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Rutgers Season by Season
Every Rutgers football season on one page back to 1869: won-lost records, conference records, bowl results and final rankings for all 147 of them.
SEASON BY SEASON
147 SEASONS · 1869–2026 · 461–570–19 ALL-TIME · 7 NAMED BOWL GAMES
| SEASON | RECORD | CONFERENCE | BOWL | FINAL RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 2025 | 5–7 | 2–7 | – | – |
| 2024 | 7–6 | 4–5 | Rate Bowl (L) | – |
| 2023 | 7–6 | 3–6 | Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl (W) | – |
| 2022 | 4–8 | 1–8 | – | – |
| 2021 | 5–8 | 2–7 | TaxSlayer Gator Bowl (L) | – |
| 2020 | 3–6 | 3–6 | – | – |
| 2019 | 2–10 | 0–9 | – | – |
| 2018 | 1–11 | 0–9 | – | – |
| 2017 | 4–8 | 3–6 | – | – |
| 2016 | 2–10 | 0–9 | – | – |
| 2015 | 4–8 | 1–7 | – | – |
| 2014 | 8–5 | 3–5 | QUICK LANE BOWL (W) | – |
| 2013 | 6–7 | 3–5 | NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL (L) | – |
| 2012 | 9–4 | 5–2 | RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL (L) | – |
| 2011 | 9–4 | 4–3 | NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL (W) | – |
| 2010 | 4–8 | 1–6 | – | – |
| 2009 | 9–4 | 3–4 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2008 | 8–5 | 5–2 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2007 | 8–5 | 3–4 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2006 | 11–2 | 5–2 | Postseason (not named) | #12 |
| 2005 | 7–5 | 4–3 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 2004 | 4–7 | 1–5 | – | – |
| 2003 | 5–7 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 2002 | 1–11 | 0–7 | – | – |
| 2001 | 2–9 | 0–7 | – | – |
| 2000 | 3–8 | 0–7 | – | – |
| 1999 | 1–10 | 1–6 | – | – |
| 1998 | 5–6 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 1997 | 0–11 | 0–7 | – | – |
| 1996 | 2–9 | 1–6 | – | – |
| 1995 | 4–7 | 2–5 | – | – |
| 1994 | 5–5–1 | 2–4–1 | – | – |
| 1993 | 4–7 | 1–6 | – | – |
| 1992 | 7–4 | 4–2 | – | – |
| 1991 | 6–5 | 2–3 | – | – |
| 1990 | 3–8 | – | – | – |
| 1989 | 2–7–2 | – | – | – |
| 1988 | 5–6 | – | – | – |
| 1987 | 6–5 | – | – | – |
| 1986 | 5–5–1 | – | – | – |
| 1985 | 2–8–1 | – | – | – |
| 1984 | 7–3 | – | – | – |
| 1983 | 3–8 | – | – | – |
| 1982 | 5–6 | – | – | – |
| 1981 | 5–6 | – | – | – |
| 1980 | 7–4 | – | – | – |
| 1979 | 8–3 | – | – | – |
| 1978 | 9–3 | – | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1977 | 7–3 | – | – | – |
| 1976 | 11–0 | – | – | #17 |
| 1975 | 8–2 | – | – | – |
| 1974 | 6–3–1 | – | – | – |
| 1973 | 6–4 | – | – | – |
| 1972 | 6–4 | – | – | – |
| 1971 | 4–7 | – | – | – |
| 1970 | 4–5 | – | – | – |
| 1969 | 6–3 | – | – | – |
| 1968 | 8–2 | – | – | – |
| 1967 | 4–5 | – | – | – |
| 1966 | 4–4 | – | – | – |
| 1965 | 3–5 | – | – | – |
| 1964 | 5–3 | – | – | – |
| 1963 | 2–6 | – | – | – |
| 1962 | 5–5 | – | – | – |
| 1961 | 9–0 | – | – | #15 |
| 1960 | 8–1 | – | – | – |
| 1959 | 6–3 | – | – | – |
| 1958 | 8–0 | – | – | #20 |
| 1957 | 5–4 | – | – | – |
| 1956 | 3–7 | – | – | – |
| 1955 | 3–5 | – | – | – |
| 1954 | 3–6 | – | – | – |
| 1953 | 2–6 | – | – | – |
| 1952 | 3–4–1 | – | – | – |
| 1951 | 3–4 | – | – | – |
| 1950 | 3–4 | – | – | – |
| 1949 | 5–3 | – | – | – |
| 1948 | 6–2 | – | – | – |
| 1947 | 6–1 | – | – | – |
| 1946 | 5–2 | – | – | – |
| 1945 | 1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1942 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1941 | 2–1 | – | – | – |
| 1940 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1939 | 1–1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1938 | 2–0 | – | – | – |
| 1937 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1936 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1935 | 0–3 | – | – | – |
| 1934 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1933 | 1–3 | – | – | – |
| 1932 | 1–0 | – | – | – |
| 1930 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1927 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1926 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1925 | 0–3 | – | – | – |
| 1924 | 1–0 | – | – | – |
| 1923 | 4–1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1922 | 3–4 | – | – | – |
| 1921 | 3–5 | – | – | – |
| 1920 | 2–6 | – | – | – |
| 1919 | 4–3 | – | – | – |
| 1918 | 3–1 | – | – | – |
| 1917 | 4–1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1916 | 3–2–2 | – | – | – |
| 1915 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1914 | 3–3–1 | – | – | – |
| 1913 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1912 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1911 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1910 | 0–0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1909 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1908 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1907 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1906 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1902 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1901 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1900 | 0–3 | – | – | – |
| 1899 | 0–3 | – | – | – |
| 1898 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1897 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1896 | 0–3 | – | – | – |
| 1895 | 0–3 | – | – | – |
| 1894 | 1–2 | – | – | – |
| 1892 | 1–3 | – | – | – |
| 1891 | 2–4 | – | – | – |
| 1890 | 0–5–1 | – | – | – |
| 1889 | 0–3 | – | – | – |
| 1888 | 0–6 | – | – | – |
| 1887 | 0–6 | – | – | – |
| 1886 | 0–3 | – | – | – |
| 1885 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1884 | 3–3 | – | – | – |
| 1883 | 0–5 | – | – | – |
| 1882 | 4–4 | – | – | – |
| 1881 | 1–3–1 | – | – | – |
| 1880 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1879 | 0–1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1878 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1877 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1875 | 0–1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1874 | 1–2 | – | – | – |
| 1873 | 1–2 | – | – | – |
| 1872 | 1–1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1870 | 1–1 | – | – | – |
| 1869 | 1–1 | – | – | – |
Conference records aren’t recorded for earlier seasons, so those rows show overall records only.
6 further seasons include postseason games our source doesn’t name. They may be bowls, conference championship games or other postseason games, so they aren’t added to the bowl total above.
Final rankings begin with the 1936 season, when the AP poll started. Earlier seasons are blank because no poll existed, not because the team was unranked.