Rutgers football

A Big Ten clash highlights Friday night college football action, as the Scarlet Knights host the Cornhuskers.

Quarterback Casey Thompson threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns, while Anthony Grant had exceptional afternoon on the ground, rushing for 136 yards in the win. If the Scarlet Knights want to pick up a win on Friday night, they will need their offense to step up. They picked up wins over the likes of Boston College and Temple, and were 3-0 coming into the Big Ten portion of the schedule. xid:fr1664775024794dhc), [DirecTV Stream](https://www.directv.com/stream/sports/), [Sling](https://www.sling.com/programming/sports/college-football) Dating back to last season, they are on a four-game losing streak in conference action, with their last victory over a Big Ten opponent coming in November of last year against Indiana. [FuboTV](https://www.fubo.tv/lp/sports/?irad=368998&irmp=1810040&subId3=xid:fr1658239356589fef

Rutgers Football suffers the program's 21st straight Big Ten loss at home, as Nebraska goes on to win 14-13.

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Dozens of top local high school football recruits will migrate to Piscataway along with the Nebraska Cornhuskers who will face Rutgers at SHI Stadium on ...

2022](https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/09/presenting-the-new-njcom-top-50-countdown-to-new-jerseys-no-1-hs-football-recruit-full-list.html) ](https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2022/10/rutgers-football-vs-nebraska-everything-you-need-for-must-win-game.html)Many of Rutgers’ top targets will miss the game due to having games themselves, but plenty will still attend including class of 2023 commits John Stone, Dylan Braithwaite and Famah Toure, flanked by younger brother and Irvington (N.J.) class of 2024 four-star defensive back, Vaboue. 1: How Brooklyn’s Erasmus Hall became ‘Rutgers Prep’](https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2022/09/pipeline-to-piscataway-how-erasmus-hall-became-rutgers-biggest-source-of-football-talent.html) [-Pipeline to Piscataway, Pt. Please consider supporting us with a subscription. [[email protected]](https://e.advance.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=X-d8dJbsQE-XBSUyWuG0utf_NWOvitEIXZeZBN2tUuIeot0bomxdCWI1cD0v4qkm-SRvs_XG6PQ.&URL=mailto:%[email protected]). [NJ.com Top 50](https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2022/09/presenting-the-new-njcom-top-50-countdown-to-new-jerseys-no-1-hs-football-recruit-full-list.html) members Logan Blake and Dante Barone. [migrate](https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2022/10/rutgers-nebraska-game-preview-keys-to-victory-x-factor-more-for-pivotal-friday-night-showdown.html) to Piscataway along with the [Nebraska Cornhuskers](https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2022/10/rutgers-vs-nebraska-picks-predictions-scarlet-knights-host-huskers-in-must-win-game.html) who will face [Rutgers](https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/) at [SHI Stadium on Friday night. 2: When Erasmus players join Rutgers’ family](https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2022/09/pipeline-to-piscataway-when-erasmus-hall-football-players-become-part-of-rutgers-family.html) [-Recruiting Black football players at Rutgers during America’s polarizing fight for social change](https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2021/11/recruiting-black-football-players-at-rutgers-during-americas-polarizing-fight-for-social-change.html) [-Cameroon, Canada, CHOP: He took the long route to Rutgers, but now he’s ‘home’](https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2022/07/from-cameroon-to-canada-to-rutgers-lb-dariel-djabome-took-an-unlikely-route-but-now-hes-home.html) [-Family, football & NFL dreams: N.J.’s top DBs, teammates & best friends — Bellamy & Gould](https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2021/05/family-rutgers-football-and-nfl-dreams-the-story-of-njs-top-db-recruits-and-best-friends-jaeden-gould-and-jayden-bellamy.html) [-Gavin Wimsatt, Rashad Rochelle became fast friends at QB camp, bring bond to Rutgers](https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2021/04/that-time-gavin-wimsatt-rashad-rochelle-competed-at-qb-camp-built-bond-before-choosing-rutgers.html) [-How Rutgers lured Kentucky’s Gavin Wimsatt, Greg Schiano’s star QB coup](https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2021/04/how-rutgers-football-family-won-over-gavin-wimsatt-the-scarlet-knights-best-ever-qb-recruit.html) [-Destiny, despair and perseverance: The story of Newark’s Shaquan Loyal, a Scarlet Knight](https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2020/11/destiny-loss-and-perseverance-the-story-of-newark-native-and-rutgers-commit-shaquan-loyal.html) [-Courage in the face of Camden Violence: ‘I have to get my mom & family out of here’](https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/03/rutgers-commit-alijah-clarks-courage-in-the-face-of-camden-violence-my-goal-is-to-get-my-mom-and-family-out-of-here.html) [-Inside look: How Rutgers coaxed Philly 4-star LB Anthony Johnson, an ‘old soul’](https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2021/02/the-inside-story-of-how-rutgers-landed-anthony-johnson-fran-brown-business-school-and-a-vision.html) [-The NJ.com Top 50, Sept.

Nebraska, which has had success with Anthony Grant all season, had a lethargic-looking first half as it pertained to the run game. By halftime, Nebraska had ...

And in no surprise, NU moved the chains — ultimately scoring their first touchdown of the game a few plays later. Then, another confusing one: Midway through the second quarter, Nebraska needed just 1 yard on a third-down play and Rutgers’ defense was scrambling. Nebraska was lucky the blocked punt wasn’t returned for a touchdown. But to borrow a mentality from Nebraska volleyball, sometimes you play ugly. No huddle, from the shotgun. The third explosive play was the worst of them all. Nebraska had the play — a screen pass — contained near the line of scrimmage. Nebraska picked things up in the third quarter, stifling Rutgers’ passing attack. Former Nebraska quarterback Noah Vedral had no issue on the first drive running the ball, which ended with his 21-yard rushing score — and No. Vedral targeted freshman Malcolm Hartzog on the play. The good: Completed 66.7% of his passes with two gorgeous touchdowns. The bad: two interceptions.

