Rutgers University Athletics

1978 Garden State Bowl: Arizona State 34, Rutgers 18
2005 Insight Bowl: Arizona State 45, Rutgers 40
2006 Texas Bowl: Rutgers 37, Kansas State 10
2008 International Bowl: Rutgers 52, Ball State 30
2008 PapaJohns.com Bowl: Rutgers 29, NC State 23
2009 St. Petersburg Bowl: Rutgers 45, UCF 24
2011 New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Rutgers 27, Iowa State 13
2012 Russell Athletic Bowl: Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10 (OT)
2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl: Notre Dame 29, Rutgers 16
2014 Quick Lane Bowl: Rutgers 40, North Carolina 21
2021 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl: Wake Forest 38, Rutgers 10
2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl: Rutgers 31, Miami 24
2024 Rate Bowl: Kansas State 44, Rutgers 41

2024 RATE BOWL
Kansas State 44, Rutgers 41
Dec. 26, 2024 • Phoenix, Ariz.
Chase Field • Attendance: 21,659 • STATS

PHOENIX – Rutgers football (7-6) lost to Kansas State (9-4), 44-41, in the 2024 Rate Bowl at Chase Field.

RB Antwan Raymond finished with 113 rushing yards on 18 carries with three touchdowns, while RB Ja'shon Benjamin added a rushing and receiving score. QB Athan Kaliakmanis completed 14 passes for 237 yards and a touchdown. WR Ian Strong finished with a game-high 105 receiving yards on five receptions. On defense, DB Robert Longerbeam recorded his fifth career interception with seven tackles. LB Tyreem Powell posted a game-high eight stops, while DB Shaquan Loyal contributed seven tackles and a sack. PK Jai Patel finished 2-of-2 on field goal attempts, converting 48 and 31-yard attempts to end the season with 13 consecutive makes.

Kansas State put a field goal on the board before Rutgers responded with its first scoring drive of the game. Raymond capped a 13-play, 75-yard scoring drive with a one-yard touchdown run, giving the Scarlet Knights a 7-3 lead with 4:15 left in the opening quarter. The Wildcats finished their first touchdown drive at the 14:56 mark in the second quarter, as quarterback Avery Johnson took a two-yard keeper into the end zone to give KSU a 10-7 lead. Three plays later, Kaliakmanis found Strong for a 60-yard pass to set up a 31-yard field goal from Patel. Patel's conversion tied the score at 10 with 12:55 left before halftime. Kansas State responded with another field goal to tie before RU added its second touchdown of the day. Raymond gutted the Wildcats defense with a 65-yard rush, followed by a three-yard touchdown run from Benjamin. His first score of the season gave the lead back to Rutgers with 9:31 on the game clock.

The back-and-forth second quarter continued after KSU countered with a touchdown on its next drive. Rutgers followed with yet another scoring drive, as Raymond added his second rushing touchdown – this one from 24 yards out – to regain the lead for the Scarlet Knights at 24-17 with 4:45 left before the midpoint. RU recorded its first takeaway of the day two minutes later thanks to Longerbeam, who intercepted Johnson in Rutgers territory to keep the Wildcats out of the end zone. The turnover set up the Scarlet Knights' final score before halftime, with Patel drilling a 48-yard attempt to give Rutgers a 27-17 lead heading into the locker room.

The Scarlet Knights' defense held Kansas State off the board during its first possession of the second half and countered with a 10-play, 64-yard scoring drive. Benjamin churned out a 15-yard rush and hauled in a seven-yard touchdown reception from Kaliakmanis, putting RU up 34-17 with 8:57 left in the third quarter. Kansas State added touchdowns on its following two possessions but failed on back-to-back two-point conversion attempts to make it 34-29 in favor of RU at the 3:39 mark. Rutgers forced the Wildcats to punt on their next possession, as WR Christian Dremel tallied a career-long 67-yard return deep into KSU territory to end the quarter. RU took advantage of the flipped field, with Raymond crossing the goal line for the third time to extend the Scarlet Knights' lead. The score made it 41-29 with 14:02 left in the game. Raymond also had a 16-yard reception during the short scoring drive to set up the score. Back-to-back touchdowns, including one with 4:15 remaining, gave Kansas State back the lead, 44-41. After the Scarlet Knights turned it over on downs on their ensuing possession, the Wildcats converted a third down and knelt out the victory.

