What were RU' records for FB and MBB during your 4 years on the banks?
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Well I was there 6 years.....the first 4 years were not too bad:
Football - 20-23
Basketball - 74-45
But the next 2 seasons got kind of ugly:
Football - 7-13-2 (The 2nd and 3rd seasons of Dick Anderson)
Basketball - 16-41 (The 1st 2 years of Craig Littlepage.)
Overall:
Football - 27-36-2 (6 seasons)
Basketball - 90-86 (6 seasons)
I saw 1 winning season in football and 4 winning seasons in basketball over 6 years.
Football - 20-23
Basketball - 74-45
But the next 2 seasons got kind of ugly:
Football - 7-13-2 (The 2nd and 3rd seasons of Dick Anderson)
Basketball - 16-41 (The 1st 2 years of Craig Littlepage.)
Overall:
Football - 27-36-2 (6 seasons)
Basketball - 90-86 (6 seasons)
I saw 1 winning season in football and 4 winning seasons in basketball over 6 years.
Football: 8-36 (was studying abroad one fall semester, though, so the record while I was in the country was 3-30)
Basketball: 59-60
Basketball: 59-60
My freshman year was 1971 and graduated in 1975, saw the Final Four, and the Nate Toran, JJ Jennings Football teams. Those were damn good years ! But I'm too lazy to look up the records. But safe to say probably one of the best 4 year periods of RU FB and BB history.
6 years for me.
Football: 37-30
BBall: 119-62 including 2-2 in two NCAA trips and 4-2 in two NIT trips (4 of 6 seasons in tourneys)
Football: 37-30
BBall: 119-62 including 2-2 in two NCAA trips and 4-2 in two NIT trips (4 of 6 seasons in tourneys)
1986-1990
Football: 19-22-3
In 1988 we started 3-1 with road wins against ranked Michigan State and Penn St ( finished 5-6 )
Basketball: 51-72
1988 was the year we beat Penn St in the A-10 Championship at the RAC
Football: 19-22-3
In 1988 we started 3-1 with road wins against ranked Michigan State and Penn St ( finished 5-6 )
Basketball: 51-72
1988 was the year we beat Penn St in the A-10 Championship at the RAC
I entered RU in fall 1977... The year after our undefeated football team and two after our final four basketball team. Don't know the exact records... but the basketball team under Tom Young was clearly better and would vie yearly with SU for best team in the east. Heady times at the brand new RAC with Jamming James Bailey and crew! Football was very good under Frank Burns but was trying to step up in competition level without investing in improvements. (Sound familiar?) It eventually caught up with them.
Class of 76
Football '72-75: 29-14-1 then undefeated in '76
B-ball '73-76: 86-29 (post season each yr - final four 76) 2NIT. 2 NCAA
Those were great times to be an RU fan
Football '72-75: 29-14-1 then undefeated in '76
B-ball '73-76: 86-29 (post season each yr - final four 76) 2NIT. 2 NCAA
Those were great times to be an RU fan
Basketball
60-61
Two NIT appearances, including the NIT Championship game where I caught a glimpse of how big Rutgers basketball could be if they were successful. As much as UConn and Cuse fans claim they own the Garden, they've had incredible success that warrants such attention. However, Rutgers merely made a run in the NIT and the Garden was electric and NJTransit had to run extra trains in the N.East Corridor line to meet the demand. I remember heading back to N.Brunswick after the Iowa State game and the train was packed like sardines. Crazy Media coverage in the NYT and Daily News re: Douby and Rutgers. If Rutgers ever gets it together in MBB, it will be a huge draw.
Football
12-34
Incredible to realize I was there to witness the slow yet steady rise of Rutgers football out of the ashes. Sitting in the old student sections (108?), watching Sands, Cubit, and the like lose and lose and lose... Until Hart, Moses and Leonard started making the games actually enjoyable to watch despite the record. It happened the Fall after I graduated but I remember begging my friends to come with me to watch Rutgers v. Navy and possibly secure the first .500 record in decades. Everyone declined except one. So we watched history, and we stormed the field. It wasn't as joyful as the 06' Louisville storming the field, but in some ways it meant just as much for the program.
