Rutgers Scarlet Knights

After earning a 58-7 victory over Howard last week, Rutgers is set to close out their three-game home stretch against No.6 Indiana this Saturday, October 3, on homecoming. The game will also...

Rutgers basketball added its third four-star commitment of the 2027 recruitment class, as four-star forward Brandon Woodard has decided to commit to the Scarlet Knights. Woodard made his...

Will this week’s game be the cause of our collective mea culpa? As crazy as it may sound, the people who write for On the Banks don’t think about Rutgers 24 hours a day. Well, I can’t speak for...

Rutgers took nine shots at No. 2 Maryland on Friday and lost 3-0. It took 30 against La Salle on Sunday and won 5-0. Two shutouts in three days, one in each direction, and in the second one the...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Wisconsin had played 360 minutes of Big Ten soccer this season without conceding a goal. Rutgers needed nine minutes and 57 seconds. Ashley Baran scored at 9:57, Julia Joseph...

Friday night in Lincoln was the No. 1 team in the country doing what it does, and nobody at Rutgers pretended otherwise. Saturday night in Iowa was supposed to be the other half of the opening...

After three straight losses to open the season, Rutgers football won in dominant fashion on Friday night against Howard, defeating the Bison 58-7 in a game they led by 34 points at halftime. On...

SEATTLE — Rutgers put seven shots on target Friday night, three more than they needed to beat Ohio State a week earlier. Stockton Short saved six of them. Washington put eight on target, and four...

Rutgers spent last weekend in Queens handing points away at the service line, 17 missed serves against Penn and 17 more against St. John’s. On Friday night in Lincoln, the Scarlet Knights finally...

After falling to 0-3 to start the season, Rutgers earned its first win of the season in a dominant 58-7 win over Howard. The Scarlet Knights carved up the Bison through the air and on the ground,...

After dropping their first three games of the season to UMass, Boston College and No.12 USC, Rutgers is set to close out non-conference play today as they take on Howard at 7 p.m. at home. This is...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — UCLA went 35 minutes and 50 seconds of the second half on Thursday night without attempting a shot. They needed exactly one more to score the winner. Rutgers took 15 and put one...

Rutgers was handed another loss last week after a valiant effort against USC. The Scarlet Knights will welcome Howard to Piscataway where the team will look for its first win of the season as a...

Rutgers finally gave Schiano something to build on

When you lose to UMass and Boston College on back-to-back weeks, it is almost certain that there will be rumors of the next coach — but it might not be one you were thinking of. Last week, Rutgers...

Rutgers long snapper Michael O’Connor has been named a semifinalist for the 2026 National Football Foundation (NFF) William V. Campbell Trophy. O’Connor was one of 206 college football players...

Rumors connecting Brian Kelly with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights are running rampant.

Why doesn’t that sold out stadium look….full? First, a quick look at attendance in the Big Ten for week 3. With a few exceptions, everyone is still in the non-conference portion of the schedule....

We’ll be unpacking this one for a while. If you had Rutgers winning, if you had them covering, raise your hand. Anyone? Bueller? USC: What was going on? No one on the OTB staff had RU winning or...

Rutgers took 23 shots at UAlbany on Friday and scored seven. It took 19 at Colgate on Sunday, spent 14 of the fourth quarter’s 15 minutes with 10 players on the field and scored the only goal of...

Left for all but dead after dropping their first two games to UMass and Boston College, Rutgers football opened Big Ten play with a spirited performance against USC, ultimately falling short...

After Rutgers ‘ hard-fought 42-35 loss to No.12 USC on Saturday, head coach Greg Schiano took the podium after the game to answer questions from the media. One such question was why they decided...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Purdue had conceded four goals in nine matches this season. Rutgers scored the fifth at 35:59, 98 seconds after Olivia Russomanno came off the bench. It was the only shot...

Yesterday, in the same gym for the Jack Kaiser Volleyball Classic, Rutgers missed 17 serves and lost a match it had won at every other position on the floor. This came after a miracle reverse...

Rutgers football came up just short, 42-35, against No. 12 USC in what was their best-played game of the season so far. However, despite the Knights’ efforts, USC’s offensive firepower proved to...