2023 BAD BOY MOWERS PINSTRIPE BOWL
Rutgers 31, Miami 24
Dec. 28, 2023 • Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee Stadium • Attendance: 35,314 • STATS

BRONX, N.Y. – Rutgers football (7-6) defeated Miami (7-6), 31-24, on Thursday at the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl. It marked the program's seventh bowl championship, sixth under head coach Greg Schiano and second victory in the Pinstripe Bowl, as the Scarlet Knights secured their first winning season since 2014.

Down 17-14 with just over 10 minutes left in the third quarter, RU scored 17 unanswered points to collect the win over the Hurricanes. DB Trevor Yeboah-Kodie blocked a punt at Miami's one-yard line, which was recovered by DB Timmy Ward in the end zone for a touchdown, while QB Gavin Wimsatt's second rushing score of the day and a 35-yard field goal from PK Jai Patel helped Rutgers to the come-from-behind victory.

RB Kyle Monangai earned the game's MVP trophy after he finished with 25 carries for 163 yards and a touchdown. It was the seventh 100-yard rushing game for Monangai, who finished the season with 1,262 yards on the ground.

LB Deion Jennings led the defense with nine tackles and one for loss, LB Mohamed Toure added eight tackles, two tackles-for-loss and a sack, while freshman LB Abram Wright recorded his first career interception.

2021 TAXSLAYER GATOR BOWL
No. 17 Wake Forest 38, Rutgers 10
Dec. 31, 2021 • Jacksonville, Fla.
TIAA Bank Field • Attendance: 28,508 • STATS

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Competing in the postseason for the first time since 2014, Rutgers football (5-8) lost to No. 20 Wake Forest (11-3), 38-10, in the 77th TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, held at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. With the 2021 bowl season impacted by the pandemic, the Scarlet Knights put together a roster to compete on just nine days' notice after it was selected to compete in the prestigious Gator Bowl, the sixth-oldest bowl game, on Dec. 23.

Quarterback Johnny Langan earned Rutgers' MVP for the game with 57 receiving yards on a career-high six receptions, 20 rushing yards and two completions for 21 yards. Running back Aaron Young scored his team-leading sixth touchdown of the season on the team's opening possession and quarterback Gavin Wimsatt produced a team-long 32-yard rush. Five different Scarlet Knights attempted a pass in the game.

On defense, Mohamed Toure (1.5), Desmond Igbinosun (1.0) and Drew Singleton (0.5) all contributed sacks, while Kessawn Abraham led the way with two passes batted away. RU posted eight tackles-for-loss, including one to force a fumble by Igbinosun. Toure recorded a team-high seven tackles to match his career high.

After Wake Forest found the end zone on its first possession, Rutgers responded with an 11-play, 75-yard scoring drive of its own. Quarterback Noah Vedral completed long third-down completions to Matt Alaimo, Jovani Haskins and Joshua Youngblood to set up a 12-yard touchdown run by Young with 5:11 left in the quarter. The Demon Deacons would add another touchdown for a 14-7 advantage at the end of one. The Scarlet Knights marched into enemy territory on their following possession to open the second quarter. Wide receiver Isaiah Washington threw across the field to Johnny Langan for a 27-yard gain, while placekicker Valentino Ambrosio drilled a 28-yard field goal four plays later to make it 14-10 with 12:02 left in the quarter. RU's defense held strong for the remainder of the first half, as it allowed just two field goals from Wake Forest's Nick Sciba before the break. Rutgers ended with 192 yards of total offense in the first two quarters and trailed just 20-10 at halftime.

In the second half, Rutgers once again held Wake Forest to just a field goal after the Demon Deacons entered the red zone. Sciba connected from 23-yards out to extend Wake Forest's lead to 23-10 with just over six minutes to play in the third quarter. Both teams would keep one another off the scoreboard for the remainder of the quarter. The Demon Deacons added two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to secure the win.

