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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 1–0 |
- 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
- Massachusetts’s biggest win1967: Massachusetts 30, Rutgers 7by 23 points
- Rutgers’s biggest win2019: Rutgers 48, Massachusetts 21by 27 points
- Upset2026: Massachusetts 37, Rutgers 21Massachusetts had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1973: Massachusetts 25, Rutgers 22Massachusetts had a 21% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
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: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).
On television
| 2026 | BTN | 0.4 million viewers |
Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
| Sep 3, 2026 | Massachusetts 37, Rutgers 21 | at Rutgers | ||
| Aug 30, 2019 | Rutgers 48, Massachusetts 21 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 4, 1978 | Rutgers 21, Massachusetts 11 | at Massachusetts | ||
| Oct 30, 1976 | Rutgers 24, Massachusetts 7 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 6, 1973 | Massachusetts 25, Rutgers 22 | at Rutgers | ||
| Nov 11, 1967 | Massachusetts 30, Rutgers 7 | at Massachusetts |
Every game is listed as played on the field.