Saturday, 09/08/12
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
| Attendance | |
|---|---|
| Attendance | 50,855 |
Play-by-Play
| 1st Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Howard - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | Howard kicks off. Touchback. Ball on Rut25. | |
| Rutgers - 15:00 | ||
| 1-10, Rut25 | 15:00 | Jamison rush left for 3 yards to the Rut28. Rutgers penalized -15 yards. |
| 1-22, Rut13 | 14:52 | Jamison rush middle for 4 yards to the Rut17. |
| 2-18, Rut17 | 14:00 | Nova rush middle for 19 yards to the Rut36. |
| 1-10, Rut36 | 13:30 | Jamison rush right for -1 yard to the Rut35. |
| 2-11, Rut35 | 13:00 | Nova pass to the middle intercepted by David and returned 22 yards. |
| Howard - 12:38 | ||
| 1-10, Rut30 | 12:38 | Freeman rush middle for 0 yards. Rutgers penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-10, Rut15 | 12:20 | Freeman rush middle for -2 yards to the Rut17. |
| 2-12, Rut17 | 11:50 | Rutgers penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-2, Rut2 | 11:40 | Parker rush middle for 1 yard to the Rut1. |
| 2-1, Rut1 | 11:30 | Duncan rush middle for -2 yards to the Rut3. |
| 3-3, Rut3 | 11:00 | Parker rush middle for 0 yards. Parker fumbles, Vallone of Rutgers recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| Rutgers - 10:29 | ||
| 1-10, Rut5 | 10:29 | Nova incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Rut5 | 10:26 | Jamison rush middle for 1 yard to the Rut6. |
| 3-9, Rut6 | 10:10 | Howard penalized 7 yards. |
| 1-10, Rut13 | 9:50 | Nova pass completion to the middle to Huggins for 6 yards to the Rut19. |
| 2-4, Rut19 | 9:30 | Huggins rush middle for 6 yards to the Rut25. |
| 1-10, Rut25 | 8:55 | Nova incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Rut25 | 8:44 | Huggins rush for 3 yards to the Rut28. |
| 3-7, Rut28 | 8:30 | Nova incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-7, Rut28 | 8:01 | Doerner punts. No return. Ball on Howard34. |
| Howard - 7:49 | ||
| 1-10, Howard34 | 7:49 | Parker rush for 0 yards. |
| 2-10, Howard34 | 7:30 | Parker rush middle for -1 yard to the Howard33. |
| 3-11, Howard33 | 7:11 | Cunningham incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-11, Howard33 | 6:40 | Fleck punts. Robinson returns 11 yards to the Rut36. |
| Rutgers - 6:27 | ||
| 1-10, Rut36 | 6:27 | Nova rush middle for -3 yards to the Rut33. Nova fumbles, Rutgers recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| 2-29, Rut17 | 6:10 | Rutgers penalized -5 yards. |
| 2-34, Rut12 | 6:00 | Nova pass completion to the left to Harrison for 0 yards. |
| 3-34, Rut12 | 5:50 | Jamison rush middle for 64 yards to the Howard24. |
| 1-10, Howard24 | 4:40 | Rutgers penalized -5 yards. |
| 1-15, Howard29 | 4:37 | Nova pass completion to the left to Harrison for 10 yards to the Howard19. |
| 2-5, Howard19 | 4:00 | Nova incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-5, Howard19 | 3:47 | Huggins rush middle for 9 yards to the Howard10. |
| 1-10, Howard10 | 3:40 | Huggins rush for 2 yards to the Howard8. |
| 2-8, Howard8 | 3:00 | Nova pass completion to the middle to Jefferson for 7 yards to the Howard1. |
| Howard1 | 2:13 | Rutgers time out. |
| 3-1, Howard1 | 2:13 | Huggins rush middle for 1 yard for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 2:08 | Federico PAT - GOOD. | |
| 2:08 | Rutgers kicks off. Parker returns 21 yards to the Howard26. Howard penalized -10 yards. | |
