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

They were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Ash.

Nunzio Campanile was their interim head coach for the remainder of the season.

[3] Rutgers' 2019 schedule began on August 30 with a non-conference game against UMass, a football independent.

The Scarlet Knights' other non-conference games were against Boston College of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Liberty, also an independent at the time.