| Year: | 2018 |
| Team: | Rutgers Scarlet Knights |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Division: | East Division |
| Record: | 1–11 |
| Conf Record: | 0–9 |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Dc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Scheme: | Multiple |
| Stadium: | HighPoint.com Stadium |
The 2018 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Scarlet Knights played their home games at HighPoint.com Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey and competed as members of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Chris Ash.
Rutgers began the year with a 35–7 victory over Texas State, but things quickly turned south for the team. After a blowout loss to Ohio State in Rutgers' conference opener, the team traveled to play Kansas, who had lost 39 of their previous 42 games against FBS opponents.[1] Rutgers lost in a blowout, 55–14. The next week, the team was blown out 42–13 by Buffalo of the Mid-American Conference. In the remainder of conference play, the Scarlet Knights were mostly outmatched, losing the rest of their games, despite holding fourth quarter leads in games against Northwestern and Michigan State.[2] [3] Rutgers' final record of 1–11 matched the previous school record for losses in a season with their 1–11 2002 team and 0–11 1997 team.[4]
Freshman quarterback Artur Sitowski led the team in passing, finishing with 1,158 passing yards, 4 touchdowns, and 18 interceptions. Sophomore running back Raheem Blacksheer led the team in both rushing and receiving yards, and had 953 yards from scrimmage on the year.[5] On defense, senior linebacker Trevor Morris finished in sixth in the conference with 105 total tackles. He concluded his career in ninth on the school's all-time leaderboard for total tackles.[6]
The Scarlet Knights signed a total of 21 recruits.
Listed in the order that they were released
| John Mackey Award[7] | Jerome Washington | TE | SR |
See also: 2018 Texas State Bobcats football team.
See also: 2018 Ohio State Buckeyes football team.
See also: 2018 Kansas Jayhawks football team.
See also: 2018 Buffalo Bulls football team.
See also: 2018 Indiana Hoosiers football team.
See also: 2018 Illinois Fighting Illini football team.
See also: 2018 Maryland Terrapins football team.
See also: 2018 Northwestern Wildcats football team.
See also: 2018 Wisconsin Badgers football team.
See also: 2018 Michigan Wolverines football team.
See also: 2018 Penn State Nittany Lions football team.
See also: 2018 Michigan State Spartans football team.
See also: 2019 NFL draft.
| 6 | 177 | S | New Orleans Saints | ||
| 6 | 196 | CB | New York Jets |