RUTGERS (4-5, 1-5) at INDIANA (2-7, 0-6)
November 13, 2021 • 12:01 p.m. ET • Big Ten Network
Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Ind.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers football plays on the road for the third time in four games with a trip to Indiana to face the Hoosiers Saturday at noon. The Scarlet Knights won their previous Big Ten away game at Illinois and are 5-3 on the road since 2020.
The game will broadcast on Big Ten Network. Viewers can find the channel through
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New Jersey listing. The FOX Sports App will also stream the game.
TV: Big Ten Network (FOX Sports App)
Play-By-Play: Cory Provus
Analyst: Matt Millen
Reporter: Elise Menaker
Radio: RWJBarnabas Health Rutgers Sports Network
FOX Sports New Jersey 93.5-FM & 1450-AM, WOR 710-AM, XM 387, Scarlet Knights App
Play-By-Play: Chris Carlin
Analyst: Julian Pinnix-Odrick
Sideline: Anthony Fucilli
Engineer: Paul Shrager
Pre/Post: Marc Malusis & Eric LeGrand
Student Radio: WRSU 88.7-FM
Dylan Allen & Dennis Geissler
- Rutgers is 4-0 this season when committing no turnovers and when permitting less than 20 points. The Scarlet Knights last had four games in a season with no turnovers in 2009 (five games).
- Rutgers ranks first nationally in net punt (46.0) and 13th in third down defense (31.4 percent).
- LS Billy Taylor and DL Julius Turner hold the program record with 54 career games played.
- Head coach Greg Schiano is second in program history with 75 wins leading the Scarlet Knights. Frank Burns holds the record (78).
- DB Avery Young hauled in an interception on the opening series, but Wisconsin answered with one of their own and scored a touchdown. The Badgers, ranked No. 21 in the College Football Playoff poll, added 24 points in the second quarter on the way to a 52-3 win.
- Rutgers allowed one or no sacks in 5-of-9 games, topping 300 yards of total offense in 6-of-9 games.
- Rutgers has gone for it on fourth down 29 times, the most in the Big Ten and sixth nationally. The Scarlet Knights have 12 conversions.
- QB Noah Vedral has 19 completions this season of at least 20 yards and has rushed for 239 yards.
- RB Isaih Pacheco moved to ninth in program history with 2,270 career rushing yards on 520 attempts.
- WR Bo Melton has six games this season with at least five receptions, ranking seventh in the school record book in career receptions (152) and 13th in career receiving yards (1,860). He is one of 11 players in program history with at least five games of 100 or more receiving yards.
- Rutgers ranks 13th nationally holding opponents to 31.4 percent on third down.
- Rutgers has allowed just 10 points in the fourth quarter this season.
- LB Olakunle Fatukasi, named one of 16 semifinalists for the Butkus Award, ranks 10th nationally and second in the Big Ten with 9.9 tackles per game. One of 12 players in program history to reach 300 career tackles, he is at 302 and needs 21 to move into the top-10 list.
- DL Julius Turner is up to 19.5 career tackles-for-loss and leads the defense with 40 starts.
- DB Avery Young paces the roster with 20 career passes defended (18 breakups, two interceptions).
- Rutgers leads the nation with a net punt of 46.0, which would be a school record for a season.
- P Adam Korsak has had 99 consecutive punts without a touchback, the longest active streak nationally. He has downed 26 inside the 20 with four settling at the 1-yard line. Opposing punt returners have had a return of less than four yards 45-of-47 attempts, with 42 for zero yards or less.
- Rutgers scored its fourth special teams touchdown since 2020 against Delaware on a 62-yard punt return by WR Aron Cruickshank. It was his fifth career kick return score (four kickoff, one punt), needing three to tie the NCAA record.
- Rutgers has blocked 61 kicks under Schiano.
- PK Valentino Ambrosio is 10-for-14 on field goals with seven career games with multiple makes.
- Saturday will mark the eighth meeting on the gridiron between Rutgers and Indiana since first playing in 2014. The Scarlet Knights won the first two matchups, while the Hoosiers have taken the last five.
- Rutgers won the first game in 2014 by the score of 45-23, its largest margin of victory over a Big Ten opponent since joining the conference.
- In the 2015 meeting in Bloomington, Rutgers tied its school record with a 25-point comeback in a 55-52 victory that featured 1,223 combined yards of total offense. The 55 points are the most scored by Rutgers in a Big Ten game since joining the conference. Rutgers rallied for 28 unanswered points to end the game, as Kyle Federico hit a 26-yard field as time expired.
- Last year at SHI Stadium, Rutgers made it a 23-15 game in the third quarter, but No. 17 Indiana responded with a pair of touchdowns to take a 37-21 victory. WR Bo Melton had his first career multi-score game. Defensively, LB Olakunle Fatukasi notched 14 tackles with 2.5 for loss.
- Rutgers game highs versus Indiana:
- Rushing Yards: Robert Martin, 124 (2015)
- Passing Yards: Chris Laviano, 386 (2015)
- Receiving Yards: Leonte Carroo, 157 (2015)
