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2020 Big Ten Football Weekly Release - November 9

2020 Big Ten Football Weekly Release - November 9

2020 BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - NOVEMBER 9

Primary Contact: Adam Augustine, Assistant Commissioner, Communications • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 151 • E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @B1Gfootball Secondary Contact: Megan Rowley, Assistant Director, Communications • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 129 • E-mail: [email protected] 2020 CONFERENCE & OVERALL STANDINGS WEEK 4 SCHEDULE EAST DIVISION FRIDAY, NOV. 13 Iowa at Minnesota Conference Games All Games 7 p.m. | FS1 W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk 1. Indiana 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 3-0 W4 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 0-0 W3 Ohio State 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 2-0 W16 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 0-0 W3 SATURDAY, NOV. 14 3. Maryland 2-1 .667 1-0 1-1 1-0 W2 2-1 .667 1-0 1-1 0-0 W2 Indiana at Michigan State 4. Michigan State 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 1-1 L1 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 0-0 L1 Noon | ABC Rutgers 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 1-2 L2 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 0-0 L2 Michigan 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 0-2 L2 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 0-0 L2 Penn State at Nebraska 7. Penn State 0-3 .000 0-2 0-1 0-3 L3 0-3 .000 0-2 0-1 0-0 L3 Noon | FS1 WEST DIVISION Conference Games All Games Illinois at Rutgers W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk Noon | BTN 1. Northwestern 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 2-0 W4 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 0-0 W3 Purdue 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 2-0 W2 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 W2 Ohio State at Maryland Wisconsin 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 W5 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 3:30 p.m. | BTN 4. Minnesota 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 1-0 W1 1-2 .333 0-1 1-1 0-0 W1 Iowa 1-2 .333 1-1 0-1 0-2 W1 1-2 .333 1-1 0-1 0-0 W1 6. Nebraska 0-2 .000 0-0 0-2 0-1 L3 0-2 .000 0-0 0-2 0-0 L2 Wisconsin at Michigan Illinois 0-3 .000 0-2 0-1 0-3 L5 0-3 .000 0-2 0-1 0-0 L3 7:30 p.m. | ABC

Northwestern at Purdue BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. 7:30 p.m. | BTN • Ohio State extended several streaks with its 49-27 win against Rutgers on Saturday, including becoming the third Big Ten team to win 20 straight conference home games. The win also marked the team’s 22nd All times Eastern straight home game victory overall, which is tied for the third-longest streak by a Big Ten team in the last 80 seasons.

• Buckeye Justin Fields was once again the catalyst for the Scarlet and Gray, accounting for three touchdown passes in the first half alone. He finished the game 24-of-28 for 314 yards and five WEEK 3 RESULTS touchdowns. Buckeye wideout Garrett Wilson (104 yards, 1 TD) recorded his third-consecutive 100-yard game, becoming just the fourth Buckeye to have three or more consecutive games surpassing the century SATURDAY, NOV. 7 mark. Indiana 38, Michigan 21 Iowa 49, Michigan State 7 • Indiana defeated Michigan 38-21 on Saturday, snapping a 24-game losing streak against the Wolverines Northwestern 21, Nebraska 13 and marking their largest win against Michigan since 1959. The Hoosiers have now defeated multiple Maryland 35, Penn State 19 ranked opponents in the same season for the first time since 2004 and started 3-0 in Big Ten play for the Minnesota 41, Illinois 14 first time since 1988. They moved up to 10th in the AP Poll, which is their highest ranking since Sept. 22, Ohio State 49, Rutgers 27 1969.