60-61
Two NIT appearances, including the NIT Championship game where I caught a glimpse of how big Rutgers basketball could be if they were successful. As much as UConn and Cuse fans claim they own the Garden, they've had incredible success that warrants such attention. However, Rutgers merely made a run in the NIT and the Garden was electric and NJTransit had to run extra trains in the N.East Corridor line to meet the demand. I remember heading back to N.Brunswick after the Iowa State game and the train was packed like sardines. Crazy Media coverage in the NYT and Daily News re: Douby and Rutgers. If Rutgers ever gets it together in MBB, it will be a huge draw.
Football
12-34
Incredible to realize I was there to witness the slow yet steady rise of Rutgers football out of the ashes. Sitting in the old student sections (108?), watching Sands, Cubit, and the like lose and lose and lose... Until Hart, Moses and Leonard started making the games actually enjoyable to watch despite the record. It happened the Fall after I graduated but I remember begging my friends to come with me to watch Rutgers v. Navy and possibly secure the first .500 record in decades. Everyone declined except one. So we watched history, and we stormed the field. It wasn't as joyful as the 06' Louisville storming the field, but in some ways it meant just as much for the program.
I'm in the too lazy to look crowd. SPRING 1984 to SPRING 1988.
Last two years of Tom Y., all three of 'Page. (Also got to watch Sue Wicks deal on people. I went to just about every women's game back then.)
Dick Anderson
Highlight was the Florida tie.
Last two years of Tom Y., all three of 'Page. (Also got to watch Sue Wicks deal on people. I went to just about every women's game back then.)
Dick Anderson
Highlight was the Florida tie.
Football 1960 8-1
1961 9-0 *
1962 5-5
1963 3-7
* RU's 32-19 comeback win at home vs. Columbia on the Saturday of Thanksgiving Weekend was
and most likely will remain my all-time favorite sports event. We were down 19-7 going into the 4th quarter and scored 25 points in the final quarter to cap an undefeated season. My memories of that game are incredibly vivid.
1961 9-0 *
1962 5-5
1963 3-7
* RU's 32-19 comeback win at home vs. Columbia on the Saturday of Thanksgiving Weekend was
and most likely will remain my all-time favorite sports event. We were down 19-7 going into the 4th quarter and scored 25 points in the final quarter to cap an undefeated season. My memories of that game are incredibly vivid.
Hoops
1982 -1983 23-8 Lost in Second Round of NCAA to St. John's Chris Mullin Squad
1983 - 1984 15 -13
1984 - 1985 16-14
1985 -1986 8-21
Coached by Tom Young until Littlepage took over last season.
Football
1982 5-6
1983 3-8
1984 7-3
1985 2-8-1
Frank Burns first two years, Dick Anderson the last two.
1982 -1983 23-8 Lost in Second Round of NCAA to St. John's Chris Mullin Squad
1983 - 1984 15 -13
1984 - 1985 16-14
1985 -1986 8-21
Coached by Tom Young until Littlepage took over last season.
Football
1982 5-6
1983 3-8
1984 7-3
1985 2-8-1
Frank Burns first two years, Dick Anderson the last two.
Football: 11-32-1
Basketball: 47-64
sports reference links for those looking:
http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/rutgers/
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/rutgers/
Basketball: 47-64
sports reference links for those looking:
http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/rutgers/
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/rutgers/
I was there 5 years.
Basketball 111-35 760 win percentage final four
Football 41-13-1 755 win percentage undefeated season
The obvious takeaway here is I need to re-enroll.
Or they should have accepted my daughter.
Basketball 111-35 760 win percentage final four
Football 41-13-1 755 win percentage undefeated season
The obvious takeaway here is I need to re-enroll.
