Rutgers Football versus Howard moved to Thursday, other kickoffs announced
Rutgers Football's season opener against Howard has been moved to Thursday night, August 29th as the Scarlet Knights will be the first Big Ten program to kickoff the 2024 season.
The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network as a part of a Thursday night doubleheader, with Eastern Illinois at Illinois being the late night game.
The Thursday night game will be the Scarlet Knights first since 2014 when they faced off against Washington State in Seattle. It will be the first Thursday night home game for the program since NC Central visited back in 2011.
The other games that have been announced today include Akron, which will be a Noon kickoff on the Big Ten Network. Also the away game at Nebraska and home game against UCLA will be either 12:00pm ET, 3:30pm ET or 4:00pm ET kickoffs.
With several kickoff dates and times now set in stone, let's take a look at the full confirmed 2024 Rutgers Football schedule below.
FULL 2024 RUTGERS FOOTBALL SCHEDULE...
8/29: vs. Howard (Thursday -- 6pm on BTN)
9/07: vs. Akron (Noon on BTN)
9/14: BYE WEEK
9/21: @Virginia Tech
9/27: vs. Washington (Friday -- 8pm on FOX)
10/05: @Nebraska (TBD, won't be night game)
10/12: vs. Wisconsin
10/19: vs. UCLA (TBD, won't be night game)
10/25: @USC (Friday -- 11pm on FOX)
11/02: BYE WEEK
11/09: vs. Minnesota
11/16: @Maryland
11/23: vs. Illinois
11/30: @Michigan State
BOLD = HOME GAME
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