2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football

Conference	Big Ten Conference East Division
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Chris Ash (1st year)
Offensive coordinator	Drew Mehringer (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Jay Niemann (1st year)
Home stadium	High Point Solutions Stadium (Capacity: 52,454)

2016 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East 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
West 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 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team will represent Rutgers University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It will be the Scarlet Knights' third season as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and a member of the East Division. The team will be led by Chris Ash, who will be in his first season. Rutgers will play its home games at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Schedule

Rutgers announced its 2016 football schedule on July 11, 2013. The 2016 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Scarlet Knights will host Big Ten foes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Penn State, and will travel to Maryland, Michigan State, Minnesota, and Ohio State.^[1]

The team will host two of the three non–conference games which are against Howard Bison from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, New Mexico Lobos from the Mountain West Conference, and Washington Huskies from the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12).

Date	Opponent^#	Site
September 3	at Washington*	Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA
September 10	Howard*	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
September 17	New Mexico*	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
September 24	Iowa	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
October 1	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
October 8	Michigan	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
October 15	Illinois	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
October 22	at Minnesota	TCF Bank Stadium • Minneapolis, MN
November 5	Indiana	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
November 12	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
November 19	Penn State	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ
November 26	at Maryland	Maryland Stadium • College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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	Final
AP
Coaches'
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

↑ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2016-2017 Football Schedules" (Press release). Rutgers University Department of Athletics. July 11, 2013. Retrieved December 1, 2015.
↑ "2016 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved December 1, 2015.

External links

ScarletKnights.com – The Official Site of Rutgers Athletics (official website)
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (official website)

Rutgers Scarlet Knights football

Venues	College Field (1869–1890) Neilson Field (1891–1938) Rutgers Stadium (1938–1992) Giants Stadium (1993) High Point Solutions Stadium (1994–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	Marching band First American football game (painting)

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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