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No mention of:
1. Robeson heroics (pick a year / game...he was an AA)
2. The Undefeated team from 1960 (pick a game / moment)
3. The Undefeated team from 1976 (comeback in last game to cement undefeated season)
4. RU victory over Tennessee ("what's a Rutgers"?)
5. Fortay to Brantley...for the win (seriously this wasn't mentioned)
6. RU W's over MSU (pick one)
7. RU's comeback over # 3 L'ville as two 9-0 teams fight it out for supremacy (Empire State was Scarlet / Ito's FG over # 3 L'ville nails it!
Arguably our biggest win yet...gets my vote[thumb2]
8. RU / Teel's comeback against Pitt with Rice leading the charge
9. Overcoming 25 deficit in 2015 against Indiana (on the road)
10. Overcoming 25 point deficit in 2014 against Maryland (on the road)

Seems like the choices were made by committee that hadn't followed RU football, don't care about RU and don't read this board.

MO
 
Read the page MO. It clearly lists the 12 moments already selected at the top. The moments you can click on are ones to add to the list.

And since people are lazy, the 12 moments already selected are:

1869 - first game
1961 - undefeated season
1976 - undefeated season
2006 - Louisville win
2006 - Texas Bowl win
2013 - EL jersey retirement
1917 - Rutgers beats Naval Reserves
2012 - Arkansas win
1979 - Tennessee win
2014 - Michigan win
1988 - Penn State win
2004 - Michigan State win
 
Read the page MO. It clearly lists the 12 moments already selected at the top. The moments you can click on are ones to add to the list.

And since people are lazy, the 12 moments already selected are:

1869 - first game
1961 - undefeated season
1976 - undefeated season
2006 - Louisville win
2006 - Texas Bowl win
2013 - EL jersey retirement
1917 - Rutgers beats Naval Reserves
2012 - Arkansas win
1979 - Tennessee win
2014 - Michigan win
1988 - Penn State win
2004 - Michigan State win


Thanks.

I Read these, which don't correclate to the selections above. Glad they're there.



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1879: First Road Win
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1879: First Road Win
In the early days of Rutgers football, the team played just 25 games in its first 10 years. The sport grew from its origin in 1869, with Rutgers expanding to compete against different opponents over the years. That included a series with Steven that saw the Scarlet Knights win its first road game in 1879 with a 6-0 shutout victory.

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1899: Rutgers at The Garden
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1899: Rutgers at The Garden
Closing out the 1899 season, Rutgers competed against the Knickerbocker Athletic Club inside Madison Square Garden, “The World’s Most Famous Arena.” It was a night game played indoors, a rarity at the time. The game drew a crowd of approximately 3,500, but the homestanding Knickerbocker AC picked up an 11-0 win.

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1915: 96-0
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1915: 96-0
Rutgers rolled RPI, 96-0, in the largest shutout win in program history. Also the most points the Scarlet Knights have ever scored in a game, the team picked up a school-record 12 rushing touchdowns. Howard Talman had one of the most productive performances ever with six touchdowns and 12 extra points to accumulate 48 points individually. He would go on to earn All-America honors that season.

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1938: Original Rutgers Stadium Dedication
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1938: Original Rutgers Stadium Dedication
Rutgers opened the original Rutgers Stadium in 1938 and won the first 13 games played at the venue. The first game at the site was against Hampden-Sydney two weeks prior, but the program officially dedicated the stadium with a ceremony before a win over Princeton. RU overcame a halftime deficit with Art Gottlieb finding John Mullen in the fourth quarter to take a lead it would not relinquish.

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1958: Captain Bill Austin Leads Rutgers to 8-1 Season
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1958: Captain Bill Austin Leads Rutgers to 8-1 Season
All-American Bill Austin closed out his legendary career by helping lead Rutgers to a 61-0 thumping of Columbia. The Scarlet Knights racked up 32 points in the second quarter, including a 52-yard interception return by Austin. Austin totaled 34 points on the day, as he ended up sixth in that season’s Heisman Trophy voting. The team came up one point short of an undefeated season.

