PISCATAWAY, NJ – Kyle Monangai ran for 132 yards and a touchdown and Rutgers held 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 and improved to 4-0 for the first time since 2012. Washington (3-2, 1-1) was playing its first Big Ten road game.

Washington cut it to three with 1:40 left thanks to Will Rogers III’s 12-yard touchdown pass to Denzel Boston and a 2-point conversion pass to Keleki Latu. The Huskies got the ball back with 35 seconds left when Gross’ attempt to force overtime sailed past the left goal.

Washington had a 521-299 total yards advantage, but missed three field goals, was penalized six times for 69 yards and went 2 for 12 on third down.

Rogers was 26 of 36 for 306 yards and two touchdowns. He entered the game as the leading active FBS quarterback in career pass attempts, completions and completion percentage, and second in passing yards and touchdowns.

Rutgers took a 21-10 lead with 10:57 left when Samuel Brown V completed a 37-yard touchdown up the middle.

The Huskies had cut the score to 14-10 on Rogers’ 51-yard touchdown pass to Boston down the right sideline with 4:23 left in the third.

Monangai gave the Scarlet Knights a 7-3 lead with a 1-yard TD run early in the second quarter.

Athan Kaliakmanis threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Ian Strong with 30 seconds left in the half to make it 14-3. The score was set after Washington was called for an illegal substitution after blocking Jai Patel’s field goal attempt.

Washington’s Vince Holmes ran onto the field thinking the game was dead and the Huskies had recovered. But the ball was still loose. The 5-yard penalty gave Rutgers a first down and the Scralet Knights scored on the next play.

Kaliakmanis was 14 of 24 for 115 yards.

NEXT

Washington: Host defending champion Michigan next Saturday

Rutgers: Next Saturday at Nebraska.

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