2008 HUSKER FOOTBALL

Nebraska Media Relations w One Memorial Stadium w Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 w Phone: (402) 472-2263 w Fax: (402) 472-2005 2008 Nebraska Schedule Game 8: Nebraska vs. Baylor Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Aug. 30 Western Michigan (FSN PPV) W, 47-24 Oct. 25, 2008 w Memorial Stadium w Lincoln, Neb. w 11:37 a.m. Sept. 6 San Jose St. (FSN PPV) W, 35-12 Sept. 13 New Mexico St. (FSN PPV) W, 38-7 Television: Versus Radio: Husker Sports Network Sept. 27 Virginia Tech (ABC) L, 35-30 Series Record: Nebraska leads, 9-1 Last Meeting: 2005 in Waco, Nebraska, 23-14 Oct. 4 Missouri (HC) (ESPN) L, 52-17 Surface: Fieldturf Capacity: 81,067 (295th Consecutive Sellout) Oct. 11 at Texas Tech (FSN) L, 37-31 (OT) Oct. 18 at Iowa State (Versus) W, 35-7 Oct. 25 Baylor (Versus) 11:37 a.m. Nov. 1 at Oklahoma TBA Nov. 8 Kansas TBA Nov. 15 at Kansas State TBA Nov. 28 Colorado (ABC) 2:30 p.m. All times Central and subject to change Television Nebraska Baylor Versus Record 4-3 (1-2, Big 12) Record 3-4 (1-2, Big 12) Ron Thulin, Play-by-Play Ranking Not ranked Ranking not ranked Kelly Stouffer, Color Last Game Def. Iowa State, 35-7 Last Game lost to Okla St., 34-6 Lewis Johnson, Sidelines Coach Bo Pelini Coach Art Briles Radio Career/NU Record 5-3/1st year Career/BU Record 37-32 (6th year)/3-4 (1st) Husker Sports Network vs. Baylor first meeting vs. Nebraska first meeting Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play Adrian Fiala, Color This Week’s Matchup Matt Davison, Color After two weeks on the road, Nebraska returns home to Lincoln this weekend for a matchup against Lane Grindle, Sidelines Baylor. Kickoff in front of the 295th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium is set for 11:37 a.m. with Versus televising the game nationally. The Huskers are coming off a 35-7 win at Iowa State last Internet Saturday, allowing the Huskers to end a three-game losing streak and improve to 4-3 overall on the Huskers.com season. Nebraska will look to even its Big 12 record at 2-2 against the Bears. Baylor is 3-4 on the season Husker Sports Network free audio and 1-2 in Big 12 action, following a 34-6 loss at No. 8 Oklahoma State last weekend. Live stats, game-day information, photo galleries The Series Other Nebraska and Baylor meet for the first time since 2005 and Saturday’s meeting is just the 11th Satellite Radio all-time matchup between the schools. The Huskers hold a 9-1 edge in the series, including wins in each of the last eight meetings. Baylor’s lone victory in the series was a 26-7 win in Lincoln in 1956. Sirius Channel 119; XM 107 Nebraska holds a 6-1 edge over the Bears at Memorial Stadium, including four shutout victories. NU this Week The Coaches The Big 12 Conference has rightfully earned Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, ‘90) is in his first season with the Huskers. Pelini owns a 5-3 the reputation as the league with the best career record. In addition to four 2008 wins, Pelini led Nebraska to a victory as interim head coach quarterbacks. For proof of this, one needs to look in the 2003 Alamo Bowl. Pelini has served as defensive coordinator at Nebraska, Oklahoma and no further than the NCAA statistical rankings that most recently LSU over the past five seasons. Previously, he had stints as an NFL assistant with San show seven Big 12 quarterbacks ranked among Francisco, New England and Green Bay. the top 15 nationally in passing efficiency. Baylor: Art Briles (Texas Tech, ‘79) is in his first season as Baylor’s head coach and his sixth While senior quarterback Joe Ganz is often season overall as a head coach. Briles is 3-4 with the Bears and 37-32 overall as a collegiate head overlooked among this group, his numbers stack coach. Prior to taking over at Baylor he was the head coach at Houston for five seasons and led the up favorably with his more heralded peers. Ganz Cougars to four bowl games. Briles was an assistant at Texas Tech for three seasons (2000-02), and has made six career conference starts, and he previously was a highly successful prep coach in the Lone Star State. has passed for more yards than the opposing quarterback each time. Nebraska Football Ganz fared well individually in head-to-head Nebraska is 812-336-40 all-time, one of just five schools with 800 all-time victories. w Nebraska has matchups with Heisman Trophy contenders Chase won five national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997). w The Cornhuskers have won 43 Daniel of Missouri and Graham Harrell of Texas conference championships. w Nebraska’s 44 all-time bowl appearances rank fifth nationally. w Since 1970, Tech. Ganz threw for 37 more yards than Daniel, Nebraska has 378 wins, 25 more than any other school in the country. w Nebraska’s 96 football Academic and out-yarded Harrell by 65 passing yards. All-Americans leads the nation. w The Huskers have had 106 All-Americans in school history. Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Nebraska-Iowa State Stat Wrap Noting Game Eight...Nebraska3 5, Iowa State 7 Team Stats NU ISU * The victory ended Nebraska’s five-game road losing streak both overall and in Big 12 Conference First Downs 29 11 games. Nebraska’s previous road victory was a 20-17 win at Wake Forest last season. NU’s last win Rushes-Yards 41-220 25-105 on the road in league play was a 28-27 victory at Texas A&M in 2006. Passes 27-37-0 16-29-0 Passing Yards 328 113 * The 28-point victory was Nebraska’s second-largest in a conference game in the last four seasons. Total Offense 548 218 It was also NU’s largest margin of victory in a league road game since a 51-7 win at Kansas in 3rd-Down Conversions 7-13 2-13 2001. Turnovers 3 2 * The victory marked Nebraska’s fourth straight win over Iowa State, marking the eighth NU winning Penalties 4-45 6-42 streak of four games or more in the all-time series between the schools. Time of Possession 37:11 22:49 * Senior wide receiver Nate Swift caught eight passes for 112 yards and a touchdown, including NU Rushing Leaders three passes for 57 yards, while adding a seven-yard rush on a reverse on NU’s first scoring drive. Marlon Lucky–15 carries, 74 yards, 2 TD In the first quarter alone, Swift had five receptions for 67 yards and a touchdown. Quentin Castille–11 carries, 70 yards, TD NU Passing Leader * Swift became just the second player in Nebraska history to surpass 2,000 career receiving yards. Joe Ganz–27-37-0, 328 yards, TD His 136 career receptions have covered 2,021 yards, second only to Johnny Rodgers’ 2,479 career NU Receiving Leaders receiving yards. Swift moved into a tie for second place with former teammate Terrence Nunn on Nate Swift–8 receptions, 112 yards, TD the career receptions chart, seven behind Rodgers’ record total of 143. Menelik Holt–5 receptions, 45 yards Todd Peterson–4 receptions, 52 yards * Swift’s 19-yard touchdown reception was his team-leading fourth TD catch of the season and his NU Defensive Leaders 16th career touchdown reception. His 16 career touchdown catches are tied with Maurice Purify for Armando Murillo–5 tackles, PBU, fumble recovery second on the NU career list, trailing Rodgers’ school-record 25 touchdown receptions. Larry Asante–5 tackles, PBU * Senior quarterback Joe Ganz completed 27-of-37 passes for 328 yards. The game marked his Zach Potter–4 tackles, 1-8 sack, PBU second straight with more than 325 yards passing, as he had a season-high 349 yards at Texas NU Special Teams Leaders Tech. It also marked his third 300-yard passing game of the season (also Western Michigan, TTU) Adi Kunalic–6 kickoffs, 3 touchbacks and the sixth 300-yard game of his career. 2008 Big 12 Conference Standings * Ganz completed 21-of-26 passes for 283 yards and a touchdown before halftime. The 283 yards North Division passing in the first half tied his career best for one half. He also threw for 283 yards in the second Records half against Kansas State last season. The school record for most passing yards in a half is 322 by Team Big 12 Overall Next Game Sam Keller in the second half of last year’s 41-40 win over Ball State. Kansas 2-1 5-2 Texas Tech Missouri 1-2 5-2 Colorado * Nebraska completed passes to nine receivers in the game. The Huskers have had at least seven Kansas St. 1-2 4-3 Oklahoma different receivers catch a pass in all seven games this season. Nebraska 1-2 4-3 Baylor * Nebraska’s 92-yard drive to open the scoring was its longest of the 2008 season. Colorado 1-2 4-3 at Missouri Iowa St. 0-3 2-5 Texas A&M * Nebraska passed for at least 200 yards for the 12th straight game, including seven 300-yard games in that stretch. The Husker offense has gained 400 total yards or more in nine of the past 12 South Division games, and the ISU game marked the second time this season NU topped 500 yards of total offense Records in a contest (also NMSU). Nebraska surpassed 30 points for the ninth time in its past 10 games. Team Big 12 Overall Next Game Oklahoma St. 3-0 7-0 at Texas * Nebraska forced a third-quarter turnover against the Cyclones, marking the Huskers’ first Texas 3-0 7-0 Oklahoma State takeaway in 15 quarters, dating back to the fourth quarter of the New Mexico State game. NU added Texas Tech 3-0 7-0 at Kansas a second forced fumble in the fourth quarter, tying its season high of two takeaways. Oklahoma 2-1 6-1 at Kansas State Baylor 1-2 3-4 at Nebraska * Nebraska limited Iowa State to zero points, two first downs and 45 yards in the first half. The Texas A&M 0-3 2-5 at Iowa State seven points allowed overall to Iowa State are the fewest by Nebraska against a conference opponent since a 21-3 victory at Kansas State in 2006. 2008 Nebraska Non-Conference Opponents Team Record Next Game * Iowa State’s 218 total yards marked the lowest total by an NU opponent in 19 games dating back Western Michigan 6-2 at E. Michigan (11/1) to last year’s opener vs. Nevada (185). It also marked the first time NU had held an opponent to less San Jose State 5-2 Boise State than 300 total yards since that game. New Mexico State 3-3 at Idaho * Nebraska forced Iowa State’s offense to three-and-out six times in the game, a season-high for the Virginia Tech 5-2 at Florida State NU defense. A Closer Look at the 2008 Nebraska Football Schedule Date...... Opponent...... Time/Result...... TV...... Series...... Last Meeting (Site)/Notes Aug. 30...... Western Michigan...... W, 47-24...... FSN PPV...... NU, 1-0...... Ganz tops 300 yards passing for fourth straight game; Henery 4-of-4 on FG attempts Sept. 6...... San Jose State...... W, 35-12...... FSN PPV...... NU, 2-0...... NU scores a defensive TD and special teams TD in same game for first time since 2002 Sept. 13...... New Mexico State...... W, 38-7...... FSN PPV...... NU, 3-0...... NU rushes for 330 yards; Ganz becomes third NU player with TD run, pass, catch in game Sept. 27...... Virginia Tech...... L, 35-30...... ABC...... NU, 1-1...... Huskers’ late rally falls short; Swift’s 88-yard punt return is fourth-longest in NU history Oct. 4...... Missouri (4)...... L, 52-17...... ESPN...... NU, 63-36-3...... Tigers win for first time in Lincoln since 1978; Peterson has career-high seven catches Oct. 11...... at Texas Tech (7)...... L, 37-31 (OT)...... FSN...... NU, 7-3...... NU drops to 5-1 all-time in overtime/Ganz’s 349 passing yards ranks ninth on NU list Oct. 18...... at Iowa State...... W, 35-7...... Versus...... NU, 85-16-2...... NU outgains ISU 548-218; Swift 8-112-1 TD receiving; Ganz 283 passing in 1st half, 328 total Oct. 25...... Baylor...... 11:37 a.m...... Versus...... NU, 9-1...... Nebraska, 23-14, 2005 (Waco)/NU has scored 49 or more pts. in last three home meetings Nov. 1...... at Oklahoma...... TBA...... TBA...... OU, 43-37-3...... Oklahoma, 21-7, 2006 (K.C.)/Sooners have won 3 of 4 after NU seven-game win streak Nov. 8...... Kansas...... TBA...... TBA...... NU, 88-23-3...... Kansas, 76-39, 2007 (Lawrence)/Huskers have won 19 straight at home against Kansas Nov. 15...... at Kansas State...... TBA...... TBA...... NU, 75-15-2...... Nebraska, 73-31, 2007 (Lincoln)/NU looks for four straight vs. KSU after losing 5 of 7 Nov. 28...... Colorado...... 2:30 p.m...... ABC...... NU, 46-18-2...... Colorado, 65-51, 2007 (Boulder)/Road team has won four of past six matchups

Huskers.com Page  Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Noting Pelini Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini Born: Dec. 13, 1967 Bo Pelini is in his first season as Nebraska’s head coach after taking the Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio reins of the program last December. Pelini joined the Huskers after a highly Wife: Mary Pat successful five-year run as a collegiate defensive coordinator, including Children: Patrick, Kate and Caralyn orchestrating Nebraska’s defensive efforts in 2003. Pelini owns a 5-3 career High School: Cardinal Mooney, 1986 record after also serving as the interim head coach in the 2003 Alamo Bowl College: Ohio State, 1990 win over Michigan State. Playing Experience Following his one season at Nebraska, Pelini served as the co-defensive 1987-90, Ohio State, free safety coordinator at Oklahoma in 2004, helping the Sooners to the Big 12 title and BCS title game. He then followed with three seasons as the defensive coordinator at LSU. With the Coaching Experience Tigers, Pelini led three consecutive defenses to No. 3 national rankings in total defense. He culminated Nebraska, 2008-present his time in Baton Rouge by helping the Tigers to the 2007 national championship. Head Coach In addition to his five seasons at the collegiate level, Pelini coached in the NFL for nine seasons LSU, 2005-07 serving three years each with the San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers. defensive coordinator Pelini was a team captain and four-year letterman as a safety at Ohio State from 1987 to 1990. Oklahoma, 2004 co-def. coordinator, defensive backs Pelini Brings Track Record of Defensive Success to NU While the 2008 season marks Bo Pelini’s first season as a head coach, he has an impressive Nebraska, 2003 track record as a defensive coordinator on the collegiate level. Pelini has been a part of five straight defensive coordinator, defenses that have ranked among the nation’s best units, including his 2003 defense at Nebraska. interim head coach for Alamo Bowl Pelini led the 2003 Green Bay Packers, 2000-02 Blackshirts to impressive National Rankings of Pelini-led Defenses linebackers numbers. Nebraska nabbed Total Rush Pass Eff. Pass Yds. Scoring a school-record 47 takeaways Nebraska New England Patriots, 1997-99 2003 11 24 1 11 2 linebackers in 2003, including a Big 12- record 32 interceptions. NU Oklahoma San Francisco 49ers, 1994-96 finished the season second 2004 13 6 42 28 3 assistant secondary in scoring defense, first in LSU 2005 3 6 3 11 3 Cardinal Mooney High School, 1993 pass efficiency defense and 11th in total defense. The 2006 3 14 3 3 4 quarterbacks 2007 3 12 3 9 17 success under Pelini has Iowa, 1991 over the past four years, graduate assistant including the 2007 LSU defense that finished third nationally in total defense to help the Tigers to the BCS National Championship. Huskers Under Pelini * In 74 games as a collegiate coach, Pelini’s defenses have posted eight shutouts, held the Overall ...... 5-3 opposition to seven points or less 28 times and to 20 points or less 48 times. vs. AP Ranked Teams...... 0-2 * Pelini-led defenses have 155 total takeaways, including two top-three national rankings. vs. AP Top 10 Teams...... 0-2 vs. Unranked Teams...... 5-1 vs. Big 12 Teams...... 1-2 Pelini Looks to Build on Success of First-Year Coaches Home...... 3-2 Road...... 1-1 Bo Pelini is the 28th head coach in the 119 seasons of Nebraska football and is hoping to find the Neutral...... 1-0 first-year success of several of his predecessors. When Rushing for 200 or more yards...... 3-0 Three of the previous four Nebraska head coaches (since 1962) began their Husker coaching When Rushing for 300 or more yards...... 1-0 careers with nine-win seasons. Bob Devaney posted a 9-2 record and led NU to the Gotham Bowl When passing for 200 or more yards...... 3-3 in 1962. That success followed six straight losing seasons by Nebraska. Tom Osborne guided the When passing for 300 or more yards...... 2-1 When NU player rushes for 100 yards...... 2-0 Huskers to a 9-2-1 record and a trip to the Cotton Bowl in 1973, while Frank Solich’s first squad When NU has two 100-yard rushers...... 0-0 (1998) posted a 9-4 record and played in the Holiday Bowl. When NU player has 100 yards receiving...... 2-0 Pelini’s 4-0 start matched Tom Osborne for the fifth-best start to a Nebraska coaching career. When Opponent has 100 Yd. Rusher...... 0-1 When Scoring 35 or More Points...... 4-0 When Hold Opp. to 10 Pts. or less...... 3-0 Cornhusker Staff Has Familiarity with Nebraska, Big 12 When forcing three or more turnovers...... 1-0 The Nebraska coaching staff has many faces that are familiar to Nebraska fans and observers of the When Nebraska scores first...... 4-0 Big 12 Conference. Two assistant coaches returned from Nebraska’s 2007 coaching staff in offensive When Nebraska leads at halftime...... 5-0 When Nebraska trails at halftime...... 0-3 coordinator/quarterbacks coach Shawn Watson and wide receivers coach Ted Gilmore. However, they When Nebraska is tied at halftime...... 0-0 are far from the only coaches who have familiarity with Nebraska and the Big 12 Conference. Games decided by 11 points or more...... 5-1 Led by head coach Bo Pelini, every member of the 2008 Nebraska coaching staff has previous Games decided by 10 or less...... 0-2 experience working in the Big 12. Pelini is one of eight full-time staff members who will enter the Games decided by 7 or less...... 0-2 season with previous experience on the Nebraska sideline. Each member of Nebraska’s offensive Games decided by 3 or less...... 0-0 Overtime games...... 0-1 coaching staff has prior experience coaching in the Big 12’s North Division.

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Carl Pelini Shawn Watson Tim Beck Ron Brown Barney Cotton Mike Ekeler Ted Gilmore John Papuchis Marvin Sanders James Dobson Def. Coord./DL Off. Coord./QB Running Backs Tight Ends Assoc. HC/OL Linebackers Asst. HC/RC/WR Def. Ends Secondary Strength Coach 1st Season 3rd Season 1st Season 1st/18th season 1st/2nd season 1st Season 4th Season 1st Season 1st/2nd Season 1st Season Field Press Box Press Box Field Field Field Field Press Box Press Box Huskers.com Page  Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes

Three Things To Know About Saturday’s Game 2008 Nebraska-Baylor Team Statistical Comparison 1. Nebraska snapped a three-game slide last week with a victory over Nebraska (4-3) / Baylor (3-4) the Iowa State in Ames, avoiding NU’s first 0-3 start in league play Category NU / BU Big 12 / Big 12 Natl. / Natl. since 1945. This weekend, the Huskers will be again trying to snap a Rushing Offense 147.4 / 182.7 6th / 3rd 60th / 33rd home streak. Nebraska has dropped its last two contests in Memorial Passing Offense 291.4 / 192.6 5th / 10th 12th / 82nd Stadium (vs. Virginia Tech and Missouri) and will be trying to avoid Total Offense 438.9 / 375.3 7th / 9th 18th / 54th three consecutive home losses for the first time since 1968. Scoring Offense 33.3 / 28.3 8th / 9th 27th / 48th 2. Special teams play could become a factor for both teams on Saturday. Rushing Defense 126.0 / 146.7 7th / 8th 48th / 70th Nebraska has struggled this season in punting and enters the week Pass Defense 234.0 / 219.6 6th / 5th 89th / 78th ranked 118th nationally in net punting. The lack of kicking game may Pass Efficiency 156.54 / 124.69 6th / 9th 13th / 67th not be as much of a detriment against Baylor, which ranks 118th in the Total Defense 360.0 / 366.3 5th / 8th 64th / 73rd country in punt returns. Both teams are in the top 25 nationally in the Scoring Defense 24.9 / 26.9 6th / 9th 63rd / 77th kickoff return game. Net Punting 27.4 / 40.0 12th / 2nd 118th / 7th 3. Baylor will be looking for its first road victory of the season as it has Punt Returns 14.6 / 1.7 3rd / 12th 19th / 118th lost games at Oklahoma State and Connecticut this year. Overall, the Kickoff Returns 24.2 / 24.8 4th / 2nd 19th / 15th Bears have lost six straight contests away from Waco, Texas. Baylor has Turnover Margin -0.7 / 1.0 12th / 2nd 96th / 12th dropped eight straight Big 12 road games dating to the 2006 season when Sacks 1.86 / 1.57 7th / 10th t-57th / 74th Tackles For Loss 5.1 / 5.0 7th / 9th t-81st / 88th BU defeated Colorado, 34-31, in three overtimes in Boulder. Sacks Allowed 1.6 / 2.3 7th / 10th 47th / t-85th Breaking Down the Bears bold indicates top-25 national ranking Offense The Bear offense has become more effective under first-year coach Art Individual NCAA Statistical Leaders (top 25 only) Briles as Baylor is averaging more than 28 points and 375 yards of total Baylor – Robert Griffin, passing efficiency (22nd); Derek Epperson, punting (18th); Mikail Baker, offense per game this season. kickoff returns (11th); Joe Pawelek, tackles (t-3rd). Although it has been rejuvenated, Nebraska– Joe Ganz, passing efficiency (12th), total offense (14th); Niles Paul, kickoff returns BU’s offense is still erratic as (23rd) Baylor has posted at least 38 2008 Baylor Schedule/Results points in each of its three wins Nebraska-Baylor Series but has topped 17 points just Date Opponent Result/Time 8/28 Wake Forest L, 41-13 Games: 10 once in the four losses. 9/6 Northwestern State W, 51-6 Standing: Nebraska leads, 9-1-0 True freshman quarterback 9/12 Washington State W, 45-17 At Lincoln: Nebraska leads, 6-1-0 9/19 at Connecticut L, 31-28 Robert Griffin has received At Memorial Stadium: Nebraska leads, 6-1-0 much of the acclaim. Griffin 10/4 Oklahoma L, 49-17 10/11 Iowa State W, 38-10 At Waco: Nebraska leads, 3-0-0 graduated high school a semester 10/18 at Oklahoma State L, 34-6 At Floyd Casey Stadium: Nebraska leads 3-0-0 early and went through spring 10/25 at Nebraska 11:37 a.m. Current win streak (start): Nebraska, eight games (1977) football this year before joining 11/1 Missouri TBA 11/8 at Texas TBA the nationally renowned Baylor Rank track squad. He won a Big 12 11/15 Texas A&M TBA 11/29 at Texas Tech TBA Date Site NU/BU Result . . . . . Score title and earned All-America 10/21/1939 Lincoln / W ...... 20-0 honors by placing third at the 11/17/1956 Lincoln / L ...... 7-26 outdoor championships in the 400m hurdles. Griffin ran the third-fastest 9/24/1977 Lincoln 14/ W ...... 31-10 time in the event in school history. 9/1/1990 Lincoln 7/ W ...... 13-0 Griffin has used that speed to his team’s benefit as he is second on the 10/12/1996 Lincoln 5/ W ...... 49-0 squad with 433 rushing yards, trailing team leader Jay Finley by just five 10/11/1997 Waco 3/ W ...... 49-21 yards. Griffin, who also leads the team with eight rushing touchdowns, 10/21/2000 Lincoln 1/ W ...... 59-0 has completed 94 passes (in 155 attempts) without an interception, an 10/13/2001 Waco 4/ W ...... 48-7 NCAA freshman record to open a career. He has 1,271 passing yards and 10/16/2004 Lincoln / W ...... 59-27 nine touchdowns. 10/15/2005 Waco / W ...... 23-14 Another freshman, Kendall Wright leads the receiving corps with 33 catches for 413 yards and three touchdowns. Only four players have at least 10 catches, as BU averages 192.6 passing yards per game. Series Notes: Nebraska tied the NCAA record with four 100-yard rushers Defense and had the second-highest rushing total in school history (641 yards) in By allowing 366 yards per game, including more than 146 yards per the 2001 contest...NU handed Baylor the worst loss in series history, 59-0, game on the ground, the Bears rank 73rd nationally this week in total in Lincoln in 2000...NU shut out Baylor in two straight meetings (1990, defense. Joe Pawelek has been a disruptive force from that side of the 1996) while four of NU's nine victories in the series have been by shutout... ball as he leads the team and ranks third nationally with 11.7 tackles per Baylor had not scored a point in Lincoln since 1977 until it scored a series- game. He owns the team lead with 82 tackles and five quarterback hurries high 27 points in 2004...Nebraska's 13-0 victory over Baylor in the 1990 to go with five tackles for loss and one fumble recovery. He also paces season opener was the first time the Huskers had opened the season with the team with two interceptions and is third on the squad with four pass a shutout since 1964. breakups. Special Teams Baylor Head Coach Art Briles Baylor’s special teams have been effective in spots this season, as the Head coach Art Briles (Florida, 1985) is in his first year at Baylor Bears rank seventh nationally in net punting and 15th in kickoff returns. following a successful five-year stint at Houston. During his time with the Punter Derek Epperson has averaged an impressive 43.3 yards on 32 Cougars, Briles earned a solid 34-28 record and guided the Cougars to punts, placing nine inside the opponent’s 20 yard line. In the return game, four bowl games as well as the 2006 Conference USA Championship. In Mikail Baker has averaged 28.8 yards on 12 kickoff returns to rank 23rd 2006, Houston went 10-4 as Briles was named the Conference USA Coach nationally. While the kickoff return game has been solid, BU has struggled of the Year. The Cougars rode a high-powered offense which averaged on punt returns, ranking 118th nationally at just 1.7 yards per return. 439.9 yards per game (sixth nationally) to the Liberty Bowl.