• Northwestern improved to 3-0 on the season after a 21-13 win against Nebraska on Saturday. It marks the Wildcats’ first 3-0 start in Big Ten play since 2000. Seniors , Blake Gallagher and Chris FOLLOW THE BIG TEN Bergin all recorded double-digit tackles for the second game in a row. Gallagher led the team with 14 total tackles and Fisher followed behind with 13. This marked the 12th time Fisher has recorded double-digit The Big Ten football page on bigten.org will feature tackles in his career, the most of any active Big Ten player. notes, recaps, statistics, standings and more. You can also keep track of Big Ten football in real time by following • Maryland’s Rakim Jarrett became the first Terrapin true freshman wide receiver to have two receiving the conference on Twitter @B1Gfootball and @BigTen or touchdowns and more than 100 receiving yards in a game since Stefon Diggs in 2012 as Maryland defeat- becoming a fan of the on Facebook to ed Penn State on Saturday. The newcomer caught five passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns in the receive exclusive updates. victory and recorded the third-most receiving yards by a freshman in a single game in school history. FACEBOOK.COM/BIGTENCONFERENCE • The Terrapins won consecutive Big Ten games in the same season for the first time with a 35-19 win at Penn State on Saturday. Quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa threw for 282 yards and three touchdowns while @B1GFOOTBALL OR @BIGTEN Jarrett and Dontay Demus Jr. combined for 11 receptions for 230 yards and two touchdowns to lead the offense while Maryland tallied seven sacks on defense and forced two turnovers, a fumble recovered for a touchdown by Chance Campbell and a Nick Cross interception. @BIGTEN

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten Academic Alliance is an academic consortium of all 14 Big Ten universities, which is widely considered to be the model for effective and voluntary collaboration among top research universities. BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 4 2

• Tagovailoa’s three touchdown passes were the most by a Maryland quarterback in a conference game since 2010. 2020 BIG TEN His 676 passing yards over the last two weeks are the most by a Big Ten player this season and the most Maryland has had in consecutive games since 2013. PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 10/26 O WR David Bell, PUR • Hawkeye won his 163rd game as a member of the Big Ten on Saturday, moving into fourth QB Graham Mertz, WIS (Fr.) all-time in Big Ten history. Ferentz is one of five coaches in conference history to win at least 150 games as a mem- D S Jamar Johnson, IND LB Olakunle Fatukasi, RU ber of the Big Ten Conference. S K Charlie Kuhbander, NU F QB Graham Mertz, WIS • On Oct. 23, the Big Ten Conference announced the launch of the ‘United As One’ social justice campaign. ‘United 11/2 O QB Taulia Tagovailoa, MD As One’ is among several conference-wide Equality Coalition initiatives dedicated to constructively and collectively QB Justin Fields, OSU D DT Tommy Togiai, OSU recognizing and eliminating racism and hate in our society by creating resources for inclusion, empowerment and S K Charles Campbell, IND accountability. F WR Ricky White, MSU S Brandon Joseph, NU • The Big Ten Conference established the Equality Coalition in 2020 with 227 members including presidents and 11/9 O RB Mohamed Ibrahim, MINN D LB Chris Bergin, NU chancellors, directors of athletics, coaches, student-athletes, conference and school administrators, alumni, families S WR Charlie Jones, IOWA and friends representing all 14 institutions. F WR Rakim Jarrett, MD

BIG TEN COACHING RECORDS

Coach, School Career (Yrs) At School (Yrs) Big Ten Only EAST DIVISION Tom Allen, IND 21-20 (4th) 21-20 (4th) 12-18 Michael Locksley, MD 8-41 (6th) 6-15 (3rd) 4-14 , MICH 106-47 (13th) 48-20 (6th) 33-14 , MSU 6-9 (2nd) 1-2 (1st) 1-2 Ryan Day, OSU 19-1 (3rd) 19-1 (3rd) 13-0 James Franklin, PSU 80-41 (10th) 56-26 (7th) 33-18 , RU 69-69 (12th) 69-69 (12th) 1-2

WEST DIVISION Lovie Smith, ILL 15-37 (5th) 15-37 (5th) 8-31 Kirk Ferentz, IOWA 175-127 (25th) 163-106 (22nd) 98-77 P.J. Fleck, MINN 54-39 (8th) 24-17 (4th) 13-17 , NEB 28-24 (5th) 9-17 (3rd) 6-14 Pat Fitzgerald, NU 102-79 (15th) 102-79 (15th) 60-59 , PUR 49-31 (7th) 19-21 (4th) 14-15 , WIS 72-35 (9th) 53-16 (6th) 35-10

