Rutgers 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 4:54 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights’ college football schedule for 2024 includes meeting Washington on September 27. See below to check out the full slate.

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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

  • Based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (67), the Scarlet Knights have the 85th-ranked schedule in college football.
  • According to its opponents’ projected win total this season, Rutgers will be facing the 75th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
  • The Scarlet Knights will have the 35th-ranked conference schedule in college football, based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (59).
  • Rutgers will play six teams this season that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule will pair them against one team that ended with nine or more victories and one squad with less than four wins last year.
  • The Scarlet Knights will have seven teams on their schedule this year that made a bowl game in 2023.

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Rutgers Stat Insights (2023)

  • While the Scarlet Knights ranked 11th-worst in FBS in total offense with 306.2 yards per game last season, it was a different story defensively, as they ranked 16th-best (313.5 yards per game allowed).
  • Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 101st-worst in FBS last season (21.2 points allowed per game), Rutgers played better on offense, ranking 96th in FBS by totaling 23.2 points per game.
  • While the Scarlet Knights ranked seventh-worst in FBS in passing offense with 137.5 passing yards per game last season, it was a different situation defensively, as they ranked 10th-best (176.3 passing yards per game allowed).
  • 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.
  • Rutgers forced 18 total turnovers (58th in FBS) last season and turned it over 13 times (17th in FBS) for a turnover margin of +5, 31st-ranked in college football.

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