Rutgers·Big Ten

2023 — The 2023 Season

Rutgers's 2023 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Won the Pinstripe Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +0.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Northw 24-7 W vs Temple 36-7 W vs Virg Tec 35-16 L @ Michigan 7-31 W vs Wagner 52-3 L @ Wiscon 13-24 W vs Mich St 27-24 W @ Indiana 31-14 L vs Ohio St 16-35 L @ Iowa 0-22 L @ Penn St 6-27 L vs Maryland 24-42 W @ Miami 31-24 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2023.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2023 season's largest margin: Rutgers 52, Wagner 3. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Rutgers 7, Michigan 31. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Rutgers beat Miami 31-24 in the postseason.

"Chop"
— Rutgers fanbase voice · 2023· synthesized
What it meant

2023 is a middle chapter for Rutgers — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.