Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	245	3,882	740	5.2	1,173	354	3.3	2,709	386	7.0
Team Rank		60th	65th	88th	45th	92nd	100th	79th	20th	22nd	57th
Opponent	11	319	4,580		5.7	2,706	569	4.8	1,874	240	7.8
Opponent Rank		80th	84th		84th	98th	97th	92nd	21st	6th	86th
Net		-74	-698	+740	-0.4	-1,533	-215	-1.4	+835	+146	-0.8
Net Rank		73rd	81st	88th	70th	99th	100th	90th	12th	9th	77th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Scott Erney S. Erney	11	208	374	55.6	34.0	2,536	6.8	230.5	15	17	116.7	4.0	4.5
Tom Tarver T. Tarver	3	8	11	72.7	3.7	157	14.3	52.3	1	1	204.4	9.1	9.1
James Guarantano J. Guarantano	10	1	1	100.0	0.1	16	16.0	1.6	0	0	234.4	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
James Cann J. Cann	11	117	10.6	429	3.7	39.0	5	159	936
Mike Botti M. Botti	10	93	9.3	310	3.3	31.0	4	123	545
Scott Erney S. Erney	11	69	6.3	139	2.0	12.6	3	70	155
Vince Hall V. Hall	5	25	5.0	93	3.7	18.6	1
Dwight Giles D. Giles	8	22	2.8	112	5.1	14.0	0	25	139
Henry Henderson H. Henderson	6	22	3.7	100	4.5	16.7	0	32	182
Tom Tarver T. Tarver	3	4	1.3	-22	-5.5	-7.3	0
Gary Melton G. Melton	11	2	0.2	12	6.0	1.1	0	35	422

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
James Cann J. Cann	11	42	3.8	507	12.1	46.1	5	159	936
Tyrone McQueen T. McQueen	11	39	3.5	449	11.5	40.8	0
Gary Melton G. Melton	11	33	3.0	410	12.4	37.3	3	35	422
Mike Botti M. Botti	10	30	3.0	235	7.8	23.5	1	123	545
Randy Jackson R. Jackson	11	21	1.9	599	28.5	54.5	4
Scott Blanche S. Blanche	11	15	1.4	125	8.3	11.4	1
James Guarantano J. Guarantano	10	14	1.4	184	13.1	18.4	1
Henry Henderson H. Henderson	6	10	1.7	82	8.2	13.7	0	32	182
Omar Coley O. Coley	3	4	1.3	39	9.8	13.0	0
Dwight Giles D. Giles	8	3	0.4	27	9.0	3.4	0	25	139
Chris Roberts C. Roberts	3	3	1.0	26	8.7	8.7	0
Scott Erney S. Erney	11	1	0.1	16	16.0	1.5	0	70	155
Damian McGuire D. McGuire	1	1	1.0	5	5.0	5.0	0
John Murphy J. Murphy	3	1	0.3	5	5.0	1.7	1

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Vaughn McKoy V. McKoy	11	1	26	26
Mike Bouchard M. Bouchard	11	1	8	8
Darrin Czellecz D. Czellecz	11	1	0	0
Rusty Mayes R. Mayes	10	1	0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Scott Erney S. Erney	11	3	0	18			108
James Cann J. Cann	11	5	5	10			60
Doug Giesler D. Giesler	11				13	16	55
Mike Botti M. Botti	10	4	1	5			30
Randy Jackson R. Jackson	11		4	4			24
Gary Melton G. Melton	11	0	3	3			18
Scott Blanche S. Blanche	11		1	1			6
James Guarantano J. Guarantano	10		1	1			6
Vince Hall V. Hall	5	1		1			6
John Murphy J. Murphy	3		1	1			6
Marshall Roberts M. Roberts	10			1			6
Tom Tarver T. Tarver	3	0		1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Gary Melton G. Melton	11	20	484	24.2	0
Ron Allen R. Allen	10	20	401	20.1	0
Marshall Roberts M. Roberts	10					16	200	12.5	1
James Cann J. Cann	11	6	108	18.0	0
Vaughn McKoy V. McKoy	11					4	18	4.5	0
Randy Jackson R. Jackson	11	2	46	23.0	0
Henry Henderson H. Henderson	6	2	44	22.0	0
John Murphy J. Murphy	3	2	23	11.5	0
John Blanton J. Blanton	11					1	36	36.0	0
Scott Blanche S. Blanche	11	1	12	12.0	0
Tyrone McQueen T. McQueen	11					1	5	5.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Doug Giesler D. Giesler	11	13	14	92.9						16	20	80.0	55

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Bill Chesna B. Chesna	7	30	1,009	33.6
	Daryle Pellegrino D. Pellegrino	5	22	861	39.1

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250