2017 The Correction

2017 is a losing-side chapter for Rutgers. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.

Record 4-8
Final Result Losing season
AP Final post-bowls
SP+ -4.9 last-week
Era
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs Washin 14-30 L vs East Mic 13-16 W vs Morg Sta 65-0 L @ Nebraska 17-27 L vs Ohio St 0-56 W @ Illinois 35-24 W vs Purdue 14-12 L @ Michigan 14-35 W vs Maryland 31-24 L @ Penn St 6-35 L @ Indiana 0-41 L vs Mich St 7-40

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Rutgers 65, Morgan State 0. A 65-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Rutgers 0, Ohio State 56. A 56-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Chop"
— Rutgers fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What It Meant

2017 sits in Rutgers's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.