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This article discusses Rutgers University's campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey. For general information on the University as a whole, please see Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

. For other uses of "Rutgers", please see Rutgers (disambiguation)
Rutgers (disambiguation)
The name Rutgers may refer to the following people and institutions.-People:*Henry Rutgers , Colonel in the American Revolution, and benefactor of Rutgers University* Arend Joan Rutgers , a Dutch-Belgian physical chemist...

.

Rutgers–New Brunswick is the largest campus of Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

 (the others being in Camden
Camden, New Jersey
The city of Camden is the county seat of Camden County, New Jersey. It is located across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 77,344...

 (Rutgers–Camden) and Newark
Newark, New Jersey
Newark is the largest city in the American state of New Jersey, and the seat of Essex County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Newark had a population of 277,140, maintaining its status as the largest municipality in New Jersey. It is the 68th largest city in the U.S...

 (Rutgers–Newark)). It is chiefly located in the City of New Brunswick
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA. It is the county seat and the home of Rutgers University. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of...

 and Piscataway Township
Piscataway Township, New Jersey
The township consists of the following historic villages and areas: New Market, known as Quibbletown in the 18th Century, Randolphville, Fieldville and North Stelton...

. It actually comprises several campuses: College Avenue, Busch
Busch Campus (Rutgers University)
Busch Campus is one of the five campuses at Rutgers University's main New Brunswick/Piscataway area campus, and is located entirely within Piscataway Township, New Jersey. Academic facilities and departments centered on this campus are primarily those related to the natural sciences: physics,...

, Livingston, Cook, and Douglass, the latter two sometimes referred to as "Cook/Douglass," as they are adjacent to and intertwined with each other. Rutgers–New Brunswick also includes several buildings in downtown New Brunswick. The New Brunswick campuses include 19 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, including the School of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University serves as a center for the theory and practice of urban planning and public policy scholarship. The school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and was named in honor of the former Rutgers University president,...

, School of Engineering
School of Engineering (Rutgers University)
The School of Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, was founded in 1914 as the College of Engineering. It was originally a part of the Rutgers Scientific School, which was founded in 1864. The school has seven academic departments, with a combined undergraduate student...

, the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
The Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy is a constituent of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. It was founded in 1892 as the New Jersey College of Pharmacy in Newark, NJ and merged with Rutgers University in 1927 as the Rutgers College of Pharmacy. In 1971, the school moved to its current...

, the Graduate School, the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, the Graduate School of Education, School of Management and Labor Relations
School of Management and Labor Relations
The School of Management and Labor Relations is a part of one of the United States' oldest and largest institutions of higher learning, Rutgers University...

, the Mason Gross School of the Arts
Mason Gross School of the Arts
Mason Gross School of the Arts is the arts conservatory at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is named for Mason W. Gross, the sixteenth president of Rutgers...

, the College of Nursing, the Rutgers Business School
Rutgers Business School
Rutgers Business School is the graduate and undergraduate business school tied to the Newark and New Brunswick campuses of Rutgers University. It was founded in 1929.Rutgers Business School offers bachelor, masters, and Ph.D. degrees...

 and the School of Social Work.

While several student centers, libraries, commercial venues, and dining halls are found on the various campuses, each campus has a unique environment created by the academic departments and facilities it hosts.

Campuses

  • Busch: Busch Campus is located entirely within Piscataway Township, New Jersey. The campus is named after Charles L. Busch (1902–1971), an eccentric millionaire, who unexpectedly donated $10 million to the University for biological research at his death in 1971. The campus was formerly known as "University Heights Campus" and the land was donated to the University by the state in the 1930s. The land was formerly a country club and the original golf course still exists on the campus. The campus is home to the High Point Solutions Stadium, and provides a high-tech and suburban atmosphere focusing on academic areas primarily related to the natural sciences; Physics, Engineering, Mathematics & Statistics, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Geology, Biology and Psychology. The Rutgers Medical School was also built on this campus in 1970 but a year later was separated by the State to create the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now UMDNJ). The two universities continue to share the land and facilities on the campus in a slightly irregular arrangement.
  • College Avenue: This urban campus boasts a vibrant and lively community and includes the historic seat of the university, a block known as Old Queens campus. It is within walking distance of shops, restaurants, and theaters in downtown New Brunswick, as well as the NJ Transit train station which provides easy access to New York and Philadelphia. Many classes are taught in the Voorhees mall area. Socially, College Avenue is known for its proximity to "Frat Row" and much off-campus student housing in the fifth ward.
  • Cook: Farms, gardens, and research centers are found on the George H. Cook Campus, including the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (formerly Cook College), the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers Gardens and Helyar Woods, and the Center for Advanced Food Technology.
  • Douglass: Adjacent to New Brunswick's second ward, Douglass provides a less urban setting than College Avenue, with many open fields, Passion Puddle, and many stately buildings with traditional architecture. All of the campus's housing is reserved for women, in line with the former women's college which shared the campus name. Douglass campus is home to the Douglass Residential College for women http://douglass.rutgers.edu/.
  • Livingston: Livingston Campus is heavily focused on first-year students ("freshmen") and is home to many of the social science departments and the Rutgers Business School. The Louis Brown Athletic Center
    Louis Brown Athletic Center
    The Louis Brown Athletic Center, more commonly known as the RAC , is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Piscataway, New Jersey on Rutgers University's Livingston Campus. The building is shaped like a truncated tent with trapezoidal sides on the north and south ends...