Huskers.com Page  Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes 800-Win Club Husker Schedule Among Nation’s Toughest Nebraska is one of five programs with 800 all-time As expected, Nebraska’s 2008 schedule has turned out to be one of the toughest in the nation. victories, joining Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas and Nebraska’s 2008 schedule includes six teams who played in a bowl game last season, and four teams Ohio State. NU reached the historic milestone in that were ranked in the final AP top 10 last season. Already this season, Nebraska faced consecutive 2006 and now has 812 all-time victories. games against top 10 opponents–No. 4 Missouri and seventh-ranked Texas Tech. Last year, Nebraska faced 10 bowl teams, including four teams that finished in the top 10, and 1. Michigan 871 this year’s schedule is shaping up to be equally difficult. 2. Notre Dame 828 * Six of Nebraska’s 12 regular-season contests are against teams that participated in a bowl 3. Texas 827 game following the 2007 campaign. Among the group are three teams that played in the Bowl 4. Nebraska 812 5. Ohio State 805 Championship Series, including Virginia Tech (Orange), Oklahoma (Fiesta) and Kansas (Orange). Missouri (Cotton), Texas Tech (Gator) and Colorado (Independence) also played in bowl games Nebraska is in its 119th season of college football following last season. in 2008, and owns an 812-336-40 all-time record * Four of Nebraska’s 2008 opponents finished in the top 10 in the national polls last fall, including in 1,188 games (.700). Missouri (4-AP, 5–Coaches), Kansas (7), Oklahoma (8) and Virginia Tech (9). 4Since the first season of Nebraska football in 1890, Husker teams have won 11 or more games 12 times, * Five Nebraska opponents were ranked in the top 17 in the preseason Associated Press Poll. including seven times since 1993. * NU is one of just four teams in the country scheduled to play three 2007 BCS teams this fall, 4Nebraska has won 12 or more games seven and one of two teams that will face four foes that were ranked in the final top 10. times, including three seasons with 13 wins (1971, * In this week’s AP Poll, Nebraska has two remaining games against ranked teams, including 1994, 1997). No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 19 Kansas. NU has already faced No. 8 Texas Tech, No. 16 Missouri and 4Nebraska (702), Michigan (705), Alabama (728) and previously ranked Virginia Tech. Notre Dame (736) were the only programs to win 700 * Nebraska’s six opponents to date in 2008 have a combined record of 33-16 with four of those games in the 1900s. losses against the Huskers. * Last week, CBSSports.com ranked Nebraska’s schedule through six games as the nation’s Nation’s Best Since ‘70 toughest. Nebraska easily ranks as the nation’s winningest program since the start of the 1970s, when Bob Games Against 2007 Top 10 Teams Devaney guided NU to back-to-back national titles 4–Nebraska, Colorado in 1970 and 1971. During the past four decades, 3–Auburn, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas Tech the Huskers have compiled a 378-95-5 record, for a .796 winning percentage in 478 games. NU’s 378 Games Against 2007 BCS Teams wins in that time period are 25 more than Michigan 3–Nebraska, Auburn, Cincinnati, Florida which has the second-most wins since 1970. 1. Nebraska 378 Nebraska Looks to Continue Domination of Baylor in Lincoln 2. Michigan 353 Nebraska owns a 9-1 all-time edge in the series against Baylor, including a 6-1 advantage in games 3. Ohio State 352 played at Memorial Stadium. A closer inspection of the series indicates Nebraska has been dominant 4. Oklahoma 350 against the Bears in Lincoln. 5. Penn State 345  In six Nebraska victories over Baylor in Lincoln, Nebraska has outscored the Bears by a cumulative 4 Nebraska has won 10 games or more 21 times score of 231-37, or an average of 38.5-6.2. since 1970.  Nebraska has posted four shutouts against Baylor in Lincoln, including three straight meetings 4 The Huskers have finished the regular season in 1990, 1996 and 2000. undefeated and untied seven times since 1965, and  All six of Nebraska’s victories over Baylor in Lincoln have been by at least 13 points, while all 10 played in 13 national title games (for one of the two teams) and won five national titles since 1970. of the series meetings have been decided by at least nine points. 4 Nebraska was the first team in college football history to win 100 or more games in consecutive Husker Offense Looking to Continue Recent Surge decades, ranking first in the 1980s (103-20) and Nebraska has been impressive on offense throughout the 2008 campaign, but has hit its stride second in the 1990s (108-16-1). NU narrowly missed over the past two games. Nebraska ranks 12th nationally in passing offense at 291.43 yards per 100 wins in the 1970s (98). game and is 18th in the nation in total offense, averaging 438.9 yards. Nebraska also ranks 27th nationally in scoring offense at 33.3 points per game. 2008 Game Captains The success of the offense comes on the heels of an explosive offensive campaign in 2007. NU Western Michigan–QB Joe Ganz, OG Matt Slauson, finished last year ranked ninth nationally in total offense at 468.3 yards per game, and seventh in DE Barry Turner, P Dan Titchener passing at 323.8 yards per game. The passing average was a school record, while the total offensive San Jose State–WR Nate Swift, WR Todd Peterson, average was Nebraska’s best in a decade. DT Ty Steinkuhler, PK Alex Henery Nebraska boasts impressive numbers over the past several games dating back to last season. New Mexico State–TE Hunter Teafatiller, IB Marlon 4Nebraska has gained 400 total yards or more in nine of the past 12 games. Lucky, DE Zach Potter, LS T.J. O’Leary 4The Huskers have passed for at least 200 yards in the past 12 games, with seven 300-yard games Virginia Tech–OT Lydon Murtha, WR Niles Paul, in that stretch. CB Armando Murillo, S Larry Asante

4 The Huskers are averaging 486.8 yards per game over their past 10 games, including 344.7 yards Missouri–QB Joe Ganz, LB Cody Glenn, NT per game through the air. Nebraska is averaging 39.6 points over its past 10 games and has scored Ndamukong Suh, WR Chris Brooks at least 30 points in nine of 10 games dating back to last season. Texas Tech–OG Mike Huff, DE Pierre Allen, DE Clayton Sievers, P/H Jake Wesch 4Among Nebraska’s offensive explosion to finish last year was a 702-yard day against Kansas State, Iowa State–IB Marlon Lucky, IB Quentin Castille, the 10th-best output in school history and the best since 1995. Nebraska has produced two 500-yard TE/FB Hunter Teafatiller, DE Zach Potter total offense games in 2008.

Huskers.com Page  Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Nebraska Total Offense Stats Husker Offense Controlling Clock, Keeping Opponent “O” on Sideline Nebraska finished the 2007 season ranked ninth The Nebraska offense put together two impressive efforts in road games at Texas Tech and Iowa nationally in total offense at 468.3 yards per game. State. The Huskers churned out 471 and 548 yards of total offense, respectively, in their first two That total was NU’s best since averaging 513.7 yards road trips of the season, but most impressive has been NU’s ability to control the clock. per game in 1997. Last season marked the fourth Nebraska amassed 40:12 in time of possession against Texas Tech to keep the Red Raiders’ high- time in the last 10 years NU has averaged at least powered offense on the sideline. NU continued to control the clock at Iowa State, with a 37:11-22:49 400 yards of total offense. Prior to 1998, Nebraska advantage in time of possession. Nebraska has run 158 plays in the last two weeks, while opponents averaged better than 400 yards per game for 24 have snapped the ball just 102 times. straight seasons. 4Nebraska’s 40:12 time of possession against Texas Tech was its highest possession time since Year Total Offense having the ball for 40:38 in the season opener against Nevada last season. It also marked Nebraska’s 1998 384.9 1999 392.2 highest possession time on the road since at least 1980, and Nebraska’s largest possession advantage 2000 459.9 against a conference opponent since holding the ball for 42:50 against Colorado in 1992. Nebraska 2001 451.2 has held the ball for 40 minutes or longer just four times since 1980. 2002 373.1 4NU has held the time of possession advantage in six consecutive halves and has had at least 16:30 2003 345.0 in time of possession in the past five halves dating back to the second half of the Missouri game. 2004 363.2 4Nebraska has had seven scoring drives of 4:00 or longer in the past two games, including four 2005 320.3 against Texas Tech and three at Iowa State. The Huskers had first-half scoring drives against Iowa 2006 414.6 State of 92, 85 and 71 yards that consumed 4:32, 5:25 and 5:14, respectively on the clock. 2007 468.3 4Nebraska’s average scoring drive the past two weeks (10 total) has been 10.2 plays, 73.6 yards 2008 438.9 and 5:32. 4The Huskers’ 15-play scoring drive that consumed 8:03 of the first half at Texas Tech marked Nebraska Scoring Offense Stats the Huskers’ longest scoring drive of the season in terms of both time and plays. The Huskers last NU finished 28th nationally in scoring at 33.4 points had a longer scoring drive in terms of plays against Oklahoma in 2005. The last time an NU scoring per game, the Huskers’ best scoring average since drive took longer than 8:03 was against Penn State in 2003, when the Huskers used 8:12 on a 2001. Nebraska averaged 30 points or more for 24 touchdown drive. straight years from 1978 to 2001. 4The Texas Tech game marked the only time since 1980 Nebraska had three scoring drives in a game Year Scoring Offense 2001 37.4 that each consumed at least 7:00. In fact, only once in the past 29 seasons has Nebraska had two 2002 27.4 7:00-plus scoring drives in a game (2005 at Baylor). Scoring drive and time of possession statistics 2003 24.8 are sketchy prior to the 1980 season. 2004 25.0 4Nebraska had not had three scoring drives of at least 10 plays in the same game since four 10-plus 2005 24.7 play drives in a 73-31 win over Kansas State last season. 2006 30.6 4The 92-yard scoring drive in the first quarter against Iowa State was Nebraska’s longest in distance 2007 33.4 since a 94-yard TD drive against Nevada in the 2007 season opener. 2008 33.3 Husker Offense Also Has Quick-Strike Ability NU Back on Scoring Track Nebraska has also shown the ability to put points on the scoreboard quickly. NU has produced 10 Nebraska scored at least 30 points in seven touchdown drives that have lasted 2:00 or less, and nine touchdown drives of five plays or less. straight games before posting 17 points against In the season opener against Western Michigan, Nebraska’s five touchdown drives covered an Missouri. That marked the longest streak of 30-plus average of more than 65 yards, but it took the Huskers an average of just 4.4 plays and only 1:38 point games since NU hit that mark in 13 straight games, including the entire 1995 season and the to find the end zone. Against the Broncos, four of NU’s five touchdown drives took less than two first game of the 1996 campaign. minutes, including each of the final three TD drives, when Nebraska found the end zone in 47, 37 Nebraska has returned to the 30s with a 31-point and 37 seconds, respectively. Nebraska scored in four plays or less on four of its five touchdown effort at Texas Tech, and a 35-point outing at Iowa drives, including a two-play, 74-yard scoring march on its final touchdown drive. State. That gives Nebraska nine 30-point efforts in Quarterback Joe Ganz has directed the Husker offense to nine touchdown drives under one its past 10 games. minute in the last eight games. Overall, the senior has guided the offense to 12 touchdown drives Against Virginia Tech, Nebraska scored four under one minute in his 10 career starts. touchdowns, ending a streak of six straight games with five or more touchdowns. That streak was the Charting the 2008 Husker Offense longest with at least five touchdowns since the first eight games of the 1989 season. Nebraska is striving for offensive balance in 2008. A year ago, Nebraska ranked ninth nationally in total offense and seventh 4The scoring production allowed Nebraska to in passing offense and more than 69 percent of the Huskers’ offense was generated through the air. Through seven games win each of its first three games by more than three in 2008, the Huskers have run the ball 50.6 percent of the time, but picked up 66.4 percent of their yardage by pass. touchdowns for the first time since 1995. Game Rushes Rush Yds. Passes Pass Yds. TO TOP Western Michigan 31 138 20-36-1 345 2 30:24 Huskers on Watch/Award Lists San Jose State 30 99 18-27-1 216 2 29:37 Marlon Lucky, Sr., IB New Mexico State 44 330 18-24-0 223 1 31:06 Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List Virginia Tech 25 55 17-26-1 278 2 25:16 Maxwell Award Watch List Missouri 34 76 27-39-1 293 2 33:57 Doak Walker Award Watch List Texas Tech 35 114 37-45-1 357 1 40:12 Joe Ganz, Sr., QB Iowa State 41 220 27-37-0 328 3 37:11 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List Pct. of Rushing Plays: 50.6% Zach Potter, Sr., DE Pct. of Passing Plays: 49.4% Lott Trophy Watch List (Impact Defensive Player) Pct. of Total Offense Via Rush: 33.6% Pct. of Total Offense Via Pass: 66.4% Hendricks Award Watch List (Best DE)

Huskers.com Page  Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Top Passing Games in NU History “Joe the Quarterback” Rank, Player, Game Yards Senior quarterback Joe Ganz has been the man directing the Husker offense over the past 1. Joe Ganz, 2007 vs. Kansas St. 510 10 games. Ganz started the final three games of the 2007 season and is firmly entrenched as 2. Joe Ganz, 2007 at Colorado 484 NU’s starter this fall. The Palos Heights, Ill., native has been outstanding since taking over the 3. Sam Keller, 2007 vs. Ball State 438 quarterback role. 4. Zac Taylor, 2005 vs. Iowa State 431 In his first 10 starts, Ganz has thrown for more than 3,000 yards while helping Nebraska average 5. Joe Ganz, 2007 at Kansas 405 nearly 40 points per game. 6. Zac Taylor, 2006 vs. Kansas 395 Among his accomplishments over his first 10 career starts, Ganz has: 7. Zac Taylor, 2005 at Colorado 392 4 Thrown for 3,366 yards, a total that by itself would rank as the sixth-highest career passing 8. Sam Keller, 2007 vs. USC 389 total in school history. The 3,366 yards are also a Nebraska quarterback record for most passing 9. Joe Ganz, 2008 at Texas Tech 349 10. Joe Ganz, 2008 vs. W. Michigan 345 yards in a 10-game stretch, easily eclipsing the previous mark of 2,412 yards set by Zac Taylor over the final five games of the 2005 season and the first five games of the 2006 campaign. NU Season Passing 4 Thrown for 27 touchdowns, which is one more than Zac Taylor’s school-record 26 touchdown Player, Years Yards strikes in 14 games in 2006. 1. Zac Taylor, 2006 3,197 4 Accumulated a school-record six 300-yard passing games, three more than previous record 2. Zac Taylor, 2005 2,653 holder Zac Taylor totaled in 26 career starts. Ganz has thrown for at least 275 yards in eight of 10 3. Sam Keller, 2007 2,422 career starts. 4. Dave Humm, 1972 2,074 4 Produced three of the five 400-yard passing days in school history in his three starts last 5. Vince Ferragamo, 1976 2,071 season and the top two passing games in NU history – 510 yards against Kansas State and 484 6. Joe Dailey, 2004 2,025 yards at Colorado. He also posted the top two total offense games in NU history with 528 yards 7. Jerry Tagge, 1971 2,019 against KSU and 521 vs. Colorado. Ganz owns five of the top 10 passing days in school history. 8. Joe Ganz, 2008 1,967 4 Directed the Husker offense to an average of 39.6 points per game. Ganz’s average is the fifth- 9. Tom Sorley, 1978 1,571 best total among all quarterbacks in school history over their first 10 starts, trailing only Scott Frost 10. Dave Humm, 1973 1,526 (46.8 points per game), Tommie Frazier (41.8), Turner Gill (41.2) and Steve Taylor (39.9). NU Career Passing 4 Led NU to at least 30 points nine times. No other quarterback in Nebraska history helped his Player, Years Yards team score at least 30 points nine times in his first 10 career starts. Frost, Gill and Taylor each 1. Zac Taylor, 2005-06 5,850 accomplished the feat eight times. 2. Dave Humm, 1972-74 5,035 3. Jerry Tagge, 1969-71 4,704 Ganz in 10 Career Starts Game A-C-I Yds TD Pct. Rushing Total Offense 4. Eric Crouch, 1998-2001 4,481 2007 5. Joe Ganz, 2005-present 3,524 KU 50-25-4 405 4 .500 5-11-1 416 6. Tommie Frazier, 1992-95 3,521 KSU 40-30-0 510 7 .750 6-18-0 528 7. Turner Gill, 1980-83 3,317 CU 58-31-3 484 4 .534 6-37-2 521 8. Vince Ferragamo, 1975-76 3,224 2008 9. Jammal Lord, 2000-03 2,848 WMU 36-20-2 345 4 .556 6-38-0 383 SJSU 25-17-1 216 0 .680 6-(-2)-0 214 10. Steve Taylor, 1985-88 2,815 NMSU 17-13-0 158 1 .765 5-69-1 227 VT 26-17-1 278 2 .654 8-18-0 296 NU Career Touchdown Passes MU 39-27-1 293 2 .692 3-(-7)-0 286 Player, Years TDs TT 44-36-1 349 2 .818 6-(-5)-1 344 1. Zac Taylor, 2005-06 45 ISU 37-27-0 328 1 .730 8-3-1 331 2. Tommie Frazier, 1992-95 43 Totals 72-243-1 ,366 7 .653 59-180-6 ,546 3 6.6 ypg 54.6 ypg 3. Dave Humm, 1972-74 41 4. Turner Gill, 1980-83 34 5. Jery Tagge, 1969-71 32 Ascension in NU Record Book Continues for Ganz Vince Ferragamo, 1975-76 32 Overall, Ganz has passed for 3,524 yards in his career, the fifth-highest total in school history. 7. Joe Ganz, 2005-present 31 He has thrown for a career-high 1,967 yards this season and needs just 108 yards to move up 8. Steve Taylor, 1985-88 30 to fourth place on the NU single-season passing chart. Ganz is also within reach of Zac Taylor’s 9. Eric Crouch, 1998-2001 29 school-record season total of 3,197 yards, as Ganz is currently on pace to throw for 3,372 yards 10. Joe Dailey, 2003-04 19 in the regular season. Gerry Gdowski, 1987-89 19 Ganz showed that his finish to 2007 was not a fluke in the season opener against Western Michigan and he has continued his torrid play throughout 2008. Big 12 Conference POW Nominees 4The 345 yards passing against the Broncos were the most ever in a Nebraska season opener and Game Offense Defense Sp. Teams rank No. 10 on the Husker single-game passing list. Ganz had his most accurate passing day at Texas W. Mich. Swift Glenn Henery Tech, hitting 36-of-44 passes for 349 yards, the ninth-best passing day in school history. SJSU -- Suh Paul 4The 36 completions at Texas Tech tied a Nebraska school record. Ganz’s previouis high in NMSU Murtha Suh Potter Va. Tech -- -- Swift completions was 31 at Colorado last season. Mizzou ------4Ganz has connected on 90-of-120 passes the past three weeks (75.0 percent) and his 70.1 completion T. Tech Ganz Matt Holt Wesch percentage in 2008 is well ahead of the NU record of 63.1 percent, set by Sam Keller last season. Iowa State Ganz Potter -- 4Ganz has 31 passes of 20 yards or more in 2008, and the Huskers have had at least seven receivers Baylor catch passes in all seven games. Nebraska has completed passes to 16 receivers, Oklahoma 4Ganz had at least four touchdown passes in each of his first four starts with 19 total in the four-game Kansas period. His 19 TD passes were the most ever by a Nebraska quarterback in a four-game stretch. Kansas St. 4Ganz’s 31 career touchdown passes are seventh on the Nebraska career list. He is three touchdown Colorado passes from fourth on the Husker career list. Bold indicates winner

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Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Marlon Lucky Game-by-Game in 2008 Ganz Joins Rare Company Against Aggies Rushing Receiving Ganz joined a pair of Heisman Trophy winners in the Nebraska record books against New Mexico Game Att. Yards TD Lg No. Yds. TD State. The senior scored touchdowns with his feet, arm and hands, achieving a feat duplicated at WMU 12 43 1 14 2 35 1 Nebraska by only 1972 Heisman winner Johnny Rodgers and 2001 Heisman winner Eric Crouch. SJSU 7 23 1 7 0 0 0 In the second quarter, Ganz was on the receiving end of Marlon Lucky’s third career touchdown NMSU 15 103 2 58 3 21 0 pass and the first touchdown reception by a Nebraska quarterback in seven seasons. Later in the VT 8 17 0 5 3 38 0 quarter, Ganz had a 33-yard touchdown run on an option keeper to give the Huskers a 21-0 edge. MU 14 46 0 9 0 0 0 TT 16 66 0 10 7 80 0 He completed football’s version of the cycle with a 35-yard scoring strike to tight end Mike McNeill ISU 15 74 2 15 2 16 0 in the third quarter. Ironically, Lucky nearly duplicated Ganz’s feat, needing only a TD reception to Totals 87 372 6 58 17 190 1 join Ganz in the elite company. Rodgers first accomplished the feat in the 1973 Orange Bowl against Notre Dame, while Crouch NU Season All-Purpose Yards Leaders matched the trifecta against California in 1999. Year Player Yards Avg. Ganz is also one of three players nationally to accomplish the feat in 2008, joining James Casey 2007 Marlon Lucky 1,559 141.7 of Rice (vs. Tulsa) and Arkelon Hall of Memphis (vs. Louisville). 2006 Brandon Jackson 1,459 104.2 2005 Cory Ross 1,274 106.1 Lucky Again Adding Dual-Threat Option to Husker Offense 2004 Cory Ross 1,393 126.6 Senior I-back Marlon Lucky had one of the best seasons by a Nebraska running back in a decade 2003 Josh Davis 1,474 113.3 in 2007. Lucky had 1,019 rushing yards, just the second 1,000-yard rushing season by a Husker 2002 Jammal Lord 1,412 100.9 2001 Dahrran Diedrick 1,294 107.8 I-back since 2001. He also caught a Nebraska record 75 passes for 705 yards, shattering the 2000 Dan Alexander 1,171 106.5 previous NU record by 20 catches. Lucky finished 31st nationally in all-purpose yards, averaging 1999 Eric Crouch 935 77.9 145.2 yards per game. His 1,743 all-purpose yards were seventh in NU history and the most by a 1998 Correll Buckhalter 887 73.9 Husker since Ahman Green in 1997. 1997 Ahman Green 1,982 165.2 Lucky entered 2008 as the top returning rusher in the Big 12 Conference, and continues to make a dent in the NU record books. Against New Mexico State, Lucky recorded his eighth career 100- Nebraska Career Rushing yard rushing game with 103 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries. On a career-long 58-yard Player, Years...... Yards run in the third quarter, Lucky became the 24th player in school history to surpass 2,000 career 1. Mike Rozier, 1981-83...... 4,780 rushing yards. He moved into the top 20 with a 66-yard effort at Texas Tech, and is now 17th and 2. Ahman Green, 1995-97...... 3,880 within 451 yards of the top 10. -- The North Hollywood, Calif., native continues to be a dual threat. He has caught 17 passes for 10. Derek Brown, 1990-92...... 2,699 190 yards and a touchdown in 2008, including a seven-catch, 80-yard effort at Texas Tech. Lucky 11. Jammal Lord, 2000-03...... 2,573 12. Correll Buckhalter, 1997-00.... 2,522 has 126 career catches, and both he and teammate Nate Swift (136) are chasing Johnny Rodgers’ 13. Keith Jones, 1984-87...... 2,488 school record of 143 receptions. 14. Dan Alexander, 1997-00...... 2,456 In the process, Lucky has pushed his career all-purpose yardage total to 3,971 yards, good for 15. Rick Berns, 1976-78...... 2,449 fourth in NU history, trailing only Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers and Mike Rozier, along 16. Roger Craig, 1979-82...... 2,446 with Ahman Green. 17. Marlon Lucky, 2005-present..2,248 Against Iowa State, Lucky rushed for a pair of touchdowns, including one on a direct snap. He 18. Jeff Kinney, 1969-71...... 2,244 has a a team-high six rushing touchdowns in 2008, along with one receiving touchdown. Lucky has 19. Doug DuBose, 1982-85...... 2,205 21 career rushing touchdowns and four touchdown receptions. He has also thrown for three career 20. Bobby Reynolds, 1950-52...... 2,196 touchdowns, including a strike to Joe Ganz earlier this year against New Mexico State.

Nebraska Career All-Purpose Yards Swift Enjoying Standout Senior Season; Closing in on Receiving Record Player, Years...... Yards 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72...... 5,586 Wide receiver Nate Swift has been a key component 2. Mike Rozier, 1981-83...... 5,445 in the Husker passing game since 2005, and he and Nebraska Career Receptions Player, Years...... Receptions 3. Ahman Green, 1995-97...... 4,280 fellow senior Todd Peterson have been Joe Ganz’s 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72...... 143 4. Marlon Lucky, 2005-present....3,971 favorite targets in 2008. Arguably Nebraska’s most 2. Nate Swift, 2005-present...... 136 5. Cory Ross, 2002-05...... 3,559 experienced player, Swift has played in 45 games Terrence Nunn, 2004-07...... 136 with 23 career starts. Through seven games, Swift is 4. Marlon Lucky, 2005-present...... 126 Strong Starts Important for Huskers second on the team with 33 catches for a team-high 5. Matt Davison, 1997-2000...... 93 Nebraska started fast in both halves in its first 486 yards, an average of 14.7 yards per catch. He also 6. Maurice Purify, 2006-07...... 91 three games of 2008 under Head Coach Bo Pelini, leads the team with four touchdown receptions. 7. Jeff Kinney, 1969-71...... 82 before Virginia Tech and Missouri turned the Swift is coming off an impressive performance 8. Todd Peterson, 2005-present...... 80 tables on the Huskers. at Iowa State, when he grabbed a season-high eight 9. Guy Ingles, 1968-70...... 74 Nebraska outscored opponents 35-6 in the first 10. Tim Smith, 1977-79...... 72 catches for 112 yards, all in the first half. The 100- quarter through three games and 24-7 in the third for a combined total of 59-13 in the two quarters. yard game was the sixth of Swift’s career, the second- Career Receiving Yards Against Virginia Tech, Nebraska fell behind 9-7 highest total of 100-yard games in Nebraska history. Player, Years...... Yards after one quarter, and was outscored 10-7 in the He passed Irving Fryar on that list against ISU and 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72...... 2,479 third quarter. Missouri took a 14-7 lead after one only Johnny Rodgers’ 10 career 100-yard games 2. Nate Swift, 2005-present...... 2,021 period and put the game out of reach by holding a stands in front of Swift. 3. Terrence Nunn, 2004-07...... 1,762 21-0 third-quarter scoring edge against Nebraska. The Minnesota native opened his senior year with 4. Matt Davison, 1997-2000...... 1,456 5. Maurice Purify, 2006-07...... 1,444 For the season, NU has a 56-36 edge in the opening five catches for 121 yards and two touchdowns in the quarter, but has a 52-34 deficit in the third. 6. Marlon Lucky, 2005-present...... 1,281 win over Western Michigan. It was the fourth time 7. Matt Herian, 2002-06...... 1,243 The Huskers struggled with slow starts last in his career Swift has caught a pair of touchdown season, as NU was outscored 101-76 in the 8. Todd Peterson, 2005-present...... 1,213 passes. Swift had a career-long 61-yard touchdown opening quarter and 131-87 in the third. While 9. Irving Fryar, 1981-83...... 1,196 10. Guy Ingles, 1968-70...... 1,157 the Huskers outscored their opponents in both the catch in the second quarter against Western Michigan, second and fourth quarters a year ago, opponents bettering a 49-yard reception against Troy in 2006. outscored Nebraska by 69 points in the first and He added a two-yard TD reception late in the second quarter. third quarters combined.

