So far this season, Rutgers football fans have had plenty of celebrate. The Scarlet Knights have won their first two games at home and outscored their opponents 60-14. As a result, the Scarlet Knights are getting more recognition nationally, and SHI Stadium is becoming an intimidating venue for opponents.
In the Big Game Boomer’s list for the predicted 15 loudest stadiums in college football for week 3, SHI Stadium made the list at 15. The only other Big Ten teams to make the list were Michigan State, Purdue, and Nebraska. For Rutgers, it is a significant improvement after a disappointing end to the 2022 campaign.
The impact of the fans and the student section has not gone unnoticed by Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano. On a Wednesday afternoon appearance on SiriusXM, Schiano highlighted the atmosphere of SHI Stadium.
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“Our student section is phenomenal,” Schiano said. “We got great fans, but our student section has 11,000 students packed in there before the kickoff. To me, that’s special when those kids are all there. They’re loud. They cause teams to not be able to hear their own cadence. Those are things that make a home-field advantage.”
As Rutgers looks to improve to 3-0 on Saturday afternoon, they should have a packed stadium behind them.