant 82-Yard Dash Saves Rutgers From Defeat; N.Y.U. Makes Local Team Fight Hard To Win by 7 to 3 Margin". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "West Virginia punch a winner". The Boston Globe. November 7, 1923. Retrieved July 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Harold E. O'Neill (November 7, 1923). "West Virginia's Great Attack, Divided in Four Titanic Marches to Goal, Sends Rutgers Into Crushing 27 to 7 Defeat Before 20,000 Crowd at Polo Grounds; Scarlet Line Is Severed By Fleet Backs of Visitors". The Daily Home News. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ R. Wallace Elliott (November 11, 1923). "Rutgers Returns to Winning Ways and Crushes Richmond Eleven 56 to 0; Terrill Runs Wild as Hazel Kicks Brilliant Field Goal From Thirty-Nine Yard Line". The Daily Home News. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ R. Wallace Elliott (November 25, 1923). "Rutgers' Relentless and Furious Attack Wears Down Rugged Bostonians and Scores Sixty-one Points in Three Periods". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). pp. 9–10 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ R. Wallace Elliott (November 25, 1923). "Rutgers Tramples on Fordham in Sea of Mud at East Orange". The Sunday Times (New Brunswick, NJ). p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.