1981 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

The 1981 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their ninth season under head coach Frank R. Burns, the Scarlet Knights compiled a 5–6 record while competing as an independent and were outscored by their opponents 208 to 139.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Ralph Leek with 926 passing yards, Albert Ray with 679 rushing yards, and Andrew Baker with 356 receiving yards.[3]

1981 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
(Capacity: 31,219)
Giants Stadium
(Capacity: 76,891)
1981 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Pittsburgh      11 1 0
No. 3 Penn State      10 2 0
No. 8 Miami (FL)      9 2 0
Southern Miss      9 2 1
No. 17 West Virginia      9 3 0
Colgate      7 3 0
Virginia Tech      7 4 0
Navy      7 4 1
Cincinnati      6 5 0
Florida State      6 5 0
Holy Cross      6 5 0
Tulane      6 5 0
UNLV      6 6 0
South Carolina      6 6 0
Temple      5 5 0
Boston College      5 6 0
East Carolina      5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana      5 6 0
Louisville      5 6 0
Notre Dame      5 6 0
Rutgers      5 6 0
William & Mary      5 6 0
Syracuse      4 6 1
Richmond      4 7 0
Army      3 7 1
North Texas State      2 9 0
Georgia Tech      1 10 0
Memphis State      1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 5at SyracuseW 29–27
September 12ColgateW 13–5[4]
September 19Virginia
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 3–0
September 26at CincinnatiL 0–10
October 3Cornell
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 31–17[5]
October 10at ArmyW 17–0
October 17Temple
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
L 12–24
October 24at No. 11 AlabamaL 7–31[6]
November 7 No. 1 PittsburghL 3–47
November 14at West VirginiaL 3–20
November 21at Boston CollegeL 21–27[7]

Roster

1981 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 31 Joe Burke Jr
C 61 Mike Flynn Jr
WR 84 Jed Karpinski Jr
QB Jacque LaPrarie Fr
QB 7 Ralph Leek Jr
C 59 Frank Naylor Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 4 Carl Howard Jr
DT 62 Bill Pickel Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. "1981 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. "Rutgers Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  3. "1981 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  4. "Rutgers Needs 2 FGs, 1 Bomb to Edge Colgate". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. September 13, 1981. p. 5B via Newspapers.com.
  5. Newman, Chuck (October 4, 1981). "Defense Gets Rutgers Attack Rolling for Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 9-F, 10-F via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Bama varies attack, and buries Rutgers". The Anniston Star. October 25, 1981. Retrieved February 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Boston Coll. 27, Rutgers 21". The Hartford Courant. November 22, 1981. p. C13 via Newspapers.com.


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