A Rebirth at the Birthplace 2006

A photo and video journal of the regular season wins and one memorable night in November of 2006 that catapulted Rutgers football into the consciousness of the nation.
Photos courtesy of Scout.com and NJ.com. Video footage courtesy of ESPN. Music courtesy of the Rutgers Glee Club and The Who.

[@LOCKnLOAD122]

We will return to a winning tradition once again. Schiano 2.0 !

[@bdsisti]

C J hell yah!

[@iammatt9412]

This my favorite video on KZbin

[@rutgers2825]

I'd give anything to have another year like this. keep chopping ru

[@MostlyHarmless9]

We’re backkkkkkkk. Yesterday was awesome!!! Defense and Specials had Schiano written all over it even the O line especially the Tackles giving Noah a great pocket all game.. we’ll be Bowl eligible for the first time since Schiano left for the NFL.. GET EM’ GREG!!!!!!!!! SCHIANO IS BACK IN JERSEY LET THE REST OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL KNOW

[@JerseyBeachBum1]

Wow what a video !!... I live up on the watching mountains in Jersey and can see the stadium lights in Piscataway off in the distance when there on at night. This is one of my favorite sports memories of all time .. what a night! The only shame of if is that we couldn't win the big east that year.

[@sogiyojumbo]

The 2006 Rutgers Football team season deserves a documentary

[@TehVorqh]

im not saying anything bad about rutgers but a lot of people forget who the big east winner played that year in the orange bowl- wake forest. in 1 year two teams that sucked so bad in the past had the best seasons of their histories

[@LBusDoor90]

Thanks and glad you all enjoyed it (despite Rutgers current performances).

[@__hjg__2123]

Dec 2019- still great!! CHIOP

[@poorboyblues6]

The BEST video compilation of Rutgers football ever made. I haven't seen it in a few years, and stil get goosebumps! R, U, RAH-RAH, R, U, RAH-RAH, OOH RAH, OOH RAH, RUTGERS RAH!

[@davidwadsworth8982]

And no R.U.,hands off Coach Monken, can't have him.

[@tauras88d]

i will always love the BE even though we are no longer in that league so wvu diden"t take the BE to the national championship over the course of the last 7 years, but we did a hell of a job representing the BE in the BCS bowls and we won some monster big games that brought respect to the league. and now its Rutgers time to shine and represent the BE in the BCS and i hope you do great.and your Khaseem Green is the greatest defensive player this year, i hope he takes the butkus award :)

[@jzgrabik11]

Greatest football game I have ever watched in my entire life!

[@petercoates7045]

This has to be one of my all-time favorite Rutgers videos!! That was such an amazing night in RU history!!! I was only like 7 when I watched that game on TV and have been watching RU football ever since!

[@BryanLuoma]

The highlights of this game still gives me goosebumps. I was there in section 121 and am proud to say I had tears in my eyes that night. Well done.

[@bonvivantinsf]

The season begins this Friday - I'm here for inspiration.

[@LBusDoor90]

Glad so many fellow RU fans and alums are enjoying this. Maybe we get another one like this real soon.

[@rutgers2825]

can you WVU and Louisville fans just go away please. we know you're better than us and that we'll probably never win a bcs bowl game, especially going to the B1G now. just let us have this win. the three of us ruled the big east and now we've gone our separate ways. I seriously hope you have your success because I hate almost everyone in your new conferences. Kepp chopping, go cards and mountaineers. just trying to bring the peace

[@TJHitchings]

11 years later and how far we've fallen. I truly believe Rutgers can go 7-5 next year, but it will be long after I graduate until we return to the magic that was the 2006 season. What I would've given to have been a part of this Rutgers era.

[@LBusDoor90]

I attended that Louisville game and have been a season ticket-holding alum since. Keeping the faith has certainly been tough recently but when a true QB finally matures, I have faith Ash will have a solid team around him. Being a Rutgers fan is all about faith, indeed. Cheers.

[@TJHitchings]

TRUST THE PROCESS #AshEra

[@tauras88d]

way to go rutgers .... i see you are unbeaten and in the top 25 this year. quess you are poised to takeover the now that wvu is gone, i hope you win 10 or more games and get the BCS bowl for the first time and win it WVUFAN#1.

