Fullback, Rutgers, 2007–⁠11

Joe Martinek

Number: No. 38
Height: 6′0″
Hometown: Hopatcong, NJ

Joe Martinek played fullback at Rutgers (2007–⁠11).

147rushing yards, best game on fileat Maryland, 2009 2rushing touchdowns, best game on filefour times; last at Army, 2009

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

404

967

276

123

8–⁠59–⁠44–⁠89–⁠4

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2008*	Rutgers	76	404	5.3	4	45
2009	Rutgers	206	967	4.7	9	61
2010	Rutgers	85	276	3.2	4	35
2011	Rutgers	24	123	5.1	0	21
On file (2008–⁠11)		391	1,770	4.5	17	61

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2008*	Rutgers	1	7	7.0	0	7
2009	Rutgers	12	140	11.7	0	27
2010	Rutgers	6	39	6.5	0	25
2011	Rutgers	27	262	9.7	1	60
On file (2008–⁠11)		46	448	9.7	1	60

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2008	Rutgers	38	FB
2009	Rutgers	38	FB
2010	Rutgers	38	FB
2011	Rutgers	38	FB	6′0″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Rutgers 13 games, 123 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 1	vs.North Carolina Central	W 48–⁠0	–	–	–	–	2	13
Sep 10	atNorth Carolina	L 22–⁠24	1	2	0	2	2	17
Sep 24	vs.Ohio	W 38–⁠26	2	23	0	12	1	6
Oct 1	atSyracuse	W 19–⁠16	2	6	0	4	5	46
Oct 8	vs.Pittsburgh	W 34–⁠10	1	1	0	1	2	63
Oct 15	vs.Navy	W 21–⁠20	4	44	0	21	2	30
Oct 21	atLouisville	L 14–⁠16	2	21	0	13	2	12
Oct 29	vs.West Virginia	L 31–⁠41	3	15	0	11	3	17
Nov 5	vs.South Florida	W 20–⁠17	2	3	0	2	3	13
Nov 12	vs.Army	W 27–⁠12	1	6	0	6	1	13
Nov 19	vs.Cincinnati	W 20–⁠3	1	−2	0	0	4	32
Nov 26	atUConn	L 22–⁠40	1	0	0	0	–	–
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Iowa State	W 27–⁠13	4	4	0	4	–	–

2010 Rutgers 9 games, 276 rushing yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 2	vs.Norfolk State	W 31–⁠0	20	109	1	35	1	6
Sep 11	atFlorida International	W 19–⁠14	14	28	0	9	–	–
Sep 25	vs.North Carolina	L 13–⁠17	5	30	0	16	1	0
Oct 2	vs.Tulane	L 14–⁠17	4	9	0	4	1	25
Oct 8	vs.UConn	W 27–⁠24	8	25	0	7	–	–
Oct 16	vs.Army	W 23–⁠20	10	30	1	11	–	–
Oct 23	atPittsburgh	L 21–⁠41	13	52	1	12	–	–
Nov 3	atSouth Florida	L 27–⁠28	9	−6	1	7	3	8
Nov 20	atCincinnati	L 38–⁠69	2	−1	0	0	–	–

2009 Rutgers 13 games, 967 rushing yards, 9 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 7	vs.Cincinnati	L 15–⁠47	15	54	1	11	3	33
Sep 12	vs.Howard	W 45–⁠7	10	38	0	11	1	2
Sep 19	vs.Florida International	W 23–⁠15	23	121	0	25	–	–
Sep 26	atMaryland	W 34–⁠13	19	147	2	61	2	24
Oct 10	vs.Texas Southern	W 42–⁠0	8	51	2	15	–	–
Oct 16	vs.Pittsburgh	L 17–⁠24	9	23	0	6	–	–
Oct 23	atArmy	W 27–⁠10	25	139	2	39	1	13
Oct 31	atUConn	W 28–⁠24	12	28	0	10	–	–
Nov 12	vs.South Florida	W 31–⁠0	25	128	1	37	2	2
Nov 21	atSyracuse	L 13–⁠31	10	55	0	23	–	–
Nov 27	atLouisville	W 34–⁠14	22	90	1	20	–	–
Dec 5	vs.West Virginia	L 21–⁠24	14	49	0	12	–	–
Dec 19 ✦	vs.UCF	W 45–⁠24	14	44	0	15	3	66

2008 Rutgers 8 games, 404 rushing yards, 4 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 1	vs.Fresno State	L 7–⁠24	–	–	–	–	1	7
Sep 20	atNavy	L 21–⁠23	8	61	1	29	–	–
Sep 27	vs.Morgan State	W 38–⁠0	9	26	0	14	–	–
Nov 8	vs.Syracuse	W 35–⁠17	2	51	1	45	–	–
Nov 15	atSouth Florida	W 49–⁠16	21	98	2	26	–	–
Nov 22	vs.Army	W 30–⁠3	9	53	0	13	–	–
Dec 4	vs.Louisville	W 63–⁠14	18	57	0	22	–	–
Dec 29 ✦	vs.NC State	W 29–⁠23	9	58	0	26	–	–