Rutgers 2024 Football Schedule, Record, Results

Published 5:41 am Saturday, August 10, 2024

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights will open their 2024 college football schedule versus Howard, an FCS opponent, on August 29 — keep scrolling 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

  • According to their opponents’ combined win total last year (67), the Scarlet Knights have the 85th-ranked schedule in college football.
  • In terms of toughness — and using its opponents’ projected win total this season — Rutgers will be playing the 75th-ranked schedule this year.
  • 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 will play six games this season against teams that went over .500 in 2023. That schedule includes one team that put up nine or more victories and one squad with three or fewer wins last season.
  • The Scarlet Knights will have seven teams who made a 2023 bowl game on their schedule in 2024.

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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 the offensive side of the ball (306.2 yards per game).
  • Rutgers totaled 23.2 points per game on offense last season (96th in FBS), and it ranked 33rd on defense with 21.2 points allowed per game.
  • 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 story defensively, 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 year.
  • 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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