Rutgers 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 5:50 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

On September 27, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights will meet Washington — a highlight of their college football schedule in 2024. The full slate is in this article.

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2024 Rutgers Game and TV Schedule

Opponent Date/Time Score/Tickets TV Channel
Howard (FCS) August 29 | 6:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub BTN (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Akron September 7 | 12:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub BTN (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
@ Virginia Tech September 21 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Washington September 27 | 8:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub FOX (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
@ Nebraska October 5 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Wisconsin October 12 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
UCLA October 19 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ USC October 25 | 11:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub FOX (Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions may apply)
Minnesota November 9 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Maryland November 16 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
Illinois November 23 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA
@ Michigan State November 30 | 1:00 PM ET Get tickets for this game at StubHub TBA

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Rutgers 2024 Strength of Schedule

  • The Scarlet Knights are playing the 85th-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total from last year).
  • Rutgers will have the 75th-ranked schedule in college football, based on its opponents’ projected win total this year (62).
  • In terms of difficulty, using their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last season, the Scarlet Knights will be facing the 35th-ranked conference schedule this year.
  • Rutgers has six games scheduled against teams that finished with winning records in 2023, including one team that had nine or more wins and one with less than four wins last year.
  • The Scarlet Knights’ schedule in 2024 features seven returning teams who played in a bowl game.

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Rutgers Stat Insights (2023)

  • The Scarlet Knights owned the 16th-best defense last season in terms of total yards (313.5 yards allowed per game), but they ranked 11th-worst on the offensive side of the ball (306.2 yards per game).
  • Rutgers put up 23.2 points per game on offense last season (96th in FBS), and it ranked 33rd defensively with 21.2 points allowed per game.
  • The Scarlet Knights owned the 10th-best pass defense last season (176.3 passing yards allowed per game), but they ranked seventh-worst on the offensive side of the ball (137.5 passing yards per game).
  • Rutgers ranked 56th in run offense (168.7 rushing yards per game) and 43rd in run defense (137.2 rushing yards allowed per game) last season.
  • With 18 forced turnovers (58th in FBS) against 13 turnovers committed (17th in FBS), Rutgers (+5) had the 31st-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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