Virginia Tech put together a pair of touchdown drives to ultimately tie the game in the fourth. A 14-yard rushing score from Tuten and two-point conversion made it 23-15 with 14:06 left. Tuten scored his third touchdown of the game later in the quarter and with the successful conversion, the Hokies tied the game at 23-23 with 4:35 remaining.
Kaliakmanis found Strong for a 63-yard gain on the first play of the next possession to set up the offense in the red zone. Patel delivered the decisive score with a 24-yard field goal to make it 26-23.
Three plays into the Hokies' next drive, Longerbeam jumped up to deflect a pass from Drones and grabbed the ball for an interception with 1:24 remaining. Monangai would rush for a pair of first downs and force Virginia Tech to use up its timeout, allowing Kaliakmanis to kneel out the victory.
• Rutgers improved to 3-0 for the fourth straight season, last achieving the feat from 1958-61.
• Rutgers won at Lane Stadium for the first time in seven attempts. The Scarlet Knights last visited Blacksburg in 2002.
• Rutgers defeated Virginia Tech for the second consecutive season, also winning 35-16 last year at SHI Stadium.
• Rutgers has won 10 consecutive non-conference games and 14 of the last 15. The Scarlet Knights are 53-20 overall in such games under Schiano.
• Rutgers beat an ACC team for the fourth straight season and is now 5-1 against the league since 2021.
• Rutgers improved to 12-6 coming off a bye week under head coach
Greg Schiano.
• Rutgers is now 12-3 in September games since 2021.
• Rutgers has not allowed a point in the first quarter through three games.
• Rutgers won the turnover battle, 3-1, to improve to 60-21 under Schiano when winning the turnover margin.
• Rutgers posted a time of possession of 39:23, its highest since recording 39:55 against Ohio in 2011.
• LB
Abram Wright recovered a fumble on a punt return. Rutgers has now recorded a takeaway in 11 consecutive games dating back to last season, its longest streak since a 19-game run from 2011-13.
• RB
Kyle Monangai scored his fifth rushing touchdown of the season and 19th career. He is three scores away from moving into the program's top-10 list in the category.
• RB
Samuel Brown V registered his second career game with multiple rushing touchdowns. He now owns seven career rushing scores.
• DL
Wesley Bailey picked up his first sack of the season for a safety and now has 9.5 career sacks. It was the first safety scored by the Scarlet Knights since Olakunle Fatukasi had a sack in the end zone versus Temple in 2021.
• LB
Dariel Djabome forced his first career fumble, which was recovered by DL
Malcolm Ray. Ray now has two career recoveries.
• TE
Kenny Fletcher recorded career highs with seven receptions and 61 receiving yards.
• WR
Ian Strong posted a career-high 110 receiving yards, including a gain of 63 to setup the winning field goal. It marked the first time a Scarlet Knight reached triple figures in receiving yards since Bo Melton at Northwestern in 2021.
• DB
Robert Longerbeam recorded his fourth career interception.
• QB
Athan Kaliakmanis recorded 16 completions for 269 passing yards.
• Consecutive games played: DL
Kyonte Hamilton (41), OL
Hollin Pierce (41), DL
Malcolm Ray (37), WR
Christian Dremel (32)