BIG TEN FOOTBALL MEDIA CONTACTS

EAST DIVISION Ohio State WEST DIVISION Northwestern Indiana Jerry Emig Illinois Paul Kennedy Jeff Keag [email protected] Kent Brown pkennedy@northwestern. [email protected] Phone: (614) 688-0343 [email protected] edu Phone: (812) 855-6209 Phone: (847) 467-2028 Penn State Iowa Maryland Kristina Petersen Steve Roe Purdue Dustin Semonavick [email protected] [email protected] Matt Rector [email protected] Phone: (814) 865-1757 Phone: (319) 335-9411 [email protected] Phone: (765) 494-3196 Michigan Rutgers Minnesota David Ablauf Hasim Phillips Paul Rovnak Wisconsin [email protected] hphillips@scarletknights. [email protected] Brian Lucas com Phone: (612) 625-9379 [email protected] Chad Shepard Phone: (732) 445-6069 Phone: (608) 263-5052 [email protected] Nebraska Phone: (734) 764-6456 Jimmy Gill Keith Mann Brian Mason [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Michigan State Phone: (402) 472-2263 Ben Phlegar [email protected] Matt Smith Phone: (517) 355-2271 [email protected] Phone: (402) 770-5926

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. Big Ten Academic Alliance schools annually conduct $10 billion in funded research, $5 billion more than any other conference. BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 4 3 BIG TEN FOOTBALL AWARDS

The Big Ten will continue to honor its past while recogniz- NAME OF AWARD NAMED FOR ing its current standouts at the conclusion of the 2020 Championship Game Awards campaign. The Big Ten’s enhanced football awards pro- gram presents 19 individual trophies in addition to the Big Amos Alonzo Stagg Championship Trophy Amos Alonzo Stagg, Ten Championship trophy, bearing the names of one or two former standouts. The distinguished names on these Grange-Griffin Championship Game MVP Harold Edward "Red" Grange, Illinois football awards honor just a small sampling of the count- (media vote only) , Ohio State Postcollegiate Awards less students and coaches who have contributed to the (vote by school administrators) conference’s rich and storied history. Ford-Kinnick Leadership Award Gerald R. Ford, Michigan , Iowa Seventeen of the honors will be awarded immediately Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award Tony Dungy, Minnesota following the regular season, including awards for the Anthony Thompson, Indiana best quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end, offen- Annual Awards sive lineman, defensive lineman, linebacker, defensive (combined vote by coaches and media, unless otherwise noted) back, kicker, punter and return specialist. Each of these Graham-George Offensive Player of the Year , Northwestern individual position awards features the names of two , Ohio State former standouts. Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Year Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, Minnesota , Michigan The Big Ten will also continue to honor the conference’s Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes, Ohio State top coaches, offensive and defensive players and linemen (coaches vote only) Glenn Edward "Bo" Schembechler, Michigan and freshmen with end-of-year trophies. Big Ten coaches Dave McClain Coach of the Year Dave McClain, Wisconsin have the opportunity to claim two awards. Media voters (media vote only) will select the Dave McClain Coach of the Year, which has Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year Darrell Thompson, Minnesota been awarded since 1972, while coaches vote for the , Indiana Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year award. The top Rimington-Pace Offensive Lineman of the Year Dave Rimington, Nebraska offensive player will receive the Graham-George Offensive , Ohio State Player of the Year award, the best defensive player will be Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith, Michigan State awarded the Nagurski-Woodson Defensive Player of the Courtney Brown, Penn State Year award and the top freshman will receive the Griese-Brees Quarterback of the Year , Purdue Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year award. , Purdue Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year , Wisconsin The winner of the Big Ten Football Championship Game , Wisconsin will receive the Amos Alonzo Stagg Championship Trophy, Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year Jack Tatum, Ohio State while the most outstanding player in the game will be Rod Woodson, Purdue awarded the Grange-Griffin Championship Game Most Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year , Illinois Valuable Player award. The conference also created two Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern postcollegiate awards - the Ford-Kinnick Leadership Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year Pat Richter, Wisconsin Award and the Dungy-Thompson Humanitarian Award. , Michigan Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year Ted Kwalick, Penn State The full list of awards, along with a breakdown of the Dallas Clark, Iowa former standouts appearing in each award’s name, Bakken-Andersen Kicker of the Year Jim Bakken, Wisconsin appears to the right. Morten Andersen, Michigan State Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year Thomas Dwight "Dike" Eddleman, Illinois Brandon Fields, Michigan State Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska Tim Dwight, Iowa

