Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights football | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| First season | 1869; 157 years ago | ||
| Athletic director | Keli Zinn | ||
| Head coach | Greg Schiano 17th season, 99–108 (.478) | ||
| Location | Piscataway, NJ | ||
| Stadium | SHI Stadium (capacity: 52,454) | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||
| Colors | Scarlet | ||
| All-time record | 684–707–42 (.492) | ||
| Bowl record | 7–6 (.538) | ||
| National championships | |||
| Claimed | 1869 | ||
| Conference championships | |||
| Big East: 2012 | |||
| Conference division championships | |||
| MAC University: 1958, 1960, 1961 | |||
| Consensus All-Americans | 3 | ||
| Rivalries | Maryland (rivalry) Syracuse (rivalry) Temple (rivalry) Princeton (rivalry) | ||
| Uniforms | |||
| Fight song | The Bells Must Ring | ||
| Mascot | Scarlet Knight | ||
| Marching band | Marching Scarlet Knights | ||
| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Website | scarletknights.com | ||
The Rutgers Scarlet Knights football program represents Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic 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 also notable for playing in the first college football game in 1869, in which the Scarlet Knights won by the score 6–4.