The 2023 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented

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in the East Division of the

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during the

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. The Scarlet Knights were led by

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in the fourth year of his second stint (15th overall season) as Rutgers' head coach. The Scarlet Knights played their home games at

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in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Offseason

Coaching changes

On October 9, 2022, offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson was fired in the middle of the 2022 season. On January 7, 2023,

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offensive coordinator

Kirk Ciarrocca Kirk Ciarrocca (born August 12, 1965), is the offensive coordinator for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. He most recently served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Minnesota. Prior to that he spent a year as the offensive coordinator ...

was hired to replace Gleeson. This is Ciarrocca's second stint at Rutgers, having served as a co-offensive coordinator in 2009 and 2010. Andrew Aurich transitioned from running backs coach to tight ends coach.

Preseason

Big 10 media poll

The Scarlet Knights were predicted to finish sixth in the Big 10's East Division.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Northwestern

Temple

Virginia Tech

At No. 2 Michigan

Wagner

At Wisconsin

Michigan State

At Indiana

No. 1 Ohio State

At No. 22 Iowa

At No. 12 Penn State

Maryland

vs Miami (FL) (
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)

Statistics

References

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