During halftime at the Oct. 7 football game Jaki Fesq and other early women marching band members will be honored.

Now, during halftime at the October 7 football game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Fesq and other early female members of the marching band will be honored as part of a celebration of women in athletics. “That was great and did a lot to ease the transition.” She even met her future husband, Bruce Haislip, a 1975 graduate of Rutgers College, during her marching band tenure. Fesq says many male band members griped about their female colleagues, convinced that women couldn’t hack striding down the field in their Big Ten high-step marching style or endure their high-energy pre-game and halftime shows. "Without them, I do not believe that there would have been a place for me as the first female band director in Rutgers history.” She arrived in New Brunswick fully intending to join the marching band.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights head coach Greg Schiano looks on before the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The Scarlet Knights nearly got the ball back with ...

You just need to find a way to way to press reset, get back to zero to find a way to execute the next mission, the next job." After that, they play a struggling Indiana team at home before going on the road to play Minnesota. It's the ultimate team sport and right now as the head coach I need to figure out with our staff to get that part of the team playing better, and to continue have the other two phases get better and better as we go." It was a questionable call, to say the least. "Certainly it's frustrating when you are playing well enough on one or two of the phases and not on the other," Schiano said. "So when he's the most healthy, he's the most experienced. Melton’s blocked punt led to a 25-yard field goal by Jude McAtamney after Vedral ran for one yard and then threw two incomplete passes (no one was open in the end zone on his second pass so he had to throw it away). Rutgers went three-and-out after Braswell’s interception, and then couldn’t take advantage of Melton’s either – although the officials didn’t help. The Scarlet Knights came into this game needing a victory after two straight defeats – both to top-tier defenses in Iowa and Ohio State. But Vedral didn’t play the last two series of the first half and was replaced by Simon. "We didn't take advantage of opportunities in the first half," Schiano said. Its stifling defense smothered Nebraska most of the night, creating golden chances for the offense.

Interim coach Mickey Joseph and the Cornhuskers absorbed multiple early shots from the Scarlet Knights, rallying in the second half thanks to an excellent ...

Here is a look at some of it. If the Huskers continue to show growth, their Big Ten West Division schedule will provide some opportunities. [Noah Vedral](//247sports.com/Player/Noah-Vedral-84509) lit up Nebraska's defense early while leading coach [Greg Schiano](//247sports.com/Coach/Greg-Schiano-546)'s team to a 13-0 halftime lead.

Finally, on a night when his team's quarterback rotation looked like the work of a coaching staff that had gone stark raving mad, Greg Schiano had to come ...

He won’t have to tell the fans that his team looks like it is headed in the wrong direction right now. The problem is, he was the one hired to make Rutgers football make sense again. He was the one who would have the answers. It is never wise to draw conclusions from heated in-game interactions — this is, after all, a high-stress environment — but it isn’t the first time the head coach has jawed at his play caller. Nebraska still had to punt despite the fresh set of downs, which only led to another Simon interception. He had 63 yards on 16 carries, and that doesn’t include a 21-yard touchdown run erased by a holding call. Let the defense try to win this game. Nebraska picked it off, and with field position deep in Rutgers territory, the mostly inept Cornhuskers needed just one good throw from quarterback Casey Thompson to take the lead. Not that it would have made this loss any easier to swallow. He also took a sack at the end of the second quarter that pushed the offense out of field-goal range. Kelsey Grammer was at the game, and fans were forgiven if they wished he could pretend to be Frasier Crane in the second half. He can grip the football sometimes.

Quarterback Evan Simon threw three interceptions as the Rutgers offense struggled in the second half. The Scarlet Knights had 263 yards of total offense in the ...

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Nebraska overcame a 13-point deficit with a pair of second-half touchdowns, as the Huskers captured a 14-13 road win at Rutgers on Friday night in ...

The Scarlet Knights had one last chance at the go-ahead score, taking over at their own 20-yard line with 1:03 left without any timeouts. It was Vokolek's first touchdown as a Husker and his first since he played for Rutgers in 2018. [Timmy Bleekrode](/roster.aspx?rp_id=43977) Nebraska's momentum was short-lived, as the Scarlet Knights picked off Thompson's pass attempt to Nebraska forced three turnovers and limited Rutgers to just 85 yards in a scoreless second half. [Travis Vokolek](/roster.aspx?rp_id=43879) [Trey Palmer](/roster.aspx?rp_id=43934) [Casey Thompson](/roster.aspx?rp_id=43936) Playing in their first road game the of the season, the Huskers totaled 304 yards compared to Rutgers' 348. [Anthony Grant](/roster.aspx?rp_id=43930) Friday night's comeback was the 24th comeback of 13 or more points in school history and the seventh in a Big Ten Conference game. The win was Nebraska's first victory when trailing after three quarters since the Huskers erased a 14-point deficit in a 42-38 win at Illinois on Sept.

Rutgers lost to Nebraska 14-13 · The Scarlet Knights played musical chairs at quarterback and gambled downfield with an interception-prone backup · “This is the ...

Noah Vedral’s comeback story should have ended with a postgame interview about how his stirring opening drive set the tone for a must-win. “It's not the way you want it as a head coach for sure, but you don't get to pick that.” Fingers are getting pointed at offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson, and the unit’s impotence is certainly his responsibility. With a lead, a defense playing lights-out and an elite punter pinning down a struggling team, the only thing Rutgers could not do was turn it over. Rescigno, you might recall, was Rutgers’ quarterback the last time the program won a Big Ten home game – Nov. He had it repaired and he has healed.