NOTES

• Rutgers improved to 2-0 for the fourth straight season, last achieving the feat from 1958-61.
• Rutgers improved to 2-0 all-time versus Akron and 13-5-1 against teams currently in the MAC. The Scarlet Knights previously beat the Zips, 20-17, in 1990.
• Rutgers has won nine consecutive non-conference games and 13 of the last 14. The Scarlet Knights are now 52-20 overall in such games under head coach Greg Schiano.
• Rutgers is now 11-3 in September games since 2021.
• Rutgers scored at least 40 points in each of the first two games of the season for the first time in program history.
• Rutgers allowed no sacks, its sixth such game since 2023 and second in a row.
• Rutgers has rushed for 614 yards through two games.
• Rutgers scored a touchdown on all six trips to the red zone and in 11-of-13 to start the season.
• Rutgers has recorded a takeaway in 10 consecutive games dating back to last season.
• Rutgers improved to 65-34 under Schiano when scoring first, 21-2 when scoring at least 40 points, 63-6 when allowing less than 20 points, 67-12 when producing more rushing yards and 11-4 when totaling 500 or more yards of total offense.
• RB Kyle Monangai rushed for a career-high 208 yards, tying for the 10th-best mark in a game in school history. He became the first Scarlet Knight to reach 200 rushing yards in a game since Josh Hicks totaled 202 versus North Carolina in the 2014 Quick Lane Bowl. The total also marked Monangai's fourth straight 100-yard game dating back to 2023, the best RU streak since Jawan Jamison had six consecutive games from 2011-12. He also now has six games with 150 or more yards.
• Monangai rushed for three touchdowns, his second career such game and third with multiple rushing scores. He now has 18 career rushing touchdowns, four away from moving into the program's top-10 list.
• Monangai recorded a career-long 62-yard carry.
• Monangai is up to 373 rushing yards through two games, the best start to season by a Scarlet Knight this century on the ground. He did not take a carry in the fourth quarter in either game.
• Monangai moved into the top-10 on Rutgers career rushing leaderboard, now sitting ninth with 2,315 yards.
• QB Athan Kaliakmanis completed three touchdown passes for the second consecutive game, the first Scarlet Knight to achieve the feat since Chris Laviano in 2015 (Michigan State, Indiana). One of the scoring passes went for 58 yards, his career-long completion.
• Kaliakmanis' six touchdown passes are the most for a Rutgers quarterback through two games since Gary Nova reached the mark in 2014. Overall, it was Kaliakmanis' fourth career game with three touchdown passes.
• Kaliakmanis' 230 passing yards and Monangai's 208 rushing yards marked the first time the Scarlet Knights had a player reach 200 in both categories in a game since Mike Teel (303 passing) and Ray Rice (280 rushing) both reached the number in the 2008 International Bowl versus Ball State.
• WR Chris Long led the team with a career-high 87 receiving yards on four receptions, adding his second collegiate touchdown on a 58-yard catch.
• WR KJ Duff scored his first career touchdown.
• TE Kenny Fletcher scored his second receiving touchdown in as many weeks. The last RU tight end to achieve the feat was Matt Flanagan in 2015 (Norfolk State, Washington State).
• RB Antwan Raymond has scored a rushing touchdown in each of his first two collegiate games.
• DB Shaquan Loyal recorded his third career interception.
• P Jakob Anderson has pinned three of his first four career punts inside the 20.
• Collegiate debut (2): DL David Onuoha, DL JaSiré Peterson
• Rutgers debut (3): QB Dino Kaliakmanis, DL David Onuoha, DL JaSiré Peterson
• Consecutive games played: DL Kyonte Hamilton (40), OL Hollin Pierce (40), OL Shedrick Rhodes Jr. (39), DL Malcolm Ray (36), WR Christian Dremel (31)