where are the rutgers football team from

The Rutgers football team, known as the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, is based in Piscataway, New Jersey. They play their home games at SHI Stadium located in Piscataway, which is part of the Rutgers University campus area. Rutgers University itself is in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and the football team represents this university in NCAA Division I football as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team is historically notable for playing in the first collegiate football game in 1869.