2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

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2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Rutgers Scarlet Knights logo.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record2–10 (0–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator John McNulty (2nd season; first 4 games)
Nunzio Campanile (interim; remainder of season)
Offensive scheme Power spread
Defensive coordinatorAndy Buh (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorNoah Joseph (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadium SHI Stadium
Uniform
Rutgers knights football unif.png
Seasons
  2018
2020  
2019 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 3 Ohio State xy$^  9 0   13 1  
No. 9 Penn State  7 2   11 2  
No. 18 Michigan  6 3   9 4  
Indiana  5 4   8 5  
Michigan State  4 5   7 6  
Maryland  1 8   3 9  
Rutgers  0 9   2 10  
West Division
No. 11 Wisconsin xy  7 2   10 4  
No. 10 Minnesota x  7 2   11 2  
No. 15 Iowa  6 3   10 3  
Illinois  4 5   6 7  
Purdue  3 6   4 8  
Nebraska  3 6   5 7  
Northwestern  1 8   3 9  
Championship: Ohio State 34, Wisconsin 21
  • ^ College Football Playoff participant
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Scarlet Knights played their home games at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey and competed as members of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Ash. On September 29, 2019, Ash was fired after 313 seasons as head coach. He posted an overall record of 8–32 and 3–26 in Big Ten play. Nunzio Campanile was their interim head coach for the remainder of the season. They finished the season 2–10, 0–9 in Big Ten play to finish in last place in the East Division.

Contents

Offseason

Andy Buh was hired as defensive coordinator on January 21, 2019. [1] He had previously served in the same position for three years at Maryland. Henry Baker, who served as cornerbacks coach for Rutgers in 2017 but coached at North Carolina in 2018, was hired back as cornerbacks coach and passing game coordinator. [2]

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Although the Big Ten Conference has not held an official preseason poll since 2010, Cleveland.com has polled sports journalists representing all member schools as a de facto preseason media poll since 2011. For the 2019 poll, Rutgers was projected to finish in last in the East Division. [3]

Schedule

Rutgers' 2019 schedule began on August 30 with a non-conference game against UMass, a football independent. The Scarlet Knights' other non-conference games were against Boston College of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Liberty, also an independent at the time. In Big Ten Conference play, Rutgers played all members of the East Division as well as Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois from the West Division.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:15 p.m. UMass * BTN W 48–2140,515
September 712:00 p.m.at No. 20 Iowa FS1 L 0–3061,808
September 2112:00 p.m. Boston College *
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
BTNL 16–3032,217
September 2812:00 p.m.at No. 20 Michigan BTNL 0–52110,662
October 512:00 p.m. Maryland
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
BTNL 7–4830,185
October 1212:00 p.m.at Indiana BTNL 0–3537,055
October 193:30 p.m.No. 20 Minnesota Dagger-14-plain.png
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
BTNL 7–4226,429
October 2612:00 p.m. Liberty *
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
BTNW 44–3423,058
November 23:30 p.m.at Illinois BTNL 10–3835,632
November 163:30 p.m.No. 2 Ohio State
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
BTNL 21–5633,528
November 2312:00 p.m. Michigan State
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
FS1L 0–2724,641
November 303:30 p.m.at No. 10 Penn State BTNL 6–2798,895

Source: [4]

Game summaries

UMass

1234Total
Minutemen2100021
Scarlet Knights7313748

At Iowa

1234Total
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No. 20 Hawkeyes7137330

Boston College

1234Total
Eagles7107630
Scarlet Knights760316

At Michigan

1234Total
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No. 20 Wolverines1410141452

