2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

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.

2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record2–10 (0–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn McNulty (2nd season; first 4 games)
Nunzio Campanile (interim; remainder of season)
Offensive schemePower spread
Defensive coordinatorAndy Buh (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorNoah Joseph (2nd season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumSHI Stadium
Uniform
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

Offseason

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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

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Preseason Big Ten poll

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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]

Media poll (East Division)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Michigan 222 (20)
2 Ohio State 214 (14)
3 Michigan State 156
4 Penn State 154
5 Indiana 86.5
6 Maryland 82.5
7 Rutgers 37

Schedule

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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*BTNW 48–2140,515
September 712:00 p.m.at No. 20 IowaFS1L 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 MichiganBTNL 0–52110,662
October 512:00 p.m.Maryland
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
BTNL 7–4830,185
October 1212:00 p.m.at IndianaBTNL 0–3537,055
October 193:30 p.m.No. 20 Minnesota 
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
BTNL 7–4222,429
October 2612:00 p.m.Liberty*
  • SHI Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
BTNW 44–3423,058
November 23:30 p.m.at IllinoisBTNL 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 StateBTNL 6–2798,895

Source:[4]

Game summaries

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UMass

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1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 21 0 0 0 21
Scarlet Knights 7 31 3 7 48

At Iowa

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1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 0 0
No. 20 Hawkeyes 7 13 7 3 30

Boston College

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1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 10 7 6 30
Scarlet Knights 7 6 0 3 16

At Michigan

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1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 0 0
No. 20 Wolverines 14 10 14 14 52

Maryland

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1 2 3 4 Total
Terrapins 7 20 21 0 48
Scarlet Knights 0 7 0 0 7

At Indiana

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1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 0 0
Hoosiers 21 0 14 0 35

Minnesota

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Golden Gophers 7 7 7 21 42
Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 7 7

Liberty

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1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 14 7 3 10 34
Scarlet Knights 7 14 17 6 44

At Illinois

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1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 0 10 0 0 10
Fighting Illini 10 0 21 7 38

Ohio State

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Buckeyes 21 14 14 7 56
Scarlet Knights 7 0 7 7 21

Michigan State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 10 7 3 7 27
Scarlet Knights 0 0 0 0 0

At Penn State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Scarlet Knights 3 0 0 3 6
No. 10 Nittany Lions 7 0 6 14 27

Roster and Coaches

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2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 1 Isiah Pacheco So
RB 2 Raheem Blackshear   Jr
QB 3 McLane Carter   Sr
RB 4 Aaron Young Fr
WR 5 Paul Woods   Fr
WR 6 Mohamed Jabbie   Jr
WR 7 Hunter Hayek Jr
QB 8 Artur Sitkowski So
WR 9 Tyler Hayek   So
TE 10 Matt Alaimo   Fr
TE 11 Johnathan Lewis   So
WR 12 Jalen Jordan   Fr
WR 13 Prince Taylor   Jr
WR 14 Everett Wormley Jr
WR 15 Shameen Jones   So
QB 16 Cole Snyder Fr
QB 17 Johnny Langan   Fr
WR 18 Bo Melton Jr
QB 19 Austin Albericci   Fr
RB 20 Elijah Barnwell   So
WR 21 Eddie Lewis So
RB 22 Kay'Ron Adams Fr
RB 33 Parker Day   So
TE 35 Jonathan Pimentel   Fr
RB 40 Joseph Hayford Jr
TE 42 Jake Malaney Fr
TE 45 Brandon Myers   Fr
TE 48 Ryan Cassidy   So
TE 49 Kyle Penniston   Sr
OL 50 Owen Bowles   So
OL 51 Jamaal Beaty   So
OL 54 Kamaal Seymour   Sr
OL 55 Michael Maietti   Jr
OL 57 Zach Miseo   So
OL 59 C. J. Hanson Fr
OL 60 Omari Cooper Jr
OL 61 Mike Lonsdorf   Jr
OL 63 Jim Onulak   Jr
OL 64 Jason Lavigna Fr
OL 66 Nick Krimin   Jr
OL 70 Reggie Sutton   Fr
OL 71 Raiqwon O'Neal   Fr
OL 72 Manny Taylor   Sr
OL 74 Sam Howson   Jr
OL 75 Zach Venesky   Sr
OL 76 Matt Rosso   Fr
OL 77 Sam Vretman Jr
OL 78 Liam Flite   Fr
OL 79 Anton Oskarsson Fr
WR 80 Monterio Hunt Jr
WR 81 Rich McDonald So
WR 82 Christian Dremel Fr
WR 83 Isaiah Washington Fr
WR 84 Cole Murphy   Sr
WR 85 Daevon Robinson So
TE 86 Cooper Heisey Fr
WR 87 John Guaimano Fr
WR 88 Stanley King Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 2 Avery Young So
LB 3 Olakunle Fatukasi Jr
DB 4 Tim Barrow   So
DB 5 Kessawn Abraham So
LB 6 Rashawn Battle   Jr
DL 7 Elorm Lumor   Jr
LB 8 Tyshon Fogg Jr
LB 9 Tyreek Maddox-Williams   Jr
LB 10 Zukudo Igwenagu Fr
LB 11 Drew Singleton   So
DB 12 Christian Izien   Fr
DB 13 Amir Byrd Fr
DB 14 Jameer Campbell Jr
WR 15 Malik Dixon   Sr
LB 17 Deion Jennings   Fr
DB 17 Zamir Mickens   Fr
DB 19 Calebe Silva   So
DB 21 Tre Avery   Jr
DB 22 Damon Hayes Sr
DB 23 Donald Williams Fr
DB 24 Naijee Jones   So
DB 25 Jarrett Paul So
LB 26 C. J. Onyechi   So
DB 27 Kobe Marfo   Sr
LB 28 Aslan Pugh   Jr
DB 29 Lawrence Stevens   Jr
DB 30 Chris Conti Fr
LB 31 Johnny Yorey   Fr
DB 32 Rani Abdulaziz   So
DB 33 Kyle LaPorte   Sr
DB 35 Anthony Marshall   Fr
DB 36 Darius Gooden Fr
DB 37 T. J. Robinson Fr
LB 40 Nihym Anderson   Fr
LB 41 Jack Quander Fr
LB 43 Chike Nwankwo   Fr
LB 44 Brian Ugwu Fr
DL 45 Jamree Kromah   Fr
LB 46 Matt Gibney Fr
DL 50 Julius Turner   Jr
LB 55 Austin Rosa   Sr
DL 56 Micah Clark   So
DL 57 Jaohne Duggan   So
DL 58 Mohamed Toure Fr
DL 59 Drew Bethke Fr
DL 85 Matt Thomas   Fr
DL 88 Brendan Bordner   So
DL 90 Freddie Recio Jr
DL 91 Tijaun Mason   So
DL 93 Jason Griggs   Jr
DL 95 Devin Baldwin Fr
DL 96 Willington Previlon   Sr
DL 97 Mike Tverdov   So
DL 98 Robin Jutwreten   Fr
DL 99 Malachi Burby Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 16 Zach Feagles Jr
LS 46 Brendan Shank Jr
LS 47 Billy Taylor Jr
LS 56 Donato Crisanti Fr
LS 62 Matthew Sportelli   Jr
P 91 David Broncati Fr
P 94 Adam Korsak   Jr
K 95 Justin Davidovicz Jr
K 96 Guy Fava Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 20, 2019

References

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  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.