Rutgers to Host Nebraska on a Friday Night This Fall
We know, we know it’s February. Basketball playoffs are just around the corner, and the Spring season is just getting underway. But Rutgers fans should mark their calendars, because RU…
PISCATAWAY, NJ – SEPTEMBER 18: Isaih Pacheco #1 of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights hands the ball to the ref after scoring a touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Delaware Blue Hens during a college football game at SHI Stadium on September 18, 2021 in Piscataway, New Jersey. Rutgers defeated Delaware 45-13. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
We know, we know it's February.
Basketball playoffs are just around the corner, and the Spring season is just getting underway. But Rutgers fans should mark their calendars, because RU football will host a Friday Night Football game next fall against the Nebraska Cornhuskers on October 7. The announcement was made by the BIG 10 Conference on Wednesday.
The exact kick-off time is not available yet, but it will mark RU's first primetime game since the finale of the 2020 season, which ironically was also against Nebraska. It will also be the first primetime home game in front of a capacity crowd for RU since the opener to the 2019 season against U-Mass, a game Rutgers won 48-21.
Rutgers did not play any primetime games this past season.
Of course fans were not allowed in the stadium for the 2020 season due to the heights of the COVID pandemic.
