Kyle Monangai ran for 132 yards and a touchdown and Rutgers held off Washington 21-18 on Friday night when Huskies kicker Grady Gross missed a 55-yard attempt as time expired. Rutgers won its Big Ten opener to improve to 4-0 for the first time since 2012.

Kyle Monangai rushed for 132 yards and a touchdown as Rutgers won its Big Ten Conference opener, defeating the visiting Washington Huskies 21-18 on a rainy Friday night in Piscataway,

Rutgers was unbeaten and favored coming in and they showed the Huskies life in their new conference won’t be easy, defeating Washington, 21-18. Rutgers beats Washington and starts the season 4-0 for the first time since 2012 🔥 The game came down to a last-second Washington field goal attempt from better than 50 yards that had the distance but was off target.

The Huskies had more yards and first downs, but Rutgers avoided the critical mistakes and made the big plays that UW couldn't come up with.

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Kyle Monangai does not claim to be a prophet, but the star Rutgers running back had some prophetic words for his backfield partner before he made arguably the biggest play of his young career. With the Scarlet Knights facing a crucial third-and-four in the fourth quarter of Friday night’s massive matchup with Washington,

Greg Schiano’s team improved to 4-0 for the first time since 2012 with its win over the Huskies, who went to the national championship game last season. "Not our best showing," Schiano said. "Not our best execution.