Maryland

1234Total
Terrapins72021048
Scarlet Knights07007

At Indiana

1234Total
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Hoosiers21014035

Minnesota

1234Total
No. 20 Golden Gophers7772142
Scarlet Knights00077

Liberty

1234Total
Flames14731034
Scarlet Knights71417644

At Illinois

1234Total
Scarlet Knights0100010
Fighting Illini10021738

Ohio State

1234Total
No. 2 Buckeyes211414756
Scarlet Knights707721

Michigan State

1234Total
Spartans1073727
Scarlet Knights00000

At Penn State

1234Total
Scarlet Knights30036
No. 10 Nittany Lions7061427

Roster and Coaches

2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 1 Isiah Pacheco So
RB 2 Raheem Blackshear Redshirt.svg  Jr
QB 3McLane Carter Redshirt.svg  Sr
RB 4Aaron YoungFr
WR 5Paul Woods Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 6Mohamed Jabbie Redshirt.svg  Jr
WR 7Hunter HayekJr
QB 8 Artur Sitkowski So
WR 9Tyler Hayek Redshirt.svg  So
TE 10Matt Alaimo Redshirt.svg  Fr
TE 11Johnathan Lewis Redshirt.svg  So
WR 12Jalen Jordan Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 13Prince Taylor Redshirt.svg  Jr
WR 14Everett WormleyJr
WR 15Shameen Jones Redshirt.svg  So
QB 16 Cole Snyder Fr
QB 17Johnny Langan Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 18 Bo Melton Jr
QB 19Austin Albericci Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 20Elijah Barnwell Redshirt.svg  So
WR 21Eddie LewisSo
RB 22 Kay'Ron Adams Fr
RB 33Parker Day Redshirt.svg  So
TE 35Jonathan Pimentel Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 40Joseph HayfordJr
TE 42Jake MalaneyFr
TE 45Brandon Myers Redshirt.svg  Fr
TE 48Ryan Cassidy Redshirt.svg  So
TE 49Kyle Penniston Redshirt.svg  Sr
OL 50Owen Bowles Redshirt.svg  So
OL 51Jamaal Beaty Redshirt.svg  So
OL 54Kamaal Seymour Redshirt.svg  Sr
OL 55Michael Maietti Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 57Zach Miseo Redshirt.svg  So
OL 59C. J. HansonFr
OL 60Omari CooperJr
OL 61Mike Lonsdorf Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 63Jim Onulak Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 64Jason LavignaFr
OL 66Nick Krimin Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 70Reggie Sutton Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 71 Raiqwon O'Neal Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 72Manny Taylor Redshirt.svg  Sr
OL 74Sam Howson Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 75Zach Venesky Redshirt.svg  Sr
OL 76Matt Rosso Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 77Sam VretmanJr
OL 78Liam Flite Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 79Anton OskarssonFr
WR 80Monterio HuntJr
WR 81Rich McDonaldSo
WR 82Christian DremelFr
WR 83Isaiah WashingtonFr
WR 84Cole Murphy Redshirt.svg  Sr
WR 85Daevon RobinsonSo
TE 86Cooper HeiseyFr
WR 87John GuaimanoFr
WR 88Stanley KingFr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 2Avery YoungSo
LB 3 Olakunle Fatukasi Jr
DB 4Tim Barrow Redshirt.svg  So
DB 5Kessawn AbrahamSo
LB 6Rashawn Battle Redshirt.svg  Jr
DL 7Elorm Lumor Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 8Tyshon FoggJr
LB 9 Tyreek Maddox-Williams Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 10Zukudo IgwenaguFr
LB 11Drew Singleton Redshirt.svg  So
DB 12 Christian Izien Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 13Amir ByrdFr
DB 14Jameer CampbellJr
WR 15Malik Dixon Redshirt.svg  Sr
LB 17Deion Jennings Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 17Zamir Mickens Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 19Calebe Silva Redshirt.svg  So
DB 21 Tre Avery Redshirt.svg  Jr
DB 22Damon HayesSr
DB 23Donald WilliamsFr
DB 24Naijee Jones Redshirt.svg  So
DB 25Jarrett PaulSo
LB 26C. J. Onyechi Redshirt.svg  So
DB 27Kobe Marfo Redshirt.svg  Sr
LB 28Aslan Pugh Redshirt.svg  Jr
DB 29Lawrence Stevens Redshirt.svg  Jr
DB 30Chris ContiFr
LB 31Johnny Yorey Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 32Rani Abdulaziz Redshirt.svg  So
DB 33Kyle LaPorte Redshirt.svg  Sr
DB 35Anthony Marshall Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 36Darius GoodenFr
DB 37T. J. RobinsonFr
LB 40Nihym Anderson Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 41Jack QuanderFr
LB 43Chike Nwankwo Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 44Brian UgwuFr
DL 45 Jamree Kromah Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 46Matt GibneyFr
DL 50Julius Turner Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 55Austin Rosa Redshirt.svg  Sr
DL 56Micah Clark Redshirt.svg  So
DL 57Jaohne Duggan Redshirt.svg  So
DL 58Mohamed ToureFr
DL 59Drew BethkeFr
DL 85Matt Thomas Redshirt.svg  Fr
DL 88 Brendan Bordner Redshirt.svg  So
DL 90Freddie RecioJr
DL 91Tijaun Mason Redshirt.svg  So
DL 93Jason Griggs Redshirt.svg  Jr
DL 95Devin BaldwinFr
DL 96Willington Previlon Redshirt.svg  Sr
DL 97Mike Tverdov Redshirt.svg  So
DL 98Robin Jutwreten Redshirt.svg  Fr
DL 99Malachi BurbyFr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 16Zach FeaglesJr
LS 46Brendan ShankJr
LS 47Billy TaylorJr
LS 56Donato CrisantiFr
LS 62Matthew Sportelli Redshirt.svg  Jr
P 91David BroncatiFr
P 94 Adam Korsak Redshirt.svg  Jr
K 95Justin DavidoviczJr
K 96Guy FavaFr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 20, 2019

References

  1. Deren, Bobby (January 21, 2019). "Andy Buh officially named Rutgers' new defensive coordinator". 247Sports.com.
  2. "Henry Baker Returns to Rutgers Football Staff". ScarletKnights.com. Rutgers University Athletics. December 17, 2018.
  3. Lesmerises, Doug (July 18, 2019). "Michigan named Big Ten football favorite in cleveland.com 2019 preseason poll". Cleveland.com.
  4. "2019 Rutgers Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 1, 2019.