2014 QUICK LANE BOWL
Rutgers 40, North Carolina 21
Dec. 26, 2014 • Detroit, Mich.
Ford Field • Attendance: 23,876 • STATS

DETROIT – In control from the outset, Rutgers thoroughly dominated North Carolina, 40-21, in the Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field, turning in one of its stronger performances of the year to finish the 2014 campaign at 8-5.

Quarterback Gary Nova threw two touchdown passes, freshmen running backs Josh Hicks and Robert Martin proved to be a dynamic 1-2 punch in the running game, with each topping 100 yards rushing, and the Scarlet Knights' defense quieted the most productive offense in North Carolina history for all but the final 6:45 of the game. The Scarlet Knights jumped out to a 23-0 lead at halftime, sparked by a 34-yard touchdown pass from Nova to Andre Patton on the first drive of the game. Hicks and Martin both added rushing scores to pad the lead, with Kyle Federico connecting from 19 yards away with 11 seconds left in the second quarter. Nova, who finished 9-of-20 for 184 yards, pushed the Scarlet Knights' 23-0 halftime lead to 30-7 with his second touchdown pass - this one a 34-yard strike to Andrew Turzilli - with 7:33 left in the third quarter.

The advantage grew to 37-7 on Martin's 28-yard touchdown run with 14:11 to play. Federico tacked on a 31-yard field goal with 10:04 remaining to make it 40-7. Martin and Hicks joined Ray Rice (three times) and Jawan Jamison as the only Rutgers backs to rush for 100 yards in a bowl game. Martin (19 carries for 100 yards and two touchdowns) and Hicks (202 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries) also joined Rice as the only true freshmen to reach 100 in a bowl for the Scarlet Knights. Hicks was named MVP of the game for his efforts. The rushing totals for both Martin and Hicks were career highs, with Rutgers' 340 rushing yards overall the most in program history in a bowl game and the highest total of the season.

2013 NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL
No. 25 Notre Dame 29, Rutgers 16
Dec. 28, 2013 • Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee Stadium • Attendance: 47,122 • STATS

BRONX, N.Y. – A 47-yard field goal by Kyle Federico brought Rutgers within three with less than nine minutes remaining, but 10 unanswered points by Notre Dame iced the contest, as the Irish defeated the Scarlet Knights, 29-16, in the 2013 Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. It was the eighth bowl trip in nine seasons for Rutgers.

A Pinstripe Bowl record crowd of 47,122 watched a back-and-forth affair for the majority of the contest, with neither team leading by more than one possession until late in the fourth quarter. Brandon Coleman led RU in receiving with two catches for 65 yards and a touchdown, while Paul James logged 48 yards on 10 rushing attempts. Coleman’s touchdown late in the first quarter was the 20th of his career, tying him for the school record. Federico converted all three of his field goal attempts.

2012 RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL
Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10 (OT)
Dec. 28, 2012 • Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl • Attendance: 48,127 • STATS

ORLANDO – Rutgers saw its 2012 season come to an end with a 13-10 overtime loss to Virginia Tech in the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando. The loss ended the Scarlet Knights’ bowl win streak at five, which had previously been the longest active streak in the nation.

In the 15th meeting between the two squads, Rutgers held a 10-0 lead heading into the fourth quarter. The Scarlet Knights scored first on a ball that was snapped over Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas and recovered in the end zone by Rutgers linebacker Khaseem Greene on the opening drive. An RU field goal by Nick Borgese late in the opening quarter would be the final points until the last stanza. In the fourth, the Hokies were able to tie it up. In the first overtime possession, the Hokies settled for a 22-yard field goal to take a 13-10 lead. Rutgers had a possession to answer, but after going three-and-out, Borgese missed wide-right on a 42-yard field goal attempt to end the game. Rutgers finished the year 9-4 and earned a share of the school’s first Big East Championship.

