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Rutgers football faces No. 8 Oregon for its Homecoming Game while on a three-game losing streak.

Oregon features one of the nation's most explosive offenses and a top-15 ranked defense.

PISCATAWAY – Rutgers football isn't trying to downplay or minimize the challenge that’ll be waiting Saturday night at SHI Stadium.

The Scarlet Knights will host the No. 8 Oregon Ducks in the Oct. 18 matchup, which will be Rutgers’ Homecoming Game, riding a three-game losing streak that’s thrown so much of this season into question.

The biggest question, though, centers on the Scarlet Knights ’ defense.

The unit hasn’t played to the level it’s needed to and it’s hampered Rutgers in each of its Big Ten games so far this season, the latest a 38-19 road loss to Washington on Oct.

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