 They won the game 52–30.Following the 2008 regular season, Rutgers was invited to the Papajohns.com Bowl, where on December 29, 2008 they defeated the North Carolina State University Wolfpack by a score of 29 to 23 for their third straight bowl win.On December 19, 2009, the Scarlet Knights won their fourth straight bowl game by defeating the University of Central Florida 45–28 in the St. Petersburg Bowl.