Their head coach was Greg Schiano and they played their home games at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey.

The Scarlet Knights finished the season 8–5, 5–2 in Big East play and won the PapaJohns.com Bowl, 29–23, over NC State.

After losing star halfback Ray Rice to the NFL Draft, Rutgers faced a rebuilding season.

Rutgers started off very slowly, dropping 5 of the first 6 games, including two to Big East rivals West Virginia and Cincinnati.

With dreams of a Big East championship now completely eroded, Rutgers now had to recover to try to at least secure a fourth consecutive bowl berth.