Rutgers made a big Jersey reveal on Thursday.

The Scarlet Knights will wear matte black helmets with an illustration of the state of New Jersey, not the block "R" or a helmeted knight's head, on the side as part of their all-black uniform for their "Blackout" home game against Illinois at HighPoint.com Stadium in Piscataway on Saturday, Oct. 6. The game will kick off at noon and be televised on BTN.

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Rutgers will play seven of its first eight games this fall at noon and/or on BTN. The Scarlet Knights' Week 2 loss at Ohio State was a 3:30 p.m. kickoff on BTN and their Week 3 loss at Kansas was shown on Fox Sports Regional, but kicked off at 11 a.m. Central Time.

Rutgers will host Indiana this Saturday at noon, and its Oct. 13 road game at Maryland and Oct. 20 Homecoming game against Northwestern were slotted for noon kickoffs before the season began.

Rutgers is 1-3 and has lost its last three games, the latest being Saturday's 42-13 loss to Buffalo at HighPoint.com Stadium in Piscataway. Rutgers has been outscored 149-30 during the three-game losing skid.

The Illini have lost two straight, but held a double-digit lead in their fall-from-ahead loss to South Florida and played No. 9-ranked Penn State tough this past Friday at home before being hammered in the fourth quarter en route to a 63-24 loss in Champaign, Illinois.

Illinois is idle this week. The Scarlet Knights beat the Illini last season in Champaign.

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