     (commonly known as "the RAC"), the student-founded Livingston Theater, and the Rutgers Ecological Preserve are also found here. The campus is situated in Piscataway Township although it extends into parts of Edison Township and Highland Park. Livingston campus is the focus of a large expansion and renovation project for the university's future, with a significant amount of student housing to be added to the campus in coming years.

Facilities

  • Transportation: The campus bus and shuttle system is a service provided as a means to travel between campuses. Multiple bus lines between campuses exist due to the sheer passenger volume and distances involved. Complete bus schedules and routes for the academic year and breaks as well as other information may be found on the Rutgers Department of Transportation Website here Traveling by busses is free and not restricted to university students.
  • Computing centers: Student accessible computers are mainly concentrated within computer labs. Rutgers has many computing centers to serve the university community.
  • Meals: The dining services claim to be the third largest student dining operation in the USA, serving 4.5 million meals annually. There are four student dining facilities which also provide catering for over 5000 University events yearly. The dining halls on Busch, College Avenue, and Livingston campuses also have faculty dining rooms. Dining halls provide various "event nights" including a midnight breakfast
    Midnight breakfast
    Midnight breakfast is a generic term for a communal meal served at some American colleges and universities. Menu items that are generally considered breakfast foods are served in the school's dining hall late at night as a study break before or during final exams, or as a traditional...

     during exams week and King Neptune Night. All student centers also provide food services, mostly "fast food" style.
  • Health centers: Rutgers has 3 health centers/pharmacies which provide primary care to Rutgers students. The RUHS nurse line (1-800-890-5882) is available at no charge to Rutgers University students when the Health Centers are closed. Hurtado Health Center is located on the College Avenue campus, and the Busch-Livingston Health Center shares a parking lot with the RAC on the Livingston Campus.
  • Museums: The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
    Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
    The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum is located on the Voorhees Mall of the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was founded in 1966...

    is located in Voorhees Mall of the College Avenue campus. It was founded in 1966 and later named after Jane Voorhees Zimmerli who was the mother of philanthropist Alan Voorhees. The Geology Museum is also located on college Avenue Campus. The Mason Gross Galleries are located downtown in the university's Civic Square building.

Residence life

Residence halls provide many facilities for students. Despite some over-crowding, students wishing to live on-campus are usually accommodated, with a lottery system determining the order in which students choose their preferred housing. Single, double, and triple-occupancy rooms (in traditional residence halls), apartments housing four students each, and suites housing six students each are available. Rooms and apartments are single-sex, with the exception of married graduate student housing, which also permit children of students. Most floors and buildings are co-ed, with the exception of Douglass Residential College facilities for women. Rooms usually contain beds, desks, chairs, dressers, and a closet for each student. Cable/internet access are also provided, but due to the widespread use of mobile phones, traditional land-line phone service is no longer provided in the halls. Many residence halls include laundries, main lounges with TVs, foosball and ping-pong, floor lounges with sofas, study tables, and kitchenettes, study lounges, and vending machines. Every floor or house has a resident advisor, an upper class student mentor who has received special training and is responsible for handling a number of tasks, such as planning programs and events, monitoring for safety, and documenting policy and procedure violations.

In the past, due to overcrowding, Rutgers has rented rooms for students in the Franklin Township Crowne Plaza
Crowne Plaza
Crowne Plaza is a chain of full service, upscale hotels catering to business travelers and to the meetings and conventions market. It forms part of the InterContinental Hotels Group family of brands, which include InterContinental and Holiday Inn and operates in 52 countries, usually located in...

. Shuttle buses provided transportation to campus for these students.