| Howard - 2:00 | ||
| 1-10, Howard16 | 2:00 | Parker rush right for -1 yard to the Howard15. |
| 2-11, Howard15 | 1:43 | Cunningham pass completion to the right to Colvin for 6 yards to the Howard21. |
| 3-5, Howard21 | 0:50 | Rutgers penalized 5 yards. |
| Howard26 | 0:24 | Howard time out. |
| 1-10, Howard26 | 0:24 | Duncan rush middle for 1 yard to the Howard27. |
| 2nd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Howard - 15:00 | ||
| 1-10, Howard27 | 15:00 | Cunningham sacked by Snyder for -11 yards to the Howard16. |
| 2-21, Howard16 | 14:50 | Parker rush for 3 yards to the Howard19. |
| 3-18, Howard18 | 14:12 | Rutgers penalized 5 yards. |
| 3-13, Howard24 | 13:55 | Parker rush for 5 yards to the Howard29. Parker fumbles, Matthews of Howard recovers and returns 0 yards. |
| 4-8, Howard29 | 13:14 | Fleck punt blocked by Warren. Returned by Jones for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| Rutgers - 12:47 | ||
| 12:47 | Nova two point pass is NO GOOD - intended for Tartacoff. | |
| 12:47 | Rutgers kicks off. Parker returns 26 yards to the Howard32. | |
| Howard - 12:47 | ||
| 1-10, Howard16 | 12:47 | Freeman rush middle for 0 yards. |
| 1-10, Howard32 | 12:38 | Freeman rush for -2 yards to the Howard30. |
| 2-12, Howard30 | 12:25 | Cunningham pass completion to the middle to Freeman for 1 yard to the Howard31. |
| 3-11, Howard31 | 11:31 | Cunningham rush for 4 yards to the Howard35. |
| 4-7, Howard35 | 10:55 | Fleck punts. Robinson returns 3 yards to the Rut35. |
| Rutgers - 10:20 | ||
| 1-10, Rut35 | 10:20 | Jamison rush for 3 yards to the Rut38. |
| 2-7, Rut38 | 10:00 | Nova incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-7, Rut38 | 9:48 | Nova pass completion to the left to Harrison for 4 yards to the Rut42. |
| 4-3, Rut42 | 9:20 | Doerner punts. No return. Ball on Howard16. |
| Howard - 8:34 | ||
| 2-10, Howard16 | 8:34 | Freeman rush middle for 2 yards to the Howard18. |
| 3-8, Howard18 | 8:20 | Cunningham incomplete pass to the right. |
| 4-8, Howard18 | 7:55 | Fleck punts. No return. Ball on Howard33. |
| Rutgers - 7:40 | ||
| 1-10, Howard33 | 7:40 | Huggins rush left for 1 yard to the Howard32. |
| 2-9, Howard32 | 7:20 | Nova pass completion to the right to Coleman for 32 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 7:05 | Federico two point rush -FAILED. | |
| Howard3 | 7:05 | Rutgers time out. |
| 7:05 | Rutgers kicks off. Parker returns 24 yards to the Howard33. | |
| Howard - 6:57 | ||
| 1-10, Howard33 | 6:57 | Freeman rush middle for 14 yards to the Howard47. |
| 1-10, Howard47 | 6:50 | Rutgers penalized 5 yards. |
| 1-5, Rut48 | 6:27 | Parker rush for 0 yards. |
| 2-5, Rut48 | 5:50 | Cunningham incomplete pass to the left. Rutgers penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-10, Rut33 | 5:34 | Parker rush middle for -1 yard to the Rut34. |
| 2-11, Rut34 | 5:24 | Cunningham incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-11, Rut34 | 4:59 | Cunningham incomplete pass to the left. |
| 4-11, Rut34 | 4:53 | Fleck punts. No return. Ball on Rut7. |
| Rutgers - 4:42 | ||
| 1-10, Rut7 | 4:42 | Nova incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Rut7 | 4:38 | Howard penalized 5 yards. |
| 2-5, Rut12 | 4:32 | Rutgers penalized -6 yards. |
| 2-11, Rut6 | 4:04 | Nova pass completion to the left to Wright for 9 yards to the Rut15. |
