Rutgers Accepts Bid to PapaJohns.com Bowl vs. NC State
Dec 07 | Football
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - For the first time in school history, Rutgers will play in a bowl game for the fourth consecutive season as the Scarlet Knights officially accepted a bid to the PapaJohns.com Bowl Sunday. The Scarlet Knights will face NC State (6-6, 4-4) of the Atlantic Coast Conference Monday, December 29 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. with live television coverage on ESPN.
It will be the first meeting on the gridiron between Rutgers and NC State in the PapaJohns.com Bowl.
"It's exciting to be going to our fourth consecutive bowl game and having the opportunity for this program to continue to move in the right direction," said Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano. "We are excited to be playing in the PapaJohns.com Bowl. To be playing football after game 12 is a great achievement anytime, especially the way this season started."
The Scarlet Knights (7-5, 5-2 BIG EAST) ended the regular season tied for second in the BIG EAST Conference.
Rutgers has won six consecutive games and is just the seventh team in NCAA history to play in a bowl game after starting the season 1-5. The Scarlet Knights are also one of five teams from a BCS conference to have a current winning streak of six games or more.
Rutgers will play a football game in the State of Alabama for the third time in school history and for the first time since Nov. 6, 1982 at Auburn. The Scarlet Knights also played at Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Oct. 24, 1981.
Tickets are available online (RutgersBowl.com), by phone (1-866-445-GORU) and in-person at the Rutgers Ticket Office. Tickets are priced at $40. Travel information will be available soon at RutgersBowl.com.
For more information on Birmingham and the bowl game, visit www.papajohnsbowl.com.