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Husker Records Report Swift has Rodgers’ school record of 143 career Nebraska Career TD Catches Category...... Record receptions clearly in his sights. After his eight-catch Player, Years...... Touchdowns All-time...... 812-336-40 effort in Ames, Swift enters the Baylor game with 136 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72...... 25 Home...... 490-135-20 career catches, tied with Terrence Nunn for second on 2. Maurice Purify, 2006-07...... 16 Memorial Stadium...... 365-112-13 the list, just seven catches behind Rodgers. Against Nate Swift, 2005-present...... 16 Since 1962...... 446-114-5 the Cyclones, Swift also became just the second player Away...... 322-200-20 Road (on campus)...... 283-160-17 in school history with 2,000 career receiving yards. Career 100-Yard Receiving Games Player, Years...... 100-Yard Games Neutral Sites...... 39-39-3 His 2,021 yards is 458 yards behind Rodgers’ NU 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72...... 10 When Scoring 35+ Points...... 322-4 record total. 2. Nate Swift, 2005-present...... 6 vs. Big 12 Teams...... 460-171-16 Swift has caught a pass in 39 of 45 career games, 3. Irving Fryar, 1981-83...... 5 In Big 12 Action (since ‘96)...... 67-36 and his eight-catch effort at Iowa State marked the Home...... 38-11 10th time in his career he had caught at least five Nebraska Season Receptions Away...... 26-23 passes. Neutral...... 3-2 Player, Year...... Receptions Swift burst onto the scene in 2005, when he Bowls...... 22-22 1. Marlon Lucky, 2007...... 75 On ABC...... 84-44 caught an NU freshman record 45 passes, including 2. Maurice Purify, 2007...... 57 In Overtime...... 5-1 seven touchdown grabs. He added 22 catches as a 3. Johnny Rodgers, 1972...... 55 At Night...... 67-26-3 sophomore. Swift caught 36 passes for 520 yards and 4. Johnny Rodgers, 1971...... 53 5. Nate Swift, 2005...... 45 vs. Ranked Teams... three touchdowns as a junior, helping Nebraska to All-Time...... 93-109-3 a No. 7 national ranking in passing offense. With 33 Home...... 43-36-0 catches this season, Swift has become the first player in school history to catch 20 passes in four Away...... 29-56-3 straight seasons. Neutral...... 21-17-0 as No. 1 Team...... 46-7-1 In addition to his offensive impact, Swift is Nebraska’s primary punt returner. Against Virginia In Consecutive Sellout Streak... Tech, Swift had an 88-yard punt return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. The return was the Overall...... 255-39 fourth-longest in school history and the first NU punt return for a touchdown since 2002. The effort vs. Ranked Teams...... 39-24 earned Swift recognition as the Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week. NU Streaks...The Huskers have... Peterson Gives NU Veteran Receiving Tandem 4 won 97 straight when rushing for 400 yards 4 won 123 straight games when holding the Senior Todd Peterson teams with Swift to give Nebraska one of the Big 12’s most veteran opponent to 10 or fewer points (230-5-1 all-time) receiving tandems. Peterson leads the Huskers with 34 catches this season, bettering his previous 4 scored in 158 consecutive games season best for receptions. 4 scored in 260 straight home games The Grand Island, Neb., native has hauled in 19 receptions over the past three weeks, including a 4 shut out opponents 103 times career-high eight catches for 77 yards and a touchdown at Texas Tech. His touchdown tied the game at 31-31 in the waning moments and forced overtime. Peterson has caught at least three passes in 2008 Defense by the Numbers every game this season and has topped 50 receiving yards each of the past four weeks. Sacks Game-by-Game Peterson also recently cracked the top 10 on both the career receptions and receiving yards list. Game Sacks Yds. TFL Yards His 80 career catches are good for eighth on that list, and his 1,213 yards also rank eighth. W. Mich. 4 28 7 39 The 6-4, 215-pound Peterson began his career on academic scholarship and as a walk-on football SJSU 2 14 9 27 player, but was awarded a scholarship before the 2006 season. He is a three-time academic All- NMSU 3 23 4 24 Big 12 pick and a strong contender for CoSIDA Academic All-America honors this fall. Peterson VT 2 4 8 16 MU 0 0 4 6 was recently named a semifinalist for a National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame TT 0 0 1 1 National Scholar-Athlete Award. ISU 2 9 5 18 Takeaways Husker Defense Hoping to Find Play-Making Ability in 2008 Game Fumb. INT Total One of the hallmarks of Bo Pelini’s defenses has been play-making ability. Nebraska has flashed W. Mich. 1 1 2 the ability to be a disruptive defensive unit in 2008, but is looking to be much more disruptive in SJSU 0 2 2 the second half of the 2008 season. Nebraska took a big step forward in that area in a 35-7 win over NMSU 0 2 2 Iowa State in Ames. VT 0 0 0 4Nebraska has 13 sacks in seven games. NU had four sacks for 28 yards against Western Michigan, MU 0 0 0 with three vs. New Mexico State and two each against San Jose State, Virginia Tech and Iowa State. TT 0 0 0 Nebraska has matched last season’s sack total of 13. The Huskers had five games without a single ISU 2 0 2 sack in 2007. Against the Pass 4NU has eight takeaways this season. Nebraska ended a 15-quarter drought without a takeaway Game Passes Yds. TD Long Sacks with a pair of fumble recoveries in the final 16 minutes at Iowa State. Nebraska forced just one W. Mich. 49-30-1 342 2 50 4-28 turnover in the final seven games of last season, and had just 11 takeaways the entire season. With SJSU 35-21-2 242 0 55 2-14 eight takeaways in the first seven games, Nebraska ranks 96th nationally in turnover margin at NMSU 39-19-2 225 0 55 3-24 -0.71 per game. VT 15-9-0 171 0 40 2-4 4Nebraska held Western Michigan to just eight yards rushing. The rushing total was the lowest MU 24-19-0 261 3 58 0-0 TT 25-20-0 284 2 56 0-0 by a Nebraska opponent since Maine had -6 yards rushing in the 2005 season opener. Nebraska is ISU 29-16-0 113 0 16 2-9 allowing 129.5 rushing yards per game. 4Iowa State’s 218 total yards were the fewest allowed by Nebraska in 19 games. Nebraska had Against the Run not held an opponent to less than 300 total yards since Nevada in the 2007 season opener (185). The Game Att. Yds. TD Long last time Nebraska allowed fewer yards in a Big 12 game was 212 in a 2005 win at Colorado. W. Mich. 25 8 0 7 4The seven points by Iowa State were the fewest by a conference opponent since a 21-3 win at SJSU 32 111 1 24 Kansas State in 2006. NMSU 32 114 1 22 VT 55 206 3 30 4Nebraska limited Iowa State to 113 passing yards, with a long pass play of 16 yards. The passing MU 34 201 3 43 total was the lowest by a Husker opponent since Texas A&M threw for 100 yards in Lincoln last TT 23 137 1 49 season. It marked the first time in 31 games since the Nicholls State in 2006 that Nebraska has not ISU 25 105 1 67 allowed a pass of 20 yards or more. Huskers.com Page 10 Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes National Rankings Defensive Line Production Much-Improved in 2008 Associated Press (Oct. 19) A 49-yard interception return for a touchdown by Ndamukong Suh against San Jose State was No. Team (1st) Record Points the highlight of the defensive line’s effort in the first half of the season. However, it is far from the 1. Texas (65) 7-0 1,625 only bright spot for the defensive line as a whole, which has shown a much greater ability to make 2. Alabama 7-0 1,543 plays in 2008. 3. Penn State 8-0 1,506 4In addition to Suh’s interception, defensive end Zach Potter added an interception against the 4. Oklahoma 6-1 1,358 Spartans. That marked the first time NU defensive linemen had two picks in a game since 1998. 5. Florida 5-1 1,307 4Through seven games, the Husker defensive line has produced 11.5 sacks, 32 tackles for loss, 6. Southern California 5-1 1,292 7. Oklahoma State 7-0 1,252 two interceptions and seven pass breakups. Last season, Nebraska’s defensive front produced a 8. Texas Tech 7-0 1,194 total of 7.5 sacks and 36 tackles for loss. 9. Georgia 6-1 1,117 4Potter has 25 tackles, eight tackles for loss and and team-high three sacks. He made a career- 10. Ohio State 7-1 1,053 high tying six tackles against both Virginia Tech and Missouri. Potter also has two blocked kicks 11. LSU 5-1 987 this season. 12. Utah 8-0 943 4Suh has a total of 34 tackles, including eight tackles for loss and a pair of sacks. 13. Boise State 6-0 849 4Senior defensive tackle Ty Steinkuhler had a career-high eight tackles against Western Michigan 14. South Florida 6-1 674 and has 33 total stops. He finished the 2007 season with 13 total tackles and had 40 career tackles 15. TCU 7-1 643 entering 2008. 16. Missouri 5-2 568 4Sophomore defensive end Pierre Allen had a career-high 10 tackles, including three tackles for 17. Pittsburgh 5-1 540 loss against San Jose State after coming on for the injured Barry Turner. Allen has 31 tackles this 18. Brigham Young 6-1 412 season, including five tackles for loss. 19. Kansas 5-2 364 20. Ball State 7-0 357 21. Georgia Tech 6-1 338 Senior Glenn Making Transition to Linebacker 22. Tulsa 7-0 321 Senior Cody Glenn has made a quick transition to the defensive side of the football. A running 23. Boston College 5-1 281 back for the Huskers for his first three seasons at Nebraska, Glenn switched to linebacker during 24. Florida State 5-1 190 spring ball and quickly moved to the top of the depth chart at WILL linebacker. 25. Minnesota 6-1 149 Western Michigan’s offense got a first-hand look at Glenn’s defensive ability in the opener. Glenn threw WMU quarterback Tim Hiller for a two-yard loss on the Broncos’ first offensive snap, setting USA Today Coaches (Oct. 19) the tone for a big night for the Texas native. No. Team (1st) Record Points Glenn finished with a team-high 12 tackles, including nine solo stops and three tackles for loss. 1. Texas (58) 7-0 1,522 He also caused a Western Michigan fumble and broke up three passes, just one PBU shy of the NU 2. Alabama (1) 7-0 1,436 record for breakups by a linebacker. He backed his play up with another solid effort against San 3. Penn State (2) 8-0 1,413 Jose State, registering five tackles, a tackle for loss and two quarterback hurries. 4. Southern California 5-1 1,264 Against Virginia Tech, Glenn notched a Nebraska season-high 14 tackles and added a quarterback 5. Oklahoma 6-1 1,218 hurry. He was injured early in the Missouri game and did not play at Texas Tech. He came back 6. Texas Tech 7-0 1,210 against Iowa State with five tackles and has a team-high 40 tackles, including four tackles for loss. 7. Florida 5-1 1,184 Glenn battled injuries during his time at running back, but tallied 579 yards and 14 touchdowns 8. Oklahoma State 7-0 1,083 on 143 career carries, before making the switch to defense. 9. Georgia 6-1 1,067 10. Ohio State 7-1 995 11. LSU 5-1 903 Henery Among Nation’s Most Accurate Kickers 12. Utah 8-0 891 Sophomore place-kicker Alex Henery tied a Memorial Stadium record against Western Michigan, 13. Boise State 6-0 786 as he booted four field goals in the Huskers’ win. The four field goals, each of which came from 14. South Florida 6-1 643 44 yards, not only tied the Memorial Stadium record, but ranked second all-time at Nebraska for 15. TCU 7-1 582 most field goals in a game. It also marked just the second time in school history that a kicker has 16. Missouri 5-2 551 connected on four field goals of 40 yards or more (NCAA record is 5). 17. Brigham Young 6-1 464 The strong performance to open 2008 came on the heels of Henery’s perfect kicking season in 18. Kansas 5-2 342 2007. A year ago, he made all eight of his field-goal attempts, while connecting on 45-of-45 PATs. 19. Tulsa 7-0 328 Henery suffered his first career missed kick against New Mexico State, but hit on all five PATs 20. Pittsburgh 5-1 292 against the Aggies and added a 19-yard field goal late in the contest. 21. Georgia Tech 6-1 282 4Henery nailed a career-long 48-yard field goal against Virginia Tech, bettering his 44-yarders in 22. Ball State 7-0 274 the opener. He also hit three PAT attempts against the Hokies. 23. Florida State 5-1 258 4Henery is now 16-of-18 on field goals in his career, including 7-of-9 in 2008. His 12 straight 24. Northwestern 6-1 177 made field goals were the most ever to start a Nebraska career and fell just five shy of the NU school 25. Minnesota 6-1 165 record for consecutive field goals made.

4Henery is 29-of-29 on extra points this season and a perfect 74-of-74 in his career. Huskers in the 2008 Polls Date AP C H Results Special Teams Makes Statement Early in Season Pre. RV RV -- def. W. Michigan, 47-24 In addition to Alex Henery’s strong kicking effort to open the season, Nebraska has had several 9-2 RV RV -- def. San Jose St., 35-12 other outstanding efforts on special teams. 9-7 -- RV -- def. New Mexico St., 38-7 4 9-14 RV RV -- idle Fellow sophomore place-kicker Adi Kunalic has booted 19 of 42 kickoffs for touchbacks in 2008. 9-21 RV RV -- lost to Va. Tech, 35-30 The 19 touchbacks are the fourth-most of any school in the country. Last year, Kunalic delivered 28 9-28 RV RV RV lost to Missouri, 52-17 touchbacks in 66 attempts and his 42.4 percent touchback rate was the best of any kicker in the country. 10-5 ------lost to Texas Tech, 37-31 In his two-year career, Kunalic has produced touchbacks on 47 of 108 kickoffs (43.5 percent). 10-12 ------def. Iowa State, 35-7 4Entering the Baylor game, Nebraska kickers have made 110 of their last 112 kick attempts 10-19 ------dating back to 2006. Henery’s missed field goal against NMSU ended a streak of 87 consecutive A=Associated Press; C-Coaches; H-Harris made kicks by NU kickers, and he also missed a 53-yard attempt at Texas Tech.

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Huskers Again Complete Non-League 4Sophomore Niles Paul provided a spark in Nebraska’s 35-12 win over San Jose State with an 85-yard kickoff return for a TD to give NU a 21-12 lead early in the fourth quarter. Paul’s kickoff Play With Winning Record return for a touchdown marked the second kickoff return for a score by Nebraska in its last four Nebraska finished the non-conference portion of its 2008 schedule with a 3-1 record. The 2008 games (also Cortney Grixby vs. Kansas State in 2007). Before the two recent kickoff returns for season marks the 27th straight season Nebraska touchdowns, Nebraska had not returned a kickoff for a touchdown since 1998. Paul’s performance has had a winning non-conference record, dating against San Jose State earned him Big 12 Special Teams Player-of-the-Week honors. back to a 2-2 record in 1981. Paul added a 69-yard kickoff return at Texas Tech. He ranks 23rd nationally in kickoff returns, Since 1981, the Huskers have lost either one (11 averaging 26.9 yards per return, helping NU rank 19th nationally in the category. times) or zero (16 times) non-conference games. The Paul also recovered a fourth-quarter Iowa State fumble on a punt return, setting up an NU loss to Virginia Tech was just the Huskers’ third non-conference home loss since 1991. touchdown. 4Senior Nate Swift returned a punt 88 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter against NU Continues Season-Opening Success Virginia Tech. Swift’s return was the fourth-longest in school history and the first punt return for a Nebraska’s 47-24 victory over Western Michigan touchdown by Nebraska since 2002. Swift earned Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week for his on Aug. 30 continued a long string of success in performance. Nebraska ranks 19th nationally in punt returns at 14.6 yards per attempt. season openers. The win was the Huskers’ nation- 4Senior Zach Potter blocked a field goal attempt against New Mexico State, then added a blocked leading 23rd straight victory in a season opener, four better than Florida’s 19 straight season- PAT in overtime at Texas Tech. The two blocked kicks give the 6-7 Potter four career kick blocks. opening victories. The Huskers have won each of their last 23 season openers by 10 or more points, Teafatiller, O'Hanlon Awarded Scholarships; Walk-Ons Making Strong Impact and own an 88-26-5 all-time record in season Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini recently awarded a pair of former walk-ons with scholarships. Senior openers. Nebraska has scored 40 or more points tight end/fullback Hunter Teafatiller and junior safety Matt O'Hanlon were placed on scholarship in the season opener in 16 of the past 23 seasons. In that same period, the Huskers have limited the before the San Jose State game. opposition to 14 points or less 15 times. Teafatiller has been a contributor at tight end each of the past four seasons, and doubles as a fullback this season. The Kingsburg, Calif., native has 12 career receptions, including four touchdown Season-Opening Win Streak catches. He has also been a key part of Nebraska's special teams units. Year Opponent (rank) Result 1986 Florida State (11) W, 34-17 O'Hanlon was a strong contributor on special teams in 2006 and 2007, playing in 24 games. This 1987 Utah State W, 56-12 season, he has moved to the top of the depth chart at safety and has started all seven games. The 1988 Texas A&M (10)* W, 23-14 Bellevue, Neb., native has 31 total tackles. 1989 Northern Illinois W, 48-17 Teafatiller and O’Hanlon are just two of several walk-ons or former walk-ons making a strong 1990 Baylor W, 13-0 impact for the 2008 Huskers. 1991 Utah State W, 59-28 4Senior wideout Todd Peterson is the Huskers’ leading receiver with 34 catches. 1992 Utah W, 49-22 1993 North Texas W, 76-14 4Redshirt freshman defensive back Lance Thorell is a key member of Nebraska’s dime package 1994 West Virginia (24)* W, 31-0 on defense. The Loomis, Neb., native has 20 total tackles this season, including 13 solo, and has 1995 at Oklahoma State W, 64-21 twice been in the starting lineup. 1996 Michigan State W, 55-14 4True freshman Matt Holt was a key performer at linebacker for the Huskers against Missouri and 1997 Akron W, 59-14 Texas Tech in place of the injured Cody Glenn. Holt has 13 tackles on the season, including eight 1998 Louisiana Tech** W, 56-27 stops against No. 7 Texas Tech when he earned his first career start. 1999 at Iowa W, 42-7 2000 San Jose State W, 49-13 4Senior Tyler Wortman is listed as Nebraska’s No. 1 Buck linebacker. Wortman has played in all 2001 TCU*** W, 21-7 seven games and made six tackles on the year. 2002 Arizona State@ W, 48-10 4The NU specialists group is keyed by walk-ons. Sophomore place-kicker Alex Henery is among 2003 Oklahoma St. (24) W, 17-7 the nation’s most accurate kickers, while senior Dan Titchener has handled the punting chores for 2004 Western Illinois W, 56-17 the majority of the past three seasons. Senior Jake Wesch is in his third season as NU’s holder and 2005 Maine W, 25-7 earned his first career starts at punter against Texas Tech and Iowa State, while senior 2006 Louisiana Tech W, 49-10 T.J. O’Leary 2007 Nevada W, 52-10 is in his third season as Nebraska’s long snapper. 2008 Western Michigan W, 47-24 *-Kickoff Classic ; **-Eddie Robinson Classic NCAA-Record 295 Consecutive Home Sellouts ***-Pigskin Classic; @-BCA Classic Nebraska boasts an incredible NCAA-record 295 consecutive sellouts at Memorial Stadium (including Huskers' Top 10 Home Crowds Baylor game). The sellout streak dates back to Hall of Fame Coach Bob Devaney's first year in 1962 No. Attend. Opponent Date (vs. Missouri on Nov. 3). Notre Dame is second in all-time consecutive sellouts with 202, 93 fewer 1. 85,831 Va. Tech (L, 35-30) Sept. 27, 2008 than Nebraska. The Huskers are 255-39 during the 294 sellouts. The mark includes a 39-24 record 2. 85,800 Colorado (W, 37-14) Nov. 24, 2006 against ranked teams. Nebraska is 5-0 in the five milestone sellouts during that period (50th, 100th, 3. 85,372 Missouri (L, 52-17) Oct. 4, 2008 150th, 200th and 250th sellouts), including a 24-7 win over No. 2 Colorado on Oct. 29, 1994 (No. 4. 85,197 Missouri (W, 34-20) Nov. 4, 2006 200) and a 44-13 victory over Utah State on Sept. 7, 2002 (No. 250). 5. 85,187 Texas (L, 22-20) Oct. 21, 2006 The fan support at Memorial Stadium has led to a huge home advantage for the Huskers. NU has won 6. 85,181 La. Tech (W, 49-10) Sept. 2, 2006 7. 85,069 Kansas (W, 39-32, ot) Sept. 30, 2006 at least six home games in 18 of the past 21 seasons and is 166-23 at home since 1981. 8. 84,959 USC (L, 49-31) Sept. 15, 2007 9. 84,821 N.M. State (W, 38-7) Sept. 13, 2008 Nebraska Owns Dominant Edge at Memorial Stadium 10. 84,799 Troy (W, 56-0) Sept. 23, 2006 Nebraska has rewarded the loyalty of its fans with incredible success at Memorial Stadium through Largest Crowds To See Nebraska Play the years. Nebraska has won at least six home games in 18 of the past 21 seasons (entering 2008). No. Opponent Attend. Nebraska is 123-16 at home in the last 19 seasons (since 1989), including a pair of losses against 1. at Penn State, Sept. 14, 2002 110,753 teams that went on to win the national championship–Colorado in 1990 and Washington in 1991. 2. Miami (Rose Bowl), Jan. 3, 2002 93,781 During Nebraska’s run of success at home in the past 25 years, Nebraska has had three home 3. Stanford (Rose Bowl), Jan. 1, 1941 92,000 winning streaks of 20 or more games. Nebraska had a school-record 47-game home winning streak at USC, Sept. 16, 2006 92,000 from 1991 to 1998, a 26-game home streak from 1998 to 2002 and a 21-game win streak in the 5. at Texas, Oct. 27, 2007 85,968 6. vs. Virginia Tech, Sept. 27, 2008 85,831 early 1980s. 7. vs. Colorado, Nov. 24, 2006 85,800 Nebraska has not been shut out at home since a 12-0 loss to Kansas State in 1968 (260 games), 8. vs. Missouri, Oct. 4, 2008 85,372 and has posted 40 unbeaten and untied home seasons. The Huskers are 490-135-20 (.775, 645 9. at Penn State, Sept. 25, 1982 85,304 games, 119 years) in Lincoln, and 365-112-13 (.758, 490 games, 86 years) in Memorial Stadium 10. vs. Missouri, Nov. 4, 2006 85,197 (since 1923). Nebraska owns 39 consecutive winning home seasons entering 2008. Huskers.com Page 12 Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes

Huskers in the NFL Former Huskers Making Mark in NFL Player Team Nebraska has a long-standing tradition of placing large numbers of players in Titus Adams, DT New England* the NFL. A total of 31 former Huskers were listed on NFL rosters as of Sept. 5. A Ryon Bingham, DT San Diego Zack Bowman, CB Chicago full list of Huskers in the NFL is in the left margin. Stewart Bradley, LB Philadelphia Since the start of Big 12 play in 1996, Nebraska has led all Big 12 schools with Kris Brown, PK Houston 59 players selected in the NFL Draft. No other conference school has had more than Josh Brown, PK St. Louis 46 players chosen in that period. This past season, three Huskers were selected in Mike Brown, S Chicago the NFL Draft, marking the 39th straight year NU has had three or more players Ralph Brown, CB Arizona selected in the draft. Correll Buckhalter, RB Philadelphia Daniel Bullocks, S Detroit Josh Bullocks, S New Orleans Conference Crowns Adam Carriker, DE St. Louis Nebraska made its first appearance in the Big 12 Championship Game since 1999 with its 2006 Ahman Green, RB Houston trip to the league title game in Kansas City. The Huskers played in three of the first four Big 12 title Russ Hochstein, OL New England games. Nebraska is one of three teams to capture two or more Big 12 titles Brandon Jackson, RB Green Bay Chris Kelsay, DE Buffalo in the first 11 years of the conference, joining Oklahoma with five and Texas Sam Koch, P Baltimore with two. Kansas State, Texas A&M and Colorado each captured one Big Kyle Larson, P Cincinnati 12 crown. Oklahoma leads the way with six Big 12 title game appearances, Jay Moore, DE San Francisco** followed by Nebraska, Colorado and Texas with four each. Carl Nicks, OL New Orleans The Huskers have won 43 football conference championships overall, Chris Patrick, OL Philadelphia* including eight under Coach Bob Devaney and 13 under Coach Tom Osborne. Oklahoma has won Maurice Purify, WR Cincinnati* 36 conference championships to rank second behind NU among league schools. Dominic Raiola, C Detroit Cory Ross, RB Baltimore Barrett Ruud, LB Tampa Bay Huskers Among Leaders in AP National Titles Bo Ruud, LB New England** Notre Dame leads the nation by winning eight Associated Press national titles since 1936, with Scott Shanle, LB New Orleans Oklahoma (7), Alabama (6), Miami (5), USC (5), Nebraska (4) and Minnesota (4) next in line. While Le Kevin Smith, DT New England the Huskers were awarded the national title by the coaches in 1997, NU finished second to Michigan Kyle Vanden Bosch, DE Tennessee in the AP poll. Fabian Washington, CB Baltimore In 1970, Nebraska was awarded the AP national title, but not the coaches (Texas was first, Ohio Demorrio Williams, LB Kansas City *–Practice squad; **-Injured Reserve State second and NU third) as the final poll was released before the bowl games were played. In the as of opening day, 20008 coaches poll (since 1950), Nebraska is tied for fourth with Miami and Texas with four titles, behind Alabama and Oklahoma with six apiece, and USC with five. Big 12 History Division Winners Huskers Continuing to Win in the Classroom Year North South Big 12 Champ Nebraska football carries the reputation of one of the nation’s most successful programs on the 1996 Nebraska Texas Texas field. Also synonymous with Cornhusker football is success in the classroom. 1997 Nebraska Texas A&M Nebraska 1998 Kansas St. Texas A&M Texas A&M Nation-Leading Total of Academic All-Americans 1999 Nebraska Texas Nebraska The Nebraska football program has 96 all-time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, a nation- 2000 Kansas St. Oklahoma Oklahoma leading total. This fall, several Huskers are strong candidates to add to that list, including senior 2001 Colorado Texas Colorado receiver Todd Peterson, senior punter Dan Titchener and senior linebacker Tyler Wortman. The 2002 Colorado Oklahoma Oklahoma Husker athletic program as a whole also leads the nation with 263 academic All-Americans across 2003 Kansas St. Oklahoma Kansas State 2004 Colorado Oklahoma Oklahoma all teams and all sports. 2005 Colorado Texas Texas 2006 Nebraska Oklahoma Oklahoma Nebraska Leads Big 12 in Exhausted Eligibility Graduation Rates; Rank High in GSR Scores 2007 Missouri Oklahoma Oklahoma The NCAA released Graduation Success Rate scores and Exhausted Eligibility Graduation rates on Oct. 14 and Nebraska once again fared extremely well. NU Truly One of America’s Teams Nebraska was the Big 12 leader in exhausted eligibility rates for the sixth consecutive year. NU boasted an impressive exhausted eligibility rate of 93 percent. Nebraska’s exhausted eligibility rate Nebraska has relied on recruiting the entire nation for a number of years and its current roster reflects has increased from 87 to 93 percent in the past eight years and improved 21 percentage points that tradition. The Huskers have players from 25 since the inception of the exhausted eligibility rate in 1991-92. states on their current roster. Nebraska’s 93 percent exhausted eligibility rate ranks one percentage point higher than Texas The NU roster is one of the most geographically Tech, which ranks second in the Big 12 Conference at 92 percent. The national average for exhausted diverse in the country. Just three schools have eligibility is 86 percent for Division I schools. more states represented on their 2008 roster than The Husker football team’s GSR score ranked near the top of the Big 12 Conference. The Huskers’ Nebraska. 78 percent rate tied with Baylor for second in the Big 12, trailing only Texas Tech. Nebraska’s institutional GSR score of 76 percent ranked fourth in the Big 12. Team States on 2008 Roster The Graduation Success Rate is an NCAA measurement that, unlike the federally mandated Army 35 (plus American Samoa) graduation rates, includes transfer data in the calculation. This marks the third year the NCAA has Notre Dame 29 Navy 27 released GSR rates Nebraska 25 Air Force 25 Stanford 24 (plus two foreign countries) Northwestern 23

Huskers.com Page 13 Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Peterson Honored with Husker Seniors on Track for Degrees George Sullivan Scholarship Senior offensive guard Mike Huff picked up his undergraduate degree in communication studies this past May and is playing the 2008 season as a graduate student. Senior guard Andy Christensen The first annual George Finley Sullivan Endowed graduated in August and is also in graduate school. An additional 10 members of the 2008 senior Scholarship was presented to senior receiver Todd Peterson during pre-game ceremonies before the class are expected to earn their degrees following the fall semester and 23 of the 25 members of Virginia Tech game. “Sully” served as Nebraska’s Nebraska’s senior class are expected to have earned their degrees by next May. Head Athletic Trainer from 1977 to 1995 and as Academic All-Big 12 Selections an Assistant Athletic Trainer and Head Physical Therapist from 1953 to 1977. Fifteen Nebraska players were named to the 2007 academic All-Big 12 football team, including 12 The scholarship was fully endowed in Sullivan’s first-team selections and three second-team honorees. Nebraska’s 15 academic All-Big 12 selections honor in 2008 by the Touchdown Club of Nebraska, were the third-most among conference schools and NU’s 12 first-team selections were the second- Inc., and many former Husker student-athletes highest total in the league. graciously contributed to the fund. The scholarship The Nebraska honorees were led by junior linebacker Tyler Wortman who posted a perfect 4.0 will be presented annually to a “Nebraska varsity grade-point average during the previous year. Among the 151 student-athletes honored by the Big football student-athlete who has demonstrated a 12, Wortman, a mechanical engineering major, was one of seven players recognized for carrying a high level of athletic and academic achievement, perfect grade-point average. with a strong commitment to community, effective Also notable among Nebraska’s first-team selections was tight end J.B. Phillips, who was a first- leadership skills, a high degree of integrity, and team selection for the fourth consecutive year. Phillips graduated with his degree in marketing in commitment to excellence in all endeavors.” December of 2006, and completed his master’s degree in May of 2008. Preference is given to student-athletes who intend Among returning Huskers, Peterson is a three-time first-team selection, while Titchener, defensive end to pursue a career in a health-related field. Zach Potter and safety Matt O’Hanlon have each been honored twice. Other returning Huskers named to Peterson has been one of the top receiving targets the first team included Wortman, receiver Wes Cammack, and offensive lineman Lydon Murtha. for the Nebraska offense over the past three seasons. Off the field, Peterson is a model student-athlete, Huskers Boast Impressive Total on Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll carrying a 3.763 grade-point average in nutrition, The Nebraska football program had 42 players named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Spring exercise and health science. He is a three-time Academic Honor Roll. The honor roll recognizes players who earned a 3.0 grade-point average or first-team academic All-Big 12 selection and was better in the previous semester. Husker freshmen Thomas Grove, Jay Martin and Patrick Witt each honored eight times with a spot on the Big 12 posted a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring semester. In the fall semester, 39 Huskers were named Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll. A two-time selection to the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team, he to the honor roll. Husker seniors Peterson, Titchener and Wortman have each been named to the has participated in extensive community service. He Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll all eight semesters. is also a semifinalist for the Draddy Award, regarded as the “academic Heisman”.