USC cornerback Prophet Brown swung momentum against Rutgers with a spectacular 99-yard interception return for a touchdown in a tight game.

Rutgers QB Dylan Lonergan, who sat out last week's game due to injury, will start vs. USC, while sources told ESPN that tailback Antwan Raymond is expected to play.

After losing to UMass in the opener, the Scarlet Knights followed that up with a 28-21 loss to Boston College. Rutgers is now 0-2 heading into Big Ten play, with No. 12 USC coming to SHI Stadium...

Rutgers fans, it’s game day! The Scarlet Knights are returning home from an unsuccessful trip at Boston College to play No.12 USC at home. The game will be broadcast live on CBS and has a kickoff...

After dropping their first two games of the season to UMass and Boston College, Rutgers is set to open Big Ten play today as they take on USC at 3:30 at home. This is the Trojans’ first road game...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State had conceded two goals in six matches this season. Rutgers scored two in 29 minutes. The Scarlet Knights beat the third-ranked Buckeyes 2-1 on Friday night at Jesse...

Rutgers out-hit Penn. Rutgers out-killed Penn, out-blocked Penn and out-aced Penn. Rutgers won the only set of the four that was never in question. None of it counted for anything, because Rutgers...

Rutgers basketball has landed its second four-star commit and second overall commit of the 2027 recruiting class, as guard Korey Francis has committed to play for the Scarlet Knights, according to...

Earlier in the week, we conducted a poll on which quarterback Rutgers fans want to see lead the team going forward, after both had rough first games during the first two games of the season. Well,...

First, some news and notes: I guess the boys at nj.com read On the Banks. Despite them yelling about replacing Schiano, it wasn’t until today – Friday, 9/18 – that they published their list of...

Six days ago Rutgers swept Rider without Skylar George or Imani Howell playing, and the question out of that night was whether this team needed their best players in order to look like itself....

It has been a disastrous start to the 2026 season for Rutgers and it will not get any easier with USC coming to town. These teams have met just one in their histories as foes from opposite ends of...

Matching the magic of 2006 will take more than nostalgia as the Scarlet Knights navigate roster payroll gaps, a massive athletic deficit and a fierce new conference reality

USC freshman wide receiver Trent Mosley has an undisclosed injury, according to coach Lincoln Riley, and the timeline for his return is "inconclusive."

I’m an Indian American. I’m also a sports fan. A sports writer. A Rutgers graduate. Someone who has spent an absurd amount of time watching, talking about, and writing about American sports....

The Big Ten Network held its annual men’s basketball schedule release program, and the full Rutgers men’s basketball Big Ten schedule was released. Rutgers will be looking to take a step forward...

At OTB Headquarters, we had a brief conversation about whether we should report on attendance in the Big Ten every week. This may not continue this way throughout the season, but for now, here it...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers had conceded a goal in every match it played this season, six games and five different results, the most recent of them Friday’s 3-1 win over No. 11 UCLA. On Tuesday,...

Rutgers football has lost a commitment from its 2027 class, according to Chad Simmons of On3 who first reported that EDGE Josiah Sturdivant has decided to reopen his recruitment. He committed to...

It is no secret that Rutgers quarterbacks Dylan Lonergan and AJ Surace struggled mightily in their first starts for the Scarlet Knights, with neither one of them proving why they should be the...

CBS also has four Pac-12 games including the conference title game, Army vs. Navy and the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl

No. 17 Rutgers took five shots at No. 4 Princeton on Friday and none of them came after the 18:57 mark. It took 13 against No. 10 UCONN on Sunday, scored three times, led twice and lost 3-1 in a...

SEATTLE, Wash. — Rutgers women’s soccer lost a match Sunday afternoon without ever being beaten from open play. A ninth-minute penalty kick from Jadyn Holdenried was the only goal No. 12...

After Rutgers football came out completely lifeless against Boston College, they rallied back to within a score and had several chances to take the lead. However, the overwhelming takeaway from...

I know, still ten more games. But, it’s when, not if. Time to start thinking who could we get to replace him? I know more than a few people who start shopping for Christmas in July….well, actually...