SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 1 • RUTGERS VS. NO. 8/7 WASHINGTON SEPTEMBER 1.....Washington (FS1)
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SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME 1 • RUTGERS VS. NO. 8/7 WASHINGTON SEPTEMBER 1.....Washington (FS1) ....................... 8 p.m. FRIDAY, SEPT. 1 • HIGH POINT SOLUTIONS STADIUM (52,454) 9.....Eastern Michigan (BTN) ......... 3:30 p.m. SCARLET KNIGHTS HUSKIES 16...Morgan State (BTN) ............... 3:30 p.m. 0-0 ..................................................................Record ...................................................................0-0 23...at Nebraska* ......................... 3:30 p.m. 0-0 (Big Ten) ..........................................Conference Record ...........................................0-0 (Pac-12) 30...Ohio State* ..................................... TBA NR/NR ................................................ Ranking (AP/Coaches) ...................................................... 8/7 L, 31-13 at Maryland (11/26/16) .................Last Game ....................L, 24-7 vs. Alabama (12/31/16) OCTOBER Chris Ash .....................................................Head Coach ............................................. Chris Petersen 14...at Illinois* ....................................... TBA 2-10 (One season) ....................................Career Record ..................................119-26 (11 seasons) 21...Purdue* ........................................Noon Same .......................................................Record at School .............................27-14 (Three seasons) 28...at Michigan* .................................Noon 0-1 ...................................................... Record vs. Opponent .......................................................1-0 @RFootball .....................................................Twitter ............................................... @UW_Football NOVEMBER 4.....Maryland*^ .................................... TBA 11...at Penn State* ..............................Noon 18...at Indiana* ..................................... TBA 25...Michigan State* .............................. TBA * Denotes Big Ten game ^ - Yankee Stadium All game times Eastern Standard Time BROADCAST INFORMATION TV: Fox Sports 1 Play-By-Play: Gus Johnson Analyst: Joel Klatt Sideline: Jenny Taft Radio: Rutgers IMG Sports Network WCTC 1450-AM, ESPN NY 98.7-FM Janarion Grant recorded 176 all-purpose yards last year at Washington, including a 10-yard rushing touch- WENJ 97.3-FM, WNJE 920-AM, down. Grant enters the season with eight combined kick return scores, tied for the most in NCAA history. Sirius 84*, XM 84* • Rutgers, “The Birthplace of College Foot- * Home team broadcast INSIDE THE GAME NOTES Notable ................................................... 1-7 ball,” begins its 149th year and 148th season Play-By-Play: Chris Carlin Athletic Communications ...........................2 of competition. The program has played the Analyst: Ray Lucas Quick Facts/NFL Knights .............................3 most games in the history of the sport at Analyst: Eric LeGrand Record Breakdown .....................................4 1,325. Sideline: Anthony Fucilli Single-Game Records ..................................5 • The Scarlet Knights will begin a season on Pregame: 7 p.m. with hosts Marc Malusis Stat Comparison/Rutgers Ranks .................6 a Friday for only the fifth time in program and Eric LeGrand Pronunciation Guide ...................................6 history. The other occurences were Sept. 2, Radio: WRSU 88.7-FM (Student Radio) Janarion Grant Notes ..................................8 1977 against Penn State at Giants Stadium, The Last Time .............................................9 Sept. 28, 1906 at Fordham, Oct. 10, 1884 ver- SERIES HISTORY sus Princeton and Oct. 24, 1873 at Yale. The All-Time Series: Washington leads, 1-0 Participation Chart ...................................10 last Friday home game overall was Nov. 26, Last Meeting: Sept. 3, 2016 at Husky Stadium Depth Chart ..............................................11 2010 versus Louisville. This contest breaks Washington 48, Rutgers 13 Numerical Roster ................................ 12-13 Coaching Staff ...........................................13 a streak of 35 consecutive regular season Head Coach Chris Ash ...............................14 games played on a Saturday. RUTGERS STAT LEADERS (2016) • Rutgers starts the season with three- Rescigno (86-163, 889 yds, 5 TDS) Player Career Highs/Bios .................... 