Rutgers, State Univ of New Jersey NCAA News Archives

Tim Brown scored on an 81-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds left to give Rutgers an improbable 28-24 win over Connecticut, handing the Huskies their second straight emotional defeat following the death of cornerback Jasper Howard.

The skinny kid no one knew stepped to the line and took off in a sprint. Seconds later, he approached Donald Forbes and told him the time he had just run in the 40-yard dash.

The UConn football team has lost three games this season by a combined nine points.

Heading into this weekend's game against his home state's top dogs, Rutgers wide receiver Mark Harrison is coming off the best game of his career.

Asked to sum up the importance of the running game for an offense still struggling to find an identity, Kordell Young looked up to the sky to prove his point.

Slowly but surely, James Beatty has been pressing on the accelerator. He's still getting a feel for the Rutgers men's basketball offense, one that's been stuck in neutral for a while.

Rutgers ranks second nationally in turnover margin, and tops the Big East in total defense.

About an hour after Connecticut football coach Randy Edsall spoke at the memorial service inside New Birth Baptist Church in Miami, Tim Brown sat alongside a bank of windows on the suite level in Rutgers Stadium, trying to describe in hushed tones the emotions that no words could accurately convey.

Keith Carlos never would have had a chance to suit up for the Purdue University football team if he did not make the right move off the field first.

Rutgers coach Greg Schiano likes to say his Scarlet Knights are a 'work in progress.' And for much of Friday evening, their performance against Army was about as advanced as a kindergartener's finger painting.

Rutgers' Tyler Thomas sacks Army QB Trent Steelman for a loss Friday night. WEST POINT, N.Y. - With the clock rapidly ticking down across the field in front of him, Army punter Jonathan Bulls called for the ball between the raindrops.

If things go according to plan, everyone will look back a few years from now and have a good laugh.

Rutgers coach Greg Schiano has seen it before. He just doesn't want his Scarlet Knights to get hoodwinked by Army's tricky triple option.

If there's a phase Rutgers needs to shore up, it's the return game. The Scarlet Knights rank near the bottom of the NCAA statistics in both kick and punt returns midway through the season.

For the second time in three seasons, Pitt is being led by a freshman running back who was overlooked by nearly every school in the country but has quickly become one of the nation's leading rushers.

Zaire Kitchen drew the assignment and immediately went to practice. The Rutgers safety hit the field and went through his motions, slowing it down so he could be as fundamentally sound as possible.

" Despite Pitt's best efforts, it narrowly held onto a 24-17 victory tonight against Rutgers.

Pitt held Rutgers to 31 rushing yards on 11 carries in the first half and leads 17-10 at halftime at Rutgers Stadium.

The last time Kordell Young carried the ball against Pittsburgh's defense, the Rutgers running back helped ice a 54-34 win with 57 of his 83 yards and two scores in the final 17 minutes.

For the past six weeks, Greg Schiano has been calling his Rutgers team a work in progress as it knocked off a couple of lower division opponents and two struggling programs.

Rutgers defensive back Devin McCourty grabs an interception in the end zone in a game against Pittsburgh two years ago.

Rutgers' Steve Beauharnais reaches in for the ball to knock it out of the arms of Joseph Warren of Texas Southern for one of four turnovers Rutgers forced.

Though Rutgers has won four straight games, coach Greg Schiano describes the team as "a work in progress.'' Even though his team has now won four straight games, there is still a sour taste in the mouth of Greg Schiano.

Rutgers' Joe Martinek scores a touchdown in the first quarter against Texas Southern.

The way Devin McCourty figures it, Rutgers' scout team will have a direct impact on Saturday's game against Texas Southern, even if none of the preparation-players see the field.

If Rutgers had its way, it would not be playing Texas Southern on Saturday. It has nothing to do with the Tigers.

Rutgers coach Greg Schiano sings the alma mater with his team after their win against Maryland -- another game during which they were forced to battle the elements.

So where does the best college football team in Ohio play? According to The Associated Press Top 25 poll this week, it's not in Columbus.

Southern Cal running back Stafon Johnson was seriously injured Monday when a bench press he was using slipped and fell on his throat.

Tom Savage scrambles against Florida International -- he suffered a concussion later in the game.

Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe feels that Rutgers' true freshman quarterback Tom Savage is "going to be a really, really good quarterback." During the weekly Big East football teleconference, Louisville's Steve Kragthorpe was asked if after the first month of the season, if the conference has an established pecking order.

Former Rutgers basketball star and Newark East Side standout Corey Chandler was dismissed from his new school, Binghamton, on Friday as part of a wide-spread academic and disciplinary crackdown.