The Rutgers defense came out firing on Sunday and held the Northwestern offense to just five plays on their first drive. From there, the Scarlet Knight defense stonewalled the Northwestern offense and kept them scoreless until 19 seconds left in the fourth quarter. This was the only time they advanced into the redzone the whole game. This effort allowed the Knights to easily cleanup the Wildcats 24-7 at home.
The Rutgers defense showed no issue getting off the field as it held the Wildcats to just 4 conversions on 14 third downs and 1-for-3 fourth downs. They had also forced two interceptions, one caught by defensive back Robert Longerbeam and the other caught by Max Melton.