2007 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
American college football season
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The 2007 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Greg Schiano.
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record8–5 (3–4 Big East)
Headcoach
- Greg Schiano (7th season)
OffensivecoordinatorJohn McNulty (2nd season)
| 2007 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football | |
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International Bowl champion | |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Record | 8–5 (3–4 Big East) |
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| Offensive coordinator | John McNulty (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro-style |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Rutgers Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 West Virginia $+ | 5 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut + | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17 Cincinnati | 4 | – | 3 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Florida | 4 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rutgers | 3 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For the first time in the history of Rutgers football, the team entered a season ranked—they were 16th in both the Associated Press and Coaches polls. The Scarlet Knights finished the season with an 8–5 record that included a 52–30 victory over the Ball State Cardinals in the 2008 International Bowl.[1] It marked the third consecutive appearance of the team in a post-season bowl game, and the second bowl game won by the team.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 30 | 7:00 pm | Buffalo* | No. 16 | ESPN Plus | W 38–3 | 43,091 | ||
| September 7 | 7:00 pm | Navy* | No. 15 |
| ESPN | W 41–24 | 43,514 | |
| September 15 | 3:30 pm | Norfolk State* | No. 13 |
| ESPN Plus | W 59–0 | 43,712 | [2] |
| September 29 | 3:30 pm | Maryland* | No. 10 |
| ABC | L 24–34 | 43,803 | |
| October 6 | 8:00 pm | No. 20 Cincinnati | No. 21 |
| ESPN2 | L 23–28 | 43,768 | |
| October 13 | 12:00 pm | at Syracuse | ESPN Plus | W 38–14 | 36,226 | |||
| October 18 | 7:45 pm | No. 2 South Florida |
| ESPN | W 30–27 | 44,267 | ||
| October 27 | 12:00 pm | No. 6 West Virginia | No. 25 |
| ABC | L 3–31 | 43,620 | |
| November 3 | 7:00 pm | at No. 16 Connecticut | ESPNU | L 19–38 | 40,000 | |||
| November 9 | 8:00 pm | at Army* | ESPN2 | W 41–6 | 39,073 | |||
| November 17 | 12:00 pm | Pittsburgh |
| ESPN Plus | W 20–16 | 43,531 | ||
| November 29 | 7:45 pm | at Louisville | ESPN | L 38–41 | 37,012 | |||
| January 5 | 12:00 pm | Ball State* | ESPN2 | W 52–30 | 31,455 | [3] | ||
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