1979 team profile

Team Ledger

Rutgers

FBS · FBS Independents
#45
8–3Record
140.75Overall rating
142.19Raw points
112.98Opponent strength

Rating history

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Conference rankings

FBS Independents · 32 teams
RankTeamRating
1Pittsburgh284.24
2Florida State274.77
3Temple257.55
4Penn State219.80
5South Carolina195.51
6Notre Dame192.02
7UNLV178.32
8Tulane172.29
9Syracuse172.19
10East Carolina170.13
11Rutgers140.75
12Boston College132.94
13Miami129.41
14Southern Miss127.16
15West Virginia123.33
16Navy119.58
17Virginia Tech108.91
18Georgia Tech108.63
19Villanova104.92
20Tennessee State100.61
21Colgate92.17
22Holy Cross85.20
23Memphis78.45
24Louisville69.07
25William & Mary59.79
26Illinois State52.04
27Cincinnati51.48
28North Texas45.73
29Army42.86
30Air Force42.77
31UL Monroe17.78
32Richmond3.74

Season schedule

11 games
  • W2vs Holy Cross
    Final    28–0
  • W3at Penn State
    Final    10–45
  • W4vs Bucknell
    Final    16–14
  • W5at Princeton
    Final    38–14
  • W6vs Temple
    Final    20–41
  • W7at UConn
    Final    26–14
  • W8at William & Mary
    Final    24–0
  • W10at Tennessee
    Final    13–7
  • W11vs Army
    Final    20–0
  • W12vs Villanova
    Final    17–32
  • W13at Louisville
    Final    31–7