UCLA and Rutgers have never played. That is, until 2016. The two teams have agreed to a home-and-home series for the ‘16 and ‘17 seasons. (It feels weird to write that. Doesn’t 1998 feel like yesterday?)
Here is the full release from UCLA:
The Bruins will open the 2016 season on Thursday, Sept. 1 at Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights will travel to the Rose Bowl to open the 2017 season on Saturday, Sept. 2.
“We feel this will be an exciting West Coast-East Coast matchup. Rutgers is one of the top programs in the Big East Conference,” UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero said. “The game will give our alumni in that area a chance to see the Bruins in person and should provide us with some outstanding East Coast exposure.”
These two games will be the first meetings between the Bruins and the Scarlet Knights.
UCLA’s future non-conference schedules include Kansas State (Sept. 4), Houston (Sept. 11 at home) and Texas (Sept. 18) in 2010; Houston (Sept. 3), San Jose State (Sept. 10 at home) and Texas (Sept. 17 at home) in 2011; Rice (Sept. 1), Nebraska (Sept. 8 at home) and Houston (Sept. 15 at home) in 2012; Nevada (August 31 at home) and Nebraska (Sept. 14) in 2013; UNLV (Sept. 12) and Nevada (Sept. 19 at home) in 2015 and Rutgers (Sept. 1), UNLV (Sept. 10 at home) and Nevada (Sept. 17) in 2016.
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