Massachusetts at Rutgers
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 37 | |
| Rutgers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 8:20 | Rutgers touchdown. KJ Duff 4 Yd pass from Dylan Lonergan (Dane Pizzaro Kick) |
| 5:26 | Massachusetts touchdown. Elijah Faulkner 21 Yd pass from William Watson III (Derek Morris Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 11:46 | Massachusetts touchdown. Elijah Faulkner 2 Yd pass from William Watson III (Derek Morris Kick) |
| 9:43 | Massachusetts touchdown. Joseph Griffin Jr. 31 Yd pass from William Watson III (Derek Morris Kick) |
| 3:42 | Massachusetts field goal. Derek Morris 30 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 8:22 | Massachusetts field goal. Derek Morris 52 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 7:54 | Massachusetts field goal. Derek Morris 31 Yd Field Goal |
| 7:09 | Rutgers touchdown. KJ Duff 78 Yd pass from Dylan Lonergan (Dane Pizzaro Kick) |
| 4:27 | Massachusetts touchdown. Curtis Kimmons IV 17 Yd Run (Derek Morris Kick) |
| 1:57 | Rutgers touchdown. KJ Duff 6 Yd pass from AJ Surace (Dane Pizzaro Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Massachusetts | Rutgers |
| Total first downs | 21 | 18 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Massachusetts | Rutgers |
| Third downs attempted | 11 | 11 |
| Third downs converted | 4 | 3 |
| Third down percentage | 36 % | 27 % |
| Fourth down | Massachusetts | Rutgers |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Massachusetts | Rutgers |
| Total yards | 397 | 349 |
| Total rushing yards | 200 | 30 |
| Total passing yards | 197 | 319 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 36:21 | 23:39 |
| Rushing | Massachusetts | Rutgers |
| Total rushing plays | 41 | 25 |
| Total rushing yards | 200 | 30 |
| Average yards per rush | 4.9 | 1.2 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | Massachusetts | Rutgers |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 9.0 | 8.4 |
| Passing touchdowns | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties | Massachusetts | Rutgers |
| Penalties committed | 8 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 57 | 34 |
| Turnovers | Massachusetts | Rutgers |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 3 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 3 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Curtis Kimmons IV | 11 | 78 | 7.1 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Elijah Faulkner | 19 | 62 | 3.3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| William Watson III | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| T.Y. Harding | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Kezion Dia-Johnson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Reece Adkins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Rutgers | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Antwan Raymond | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Clay Thevenin | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| AJ Surace | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dylan Lonergan | 7 | -14 | -2.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| William Watson III | 22 | 19 | 86 % | 197 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Rutgers | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Dylan Lonergan | 29 | 16 | 55 % | 242 | 8.3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| AJ Surace | 9 | 6 | 67 % | 77 | 8.6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Joseph Griffin Jr. | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| T.Y. Harding | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Dallas Elliott | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Elijah Faulkner | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 2 | 21 | ||||
| Curtis Kimmons IV | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jax Markovich | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Reece Adkins | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Max Dowling | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Rutgers | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| KJ Duff | 9 | 196 | 21.8 | 3 | 78 | ||||
| Jourdin Houston | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Ben Black III | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Dyzier Carter | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Vernon Allen III | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Antwan Raymond | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Logan Blake | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Romando Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Rutgers | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Dylan Lonergan | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Jahmad Harmon | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Isaiah Reed | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Timmy Hinspeter | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kendall Bournes | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zeraun Daniel | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| TJ Magee | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Andrew DePaepe | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William DePaepe | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyler Martin | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Khari Bendolph | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jahmad Harmon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Romando Johnson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joshua Iseah | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin Krueger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aubrey Melvin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Chiavegato | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joshua Nobles | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaiah Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tim Passmore Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hollis Dirstine | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zakar Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JC Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Stanley | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rutgers | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Sean Allison | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Joines | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bradlee Jones | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ty Morris | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Moses Walker | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Latrell Noel | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jesse Ofurie | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rondo Porter | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DK Gilley | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keshon Griffin | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Malachi Davis | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Levy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Farell Gnago | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mikey Munn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J'Dan Burnett | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DJ Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sekou Kromah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Black III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vernon Allen III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Antwan Raymond | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zaire Angoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaedin Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rinaldo Callaway III | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jermaine Polk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Joseph Griffin Jr. | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Quentin Redding | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Derek Morris | 3/3 | 52 | 4/4 | 13 | |||||
| Rutgers | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Dane Pizzaro | 0/0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Massachusetts | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Edward Phillipson | 3 | 172 | 57.3 | 0 | |||||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jakob Anderson | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Thursday, September 3, 2026 11:59 PM.