Attendance Records
The stadium attendance records were repeatedly broken throughout the 2006 and 2007 football seasons as the football program experienced a drastic resurgence. On October 18, 2007, a record 44,267 spectators attended a game in which the Scarlet Knights played against the then #2 ranked South Florida Bulls. The Scarlet Knights would go on to win that game, and the attendance on that night would be the highest ever prior to the 2008-2009 stadium expansion.
The new record was set in the 2009 season opener against the Cincinnati Bearcats, when 53,737 people packed the venue to witness the first game ever in the newly expanded stadium. This record still stands today. The top 5 games in terms of attendance at Rutgers Stadium are listed below:
| Rank | Attendance | Date | Game result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 53,737 (sell-out) | Sept. 7, 2009 | Cincinnati 47, Rutgers 15 |
| 2 | 52,798 (sell-out) | Nov. 29, 2012 | Louisville 20, Rutgers 17 |
| 3 | 52,534 (sell-out) | Dec. 5, 2009 | West Virginia 24, Rutgers 21 |
| 4 | 52,038 | Sept. 25, 2010 | North Carolina 17, Rutgers 13 |
| 5 | 50,870 | Oct. 6, 2012 | Rutgers 19, Connecticut 3 |
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