| 3-2, Rut15 | 3:29 | Jamison rush middle for 6 yards to the Rut21. |
| 1-10, Rut21 | 3:00 | Nova pass completion to the right to Harrison for 8 yards to the Rut29. |
| 2-2, Rut29 | 2:20 | Nova incomplete pass to the right. |
| 3-2, Rut29 | 2:07 | Nova pass completion to the middle to Jefferson for 5 yards to the Rut34. |
| 1-10, Rut34 | 1:44 | Nova pass completion to the right to Wright for 8 yards to the Rut42. |
| 2-2, Rut42 | 1:30 | Nova incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-2, Rut42 | 1:26 | Nova pass completion to the left to Harrison for 1 yard to the Rut43. |
| Rut43 | 0:49 | Howard time out. |
| 4-1, Rut43 | 0:49 | Doerner punts. Touchback. Ball on Howard20. |
| Howard - 0:44 | ||
| 1-10, Howard20 | 0:44 | Rush for -1 yard to the Howard19. |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rutgers - 15:00 | ||
| 15:00 | Rutgers kicks off. Touchback. Ball on Howard25. | |
| Howard - 15:00 | ||
| 1-10, Howard25 | 15:00 | Freeman rush middle for -2 yards to the Howard23. |
| 2-12, Howard23 | 14:30 | Freeman rush middle for -3 yards to the Howard20. |
| 3-15, Howard20 | 14:20 | Cunningham pass completion to the right to Wilson for 15 yards to the Howard35. |
| 1-10, Howard35 | 14:00 | Howard penalized -10 yards. |
| 1-20, Howard25 | 13:32 | Cunningham pass completion to the left to Duncan for 11 yards to the Howard36. |
| 2-9, Howard36 | 12:50 | Cunningham pass completion to the middle to Wilson for 3 yards to the Howard39. |
| 3-6, Howard39 | 12:39 | Rutgers penalized 5 yards. |
| 3-1, Howard44 | 12:21 | Freeman rush for -3 yards to the Howard41. |
| 4-4, Howard41 | 11:54 | Fleck punts. Robinson returns 2 yards to the Rut33. |
| Rutgers - 11:18 | ||
| 1-10, Rut33 | 11:18 | Huggins rush middle for 2 yards to the Rut35. |
| 2-8, Rut35 | 11:03 | Nova incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-8, Rut35 | 10:51 | Nova incomplete pass to the left. |
| 4-8, Rut35 | 10:47 | Doerner punts. No return. Ball on Howard26. |
| Howard - 10:39 | ||
| 1-10, Howard26 | 10:39 | Cunningham pass completion to the middle to Wilson for 9 yards to the Howard35. |
| 2-1, Howard35 | 10:18 | Cunningham incomplete pass to the left. |
| 3-1, Howard35 | 10:05 | Freeman rush for 2 yards to the Howard37. |
| 1-10, Howard37 | 9:40 | Cunningham incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 2-10, Howard37 | 9:38 | Cunningham pass completion to the left to Boyd for 14 yards to the Rut49. |
| 1-10, Rut49 | 9:20 | Cunningham incomplete pass to the left. |
| 2-10, Rut49 | 9:11 | Freeman rush for 9 yards to the Rut40. |
| 3-1, Rut40 | 8:40 | Duncan rush middle for 2 yards to the Rut38. |
| 1-10, Rut38 | 8:30 | Cunningham sacked by Greene for -7 yards to the Rut45. |
| 2-17, Rut45 | 7:44 | Cunningham incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 3-17, Rut45 | 7:35 | Cunningham rush middle for 0 yards. |
| 4-17, Rut45 | 7:25 | Fleck punts. Robinson returns 1 yard to the Rut9. |
| Rutgers - 7:09 | ||
| 1-10, Rut9 | 7:09 | Jamison rush middle for 7 yards to the Rut16. Howard penalized 15 yards. |
| 1-10, Rut31 | 6:22 | Jamison rush middle for 1 yard to the Rut32. |
| 2-9, Rut32 | 6:00 | Nova pass completion to the middle to Jamison for 25 yards to the Howard43. |
| 1-10, Howard43 | 5:15 | Jamison rush middle for 8 yards to the Howard35. |
| 2-2, Howard35 | 4:40 | Burton rush right for 8 yards to the Howard27. |
