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Between The Numbers: How Stronger First Halves Will Define An Important Season For Rutgers

Sitting two weeks away from a new season, there would not be enough time to look at all the statistical breakdowns to explain what went wrong for Rutgers in 2018. Simply put, it was bad - really bad. Today, though, we will look specifically at how quarterly breakdowns of point differentials could be a stepping stone back to respectability.

After an 11 loss season, it should be no surprise that Rutgers was outscored in every quarter last year. Point differentials broke down like this: 1st quarter (-51 points), 2nd quarter (-92), 3rd quarter (-52), and 4th quarter (-20).