Rutgers 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 9:44 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

A highlight of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights’ 2024 college football schedule is a matchup with Washington on September 27 — keep scrolling for more information.

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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 facing the 85th-ranked schedule this season (based on their opponents’ combined win total last year).
Taking into account its opponents’ projected win total this season (62), Rutgers has the 75th-ranked schedule in college football.
Using their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last season, the Scarlet Knights will be playing the 35th-ranked conference schedule in terms of difficulty.
Rutgers has six games scheduled against teams that put up 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 will have seven teams on their schedule this season that made a bowl game in 2023.

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Rutgers Stat Insights (2023)

The Scarlet Knights sported the 16th-best defense last season in terms of total yards (313.5 yards allowed per game), but they ranked 11th-worst offensively (306.2 yards per game).
Rutgers totaled 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 offensively (137.5 passing yards per game).
Rutgers put up 168.7 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked it 56th in FBS. On the other side of the ball, it ranked 43rd, surrendering 137.2 rushing yards per contest.
With 18 forced turnovers (58th in FBS) against 13 turnovers committed (17th in FBS), Rutgers (+5) owned the 31st-ranked turnover margin in college football last season.

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