Rutgers 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results
Published 6:44 am Saturday, August 10, 2024
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights will play Howard (FCS) on August 29, their opening game of the 2024 college football schedule — keep scrolling for 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
- In terms of toughness, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season, the Scarlet Knights will be facing the 85th-ranked schedule this year.
- Rutgers is facing the 75th-ranked schedule this season (based on its opponents’ projected win total this year).
- In terms of toughness, using their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last season, the Scarlet Knights will be facing the 35th-ranked conference schedule this year.
- Rutgers’ schedule has 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 collected three or fewer wins).
- The Scarlet Knights’ schedule in 2024 includes seven returning teams who played in a bowl game.
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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 on offense (306.2 yards per game).
- With 21.2 points allowed per game on defense, which ranked 101st-worst in FBS last season, Rutgers had to rely on its 96th-ranked offense (23.2 points per contest) to keep it in games.
- 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 on defense, 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.
- With 18 forced turnovers (58th in FBS) against 13 turnovers committed (17th in FBS) last season, Rutgers’ +5 turnover margin ranked 31st in college football.
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