2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

2009
Rutgers Stadium
(Capacity: 52,454)
2009 Rutgers Stadium; (Capacity: 52,454)
	Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

2009 Big East Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 Cincinnati $	7	–	0	12	–	1
No. 25 West Virginia	5	–	2	9	–	4
No. 15 Pittsburgh	5	–	2	10	–	3
Rutgers	3	–	4	9	–	4
Connecticut	3	–	4	8	–	5
South Florida	3	–	4	8	–	5
Louisville	1	–	6	4	–	8
Syracuse	1	–	6	4	–	8

$ – BCS representative as conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented

Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. The Scarlet Knights finished the season 9–4, 3–4 in Big East play and won the St. Petersburg Bowl, 45–24, over UCF

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	4:00 pm	Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN	L 15–47	53,737^[1]
September 12	3:30 pm	Big East Network	W 45–7	43,722^[2]
September 19	5:00 pm	Florida International*		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	Big East Network	W 23–15	45,273^[3]
September 26	3:30 pm	at Byrd Stadium College Park, Maryland	ESPN360	W 34–13	43,848^[4]
October 10	3:30 pm	Texas Southern*		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey		W 42–0	50,169^[5]
October 16	8:00 pm	Pittsburgh		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN	L 17–24	50,296^[6]
October 23	8:00 pm	at Army*		Michie Stadium West Point, New York	ESPN2	W 27–10	24,098^[7]
October 31	12:00 pm	at Rentschler Field East Hartford, Connecticut	Big East Network	W 28–24	37,045^[8]
November 12	7:30 pm	No. 24 South Florida		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN	W 31–0	48,057^[9]
November 21	3:30 pm	at Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York	ESPN360	L 13–31	36,759^[10]
November 27	11:00 am	at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	ESPN2	W 34–14	23,422^[11]
December 5	12:00 pm	No. 24 West Virginia		Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey	ESPN	L 21–24	52,534^[12]
December 19	8:00 pm	vs. UCF		Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL (St. Petersburg Bowl)	ESPN	W 45–24	29,763^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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