PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers might remember Friday night’s 38-28 loss to Iowa as the game in which the Scarlet Knights beat themselves.

With a record crowd of 55,942 at SHI Stadium and a chance to procure arguably their biggest win in the Greg Schiano 2.0 era, the Scarlet Knights did themselves in time and time again, with untimely penalties and missed opportunities.

None was more costly than the defensive holding they took late in the fourth quarter while clinging to a 28-24 lead. Down to third-and-8 on their own 33-yard line, the Rutgers defense looked as though it had made the biggest stop of the night, forcing Hawkeyes quarterback Mark Gronowski to throw an incomplete pass on the run. 3

Instead of lining up for a punt, Iowa kept the drive alive, and Gronowski led the Hawkeyes do

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