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten will administer over $200 million in direct financial support to more than 9,800 students competing in intercollegiate athletics for more than 11,000 participation opportunities on more than 350 teams in 42 different sports. BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 4 4

Big Life. Big Stage. Big Ten. Since its inception in 1896, the pursuit and attainment of academic excellence has been a priority for every Big Ten member institution. But maintaining the conference’s standard of competing at the highest level in athletics also endures as an important component of the Big Ten experience. Striking that balance between academics and athletics is integral to the Big Ten’s identity. Recognized as one of intercollegiate sports’ most successful undertakings, the Big Ten strives for success from its students not only on the field and in the classroom, but around the world as well.

PREMIER ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS LEADERS IN INNOVATION The Big Ten Academic Alliance is an academic consortium of all 14 Big Ten Took part in the nation’s first bowl game, winning the 1902 Rose Bowl universities, which is widely considered to be the model for effective and Game, and signed an exclusive contract with the Tournament of Roses voluntary collaboration among top research universities. in 1946, making it the first bowl with permanent conference affiliations.

Every Big Ten Academic Alliance institution ranks among the top 70 Awarded the first Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1915, honoring outstanding universities in the nation according to the 2019 Academic Ranking of seniors who demonstrated excellence in academics and athletics. World Universities, including six in the top 30. Formed the Big Ten Advisory Commission in 1972, enlisting former The Big Ten leads all conferences with more than 1,800 Academic All- students that competed in conference athletics to serve as liaisons to the Americans, including 27 honorees during the 2019-20 academic year. NCAA’s Diversity and Inclusion Department, the Big Ten Student-Athlete Advisory Commission and other organizations. Big Ten Academic Alliance schools annually conduct $10 billion in funded research, $5 billion more than any other conference. Became the first conference to voluntarily adopt male and female participation goals after launching its Gender Equity Action Plan in 1992.

A HISTORY OF ATHLETIC SUCCESS Implemented the first collegiate football system of instant replay in 2004, Big Ten schools have won at least five national championships in 23 of the which the NCAA approved for use among all conferences in 2006. last 26 years, averaging nearly seven per year over that span. Launched the Big Ten Network (BTN) in 2007, the first national conference- Since the 2008-09 academic year, current Big Ten institutions have owned television network. claimed 76 team national championships in 21 different sports. Began partnering with the Ivy League to study the effects of head injuries in sports in 2012. BROAD-BASED PROGRAMMING The Big Ten will administer over $200 million in direct financial support to Accepted Johns Hopkins University as the conference’s first sport affiliate more than 9,800 students competing in intercollegiate athletics for more members in men’s and women’s lacrosse in 2013 and 2015, respectively, than 11,000 participation opportunities on 350 teams in 42 different and added Notre Dame as a sport affiliate member in men’s ice hockey sports. in 2017.

