2014 HUSKER FOOTBALL Game 11: Nebraska Vs. Minnesota
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2014 HUSKER FOOTBALL Nebraska Media Relations 4 One Memorial Stadium 4 Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 4 Phone: (402) 472-2263 4 [email protected] 2014 Nebraska Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Game 11: Aug. 30 Florida Atlantic (BTN) W, 55-7 Sept. 6 McNeese State (ESPNU) W, 31-24 Nebraska vs. Sept. 13 at Fresno State (CBS Sports Net.) W, 55-19 Sept. 20 Miami (ESPN2) W, 41-31 Minnesota Sept. 27 Illinois (HC) (BTN) W, 45-14 Nov. 22, 2014 | Memorial Stadium Gophers Oct. 4 at Michigan State (ABC) L, 27-22 Huskers Lincoln, Neb. | 11 a.m. CT Oct. 18 at Northwestern (BTN) W, 38-17 Record: 8-2, 4-2 Record: 7-3, 4-2 Oct. 25 Rutgers (ESPN2) W, 42-24 Rankings: CFP–16*; Rankings: CFP-25*; AP–21; Coaches–19 Game Information AP–RV; Coaches–RV Nov. 1 Purdue (ABC) W, 35-14 Television: ESPN Last Game: lost to Ohio St., 31-24 Nov. 15 at Wisconsin (ABC) L, 59-24 Last Game: Radio: Husker Sports Network Coach: Jerry Kill Nov. 22 Minnesota (ESPN) 11 a.m. lost to Wisconsin, 59-24 Capacity: 87,000 Nov. 28 at Iowa TBA Coach: Bo Pelini Surface: FieldTurf UM/Career Record: All times Central Career/NU Record: Series Record: Minnesota leads, 30-22-2 24-24, 4th year/ 66-26, 7th year Last Meeting:Minnesota 34-23, 2013 in Minneapolis 151-97, 21st year Television vs. Minnesota: 2-1 Special Events: Senior Day vs. Nebraska: 1-2 ESPN Dave Pasch, Play-by-Play The Matchup Brian Griese, Analyst Nebraska completes its 2014 home schedule on Saturday when the Huskers play host to Minnesota at Memorial Tom Luginbill, Sideline Analyst Stadium. Game time for the Big Ten West Division matchup is set for 11 a.m. with the contest televised by ESPN. Nebraska enters the game with an 8-2 overall record and a 4-2 mark in the Big Ten following a loss at Wisconsin Radio on Saturday. The loss left the Huskers tied with Minnesota and Iowa in the conference standings, a game behind Husker Sports Network the Badgers in the race for the West Division crown. Following the setback, Nebraska dropped to No. 19 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and to 21st in the Associated Press ranking. Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play Saturday will mark Senior Day at Memorial Stadium, with 13 Husker seniors playing their final game in front of the Matt Davison, Analyst Nebraska faithful. The group includes Nebraska’s all-time leader in all-purpose yardage in Ameer Abdullah, as well as Lane Grindle, Sidelines the career leader in pass receptions and receiving yardage in Kenny Bell. The seniors will attempt to help Nebraska to a perfect home record for the second time in three seasons with a victory over the Gophers. Digital Media Minnesota enters the game at 7-3 overall and 4-2 in Big Ten Conference play. The Gophers are coming off a 31- Huskers.com 24 setback to Ohio State on Saturday in Minneapolis. Minnesota boasts a powerful running game, averaging better HSN free audio than 220 yards per contest on the ground. Live stats, game-day information, photos and more Facebook.com/Huskers The Series @Huskers on Twitter Minnesota is Nebraska’s most frequent opponent among Big Ten Conference schools, with the Gophers holding a @HuskerFBNation 30-22-2 overall lead in the series. The schools met 51 times before Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011. While Minnesota holds the overall advantage, Nebraska has won two of three games as Big Ten foes. Prior to the Gophers’ win in Other Minneapolis last year, NU had won 15 straight in the series. The Huskers have won the past seven meetings in Lincoln. Satellite Radio Sirius Channel 91, XM 91 The Coaches Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, ‘90) owns a 66-26 record (.717) in his seventh season as head