After last week’s disappointing loss to Cincinnati, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights came back and trounced Syracuse 38-7:
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Brian Leonard become Rutgers’ career scoring leader and the No. 15 Scarlet Knights moved within a win of earning their first Big East championship with a 38-7 victory over Syracuse on Saturday.
The once-downtrodden Scarlet Knights (10-1, 5-1) can clinch the league and a berth in the Bowl Championship Series, the rewards of a storybook season, by beating No. 7 West Virginia on the road next Saturday in what will easily be the biggest game for the school that was the birthplace of college football in 1869.
The 10-win season is only the second in school history, one shy of the mark set by the Scarlet Knights ‘ undefeated team in 1976. They were honored at halftime Saturday.
Leonard rushed for 106 yards and scored on a pair of 2-yard, second-half TD runs, giving 266 points. That broke the mark of 261 set kicker Kennan Starzell from 1976-79.
A week after throwing a career-worst four interceptions in a Rutgers’ shocking loss to Cincinnati, Mike Teel rebounded with touchdown passes of 38 and 28 yards to a wide-open Kenny Britt .
Ray Rice ran for 107 yards and a touchdown and Jeremy Ito added a 32-yard field goal.
Meanwhile, West Virginia found itself beaten by a few upstarts from South Florida. Go Rutgers !
And, more importantly, Rutgers Coach Greg Schiano denies rumors he’s headed to Miami.
November 26th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
[...] On another note, though, Rutgers’ convincing win over Syracuse was enough to get it up to No. 13 in both polls, ahead of West Virginia who it faces next week. [...]