Wortman Honored with Brook Berringer Scholarship Nebraska senior linebacker Tyler Wortman was presented the Brook Berringer Memorial Endowed Scholarship during pre-game ceremonies before the San Jose State game. The scholarship was endowed in the memory of former Nebraska quarterback Brook Berringer who died in a plane crash on April 18, 1996. Criteria for the Brook Berringer Scholarship includes the following: Must be a football student- athlete; must be involved in community service along with high ideals, excellent character and integrity. A native of Grand Island, Wortman fits the criteria of the Berringer Scholarship. He has worked his way up the depth chart to his current starting BUCK linebacker position. Off the field, Wortman excels in the classroom and in the community. He carries a 3.955 cumulative grade-point average in mechanical engineering and was a first-team academic All-Big 12 selection in 2007. He is on track to earn his degree in May of 2009. He was also named to the Brook Berringer Citizenship Team this past spring for his outreach work. Wortman has volunteered at Elliott Elementary School, as well as being a part of Nebraska's regular team hospital visits.

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2008 Game-by-Game Notables Western Michigan Nebraska Possible Starters at a Glance * The win was the 23rd straight season Nebraska has Offense won its season opener, the nation’s longest streak of Pos.–Player Yr. Ht/Wt Notable wins in season openers. WR (X)–Nate Swift*** Sr. 6-2/200 Ranks second at NU in career receptions, yards, TDs and 100-yard games * Bo Pelini became the fifth straight Nebraska first-year WR (Z)–Todd Peterson*** Sr. 6-4/215 Moved into top 10 on career yards and catches list/11 career TD catches head coach to win his season opener. TE–Mike McNeill* So. 6-4/240 Caught third career TD pass vs. Va. Tech; Averaging 16.1 yards per catch * Sophomore place-kicker Alex Henery connected on four 44-yard field goals. His four field goals tied a LT–Jaivorio Burkes* So. 6-5/325 Back at full strength after preseason illness/first start of 2008 at ISU Memorial Stadium record and were the second most -or- Mike Smith* So. 6-6/285 Started first six games at LT/Came to NU as defensive end in school history. LG–Keith Williams* So. 6-5/305 Made first three career starts in first three league games * Nebraska allowed eight rushing yards, the fewest -or- Mike Huff*** Sr. 6-4/300 Earned undergraduate degree last May/23 career starts since allowing -6 rushing yards vs. Maine in 2005. C–Jacob Hickman** Jr. 6-4/290 Started at guard in 2007 before moving to center in off-season San Jose State RG–Matt Slauson*** Sr. 6-5/320 29 career starts is most on team/dropped more than 20 pounds since ‘07 * Nose tackle Ndamukong Suh returned an interception 49 yards for a touchdown–the first INT RT–Lydon Murtha*** Sr. 6-7/315 Missed first two games/Return helped NU rush for 330 vs. NMSU return for a score by an NU interior defensive lineman QB–Joe Ganz** Sr. 6-1/210 27 TD passes in 10 starts/Five of top 10 passing days in NU history since Bruce Moore in 1992 against Arizona State. FB–Thomas Lawson** Sr. 6-0/250 Scored touchdowns on all three receptions in 2007 * Nebraska also had a kickoff return for a touchdown -or- Hunter Teafatiller*** Sr. 6-3/240 Lined up at tight end in first three seasons/Awarded scholarship in Sept. by Niles Paul. The game marked the first time Nebraska scored both a defensive and special teams IB–Marlon Lucky*** Sr. 6-0/215 Fourth at NU in career all-purpose/Touchdown in seven of past 10 games touchdown in the same game since the 2002 season -or-Roy Helu Jr.* So. 6-0/215 Led Nebraska in rushing in three of first six games (3 touchdowns) opener against Arizona State. -or- Quentin Castille* So. 6-1/235 Third on team with 197 rushing yards; 7 career touchdowns New Mexico State * New Mexico State’s fourth-quarter touchdown Defense marked the first points by the Aggies in three all-time Pos.–Player Yr. Ht/Wt Notable meetings with Nebraska. The Aggies were blanked 57- 0 in 1979 and 68-0 in 1982. B END–Zach Potter*** Sr. 6-7/280 19 career tackles for loss/25 tackles, 8 TFL, INT, 3 PBU, 3 blocked kicks * The 69 rushing yards by Joe Ganz were the most by a NT–Ndamukong Suh** Jr. 6-4/300 49-yard INT for TD vs. SJSU/100 percent after spring knee surgery Husker quarterback since Jammal Lord rushed for 79 DT–Ty Steinkuhler*** Sr. 6-3/280 Made a career-high eight tackles in opener against Western Michigan yards in the 2003 Alamo Bowl against Michigan State. O END–Pierre Allen* So. 6-5/265 Took over for injured Barry Turner/31 tackles, five tackles for loss in ‘08 * Nebraska rushed for 330 yards, just the fourth time WLB–Cody Glenn*** Sr. 6-0/235 Team leader with 40 tackles/Missed majority of Mizzou and Tech games Nebraska has topped 300 yards on the ground since the start of the 2004 season. MLB–Phillip Dillard** Jr. 6-1/235 Dropped 20+ pounds in offseason/34 tackles ranks third on team * Nebraska held NMSU scoreless in the first half, BLB–Tyler Wortman* Sr. 6-3/235 Walk-on is in first year at top of depth chart/played key role late in 2007 marking the first time in 23 games Nebraska has shut RCB–Anthony West* So. 6-0/200 Nabbed first career INT in first start against W. Michigan/14 tackles out an opponent in the first half. S–Matt O’Hanlon** Jr. 5-11/195 Started all seven games in 2008/awarded scholarship in September Virginia Tech S-Larry Asante* Jr. 6-1/210 78 tackles as a sophomore/35 tackles is second on team * The Virginia Tech game ended a streak of six straight S-Rickey Thenarse** So. 6-0/195 Made first career start against Missouri/two-time special teams MVP games in which Nebraska had scored 35 or more points, LCB–Armando Murillo* Sr. 6-0/190 Has 29 tackles, an INT, a fumble recovery and team-high 6 PBU ending the third-longest streak in school history. NICKEL–Eric Hagg* So. 6-2/200 Backup corner has made five starts as nickel back/24 tackles, 4 PBU * The attendance of 85,831 is a new Memorial Stadium record, bettering the crowd of 85,800 against DIME–Lance Thorell RFr. 6-1/190 Walk-on played 8-man football in high school/two starts, 20 tackles Colorado on Nov. 24, 2006. Missouri Special Teams * The loss ended a streak of 15 straight Husker Pos.–Player Yr. Ht/Wt Notable victories over Missouri in Lincoln. The setback was PK–Alex Henery* So. 6-2/175 Connected on four 44-yard FGs vs. Western Michigan/16-18 in career also just the Huskers’ second loss in their last 35 P–Dan Titchener** Sr. 6-0/200 46 punts downed inside 20 in 132 career punting attempts conference openers (2002 at Iowa State), and marked the first time since 1977 Nebraska has dropped its -or- Jake Wesch*** Sr. 6-1/205 First career starts at punter vs. Tech and ISU/Averaging 40.2 ypp first conference home game. KO–Adi Kunalic* So. 6-0/185 Led nation in touchback percentage in 2007/19 touchbacks in 2008 * Nebraska failed to score 30 points, ending a streak LS–T.J. O’Leary** Sr. 6-1/235 Omaha native transferred from New Mexico State/third year as starter of seven straight games with 30 or more points, its H–Jake Wesch*** Sr. 6-1/205 Completed second career pass on fake FG vs. Texas Tech longest streak of 30-plus point games in 12 seasons. PR–Nate Swift*** Sr. 6-2/200 88-yard return for TD vs. Virginia Tech was 4th-longest in NU history Texas Tech PR–Niles Paul* So. 6-1/210 Has five punt returns for 49 yards in 2008 * The overtime loss was the first in six all-time overtime games for the Huskers. Nebraska won in overtime at KOR–Niles Paul* So. 6-1/210 Two returns of 69 yards or more/TD vs. SJSU/Averging 27.0 per return Missouri in 1997, at Colorado in 1999, at Notre Dame in KOR–Alfonzo Dennard Fr. 5-10/190 One of five true freshmen to see action/3-32 KOR in 2008 2000, vs. Iowa State (2OT) in 2005 and Kansas in 2006. * Nebraska did not score in the first quarter, marking the first time in nine games Nebraska did not score in the opening period (at Texas, 2007). * NU’s 15-play scoring drive that consumed 8:03 of the first half marked the Huskers’ longest scoring drive of the season in terms of time and plays. The Huskers last had a longer scoring drive in terms of plays against Oklahoma in 2005. The last time an NU scoring drive took longer than 8:03 was against Penn State in 2003, when the Huskers used 8:12 on a touchdown drive.

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Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Nebraska Football Rosters As of Sept. 28, 2008; Lettermen in Bold; *-Indicates Letters Earned No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) 2008 Numerical Roster 95 * Allen, Pierre DE 6-5 265 So. Denver, Colo. (Thomas Jefferson) No. Name...... Position 1 Chris Brooks...... WR 21 * Amukamara, Prince CB 6-1 195 So. Glendale, Ariz. (Apollo) 2 * Major Culbert...... S 70 Anderson, Kenny DE 6-2 235 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) 2 Patrick Witt...... QB 4 * Asante, Larry S 6-1 210 Jr. Alexandria, Va. (Hayfield/Coffeyville CC) 3 Zac Lee...... QB 56 * Barfield, Shukree DT 6-4 290 Sr. Camden, N.J. (Garden City CC) 3 ** Rickey Thenarse...... S 66 Barrett, Cruz OL 6-4 310 So. Daytona Beach, Fla. (Mainland) 4 * Larry Asante...... S 56 Baumgartner, Justin LS 6-2 245 Sr. Cheyenne, Wyo. (Chadron State/Laramie County CC) 5 *** Marlon Lucky...... IB 83 Bechtold, Damon TE 6-4 215 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Westside) 5 * Anthony West...... CB 39 Blatchford, Justin DB 6-1 185 Fr. Ponca, Neb. 6 Khiry Cooper...... WR 14 * Blue, Anthony CB 5-10 180 So. Cedar Hill, Texas 6 * Armando Murillo...... CB 1 Brooks, Chris WR 6-2 210 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (Hazelwood East) 7 Kody Spano...... QB 73 Burke, Keifer DT 6-3 220 Fr. Maxwell, Neb. 7 * Latravis Washington...... LB 72 * Burkes, Jaivorio OL 6-5 325 So. Phoenix, Ariz. (Moon Valley) 8 Austin Cassidy...... S 8 * Will Henry...... WR 57 Callaway, Steve LS 5-9 215 Fr. Danville, Calif. (San Ramon Valley) 9 Ben Lester...... WR 42 Camarata, Joseph LB 5-10 225 Fr. Overland Park, Kan. 9 Austin Stafford...... LB 82 ** Cammack, Wes WR 5-11 195 Jr. DeWitt, Neb. (Tri-County) 10 * Roy Helu Jr...... IB 58 Caputo, Mike OL 6-1 275 RFr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard North) 11 Curenski Gilleylen...... WR 8 Cassidy, Austin S 6-1 205 RFr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 11 Justin Rogers...... DB 19 * Castille, Quentin IB 6-1 235 So. La Porte, Texas 12 ** Joe Ganz...... QB 77 Choi, Seung Hoon OL 6-2 300 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Christian) 12 Courtney Osborne...... DB 62 Christensen, Andy OL 6-3 305 Sr. Bennington, Neb. 13 P.J. Smith...... DB 51 Compton, Will LB 6-2 230 Fr. Bonne Terre, Mo. (North County) 14 * Anthony Blue...... CB 6 Cooper, Khiry WR 6-2 180 Fr. Shreveport, La. (Calvary Baptist Academy) 14 Lester Ward...... IB 81 Cotton, Ben TE 6-6 230 Fr. Ames, Iowa 15 Beau Davis...... QB 31 Covey, Nick DE 6-2 250 Jr. Glendale, Ariz. (Mountain Ridge) 15 Alfonzo Dennard...... DB 16 Jim Ebke...... QB 94 Crick, Jared DT 6-6 280 RFr. Cozad, Neb. 16 John Levorson...... DB 2 ** Culbert, Major S 6-0 205 Jr. Harbor City, Calif. (Nathaniel Narbonne) 17 *** Todd Peterson...... WR 27 Damkroger, Jonathon P/PK 6-1 180 So. Firth, Neb. (Norris) 17 Josh Williams...... DE 15 Davis, Beau QB 6-4 180 Sr. Venice, Calif. 18 ** Menelik Holt...... WR 20 Dean, Jase DB 6-0 180 Fr. Bridgeport, Neb. 18 Zach Ruiz...... QB 15 Dennard, Alfonzo DB 5-10 190 Fr. Rochelle, Ga. (Wilcox County) 18 Shawn Sullivan...... DB 52 ** Dillard, Phillip LB 6-1 235 Jr. Tulsa, Okla. (Jenks) 19 * Quentin Castille...... IB 46 Dixon, Taylor WR 5-11 170 Fr. Wauneta, Neb. (Wauneta-Palisade) 20 Jase Dean...... DB 16 Ebke, Jim QB 6-0 210 So. Lincoln, Neb. (East/South Dakota State) 20 * Adi Kunalic...... PK 92 Fahie, Tyrone DE 6-3 255 So. Virginia Beach, Va. (Ocean Lakes) 21 * Prince Amukamara...... CB 42 Fisher, Sean LB 6-6 225 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard North) 21 Tim Marlowe...... WR 22 Mason Wald...... DB 49 Foxhoven, Tanner LB 6-3 210 Fr. Crofton, Neb. 23 Lance Thorell...... CB 12 ** Ganz, Joe QB 6-1 210 Sr. Palos Heights, Ill. (Amos Alonzo Stagg) 24 * Niles Paul...... WR 41 Gillaspie, Aaron FB 6-2 240 So. Littleton, Colo. 24 Adam Watson...... DB 11 Gilleylen, Curenski WR 6-0 210 RFr. Leander, Texas 25 Kyler Reed...... TE 34 *** Glenn, Cody LB 6-0 235 Sr. Rusk, Texas 25 Jeremy Wallace...... RB/LB 41 * Grove, Thomas LB 6-2 225 So. Arlington, Neb. 26 Steven Osborne...... WR 28 * Hagg, Eric CB 6-2 200 So. Peoria, Ariz. (Ironwood) 27 Jonathon Damkroger...... P/PK 80 Harvey, David DE 6-4 265 Jr. La Plata, Md. (McDonough) 28 * Eric Hagg...... CB 30 Hays, Mike FB 6-1 230 RFr. Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista) 28 Austin Jones...... IB 10 * Helu Jr., Roy IB 6-0 215 So. Danville, Calif. (San Ramon Valley) 29 Collins Okafor...... IB 90 * Henery, Alex PK 6-2 175 So. Omaha, Neb. (Burke) 30 Mike Hays...... FB 74 Henry, Ricky OL 6-4 305 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Burke/N.D. State College of Science) 31 Nick Covey...... DE 32 Marcus Mendoza...... IB 8 * Henry, Will WR 6-5 220 So. El Paso, Texas (J.M. Hanks) 33 ** Matt O'Hanlon...... S 47 Hetzer, Tyson TE 6-6 250 Jr. Redding, Calif. (Anderson/Citrus College) 33 David Pillen...... LS 67 ** Hickman, Jacob OL 6-4 290 Jr. Bakersfield, Calif. (Centennial) 34 *** Cody Glenn...... LB 80 Hill, Ryan TE 6-3 245 RFr. Arvada, Colo. (West) 35 Matt Holt...... LB 35 Holt, Matt LB 6-0 200 Fr. Lee’s Summitt, Mo. (West) 35 Jordan Makovicka...... RB 18 ** Holt, Menelik WR 6-4 220 Jr. San Diego, Calif. (St. Augustine) 36 ** Thomas Lawson...... FB 61 *** Huff, Mike OL 6-4 300 Sr. Ralston, Neb. 36 Mathew May...... S 85 Hyland, KC WR 6-6 195 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 37 *** Jake Wesch...... PK/P 69 Iske, Cory OL 6-4 285 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) 37 Kevin Thomsen...... FB 58 Jackson, Justin DL 6-3 255 Fr. Roca, Neb. (Norris) 39 Justin Blatchford...... DB 28 Jones, Austin IB 5-10 205 RFr. Centennial, Colo. (Smokey Hill) 40 * Blake Lawrence...... LB 41 Aaron Gillaspie...... FB 73 * Jones, D.J. OL 6-5 305 So. Omaha, Neb. (Central) 41 * Thomas Grove...... LB 78 Jones, Marcel OL 6-7 310 RFr. Phoenix, Ariz. (Trevor Browne) 42 Joseph Camarata...... LB 85 Klingelhoefer, Faron DE 6-2 255 Fr. Amherst, Neb. 42 Sean Fisher...... LB 54 Koehler, Colton LB 6-1 230 Jr. Harvard, Neb. (Nebraska Wesleyan) 43 Brent Moravec...... FS 44 Kreikemeier, Micah LB 6-3 210 Fr. West Point, Neb. (Central Catholic) 43 *** Ty Steinkuhler...... DT 20 * Kunalic, Adi PK 6-0 185 So. Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley) 44 * Mike McNeill...... TE 40 * Lawrence, Blake LB 6-2 225 So. Shawnee Mission, Kan. (Shawnee Mission West) 44 Micah Kreikemeier...... LB 36 ** Lawson, Thomas FB 6-0 250 Sr. Parker, Colo. (Ponderosa) 45 Justin Makovicka...... FB 3 Lee, Zac QB 6-2 210 So. San Francisco, Calif. (St. Ignatius Prep/San Francisco City College) 45 Alonzo Whaley...... LB 48 Legate, Tyler FB 5-10 220 So. Neligh, Neb. (Neligh-Oakdale/South Dakota) 46 Taylor Dixon...... WR 9 Lester, Ben WR 5-10 170 RFr. Tecumseh, Neb. 47 Tyson Hetzer...... TE 47 William Yancy...... DE 16 Levorson, John DB 6-3 190 Fr. Crete, Neb. 48 Tyler Legate...... FB 75 Lingenfelter, Luke DE 6-4 255 RFr. Plainview, Neb. 48 Marcus Smith...... LB 5 *** Lucky, Marlon IB 6-0 215 Sr. North Hollywood, Calif. 49 Tanner Foxhoven...... LB 96 Maher, Brett PK/P 6-0 160 Fr. Kearney, Neb. 49 * Dreu Young...... TE 50 Quentin Toailoa...... 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51 Will Compton...... LB 35 Makovicka, Jordan RB 5-10 170 Fr. Ulysses, Neb. (East Butler) 52 ** Phillip Dillard...... LB 45 Makovicka, Justin FB 6-1 240 So. Ulysses, Neb. (East Butler) 53 * Tyler Wortman...... LB 61 Manninger, Matt LB 6-1 225 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) 54 Colton Koehler...... LB 21 Marlowe, Tim WR 5-10 160 Fr. Youngstown, Ohio (Cardinal Mooney) 54 Max McShane...... OL 63 * Martin, Ben DT 6-4 275 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 55 Baker Steinkuhler...... DL 88 Martin, Jay TE 6-2 215 RFr. Waverly, Neb. 56 * Shukree Barfield...... DT 36 May, Mathew S 6-1 195 RFr. Imperial, Neb. (Chase County) 56 Justin Baumgartner...... LS 62 McClure, Mychael LB 6-5 210 Fr. Wisner, Neb. (Wisner-Pilger) 57 Steve Callaway...... LS 65 McDermott, Colin LB 6-2 225 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) 58 Mike Caputo...... OL 58 Justin Jackson...... DL 66 McDermott, Conor DE 6-2 230 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) 59 Brian Thorson...... OL 44 * McNeill, Mike TE 6-4 240 So. Kirkwood, Mo. 61 *** Mike Huff...... OL 54 McShane, Max OL 6-6 290 Fr. Elkhorn, Neb. 61 Matt Manninger...... LB 67 Meginnis, Sam LB 6-2 210 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (East) 62 Andy Christensen...... OL 32 Mendoza, Marcus IB 5-10 185 RFr. Houston, Texas (Spring Woods) 62 Mychael McClure...... LB 96 Meredith, Cameron DE 6-4 250 Fr. Santa Ana, Calif. (Mater Dei) 63 * Ben Martin...... DT 63 Meyer, Derek OL 6-5 300 Sr. Campbell, Neb. (Silver Lake/Kansas State) 63 Derek Meyer...... OL 68 Molek, Josh DL 6-3 235 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Skutt Catholic) 65 Colin McDermott...... LB 90 Moore, Terrence DT 6-3 275 RFr. New Orleans, La. (McDonogh 35) 65 * Mike Smith...... OL 43 Moravec, Brent FS 6-0 180 Fr. Grand Island, Neb. (Central Catholic) 66 Cruz Barrett...... OL 6 * Murillo, Armando CB 6-0 190 Sr. Tampa, Fla. (Robinson/Eastern Arizona CC) 66 Conor McDermott...... DE 67 ** Jacob Hickman...... OL 76 *** Murtha, Lydon OL 6-7 315 Sr. Hutchinson, Minn. 67 Sam Meginnis...... LB 33 ** O’Hanlon, Matt S 5-11 195 Jr. Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue East) 68 Josh Molek...... DL 82 ** O'Leary, T.J. LS 6-1 235 Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard North/New Mexico State) 68 * Keith Williams...... OL 29 Okafor, Collins IB 6-1 195 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Westside) 69 Cory Iske...... OL 12 Osborne, Courtney DB 6-3 175 Fr. Garland, Texas (South Garland) 70 Kenny Anderson...... DE 26 Osborne, Steven WR 6-4 185 Fr. Garland, Texas (South Garland) 70 *** Matt Slauson...... OL 24 * Paul, Niles WR 6-1 210 So. Omaha, Neb. (North) 71 Graham Stoddard...... LB 17 *** Peterson, Todd WR 6-4 215 Sr. Grand Island, Neb. (Central Catholic) 72 * Jaivorio Burkes...... OL 33 Pillen, David LS 5-11 230 Fr. Sugar Land, Texas (Stephen F. Austin) 73 Keifer Burke...... DT 98 *** Potter, Zach DE 6-7 280 Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) 73 * D.J. Jones...... OL 25 Reed, Kyler TE 6-3 220 Fr. Shawnee, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 74 Ricky Henry...... OL 11 Rogers, Justin DB 5-11 180 Fr. Birmingham, Ala. (Vestavia Hills) 75 Luke Lingenfelter...... DE 76 *** Lydon Murtha...... OL 18 Ruiz, Zach QB 6-3 210 Fr. Beatrice, Neb. 77 Seung Hoon Choi...... OL 89 Santin, Jonathon DE 6-3 225 RFr. Fullerton, Neb. 78 Marcel Jones...... OL 88 *** Sievers, Clayton DE 6-4 255 Sr. Elkhorn, Neb. 79 Brandon Thompson...... OL 70 *** Slauson, Matt OL 6-5 320 Sr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Air Force Prep) 80 David Harvey...... DE 48 Smith, Marcus LB 6-1 195 Fr. Crete, Neb. 80 Ryan Hill...... TE 65 * Smith, Mike OL 6-6 285 So. Las Vegas, Nev. (Palo Verde) 81 Ben Cotton...... TE 13 Smith, P.J. DB 6-2 205 Fr. River Ridge, La. (John Curtis) 82 ** Wes Cammack...... WR 7 Spano, Kody QB 6-2 210 Fr. Stephenville, Texas 82 ** T.J. O'Leary...... LS 9 Stafford, Austin LB 6-2 205 RFr. Hayward, Calif. 83 Damon Bechtold...... TE 55 Steinkuhler, Baker DL 6-6 290 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 85 KC Hyland...... WR 43 *** Steinkuhler, Ty DT 6-3 280 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 85 Faron Klingelhoefer...... DE 87 *** Nate Swift...... WR 71 Stoddard, Graham LB 6-2 215 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 88 Jay Martin...... TE 93 ** Suh, Ndamukong DT 6-4 300 Jr. Portland, Ore. (Grant) 88 *** Clayton Sievers...... DE 18 Sullivan, Shawn CB 5-10 190 RFr. Brenham, Texas 89 Jonathon Santin...... DE 87 *** Swift, Nate WR 6-2 200 Sr. Hutchinson, Minn. 89 *** Hunter Teafatiller...... TE 89 *** Teafatiller, Hunter TE 6-3 240 Sr. Kingsburg, Calif. (San Joaquin Memorial) 90 * Alex Henery...... PK 3 ** Thenarse, Rickey S 6-0 195 Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Jordan) 90 Terrence Moore...... DT 79 Thompson, Brandon OL 6-6 295 Fr. The Woodlands, Texas 92 Tyrone Fahie...... DE 37 Thomsen, Kevin FB 6-2 240 RFr. Elkhorn, Neb. 93 ** Ndamukong Suh...... DT 23 Thorell, Lance CB 6-1 190 RFr. Loomis, Neb. 94 Jared Crick...... DT 59 Thorson, Brian OL 6-3 280 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard North) 95 * Pierre Allen...... DE 97 ** Titchener, Dan P 6-0 200 Sr. Cheyenne, Wyo. (East) 96 Brett Maher...... PK/P 50 Toailoa, Quentin DL 6-4 300 Fr. Highland, Calif. (Redlands East Valley) 96 Cameron Meredith...... DE 97 ** Dan Titchener...... P 99 *** Turner, Barry DE 6-3 265 Sr. Antioch, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy) 98 *** Zach Potter...... DE 22 Wald, Mason DB 5-11 205 Fr. Birmingham, Ala. (Vestavia Hills) 99 *** Barry Turner...... DE 25 Wallace, Jeremy RB 6-1 220 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Bryan) 14 Ward, Lester IB 6-3 215 Fr. Brenham, Texas Pronunciation Guide 7 * Washington, Latravis LB 6-3 225 So. Bradenton, Fla. (Bayshore) Larry Asante...... uh-SAHN-tay 24 Watson, Adam S 6-0 190 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Niwot [Colo.]) Prince Amukamara...... ah-moo-kuh-mare-uh 37 *** Wesch, Jake PK/P 6-1 205 Sr. North Bend, Neb. Shukree Barfield...... shuh-KREE 5 * West, Anthony CB 6-0 200 So. San Diego, Calif. (Point Loma) Jaivorio Burkes...... juh-var-ee-o 45 Whaley, Alonzo LB 6-1 225 Fr. Madisonville, Texas Khiry Cooper...... KY-ree 17 Williams, Josh DE 6-4 225 Fr. Denton, Texas (Ryan) Tyrone Fahie...... FOY 68 * Williams, Keith OL 6-5 305 So. Florissant, Mo. (McClure North) Curenski Gilleylen...... GILL-ee-yen 2 Witt, Patrick QB 6-4 225 RFr. Wylie, Texas Roy Helu Jr...... hel-lue Menelik Holt...... men-uh-leek 53 * Wortman, Tyler LB 6-3 235 Sr. Grand Island, Neb. (Central Catholic) Faron Klingelhoefer...... fair-in 47 Yancy, William DE 6-4 245 RFr. Glendale, Ariz. (Ironwood) Micah Kreikemeier...... crack-meyer 49 * Young, Dreu TE 6-4 245 So. Cozad, Neb. Colton Koehler...... co-LER Adi Kunalic ...... ah-dee Kuh-NALEK Tyler Legate...... lug-GATE Football Staff John Levorson...... lev-er-SEN Head Coach: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, 1990); Record at Nebraska: 5-3 Justin and Jordan Makovicka... mack-oh-VICK-uh Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line: Carl Pelini; Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Shawn Watson; Running Backs: Baker and Ty Steinkuhler...... STINE-kooler Tim Beck; Tight Ends: Ron Brown; Associate Head Coach/Offensive Line: Barney Cotton; Assistant Head Coach/Receivers/ Ndamukong Suh...... en-dom-ah-ken SUE Recruiting Coordinator: Ted Gilmore; Linebackers: Mike Ekeler; Defensive Ends: John Papuchis; Secondary: Marvin Sanders; Hunter Teafatiller...... TEE-fuh-tiller Graduate Assistant/Offense: Curt Baldus; Graduate Assistant/Defense: Ross Watson; Head Football Strength Coach: James Rickey Thenarse...... tuh-NARSE Dobson; Associate A.D./Football: Jeff Jamrog; Head Football Trainer: Mark Mayer; Equipment Manager: Jay Terry; Video Quentin Toailoa...... toe-uh-LOA Coordinator: Dusty Alves

Huskers.com Page 17 Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Nebraska Depth Chart-Baylor Defense Strong Safety Free Safety 4 Larry Asante* 33 Matt O’Hanlon** 6-1, 210, Jr. 5-11, 195, Jr. - or- 2 Major Culbert** 3 Rickey Thenarse** 6-0, 205, Jr. 6-0, 195, Jr.

