1961_Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football_team

1961 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

1961 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

American college football season

The 1961 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1961 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach John F. Bateman, the Scarlet Knights compiled a perfect 9–0 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship and outscored their opponents 246 to 102. It was Rutgers's first undefeated season, 92 years after winning the first ever intercollegiate football game in 1869.[2]

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The team's statistical leaders included Bill Speranza with 318 passing yards, Steve Simms with 614 rushing yards, and Lee Curley with 274 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule

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See also

  • Helmet sticker, as the 1961 Rutgers team was one of the first teams to award them

References

  1. [1]
    "2022 Rutgers Football Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). Rutgers University Athletics.
  2. [2]
    Fleming, Jimmie (November 26, 1961). "Rutgers Gets Undefeated Season". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. [3]
    "1961 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
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    Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 1, 1961). "Rutgers Defeats Princeton; Tigers Bow, 16-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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    Newell, Bill (October 8, 1961). "Rutgers Trounces Connecticut by 35-12". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 3C – via Newspapers.com.
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    Fleming, Jimmie (October 15, 1961). "Rutgers Dumps Bucknell, 21-6". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Fleming, Jimmie (October 22, 1961). "Rutgers Swamps Lehigh in Rain". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Werden, Lincoln A. (October 29, 1961). "Rutgers Continues as Easts' Major Unbeaten Football Team by Halting Penn". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S2.
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    Yarashus, Bob (November 5, 1961). "Rutgers Wallops Lafayette to Remain Undefeated". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Good, Herb (November 12, 1961). "Rutgers Trips Delaware for MAC Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Werden, Lincoln A. (November 19, 1961). "Rutgers Defeats Colgate, 26 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.


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