1975 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

The 1975 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their third season under head coach Frank R. Burns, the Scarlet Knights compiled a 9–2 record while competing as an independent and outscored their opponents 347 to 91.[1] The team's statistical leaders included Jeff Rebholz with 715 passing yards, Curt Edwards with 1,157 rushing yards, and Mark Twitty with 544 receiving yards.[2]

1975 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rutgers   –  9 –2 –0
No. 10 Penn State   –  9 –3 –0
No. 20 West Virginia   –  9 –3 –0
Notre Dame   –  8 –3 –0
Virginia Tech   –  8 –3 –0
No. 15 Pittsburgh   –  8 –4 –0
Boston College   –  7 –4 –0
Georgia Tech   –  7 –4 –0
Memphis State   –  7 –4 –0
Navy   –  7 –4 –0
North Texas State   –  7 –4 –0
Southern Miss   –  7 –4 –0
South Carolina   –  7 –5 –0
Colgate   –  6 –4 –0
Cincinnati   –  6 –5 –0
Hawaii   –  6 –5 –0
Syracuse   –  6 –5 –0
Temple   –  6 –5 –0
Utah State   –  6 –5 –0
Indiana State   –  5 –5 –0
Dayton   –  5 –6 –0
Northeast Louisiana   –  4 –6 –1
Tulane   –  4 –7 –0
Villanova   –  4 –7 –0
Florida State   –  3 –8 –0
Air Force   –  2 –8 –1
Houston   –  2 –8 –0
Miami (FL)   –  2 –8 –0
Army   –  2 –9 –0
Marshall   –  2 –9 –0
Southern Illinois   –  1 –9 –1
Holy Cross   –  1 –10 –0
Louisville   –  1 –10 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The Scarlet Knights played their home games at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey, across the river from the university's main campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Bucknell
W 47–312,500[3]
September 27at Princeton
L 7–1030,000[4]
October 4Hawaii
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 7–317,000[5]
October 11at Lehigh
L 20–3411,500[6]
October 18William & Mary
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 24–010,000[7]
October 25Columbia
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 41–07,000[8]
November 1at Connecticut
W 35–89,837[9]
November 8Lafayette
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 48–612,000[10]
November 15at Boston University
W 41–32,013[11]
November 22Colgate
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 56–1414,000[12]
November 29Syracuse
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 21–1022,000[13]

References
  1. "Rutgers Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. "1975 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  3. Drogo, Ron (September 21, 1975). "Rutgers Stomps Bucknell, 47-3". The Sunday Record. Hackensack, N.J. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. White, Gordon S. Jr. (September 28, 1975). "Princeton Tops Rutgers; Tigers, Underdogs, Rally in 3d Period". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. O'Brien, Ken (October 5, 1975). "Rutgers Defeats Hawaii". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. O'Brien, Ken (October 12, 1975). "Lehigh's Air, Ground Attack Too Much for Rutgers". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. O'Brien, Ken (October 19, 1975). "Edwards Leads Rutgers to Triumph over W&M". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Harvin, Al (October 26, 1975). "Columbia Routed; Lions Fall, 41-0, to Rutgers". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S8.
  9. Smith, George (November 2, 1975). "Rutgers Rips UConn, 35-8". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  10. O'Brien, Ken (November 9, 1975). "Rutgers Humbles Lafayette, 48-6". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Whiteside, Larry (November 16, 1975). "Rutgers Trounces BU, 41-3". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 81 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Harvin, Al (November 23, 1975). "Rutgers Trounces Colgate". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S6.
  13. McLaughlin, Marty (November 30, 1975). "Rutgers Salts Syracuse, 21-10; Edwards: 149". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 170 – via Newspapers.com.


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