Will Linebacker Mike Linebacker Buck Linebacker 34 Cody Glenn*** 52 Phillip Dillard** 53 Tyler Wortman* Right Corner 6-0, 235, Sr. 6-1, 235, Jr. 6-3, 235, Sr. Left Corner 5 Anthony West* 40 Blake Lawrence* 51 Will COMPTON 42 Sean FISHER 6 Armando Murillo* 6-0, 200, So. 6-3, 225, So. -or- 6-2, 230, Fr. 6-6, 225, Fr. 6-0, 190, Sr. 21 Prince Amukamara* 35 Matt HOLT 54 Colton Koehler 7 Latravis WASHINGTON* 28 Eric Hagg* 6-1, 195, So. 6-0, 200, Fr. 6-1, 230, Jr. 6-3, 225, So. 6-2, 200, So. 23 Lance THORELL 15 Alfonzo DENNARD 6-1, 190, RFr. 5-10, 190, Fr. Left End Nose Tackle Defensive Tackle Right End 98 Zach Potter*** 93 Ndamukong Suh** 43 Ty Steinkuhler*** 95 Pierre Allen* 6-7, 280, Sr. 6-4, 300, Jr. 6-3, 280, Sr. 6-5, 265, So. 88 Clayton Sievers*** 56 Shukree Barfield* 94 Jared CRICK 96 Cameron MEREDITH 6-4, 255, Sr. 6-4, 290, Sr. 6-6, 280, RFr. 6-4, 250, Fr. 90 Terrence MOORE 6-3, 275, RFr. Offense Left Tackle Left Guard Center Right Guard Right Tackle 72 Jaivorio Burkes* 68 Keith Williams* 67 Jacob Hickman** 70 Matt Slauson*** 76 Lydon Murtha*** 6-5, 325, So. -or- 6-5, 305, So. -or- 6-4, 290, Jr. 6-5, 320, Sr. 6-7, 315, Sr. 65 Mike Smith* 61 Mike Huff*** 58 Mike Caputo 73 D.J. Jones* 78 Marcel Jones 6-6, 285, So. 6-4, 300, Sr. 6-1, 275, RFr. 6-5, 305, So. 6-7, 310, RFr.

Quarterback Wide Receiver X 12 Joe Ganz** Tight End Wide Receiver Z 87 Nate Swift*** 6-1, 210, Sr. 44 Mike McNeill* 17 Todd Peterson*** 6-2, 200, Sr. 2 Patrick Witt 6-4, 240, So. 6-4, 215, Sr. 18 Menelik Holt** 6-4, 225, RFr. 49 Dreu YOUNG* 24 Niles Paul* 6-4, 220, Jr. 3 Zac Lee 6-4, 245, So. 6-1, 210, So. - or - 8 Will HENRY* 6-2, 210, So. 89 Hunter TEAFATILLER*** 11 Curenski Gilleylen 6-5, 220, So. 6-3, 240, Sr. 6-0, 210, RFr. 1 Chris Brooks 80 Ryan Hill Fullback 6-2, 210, Jr. I-Back 6-3, 245, RFr. 36 Thomas Lawson** 5 Marlon Lucky*** 6-0, 250, Sr. -or- 6-0, 215, Sr. - or - 89 Hunter TEAFATILLER*** 10 Roy Helu Jr.* 6-3, 240, Sr. 6-0, 215, So. - or - 19 Quentin Castille* 6-1, 235, So. Special Teams Kickoff Returns Place-Kicker Punter Long Snapper Punt Returns 24 Niles PAUL* -and- 90 Alex Henery* 97 Dan Titchener** 82 T.J. O’Leary** 87 Nate SWIFT*** -or- 4 Larry ASANTE* -or- 6-2, 175, So. - or - 6-0, 200, Sr. -or- 6-1, 235, Sr. 24 Niles PAUL* 15 Alfonzo DENNARD 20 Adi Kunalic* 37 Jake Wesch*** 56 Justin Baumgartner 6-0, 185, So. 6-1, 205, Sr. 6-2, 245, Sr. Career Starts -- Offense Dreu Young, Soph., TE...... 2 Eric Hagg, Soph., CB...... 5 Matt Slauson, Sr., OG...... 29 Marcel Jones, RFr., OT...... 1 Clayton Sievers, Sr., DE*...... 4 Marlon Lucky, Sr., IB...... 25 Niles Paul, So., WR...... 1 Prince Amukamara, Soph., CB...... 3 Nate Swift, Sr., WR...... 23 Tyler Wortman, Sr., LB...... 2 Mike Huff, Sr., OG...... 23 Career Starts -- Defense Lance Thorell, RFr., CB...... 2 Lydon Murtha, Sr., OT...... 19 Armando Murillo, Sr., CB...... 18 Anthony Blue, Soph., CB...... 2 Jacob Hickman, Jr., C...... 17 Ndamukong Suh, Jr., NT...... 18 Rickey Thenarse, Jr., S...... 1 Todd Peterson, Sr., WR...... 11 Zach Potter, Sr., DE...... 18 Shukree Barfield, Sr., DT...... 1 Joe Ganz, Sr., QB...... 10 Larry Asante, Jr., SS...... 16 Matt Holt, Fr., LB...... 1 Mike McNeill, Soph., TE...... 7 Ty Steinkuhler, Sr., DT...... 15 Mike Smith, Soph., OT...... 5 Barry Turner, Sr., DE...... 13 Career Starts -- Special Teams Jaivorio Burkes, Soph., OT...... 5 Phillip Dillard, Jr., LB...... 8 Dan Titchener, Sr., P...... 31 Hunter Teafatiller, Sr., TE...... 4 Matt O’Hanlon, Sr., S...... 7 Alex Henery, Soph., PK...... 19 Keith Williams, Soph., OG...... 3 Cody Glenn, Sr., LB...... 6 Adi Kunalic, Soph., KO...... 19 Menelik Holt, Jr., WR...... 3 Anthony West, Soph., CB...... 5 Jake Wesch, Sr., P...... 2 Thomas Lawson, Sr., FB...... 2 Pierre Allen, Soph., DE...... 5

Huskers.com Page 18 Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes 2008 Nebraska Schedule and Results Date Opponent Result Score Overall Conference Time Attend Aug. 30, 2008 Western Michigan W 47-24 1-0 0-0 3:11 84485 Sept. 6, 2008 San Jose State W 35-12 2-0 0-0 3:10 84146 Sept. 13, 2008 New Mexico State W 38-7 3-0 0-0 3:14 84821 Sept. 27, 2008 Virginia Tech L 30-35 3-1 0-0 3:21 85831 Oct. 4, 2008 Missouri* L 17-52 3-2 0-1 3:11 85372 Oct. 11, 2008 at Texas Tech* L (ot) 31-37 3-3 0-2 3:07 53449 Oct. 18, 2008 at Iowa State* W 35-7 4-3 1-2 3:07 48794 Oct. 25, 2008 Baylor* Nov. 1, 2008 at Oklahoma* Nov. 8, 2008 Kansas* Nov. 15, 2008 at Kansas State* Nov. 28, 2008 Colorado* * Big 12 conference game

Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP SCORING 233 174 Points Per Game 33.3 24.9 FIRST DOWNS 164 129 Rushing 55 47 Passing 98 67 Penalty 11 15 RUSHING YARDAGE 1032 882 Yards gained rushing 1157 1023 Yards lost rushing 125 141 Rushing Attempts 240 226 Average Per Rush 4.3 3.9 Average Per Game 147.4 126.0 TDs Rushing 14 13 PASSING YARDAGE 2040 1638 Att-Comp-Int 234-164-6 216-134-5 Average Per Pass 8.7 7.6 Average Per Catch 12.4 12.2 Average Per Game 291.4 234.0 TDs Passing 13 7 TOTAL OFFENSE 3072 2520 Total Plays 474 442 Average Per Play 6.5 5.7 Average Per Game 438.9 360.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 28-677 25-576 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 11-160 10-106 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-164 6-80 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 24.2 23.0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 14.5 10.6 INT RETURN AVERAGE 32.8 13.3 FUMBLES-LOST 14-7 10-3 PENALTIES-Yards 58-474 32-249 Average Per Game 67.7 35.6 PUNTS-Yards 24-843 31-1185 Average Per Punt 35.1 38.2 Net punt average 27.4 31.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 32:32 27:28 3RD-DOWN Conversions 42/89 38/95 3rd-Down Pct 47% 40% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 2/6 4/8 4th-Down Pct 33% 50% SACKS BY-Yards 13-78 11-54 MISC YARDS 9 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 30 21 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 8-10 9-14 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES 27-31 87% 22-29 76% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 23-31 74% 15-29 52% PAT-ATTEMPTS 29-29 100% 19-21 90% ATTENDANCE 424655 102243 Games/Avg Per Game 5/84931 2/51122 Neutral Site Games 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Nebraska 56 61 34 82 0 233 Opponents 36 49 52 31 6 174

Huskers.com Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes 2008 Nebraska Individual Statistics RUSHING G/GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G FG SEQUENCE Nebraska OPPONENTS Lucky, Marlon 7/7 87 395 23 372 4.3 6 58 53.1 Western Michigan (44),(44),(44),(44) (19) Helu Jr., Roy 7/0 48 296 8 288 6.0 2 50 41.1 San Jose State - 41,(41),32,(27) Castille, Quentin 7/0 51 209 12 197 3.9 3 19 28.1 New Mexico State 35,(19) 20 Ganz, Joe 7/7 42 184 70 114 2.7 3 33 16.3 Virginia Tech (48) (19),(38),(27),(36) Mendoza, Marcus 3/0 5 47 2 45 9.0 0 35 15.0 Missouri (28) (48),59 Swift, Nate 7/7 2 23 0 23 11.5 0 16 3.3 Texas Tech 53,(21) (26) Peterson, Todd 7/7 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 0.3 Iowa State - 40 Witt, Patrick 2/0 2 1 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. TEAM 2/0 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -1.5 Paul, Niles 7/0 1 0 6 -6 -6.0 0 0 -0.9 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Total...... 7 240 1157 125 1032 4.3 14 58 147.4 Titchener, Dan 18 642 35.7 54 2 3 4 0 Opponents...... 7 226 1023 141 882 3.9 13 67 126.0 Wesch, Jake 5 201 40.2 55 2 1 1 0 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 PASSING G/GS Effic Comp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Total...... 24 843 35.1 55 4 4 5 1 Ganz, Joe 7/7 156.17 157-224-6 70.1 1967 12 61 281.0 Opponents...... 31 1185 38.2 69 2 4 10 0 Witt, Patrick 2/0 122.67 4-6-0 66.7 40 0 23 20.0 Lee, Zac 1/0 71.00 1-2-0 50.0 5 0 5 5.0 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Lucky, Marlon 7/7 598.00 1-1-0 100.0 20 1 20 2.9 Kunalic, Adi 42 2804 66.8 19 0 Wesch, Jake 7/2 167.20 1-1-0 100.0 8 0 8 1.1 Titchener, Dan 1 52 52.0 0 0 Total...... 7 156.52 164-234-6 70.1 2040 13 61 291.4 Henery, Alex 1 52 52.0 0 0 Opponents... 7 131.80 134-216-5 62.0 1638 7 58 234.0 Total...... 44 2908 66.1 19 0 576 44.4 25 Opponents...... 36 2266 62.9 6 2 677 40.8 29 RECEIVING G/GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Peterson, Todd 7/7 34 397 11.7 2 25 56.7 |------PATs ------| Swift, Nate 7/7 33 486 14.7 4 61 69.4 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Pts Holt, Menelik 7/3 24 270 11.2 1 25 38.6 Henery, Alex 0 8-10 29-29 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 53 Lucky, Marlon 7/7 17 190 11.2 1 29 27.1 Lucky, Marlon 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 McNeill, Mike 7/7 14 226 16.1 3 35 32.3 Swift, Nate 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Paul, Niles 7/0 11 111 10.1 0 21 15.9 Ganz, Joe 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 24 Helu Jr., Roy 7/0 10 137 13.7 0 27 19.6 Castille, Quentin 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Young, Dreu 7/2 5 86 17.2 1 55 12.3 McNeill, Mike 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Peterson, Todd 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Castille, Quentin 7/0 5 66 13.2 0 31 9.4 Helu Jr., Roy 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Teafatiller, Hunter 6/2 3 27 9.0 0 15 4.5 Young, Dreu 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Mendoza, Marcus 3/0 2 7 3.5 0 7 2.3 Holt, Menelik 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hill, Ryan 7/0 2 3 1.5 0 2 0.4 Suh, Ndamukong 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Ganz, Joe 7/7 1 20 20.0 1 20 2.9 Paul, Niles 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Gilleylen, Curenski 7/0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.7 Total...... 30 8-10 29-29 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 233 Cammack, Wes 7/0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.7 Opponents...... 21 9-14 19-21 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 174 Lawson, Thomas 5/0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.8 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G Total...... 7 164 2040 12.4 13 61 291.4 Ganz, Joe 7 266 114 1967 2081 297.3 Opponents...... 7 134 1638 12.2 7 58 234.0 Lucky, Marlon 7 88 372 20 392 56.0 Helu Jr., Roy 7 48 288 0 288 41.1 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Castille, Quentin 7 51 197 0 197 28.1 Swift, Nate 6 111 18.5 1 88 Mendoza, Marcus 3 5 45 0 45 15.0 Paul, Niles 5 49 9.8 0 28 Witt, Patrick 2 8 0 40 40 20.0 Total...... 11 160 14.5 1 88 Swift, Nate 7 2 23 0 23 3.3 Opponents...... 10 106 10.6 0 28 Wesch, Jake 7 1 0 8 8 1.1 Lee, Zac 1 2 0 5 5 5.0 Peterson, Todd 7 1 2 0 2 0.3 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long TEAM 2 1 -3 0 -3 -1.5 Potter, Zach 1 11 11.0 0 11 Paul, Niles 7 1 -6 0 -6 -0.9 West, Anthony 1 26 26.0 0 26 Total...... 7 474 1032 2040 3072 438.9 Murillo, Armando 1 57 57.0 0 57 Opponents...... 7 442 882 1638 2520 360.0 Suh, Ndamukong 1 49 49.0 1 49 O’Hanlon, Matt 1 21 21.0 0 21 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Total...... 5 164 32.8 1 57 Paul, Niles 7 -6 111 49 566 0 720 102.9 Opponents...... 6 80 13.3 1 33 Swift, Nate 7 23 486 111 0 0 620 88.6 Lucky, Marlon 7 372 190 0 0 0 562 80.3 Helu Jr., Roy 7 288 137 0 0 0 425 60.7 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Peterson, Todd 7 2 397 0 0 0 399 57.0 Paul, Niles 21 566 27.0 1 85 Holt, Menelik 7 0 270 0 0 0 270 38.6 Dennard, Alfonzo 3 32 10.7 0 12 Castille, Quentin 7 197 66 0 0 0 263 37.6 Gilleylen, Curenski 2 48 24.0 0 26 McNeill, Mike 7 0 226 0 0 0 226 32.3 Asante, Larry 2 31 15.5 0 20 Ganz, Joe 7 114 20 0 0 0 134 19.1 Total...... 28 677 24.2 1 85 Young, Dreu 7 0 86 0 0 0 86 12.3 Opponents...... 25 576 23.0 0 57 Murillo, Armando 7 0 0 0 0 57 57 8.1 Gilleylen, Curenski 7 0 5 0 48 0 53 7.6 Mendoza, Marcus 3 45 7 0 0 0 52 17.3 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Suh, Ndamukong 7 0 0 0 0 49 49 7.0 Murillo, Armando 1 11 11.0 0 11 Dennard, Alfonzo 6 0 0 0 32 0 32 5.3 Hagg, Eric 1 3 3.0 0 3 Asante, Larry 7 0 0 0 31 0 31 4.4 Total...... 2 14 7.0 0 11 Teafatiller, Hunter 6 0 27 0 0 0 27 4.5 Opponents...... 3 64 21.3 0 48 West, Anthony 6 0 0 0 0 26 26 4.3 O’Hanlon, Matt 7 0 0 0 0 21 21 3.0 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Potter, Zach 7 0 0 0 0 11 11 1.6 Henery, Alex 8-10 80.0 1-1 2-2 0-1 5-5 0-1 48 0 Cammack, Wes 7 0 5 0 0 0 5 0.7 Lawson, Thomas 5 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.8 Hill, Ryan 7 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.4 TEAM 2 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -1.5 Total...... 7 1032 2040 160 677 164 4073 581.9 Opponents...... 7 882 1638 106 576 80 3282 468.9

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Defensive Statistics |------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP/GS Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf Glenn, Cody 6-6 20 20 40 4-14 . . 3 3 . 1 . . Asante, Larry 7-6 25 10 35 . . . 2 1 . . . . Suh, Ndamukong 7-7 17 17 34 7-24 2.0-15 1-49 3 1 . 1 . . Dillard, Phillip 7-5 9 25 34 2-9 0.5-6 . . 1 . . . . Steinkuhler, Ty 7-7 14 19 33 4-4 0.5-1 . . 3 . . . . Allen, Pierre 7-5 12 19 31 5-11 1.0-2 . 1 . . 1 . . O’Hanlon, Matt 7-7 18 13 31 1-2 . 1-21 3 1 . . . . Murillo, Armando 7-6 21 8 29 2-1 . 1-57 6 . 1-11 . . . Potter, Zach 7-7 5 20 25 8-26 3.0-23 1-11 3 2 . . 2 . Hagg, Eric 7-5 20 4 24 1-5 . . 4 1 1-3 1 . . Amukamara, Prince 7-3 13 9 22 . . . 2 1 . . . . Thorell, Lance 6-2 13 7 20 ...... West, Anthony 6-5 12 2 14 1-2 1.0-2 1-26 3 . . . . . Holt, Matt 6-1 10 3 13 ...... Moore, Terrence 5-0 3 5 8 2-11 2.0-11 ...... Thenarse, Rickey 5-1 4 4 8 3-3 . . 1 . . 1 . . Culbert, Major 5-0 3 4 7 ...... Barfield, Shukree 6-0 5 2 7 1-3 1.0-3 ...... Sievers, Curenski 7-0 4 3 7 1-1 1.0-1 . . 1 . 1 . . Wortman, Tyler 7-2 3 3 6 . . . 1 . . . . . Lawrence, Blake 5-0 1 4 5 ...... Paul, Niles 7-0 2 1 3 . . . . . 1-0 . . . Castille, Quentin 7-0 1 2 3 ...... Cammack, Wes 7-0 3 . 3 ...... Turner, Barry 2-2 1 2 3 2-15 1.0-14 ...... Koehler, Colton 2-0 . 2 2 ...... Hays, Mike 7-0 . 1 1 ...... Grove, Thomas 7-0 . 1 1 ...... Wald, Mason 7-0 . 1 1 ...... Martin, Ben 1-0 . 1 1 ...... Yancy, William 1-0 . 1 1 ...... Cassidy, Austin 1-0 1 . 1 ...... Murtha, Lydon 5-5 1 . 1 ...... May, Mathew 2-0 1 . 1 ...... Crick, Jared 6-0 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . Dennard, Alfonzo 6-0 1 . 1 ...... Williams, Keith 7-3 1 . 1 ...... Smith, Mike 7-6 1 . 1 ...... Holt, Menelik 7-3 . 1 1 ...... Peterson, Todd 7-7 1 . 1 ...... Helu Jr., Roy 7-0 1 . 1 ...... O’Leary, T.J. 7-0 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 7-0 249 214 463 38-131 13-78 5-164 33 15 3-14 6 2 . Opponents...... 7-0 - - - - 11-54 6-80 20 9 7-64 8 1 1

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Individual Game By Game RUSHING No-Yds/TD WMU SJSU NMSU VT MU TTU ISU BU OU KU KSU CU Lucky, Marlon 87-372/6 12-43/1 7-23/1 15-103/2 8-17/0 14-46/0 16-66/0 15-74/2 Helu Jr., Roy 48-288/2 7-52/0 9-59/1 7-32/0 4-21/1 5-11/0 10-47/0 6-66/0 Castille, Quentin 51-197/3 6-5/0 6-7/1 10-75/0 3-8/0 12-26/0 3-6/1 11-70/1 Ganz, Joe 42-114/3 6-38/0 6--2/0 5-69/1 8-18/0 3--7/0 6--5/1 8-3/1 Mendoza, Marcus 5-45/0 DNP 2-12/0 3-33/0 DNP DNP DNP - Swift, Nate 2-23/0 - - 1-16/0 - - - 1-7/0 Peterson, Todd 1-2/0 - - 1-2/0 - - - - Witt, Patrick 2-0/0 DNP - 2-0/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP TEAM 1--3/0 DNP DNP DNP 1--3/0 DNP - DNP Paul, Niles 1--6/0 - - - 1--6/0 - - -

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD WMU SJSU NMSU VT MU TTU ISU BU OU KU KSU CU Swift, Nate 33-486/4 5-121/2 6-70/0 1-10/0 3-58/0 5-45/1 5-70/0 8-112/1 Peterson, Todd 34-397/2 3-34/0 4-59/0 4-34/0 4-60/1 7-81/0 8-77/1 4-52/0 Holt, Menelik 24-270/1 5-59/0 2-24/0 - 1-20/0 5-67/1 6-55/0 5-45/0 McNeill, Mike 14-226/3 1-3/1 - 2-57/1 3-66/1 2-37/0 3-24/0 3-39/0 Lucky, Marlon 17-190/1 2-35/1 - 3-21/0 3-38/0 - 7-80/0 2-16/0 Helu Jr., Roy 10-137/0 - 2-32/0 1-16/0 - 4-47/0 2-15/0 1-27/0 Paul, Niles 11-111/0 - 2-27/0 1-10/0 1-21/0 1-3/0 4-25/0 2-25/0 Young, Dreu 5-86/1 1-55/0 - - 1-10/0 1-10/0 2-11/1 - Castille, Quentin 5-66/0 3-38/0 - 1-23/0 - - - 1-5/0 Teafatiller, Hunter 3-27/0 DNP - 3-27/0 - - - - Ganz, Joe 1-20/1 - - 1-20/1 - - - - Mendoza, Marcus 2-7/0 DNP 1-0/0 - DNP DNP DNP 1-7/0 Cammack, Wes 1-5/0 - - 1-5/0 - - - - Gilleylen, Curenski 1-5/0 - - - 1-5/0 - - - Lawson, Thomas 1-4/0 - 1-4/0 DNP - DNP - - Hill, Ryan 2-3/0 - - - - 2-3/0 - -

PASSING #12 Ganz, Joe Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Western Michigan 36 20 2 55.6 345 4 61 0 0 161.6 San Jose State 25 17 1 68.0 216 0 27 3 17 132.6 New Mexico State 17 13 0 76.5 158 1 35 0 0 174.0 Virginia Tech 26 17 1 65.4 278 2 46 2 11 172.9 Missouri 39 27 1 69.2 293 2 27 2 15 144.1 Texas Tech 44 36 1 81.8 349 2 43 2 7 158.9 Iowa State 37 27 0 73.0 328 1 27 2 4 156.4 TOTALS 224 157 6 70.1 1967 12 61 11 54 156.2

#2 Witt, Patrick Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic San Jose State 2 1 0 50.0 0 0 0 0 0 50.0 New Mexico State 4 3 0 75.0 40 0 23 0 0 159.0 TOTALS 6 4 0 66.7 40 0 23 0 0 122.7

#3 Lee, Zac Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic New Mexico State 2 1 0 50.0 5 0 5 0 0 71.0 TOTALS 2 1 0 50.0 5 0 5 0 0 71.0

#5 Lucky, Marlon Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic New Mexico State 1 1 0 100.0 20 1 20 0 0 598.0 TOTALS 1 1 0 100.0 20 1 20 0 0 598.0

#37 Wesch, Jake Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Texas Tech 1 1 0 100.0 8 0 8 0 0 167.2 TOTALS 1 1 0 100.0 8 0 8 0 0 167.2

PUNT RETURNS No-Yds WMU SJSU NMSU VT MU TTU ISU BU OU KU KSU CU Swift, Nate 5-110 1-3 1-8 1-5 1-88 - 1-6 1-1 Paul, Niles 5-49 2-38 2-15 - 1--4 - - -

KICK RETURNS No-Yds WMU SJSU NMSU VT MU TTU ISU BU OU KU KSU CU Paul, Niles 20-554 2-49 2-111 2-29 6-121 3-88 5-156 1-12 Gilleylen, Curenski 2-48 1-22 - - 1-26 - - - Dennard, Alfonzo 3-32 DNP 2-21 - - 1-11 - - Asante, Larry 2-31 2-31 ------

Huskers.com Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Defense Game By Game TOTAL TACKLES UA-A TOT WMU SJSU NMSU VT MU TTU ISU BU OU KU KSU CU Glenn, Cody 20-20 40 9-3 4-1 2-2 2-12 - DNP 3-2 Asante, Larry 25-10 35 3-3 6-1 1-0 3-3 1-0 8-1 3-2 Dillard, Phillip 9-25 34 1-3 2-6 1-4 2-9 1-3 - 2-0 Suh, Ndamukong 17-17 34 2-2 2-3 3-1 3-3 2-5 4-1 1-2 Steinkuhler, Ty 14-19 33 3-5 4-2 - 1-5 0-6 4-0 2-1 O’Hanlon, Matt 18-13 31 3-2 2-3 1-1 3-5 4-1 2-1 3-0 Allen, Pierre 12-19 31 1-0 3-7 1-2 3-6 1-4 1-0 2-0 Murillo, Armando 21-8 29 - 6-2 4-2 5-2 1-1 1-0 4-1 Potter, Zach 5-20 25 0-2 0-4 2-1 1-5 1-5 - 1-3 Hagg, Eric 20-4 24 3-2 2-0 9-1 1-1 2-0 3-0 - Amukamara, Prince 13-9 22 5-3 2-1 3-3 0-2 1-0 - 2-0 Thorell, Lance 13-7 20 DNP - 3-5 0-1 4-1 5-0 1-0 West, Anthony 12-2 14 2-1 3-0 DNP 1-0 2-1 1-0 3-0 Holt, Matt 10-3 13 DNP 0-1 0-1 - 3-0 7-1 - Moore, Terrence 3-5 8 2-1 0-2 1-0 DNP 0-1 DNP 0-1 Thenarse, Rickey 4-4 8 - DNP DNP 1-2 1-2 - 2-0 Culbert, Major 3-4 7 DNP 0-1 - 1-3 1-0 DNP 1-0 Sievers, Clayton 4-3 7 1-0 - 0-1 0-1 1-1 - 2-0 Barfield, Shukree 5-2 7 1-0 1-1 1-0 DNP 1-1 1-0 - Wortman, Tyler 3-3 6 1-1 - - 0-2 - - 2-0 Lawrence, Blake 1-4 5 DNP DNP 0-2 0-2 - - 1-0 Castille, Quentin 1-2 3 1-0 - 0-1 0-1 - - - Turner, Barry 1-2 3 1-2 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Paul, Niles 2-1 3 1-0 0-1 - - - 1-0 - Cammack, Wes 3-0 3 - - 1-0 1-0 1-0 - - Koehler, Colton 0-2 2 0-1 DNP 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP Hays, Mike 0-1 1 - 0-1 - - - - - Martin, Ben 0-1 1 DNP DNP 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP Murtha, Lydon 1-0 1 DNP DNP - 1-0 - - - Wald, Mason 0-1 1 - - - 0-1 - - - Peterson, Todd 1-0 1 ------1-0 Smith, Mike 1-0 1 1-0 ------Holt, Menelik 0-1 1 - 0-1 - - - - - Williams, Keith 1-0 1 ------1-0 Dennard, Armando 1-0 1 DNP - - - - - 1-0 Yancy, William 0-1 1 DNP DNP 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP Crick, Jared 1-0 1 - - 1-0 - - DNP - Helu Jr., Roy 1-0 1 - - 1-0 - - - - Cassidy, Austin 1-0 1 DNP DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP Grove, Thomas 0-1 1 0-1 ------O’Leary, T.J. 1-0 1 - 1-0 - - - - - May, Mathew 1-0 1 DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0

Huskers.com Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Defense Game By Game TACKLES FOR LOSS UA-A Tot WMU SJSU NMSU VT MU TTU ISU BU OU KU KSU CU Potter, Zach 4-4 8 - 1-6 1-8 3-2 2-2 - 1-8 Suh, Ndamukong 6-1 7 - - 2-15 1-1 2-2 1-1 1-5 Allen, Pierre 3-2 5 - 3-8 1-1 1-2 - - - Glenn, Cody 3-1 4 3-10 1-4 - - - DNP - Steinkuhler, Ty 1-3 4 - 1-1 - 1-1 1-1 - 1-1 Thenarse, Rickey 1-2 3 - DNP DNP 2-2 1-1 - - Dillard, Phillip 1-1 2 - 1-6 - - - - 1-3 Moore, Terrence 2-0 2 2-11 - - DNP - DNP - Murillo, Armando 1-1 2 - 1-0 - 1-1 - - - Turner, Barry 1-1 2 2-15 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP West, Anthony 1-0 1 - 1-2 DNP - - - - O’Hanlon, Matt 1-0 1 - - - 1-2 - - - Barfield, Shukree 1-0 1 1-3 - - DNP - - - Hagg, Eric 1-0 1 - - - 1-5 - - - Sievers, Clayton 1-0 1 ------1-1

SACKS UA-A Tot WMU SJSU NMSU VT MU TTU ISU BU OU KU KSU CU Potter, Zach 2-2 3.0 - 0.5-6 1.0-8 0.5-1 - - 1.0-8 Suh, Ndamukong 2-0 2.0 - - 2.0-15 - - - - Moore, Terrence 2-0 2.0 2.0-11 - - DNP - DNP - Allen, Pierre 1-0 1.0 - - - 1.0-2 - - - West, Anthony 1-0 1.0 - 1.0-2 DNP - - - - Barfield, Shukree 1-0 1.0 1.0-3 - - DNP - - - Turner, Barry 1-0 1.0 1.0-14 - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Sievers, Clayton 1-0 1.0 ------1.0-1 Steinkuhler, Ty 0-1 0.5 - - - 0.5-1 - - - Dillard, Phillip 0-1 0.5 - 0.5-6 - - - - -

INT RETURNS No-Yds WMU SJSU NMSU VT MU TTU ISU BU OU KU KSU CU Suh, Ndamukong 1-49 - 1-49 - - - - - Potter, Zach 1-11 - 1-11 - - - - - Murillo, A. 1-57 - - 1-57 - - - - West, Anthony 1-26 1-26 - DNP - - - - O’Hanlon, Matt 1-21 - - 1-21 - - - -

FUMBLE RETURNS No-Yds WMU SJSU NMSU VT MU TTU ISU BU OU KU KSU CU Murillo, Armando 1-1 ------1-11 Hagg, Eric 1-3 1-3 ------

FORCED FUMBLES Number WMU SJSU NMSU VT MU TTU ISU BU OU KU KSU CU Allen, Pierre 1 ------1 Thenarse, Rickey 1 - DNP DNP - - - 1 Glenn, Cody 1 1 - - - - DNP - Suh, Ndamukong 1 - - 1 - - - - Hagg, Eric 1 1 ------Sievers, Clayton 1 ------1

Huskers.com Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Nebraska Team Game By Game |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Aug. 30, 2008 Western Michigan 31 138 1 32 20 345 4 61 20-36-2 345 4 61 5 102 0 25 3 41 0 28 483 Sept. 6, 2008 San Jose State 30 99 3 17 18 216 0 27 18-27-1 216 0 27 4 132 1 85 3 23 0 15 315 Sept. 13, 2008 New Mexico State 44 330 3 58 18 223 2 35 18-24-0 223 2 35 2 29 0 18 1 5 0 5 553 Sept. 27, 2008 Virginia Tech 25 55 1 12 17 278 2 46 17-26-1 278 2 46 7 147 0 28 2 84 1 88 333 Oct. 4, 2008 Missouri 34 76 0 9 27 293 2 27 27-39-1 293 2 27 4 99 0 36 0 0 0 0 369 Oct. 11, 2008 at Texas Tech 35 114 2 10 37 357 2 43 37-45-1 357 2 43 5 156 0 69 1 6 0 6 471 Oct. 18, 2008 at Iowa State 41 220 4 50 27 328 1 27 27-37-0 328 1 27 1 12 0 12 1 1 0 1 548 Totals 240 1032 14 58 164 2040 13 61 164-234-6 2040 13 61 28 677 1 85 11 160 1 88 3072 Opponent 226 882 13 67 134 1638 7 58 134-216-5 1638 7 58 25 576 0 57 10 106 0 28 2520

|------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks------XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Aug. 30, 2008 Western Michigan 41 32 73 8-39 4.0-28 2 1-3 1-26 4 8 0 5-5 0 0 0 47 Sept. 6, 2008 San Jose State 38 38 76 9-27 2.0-14 0 0-0 2-60 3 7 0 5-5 0 0 0 35 Sept. 13, 2008 New Mexico State 36 30 66 4-24 3.0-23 1 0-0 2-78 5 7 1 5-5 0 0 0 38 Sept. 27, 2008 Virginia Tech 29 66 95 11-16 2.0-4 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 3-3 0 0 0 30 Oct. 4, 2008 Missouri 28 32 60 6-6 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 17 Oct. 11, 2008 at Texas Tech 38 4 42 1-1 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 4-4 0 0 0 31 Oct. 18, 2008 at Iowa State 39 12 51 5-18 2.0-9 3 2-11 0-0 1 7 0 5-5 0 0 0 35 Totals 249 214 463 44-131 13.0-78 6 3-14 5-164 15 33 2 29-29 0 0 0 233 Opponent 300 184 484 43-137 11.0-54 8 7-64 6-80 9 20 1 21-19 0 0 1 174

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Aug. 30, 2008 Western Michigan 3 113 37.7 54 0 1 0 1 1 4-4 44 0 10 676 67.6 5 0 Sept. 6, 2008 San Jose State 5 195 39.0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 6 410 68.3 4 0 Sept. 13, 2008 New Mexico State 1 39 39.0 39 0 0 0 0 1 2-1 19 0 7 473 67.6 1 0 Sept. 27, 2008 Virginia Tech 5 147 29.4 41 1 0 1 0 1 1-1 48 0 6 388 64.7 2 0 Oct. 4, 2008 Missouri 4 110 27.5 40 0 0 3 0 2 1-1 28 0 3 194 64.7 1 0 Oct. 11, 2008 at Texas Tech 1 55 55.0 55 0 1 0 1 0 2-1 21 0 6 383 63.8 3 0 Oct. 18, 2008 at Iowa State 5 184 36.8 50 0 2 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 6 384 64.0 3 0 Totals 24 843 35.1 55 1 4 4 3 5 10-8 48 0 44 2908 66.1 19 0 Opponent 31 1185 38.2 69 0 2 4 4 10 14-9 48 1 36 2266 62.9 6 2

Opponent Team Game By Game |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Aug. 30, 2008 Western Michigan 25 8 1 7 30 342 2 50 30-49-1 342 2 50 5 139 0 57 0 0 0 0 350 Sept. 6, 2008 San Jose State 32 111 1 24 21 242 0 55 21-35-2 242 0 55 2 69 0 36 4 26 0 11 353 Sept. 13, 2008 New Mexico State 32 114 1 22 19 225 0 55 19-39-2 225 0 55 6 129 0 33 1 0 0 0 339 Sept. 27, 2008 Virginia Tech 55 206 3 30 9 171 0 40 9-15-0 171 0 40 4 94 0 41 3 63 0 28 377 Oct. 4, 2008 Missouri 34 201 3 43 19 261 3 58 19-24-0 261 3 58 2 56 0 34 0 0 0 0 462 Oct. 11, 2008 at Texas Tech 23 137 3 49 20 284 2 56 20-25-0 284 2 56 3 50 0 21 0 0 0 0 421 Oct. 18, 2008 at Iowa State 25 105 1 67 16 113 0 16 16-29-0 113 0 16 3 39 0 16 2 17 0 17 218 Opponent totals 226 882 13 67 134 1638 7 58 134-216-5 1638 7 58 25 576 0 57 10 106 0 28 2520 Nebraska 240 1032 14 58 164 2040 13 61 164-234-6 2040 13 61 28 677 1 85 11 160 1 88 3072

|------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks------XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Aug. 30, 2008 Western Michigan 39 22 61 8-21 0.0-0 1 0-0 2-48 1 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 24 Sept. 6, 2008 San Jose State 33 30 63 7-22 3.0-17 0 1-0 1-0 0 3 0 1-0 0 0 0 12 Sept. 13, 2008 New Mexico State 37 42 79 7-14 0.0-0 0 1-48 0-0 1 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 Sept. 27, 2008 Virginia Tech 29 26 55 6-22 2.0-11 1 1-8 1-15 1 3 1 3-3 0 0 1 35 Oct. 4, 2008 Missouri 37 38 75 7-22 2.0-15 1 1-0 1-17 2 3 0 7-7 0 0 0 52 Oct. 11, 2008 at Texas Tech 65 8 73 3-12 2.0-7 0 0-0 1-0 2 2 0 5-4 0 0 0 37 Oct. 18, 2008 at Iowa State 60 18 78 5-24 2.0-4 5 3-8 0-0 2 4 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 Opponent totals 300 184 484 43-137 11.0-54 8 7-64 6-80 9 20 1 21-19 0 0 1 174 Nebraska 249 214 463 44-131 13.0-78 6 3-14 5-164 15 33 2 29-29 0 0 0 233

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Aug. 30, 2008 Western Michigan 5 181 36.2 41 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 19 0 5 303 60.6 0 0 Sept. 6, 2008 San Jose State 6 206 34.3 43 0 0 1 0 3 4-2 41 0 4 240 60.0 0 0 Sept. 13, 2008 New Mexico State 5 184 36.8 50 0 0 1 1 1 1-0 0 1 2 104 52.0 0 0 Sept. 27, 2008 Virginia Tech 5 173 34.6 47 0 0 0 0 3 4-4 38 0 8 496 62.0 1 0 Oct. 4, 2008 Missouri 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2-1 48 0 9 602 66.9 4 1 Oct. 11, 2008 at Texas Tech 2 83 41.5 43 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 26 0 6 412 68.7 1 0 Oct. 18, 2008 at Iowa State 8 358 44.8 69 0 2 2 3 2 1-0 0 0 2 109 54.5 0 1 Opponent totals 31 1185 38.2 69 0 2 4 4 10 14-9 48 1 36 2266 62.9 6 2 Nebraska 24 843 35.1 55 1 4 4 3 5 10-8 48 0 44 2908 66.1 19 0

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Team Comparison Opponent Score 1st Dns (Run/Pass/Pen.) Rushing Passing Pass Yds Total Offense Ret Yds T/O Western Michigan 47-24 24/19 (7/0, 14/16, 3/3) 31-138/25-8 20-36-2/30-49-1 345/342 67-483/ 74-350 172/187 2/2 San Jose State 35-12 19/19 (6/9, 11/8, 2/2) 30-99/32-111 18-27-1/21-35-2 216/242 57-315/ 67-353 215/95 2/2 New Mexico State 38-7 28/19 (15/7, 12/9, 1/3) 44-330/32-114 18-24-0/19-39-2 223/225 68-553/ 71-339 112/177 1/2 Virginia Tech 30-35 14/21 (3/12, 10/7, 1/2) 25-55/55-206 17-26-1/9-15-0 278/171 51-333/ 70-377 231/180 2/0 Missouri 17-52 21/24 (4/8, 16/13, 1/3) 34-76/34-201 27-39-1/19-24-0 293/261 73-369/58-462 99/73 2/0 Texas Tech 31-37 29/16 (11/6, 17/9, 1/1) 35-114/23-137 37-45-1/20-25-0 357/284 80-471/48-421 162/50 1/0 Iowa State 35-7 29/11 (9/5, 18/5, 2/1) 41-220/25-105 27-37-0/16-29-0 328/113 78-548/54-218 24/64 3/2 Totals 233-174 164/129 (55/47, 98/67, 11/15) 240-1032/226-882 164-234-6/134-216-5 2040/1638 474-3072/442-2520 1015/826 13/8 Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

Opponent 3rd Down 4th Down Time Poss Margin Yds/Rush Yds/Pass Yds/Play Punting Penalties W. Michigan 5-13/6-17 0-0/2-4 30:24/29:36 0:48 4.5/0.3 9.6/7.0 7.2/4.7 3-37.7/5-36.2 6-60/5-45 San Jose State 4-11/5-14 0-0/0-0 29:37/30:23 0:46 3.3/3.5 8.0/6.5 5.5/5.3 5-39.0/6-34.3 12-103/7-47 New Mexico State 5-10/7-17 0-2/0-1 31:06/28:54 2:12 7.5/3.6 9.3/5.8 8.1/4.8 1-39.0/5-36.8 7-41/7-50 Virginia Tech 2-11/7-17 1-1/0-0 25:16/34:44 -9:28 2.2/3.7 10.7/11.4 6.5/5.4 5-29.4/5-34.6 7-69/4-30 Missouri 12-19/7-9 0-1/0-1 33:57/26:03 7:54 2.3/5.9 7.6/10.9 5.1/8.0 4-27.5/0-0.0 14-101/1-15 Texas Tech 7-12/4-8 1-2/1-1 40:12/19:48 20:24 3.3/6.0 7.9/11.4 5.9/8.8 1-55.0/2-41.5 8-55/2-20 Iowa State 7-13/2-13 0-0/1-1 37:11/22:49 14:22 5.4/4.2 8.9/3.9 7.0/4.0 5-36.8/8-44.8 4-45/6-42 Totals 42-89/38-95 2-6/4-8 227:43/192:17 35:26 4.3/3.9 8.7/7.6 6.5/5.7 24-35.1/31-38.2 58-474/32-249

Nebraska Red Zone Chart NEBRASKA INSIDE OPPONENTS RED-ZONE Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ------Failed to score inside RZ ------Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game Aug. 30 W. Michigan W, 47-24 5 5 31 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 6 San Jose State W, 35-12 3 3 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 13 New Mexico St. W, 38-7 7 4 24 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Sept. 27 Virginia Tech L, 30-35 2 2 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 4 Missouri* L, 17-52 4 3 17 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct. 11 at Texas Tech* L, 31-37 5 5 31 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 18 at Iowa State* W, 35-7 5 5 35 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 27 173 23 13 10 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 27 of 31 (87.1%)

OPPONENT INSIDE NEBRASKA RED-ZONE Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ------Failed to score inside RZ ------Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game Aug. 30 W. Michigan W, 47-24 5 4 24 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Sept. 6 San Jose State W, 35-12 5 3 12 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Sept. 13 New Mexico St. W, 38-7 4 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 Sept. 27 Virginia Tech L, 30-35 6 6 30 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 4 Missouri* L, 17-52 3 3 21 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 11 at Texas Tech* L, 31-37 5 5 30 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct. 18 at Iowa State* W, 35-7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 22 124 15 11 4 7 3 0 3 0 1 0 22 of 29 (75.9%)

Huskers.com Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Miscellaneous Numbers LONG SEASON PLAYS (20 OR MORE YARDS) STARTING FIELD POSITION* Husker Long Plays Opponent Long Plays NU Avg. Start Opp. Avg. Start NU lead Rush Pass Ret. Total Rush Pass Ret. Total (yards/drives/in 20/past 50) (yards/drives/in 20/past 50) W. Michigan 2 6 6 14 0 4 5 9 W. Michigan 37.7 (528/14/0/2) 30.3 (454/15/1/3) +7.5 San Jose St. 0 5 3 8 2 2 2 6 San Jose St. 21.8 (261/12/5/1) 34.9 (454/13/0/2) -13.1 New Mexico St. 4 4 2 10 1 2 6 9 New Mexico St. 36.7 (404/11/2/2) 27.1 (326/12/3/1) +9.6 Virginia Tech 0 6 7 13 2 3 2 7 Virginia Tech 25.3 (303/12/3/1) 41.2 (536/13/1/5) -15.9 Missouri 0 6 3 9 2 5 2 9 Missouri 26.1 (287/11/0/0) 32.3 (291/9/2/1) -6.2 at Texas Tech 0 5 2 7 1 6 2 9 at Texas Tech 29.3 (234/8/1/1) 25.9 (233/9/0/0) +3.4 at Iowa St. 1 5 0 6 1 0 0 1 at Iowa St. 28.5 (370/13/3/1) 29.1 (347/13/2/2) -0.6 Baylor Baylor at Oklahoma at Oklahoma Kansas Kansas at Kansas St. at Kansas St, Colorado Colorado Totals 7 37 23 67 9 22 19 50 Totals 29.5 (2,387/81/14/8) 31.4 (2,641/84/9/14) - 1.9 *does not include drives with time of 0:00 (ie, defensive and special teams touchdowns and overtime) DRIVE SUPERLATIVES Nebraska Opponent PENALTY NUMBERS Most Yards (Result) 92 vs. Iowa State (TD) 80 four times (TD x4) NU Pen.-Yds. Opp. Pen.-Yds Most Plays (Result) 15 at Texas Tech (TD) 15 New Mexico St. (Missed FG) W. Michigan 6-60 (10.0) 5-45 (9.0) Most Time (Result) 8:03 at Texas Tech (TD) 8:30 Missouri (Downs) San Jose State 12-103 (8.6) 7-47 (6.7) New Mexico State 7-41 (5.9) 7-50 (7.1) Virginia Tech 7-69 (9.9) 4-30 (7.5) GAME-OPENING DRIVES Missouri 14-101 (7.2) 1-15 (15.0) [----- Nebraska ----- ] [----- Opponent ----- ] at Texas Tech 8-55 (6.9) 2-20 (10.0) Opponent Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Pts. 1st Dwn Yds at Iowa State 4-45 (11.3) 6-42 (7.0) W. Michigan 0 1 20 0 0 (-1) Baylor San Jose St. 0 1 (-10) 6 3 59 at Oklahoma New Mexico St. 0 4 71 0 5 77 Kansas Virginia Tech 0 0 4 0 1 11 at Kansas State Missouri 7 3 60 7 1 63 Colorado at Texas Tech 0 2 27 0 1 13 Totals (Avg/Penalty) 58-474 (8.2) 32-249 (7.8) at Iowa St. 0 2 30 0 0 6 Avg/G 8.3-67.7 4.6-35.6 Baylor at Oklahoma Kansas at Kansas St. Colorado

SECOND HALF-OPENING DRIVES [----- Nebraska ----- ] [----- Opponent ----- ] Opponent Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Pts. 1st Dwn Yds W. Michigan 3 2 38 0 1 13 San Jose St. 0 2 29 0 1 15 New Mexico St. 7 2 76 0 1 6 Virginia Tech 0 0 (-10) 3 3 61 Missouri 0 2 26 7 3 52 at Texas Tech 3 6 75 7 4 77 at Iowa St. 0 1 10 7 2 80 Baylor at Oklahoma Kansas at Kansas St. Colorado

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NEBRASKA LONG PLAYS OPPONENT LONG PLAYS Yards Opponent Play Result Yards Opponent Play Result 88 Virginia Tech Punt return (Swift) Touchdown 67 Iowa State Rush (Robinson) Touchdown 85 San Jose St. KO return (Paul) Touchdown 58 Missouri Pass (Maclin from Daniel) Touchdown 69 Texas Tech KO return (Paul) 1st-10 57 W. Michigan KO return (Winchester) 1st-10 61 W. Michigan Pass (Swift from Ganz) Touchdown 56 Texas Tech Pass (Britton from Harrell) 1st-10 58 New Mexico St. Rush (Lucky) 1st-10 55 New Mexico St. Pass (Fleming from McDermott) 1st-10 57 New Mexico St. Int return (Murillo) 1st-10 55 San Jose St. Pass (Jurovich from Eden) 1st-G 55 W. Michigan Pass (Young from Ganz) 1st-10 50 W. Michigan Pass (Julien from Hiller) 1st-10 50 Iowa State Rush (Helu) 1st-10 50 W. Michigan Pass (Ledbetter from Hiller) 1st-10 49 San Jose St. Int return (Suh) Touchdown 49 Texas Tech Rush (Batch) 1st-10 46 Virginia Tech Pass (Swift from Ganz) 1st-10 48 New Mexico St. Fumble return (Betts) 1st-G 43 Texas Tech Pass (Swift from Ganz) 1st-10 47 Texas Tech Pass (Crabtree from Harrell) 1st-10 36 Missouri KO return (Paul) 1st-10 43 Missouri Rush (Washington) Touchdown 35 New Mexico St. Rush (Mendoza) 1st-10 41 Virginia Tech KO return (Lewis) 1st-10 35 New Mexico St. Pass (McNeill from Ganz) Touchdown 40 Virginia Tech Pass (Smith from Taylor) 1st-Goal 33 New Mexico St. Rush (Ganz) Touchdown 36 San Jose St. KO return (Rutley) 1st-10 32 Virginia Tech Pass (McNeill from Ganz) Touchdown 35 Texas Tech Pass (Crabtree from Harrell) Touchdown 32 W. Michigan Rush (Ganz) 1st-10 34 Missouri KO return (Maclin) 1st-10 31 Missouri KO return (Paul) 1st-10 34 Virginia Tech Pass (Boykins from Taylor) 1st-10 31 W. Michigan Pass (Castille from Ganz) 1st-10 33 New Mexico St. KO return (Anderson) 1st-10 30 W. Michigan Pass (Swift from Ganz) 1st-10 33 San Jose St. KO return (Rutley) 1st-10 29 Virginia Tech Pass (Lucky from Ganz) 1st-10 33 W. Michigan Pass (Ledbetter from Hiller) 1st-10 28 Virginia Tech KO return (Paul) 1st-10 33 W. Michigan Punt return (Delmas) 1st-10 27 Iowa State Pass (Helu from Ganz) 1st-10 31 Texas Tech Pass (Lewis from Harrell) 1st-10 27 Missouri Pass (Helu from Ganz) 1st-10 30 Virginia Tech Rush (Taylor) 1st-10 27 Virginia Tech Pass (McNeill from Ganz) 1st-10 29 Missouri Rush (Washington) 1st-10 27 San Jose St. Pass (Helu from Ganz) 1st-10 28 San Jose St. Pass (Richmond from Reed) 1st-10 27 W. Michigan Rush (Helu Jr.) 1st-10 28 W. Michigan KO return (West) 1st-10 27 W. Michigan Punt return (Paul) 1st-10 27 Texas Tech Pass (Batch from Harrell) 1st-10 26 Texas Tech Pass (Lucky from Ganz) 1st-10 26 Missouri Pass (Alexander from Daniel) Touchdown 26 Virginia Tech KO return (Gilleylen) 1st-10 26 Missouri Pass (Coffman from Daniel) 1st-10 26 San Jose St. KO return (Paul) 1st-10 24 Texas Tech Pass (Batch from Harrell) 1st-G 26 New Mexico St. Rush (Ganz) 1st-10 24 Virginia Tech Pass (Boykins from Taylor) 1st-G 26 W. Michigan Interception return (West) 1st-10 24 San Jose St. Rush (Davis) 1st-10 25 Texas Tech KO return (Paul) 1st-10 24 W. Michigan Pass (Stevens from Hiller) 1st-G 25 Virginia Tech KO return (Paul) 1st-10 23 Missouri Pass (Coffman from Daniel) 1st-10 25 W. Michigan Punt return (Paul) 1st-10 23 New Mexico St. KO return (Fleming) 1st-10 25 W. Michigan Pass (Holt from Ganz) 1st-10 22 Missouri KO return (Maclin) 1st-10 24 Iowa State Pass (Peterson from Ganz) 1st-10 22 New Mexico St. Rush (Colston) 1st-10 24 Missouri Pass (McNeill from Ganz) 1st-10 22 San Jose St. Rush (Davis) 1st-10 24 Virginia Tech Pass (Peterson from Ganz) 1st-10 22 W. Michigan KO return (West) 1st-10 24 W. Michigan Punt return (Paul) 1st-10 22 W. Michigan KO return (West) 1st-10 23 Virginia Tech KO return (Paul) 1st-10 21 Texas Tech KO return (Moore) 1st-10 23 New Mexico St. Pass (Castille from Witt) 1st-G 21 Virginia Tech Punt return (Harris) 1st-10 23 San Jose St. Pass (Swift from Ganz) 1st-10 21 New Mexico St. KO return (Fleming) 1st-10 22 Missouri Pass (Peterson from Ganz) 1st-10 21 New Mexico St. Pass (McDaniel from McDermott) 1st-10 22 New Mexico St. Pass (McNeill from Ganz) 1st-10 20 Missouri Pass (Alexander from Daniel) 1st-10 22 W. Michigan Pass (Swift from Ganz) 1st-10 20 Virginia Tech Rush (Taylor) 1st-10 22 W. Michigan KO return (Gilleylen) 1st-10 20 New Mexico St. KO return (Williams) 1st-10 21 Iowa State Pass (Paul from Ganz) 1st-10 21 Iowa State Pass (Swift from Ganz) 1st-10 21 Texas Tech KO return (Paul) 1st-10 21 Texas Tech KO return (Paul) 1st-10 21 Missouri KO return (Paul) 1st-10 21 Missouri Pass (Holt from Ganz) 1st-10 21 Virginia Tech Pass (Paul from Ganz) 1st-10 21 New Mexico St. Int return (O’Hannlon) 1st-10 21 San Jose St. Pass (Peterson from Ganz) 1st-10 21 San Jose St. Pass (Peterson from Ganz) 1st-10 20 Iowa State Pass (Swift from Ganz) 1st-10 20 Texas Tech KO return (Paul) 1st-10 20 Missouri Pass (Swift from Ganz) Touchdown 20 Missouri Pass (Holt from Ganz) Touchdown 20 Virginia Tech Pass (Holt from Ganz) 1st-10 20 Virginia Tech KO return (Paul) 1st-10 20 San Jose St. Pass (Holt from Ganz) 1st-10 20 W. Michigan KO return (Asante) 1st-10 20 New Mexico St. Pass (Ganz from Lucky) Touchdown

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Miscellaneous Numbers SCORING DRIVES OPPONENT SCORING DRIVES Scoring [---Time---] [--Plays--] [-----Drive-----] Game Drives Total Avg. Total Avg. 5 or less 1or 0 Opponent Plays Yds Time Score Qtr./Time Play W. Michigan 9 18:25 2:03 47 5.3 6 0 W. Michigan 10 80 3:43 7-17 2nd/11:07 Ledbetter 3 pass from Hiller San Jose State 5* 11:03 2:12 24 4.8 3 2 W. Michigan 8 42 3:02 10-27 2nd/1:15 Potter 19 FG New Mexico State 6 13:43 2:17 31 5.2 2 1 W. Michigan 6 80 2:12 17-37 3rd/6:11 West 1 run W. Michigan 8 80 2:05 24-44 4th/14:43 Nunez 9 pass from Hiller Virginia Tech 5** 12:46 2:33 28 5.4 3 1 San Jose St. 5 59 2:00 6-0 1st/9:48 Reed 12 run Missouri 3 9:45 3:15 27 9.0 0 0 San Jose St. 9 50 3:50 9-14 2nd/7:09 Strubeck 41 FG at Texas Tech 5 30:36 6:07 58 11.8 0 0 San Jose St. 6 42 2:45 12-14 4th/12:17 Strubeck 27 FG at Iowa State 5 22:40 4:32 44 8.8 0 0 New Mexico St. 1 3 0:04 7-35 4th/12:31 Colston 3 run Baylor Virginia Tech 3 5 1:16 9-0 1st/5:22 Evans 1 run at Oklahoma Virginia Tech 10 54 3:52 12-7 2nd/14:51 Keys 19 FG Kansas Virginia Tech 9 54 3:30 15-10 2nd/7:10 Keys 38 FG at Kansas State Virginia Tech 9 66 4:21 18-10 2nd/1:15 Keys 27 FG Colorado Virginia Tech 9 61 4:34 21-10 3rd/10:25 Keys 36 FG Virginia Tech 3 33 1:10 28-10 3rd/6:54 Evans 19 run Totals 38 1:58:58 3:08 259 6.8 14 4 Virginia Tech 11 80 5:24 35-23 4th/2:28 Taylor 2 run Opponents 30 1:16:51 2:33 187 6.2 10 2 Missouri 3 63 0:54 7-0 1st/14:01 Maclin 58 pass from Daniel * - includes one (1) defensive and one (1) special teams TD which are zero (0) plays and time Missouri 8 80 3:02 14-7 1st/6:53 Washington 3 run ** - includes one (1) special teams TD which is zero (0) plays and time Missouri 12 61 5:15 17-7 2nd/10:54 Wolfert 48 FG NEBRASKA SCORING DRIVES Missouri 10 75 4:04 24-7 2nd/4:08 Jackson 1 run [-----Drive-----] Missouri 0 0 0:00 31-7 2nd/2:59 Christopher 17 INT return Opponent Plays Yds Time Score Qtr./Time Play Missouri 6 52 2:33 38-10 3rd/7:16 Washington 7 pass from Daniel W. Michigan 4 61 1:47 7-0 1/8:06 Lucky 14 run Missouri 4 72 1:11 45-10 3rd/2:24 Washington 43 run W. Michigan 8 62 4:24 14-0 1/0:55 McNeill 3 pass from Ganz Missouri 1 26 0:07 52-10 3rd/1:32 Alexander 26 pass from Daniel W. Michigan 4 4 0:51 17-0 2/14:50 Henery 44 FG W. Michigan 4 73 0:47 24-7 2/10:14 Swift 61 pass from Ganz Texas Tech 7 80 3:18 7-0 1st/4:49 Crabtree 35 pass from Harrell W. Michigan 8 21 4:15 27-7 2/4:27 Henery 44 FG Texas Tech 6 59 3:33 10-7 2nd/8:13 Carona 26 FG W. Michigan 4 59 0:37 34-10 2/0:32 Swift 2 pass from Ganz Texas Tech 4 70 1:19 17-7 2nd/1:18 Woods 4 run W. Michigan 8 38 3:21 37-10 3/8:23 Henery 44 FG Texas Tech 7 77 3:13 24-10 3rd/4:47 Crabtree 4 pass from Harrell W. Michigan 2 74 0:37 44-17 3/1:48 Lucky 19 pass from Ganz W. Michigan 5 31 1:46 47-24 4/5:22 Henery 44 FG Texas Tech 10 80 3:45 31-24 4th/2:21 Harrell 1 run San Jose St. 9 86 4:26 7-6 1/5:16 Castille 3 run Texas Tech 4 25 0:00 37-31 Overtime Morris 1 run San Jose St. 0 0 0:00 14-6 1/3:09 Suh 49 interception return Iowa State 2 80 0:37 7-21 3/14:23 Robinson 67 run San Jose St. 0 0 0:00 21-12 4/12:07 Paul 85 kickoff return San Jose St. 5 35 2:18 28-12 4/9:05 Helu 14 run San Jose St. 10 74 4:19 35-12 4/3:03 Lucky 2 run New Mexico St. 6 58 2:24 7-0 1st/0:13 Lucky 8 run NEBRASKA POINTS OFF TURNOVERS New Mexico St. 1 20 0:08 14-0 2nd/12:52 Ganz 20 pass from Lucky Game TOs Gained TDs FG-FGA Pts. (NU Fumbles/Lost, INT) New Mexico St. 6 89 2:43 21-0 2nd/7:11 Ganz 33 run W. Michigan 2 (4/1 F/L, 1 Int) 0 1-1 3 (2/0 F/L, 2 Int) New Mexico St. 6 76 2:53 28-0 3rd/12:01 Lucky 1 run New Mexico St. 4 62 1:24 35-0 3rd/5:01 McNeill 35 pass from Ganz San Jose St. 2 (0/0 F/L, 2 Int) 2 0-0 14 (1/1 F/L, 1 Int) New Mexico St. 9 52 4:11 38-7 4th/8:15 Henery 19 FG New Mexico St. 2 (3/0 F/L, 2 Int) 1 0-0 7 (2/1 F/L, 0 Int) Virginia Tech 3 68 1:14 7-9 1st/3:54 McNeill 32 pass from Ganz Virginia Tech 0 (0/0 F/L, 0 Int) 0 0-0 0 (3/1 F/L, 1 Int) Virginia Tech 9 45 3:56 10-12 2nd/10:45 Henery 48 FG Virginia Tech 12 75 6:40 17-28 3rd/00:04 Helu Jr. 12 run Missouri 0 (0/0 F/L, 0 Int) 0 0-0 0 (1/1 F/L, 1 Int) Virginia Tech 0 0 0:00 23-28 4th/7:52 Swift 88 punt return at Texas Tech 0 (0/0 F/L, 0 Int) 0 0-0 0 (0/0 F/L, 1 Int) Virginia Tech 4 80 0:56 30-35 4th/1:32 Peterson 17 pass from Ganz Missouri 7 60 4:06 7-7 1st/9:55 Swift 20 pass from Ganz at Iowa St. 2 (3/2 F/L, 0 Int) 1 0-0 7 (5/3 F/L, 0 Int) Missouri 12 58 2:31 10-31 2nd/0:22 Henery 48 FG Baylor Missouri 8 70 3:08 17-52 4th/0:00 Holt 20 pass from Ganz at Oklahoma Texas Tech 15 74 8:03 7-7 2nd/11:46 Castille 4 run Texas Tech 14 75 7:00 10-17 3rd/8:00 21 Henery FG Kansas Texas Tech 13 73 7:37 17-24 4th/12:10 Ganz 1 run at Kansas St. Texas Tech 8 68 4:04 24-24 4th/6:06 Young 2 pass from Ganz Texas Tech 8 79 1:52 31-31 4th/00:29 Peterson 17 pass from Ganz Colorado Iowa State 9 92 4:32 7-0 1st/5:27 Swift 19 pass from Ganz Totals 8 (10/3 F/L, 5 Int) 4 1-1 31 (14/7 F/L, 6 Int) Iowa State 11 85 5:25 14-0 2nd/8:59 Lucky 15 run Opponents 13 (14/7 F/L, 6 Int) 4 1-1 31 8 (10/3 F/L, 5 Int) Iowa State 9 71 5:14 21-0 2nd/2:23 Lucky 4 run Iowa State 8 39 3:36 28-7 4th/6:35 Ganz 1 run Iowa State 7 80 3:53 35-7 4th/1:55 Castille 19 run

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Individual Career/Season Superlatives SEASON AND CAREER, MOST PASSING YARDS SEASON AND CA REER, LONG EST PASS Player 2008 Career 2008 Career Beau Davis none 12 vs. Texas Tech, 2004 none 12 vs. Texas Tech, 2004 Joe Ganz 349 at Texas Tech 510 vs. Kansas St.^ 61* vs. W. Michigan (Swift) 62* at Kansas (Lucky) Zac Lee 5 vs. New Mexico State same 5 vs. New Mexico St. (Cammack) same Patrick Witt 40 vs. New Mexico State same 23 vs. New Mexico. St. (Castille) same * - indicates touchdown pass ^- indicates school record

SEASON AND CAREER, MOST RECEIVING YARDS SEASON AND CA REER, LONG EST CATCH Player 2008 Career 2008 Career Chris Brooks none 4 vs. Nevada none 4 vs. Nevada (Keller) Wes Cammack 5 vs. New Mexico State same 5 vs. New Mexico State (Lee) same Quentin Castille 38 vs. W. Michigan same 31 vs. W. Michigan (Ganz) same Roy Helu Jr. 47 vs. Missouri same 27 three times (Ganz) same Menelik Holt 67 vs. Missouri same 25 vs. W. Michigan (Ganz) 35 vs. Kansas State (Ganz) Curenski Gilleylen 5 vs. Virginia Tech same 5 vs. Virginia Tech (Ganz) same Thomas Lawson 4 vs. San Jose State 10 vs. Iowa State 4 vs. San Jose St. (Ganz) 6* vs. Iowa State (Keller) Marlon Lucky 80 at Texas Tech 125 vs. Texas A&M 29 vs. Virginia Tech (Ganz) 62* at Kansas (Ganz) Mike McNeill 66 vs. Virginia Tech same 35* vs. New Mexico St. (Ganz) same Marcus Mendoza 7 at Iowa State same 7 at Iowa State (Ganz) same Niles Paul 27 vs. San Jose State same 21 two times (Ganz) same Todd Peterson 81 vs. Missouri 85 vs. Kansas State 25 vs. Virginia Tech(Ganz) 48 vs. Oklahoma (Taylor), 2006 Nate Swift 121 vs. W. Michigan 135 at Missouri, 2005 61* vs. W. Michigan (Ganz) same Hunter Teafatiller 27 vs. New Mexico State 29 vs. Louisiana Tech, 2006 15 vs. New Mexico St. (Ganz) 29* vs. La. Tech (Ganz), 2006 Dreu Young 55 vs. W. Michigan same 55 vs. W. Michigan (Ganz) same *Indicates touchdown scored

SEASON AND CAREER, MOST RUSHING YARDS SEASON AND CAREER, LONG EST RUN Player 2008 Career 2008 Career Quentin Castille 75 vs. New Mexico State 102 vs. Oklahoma State 19 vs. Iowa State 23 vs. Oklahoma State Major Culbert none 35 vs. Nevada none 17 vs. Nevada Beau Davis none -6 vs. Texas Tech, 2004 none -6 vs. Texas Tech, 2004 Joe Ganz 69 vs. New Mexico State same 33* vs. New Mexico State same Cody Glenn none 148 at Iowa State, 2006 none 36 at Iowa State, 2006 Roy Helu Jr. 66 at Iowa State same 50 at Iowa State same Marlon Lucky 103 vs. New Mexico State 233 vs. Nevada 58 vs. New Mexico State same Marcus Mendoza 33 vs. New Mexico State same 35 vs. New Mexico State same *Indicates touchdown scored

SEASON AND CAREER DEFENSE HIGHS Player Tackles (2008) Career TFL (2008) Career Sacks (2008) Career Pierre Allen 10 vs. San Jose St. same 3 vs. San Jose St. same 1.0 vs. Virginia Tech same Prince Amukamara 8 vs. W. Michigan same none none none none Larry Asante 9 at Texas Tech 10 vs. Texas A&M, 2007 none none none none Shukree Barfield 2 two times 3 vs. Texas A&M, 2007 1 vs. W. Michigan 1 two times 1.0 vs. W. Michigan same Major Culbert 4 vs. Virginia Tech 6 vs. Missouri, 2007 none none none none Phillip Dillard 11 vs. Virginia Tech same 1 two times 1 four times 0.5 vs. San Jose St. same Cody Glenn 14 vs. Virginia Tech same 3 vs. W. Michigan same none none Eric Hagg 10 vs. New Mexico St. same 1 vs. Virginia Tech same none none Matt Holt 8 at Texas Tech same none none none none Colton Koehler 1 two times same none none none none Terrence Moore 3 vs. W. Michigan same 2 vs. W. Michigan same 2.0 vs. W. Michigan same Armando Murillo 8 vs. W. Michigan 9 vs. Iowa State, 2007 1 vs. two times 2 vs. Kansas St., 2007 0.5 vs. Kansas St. none Matt O’Hanlon 8 vs. Virginia Tech same 1 vs. Virginia Tech same none none Zach Potter 6 two times 6 four times 3 vs. Virginia Tech same 1.0 two times 1.0 three times Ty Steinkuhler 8 vs. W. Michigan same 1 three times 1 12 times 0.5 vs. Virginia Tech 0.5 two times Ndamukong Suh 7 vs. Missouri same 2 two times 3 vs. Troy, 2006 2.0 vs. New Mexico St. same Rickey Thenarse 3 two times 5 two times 1 vs. Missouri same none none Lance Thorell 8 vs. New Mexico St. same none none none none Barry Turner 3 vs. W. Michigan 5 two times 2 vs. W. Michigan 3, two times 1.0 vs. W. Michigan 2.0 vs. Baylor, 2005 Anthony West 3 four times 3 five times 1 vs. San Jose St. 2 vs. Texas A&M, 2007 1.0 vs. San Jose St. 1.0 two times Tyler Wortman 2 three times 3 vs. Colorado, 2007 none 2 vs. Kansas, 2007 none none

Huskers.com Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Nebraska Statistical Highs and Lows NEBRASKA TOTALS HIGHS LOWS Points Scored 47 (Western Michigan) 17 (Missouri) First Downs 29 (at Texas Tech, at Iowa State) 14 (Virginia Tech) Rushing Attempts 44 (New Mexico State) 25 (Virginia Tech) Rushing Yards 330 (New Mexico State) 55 (Virginia Tech) Passes Attempted 45 (at Texas Tech) 24 (New Mexico State) Passes Completed 37 (at Texas Tech) 17 (Virginia Tech) Had Intercepted 2 (Western Michigan) 0 (New Mexico State, at Iowa State) Passing Yards 349 (at Texas Tech) 216 (San Jose State) Total Plays 80 (at Texas Tech) 51 (Virginia Tech) Total Yards 553 (New Mexico State) 315 (San Jose State) Possession Time 40:12 (at Texas Tech) 25:16 (Virginia Tech) Fumbles 5 (at Iowa State) 0 (at Texas Tech) Fumbles Lost 3 (at Iowa State) 0 (Western Michigan, at Texas Tech) Turnovers 3 (at Iowa State) 1 (New Mexico State, at Texas Tech) Turnover Margin +1 (New Mexico State) -2 (Virginia Tech, Missouri) Penalties 14 (Missouri) 4 (at Iowa State) Yards Penalized 103 (San Jose State) 41 (New Mexico State) Sacks By-Yards Lost 4-28 (Western Michigan) 0-0 (Missouri, at Texas Tech) Tackles for Loss-Yards 9-27 (San Jose State) 1-1 (at Texas Tech) OPPONENT TOTALS HIGHS LOWS Points Scored 52 (Missouri) 7 (New Mexico State, Iowa State) First Downs 24 (Missouri) 11 (Iowa State) Rushing Attempts 55 (Virginia Tech) 23 (at Texas Tech) Rushing Yards 206 (Virginia Tech) 8 (Western Michigan) Passes Attempted 49 (Western Michigan) 15 (Virginia Tech) Passes Completed 30 (Western Michigan) 9 (Virginia Tech) Had Intercepted 2 (San Jose State, New Mexico State) 0 (Virginia Tech, Missouri, Texas Tech, Iowa State) Passing Yards 342 (Western Michigan) 113 (Iowa State) Total Plays 74 (Western Michigan) 48 (Texas Tech) Total Yards 462 (Missouri) 218 (Iowa State) Possession Time 34:44 (Virginia Tech) 19:48 (at Texas Tech) Fumbles 4 (Western Michigan) 0 (San Jose State, Virginia Tech, Missouri, Texas Tech) Fumbles Lost 2 (Iowa State) 0 (five times) Turnovers 2 (four times) 0 (Virginia Tech, Missouri, Texas Tech) Turnover Margin +2 (Virginia Tech, Missouri) 0 (Western Michigan, San Jose State) Penalties 7 (San Jose State, New Mexico State) 1 (Missouri) Yards Penalized 47 (San Jose State) 15 (Missouri) Sacks By-Yards Lost 3-17 (San Jose State) 0-0 (Western Michigan, New Mexico State) Tackles for Loss-Yards Lost 8-21 (Western Michigan) 2-7 (at Texas Tech) NEBRASKA INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Most Rushing Attempts ...... 16; Marlon Lucky at Texas Tech Most Net Rushing Yards ...... 103; Marlon Lucky vs. New Mexico State Most Rushing TDs ...... 2; Marlon Lucky vs. New Mexico State, at Iowa State Longest TD Run ...... 33; Joe Ganz vs. New Mexico State Longest Run, No TD ...... 58; Marlon Lucky vs. New Mexico State Most Pass Attempts ...... 44; Joe Ganz at Texas Tech Most Completed Passes ...... 36; Joe Ganz at Texas Tech Most Passing Yards ...... 349; Joe Ganz at Texas Tech Longest TD Pass ...... 61; Joe Ganz to Nate Swift vs. Western Michigan Longest Pass, No TD ...... 55; Joe Ganz to Dreu Young vs. Western Michigan Most Pass Receptions ...... 8; Todd Peterson at Texas Tech; Nate Swift at Iowa State Most Receiving Yards ...... 121; Nate Swift vs. Western Michigan Most TD Receptions ...... 2; Nate Swift vs. Western Michigan Most Total Offense Attempts ...... 50; Joe Ganz at Texas Tech (44 pass, 6 rush) Most Total Offense Yards ...... 377; Joe Ganz vs. Western Michigan (345 passing, 32 rushing) Most All Purpose Attempts ...... 23; Marlon Lucky vs. New Mexico State (16 rush, 7 rec.) Most All Purpose Yards ...... 181; Niles Paul at Texas Tech (25 rec., 156 kickoff return) Most Touchdowns Scored ...... 2; four players Most Field Goals Attempted ...... 4; Alex Henery vs. Western Michigan (4 made) Most Field Goals Made ...... 4; Alex Henery vs. Western Michigan (4 attempted) Longest Field Goal Made ...... 48; Alex Henery vs. Virginia Tech Longest Field Goal Attempted ...... 48; Alex Henery vs. Virginia Tech Most Interceptions...... 1; five players Longest Interception TD Return ...... 49; Ndamukong Suh vs. San Jose State Longest Interception Return, No TD ...... 57; Armando Murillo vs. New Mexico State Longest Fumble TD Return ...... n/a Longest Fumble Return, No TD ...... 11; Armando Murillo at Iowa State Longest Punt Return, TD ...... 88; Nate Swift vs. Virginia Tech Longest Punt Return, No TD ...... 28; Niles Paul vs. Western Michigan Most Punt Return Yardage ...... 88; Nate Swift vs. Virginia Tech (1 return) Longest Kickoff Return, TD ...... 85; Niles Paul vs. San Jose State Longest Kickoff Return, No TD ...... 26; Niles Paul vs. San Jose State Most Kickoff Return Yardage ...... 121; Niles Paul vs. Virginia Tech (6 returns) Most Punts ...... 5; Dan Titchener vs. San Jose State (39.0 avg.) Highest Punting Average ...... 39.0; Dan Titchener vs. San Jose State (5 punts); vs. New Mexico State (1 punt) Longest Punt ...... 55; Jake Wesch at Texas Tech

Huskers.com Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes Nebraska Statistical Highs and Lows NEBRASKA INDIVIDUAL HIGHS....(CONTINUED) Most Total Tackles ...... 14; Cody Glenn vs. Virginia Tech (2 solo, 12 assist) Most Solo Tackles ...... 9; Cody Glenn vs. Western Michigan; Eric Hagg vs. New Mexico State Most Tackles for Loss ...... 3; Cody Glenn vs. W. Mich. (10 yards lost); Pierre Allen vs. San Jose St. (8 yards lost); Zach Potter vs. Va. Tech (2 yards lost) Most Yards Lost ...... 15; Barry Turner vs. Western Michigan (2 TFL) Most Quarterback Sacks ...... 2; Terrence Moore vs. Western Michigan (11 yards lost); Ndamukong Suh vs. New Mexico State (15 yards lost) Most Yards Lost ...... 15; Ndamukong Suh vs. New Mexico State (2 sacks) Most Pass Breakups ...... 3; Cody Glenn vs. Western Michigan Most Blocked Field Goals ...... 1; Zach Potter vs. New Mexico State Most Blocked Punts ...... n/a Most Blocked PAT ...... 1; Zach Potter at Texas Tech OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Most Yards Rushing ...... 139; Derrick Washington (Missouri) Most Rushing Attempts ...... 21; Darren Evans (Virginia Tech) Most Yards Passing ...... 342; Tim Hiller (Western Michigan) Most Passing Attempts ...... 49; Tim Hiller (Western Michigan) Most Pass Completions ...... 30; Tim Hiller (Western Michigan) Most Pass Receptions ...... 9; Brandon Ledbetter (Western Michigan) Most Yards Receiving ...... 123; Brandon Ledbetter (Western Michigan) OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL LONGEST PLAYS Rush ...... 67; Alexan Robinson (at Iowa State) Pass ...... 58; Chase Daniel (Missouri) Field Goal...... 48; Jeff Wolfert (Missouri) Punt Return ...... 28; Victor Harris (Virginia Tech) Kickoff Return ...... 57; Anthony Winchester (Western Michigan) Fumble Return ...... 48; Marvin Betts (New Mexico State) Interception Return ...... 33; Louis Delmas (Western Michigan) Punt ...... 50; Kyle Hughes (New Mexico State)

Nebraska Starting Lineups Husker Offensive Starters Game-by-Game Opponent WRZ WRX TE LT LG C RG RT QB IB FB PK W. Michigan Peterson Swift McNeill Smith Huff Hickman Slauson M. Jones Ganz Lucky Young^ Henery San Jose St. Peterson Swift McNeill Smith Huff Hickman Slauson Burkes Ganz Lucky Teafatiller^ Henery New Mexico St. Peterson Swift McNeill Smith Huff Hickman Slauson Murtha Ganz Lucky Young^ Henery Virginia Tech Peterson Swift McNeill Smith Huff Hickman Slauson Murtha Ganz Lucky Me. Holt# Henery Missouri Peterson Swift McNeill Smith Williams Hickman Slauson Murtha Ganz Lucky Teafatiller^ Henery at Texas Tech Paul Swift McNeill Smith Williams Hickman Slauson Murtha Ganz Lucky Me. Holt# Henery at Iowa State Peterson Swift McNeill Burkes Williams Hickman Slauson Murtha Ganz Lucky Me. Holt# Henery Baylor at Oklahoma Kansas at Kansas State Colorado ^ - NU opened in two tight end formation # - opened in three wide receiver set

Husker Defensive Starters Game-by-Game Opponent Open End NT DT Base End SAM MLB WILL L CB FS SS R CB P W. Michigan Turner Suh Steinkuhler Potter Hagg* Dillard Glenn Amukamara O’Hanlon Asante West Titchener San Jose St. Turner Suh Steinkuhler Potter Hagg* Dillard Glenn Murillo O’Hanlon Asante West Titchener New Mexico St. Allen Suh Steinkuhler Potter Hagg* Dillard Glenn Murillo O’Hanlon Asante Amukamara Titchener Virginia Tech Allen Suh Steinkuhler Potter Wortman Dillard Glenn Murillo O’Hanlon Asante Amukamara Titchener Missouri Allen Suh Steinkuhler Potter Hagg# Thorell# Glenn Murillo Thenarse O’Hanlon West Titchener at Texas Tech Allen Suh Steinkuhler Potter Hagg# Thorell# Ma. Holt Murillo O’Hanlon Asante West Wesch at Iowa State Allen Suh Steinkuhler Potter Wortman Dillard Glenn Murillo O’Hanlon Asante West Wesch Baylor at Oklahoma Kansas at Kansas State Colorado * - NU opened with nickel package # - NU opened with dime package

Overall Participation PLAYER (GAMES): 1- Brooks (5); 2-Culbert (5); 2- Witt (2); 3- Lee (1); 3- Thenarse (5); 4- Asante (7); 5- Lucky (7); 5- West (6); 6- Murillo (7); 8- Cassidy (1); 8- Henry (4); 10- Helu Jr. (7); 11- Gilleylen (7); 12- Ganz (7); 15- Dennard (6); 17- Peterson (7); 18- Menelik Holt (7); 18- Sullivan (1); 19- Castille (7); 20- Kunalic (7); 21- Amukamara (7); 22- Wald (7); 23- Thorell (6); 24- Paul (7); 24- Watson (1); 28- Hagg (7); 30- Hays (7); 31- Covey (1); 32- Mendoza (3); 33- O’Hanlon (7); 34- Glenn (6); 35- Matt Holt (7); 36- Lawson (5); 36- May (2); 37- Wesch (7); 40- Lawrence (5); 41- Grove (7); 42- Fisher (1); 43- Steinkuhler (7); 44- McNeill (7); 47- Yancy (1); 49- Young (7); 52- Dillard (7); 53- Wortman (7); 54- Koehler (2); 56- Barfield (6); 58- Caputo (4); 61- Huff (7); 63- Martin (1); 65- Smith (7); 67- Hickman (7); 68- K. Williams (7); 70- Slauson (7); 72- Burkes (7); 73- D.J. Jones (1); 76- Murtha (5); 78- M. Jones (7); 80- Hill (7); 82- Cammack (7); 82- O’Leary (7); 87- Swift (7); 88- Sievers (7); 89- Teafatiller (6); 90- Henery (7); 90- Moore (5); 92- Fahie (1); 93- Suh (7); 94- Crick (6); 95- Allen (7); 96- Meredith (1); 97- Titchener (6); 98- Potter (7); 99- Turner (2)

Huskers.com Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes

Game 1 Nebraska 47, Western Michigan 24 Game 2 Nebraska 35, San Jose State 12 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Western Michigan 0 10 7 7 24 San Jose State 6 3 0 3 12 Nebraska 14 20 10 3 47 Nebraska 14 0 0 21 35

Lincoln (Aug. 30) --- Nebraska won Lincoln (Sept. 6) --- Defense and its 23rd consecutive season-opening special teams made huge plays to propel victory, giving Coach Bo Pelini a victory the Cornhuskers to a 35-12 victory over in his debut as NU’s head coach. San Jose State. The Huskers improved Quarterback Joe Ganz led a high- to 2-0 on the season despite mustering octane Nebraska offense throughout just 315 yards against the Spartans. the night, producing his fourth San Jose State’s inspired defensive consecutive 300-plus yard passing play kept their offense within striking game in his fourth consecutive career distance into the fourth quarter, when start. Along with way, he became the Jared Strubeck kicked a 27-yard field first NU quarterback to throw for 300 goal with 12:17 left to pull within 14- or more yards four times in his career. 12 of the Huskers. Just seconds later, Senior wide receiver Nate Swift was NU sophomore Niles Paul electrified the biggest beneficiary, hauling in five the 84,145 fans that packed Memorial passes for 121 yards and a pair of Stadium, exploding for an 85-yard touchdowns, including a career-long 61-yard TD catch. kickoff return for a touchdown to put Nebraska on top 21-12. Cody Glenn, who was making his first career appearance on defense, The spectacular special teams sprint inspired the Blackshirt defense helped the Huskers hold the Broncos to just eight yards rushing on 25 on the next SJSU possession. The Huskers forced a sack and two carries. It was a solid opening performance although Western Michigan misfires that led to a short SJSU punt. Five plays later, Roy Helu Jr. finished with 350 yards on 49 attempts through the air. Nebraska’s put the Spartans away with a 14-yard touchdown run to give NU a 28- defense recorded eight tackles for loss, including four sacks, while 12 lead with 9:05 left in the game. forcing a pair of turnovers. On San Jose State’s next drive, Zach Potter made his third game- changing defensive play of the day with an interception to stop the SCORING SUMMARY Spartans. Earlier in the day, fellow defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh 1st 08:06 NU Lucky 14 yd run (Henery kick) returned an interception 49 yards for a touchdown. 00:55 NU McNeill 3 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 2nd 14:50 NU Henery 44 yd field goal SCORING SUMMARY 11:07 WMU Ledbetter 3 yd pass from Hiller (Potter kick) 1st 09:48 SJSU Reed 12 yd run (Johnson kick failed) 10:14 NU Swift 61 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 05:16 NU Castille 3 yd run (Henery kick) 04:27 NU Henery 44 yd field goal 03:09 NU Suh 49 yd interception return (Henery kick) 01:15 WMU Potter 19 yd field goal 2nd 07:09 SJSU Strubeck 41 yd field goal 00:32 NU Swift 2 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 4th 12:17 SJSU Strubeck 27 yd field goal 3rd 08:23 NU Henery 44 yd field goal 12:07 NU Paul 85 yd kickoff return (Henery kick) 06:11 WMU West 1 yd run (Potter kick) 09:05 NU Helu Jr. 14 yd run (Henery kick) 01:48 NU Lucky 19 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 03:03 NU Lucky 2 yd run (Henery kick) 4th 14:43 WMU Nunez 9 yd pass from Hiller (Potter kick) 05:22 NU Henery 44 yd field goal TEAM STATISTICS SJSU NU FIRST DOWNS 19 19 TEAM STATISTICS WMU NU RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 34-137 30-99 FIRST DOWNS 19 24 PASSING YDS (NET) 216 216 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 25-8 31-138 Passes Att-Comp-Int 33-19-2 27-18-1 PASSING YDS (NET) 342 345 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 67-353 57-315 Passes Att-Comp-Int 49-30-1 36-20-2 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 74-350 67-483 Punt Returns-Yards 4-26 3-23 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-3 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-69 4-132 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 3-41 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 2-60 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-139 5-102 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-34.3 5-39.0 Interception Returns-Yards 2-48 1-26 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-36.2 3-37.7 Penalties-Yards 7-47 12-103 Fumbles-Lost 4-1 2-0 Possession Time 30:23 29:37 Penalties-Yards 5-45 6-60 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 14 4 of 11 Possession Time 29:36 30:24 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 17 5 of 13 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-5 3-3 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 4 0 of 0 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-17 2-14 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 5-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 4-28 RUSHING: San Jose State-Davis, Yonus 7-58; Reed, Kyle 15-32; Richmond, David 3-22; Rutley, Brandon 4-19; Liaina, Ina 1-3; Jurovich, Kevin 2-2; Eden, RUSHING: WMU-West, Brandon 12-29; Thompson, G. 3-5; Elsworth, Kirk 2- Myles 2-1. Nebraska-Helu Jr., Roy 9-59; Lucky, Marlon 7-23; Mendoza, Marcus 3; Hiller, Tim 8-minus 29. Nebraska-Helu Jr., Roy 7-52; Lucky, Marlon 12-43; 2-12; Castille, Quentin 6-7; Ganz, Joe 6-minus 2. Ganz, Joe 6-38; Castille, Quentin 6-5, PASSING: San Jose State-Reed, Kyle 18-26-1-161; Eden, Myles 1-7-1-55. PASSING: WMU-Hiller, Tim 30-49-1-342. Nebraska-Ganz, Joe 20-36-2-345. Nebraska-Ganz, Joe 17-25-1-216; Witt, Patrick 1-2-0-0. RECEIVING: WMU-Ledbetter, B. 9-123; West, Brandon 7-40; Julien, S. 5-85; RECEIVING: San Jose State-Richmond, David 5-59; Jurovich, Kevin 4-84; Simmons, John 3-24; Nunez, Juan 3-18; Williams, A. 2-28; Stevens, Matt 1- Clark, Jeff 4-22; Beauchman, Jalal 2-21; Williams, T. 2-16; Davis, Yonus 1-9; 24. Nebraska-Swift, Nate 5-121; Holt, Menelik 5-59; Castille, Q. 3-38; Peterson, Elledge, Brian 1-5. Nebraska- Swift, Nate 6-70; Peterson, Todd 4-59; Helu Jr., Todd 3-34; Lucky, Marlon 2-35; Young, Dreu 1-55; McNeill, Mike 1-3. Roy 2-32; Paul, Niles 2-27; Holt, Menelik 2-24; Lawson, Thomas 1-4; Mendoza, INTERCEPTIONS: WMU-Delmas, Louis 1-33; Wilson, C.J. 1-15. Nebraska- Marcus 1-0. West, Anthony 1-26. INTERCEPTIONS: San Jose State- Ihenacho, Duke 1-0. Nebraska- Suh, FUMBLES: WMU-West, Brandon 2-1; Ledbetter, Branden 1-0; Hiller, Tim 1-0. Ndamukong 1-49; Potter, Zach 1-11. Nebraska-Ganz, Joe 2-0. FUMBLES: San Jose State-None. Nebraska-Castille, Quentin 1-1. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): WMU-None. Nebraska-Moore, Terrence 2-0; Turner, Barry SACKS (Sacks-Yds): San Jose State-Cole, Justin 1-0; Ihenacho, Carl 1-0; Davis, 1-0; Barfield, Shukree 1-0. Adonis 1-0. Nebraska-West, Anthony 1-0; Potter, Zach 0-1; Dillard, Phillip 0-1. TACKLES (UA-A): WMU-Delmas, Louis 5-6. Nebraska-Glenn, Cody 9-3 TACKLES (UA-A): San Jose State-Jones,Travis 4-4. Nebraska-Allen, Pierre 3-7 Huskers.com Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes

Game 3 Nebraska 38, New Mexico State 7 Game 4 Virginia Tech 35, Nebraska 30 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL New Mexico State 0 0 0 7 7 Virginia Tech 9 9 10 7 35 Nebraska 7 14 14 3 38 Nebraska 7 3 7 13 30

Lincoln (Sept. 13) --- Joe Ganz Lincoln (Sept. 27) --- Virginia Tech and Marlon Lucky made history as the scored on six straight possessions in Nebraska football team cruised to a 38- the second and third quarters and held 7 win over New Mexico State. off a late Nebraska rally to hand the Ganz led the way by becoming just the Huskers their first loss of the season, third Nebraska player in history to score 35-30, in front of a Memorial Stadium touchdowns by run, pass and catch record crowd of 85,831. in the same game. He joined Heisman Nebraska trailed 28-10 late in the Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers (1973 third quarter but rallied to cut the Orange Bowl vs. Notre Dame) and Eric deficit to 28-23 with more than seven Crouch (vs. California, 1999) in that minutes remaining, but the Huskers prestigious group. could get no closer. Lucky also did plenty of damage, Quarterback Joe Ganz led the offense notching the eighth 100-yard rushing as he finished with 278 passing yards game of his career. He became the 24th to earn as spot on the NU career top 10 running back in Nebraska history to cross the 2,000-yard mark in his chart. Todd Peterson and Mike McNeill each caught a touchdown pass career, as he reached the milestone on a career-long 58-yard run in the and were two of three receivers with more than 50 yards on the night. second half. Lucky finished with 103 yards on the ground and two TDs Nate Swift was the third, and he added an electrifying 88-yard punt as the Huskers rolled for a season-high 330 rushing yards. Overall, NU return for a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter to keep the amassed 553 yards of total offense. Huskers within striking distance. Virginia Tech quarterback Tyrod Taylor guided a balanced Hokie SCORING SUMMARY attack on the ground and through the air. He finished with a game-high 1st 08:06 NU Lucky 14 yd run (Henery kick) 87 rushing yards on 15 carries, while completing 9-of-15 passes for 1st 00:13 NU Lucky 8 yd run (Henery kick) 171 yards. The Hokies finished with 377 yards of total offense. 2nd 12:52 NU Ganz 20 yd pass from Lucky (Henery kick) 07:11 NU Ganz 33 yd run (Henery kick) SCORING SUMMARY 3rd 12:01 NU Lucky 1 yd run (Henery kick) 1st 08:35 VT Virgil safety 05:01 NU McNeill 35 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 05:22 VT Evans 1 yd run (Keys kick) 4th 12:31 NMSU Colston 3 yd run (Hughes kick) 03:54 NU McNeill 32 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 08:15 NU Henery 19 yd field goal 2nd 14:51 VT Keys 19 yd field goal 10:45 NU Henery 48 yd field goal TEAM STATISTICS NMSU NU 07:10 VT Keys 38 yd field goal FIRST DOWNS 19 28 01:15 VT Keys 27 yd field goal RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-114 44-330 3rd 10:25 VT Keys 36 yd field goal PASSING YDS (NET) 225 223 06:54 VT Evans 19 yd run (Keys kick) Passes Att-Comp-Int 39-19-2 24-18-0 00:04 NU Helu Jr. 12 yd run (Henery kick) TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 71-339 68-553 4th 07:52 NU Swift 88 yd punt return (pass failed) Fumble Returns-Yards 1-48 0-0 02:28 VT Taylor 2 yd run (Keys kick) Punt Returns-Yards 1-0 1-5 01:32 NU Peterson 17 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-129 2-29 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-78 TEAM STATISTICS VT NU Punts (Number-Avg) 5-36.8 1-39.0 FIRST DOWNS 21 14 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 2-1 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 55-206 25-55 Penalties-Yards 7-50 7-41 PASSING YDS (NET) 171 278 Possession Time 28:54 31:06 Passes Att-Comp-Int 15-9-0 26-17-1 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 17 5 of 10 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 70-377 51-333 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 2 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-8 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-4 4-7 Punt Returns-Yards 3-63 2-84 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 3-23 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-94 7-147 Interception Returns-Yards 1-15 0-0 RUSHING: New Mexico State-Colston, Marque 8-45; Opetaia, Ronald 7-39; Punts (Number-Avg) 5-34.6 5-29.4 Neiman, Wes 3-30; Glynn, Tonny 3-6; Perez, Brandon 3-5; McDermott, J.J. 2-4; Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1 Roberts, Donavan 1-2; Holbrook, Chase 5-minus 17. Nebraska-Lucky, Marlon Penalties-Yards 4-30 7-69 15-103; Castille, Quentin 10-75; Ganz, Joe 5-69; Mendoza, Marcus 3-33; Helu Possession Time 34:44 25:16 Jr., Roy 7-32; Swift, Nate 1-16; Peterson, Todd 1-2; Witt, Patrick 2-0. Third-Down Conversions 7 of 17 2 of 11 PASSING: New Mexico State-Holbrook, Chase 15-30-2-142; McDermott, J.J. Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 1 4-8-0-83; Neiman, Wes 0-1-0-0. Nebraska-Ganz, Joe 13-17-0-158; Witt, Patrick Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 2-2 3-4-0-40; Lee, Zac 1-2-0-5; Lucky, Marlon 1-1-0-20. Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-11 2-4 RECEIVING: New Mexico State-Williams, Chris 4-42; Neiman, Wes 4-36; RUSHING: Virginia Tech-Taylor, T 15-87; Evans, D 21-72; Lewis, K 17-50; Harris, A.J. 4-27; Fleming, Julius 2-60; Anderson, M. 2-32; McDaniel, Doug Coale, D 1-minus 1; Team 1-minus 2. Nebraska-Helu Jr., Roy 4-21; Ganz, Joe 1-21; Colston, Marque 1-5; Buckley, K. 1-2. Nebraska-Peterson, Todd 4-34; 8-18; Lucky, Marlon 8-17; Castille, Quentin 3-8; TEAM 1-minus 3; Paul, Niles Teafatiller, Hunter 3-27; Lucky, Marlon 3-21; McNeill, Mike 2-57; Castille, 1-minus 6. Quentin 1-23; Ganz, Joe 1-20; Helu Jr., Roy 1-16; Paul, Niles 1-10; Swift, Nate PASSING: Virginia Tech-Taylor, T 9-15-0-171. Nebraska-Ganz, Joe 17-26-1-278. 1-10; Cammack, Wes 1-5. RECEIVING: Virginia Tech-Boykin, J 2-58; Smith, A 2-54; Boone, G 2-33; INTERCEPTIONS: New Mexico State-None. Nebraska-Murillo, A. 1-57; Coale, D 2-14; Roberts, D 1-12. Nebraska-Peterson, Todd 4-60; McNeill, Mike O’Hanlon, Matt 1-21. 3-66; Swift, Nate 3-58; Lucky, Marlon 3-38; Paul, Niles 1-21; Holt, Menelik 1-20; FUMBLES: New Mexico State-Williams, Chris 1-0; Holbrook, Chase 1-0; Young, Dreu 1-10; Gilleylen, Curenski 1-5. Colston, Marque 1-0. Nebraska-Witt, Patrick 2-1. INTERCEPTIONS: Virginia Tech-Harris, V 1-15. Nebraska-None. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): New Mexico State-None. Nebraska-Suh, Ndamukong 2-0; FUMBLES: Virginia Tech-None. Nebraska-Paul, Niles 2-0; Peterson, Todd 1-1. Potter, Zach 1-0. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Virginia Tech-Martin, O 1.5-10; Worilds, J 0.5-1. TACKLES (UA-A): New Mexico State-Richardson, D. 7-10. Nebraska-Hagg, Nebraska-Allen, Pierre 1.0-2; Potter, Zach 0.5-1; Steinkuhler, Ty 0.5-1. Eric 9-1. TACKLES (UA-A): Virginia Tech-Worilds, J 4-3. Nebraska-Glenn, Cody 2-12 Huskers.com Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes

Game 5 Missouri 52, Nebraska 17 Game 6 Texas Tech 37, Nebraska 31 (ot) SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL Missouri 14 17 21 0 52 Nebraska 0 7 3 21 0 31 Nebraska 7 3 0 7 17 Texas Tech 7 10 7 7 6 37

Lincoln (Oct. 4) --- Missouri’s high- Lubbock, Texas (Oct. 11) -- powered offense helped the No. 4 Tigers - Nebraska took No. 7 Texas Tech ended a 30-year losing streak in Lincoln down to the wire and beyond, but an with a 52-17 victory over Nebraska on interception on the Huskers’ lone drive Homecoming at Memorial Stadium. in overtime ended NU’s upset hopes in The Huskers watched Heisman a 37-31 loss at Jones AT&T Stadium. Trophy hopeful Chase Daniel lead In a classic Big 12 showdown filled Missouri on scoring drives on eight of with big plays, Nebraska quarterback its first nine possessions in the opening Joe Ganz hit senior wide receiver Todd three quarters to take a commanding Peterson on a 17-yard touchdown strike 52-10 lead. The only drive the Tigers with 29 seconds left to cap the Huskers’ did not score with Daniel on the field 14-point fourth-quarter comeback and came on their final drive of the first half tie the score at 24 to end regulation. when they attempted a 59-yard field Ganz led Nebraska on three scoring goal as time expired after starting the drives in the fourth quarter as he ran drive with 16 seconds remaining in the half. in the first score from the 1 and then connected with tight end Dreu Nebraska quarterback Joe Ganz actually surpassed Daniel’s passing Young for the second before answering TTUs’ go-ahead score with 2:21 yardage total by completing 27-of-39 passes for 293 yards and two to play. In the overtime, TTU scored first but NU’s Zach Potter blocked scores. Ganz’s last score came on a 20-yard strike to Menelik Holt the PAT, leaving the door open for the Huskers. However, Ganz’s pass as time expired. Todd Peterson was Ganz’s favorite target, hauling in on second down was intercepted to end the exciting game. seven receptions for 81 yards. Nate Swift added five catches for 45 For the game, Ganz hit a career-best 36-of-44 pass attempts for 349 yards and a score, while Holt added five receptions for 67 yards. yards, helping Nebraska amass 471 yards of total offense. Ganz and the Husker offense also had 80 offensive plays, compared to just 48 for SCORING SUMMARY Texas Tech, but the Red Raiders still managed 421 total yards. 1st 14:01 MU Maclin 58 yd pass from Daniel (Wolfert kick) 09:55 NU Swift 20 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) SCORING SUMMARY 06:53 MU Washington 3 yd run (Wolfert kick) 1st 04:49 TT Crabtree 35 yd pass from Harrell (Carona kick) 2nd 10:54 MU Wolfert 48 yd field goal 2nd 11:46 NU Castille 4 yd run (Henery kick) 04:08 MU Jackson 1 yd run (Wolfert kick) 08:13 TT Carona 26 yd field goal 02:59 MU Christopher 17 yd int return (Wolfert kick) 01:18 TT Woods 4 yd run (Carona kick) 00:22 NU Henery 28 yd field goal 3rd 08:00 NU Henery 21 yd field goal 3rd 07:16 MU Washington 7 yd pass from Daniel (Wolfert kick) 04:47 TT Crabtree 4 yd pass from Harrell (Carona kick) 02:24 MU Washington 43 yd run (Wolfert kick) 4th 12:10 NU Ganz 1 yd run (Henery kick) 01:32 MU Alexander 26 yd pass from Daniel (Wolfert kick) 06:06 NU Young 2 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 4th 00:00 NU Holt 20 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 02:21 TT Harrell 1 yd run (Carona kick) 00:29 NU Peterson 17 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) TEAM STATISTICS MU NU OT 15:00 TT Morris 1 yd run (Carona kick blocked) FIRST DOWNS 24 21 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 34-201 34-76 TEAM STATISTICS NU TTU PASSING YDS (NET) 261 293 FIRST DOWNS 29 16 Passes Att-Comp-Int 24-19-0 39-27-1 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 35-114 23-137 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 58-462 73-369 PASSING YDS (NET) 357 284 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 45-37-1 25-20-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 80-471 48-421 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-56 4-99 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 1-17 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 1-6 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 0-0.0 4-27.5 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-156 3-50 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 1-15 14-101 Punts (Number-Avg) 1-55.0 2-41.5 Possession Time 26:03 33:57 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 9 12 of 19 Penalties-Yards 8-55 2-20 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 1 Possession Time 40:12 19:48 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 3-4 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 12 4 of 8 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-15 0-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 5-5 RUSHING: Missouri-Washington, Derrick 14-139; Moore, De’Vion 7-34; Maclin, Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-7 Jeremy 3-15; Jackson, Jimmy 8-11; Patton, Chase 1-2; Daniel, Chase 1-0. Nebraska-Lucky, Marlon 14-46; Castille, Q. 12-26; Helu Jr., Roy 5-11; Ganz, RUSHING: Nebraska-Lucky, Marlon 16-66; Helu Jr., Roy 10-47; Castille, Joe 3-minus 7. Quentin 3-6; Ganz, Joe 6-minus 5. Texas Tech-Batch, Baron 10-97; Woods, PASSING: Missouri-Daniel, Chase 18-23-0-253; Patton, Chase 1-1-0-8. Nebraska- Shannon 10-36; Britton, Edward 1-2; Morris, Eric 1-1; Harrell, Graham 1-1. Ganz, Joe 27-39-1-293. PASSING: Nebraska-Ganz, Joe 36-44-1-349; Wesch, Jake 1-1-0-8. Texas RECEIVING: Missouri-Maclin, Jeremy 5-89; Coffman, Chase 5-71; Saunders, Tech-Harrell, Graham 20-25-0-284. Tommy 3-21; Alexander, Dana 2-46; Washington, Der 2-13; Perry, Jared 1-13; RECEIVING: Nebraska-Peterson, Todd 8-77; Lucky, Marlon 7-80; Holt, Menelik Jones, Andrew 1-8. Nebraska-Peterson, Todd 7-81; Holt, Menelik 5-67; Swift, 6-55; Swift, Nate 5-70; Paul, Niles 4-25; McNeill, Mike 3-24; Helu Jr., Roy 2- Nate 5-45; Helu Jr., Roy 4-47; McNeill, Mike 2-37; Hill, Ryan 2-3; Young, Dreu 15;Young, Dreu 2-11. Texas Tech-Crabtree, M. 5-89; Lewis, Detron 4-47; Batch, 1-10; Paul, Niles 1-3. Baron 3-53; Britton, Edward 2-67; Morris, Eric 2-16; Woods, Shannon 2-1; INTERCEPTIONS: Missouri-Christopher, Brock 1-17. Nebraska-None. Swindall, T. 1-6; Leong, Lyle 1-5. FUMBLES: Missouri-None. Nebraska-Castille, Quentin 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS: Nebraska-None. Texas Tech-Wall, Jamar 1-0. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Missouri-Chavis, Tommy 1.0-7; Baston, Jaron 1.0-0. FUMBLES: Nebraska-None. Texas Tech- None. Nebraska- None. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Nebraska-None. Texas Tech- Williams, B., 1.0-5. TACKLES (UA-A): Missouri-Weatherspoon, Sean 5-4. Nebraska- Suh, TACKLES (UA-A): Nebraska-Asante, Larry 8-1. Texas Tech-Charbonnet, D. 9-0. Ndamukong 2-5. Huskers.com Game 8–Baylor–Oct. 25, 2008 Nebraska Football Game Notes

Game 7 Nebraska 35, Iowa State 7 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Nebraska 7 14 0 14 35 Iowa State 0 0 7 0 7

Ames, Iowa (Oct. 18) --- Nebraska dominated the first half and put Iowa State away in the fourth quarter, as the Huskers snapped a three-game losing streak with an impressive 35-7 win. In perhaps their best half of football of the season, the Huskers amassed 349 yards of total offense in the first half on their way to a 21-0 lead. Nebraska opened the scoring with Nate Swift’s 19-yard reception from Joe Ganz with 5:27 left in the opening quarter. Swift, who had eight catches for 112 yards, became the second player in school history with more than 2,000 receiving yards, finishing the day with 2,021 career yards. Ganz completed 27-of-37 passes for 328 yards and one touchdown, leading a balanced arsenal that rolled up 548 yards of total offense, including 220 yards on the ground. The Blackshirt defense also held its own, allowing just 218 yards of total offense, including 105 on the ground. Armando Murillo, Cody Glenn and Larry Asante each had five tackles, while Murillo added an 11-yard fumble return and a pass breakup. Zach Potter and Clayton Sievers each posted a sack, with Sievers adding one of Nebraska’s three forced fumbles while Potter had one the team’s seven pass breakups.

SCORING SUMMARY 1st 05:27 NU Swift 19 yd pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 2nd 08:59 NU Lucky 15 yd run (Henery kick) 02:23 NU Lucky 4 yd run (Henery kick) 3rd 14:23 ISU Robinson 67 yd run (Mahoney kick) 4th 06:35 NU Ganz 1 yd run (Henery kick) 01:55 NU Castille 19 yd run (Henery kick)

TEAM STATISTICS NU ISU FIRST DOWNS 29 11 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 41-220 25-105 PASSING YDS (NET) 328 113 Passes Att-Comp-Int 37-27-0 29-16-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 78-548 54-218 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-11 1-8 Punt Returns-Yards 1-1 2-17 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-12 3-39 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-36.8 8-44.8 Fumbles-Lost 5-3 3-2 Penalties-Yards 4-45 6-42 Possession Time 37:11 22:49 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 13 2 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 0-1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-9 2-4

RUSHING: Nebraska-Lucky, Marlon 15-74; Castille, Quentin 11-70; Helu Jr., Roy 6-66; Swift, Nate 1-7; Ganz, Joe 8-3. Iowa State-Robinson, Alexan 11-87; Arnaud, Austen 7-10; Bass, J.J. 5-9; Scales, Jason 1-2; TEAM 1-minus 3. PASSING: Nebraska-Ganz, Joe 27-37-0-328. Iowa State-Arnaud, Austen 16-29- 0-113. RECEIVING: Nebraska-Swift, Nate 8-112; Holt, Menelik 5-45; Peterson, Todd 4-52; McNeill, Mike 3-39; Paul, Niles 2-25; Lucky, Marlon 2-16; Helu Jr., Roy 1- 27; Mendoza, Marcus 1-7; Castille, Quentin 1-5. Iowa State-Sumrall, R.J. 6-44; Catlett, Derrick 2-20; Hamilton, Marquis 2-15; Jones, Houston 2-13; Johnson, Sedrick 1-8; Franklin, Collin 1-7; Darks, Darius 1-4; Robinson, Alexan 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS: Nebraska-None. Iowa State-None. FUMBLES: Nebraska-Swift, Nate 1-0; Holt, Menelik 1-1; Peterson, Todd 1-1; Ganz, Joe 1-1; Paul, Niles 1-0. Iowa State-Arnaud, Austen 1-0; McDowell, Devin 1-1; Catlett,Derrick 1-1. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Nebraska-Zach Potter, 1.0-8, Sievers, Clayton, 1.0-1. Iowa State- Taylor, Kurtis, 1.0-4, Lyle, Christopher, 1.0-0. TACKLES (UA-A): Nebraska-Murillo, Armando, 4-1. Iowa State- Smith, James. 8-4. Huskers.com