Or they should have accepted my daughter.
I think you and I might have been there for the best 4/ 5 years in RU sports history.
I can remember beating the Bonnies at the Barn , Going undefeated in football at the Meadowlands. The ringing of the bell at old Queens. Lots of great and fun memories.
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09-13
Football: 31-20
Basketball: 59-68 Mike Rice had the program headed in the right direction.. Somewhat haha. I was there for the Jon Mitchel 4 point play. We actually were competitive against top tier competition. Good times.
Football: 31-20
Basketball: 59-68 Mike Rice had the program headed in the right direction.. Somewhat haha. I was there for the Jon Mitchel 4 point play. We actually were competitive against top tier competition. Good times.
Grad school 2 years 1980 and 1981
Football 1980
coming off 6 years of winning seasons(including 11-0 in 76 I thought 1981 was an off year for frank Burns
7-4
our best WIN was a 17-13 loss to Alabama
1981
5-6................Burns would be fired 2 years later after 5-6 in 1982 and 3-8 in 1983
best 1981 win was 29-27 over Cuse
Basketball
1980 16-14 Roy Hinson and Kelvin Troy
1981 20-10 Roy Hinson and Clarence Tillman
My impression was we were a winner in both sports,,,,,,,but ensuing years would prove challaning
Football 1980
coming off 6 years of winning seasons(including 11-0 in 76 I thought 1981 was an off year for frank Burns
7-4
our best WIN was a 17-13 loss to Alabama
1981
5-6................Burns would be fired 2 years later after 5-6 in 1982 and 3-8 in 1983
best 1981 win was 29-27 over Cuse
Basketball
1980 16-14 Roy Hinson and Kelvin Troy
1981 20-10 Roy Hinson and Clarence Tillman
My impression was we were a winner in both sports,,,,,,,but ensuing years would prove challaning
96-02
Undergrad...basketball 59-60. Football 8-36
Grad school...basketball 29-29. Football 5-17
Total...basketball 88-89. Football 13-53
I'd kill for that steady level of mediocrity in basketball. I'd kill myself if I had to watch those football teams again.
Undergrad...basketball 59-60. Football 8-36
Grad school...basketball 29-29. Football 5-17
Total...basketball 88-89. Football 13-53
I'd kill for that steady level of mediocrity in basketball. I'd kill myself if I had to watch those football teams again.
I started Hardenberg fall of '77 as well. So I can confirm yours as 29-16 for football and 76-44 for basketball...nice huh? (but mine above includes a couple of additional years. )
Football (1966 - 69) was 23-14, capped by the great Centennial Game win over Princeton, 29-0. Rutgers football was just a social event back then, with a well dressed crowd, jackets and ties for men. Very different kind of environment back then, with most of the opponents being programs like Lehigh, Lafayette, Colgate, Columbia, Holy Cross, D2 Delaware, D2 UConn, D2 Boston University (which has since dropped the sport), etc. Not a lot to get excited about aside from the Princeton games, which were always on the road except for the Centennial Game, and an annual game against Army or Navy.
Basketball was another matter, as 1966-70 were the years when RU first experienced the excitement of major college basketball. The four-year record was 70-33 and the 1966-7 season marked RU's first entry into post-season play, making it to the NIT, which back then was still entirely played at the "old" MSG. Young fans won't appreciate it all that much but in that era, the NCAAs had just 23 teams + no conference could have more than one entry. So there were several good teams - ranked teams - in the NIT. NIT week electrified the RU campus and MSG for the entire week of the tournament as the RU team - led by Bobby Lloyd (1st team AA) and Jimmy V - and thousands of fans took over MSG, completely selling out 3 of the 4 appearances, defeating #14 Utah State and #13 New Mexico before falling the Walt Frazier-led SIU, and winning the consolation game over Marshall to finish in 3rd place. That team made me an RU fan for life and for years, Rutgers basketball was my primary sports passion. Sadly, the fervor has gone (I'm not alone in this) and RU football has taken over that position.
