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University Information Location............New Brunswick, N.J. Founded..................................... 1766 Enrollment............................... 67,000 President................. Robert L. Barchi Director of Athletics.....Patrick Hobbs Nickname.................. Scarlet Knights Color........................................Scarlet Conference.............................Big Ten Mascot.........................Scarlet Knight Ticket Office..............866-445-GORU Website...............scarletknights.com
Team History First Year of Football................. 1869 All-Time Bowl Record................... 6-4 All-Americans................................. 70 College Football Hall of Famers....... 6
2016 Information Offense................................... Spread Defense......................................... 4-3 2015 Record.................................. 4-8 Starters Returning.......................... 15 (7 offense, 7 defense, 1 specialists) Starters Lost................................... 13 (4 offense, 6 defense, 3 specialist)
Coaching Information Head Coach.... Chris Ash, Drake, '96 Overall Record.............. 0-0 (1st Year) Record at Rutgers.......... 0-0 (1st Year) Off. Coordinator.....Drew Mehringer Def. Coordinator.......... Jay Niemann Special Teams..............Vince Okruch Offensive Line.................... AJ Blazek Defensive Line.........Shane Burnham Defensive Backs.................. Bill Busch Asst. Defensive Backs... Aaron Henry Running Backs......................Zak Kuhr Wide Receivers.............Jafar Williams Strenght and Conditiong... Kenny Parker
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Offensive Asst.............David Galante Offensive Asst....... Mark Rosenbaum Defensive Asst........... Sean Barowski Defensive Asst............... Collin Bauer Special Teams QC............. Jim Monk Offensive QC............... Jordan Salkin Defensive QC............... Adam Weber
Stadium Information Stadium............High Point Solutions Capacity................................... 52,454 Surface..................................FieldTurf Largest Crowd......................... 53,774 ...........................vs. Penn State, 2014
2016 Schedule Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Nov. 5 Nov. 12 Nov. 19 Nov. 26
at Washington Howard New Mexico Iowa at Ohio State Michigan Illinois at Minnesota Indiana at Michigan State Penn State at Maryland
2017 Schedule Sept. 2 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 30 Oct. 14 Oct. 21 Oct. 28 Nov. 4 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 25
Washington Morgan State Eastern Michigan at Nebraska Ohio State at Illinois Purdue at Michigan Maryland at Penn State at Indiana Michigan State
2018 Schedule Sept. 1 Sept. 8 Sept. 15 Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6 Oct. 13 Oct. 20 Nov. 3 Nov. 10 Nov. 17 Nov. 24
Texas State at Ohio State at Kansas Buffalo Indiana Illinois at Maryland Northwestern at Wisconsin Michigan Penn State at Michigan State
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Credits The 2016 Rutgers Football Media Guide was published by the Office of Athletic Communications.
Editors: Jimmy Gill, Jordan Ozer, Hasim Phillips Design and Layout: Andrew Kulihin, Jen Sisco
Editoral Assistance: Brad Derechailo, Anthony Hernandez, Kevin Lorincz, Stephanie Mamakas, Kim Zivkovich. Photo Credits The photographs featured in this publication provided courtesy of: Ben Solomon, Carl Harris, Austin Koon, Andrew Kulihin, Will Schneekloth, Maddie Meyer, Mitch Leff, Alex Goodlett, Christopher Gregory, Patti Banks, New England Patriots/Keith Nordstrom, Kareem Elgazzar/ Cincinnati Enquirer, Jim O’Conor, Tom Ciszek, Larry Levanti, Don Schwartz, Nick Romanenko, Todd Drexler. Special thanks to the PR offices and photographers for the NFL photographs.
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