| Rutgers Scarlet Knights football | |||
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| First season | 1869; 155 years ago [n1 1] | ||
| Athletic director | Ryan Pisarri (Interim) | ||
| Head coach | Greg Schiano 15th season, 91–99 (.479) | ||
| Stadium | SHI Stadium (capacity: 52,454) | ||
| Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
| Location | Piscataway, NJ | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Big Ten Conference | ||
| Division | East | ||
| All-time record | 675–698–42 (.492) | ||
| Bowl record | 7–5 (.583) | ||
| Claimed national titles | 1 (1869) | ||
| Conference titles | 1 (2012) | ||
| Division titles | 3 (1958, 1960, 1961) | ||
| Rivalries | Princeton (rivalry) | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 3[5] | ||
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| Colors | Scarlet[6] | ||
| Fight song | The Bells Must Ring | ||
| Mascot | Scarlet Knight | ||
| Marching band | Marching Scarlet Knights | ||
| Website | scarletknights.com | ||
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represents Rutgers University in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Rutgers competes as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Prior to joining the Big Ten, the Scarlet Knights were a member of the American Athletic Conference (formerly the Big East Conference) from 1991 to 2013.
Rutgers plays its home games at SHI Stadium, in Piscataway, New Jersey. The team is currently led by head coach Greg Schiano. The Scarlet Knights football team is notable for playing in the first collegiate football game in 1869, in which the Scarlet Knights won 6–4.
- ^ Best of the 1870s: The defining players and teams of college football’s first decade by Matt Brown on The Athletic, January 28, 2019
- ^ Allaway, Roger (March 26, 2001). "West Hudson: A Cradle of American Soccer". ussoccerhistory.org. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ Wangerin, David (2008). Soccer in a football world : the story of America's forgotten game. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 978-1-59213-885-2. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
- ^ 1st college football game ever was New Jersey vs. Rutgers in 1869 Archived November 30, 2022, at the Wayback Machine at Ncaa.com
- ^ "Rutgers Scarlet Knights All-America Selections - College Football at Sports-Reference.com". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Colors | Visual Identity System". Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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