2012 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented Rutgers University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Scarlet Knights played their home games at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway , NJ as a member of the Big East Conference . This was the first season with Kyle Flood as the head coach , as former head coach Greg Schiano accepted the head coaching position for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . They finished the season 9 – 4 , 5 – 2 in Big East play to win the school 's first ever Big East Conference football championship , sharing the conference title with Cincinnati , Louisville , and Syracuse . They were invited to the Russell Athletic Bowl where they were defeated by Virginia Tech in overtime
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2012 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team