Residence halls by campus:
  • Busch Campus. Residence Halls: Barr, Allen, Mattia, Metzger, Davidson. Suites: Crosby, Judson, McCormick, Morrow, Thomas, Winkler. Apartments: Nichols, Richardson, Silvers, Buell, Johnson, Marvin, Russell.
  • College Avenue Campus. Residence Halls: Brett, Campbell, Clothier, Demarest
    Demarest Hall
    Demarest Hall is a dormitory that is part of Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. It is named for Reverend William Henry Steele Demarest, who was the eleventh President of Rutgers College from 1906 to 1924.-General information:...

    , Frelinghuysen, Hardenbergh
    Hardenburgh Hall
    Hardenbergh Hall is a residence/classroom complex located on the College Ave campus of Rutgers University. It along with Scott Hall, Campbell Hall, and Frelinghuysen Hall make up most of the classroom space on the College Ave campus...

    , Hegeman, Leupp, Mettler, Pell, Stonier, Tinsley, Wessels, Ford. Apartments: University Center Apartments, Rockoff Hall
  • Cook Campus. Residence Halls: Helyar House, Nicholas, Perry, Voorhees. Apartments: Cook, Newell, Starkey.
  • Douglass Campus. Residence Halls: Bunting-Cobb, Katzenbach, Lippincot, Jameson, New Gibbons, Old Gibbons, Woodbury. Apartments: Henderson.

The Henderson Apartments are named after Robert J. Henderson, Jr. after he donated 1 million dollars to the University in 2007 in exchange for free tuition and the naming rights to the Apartments on Douglass. Interesting Fact: Mr. Henderson made his first few million dollars in high school day trading while he was supposed to be attending class.
  • Livingston Campus. Residence Halls: Ernest Lynton Towers
    Ernest Lynton North and South Towers
    The Ernest Lynton North and South Towers is a interconnected 8 floor dorm complex on Rutgers' Livingston Campus consisting of both double and single occupancy dorm rooms. The towers house approximately 350 students each for a total of approximately 700 freshmen and transfer students...

    , Livingston Quad Residences 1-3.


New housing is currently in the process of being built on the Busch and Livingston campuses to accommodate more students.

Graduate family housing

Four complexes provide graduate family housing. They are Johnson Apartments, Marvin Apartments, Nichols Apartments, and Russell Apartments. All four apartment facilities are located in Piscataway Township.

In 1966 Johnson was built. In 1973 Marvin was built. Nichols was constructed in 1975. Russell was constructed in 1976.

Demographics

As of 2003 about 5,000 Jewish students attended Rutgers New Brunswick.

Newspapers

  • The Daily Targum, dating back to 1869, is the largest student paper at Rutgers, and independent, boasting a circulation of 17,000. It features international, national, local and university news, as well as editorials, columns, comics, classifieds and sports.
  • The Green Print covers general news as well as environmental issues.
  • The Rutgers Review is the bi-weekly alternative arts and opinions newspaper.
  • Libertas
    Libertas
    Libertas was the Roman goddess and embodiment of liberty.- Temples and derived inspirations :In 238 BC, before the Second Punic War, having long been a Roman deity along with other personified virtues, Libertas assumed goddess status...

    is the official publication of the Rutgers University Democrats.
  • The Rutgers Centurion
    Rutgers Centurion
    The Centurion is a conservative magazine focused on Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Its motto is "veritas vos liberabit," which is Latin for "the truth shall set you free." The magazine attempts to counterbalance that which its staff perceive as a predominant orthodoxy of social...

    is the monthly conservative magazine.
  • The Caellian is the Progressive paper of Douglass Residential College, and features artistic submissions and LGBT issues.
  • The BVCL (Black Voice Carte Latina) is the paper of the black / Hispanic student body.
  • The Medium
    The Medium (Rutgers)
    The Medium is the student-run weekly entertainment and comedy newspaper at Rutgers University. The paper refers to itself as "The Entertainment Weekly of Rutgers University."...

    is a self-billed "entertainment weekly" known for its politically incorrect content.

Greek life

The campus is home to over 50 fraternities and sororities, including African-American, Latino/a, multicultural and Asian-interest. Several organizations maintain houses for their chapters in the area of Union Street (known locally as "Frat Row"), adjacent to the College Avenue Campus. Greek organizations are governed by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs.

Traditions

The Grease Trucks
Grease Trucks
The Grease Trucks are a group of truck-based food vendors located on the College Avenue campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey...

are a group of truck-based food vendors located on the College Avenue Campus. They serve traditional grill fare, Middle-Eastern specialties, and are especially well known for serving "Fat Sandwiches," a sub roll containing various ingredients such as cheesesteak, burgers, pork roll, chicken fingers, French fries, mozzarella sticks, eggs, bacon, gyro meat, marinara sauce, etc.

