2012 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Louisville $+ | 5 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati + | 5 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rutgers + | 5 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse + | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Florida | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Scarlet Knights played their home games at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, NJ as a member of the Big East Conference. This was the first season with Kyle Flood as the head coach, as former head coach Greg Schiano accepted the head coaching position for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They finished the season 9–4, 5–2 in Big East play to win the school's first ever Big East Conference football championship, sharing the conference title with Cincinnati, Louisville, and Syracuse. They were invited to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they were defeated by Virginia Tech in overtime.
Schedule
September 18:00 PMat Tulane*
CBSSNW 24–12 26,059 September 83:30 PMHoward*
SNYW 26–0 50,855 September 137:30 PMat South Florida
ESPNW 23–13 44,219 September 227:00 PMat Arkansas*
ESPNUW 35–26 72,543 October 612:00 PMConnecticutNo. 22
- High Point Solutions Stadium
- Piscataway, NJ
ESPNUW 19–3 50,870 October 1312:00 PMSyracuseNo. 20
- High Point Solutions Stadium
- Piscataway, NJ
Big East NetworkW 23–15 48,011 October 2012:00 PMat TempleNo. 19
Big East NetworkW 35–10 35,145 October 273:30 PMKent State*No. 18
- High Point Solutions Stadium
- Piscataway, NJ
SNYL 23–35 49,345 November 1012:00 PMArmy*No. 24
- High Point Solutions Stadium
- Piscataway, NJ
ESPNUW 28–7 43,250 November 1712:00 PMat CincinnatiNo. 22
Big East NetworkW 10–3 34,526 November 2412:00 PMat PittsburghNo. 22
ESPN2L 6–27 38,786 November 297:30 PMLouisville
- High Point Solutions Stadium
- Piscataway, NJ
ESPNL 17–20 52,798 December 285:30 PMvs. Virginia Tech*
ESPNL 10–13 OT48,127
Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
AP | — | — | — | RV | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | RV | 24 | 22 | 21 | RV | RV | |
Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 т | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 25 | RV | |
Harris | Not released | 19 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 19 | RV | RV | Not released | |||||
BCS | Not released | 15 | 15 | — | 23 | 22 | 18 | — | — | Not released |