2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
2019 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	East Division
Record	2–10 (0–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Chris Ash (4th season; first 4 games); Nunzio Campanile (interim; remainder of season);
Offensive coordinator	John McNulty (2nd season; first 4 games); Nunzio Campanile (interim; remainder of season)
Offensive scheme	Power spread
Defensive coordinator	Andy Buh (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Noah Joseph (2nd season)
Base defense	Multiple
Home stadium	SHI Stadium
Uniform

2019 Big Ten Conference football standings

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
	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 31⁄3 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.

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]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll (East Division)
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

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.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:15 p.m.	UMass*	SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BTN	W 48–21	40,515
September 7	12:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	FS1	L 0–30	61,808
September 21	12:00 p.m.	Boston College*	SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BTN	L 16–30	32,217
September 28	12:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 0–52	110,662
October 5	12:00 p.m.	Maryland	SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BTN	L 7–48	30,185
October 12	12:00 p.m.	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 0–35	37,055
October 19	3:30 p.m.	No. 20 Minnesota	SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BTN	L 7–42	26,429
October 26	12:00 p.m.	Liberty*	SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BTN	W 44–34	23,058
November 2	3:30 p.m.	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	BTN	L 10–38	35,632
November 16	3:30 p.m.	No. 2 Ohio State	SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ	BTN	L 21–56	33,528
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Michigan State	SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ	FS1	L 0–27	24,641
November 30	3:30 p.m.	at No. 10 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	BTN	L 6–27	98,895
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 5) released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Source:^[4]

Game summaries

UMass

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

At Iowa

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

Boston College

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

At Michigan

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

Maryland

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

At Indiana

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

Minnesota

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

Liberty

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

At Illinois

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

Ohio State

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

Michigan State

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

At Penn State

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

Roster and Coaches

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

Chris Ash

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Andy Buh (Defensive coordinator/linebackers)
John McNulty (Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks)
Vince Okruch(Special teams coordinator/outside linebackers)
Noah Joseph (Co-defensive coordinator/safeties)
Corey Brown (Defensive line)
Nunzio Campanile (Tight ends)
Lester Erb (Wide receivers)
Peter Rossomando (Offensive line)
Kolby Smith (Running backs)
Jay Valai (Cornerbacks)
Kenny Parker (Head Strength and Conditioning)
Andrew DiRienzo (Offensive assistant)
Ross Douglas (Defensive Assistant)
Myles Nash (Defensive Assistant)
John Weiss (Offensive assistant)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 20, 2019

References

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

[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.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Venues	College Field (1869–1890) Neilson Field (1891–1938) Old Rutgers Stadium (1938–1992) Giants Stadium (alternate, 1976–1992, 1994-96; primary, 1993) SHI Stadium (1994–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Princeton
Culture & lore	Marching band First American football game (painting)
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold