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The 2014 Rutgers University Football season is just weeks away, and Rutgers is offering discounted tickets for $30 for the home games against Howard University on Sept. 6, Tulane University on Sept. 27 and Indiana University on Nov. 15.

The games will be played at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway. As of July 1, Rutgers became a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Tickets can be ordered by calling the Rutgers Ticket Office on Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 866-445-4678 or by ordering on the Rutgers Athletics website, www.scarletknights.com. Mention promotional code AAA14.

Full-season tickets for the six-game home season, which includes the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, Tulane, Howard, Indiana and Penn State University, are still on sale, as are three-game mini-plans.