2025 finish: 5-7-0 across 12 games. Jump into coaching history, title years, and long-view program trends.
SHI Stadium • Piscataway • NJ
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This overview connects the core facts behind Rutgers football: conference home, stadium context, all-time record, title seasons, Heisman winners, coaching tenures, and the recent season baseline. It is meant to be the starting point before moving into the deeper team tabs.
The latest indexed season is 2025, when Rutgers finished 5-7. Use the related links to compare Rutgers against national title lists, all-time wins, rankings, rivalries, recruiting, and transfer activity.
Institution + Market Profile
New Brunswick, NJ · Big Ten
NACUBO participant value; entity may be university, foundation, system, or related foundations as named in the NACUBO Excel.
Enrollment
50,500
Fall 2024
Living Alumni
600,000
rounded public/institutional alumni figure; likely systemwide
200-Mile Population
52,000,000
Modeled rounded U.S. population estimate within 200-mile great-circle radius; see Methodology sheet.
Nearest Pro Team
New Jersey Devils (NHL)
21.6 mi from campus · Prudential Center, Newark, NJ
Endowment
$2.35B
FY2025 · P4 rank 37 · +7.8% YoY
Billionaire Alumni
Unavailable
0
Enrollment, alumni, market, and endowment values are directional; school reporting scopes and named endowment entities vary.
Program Snapshot
Core program details, venue context, and team visuals in one place.
Conference
Big Ten
Division
Not listed
Home field
SHI Stadium
Location
Piscataway, NJ
Capacity
52,454
Venue type
Outdoor
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Current read
2025: 5-7-0
12 games tracked with a 42% win rate.
Current Season
Conference Timeline
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External headlines
Recent headlines about Rutgers football, recruiting, and transfer portal activity.
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Read storyCoaching History
| Greg Schiano | 2020-2025 | 26-34-0 |
| Nunzio Campanile | 2019 | 1-7-0 |
| Chris Ash | 2016-2019 | 8-32-0 |
| Kyle Flood | 2012-2015 | 27-24-0 |
| Greg Schiano | 2001-2011 | 68-67-0 |
| Terry Shea | 1996-2000 | 11-44-0 |
| Doug Graber | 1990-1995 | 29-36-1 |
| Dick Anderson | 1984-1989 | 27-34-4 |
| Frank Burns | 1973-1983 | 78-43-1 |
| John Bateman | 1960-1972 | 73-51-0 |
| John Stiegman | 1956-1959 | 22-15-0 |
| Harvey Harman | 1946-1955 | 48-37-1 |
| George Sanford | 1916-1923 | 38-25-4 |
| George Sanford | 1914 | 5-3-1 |
| William Reynolds | 1891 | 8-6-0 |
National Championships
No national championships recorded.
Heisman Trophy Winners
No Heisman Trophy winners from this school.
Rutgers quick answers
Record
5-7
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Rutgers coaching history on this page spans 15 tracked head coaches, led by Frank Burns with 78 wins from 1973-1983.
Rutgers does not have a recorded national championship season on this page.