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1995 Rutgers

4–⁠7 (2–⁠5 Big East), coached by Doug Graber.

Schedule and results

Rutgers in 1995, game by game: lost at Duke 14–24; won vs. Navy 27–17; lost vs. No. 6 Penn State 34–59; lost vs. Syracuse 17–27; lost at Miami 21–56; lost vs. Virginia Tech 17–45; won vs. Pittsburgh 42–24; lost at West Virginia 26–59; won at Tulane 45–40; won at Temple 23–20; lost vs. Boston College 38–41+18−35Lost 14–24 at Duke-10DukeWon 27–17 vs. Navy+10NavyLost 34–59 vs. No. 6 Penn State-25No. 6 Penn StateLost 17–27 vs. Syracuse-10SyracuseLost 21–56 at Miami-35MiamiLost 17–45 vs. Virginia Tech-28Virginia TechWon 42–24 vs. Pittsburgh+18PittsburghLost 26–59 at West Virginia-33West VirginiaWon 45–40 at Tulane+5TulaneWon 23–20 at Temple+3TempleLost 38–41 vs. Boston College-3Boston College
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9atDukeL 14–⁠2436%
Sep 16vsNavyW 27–⁠1761%
Sep 23vs6Penn StateL 34–⁠5925%
Sep 30vsSyracuseL 17–⁠2741%
Oct 14atMiamiL 21–⁠5621%
Oct 21vsVirginia TechL 17–⁠4536%
Oct 28vsPittsburghW 42–⁠2456%
Nov 4atWest VirginiaL 26–⁠5932%
Nov 11atTulaneW 45–⁠4059%
Nov 18atTempleW 23–⁠2059%
Nov 24vsBoston CollegeL 38–⁠4153%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Boston College 41–⁠38; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big East.

In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 152 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1995.

Consensus All-AmericanMarco Battaglia, TE

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠5 6th in Big East
AP final
Unranked
Points
304–⁠412
Coach
Doug Graber
Elo
1411 −55 this season
SP+ rating
-11.5 No. 90 of 107; offense No. 32, defense No. 101
SRS
−6.8 No. 75 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Stan Parrish
Defensive coordinator
John Gutekunst

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 2Marco Battaglia TECincinnati Bengals
Rd 3Robert Barr OTSeattle Seahawks

All-Big East

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Big East standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Virginia Tech6–⁠110–⁠210
Miami6–⁠18–⁠320
Syracuse5–⁠29–⁠319
West Virginia4–⁠35–⁠6
Boston College4–⁠34–⁠8
Rutgers2–⁠54–⁠7
Temple1–⁠61–⁠10
Pittsburgh0–⁠72–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.