2011 NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL
Rutgers 27, Iowa State 13
Dec. 30, 2011 • Bronx, N.Y.
Yankee Stadium • Attendance: 38,328 • STATS

BRONX, N.Y. – Chas Dodd hit Brandon Coleman for an 86-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter and Jawan Jamison ran for two scores to lead Rutgers over Iowa State, 27-13, in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. The Scarlet Knights ran their bowl winning streak to five and improved to 2-0 this season at Yankee Stadium, where they beat Army earlier in the season. Rutgers, which played in one bowl game before 2005, is 5-1 in the postseason since that season. The Cyclones finished the season on a three-game losing streak, their last win coming on Nov. 18 in Ames, Iowa, when they pulled off the biggest upset of the season against No. 2 Oklahoma State.

In this game, Steele Jantz relieved Barnett in the second quarter and helped pull the Cyclones within 20-13 in the fourth on Jeff Woody’s 20-yard touchdown run with 10:00 left. After an exchange of punts left Rutgers deep in its own end, Dodd went deep to Coleman. The 6-foot-6 redshirt freshman went over 5-7 cornerback Jeremy Reeves, then outran the corner to the end zone to make it 27-13 with 5:47 left. It was Coleman’s only catch, but it turned out to be the play of the game. Jamison, another redshirt freshman giving Rutgers fans hope for more bowls to come, finished with 131 yards on 27 carries.

2009 ST. PETERSBURG BOWL
Rutgers 45, Central Florida 24
Dec. 19, 2009 • St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tropicana Field • Attendance: 28,793 • STATS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Rutgers capped off its fifth-straight bowl appearance with its fourth-consecutive bowl victory, defeating Central Florida, 45-24, in the 2009 St. Petersburg Bowl at Tropicana Field. The Scarlet Knights showed a great display of balance in all three phases of the game, recording touchdowns on offensive, defensive and special teams. RU ended the night with two rushing touchdowns, two passing touchdowns, one interception and one kickoff returned for scores.

Rutgers gained 380 yards of total offense behind a career passing day from freshman quarterback Tom Savage who completed 14-of-27 passes for 294 yards and two touchdowns. Fellow true freshman Mohamed Sanu also enjoyed a career-best evening as he accounted for three of RU's five touchdowns. Sanu had 13 carries for 41 yards and a pair of touchdowns, in addition to catching four passes for 97 yards and a touchdown. For his performance Sanu was awarded the Most Outstanding Player trophy, joining past bowl honorees Ray Rice (2006 Texas Bowl, 2008 International Bowl) and Mike Teel (2008 PapaJohns.com Bowl).

2008 PAPAJOHNS.COM BOWL
RUTGERS 29, NC STATE 23
Dec. 29, 2008 • Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field • Attendance: 38,582 • STATS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Fitting that Rutgers would end the 2008 season with a come-from-behind win. After winning only one of their first six games, Mike Teel and the Scarlet Knights erased an 11-point second half deficit to defeat North Carolina State in the PapaJohns.com Bowl, 29-23.

Leading the comeback -- as he did all season -- was Teel, who passed for 319 yards and two touchdowns, including a 42-yard scoring toss to Kenny Britt to give the Scarlet Knights the lead for good in the fourth quarter. Teel's pass to Britt with 8:30 to play proved to be the winning touchdown. Britt, a third-team All-American, made a juggling catch as he crossed the goal line and finished with six catches for 119 yards. Teel, a senior, was the game's most valuable player. He ended his career on a seven-game winning streak.

NC State held a 17-6 halftime edge, led by quarterback Russell Wilson who was 11-for-23 for 186 yards and a score. But Wilson left the game with a strained knee late in the first half and did not return. The Scarlet Knights scored 10 consecutive points in the third quarter on a 31-yard field goal by San San Te and an 11-yard pass from Teel to Tiquan Underwood. Rutgers took a 19-17 lead with 13:31 to play on a 28-yard field by Te after a 10-play 70-yard drive. The Wolfpack came right back as reserve quarterback Daniel Evans drove them 64 yards in eight plays and hit Anthony Hill with a 16-yard touchdown pass to give NC State a 23-19 lead. But it was only two plays later when Teel hit Britt for the go-ahead score.

