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ĚĂŵtĞďĞƌ ΎͲŝŐdĞŶ 2 THE BIRTHPLACE OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS IS RUTGERS RECORDS & RESULTS ĂƩĂŐůŝĂ&ŽŽƚďĂůůWƌĂĐƟĐĞŽŵƉůĞdž ... 4 ZƵƐŚŝŶŐZĞĐŽƌĚƐ ............................... ϱϬ ZĞĐĞŝǀŝŶŐZĞĐŽƌĚƐ .............................57 SCARLET KNIGHTS WĂƐƐŝŶŐZĞĐŽƌĚƐ ................................ 62 ůƉŚĂďĞƟĐĂůZŽƐƚĞƌ ............................ 6 ĞĨĞŶƐŝǀĞZĞĐŽƌĚƐ ............................ 66 EƵŵĞƌŝĐĂůZŽƐƚĞƌ ................................8 ^ƉĞĐŝĂůdĞĂŵƐZĞĐŽƌĚƐ ......................68 WƌŽŶƵŶĐŝĂƟŽŶ'ƵŝĚĞ ...........................8 dŽƚĂůKīĞŶƐŝǀĞZĞĐŽƌĚƐ .................... ϳϬ zĞĂƌͲLJͲzĞĂƌ>ĞĂĚĞƌƐ ........................ 71 COACHING STAFF zĞĂƌͲLJͲzĞĂƌ^ƚĂƟƐƟĐƐ .......................74 ŚƌŝƐƐŚͲ,ĞĂĚŽĂĐŚ..................... ϭϬ ůůͲdŝŵĞŽĂĐŚŝŶŐZĞĐŽƌĚƐ ............... 76 ŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ^ƚĂī ...................................12 ^ƚĂĚŝƵŵZĞĐŽƌĚƐ ...............................78 ŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ^ĞƌŝĞƐ ............................. 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