List of Rutgers Scarlet Knights football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football program since the team's conception in 1869. The program competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Scarlet Knights have participated in over 1,400 officially sanctioned games, including 11 bowl games.[1] Rutgers originally competed as a football independent and competed in multiple conferences, most recently joining the Big Ten Conference in 2014.[2]

Seasons

YearCoachOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffsCoaches#AP°
Independent (1869–1890)
1869No coach1–1
1870No coach1–1
1871No team
1872No coach1–1–1
1873No coach1–2
1874No coach1–3
1875No coach1–1–1
1876No coach1–0
1877No coach1–2
1878No coach1–2–1
1879No coach2–1–2
1880No coach1–2
1881No coach2–3–1
1882No coach6–4
1883No coach1–6
1884No coach3–4
1885No coach0–1
1886No coach1–3
1887No coach2–6
1888No coach1–7–1
1889No coach1–4
1890No coach5–5–1
William Ayres Reynolds (Independent) (1891)
1891William Ayres Reynolds8–6
Independent (1892–1894)
1892No coach3–5–1
1893No coach0–4
1894No coach4–6
H. W. Ambruster (Independent) (1895)
1895H. W. Ambruster3–4
John C. B. Pendleton (Independent) (1896–1897)
1896John C. B. Pendleton6–6
1897John C. B. Pendleton2–7
William V. B. Van Dyck (Independent) (1898–1899)
1898William V. B. Van Dyck1–6–1
1899William V. B. Van Dyck2–9
Michael F. Daly (Independent) (1900)
1900Michael F. Daly4–4
Arthur P. Robinson (Independent) (1901)
1901Arthur P. Robinson0–7
Henry Van Hoevenberg (Independent) (1902)
1902Henry Van Hoevenberg3–7
Oliver D. Mann (Independent) (1903)
1903Oliver D. Mann4–4–1
Alfred Ellet Hitchner (Independent) (1904)
1904Alfred Ellet Hitchner1–6–2
Oliver D. Mann (Independent) (1905)
1905Oliver D. Mann3–6
Frank Gorton (Independent) (1906–1907)
1906Frank Gorton5–2–2
1907Frank Gorton3–5–1
Joseph Smith (Independent) (1908)
1908Joseph Smith3–5–1
Herman Pritchard (Independent) (1901)
1909Herman Pritchard3–5–1
Howard Gargan (Independent) (1910–1912)
1910Howard Gargan3–2–3
1911Howard Gargan4–4–1
1912Howard Gargan5–4
George Sanford (Independent) (1913–1922)
1913George Sanford6–3
1914George Sanford5–3–1
1915George Sanford7–1
1916George Sanford3–2–2
1917George Sanford7–1–1
1918George Sanford5–2
1919George Sanford5–3
1920George Sanford2–7
1921George Sanford4–5
1922George Sanford5–4
1923George Sanford7–1–1
John Wallace (Independent) (1924–1926)
1924John Wallace7–1–1
1925John Wallace2–7
1926John Wallace3–6
Harry Rockafeller (Independent) (1927–1930)
1927Harry Rockafeller4–4
1928Harry Rockafeller6–3
1929Harry Rockafeller5–4
1930Harry Rockafeller4–5
J. Wilder Tasker (Independent) (1931–1937)
1931J. Wilder Tasker4–3–1
1932J. Wilder Tasker6–3–1
1933J. Wilder Tasker6–3–1
1934J. Wilder Tasker5–3–1
1935J. Wilder Tasker4–5
1936J. Wilder Tasker1–6–1
1937J. Wilder Tasker5–4
Harvey Harman (Independent) (1938–1941)
1938Harvey Harman7–1
1939Harvey Harman7–1–1
1940Harvey Harman5–4
1941Harvey Harman7–2
Harry Rockafeller (Independent) (1942–1945)
1942Harry Rockafeller3–4–1
1943Harry Rockafeller3–2
1944Harry Rockafeller3–2
