The Scarlet Knights (7-4, 4-3) combined a strong defensive performance (only 146 total yards allowed, 9 sacks) with a potent rushing attack to defeat the Cincinnati Bearcats (4-7, 2-5) by a score of 44-9. Freshman Ray Rice gained 195 yards on 28 carries, pushing him over the 1,000 yard mark for the season. Rice scored two TDs on the ground. As a team, RU rushed for 337 yards on 50 carries. Junior Brian Leonard again had over 100 total yards and two TDs. Sophomore Jeremy Ito added three field goals. Senior Ryan Hart completed his Rutgers career (or at least the regular season portion of it) throwing for 237 yards for 1 TD and guiding the Scarlet to the strong victory.
Should the Notre Dame squad defeat Stanford tonight, the Scarlet Knights will be in the Insight Bowl in Phoenix, Arizona on December 27th where they will play Arizona State. Twenty-seven years ago in the one and only New Jersey Bowl, the Arizona State team defeated Rutgers in its last bowl appearance. (Should Notre Dame lose, the Knights may end up in the Motor City Bowl.)
The Bearcats had -23 yards (that’s negative 23) rushing on 28 carries.
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UPDATE: Notre Dame managed to score a touchdown and 2-point conversion with 55 seconds remaining then held on to survive a scare from the Stanford Cardinal 38-31. The win virtually guarantees ND will be in a BCS bowl meaning RU should be recieving a bid to the Insight Bowl.
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