Rutgers team stats
2008 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Rutgers | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 4:01:46 | 18:36 | 3:49:15 | 17:38 |
| Offensive plays | 838 | 64.5 | 791 | 60.8 |
| Total yards | 5,179 | 398.4 | 4,250 | 326.9 |
| Penalties–yards | 58–505 | — | 72–610 | — |
| First downs | 264 | 20.3 | 201 | 15.5 |
| Third down | 66–16340.5% | — | 56–17332.4% | — |
| Fourth down | 6–1540.0% | — | 7–1353.8% | — |
Passing
| Rutgers | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 250–41560.2% | — | 189–32258.7% | — |
| Passing yards | 3,666 | 282.0 | 2,657 | 204.4 |
| Yards per attempt | 8.8 | — | 8.3 | — |
| Passing TDs | 26 | — | 11 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 10 | — | 15 | — |
Rushing
| Rutgers | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 423 | 32.5 | 469 | 36.1 |
| Rushing yards | 1,664 | 128.0 | 1,763 | 135.6 |
| Yards per carry | 3.9 | — | 3.8 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 21 | — | 15 | — |
Turnovers
| Rutgers | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 22 | 1.7 | 23 | 1.8 |
| Fumbles lost | 7 | — | 13 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 10 | — | 15 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Rutgers | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interceptions | 15 | — | 10 | — |
| Interception yards | 174 | — | 211 | — |
| Interception TDs | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 13 | — | 7 | — |
Returns
| Rutgers | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | — | — | 6 | — |
| Kick return yards | — | — | 89 | — |
| Yards per kick return | — | — | 14.8 | — |
| Kick return TDs | — | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 39 | — | 38 | — |
| Punt return yards | 163 | — | 235 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 4.2 | — | 6.2 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 1 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.