Game 5: Football at No. 3 Ohio State

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers football returns to the road to face its first ranked opponent of the season in No. 3 Ohio State Saturday at Ohio Stadium. The Scarlet Knights are set for their third away game in five weeks, posting an 8-4 record in road contests since 2020.

TV: Big Ten Network (FOX Sports app)

Play-By-Play: Brandon Gaudin

Analyst: Joshua Perry

Reporter: Rick Rizzo

Radio: RWJBarnabas Health Rutgers Sports Network

WFAN 101.9-FM/660-AM*, FOX Sports New Jersey 93.5-FM/1450-AM, Audacy app, Scarlet Knights app

*WFAN will start coverage at 2:30 p.m. on 101.9-FM and join in progress on 660-AM following the Yankees’ game.

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 Allen & Dennis Geissler

• Rutgers is second nationally and first among Power 5 teams with only 56.5 rushing yards allowed per game. The defense also ranks ninth in the country in total defense (249.5), 13th in third-down defense (26.4 percent) and 25th in scoring defense (17.2).
• Rutgers is tied for the nation’s lead with three blocked kicks, having blocked 65 under head coach Greg Schiano.
• Rutgers holds a +9 turnover margin since 2020 (42 forced). That includes one turnover or less against in 18-of-26 games and an 8-0 record when not committing a turnover in a game.
• Rutgers has had nine different players combine to score 14 touchdowns.
 

• In front of a sold-out crowd at SHI Stadium, Rutgers dropped its Big Ten opener to Iowa, 27-10.
• Rutgers scored first on a 28-yard field goal by PK Jude McAtamney to cap a 12-play, 66-yard drive. However, Iowa took advantage of two RU turnovers to score two touchdowns on defense to take the lead heading into halftime. QB Evan Simon found WR Aron Cruickshank for an 18-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter.
• Rutgers out-gained the Hawkeyes, 361-277, and held the visitors to 1-for-9 on third down.
• Simon went 28-for-49 passing, the seventh-most passing attempts in a game in program history, with a career-high 300 yards to 10 different receivers.
• DB Christian Izien totaled a career-best 15 tackles with a sack, while LB Deion Jennings picked up 10 stops with two for loss.
• The attendance of 53,177 marked the fifth-largest crowd in stadium…