Rutgers’ next home date now has a kickoff time and a TV window.
The Scarlet Knights will face Nebraska on Saturday, November 14, at 12:30 p.m., with the game set for the Big Ten Network.
Rutgers is still chasing its first win against the Cornhuskers. Nebraska has won all seven meetings between the teams, and it comes in at 5-3 overall and 2-3 in the Big Ten after dropping its third straight game, a loss to Washington. Rutgers, meanwhile, is 2-6 and 1-5 in conference play after falling at home to Michigan.
Nebraska’s schedule keeps moving fast. The Cornhuskers are headed to Illinois this weekend, then return to Lincoln to host Ohio State a week after their trip to Piscataway.
The Cornhuskers’ offense has had a hard time in their three losses this season, failing to reach three touchdowns in any of them against Indiana, Oregon and Washington. But they’ve looked much sharper against Maryland and Michigan State, two teams clustered near Rutgers at the bottom of the Big Ten, topping 30 points in both games.
For Rutgers, the biggest question is still at quarterback. Dylan Lonergan missed the full Michigan game and nearly all of the loss to Northwestern because of injury, and the offense felt it.
Over the last two games, the Scarlet Knights completed just 12 of 49 passes. That matters because Rutgers’ offense is supposed to be its strength, and without Lonergan, that edge has been badly blunted.
Nebraska has settled in more comfortably under center after the failed Dylan Raiola experiment, with Anthony Colandrea giving the Cornhuskers some stability. He has thrown for 1,825 yards and 15 touchdowns this season.
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