Massachusetts vs. Rutgers

Massachusetts and Rutgers have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1967; the series is tied 3–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s even at 3–⁠3.

Massachusetts wins
3
Rutgers wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1967
Longest streak
3 Rutgers
Current streak
1 Massachusetts
Last 10 meetings
even at 3–⁠3
Most recent
2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1960s1–⁠0
1970s1–⁠2
2010s0–⁠1
2020s1–⁠0
Average margin
16 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Massachusetts
1–⁠1 Massachusetts’s record at home
At Rutgers
2–⁠2 Rutgers’s record at home

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Massachusetts’s biggest win1967: Massachusetts 30, Rutgers 7by 23 points
  2. Rutgers’s biggest win2019: Rutgers 48, Massachusetts 21by 27 points
  3. Upset2026: Massachusetts 37, Rutgers 21Massachusetts had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1973: Massachusetts 25, Rutgers 22Massachusetts had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Massachusetts and Rutgers, 1967 on130015001700197019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

K.J. Duff Rutgers9 catches, 196 yards, 3 TD2026 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

On television

2026BTN0.4 million viewers

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Sep 3, 2026Massachusetts 37, Rutgers 21at Rutgers
Aug 30, 2019Rutgers 48, Massachusetts 21at Rutgers
Nov 4, 1978Rutgers 21, Massachusetts 11at Massachusetts
Oct 30, 1976Rutgers 24, Massachusetts 7at Rutgers
Oct 6, 1973Massachusetts 25, Rutgers 22at Rutgers
Nov 11, 1967Massachusetts 30, Rutgers 7at Massachusetts

Every game is listed as played on the field.