The Rutgers Scarlet Knights play for the State University of New Jersey, also known as Rutgers University. The Rutgers’ football program is the nation’s oldest with 138 years. Therefore, it is the birthplace of intercollegiate football.
In their first year of football, in 1869, they won the national championship along with the Princeton University. Unfortunately the winning streak didn’t last for too long.
Especially in the last three decades, Rutgers was regarded as one of the worst teams in DivisionI-A as they have lost several seasons in a row. They were even discussing a possible move to the lower Division I-AA. |