The Dance Marathon
Dance marathon
A dance marathon is an event in which people stay on their feet for a given length of time. It started as a popular fad in the 1920s and 1930s, when organized dance endurance contests attracted people to compete to achieve fame or win monetary prizes...

is a student-run organization that consists of a year-long series of fundraisers and culminates with the annual Marathon on April 5–6 in the College Avenue Gym. At the Marathon over 400 dancers pledge to raise funds and remain standing for 32 hours without sleeping. The 'Dancers', along with over 500 volunteers and countless visitors, are entertained by live bands, comedians, prize giveaways, games, sports, a mechanical bull, computer and internet access, various theme hours and much more. Rutgers has held this tradition since 1999 and to date has raised in excess of $1.3 million for the Embrace Kids Foundation.

RutgersFest is a day-long cultural event which takes place outdoors on Livingston Campus near the Louis Brown Athletic Center
Louis Brown Athletic Center
The Louis Brown Athletic Center, more commonly known as the RAC , is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Piscataway, New Jersey on Rutgers University's Livingston Campus. The building is shaped like a truncated tent with trapezoidal sides on the north and south ends...

 or on Busch Campus across the Werblin Recreation Center. It is designed to promote college spirit through student organization participation with activities and entertainment throughout the day, culminating with a free concert and fireworks at night. In years past, musical guests have included: Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...

, Everclear
Everclear (band)
Everclear is a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1992 best known for their radio hits spanning more than a decade. For most of its existence, Everclear has consisted of Art Alexakis , Craig Montoya , and Greg Eklund . Eklund replaced original drummer Scott Cuthbert in 1994...

, Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray is a band from Orange County, California. The band, starting off more as an alternative metal band, first gained fame in 1997 with their release of the song "Fly". This song's success, coupled with its pop rock sound that was quite different from the rest of their material at the time,...

, Guster
Guster
Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1991, the group is known for its live performances and humor, founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel came about to begin practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford,...

, Goldfinger
Goldfinger (band)
Goldfinger is a Los Angeles pop punk/ska punk band that formed in 1994. Currently, the band is composed of vocalist/guitarist John Feldmann, guitarist Charlie Paulson, bassist Kelly LeMieux, and drummer Darrin Pfeiffer...

, Ludacris
Ludacris
Christopher Brian Bridges , better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings...

, Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band from Huntington Beach, California, best known for the 1997 hit "Sell Out". The band gained mainstream recognition in the mid-to-late 1990s, during the third wave of ska with the release of the gold certified album Turn the Radio Off. Soon after, the band...

, Method Man
Method Man
Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man is an American hip hop artist, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He took his stage name from the 1979 film The Fearless Young Boxer, also known as Method Man. He is one half of the rap duo Method Man...

 and Redman, Fuel
Fuel (band)
Fuel is an American rock band formed by guitarist/songwriter Carl Bell and bassist Jeff Abercrombie in 1989. Originally known as Small the Joy, they changed the group's name to Fuel sometime in 1994...

, Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind is an American alternative rock band formed in the early 1990s in San Francisco. The songwriting duo of Kevin Cadogan and Stephan Jenkins signed the band's first major label recording contract with Elektra records in 1996 resulting in two multi platinum albums. The band's lineup...

, Hawthorne Heights
Hawthorne Heights
Hawthorne Heights is an American rock band from Dayton, Ohio, formed in 2001. Their line-up currently consists of lead-singer and rhythm guitarist JT Woodruff, lead-guitarist and vocalist Micah Carli, bassist and backing vocalist Matt Ridenour, and drummer Eron Bucciarelli...

, Ok Go
OK Go
OK Go is a rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, USA, now residing in Los Angeles, California, USA. The band is composed of Damian Kulash , Tim Nordwind , Dan Konopka and Andy Ross , who joined them in 2005, replacing Andy Duncan...

, N.E.R.D, Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

, and more. Some carnival attractions at recent RutgersFests have been the bungee bull, bouncy boxing, moon walk, electronic basketball, a recording studio and tons more to keep the students entertained. It is mainly a chance for students to experience one last major social event with the Rutgers community in an effort to celebrate the end of the academic year and relax before finals.

In 2011, it was held on Busch campus due to construction on Livingston. The musical guests were Yelawolf
Yelawolf
Michael Wayne Atha , better known by his stage name YelaWolf, is an American rapper. He is currently signed to Shady Records, Ghet-O-Vision Entertainment and Interscope Records...

, Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...

, and 3OH!3
3OH!3
3OH!3 is an American electro hop duo from Boulder, Colorado, made up of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte. They are best known for their single "Don't Trust Me" from their album Want, which reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100...

.

After several violent incidents which happened after the 2011 concert including several involving gunshot wounds, RutgersFest has been canceled for the future. President Richard McCormick in a letter to the Rutgers community commented: "The problems that occur following Rutgersfest have grown beyond our capacity to manage them, and the only responsible course of action is to cancel the event."

Although the University sponsored concert of Rutgersfest has been officially cancelled the student body has taken it upon themselves to keep the tradition alive. Within hours of the email from President McCormick informing students that Rutgersfest was cancelled, numerous students fled to social networking sites, mainly Facebook, and let their opinions be known. There was several student created events, all named Rutgersfest or a version of it, and again within hours these events had such a huge following that the creators were interviewed by the school paper. It seemed that the most common reasoning behind the students outcry was that the violent incidents that occurred did not involve university students.

Bus System

The size of the campus requires the use of mass transit to get students around to the different residential campuses. Bus Service is now (as of July 2011) provided by [First Transit], and is provided all year including breaks and weekends. When the campus transit system is not in service, a smaller point to point shuttle called the Knight Mover is provided for the students.

Weekday Transit Lines
  • A - College Avenue / Busch (Clockwise on Busch) - After 9pm, service between Busch and College Ave is reliant upon the "H" bus
  • B - Busch / Livingston
  • EE - College Avenue / Douglass / Cook via George Street
  • F - College Avenue / Douglass / Cook via Route 18
  • H - Busch / College Avenue (Counter Clockwise on Busch)
  • LX - College Avenue / Livingston
  • LXc - College Avenue / Livingston (Returns to College Ave via Cedar Lane in Highland Park, and River Road)
  • Service will be discontinued by the end of the 2010-2011 academic year
  • REXB - Busch / Douglass
  • REXL - Douglass / Livingston


Special Weekday Service
  • C - Busch Commuter Loop
  • Ward Shuttle


Weekend Service
  • Weekend 1 - College Ave / Busch / Livingston / Douglass / Cook
  • Weekend 2 - College Avenue / Douglass / Cook / Livingston / Busch


Special Break Service
  • All Campus 1 - College Ave / Busch / Livingston / Douglass / Cook
  • All Campus 2 - College Avenue / Douglass / Cook / Livingston / Busch
  • Ward Shuttle (Runs on select days)


Former Bus Services
  • L College Avenue/Livingston via Highland Park
  • G Busch/Cook/Douglass via busch campus center
  • GG Busch/College Ave/Cook/Douglass via George Street

Athletic heritage

In 1864, rowing became the first organized sport at Rutgers. Six mile races were held on the Raritan River among six-oared boats. In 1870, Rutgers held its first intercollegiate competition against the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard. During the following century, Rutgers built a strong men's crew program consisting of both heavyweight and lightweight teams. A women’s crew team was added in 1974. In the fall of 2007, men's heavyweight and lightweight crew, along with men's swimming and diving, men's tennis, and men's and women's fencing were cut as NCAA Division I sports by the university administration. The university claimed these changes were due to budget cuts, while others said it was a politically motivated move used to protest funding changes by the state. The university currently has no plans to restore these sports.

Rutgers University is often referred to as The Birthplace of College Football as the first intercollegiate football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 game was held on College Field between Rutgers and Princeton on 6 November 1869 on a plot of ground where the present-day College Avenue Gymnasium
College Avenue Gymnasium
The College Avenue Gymnasium is an athletic facility on the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.It is the second gymnasium built on the site. The first was built in 1892 on the site of College Field, the former RU football field...

 now stands. Rutgers won the game
1869 college football season
The 1869 college football season was the first season of intercollegiate football. It is considered the inaugural college football season, and consisted of only two total games, both of which occurred between the and ; The first was played on November 6 at Rutgers' campus, and the second was...

, by the score of 6 to Princeton's 4.

See also

  • Rutgers University
    Rutgers University
    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

  • Rutgers-Newark
    Rutgers-Newark
    Rutgers University in Newark is one of three campuses of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the eighth oldest college in the United States and a member of the Association of American Universities...

  • Rutgers-Camden
    Rutgers-Camden
    Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey, USA , is a state-funded, coeducational, public, research university. Founded in the 1920s, Rutgers–Camden began as an amalgam of the South Jersey Law School and the College of South Jersey. It is the southernmost of the three regional campuses of Rutgers,...

  • List of American state universities

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