15-22 Passing: straight home games for the first time since Martin (121 att, 625 yds, 2 TDs) Rushing: 2009. Receiving: Harris (39 rec, 481 yds, 3 TDs) NOTABLE • Rutgers and Washington will meet for the • RU enters the season with 17 returning Tackles: Morris (102) second-straight year to open the season. The starters (six offense, eight defense, three Sacks: Davis/Turay (2.0) Huskies will be the third Pac-12 team all-time specialists) with nine starters lost (six of- Interceptions:Five players (1) to visit Piscataway (Washington State in 2015 fense, three defense). and California in 2001). WWW.SCARLETKNIGHTS.COM | @RFOOTBALL GAME 1: RUTGERS VS. WASHINGTON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA POLICIES & INFORMATION RUTGERS CONTACTS Hasim Phillips, Associate AD/Communications RUTGERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS COACH ASH INTERVIEWS The Rutgers Athletic Communications Office is committed to as- All interview requests for Rutgers head coach Chris Ash must be Email: [email protected] sisting members of the media with their coverage of the Rutgers arranged through Hasim Phillips. In addition to post-practice media Office: 732-445-6069 football team. Hasim Phillips serves as the primary contact for the availability, coach Ash will be available to the media every Monday Cell: 732-470-9457 football program with support from Jimmy Gill and Brad Derechailo. morning at his weekly press conference in the team meeting room of the Hale Center and on the weekly Big Ten teleconference on Twitter: @HasimPhillips The Athletic Communications Office is located on level one of the Tuesday at noon. press box at High Point Solutions Stadium. For information re- Jimmy Gill, Associate Director/Communications garding credentials, interviews, statistics, press conferences, etc., POST PRACTICE INTERVIEWS please call the Athletic Communications Office at 732-445-7028, On Tuesday, select offensive coaches and players will be available to Email: [email protected] visit CollegePressBox.com or e-mail Hasim Phillips at hphillips@ the media post practice, while select defensive coaches and players Office: 732-445-8103 scarletknights.com. To assist in your coverage throughout the year, will be available on Wednesday. Head coach Chris Ash will address Cell: 732-991-9486 please read the media information on this page. All interview re- the media following practice on Thursday. quests must be directed to and arranged through the Athletic Com- Twitter: @JGill027 munications Office at least one day (24 hours) in advance. Coaches, PRACTICE COVERAGE players and support staff are prohibited from participating in any The use of social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat or Brad Derechailo, Assistant Director/Communications interviews without prior authorization from the Athletic Commu- Periscopre) is strictly prohibited during practice. Live reporting is nications Office. NOT permitted during practice. Live video/audio broadcast of any Email: [email protected] kind is also NOT permitted. This includes the use of social media Office: 732-445-7028 MEDIA CREDENTIALS platforms such as Facebook Live, Instagram, Snapchat or Periscope. Cell: 732-647-5034 All media credential requests must be submitted via email to cre- All reports must be filed at the conclusion of any open media prac- [email protected]. Admittance to the High Point Solu- tice windows. Twitter: @Bradly_D tions Stadium press box is limited to working media members only. Credential requests must be made formally to the credential email POST-GAME INTERVIEWS BIG TEN CONTACTS address. Head coach Chris Ash and select players, following the designated cooling off period, will be made available for interviews after each Adam Augustine, Director/Communications Requests for game day credentials must be received at least two game. Following home games, the press conference for coach Ash Email: [email protected] weeks in advance of the date of the contest to provide sufficient will take place in the team meeting room on the second floor of Office: 847-696-1010 ext.151 time for processing and mailing. Media credentials which cannot the Hale Center, which is located on the east side of the stadium be mailed will be left at the West Gate Media Will Call (Media En- opposite the press box. Cell: 608-215-4391 trance) beneath the press box at High Point Solutions Stadium. With approximately five minutes remaining in the game, members Jason Yellin, Associate Commissioner/Communications Working space in the High Point Solutions Stadium Press Box is al- of the media will be escorted across the field towards the Hale lotted on the following basis: (1) daily newspaper writers covering Center. Email: [email protected] for next-day publication covering Rutgers or the current game op- Office: 847-696-1010 ext.136 ponent; (2) sports editors of newspapers in New Jersey, New York The visiting team’s press conference will be held in the defensive Cell: 630-286-1611 and Eastern Pennsylvania; (3) radio personnel for broadcast origina- line meeting room on the second floor of the Hale Center. tions; (4) official school student daily newspaper; (5) approved