Overview
- Kickoff is Saturday, Sept. 27 at 11 a.m. CST at Huntington Bank Stadium, with television coverage on BTN.
- Rutgers starter Athan Kaliakmanis, who beat Minnesota last season with three touchdown passes, makes his first trip back to Minneapolis since transferring.
- P.J. Fleck downplayed the reunion storyline and praised Kaliakmanis’s growth, while Rutgers’ vertical passing game under Kirk Ciarrocca features Big Ten receptions co-leader Ian Strong.
- An official injury report two hours before kickoff will clarify running back Darius Taylor’s hamstring status after he missed the Cal game; Minnesota has leaned on backs like Fame Ijeboi in his absence.
- Minnesota emphasized cleaning up special-teams errors after a missed field goal and a muffed punt at Cal, with Fleck lauding Koi Perich’s response to a tough outing.