The Big Ten sponsors 28 official conference sports, 14 for men and 14 for women, including the addition of men’s ice hockey and men’s and EXTENSIVE TELEVISION EXPOSURE women’s lacrosse in this decade. Through the Big Ten’s current media agreements with BTN, ABC/ ESPN, CBS and FOX, more than 2,000 Big Ten events are produced and The Big Ten leads the nation in total students competing in intercollegiate distributed nationally and globally on an annual basis. athletics and participation opportunities, and sponsors more official sports than all conferences except the Ivy League. BTN is in almost 60 million homes across the United States and Canada, and is also available internationally via the Fox Sports App, delivering live Almost 1,400 Big Ten competitors have participated in the Olympics, and on-demand programming to computers, smartphones and tablets. winning more than 600 medals, including nearly 300 gold. In the 2016 BTN Plus streams hundreds of additional events each season. and 2018 Olympic Games, more than 200 representatives from Big Ten institutions including current or former students and coaches were members of Olympic teams. Big Ten Olympians collected more than 50 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT medals in the most recent games in Rio and PyeongChang. For more than 30 years, through the Big Ten’s SCORE (Success Comes Out of Reading Everyday) program, the conference has partnered with Chicago elementary schools to improve reading performance. PASSIONATE FOLLOWING The Big Ten leads all conferences with 5.7 million alumni and nearly Surrounding the Big Ten Football Championship Game and Basketball 580,000 students. Tournaments, the conference has held numerous community initiatives, partnered with the Playoff Foundation and other events Each year more than 11 million patrons attend Big Ten home contests, as such as the Big Ten Career Expo, SaturDAY of Service and Youth Football the conference has led the nation in attendance for men’s basketball, ice Clinics. In addition, the Big Ten has hosted a downtown 5K, collaborated hockey, volleyball and wrestling. with a local breast cancer awareness group and provided unique event experiences for military veterans. BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 4 5 2020 COMPOSITE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

DATE/MATCHUP TIME BROADCAST DATE/MATCHUP TIME BROADCAST FRIDAY, OCT. 23 SATURDAY, NOV. 28 Illinois at Wisconsin 8 p.m. BTN Ohio State at Illinois Maryland at Indiana SATURDAY, OCT. 24 Penn State at Michigan Rutgers at Michigan State Noon BTN Northwestern at Michigan State Nebraska at Ohio State Noon FOX Rutgers at Purdue Penn State at Indiana 3:30 p.m. FS1 Minnesota at Wisconsin Iowa at Purdue 3:30 p.m. BTN Michigan at Minnesota 7:30 p.m. ABC SATURDAY, DEC. 5 Maryland at Northwestern 7:30 p.m. BTN Iowa at Illinois Maryland at Michigan FRIDAY, OCT. 30 Ohio State at Michigan State Minnesota at Maryland 7:30 p.m. ESPN Northwestern at Minnesota Nebraska at Purdue SATURDAY, OCT. 31 Penn State at Rutgers Purdue at Illinois Noon BTN Indiana at Wisconsin Michigan State at Michigan Noon FOX Northwestern at Iowa 3:30 p.m. ESPN SATURDAY, DEC. 12 Wisconsin at Nebraska 3:30 p.m. FS1 Michigan at Ohio State Noon FOX Indiana at Rutgers 3:30 p.m. BTN Purdue at Indiana Ohio State at Penn State 7:30 p.m. ABC Wisconsin at Iowa Rutgers at Maryland SATURDAY, NOV. 7 Minnesota at Nebraska Michigan at Indiana Noon FS1 Illinois at Northwestern Michigan State at Iowa Noon ESPN Michigan State at Penn State Nebraska at Northwestern Noon BTN Minnesota at Illinois 3:30 p.m. BTN SATURDAY, DEC. 19 Maryland at Penn State 3:30 p.m. BTN Big Ten Championship Game 8 p.m. FOX Purdue at Wisconsin 3:30 p.m. ABC Rutgers at Ohio State 7:30 p.m. BTN

FRIDAY, NOV. 13 All Times Eastern Iowa at Minnesota 7 p.m. FS1

SATURDAY, NOV. 14 Indiana at Michigan State Noon ABC Penn State at Nebraska Noon FS1 Illinois at Rutgers Noon BTN Ohio State at Maryland 3:30 p.m. BTN Wisconsin at Michigan 7:30 p.m. ABC Northwestern at Purdue 7:30 p.m. BTN

FRIDAY, NOV. 20 Purdue at Minnesota 7:30 p.m. BTN

SATURDAY, NOV. 21 Illinois at Nebraska Noon BTN Indiana at Ohio State Noon FOX Michigan State at Maryland Wisconsin at Northwestern Iowa at Penn State Michigan at Rutgers 7:30 p.m. BTN

FRIDAY, NOV. 27 Nebraska at Iowa 1 p.m. FOX

BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. Through the Big Ten’s current media agreements with BTN, ABC/ESPN, CBS and FOX, more than 2,000 Big Ten events are produced and distributed nationally and globally on an annual basis.

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