2015 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

2015 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Conference Big Ten Conference
East Division
2015 record 0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach Kyle Flood (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Ben McDaniels (1st as OC, 2nd overall year)
Defensive coordinator Joe Rossi (2nd as DC, 4th overall year)
Home stadium High Point Solutions Stadium
(Capacity: 52,454)
2015 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
Indiana   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Maryland   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Michigan   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Michigan State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Ohio State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Penn State   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Rutgers   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Western Division
Illinois   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Iowa   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Minnesota   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Nebraska   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Northwestern   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Purdue   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Wisconsin   0 – 0         0 – 0  
Championship: December 5, 2015
† – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team will represent Rutgers University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It will be the Scarlet Knights' secondseason as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and second as a member of the Eastern Division. The team will be led by Kyle Flood, in his fourth year as head coach, and will play its home games at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Previous season

The 2014 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team finished the regular season 7-5, with a highlight win against Michigan the team's first Big Ten Conference win. After defeating the Indiana Hoosiers the Scarlet Knights become bowl eligible and was invited to play in the 2014 Quick Lane Bowl against the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Rutgers defeated the Tar Heels in Detroit, Michigan 40–21 finishing their 2014 Season at 8-5.

Schedule

Rutgers announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consist of 6 home, 5 away, and 1 neutral site games in the regular season. The Scarlet Knights will host Big Ten foes Maryland, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Nebraska and will travel to Indiana, Michigan, Penn State, and Wisconsin.[1]

The Scarlet Knights will host three of their four non conference games against Kansas, Norfolk State and Washington State. Rutgers will match up against Army on November 21 at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 Norfolk State* High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ      
September 12 Washington State* High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ      
September 19 at Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA      
September 26 Kansas* High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ      
October 10 Michigan State High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ      
October 17 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN      
October 24 Ohio State High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ      
October 31 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI      
November 7 at Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI      
November 14 Nebraska High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ      
November 21 at Army* Michie Stadium • West Point, NY      
November 28 Maryland High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ      
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.
Schedule Source:[2]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP  
Coaches'  
CFP Not released Not released

References

  1. ↑ "Rutgers' 2015 Big Ten Schedule Announced" (Press release). Rutgers Athletics. June 3, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 15, 2015.