Kyle Flood's 4 year run as Rutgers head football coach is the shortest since John Steigman started in 1956 and left after the 1959 season.
A December 1, 1959 Targum editorial said they were, “…shocked and in a state of mixed emotions” when it was announced John Stiegman was leaving to become head coach at UPenn. And John Bateman, the assistant coach of UPenn, was leaving to become head coach at Rutgers. Stiegman took his entire staff to Philadelphia except for Matt Bolger and replaced coach Steve Sebo who had just guided UPenn to the Ivy League title. Bateman took Dewey King with him to New Brunswick where he became the defensive coach.
The schools met only once in the previous 70 years and Rutgers hadn’t won since 1882. They then played each other from 1961-64 where Bateman beat Stiegman every year except 1963. UPenn insisted that the games be in Philadelphia. Stiegman had a 22-15 record at Rutgers but went a dismal 12-33 in four seasons in one of UPenn’s worst football periods. Bateman coached 13 seasons with Rutgers and went 73-51 including the undefeated 1961 team that had 12 players on it from Stiegman’s last Rutgers team in 1959.
A December 1, 1959 Targum editorial said they were, “…shocked and in a state of mixed emotions” when it was announced John Stiegman was leaving to become head coach at UPenn. And John Bateman, the assistant coach of UPenn, was leaving to become head coach at Rutgers. Stiegman took his entire staff to Philadelphia except for Matt Bolger and replaced coach Steve Sebo who had just guided UPenn to the Ivy League title. Bateman took Dewey King with him to New Brunswick where he became the defensive coach.
The schools met only once in the previous 70 years and Rutgers hadn’t won since 1882. They then played each other from 1961-64 where Bateman beat Stiegman every year except 1963. UPenn insisted that the games be in Philadelphia. Stiegman had a 22-15 record at Rutgers but went a dismal 12-33 in four seasons in one of UPenn’s worst football periods. Bateman coached 13 seasons with Rutgers and went 73-51 including the undefeated 1961 team that had 12 players on it from Stiegman’s last Rutgers team in 1959.
