2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

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The 2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Scarlet Knights played their home games at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey and competed as members of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Ash. On September 29, 2019, Ash was fired after 31⁄3 seasons as head coach. He posted an overall record of 8–32 and 3–26 in Big Ten play. Nunzio Campanile was their interim head coach for the remainder of the season. They finished the season 2–10, 0–9 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.

Previous season[edit]

The Scarlet Knights finished the 2018 season 1–11, 0–9 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.

Offseason[edit]

Andy Buh was hired as defensive coordinator on January 21, 2019.[1] He had previously served in the same position for three years at Maryland. Henry Baker, who served as cornerbacks coach for Rutgers in 2017 but coached at North Carolina in 2018, was hired back as cornerbacks coach and passing game coordinator.[2]

Preseason[edit]

Preseason Big Ten poll[edit]

Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2019 poll, Rutgers was projected to finish in last in the East Division.[3]

Media poll (East Division)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Michigan 222 (20)
2 Ohio State 214 (14)
3 Michigan State 156
4 Penn State 154
5 Indiana 86.5
6 Maryland 82.5
7 Rutgers 37

Schedule[edit]

Rutgers’ 2019 schedule began on August 30 with a non-conference game against UMass, a football independent. The Scarlet Knights’ other non-conference games were against Boston College of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Liberty, also an independent at the time. In Big Ten Conference play, Rutgers played all members of the East Division as well as Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois from the West Division.

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
7:15 p.m. UMass* BTN W 48–21 40,515
September 7 12:00 p.m. at No. 20 Iowa FS1 L 0–30 61,808
September 21 12:00 p.m. Boston College*
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
 BTN L 16–30 32,217
September 28 12:00 p.m. at No. 20 Michigan BTN L 0–52 110,662
October 5 12:00 p.m. Maryland
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
 BTN L 7–48 30,185
October 12 12:00 p.m. at Indiana BTN L 0–35 37,055
October 19 3:30 p.m. No. 20 Minnesotadagger
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
 BTN L 7–42 22,429
October 26 12:00 p.m. Liberty*
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
 BTN W 44–34 23,058
November 2 3:30 p.m. at Illinois BTN L 10–38 35,632
November 16 3:30 p.m. No. 2 Ohio State
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
 BTN L 21–56 33,528
November 23 12:00 p.m. Michigan State
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
 FS1 L 0–27 24,641
November 30 3:30 p.m. at No. 10 Penn State BTN L 6–27 98,895

Source:[4]

Game summaries[edit]

UMass[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 21 0 0 0 21
Scarlet Knights 7 31 3 7 48

At Iowa[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 0 0
No. 20 Hawkeyes 7 13 7 3 30

Boston College[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 10 7 6 30
Scarlet Knights 7 6 0 3 16

At Michigan[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 0 0
No. 20 Wolverines 14 10 14 14 52

Maryland[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Terrapins 7 20 21 0 48
Scarlet Knights 0 7 0 0 7

At Indiana[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 0 0
Hoosiers 21 0 14 0 35

Minnesota[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Golden Gophers 7 7 7 21 42
Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 7 7

Liberty[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 14 7 3 10 34
Scarlet Knights 7 14 17 6 44

At Illinois[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 0 10 0 0 10
Fighting Illini 10 0 21 7 38

Ohio State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Buckeyes 21 14 14 7 56
Scarlet Knights 7 0 7 7 21

Michigan State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 10 7 3 7 27
Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 0 0

At Penn State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 3 0 0 3 6
No. 10 Nittany Lions 7 0 6 14 27

Roster and Coaches[edit]

2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense Defense Special teams

Pos. # Name Class
P 16 Zach Feagles Jr
LS 46 Brendan Shank Jr
LS 47 Billy Taylor Jr
LS 56 Donato Crisanti Fr
LS 62 Matthew Sportelli Redshirt.svg Jr
P 91 David Broncati Fr
P 94 Adam Korsak Redshirt.svg Jr
K 95 Justin Davidovicz Jr
K 96 Guy Fava Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 20, 2019

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