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Rutgers announces date change for season opener vs. Temple

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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Rutgers has announced a date change to its season opener against Temple.

On Monday morning, the school announced it has moved up the season opener to Thursday, Sept. 2. It will mark both the season opener and the home opener for the Scarlet Knights in 2021. The game had previously been scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 4.

Kickoff time and broadcast network information will be released at a later date, per a release from Rutgers.

It will mark the first nonconference game for the Scarlet Knights since Greg Schiano returned to the sideline in Piscataway. Last year, Rutgers played all nine contests in the B1G, but all non-league games were canceled due to the pandemic.

Rutgers will be one of three B1G teams in action on that Thursday night. Ohio State and Minnesota will also play that evening.

Rutgers and Temple have met 35 times on the gridiron with the Scarlet Knights owning a 20-15 all-time series lead. The last meeting was in 2013, a 23-20 Rutgers victory. The Scarlet Knights have won the last four matchups, dating back to 2003.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB