Leading Rutgers rusher Brown set for season-ending surgery
October 30, 2022 GMTMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Rutgers running back Samuel Brown V will have season-ending surgery on an injured foot, cutting short a promising freshman year.
Brown was hurt late in his breakout game last week, when his 28 carries were the most by a Scarlet Knights player since 2014.
Rutgers jumps out early, routs Wagner 66-7
September 11, 2022 GMTPISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Tight end Johnny Langan threw and caught a touchdown pass as Rutgers rolled to a 66-7 rout of Wagner on Saturday.
Highly-touted recruit Gavin Wimsatt made his first career start at quarterback, but Rutgers coach Greg Schiano continued to jockey the position between the redshirt freshman and third-year sophomore Evan Simon.
Rutgers rallies for 22-21 win over Boston College
September 3, 2022 GMTBOSTON (AP) — Al-Shadee Salaam scored on a 22-yard run with 2:43 to play, lifting Rutgers to a 22-21 comeback victory over Boston College on Saturday in the schools’ season openers.
Rutgers had lost the last 11 meetings against Boston College, which holds a 20-7-1 edge in the series.
Schiano has a young team for his 3rd season back at Rutgers
August 15, 2022 GMTPISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — It's hard to know what to expect from Rutgers in Greg Schiano's third season back coaching the nation's oldest college football program.
The Scarlet Knights went to a bowl in 2021, facing Wake Forest in the Taxslayor Gator Bowl — with an asterisk: Rutgers got the bid eight days before the game with a 5-7 record after Texas A&M had to withdraw because of COVID-19 issues.
Rutgers edges Illinois 20-14 for its first Big Ten win
October 30, 2021 GMTCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Noah Vedral threw for 138 yards and rushed for a touchdown to lead Rutgers past Illinois 20-14 on Saturday.
Isaih Pacheco rushed 21 times for 91 yards and Kyle Monangai ran 15 times for 77 yards and a touchdown for Rutgers (4-4, 1-4 Big Ten).
Rutgers takes advantage of Syracuse miscues, wins 17-7
September 12, 2021 GMTSYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Rutgers took advantage of two Syracuse second-half miscues and downed the Orange 17-7 Saturday.
An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Syracuse (1-1) coach Dino Babers after he disputed a personal foul call on Orange linebacker Mikel Jones gave Rutgers (2-0) a first down on the Syracuse 11.