The 2021 season's largest margin: Rutgers 61, Temple 14. A 47-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The Correction
2021 is a losing-side chapter for Rutgers. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Noah VedralQB1,813 passing yards
- Isaih PachecoRB647 rushing yards
- Kyle MonangaiRB235 rushing yards
- Aaron YoungRB205 rushing yards
- Bo MeltonWR618 receiving yards
- Shameen JonesWR334 receiving yards
- Aron CruickshankWR244 receiving yards
- Olakunle FatukasiLB81 tackles
- Christian IzienDB69 tackles
- Avery YoungDB66 tackles
- Mohamed ToureLB4.5 sacks
- Aaron LewisDL2.5 sacks
- Julius TurnerDL2.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Rutgers 3, Wisconsin 52. A 49-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Rutgers fell to Wake Forest 10-38 in the postseason.
"Chop"
2021 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.