| 1-10, Howard27 | 4:00 | Jamison rush for 11 yards to the Howard16. |
| 1-10, Howard16 | 3:50 | Nova pass completion to the right to Harrison for -6 yards to the Howard22. |
| 2-16, Howard22 | 3:00 | Jamison rush middle for 6 yards to the Howard16. |
| 3-10, Howard16 | 2:20 | Nova pass completion to the left to Coleman for 16 yards for a TOUCHDOWN. |
| 2:07 | Federico PAT - GOOD. | |
| 2:07 | Rutgers kicks off. Parker returns 22 yards to the Howard22. | |
| Howard - 1:59 | ||
| 1-10, Howard22 | 1:59 | Cunningham pass completion to the right to Duncan for 7 yards to the Howard29. |
| 2-3, Howard29 | 1:40 | Freeman rush right for 18 yards to the Howard47. |
| 1-10, Howard47 | 1:11 | Howard penalized -10 yards. |
| 1-20, Howard37 | 0:50 | Cunningham pass completion to the middle to Parker for 2 yards to the Howard39. |
| 4th Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Howard - 15:00 | ||
| 2-17, Howard40 | 15:00 | Cunningham incomplete pass to the left. |
| 3-17, Howard40 | 14:56 | Cunningham sacked by Merrell for -6 yards to the Howard34. |
| 4-23, Howard34 | 14:25 | Fleck punts. No return. Ball on Rut22. |
| Rutgers - 14:12 | ||
| 1-10, Rut22 | 14:12 | Martin rush for -2 yards to the Rut20. |
| 2-12, Rut20 | 13:47 | Nova pass completion to the left to Pratt for 6 yards to the Rut26. |
| 3-6, Rut26 | 13:09 | Nova incomplete pass to the left. |
| 4-6, Rut26 | 12:48 | Doerner punts. No return. Ball on Howard34. |
| Howard - 12:40 | ||
| 1-10, Howard34 | 12:40 | Freeman rush for 4 yards to the Howard38. |
| 2-6, Howard38 | 12:30 | Liggins rush middle for 2 yards to the Howard40. |
| 3-4, Howard40 | 11:50 | Liggins incomplete pass to the middle. |
| 4-4, Howard40 | 11:47 | Fleck punts. Robinson returns 5 yards to the Rut22. |
| Rutgers - 11:35 | ||
| 1-10, Rut22 | 11:35 | Martin rush for 11 yards to the Rut33. |
| 1-10, Rut33 | 11:30 | Martin rush for 8 yards to the Rut41. |
| 2-2, Rut41 | 10:30 | Burton rush middle for 1 yard to the Rut42. |
| 3-1, Rut42 | 10:00 | Martin rush left for -2 yards to the Rut40. |
| 4-3, Rut40 | 9:43 | Doerner punts. No return. Ball on Howard15. |
| Howard - 9:14 | ||
| 1-10, Howard15 | 9:14 | Freeman rush for 0 yards. |
| 2-10, Howard15 | 8:50 | Freeman rush middle for -5 yards to the Howard10. |
| 3-15, Howard10 | 8:30 | Parker rush middle for 42 yards to the Rut48. |
| 1-10, Rut48 | 7:40 | Liggins pass completion to the left to Booker for 5 yards to the Rut43. |
| 2-5, Rut43 | 7:22 | Brown rush middle for -2 yards to the Rut45. |
| 3-7, Rut45 | 6:55 | Brown rush middle for 9 yards to the Rut36. |
| 1-10, Rut36 | 6:20 | Howard penalized -15 yards. |
| 1-25, Howard49 | 6:11 | Liggins incomplete pass to the right. |
| 2-25, Howard49 | 5:47 | Liggins pass completion to the left to Wilson for 2 yards to the Rut49. |
| 3-23, Rut49 | 5:00 | Parker rush for 4 yards to the Rut45. |
| 4-19, Rut45 | 4:40 | Fleck punts. No return. Ball on Rut13. |
| Rutgers - 4:17 | ||
| 1-10, Rut13 | 4:17 | Martin rush left for -1 yard to the Rut12. |
| 2-11, Rut12 | 4:00 | Martin rush middle for 3 yards to the Rut15. |
| 3-8, Rut15 | 3:11 | Martin rush for 9 yards to the Rut24. |
| 1-10, Rut24 | 2:15 | Martin rush middle for 4 yards to the Rut28. |
| Rut28 | 2:03 | Howard time out. |
| 2-6, Rut28 | 2:03 | Martin rush middle for 8 yards to the Rut36. |
| 1-10, Rut36 | 1:55 | Martin rush left for 9 yards to the Rut45. |
| 2-1, Rut45 | 1:00 | Martin rush for -3 yards to the Rut42. |
