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Rutgers and Army had been scheduled to meet at Yankee Stadium next season, but the game will moved to Michie Stadium on Army's campus. (John Munson/The Star-Ledger)

Considering the negative reviews of Yankee Stadium from Rutgers players (shoddy playing surface) and fans (poor sightlines), the idea of playing next season's game against Army in the Bronx wasn't particularly appealing.

So the news that the Nov. 21 game is in the process of being moved from Yankee Stadium to Army's Michie Stadium should be well received by the Scarlet Knights.

Army is in the process of completing the paperwork to move the game to its 38,000-seat on-campus stadium in West Point, N.Y., a source confirmed to NJ Advance Media. The news was first reported by the Times Herald-Record.

"I don't think there's any more games (at Yankee Stadium) for a while," Army athletic director Boo Corrigan told the paper. "A couple of years ago, we had one of our games scheduled in what could have been the World Series, so we worked with the Yankees to move that game. The game (against Rutgers) this year, there was another conflict and we wanted to make sure we could do it the right way and the best option for us and the Yankees was to bring it back here."

Rutgers is 7-8 all-time in games against Army at Michie Stadium. Rutgers won, 27-12, when the teams met at Yankee Stadium in 2011. The Scarlet Knights hold a 21-18 advantage in the all-time series, which began in 1891.

Rutgers is 2-1 in games at the new Yankee Stadium. In addition to the regular season win over Army in 2011, the Scarlet Knights beat Iowa State in the 2011 Pinstripe Bowl and lost to Notre Dame in the 2013 Pinstripe Bowl.

Rutgers coach Kyle Flood has always embraced games against service academy teams. Before last season's 31-24 win over Navy, Flood spoke about the special atmosphere of games on the campus of service academies.

"For the fans and the families there is no doubt it's a great experience," Flood said. "For us there is a mystique to those stadiums when you get in there and you're walking around the stadium and you're looking up at some of the things that are displayed. I think it's a special place. Annapolis, West Point, they're special places and one of the reasons I enjoy playing these games."

Rutgers has seven home games and five road games next season. Two of those away games -- Army and Penn State -- will take place within 230 miles of campus.

Here's the full 2015 schedule:

Sept. 5 vs. Norfolk State

Sept. 12 vs. Washington State

Sept. 19 at Penn State

Sept. 26 vs. Kansas

Oct. 3 Bye week

Oct. 10 vs. Michigan State

Oct. 17 at Indiana

Oct. 24 vs. Ohio State

Oct. 31 at Wisconsin

Nov. 7 at Michigan

Nov. 14 vs. Nebraska

Nov. 21 at Army

Nov. 28 vs. Maryland

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