Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represents Rutgers University in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). Rutgers competes as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Prior to joining the Big Ten, the Scarlet Knights were a member of the American Athletic Conference (formerly the Big East Conference) from 1991 to 2013. Rutgers plays its home games at SHI Stadium, in Piscataway, New Jersey. The team is currently led by head coach Greg Schiano. The Scarlet Knights football team is notable for playing in the first ever collegiate football game in 1869, in which the Scarlet Knights won 6–4.
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football | |||
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First season | 1869 | ||
Athletic director | Patrick E. Hobbs | ||
Head coach | Greg Schiano 15th season, 87–95 (.478) | ||
Stadium | SHI Stadium (capacity: 52,454) | ||
Field surface | FieldTurf | ||
Location | Piscataway, New Jersey | ||
Conference | Big Ten Conference | ||
Division | East | ||
All-time record | 671–695–42 (.491) | ||
Bowl record | 7–5 (.583) | ||
Claimed national titles | 1 (1869) | ||
Conference titles | 1 (2012) | ||
Division titles | 3 (1958, 1960, 1961) | ||
Rivalries | Princeton (rivalry) | ||
Consensus All-Americans | 3[1] | ||
Current uniform | |||
Colors | Scarlet[2] | ||
Fight song | The Bells Must Ring | ||
Mascot | Scarlet Knight | ||
Marching band | Marching Scarlet Knights | ||
Website | scarletknights.com |