Rutgers 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 4:44 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights will begin their 2024 college football schedule on August 29, versus Howard of the FCS. See below for more.

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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 will face the 85th-ranked schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last year (67).
  • According to its opponents’ projected win total this season, Rutgers will be playing 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 season (59).
  • Rutgers’ schedule includes six games against teams that finished over .500 in 2023 (one against a team with nine or more victories and one against a squad that had three or fewer wins).
  • The Scarlet Knights will play seven games against teams who played in a bowl in 2023 bowl.

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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 situation on the other side of the ball, as they ranked 16th-best (313.5 yards per game allowed).
  • On offense, Rutgers ranked 96th in FBS with 23.2 points per game last season. Meanwhile, it ranked 33rd in points allowed (313.5 points allowed per contest).
  • 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 averaged 168.7 rushing yards per game offensively last season (56th in FBS), and it gave up 137.2 rushing yards per game (43rd) on defense.
  • Rutgers owned the 31st-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at +5, forcing 18 turnovers (58th in FBS) while turning it over 13 times (17th in FBS).

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