With an announced Homecoming crowd of 42,640, High Point Solutions Stadium sure looked about half empty as Illinois kicked off to start the game. Capacity is 52,454 and season ticket sales are down.
On November 10, Rutgers will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of Queens College, which was renamed Rutgers College in 1825. But in this year of celebration, the biggest event in High Point Solutions Stadium was not a football game but President Barack Obama's commencement address in May.
The last time the cannon was fired after a Rutgers touchdown was on September 24, when Rutgers scored once against Iowa.