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1985: Rutgers Rallies To Tie No. 3 Florida
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1985: Rutgers Rallies To Tie No. 3 Florida
Down at No. 3 Florida to open the season, Rutgers scored 21 unanswered points to tie a team that was on a 10-game winning streak, longest in the nation at the time. Backup quarterback Joe Gagliardi orchestrated the comeback with touchdown drives of 65 and 86 yards, tying the game with a touchdown and two-point conversion to Curtis Stephens with 35 seconds left.

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1989: First Overseas Game
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1989: First Overseas Game
Rutgers concluded its 1989 season with its first game played overseas, traveling to Dublin, Ireland, to face Pittsburgh in the Emerald Isle Classic. The team took part in a festive week and jumped out to a 15-14 lead, but Pittsburgh answered back to win. The game was played at an old ruby field.

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1991: First Big East Win
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1991: First Big East Win
Again, Rutgers was host to history, meeting Boston College in the inaugural Big East football game and, just as in 1869 when Rutgers met Princeton, the Scarlet Knights came away with a victory. The first Big East Conference score came just over a minute when tailback Bill Bailey plunged into the end zone. Tom Tarver completed 21-of-30 passes for 275 yards, including hitting Chris Brantley on a 42-yard touchdown to decide the game, 20-13.

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1994: Stadium Opening
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1994: Stadium Opening
The opening of the new Rutgers Stadium and the then-largest crowd to witness a home game on campus (33,279) provided a perfect backdrop for the 1994 season opener. Quarterback Ray Lucas scored the stadium’s first touchdown on an eight-yard run in the second quarter, as RU opened up a 21-0 halftime lead. The Scarlet Knights would coast to a 28-6 victory and went 4-1 at the stadium that season.

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1999: Strohmeyer’s 23 Tackles
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1999: Strohmeyer’s 23 Tackles
Led by a school-record 23 tackles by Dax Strohmeyer, Rutgers earned its first overtime victory by beating Syracuse, 24-21. Jacki Crooks scored the tying touchdown late in the fourth quarter and Lee McDonald made a 25-yard field goal in the extra period to secure the win. Backup quarterback Chad Schwenk filled in and passed for 258 yards.

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2004: The Vandy Comeback
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2004: The Vandy Comeback
Down 27-3 in the third quarter, Rutgers mounted an incredible comeback to defeat Vanderbilt, 37-34, in Nashville. Brian Leonard, returning to the lineup from injury, scored four touchdowns and senior Tres Moses caught 11 passes for 147 yards to lead the Scarlet Knights to victory. Quarterback Ryan Hart was 31-of-40 for 344 yards two touchdowns in the largest comeback in program history at the time.

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2007: Highest Ranked Win
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2007: Highest Ranked Win
Rutgers ran to a 30-27 victory over No. 2 South Florida before a then-school-record 44,267 fans at Rutgers Stadium. Wide receiver Tiquan Underwood led the way with five catches for 115 yards and two scores, as the Scarlet Knights overcame a halftime deficit to earn the victory before a national television audience on ESPN. Ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press poll, South Florida is the highest-ranked opponent that Rutgers has ever defeated.

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2008: Mike Teel’s School Record
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2008: Mike Teel’s School Record
Quarterback Mike Teel celebrated Senior Night by throwing for a Big East record-tying seven touchdowns to lead Rutgers to a 63-14 trouncing of Louisville at Rutgers Stadium. A national television audience on ESPN watched the Scarlet Knights accumulate a season-high 671 total yards and post a school-record 49 first half points, as RU achieved its highest point total ever in a Big East game.

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2008: International Bowl Win
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2008: International Bowl Win
The Scarlet Knights roared to their second-straight bowl victory. The 52 points scored were the most in the school's bowl history. The win over Ball State continued the momentum of building Rutgers Football into a household name.

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2011: Fifth Straight Bowl Win
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