Rutgers Stadium is the venue for the football program at Rutgers University. Located on the university's Busch Campus, Rutgers Stadium was opened on 3 September 1994 during a game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Kent State University Golden Flashes. Rutgers Stadium seats 41,500 spectators, though on a few occasions has accommodated several thousand more. Though small in this regard compared to other big name Division I-A college football stadiums, Rutgers Stadium and its home crowd is known to be disproportionately and at times deafeningly loud, making it uniquely intimidating to its visiting opponents. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... “Rutgers” redirects here. ... Busch Campus is at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. ... is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... For the events of May 4, 1970, see Kent State shootings Kent State University (also known as Kent, Kent State or KSU) is one of America’s largest university systems, the third largest university in Ohio after Ohio State University (57,748) and the University of Cincinnati (35,364), and...

History

Overlooking the Raritan River in Piscataway, New Jersey (USA), the stadium is on the site of the first "Rutgers Stadium", which opened October 22, 1938, with a 32-0 victory over Hampden-Sydney College. The original stadium was built by the Works Project Administration during the later years of the Great Depression. The first Rutgers Stadium served the university's football program until 1992, hosting 225 football games over which Rutgers had a record of 168 wins, 53 losses, and four ties. The Raritan River is a major river of central New Jersey in the United States. ... Piscataway Township is a township located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ... “NJ” redirects here. ... is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hampden-Sydney College is a liberal arts college for men located in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. ... The Works Progress Administration (later Works Projects Administration, abbreviated WPA), was created on May 6, 1935 with the signing of Executive Order 7034. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ...

During this time, Rutgers Stadium hosted the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship on five occasions. Each year, the NCAA Championship determines the top lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III. Past Winners // Division I 1971 -- Cornell 12-6 Maryland 1972 -- Virginia 13-12 Johns Hopkins 1973 -- Maryland 10-9 (2 OT) Johns Hopkins 1974 -- Johns Hopkins 17-12 Maryland 1975...

For several years previous to this first "Rutgers Stadium," the Rutgers football program played at Neilson Field on the College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The first intercollegiate football game, in which Rutgers beat Princeton with a score 6 to 4 on 6 November 1869, was held on a field that is now occupied by the College Avenue Gymnasium. Nickname: Location of New Brunswick in Middlesex County Coordinates: , Country State County Middlesex Established December 30, 1730 Incorporated September 1, 1784 Government  - Type Faulkner Act (Mayor-Council)  - Mayor James Cahill Area  - City  5. ... “NJ” redirects here. ... is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The College Avenue Gymnasium is an athletic facility on the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. ...

During the construction of the second and current Rutgers Stadium, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights played the 1993 season at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, a facility operated by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority which financed the new Rutgers Stadium through a bond issue. See also: 1992 in sports, other events of 1993, 1994 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Athletics February 11 - Irina Privalova sets a new womens 60m indoors world record August 13 - August 22 - World Championships held in Stuttgart Auto Racing Stock car racing: Dale Jarrett won... Giants Stadium, frequently referred to as The Meadowlands, is the home stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets football teams of the NFL, and the Red Bull New York soccer team of MLS. It is located in East Rutherford, New Jersey in the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which... Map highlighting East Rutherfords location within Bergen County. ... The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority is a regulatory agency established by the State of New Jersey in 1971 to oversee the Meadowlands Sports Complex. ... For alternative meanings, see bond (a disambiguation page). ...

The Scarlet Knights had previously played several games at Giants Stadium, including the first football game hosted at that site: a 1976 victory over Columbia University, due to an NCAA rule that mandated that a team play at least half of its home games at a stadium with a seating capacity of at least 30,000 to qualify as a Division I-A school. Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alma Mater Columbia University in the City of New York is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, either in terms of the space available, or in terms of limitations set by law. ...

Rutgers Stadium has also hosted NCAA tournament soccer and lacrosse games, including the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship games in 1998, 2001, and 2002. It has also hosted the North-South All-Star Game between teams organized by exceptional New Jersey senior football players from North and South Jersey, and the Governor's Bowl, between New Jersey and New York State players, in alternating years. Michie Stadium in West Point, New York hosts the latter game in the other seasons. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Lacrosse is a spring and summer team sport played by two teams of ten players each who use netted sticks (called crosses in French) in order to project a small rubber ball into the opponents goal. ... Each year, the NCAA Championship determines the top lacrosse team in the NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III. Past Winners // Division I 1971 -- Cornell 12-6 Maryland 1972 -- Virginia 13-12 Johns Hopkins 1973 -- Maryland 10-9 (2 OT) Johns Hopkins 1974 -- Johns Hopkins 17-12 Maryland 1975... Michie Stadium (pronounced Mike-Eee) is located on the campus of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. ... West Point painting West Point is a federal military base (and a census-designated place) located in the Town of Highlands in Orange County, New York. ...

On 25 September 2005, Rutgers Stadium was the site of a lecture delivered by the Dalai Lama. is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Dalai Lama lineage. ...

Heralded by many newspapers, sports writers, and Rutgers fans as the "most important game in Rutgers history", on 9 November 2006, a then record crowd of 44,111 attended a football game between Rutgers' Scarlet Knights (then ranked fifteenth on most college football polls) and the Louisville Cardinals (then ranked third). This game posted the 2nd largest viewing audience ever for an ESPN Thursday night college football game. The largest audience happened one week earlier when an undefeated Louisville defeated an undefeated West Virginia. The usual official capacity was exceeded due to additional student seating with temporary bleachers located at the southern end of the stadium, as well as by moving the marching band from their usual spot in the stands to temporary bleachers in the corner of the north end zone. At the next home game, against the Syracuse Orange on 25 November 2006, Rutgers Stadium posted its second largest crowd with 43,791 in attendance. is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2006 Louisville Cardinals football team represent the University of Louisville in the 2006 college football season. ... The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams of West Virginia University. ... Syracuse University Logo. ... is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The attendance record has been consistently broken in the 2007 season. The most recent record is 44,267, set on October 18 2007 against then ranked #2 University of South Florida.^[1] The University of South Florida (USF), known within its system as USF Tampa[2][3][4], is a public university system located in Tampa, Florida, USA, with an autonomous campus in St. ...

Current facilities

The current Rutgers Stadium provided seating for 41,500 spectators, featuring a 5,000-seat upper deck on each side of the field; light stanchions that allow for network television broadcasts of night games; a two-level press box on the west mezzanine; and eight 1,000 square foot (93 m²) concession stands. Until 2004, the field maintained a grass surface, but has since been replaced with Field Turf. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... FieldTurf is a Montreal-based company which installs artificial grass playing surfaces identified by the FieldTurf trademark. ...

Following the success of the Football team in the 2005 and 2006 seasons where the team reached consecutive bowl games for the 1st time in its history, speculation has arisen regarding the possibility of increasing the stadium's capacity beyond 41,500 seats. For the 2007-08 season, the "temporary" end zone bleachers will be a permanent fixture. It was announced that they have been completely sold out for the season. Rutgers Football Coach Greg Schiano hopes to get the school to increase the stadium's capacity over time to 80,000, or roughly double current capacity.^[2] In the short term it is believed that 10,000-15,000 seats could be added in less than 1 year. ^[3] Gregory Edward Schiano (b. ...

See also

• Rutgers University
• Busch Campus (Rutgers University)
• Big East Conference
• College football

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References

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External links

• Rutgers Stadium (Rutgers University athletics official site)
• Stadium
• Rutgers Stadium crowd noise

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