September 3, 2022 • 12:03 p.m. ET • ACC Network
Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, Mass.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers football opens its 2022 season with a trip to face former Big East foe Boston College Saturday at Alumni Stadium. Kickoff is set for noon. The Scarlet Knights are 9-4 in season openers under head coach Greg Schiano, including victories the past two years over Michigan State and Temple. The team is 79-64-9 all-time in openers.
TV: ACC Network (ESPN app)
Play-By-Play: Chris Cotter
Analyst: Mark Herzlich
Reporter: Lericia Harris
Radio: RWJBarnabas Health Rutgers Sports Network
WFAN 101.9-FM/660-AM, FOX Sports New Jersey 93.5-FM/1450-AM, SiriusXM 203, Audacy app, Scarlet Knights app
Play-By-Play: Chris Carlin
Analyst: Julian Pinnix-Odrick
Sideline: Anthony Fucilli
Engineer: Paul Shrager
Pre/Post: Marc Malusis & Eric LeGrand
Student Radio: WRSU 88.7-FM
Dylan McCoy & Dennis Geissler
• The Scarlet Knights continued to make progress in 2021 with the team’s first 3-0 start since 2012, improving to 43-20 in non-conference games overall under Schiano. In Big Ten action, RU won two road games, a come-from-behind victory at Illinois that saw a late fourth-down stop and a five-touchdown triumph over Indiana, the program’s largest margin of victory in a Big Ten game.
• With just nine days’ notice, Schiano led the Scarlet Knights to the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on New Year’s Eve, battling top-20 Wake Forest in front of a national television audience of over three million on ESPN. TE Johnny Langan garnered Rutgers’ MVP for the game after contributing in numerous ways, as the Scarlet Knights gained valuable experience and exposure participating in the nation’s sixth-oldest bowl game. The 2022 roster includes 41 players who saw action in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, including eight starters on both offense and defense. Overall, the roster has 78 returners and 52 newcomers, with 91 players entering the season with at least three seasons of collegiate eligibility remaining.
• Schiano is in his third season back and 14th overall leading the Scarlet Knights. He owns 76 victories, two shy of matching Frank Burns (78) for the most wins in program history.
• The Scarlet Knights will wear a patch with the initials REM on their uniforms in remembrance of former Rutgers Athletic Director Robert “Bob” Mulcahy, who passed away in February. Mulcahy, who served as Director of Athletics from 1998 to 2009, was a…
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