Penn State football is on a two-game win streak and finally found its identity under interim head coach Terry Smith. The Nittany Lions now look ahead to their final game of the 2025 regular season at Rutgers. Unlike Penn State, the Scarlet Knights lost their previous contest, falling 42-9 to No. 1 Ohio State.
Both teams seek a .500 even overall record heading into Saturday. Rutgers is also a 5-6 team with two Big Ten wins. Aside from its non-conference slate, it beat Purdue and Maryland, two teams that rank last and third-to-last, respectively, in the conference.
How to watch Penn State at Rutgers in Week 14
- Date: Saturday, Nov. 29
- Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
- Venue: SHI Stadium
- How to Watch (TV): FOX (Big Ten Network)
- Streaming: YouTube TV
- Penn State record: 5-6, 2-6 Big Ten
- Rutgers record: 5-6, 2-6 Big Ten
Penn State at Rutgers odds, spread, and total
Odds provided by FanDuel Sportsbook.
Moneyline
- Penn State: -530
- Rutgers: +390
Spread
- Penn State: -12.5 (-110)
- Rutgers: +12.5 (-110)
Total
- 56.5 (over -105 / under -115)
Injury report
Penn State
- DE Max Granville - OUT (undisclosed)
- DE Jordan Mayer - OUT (undisclosed)
- DT Kaleb Artis - OUT (undisclosed)
- LB Tony Rojas - OUT (leg - undisclosed)
- OL Liam Horan - OUT (undisclosed)
- QB Drew Allar - OUT (ankle)
- QB Jaxon Smolik - OUT (arm/wrist)
- DE Chaz Coleman - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- OL TJ Shanahan Jr. - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- QB Bekkem Kritza - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- WR Josiah Brown - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- WR Peter Gonzalez - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- WR Kaden Saunders - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
Rutgers
- CB Steven Murray - OUT (undisclosed)
- DL Doug Blue-Eli - OUT (undisclosed)
- DL Braxton Kyle - OUT (undisclosed)
- LB Moses Walker - OUT (undisclosed)
- OL Dantae Chin - OUT (undisclosed)
- OL Ryder Langsdale - OUT (undisclosed)
- OT Nick Oliveira - OUT (undisclosed)
- RB CJ Campbell Jr. - OUT (undisclosed)
- S DK Gilley - OUT (undisclosed)
- S Noah Shaw - OUT (undisclosed)
- WR Michael Thomas III - OUT (undisclosed)
- WR Famah Toure - OUT (undisclosed)
- DB Michael Clayton - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- DB Davoun Fuse - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- DB Sebastian Jusma - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- DB Al-Shadee Salaam - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- DL Darold DeNgohe - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- TE Ben Rothhaar - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- WR Vernon Allen III - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
- WR Dane Pardridge - QUESTIONABLE (undisclosed)
Penn State v. Rutgers series history
The Nittany Lions and Scarlet Knights meet for the 35th time in series history in Week 14 with the blue and white leading by a wide margin of 32-2 all-time. Within the Big Ten specifically, Rutgers played Penn State the most out of any conference opponent and will face the Nittany Lions for the 11th time as conference foes.
The Scarlet Knights have not beaten Penn State since 1988 in a 21-16 match. Their first win was 103 years ago in 1918 when the teams first met. They have not beaten the Nittany Lions in the Big Ten with 2014 marking the first conference matchup between the two.
The last time Penn State met Rutgers was in 2023. The Nittany Lions held the Scarlett Knights to six points on two field goals, beating them 27-6 at Beaver Stadium. In that game, running back Kaytron Allen had two short-yard touchdowns and former quarterback Beau Pribula notched one as well.
On Saturday, rusher Nicholas Singleton needs one score on the ground to lead Penn State all-time in rushing touchdowns, surpassing running back Saquon Barkley.
FOX announcers for Penn State at Rutgers
Jeff Levering and Jake Butt will be in the booth on Saturday on play-by-play and color commentary, respectively. Brooke Fletcher will be on the sidelines accompanying them on the FOX broadcast.
Weather forecast in Piscataway
Saturday will have a high of 45 degrees in New Jersey with wind gusts up to 12 miles per hour. It will be mostly sunny with an eight percent chance of precipitation. As the game goes on, it will get cooler, and it's predicted to be roughly 35 degrees once the evening rolls in.