The Scarlet Knights played their home games at HighPoint.com Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey and competed as members of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference.

Rutgers began the year with a 35–7 victory over Texas State, but things quickly turned south for the team.

After a blowout loss to Ohio State in Rutgers' conference opener, the team traveled to play Kansas, who had lost 39 of their previous 42 games against FBS opponents.

[5] On defense, senior linebacker Trevor Morris finished in sixth in the conference with 105 total tackles.

He concluded his career in ninth on the school's all-time leaderboard for total tackles.