1945Harry Rockafeller5–2
Harvey Harman (Independent) (1946–1955)
1946Harvey Harman7–2
1947Harvey Harman8–1
1948Harvey Harman7–2
1949Harvey Harman6–3
1950Harvey Harman4–4
1951Harvey Harman4–4
1952Harvey Harman4–4–1
1953Harvey Harman2–6
1954Harvey Harman3–6
1955Harvey Harman3–5
John Stiegman (Independent) (1956–1957)
1956John Stiegman3–7
1957John Stiegman5–4
John Stiegman (Middle Atlantic Conference) (1958–1959)
1958John Stiegman8–14–01st (University)20
1959John Stiegman6–32–2T–4th (University)
John F. Bateman (Middle Atlantic Conference) (1960–1961)
1960John F. Bateman8–14–01st (University)
1961John F. Bateman9–04–01st (University)15
John F. Bateman (Independent) (1962–1972)
1962John F. Bateman5–5
1963John F. Bateman3–6
1964John F. Bateman6–3
1965John F. Bateman3–6
1966John F. Bateman5–4
1967John F. Bateman4–5
1968John F. Bateman8–2
1969John F. Bateman6–3
1970John F. Bateman5–5
1971John F. Bateman4–7
1972John F. Bateman7–4
Frank R. Burns (Independent) (1973–1983)
1973Frank R. Burns6–5
1974Frank R. Burns7–3–1
1975Frank R. Burns9–2
1976Frank R. Burns11–01717
1977Frank R. Burns8–3
1978Frank R. Burns9–3L Garden State
1979Frank R. Burns8–3
1980Frank R. Burns7–4
1981Frank R. Burns5–6
1982Frank R. Burns5–6
1983Frank R. Burns3–8
Dick Anderson (Independent) (1984–1989)
1984Dick Anderson7–3
1985Dick Anderson2–8–1
1986Dick Anderson6–4–1
1987Dick Anderson6–5
1988Dick Anderson5–6
1989Dick Anderson2–7–2
Doug Graber (Independent) (1990)
1990Doug Graber3–8
Doug Graber (Big East Conference) (1991–1995)
1991Doug Graber6–52–3[n 1]
1992Doug Graber7–44–2[n 1]
1993Doug Graber4–71–67th
1994Doug Graber5–5–12–4–16th
1995Doug Graber4–72–56th
Terry Shea (Big East Conference) (1996–2000)
1996Terry Shea2–91–67th
1997Terry Shea0–110–78th
1998Terry Shea5–62–5T–6th
1999Terry Shea1–101–68th
2000Terry Shea3–80–78th
Greg Schiano (Big East Conference) (2001–2011)
2001Greg Schiano2–90–78th
2002Greg Schiano1–110–78th
2003Greg Schiano5–72–57th
2004Greg Schiano4–71–56th
2005Greg Schiano7–54–33rdL Insight
2006Greg Schiano11–25–2T–2ndW Texas1212
2007Greg Schiano8–53–4T–5thW International
2008Greg Schiano8–55–2T–2ndW Papajohns.com
2009Greg Schiano9–43–4T–4thW St. Petersburg
2010Greg Schiano4–81–68th
2011Greg Schiano9–44–3T–4thW Pinstripe
Kyle Flood (Big East Conference) (2012)
2012Kyle Flood9–45–2T–1stL Russell Athletic
Kyle Flood (American Athletic Conference) (2013)
2013Kyle Flood6–73–5T–6thL Pinstripe
Kyle Flood (Big Ten Conference) (2014–2015)
2014Kyle Flood8–53–5T–4th (East)W Quick Lane
2015Kyle Flood[n 2]4–8[n 2]1–7[n 2]T–6th (East)
Chris Ash (Big Ten Conference) (2016–2019)
2016Chris Ash2–100–97th (East)
2017Chris Ash4–83–65th (East)
2018Chris Ash1–110–97th (East)
2019Chris Ash[n 3]2–10[n 3]0–9[n 3]7th (East)
Greg Schiano (Big Ten Conference) (2020–present)
2020Greg Schiano3–63–65th (East)
2021Greg Schiano5–82–76th (East)L Gator
2022Greg Schiano4–81–87th (East)
2023Greg Schiano7–63–65th (East)W Pinstripe
Total:672–696–42
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

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