[@robertharvey9047]

giants stadium rutgers stadium

[@rutgersfan39]

probably my favorite video on all of youtube. i was only 9 during this game and i can remember almost every snap hahaha we will be back there again someday

[@crusherfan53]

I'm not even a Rutgers fan, but damn I was rooting for them that year! I wanted to see them in the title game.

[@THEABRAMSMBT]

this game had me thinking BCS NCG at the time

[@LBusDoor90]

@rutgersfan39 Glad to here you like it. Yeah, just when you think they are going to give us just a slice of what that night was like again, they lay an egg like last week. I agree though - let's keep up the faith.

[@hwinkler4343]

No, you’re crying.

[@LBusDoor90]

@gotCartman Thanks, man!

[@LetsGooo]

Damn, I miss College Football!

[@drewdamico829]

I appreciate the love from Ohio State fans, but you may have to take that back. We R BIG10 bound and we will be seeing you very soon! Let's go RU

[@jamesmahan9787]

Too bad Cincinnati had other plans for you guys that year.

[@rutgers2825]

tauras88d we're not saying we're good. we're saying it's about damn time we caught a break. we as a university have been sitting though decades, centuries of hell watching our football team.

[@slapshot68]

Louisville beat themselves, stupid penalty

[@rutgers2825]

And i can't wait till i'm rich and i can go to every bcs champs game rootin' on our scarlet knights. but 4 now let's dominate the pinstripe bowl

[@JoDaPo1112]

@TheKyleish I'm an Ohio state and Rutgers fan!!! Let's Go Bucks, Let's Go RU!!!

[@taylornoblit9385]

Snake at 7:33

[@mikeconvente1285]

Let's do it again Scarlet Nation! Tonight, we get Pandemonium in Piscataway, Part 2! #CHOPLOUISVILLE

[@davidwadsworth8982]

When this team is legit and winning,this stadium is one of the top 5 loudest in the country. Been to Penn State,N.D. West Point, the Dome, Michigan State, it is louder. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot happened?

[@phnompenh23]

Erin Andrews looked scared for her life lol

[@LBusDoor90]

@TheKyleish Good stuff, TK. I'll welcome you to the RU bandwagon 4 years later then!

[@LBusDoor90]

Thanks, JBB. Yes, and all that nonsense from that Syracuse-owned rag, "The Star-Ledger" would never have been written over the last 5 years.

[@thenorthup10]

Alot of talk coming from a fan of a team who just got plastered by Texas Tech, if only Geno Smith could play on your defense too...Lord knows WVU needs it. Hopefully WVU doesnt lose to K-State and become an after thought in the Big 12 which they most likey will by the time Oklahoma and Texas get a hold of them.

[@osubucknut100]

I love seeing Louisville and West Virginia and UC get beat, all trashy programs. I remember cheering pretty hard for Rutgers this year, probably more than I ever have for a non Ohio State team. I hated the Big East so much.

[@jamesmahan9787]

Get beat? That's funny because last time I checked UC completely dismantled Rutgers the week after they beat Louisville.

[@lauraharvey8055]

Robert Harvey Laura Harvey

[@thenorthup10]

Because WVU is the prime example of the "BCS"...Jumping conferences in hope of only bringing in more money. Granted RU will be going to the B1G soon but our departure is under a different circumstance obviously. I guess WVU thought the BIG 12 will be a cake walk and instead got walked on all year and topped it off with that horrible loss to out of all teams in the BE, Sorrycuse...Smh Lol

[@Peter_From_Lowell]

What happened after this game??😂😂🤣

[@LBusDoor90]

@tauras88d Since my video's comments have turned into a trash talk forum, I have a real question, tauras - why does WV insist on showing us that you never belonged anywhere near the top 10, much less 20, with absolutely no defense whatsoever? I would be embarrassed for my team to be giving up points like that. The book is out on Smith - it's now as if you have no offense too. Good luck against a mediocre TCU team at home today. Ill go with the team that has a defense.

[@rutgers2825]

we go though hell every year getting invited to a shitty bowl game or maybe not even getting to a bowl game. will you let us get to florida so we can beat up the noles in the orange bowl. let us have something!! go ru

[@LBusDoor90]

Amen, FSU.