The 1917 Rutgers Queensmen football team was an American football team that represented Rutgers University as an independent during the

1917 college football season The 1917 college football season had no clear-cut champion, with the ''Official NCAA Division I Football Records Book'' listing Georgia Tech as national champions, the South's first. Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Williams, and Washington Sta ...

. In their fifth season under head coach George Sanford, the Queensmen compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored their opponents, 295 to 28. The team's wins included a 28–0 victory over . The sole loss was to

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by a 14–10 score. The tie was a 7–7 game with West Virginia. Paul Robeson played at the end position for the 1917 and 1918 Rutgers teams, was selected by

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as a first-team All-American in both 1917 and 1918, and was inducted into the

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in 1995. Coach Sanford was inducted into the

in 1971.

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Rutgers Rutgers Scarlet Knights football seasons

Rutgers Queensmen football The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represents Rutgers University in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Rutgers competes as a member of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. ...

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