Basketball was another matter, as 1966-70 were the years when RU first experienced the excitement of major college basketball. The four-year record was 70-33 and the 1966-7 season marked RU's first entry into post-season play, making it to the NIT, which back then was still entirely played at the "old" MSG. Young fans won't appreciate it all that much but in that era, the NCAAs had just 23 teams + no conference could have more than one entry. So there were several good teams - ranked teams - in the NIT. NIT week electrified the RU campus and MSG for the entire week of the tournament as the RU team - led by Bobby Lloyd (1st team AA) and Jimmy V - and thousands of fans took over MSG, completely selling out 3 of the 4 appearances, defeating #14 Utah State and #13 New Mexico before falling the Walt Frazier-led SIU, and winning the consolation game over Marshall to finish in 3rd place. That team made me an RU fan for life and for years, Rutgers basketball was my primary sports passion. Sadly, the fervor has gone (I'm not alone in this) and RU football has taken over that position.
Class of 1992
Football....16-26-2....but wins against BC (twice), Penn State, Kentucky, Northwestern, and Michigan State (twice), so we had a little fun in there...
basketball was more fun ...71-55, with two NCAAs, two NIT..the great A-10 championship run, a lots of big wins and close losses against ranked teams in the era of the rebirth of the RAC
Football....16-26-2....but wins against BC (twice), Penn State, Kentucky, Northwestern, and Michigan State (twice), so we had a little fun in there...
basketball was more fun ...71-55, with two NCAAs, two NIT..the great A-10 championship run, a lots of big wins and close losses against ranked teams in the era of the rebirth of the RAC
37-8
Rutgers Football including its first post season bowl game and 1976 undefeated regular season
95-28
Rutgers Men's Basketball including 1976 Final Four; 1977 NIT; 1978 NIT Final Four; 1979 Sweet 16 and 1975-76 undefeated regular season
Best four year run for Rutgers football:
(1958-61) 31-5, .861 OR (1975-78) 37-8, .822
Worst four year run for Rutgers football:
(1999-2002) 7-38, .156
Rutgers Football including its first post season bowl game and 1976 undefeated regular season
95-28
Rutgers Men's Basketball including 1976 Final Four; 1977 NIT; 1978 NIT Final Four; 1979 Sweet 16 and 1975-76 undefeated regular season
Best four year run for Rutgers football:
(1958-61) 31-5, .861 OR (1975-78) 37-8, .822
Worst four year run for Rutgers football:
(1999-2002) 7-38, .156
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Class of 2007
Football 27-21. If I need to tell you best player or win, I don't know why you even post here.
Basketball was 69-65...which I guess was great looking back on it. Best player Quincy Douby and a bunch of upsets over ranked teams.
Football 27-21. If I need to tell you best player or win, I don't know why you even post here.
Basketball was 69-65...which I guess was great looking back on it. Best player Quincy Douby and a bunch of upsets over ranked teams.
These are my years, too. Great results. Sure, the competition was not exactly B1G caliber. But still. . . the memories.
Basketball
74-28 Coach Bill Foster Lloyd, Valvano & Greacen Era
Football
20-17 Coach John Bateman
RU was definitely a basketball school
74-28 Coach Bill Foster Lloyd, Valvano & Greacen Era
Football
20-17 Coach John Bateman
RU was definitely a basketball school
Well that certainly beats Terry Shea's tenure, since he was a scintillating 11-44 for a nice round .200 winning percentage.
I was close to the worst 4-year run for football with one more win and 2 fewer losses (1996-1999).... but I missed the one year we actually were decent. The only wins I was both enrolled and in the country for were Temple and Nova in 1996 and Syracuse in 1999.
Of course the worst period happened to coincide with my first 3 years after graduation, too. Not a high level of enthusiasm among my graduating class.
