Rutgers 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 6:53 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights will meet Howard (FCS) on August 29, their first game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for the complete 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
- According to their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Scarlet Knights will be facing the 85th-ranked schedule in terms of difficulty.
- Rutgers is facing the 75th-ranked schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
- Using their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last season, the Scarlet Knights will be playing the 35th-ranked conference schedule in terms of toughness.
- Rutgers has a schedule that includes six games in 2024 against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (one of those teams won nine or more games and one of them picked up three or fewer wins).
- The Scarlet Knights will play seven teams in 2024 who played in a bowl game in 2023.
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Rutgers Stat Insights (2023)
- The Scarlet Knights had 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).
- Despite sporting a bottom-25 scoring defense that ranked 101st-worst in FBS last season (21.2 points allowed per game), Rutgers put up better results on the other side of the ball, ranking 96th in FBS by averaging 23.2 points per game.
- The Scarlet Knights sported the 10th-best pass defense last season (176.3 passing yards allowed per game), but they ranked seventh-worst on offense (137.5 passing yards per game).
- Offensively, Rutgers ranked 56th in FBS last season with 168.7 rushing yards per game. Meanwhile, it ranked 43rd in rushing yards allowed per contest (137.2).
- 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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