2008 INTERNATIONAL BOWL
Rutgers 52, Ball State 30
Jan. 5, 2008 • Toronto, Canada
Rogers Centre • Attendance: 31,455 • STATS

TORONTO – In its third-consecutive bowl game, Rutgers pulled off another program milestone with its second-straight postseason victory as the Scarlet Knights defeated Ball State, 52-30. Ray Rice had one of the finest individual outings in college football history, rushing for a career-high 280 yards and four touchdowns en route to being named the International Bowl's Most Valuable Player, his second-consecutive MVP honor in a bowl game. Rice's 280 yards were the third-most rushing yards in NCAA bowl history. He entered the game with 1,732 yards on the ground and ended his season with 2,012 yards rushing to become the 13th player in NCAA history to amass more than 2,000 yards. The rushing total also set a Big East and school single-season record. The 52 points scored were the most in Rutgers' bowl history. Including both individual and team marks, RU set a total of nine bowl records at the International Bowl.

2006 TEXAS BOWL
No. 16 Rutgers 37, Kansas State 10
Dec. 28, 2006 • Houston, Texas
Reliant Stadium • Attendance: 52,210 • STATS

HOUSTON – Rutgers' most memorable season ended with another milestone victory. Ray Rice rushed for 170 yards and a touchdown and Tim Brown caught two touchdown passes, and the 16th-ranked Scarlet Knights won a bowl game for the first time, beating Kansas State in the Texas Bowl, 37-10.

Linebacker Quintero Frierson returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage of the second half and Rutgers cruised from there, earning an 11th victory for the second time in the school's history. Rice was named the game's Most Valuable Player after topping 100 yards for the 10th time this season and the 15th time in 25 career games. The 5-foot-9, 195-pound sophomore went over 150 yards for the fifth time this season.

The Scarlet Knights' seventh-ranked defense manhandled Kansas State's offense, holding the Wildcats to 160 total yards and six first downs. Freshman quarterback Josh Freeman finished 10-for-21 for 124 yards with two interceptions. Kansas State mustered only 94 yards after Frierson's return of Freeman's first interception put Rutgers up 24-10 only 33 seconds out of halftime.

2005 INSIGHT BOWL
Arizona State 45, Rutgers 40
Dec. 27, 2005 • Phoenix, Ariz.
Chase Field • Attendance: 43,536 • STATS 

PHOENIX – In a Wild West shootout staged at Phoenix's Chase Stadium, Rutgers fell just short of the program's first bowl victory, losing to Arizona State, 45-40, at the Insight Bowl. RU scored the game’s first touchdown on a pass from Ryan Hart to Clark Harris, but ASU quickly responded with a TD of its own, evening the game at 7-7. Both teams traded a number of scores, but back-to-back touchdowns in the fourth quarter helped ASU to a 45-33 lead and the eventual victory. Rutgers engineered a 63-yard touchdown drive in the final 51 seconds, but it was not enough as the Sun Devils held on for the 45-40 win.

1978 GARDEN STATE BOWL
Arizona State 34, Rutgers 18
Dec. 16, 1978 • East Rutherford, N.J.
Giants Stadium • Attendance: 33,402

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – In its first postseason action in program history, Rutgers faced Arizona State at Giants Stadium in the inaugural Garden State Bowl in 1978. The Scarlet Knights pulled ahead in the first half on a touchdown by David Dorn and field goal from Kennan Startzell to take a 10-0 lead. However, the Sun Devils closed the gap just before the end of the first half when Mark Malone found Bob Weathers in the end zone. In the third quarter, Arizona State claimed the lead with two Malone touchdown passes and in the final quarter added another score with a rushing touchdown to make the score 28-10. Ted Blackwell brought the Scarlet Knights to within 10 points with his five-yard rushing touchdown and successful two-point conversion. Rutgers had a final chance to take over the game when an offside kick came bouncing its way, but an offside flag on the kickoff erased the Scarlet Knights' good fortune. Arizona State tacked on two touchdowns to secure the 34-18 victory.