coach. He has guided NU to nine or more wins in each of his first six seasons as head coach, joining Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne in accomplishing that feat at Nebraska. His 66 wins trail only Osborne and Devaney on the NU wins list. Pelini joins Alabama’s Nick Saban as the only head coaches in the nation to win nine or more games each of the past six seasons. Minnesota: Jerry Kill (Southwestern College, ‘83) is in his fourth season as Minnesota’s head coach and his 21st season overall as a college head coach. Kill has guided the Gophers to a bowl game each of the past two years. Before taking over the Minnesota program, Kill served as a head coach at Saginaw Valley State, Pittsburg State, Emporia State, Southern Illinois and Northern Illinois. Kill’s teams have played in five bowl games in his career. Nebraska Football Nebraska is 873-359-40 all-time, one of just eight schools with 800 all-time victories w Nebraska has won five national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997). w The Cornhuskers have won 43 conference championships. w NU’s 50 all-time bowl appearances rank third nationally. w Since 1970, NU has 439 wins, 25 more than any other school. w Nebraska’s 107 football Academic All-Americans lead the nation. w The Huskers have 110 first-team All- Americans in school history. GAME 11 VS. MINNESOTA 1 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL HUSKERS.COM Nebraska-Wisconsin Stat Wrap Noting Game 10...Wisconsin 59, Nebraska 24 Team Stats NU UW 4 Senior receiver Kenny Bell caught two passes for 14 yards, including a 12-yard TD catch in the first quarter to First Downs 11 20 give Nebraska a 10-0 lead. On the touchdown catch, Bell passed Johnny Rodgers to become Nebraska’s career leader Rushes-Yards 46-118 53-581 in receiving yards. With his 14 receiving yards, Bell increased his career total to 2,492, surpassing Rodgers’ previous Passes 6-18-1 7-11-0 record of 2,479 yards. Passing Yards 62 46 Total Offense 180 627 3rd-Down Conversions 3-of-14 3-of-8 4 Bell’s 12-yard touchdown catch was his 18th career touchdown reception, good for third in NU history. Bell’s 12- Turnovers 5 4 yard touchdown was his first touchdown catch of less than 20 yards since his freshman season in 2011. Bell’s previous Penalties 7-55 6-55 15 touchdowns had covered at least 20 yards. Bell has caught a pass in 25 straight games, the third-longest streak in Time of Possession 28:40 31:20 school history. Bell has had at least one catch in 47 of the past 48 games. NU Rushing Leaders Ameer Abdullah–18 carries, 69 yards 4 Nebraska I-back Ameer Abdullah rushed 18 times for 69 yards in the game. Abdullah increased his season rushing Tommy Armstrong Jr.–20 carries, 17 yards, TD total to 1,319 yards moving him into the No. 10 spot on the Nebraska season rushing list. His total is the second-highest NU Passing Leader ever for a Husker senior, trailing only Mike Rozier’s 2,148 yards in 1983. Tommy Armstrong Jr.–6-18-1, 62 yards, TD NU Receiving Leaders 4 Abdullah increased his career rushing total to 4,296 moving him within 484 yards of Mike Rozier’s school-record Kenny Bell–2 receptions, 14 yards, TD Ameer Abdullah–1 reception, 26 yards 4,780 rushing yards. Abdullah also increased his career all-purpose yardage total to 6,700, moving him within 300 NU Defensive Leaders yards of becoming the 11th player in NCAA history with 7,000 career all-purpose yards. Corey Cooper–6 UT, 4 AT, 10 TT, TFL, 2 fumbles caused Nate Gerry–7 UT, 2 AT, 9 TT, fumble caused, fumble recovery 4 The Nebraska defense recovered four Wisconsin fumbles in the game, including three in the first half. The game Zaire Anderson–6 TT, 2 fumble recoveries, fumble caused marked the first time Nebraska has recovered four opponent fumbles since a victory over Kansas State in 1999. NU Special Teams Leader Sam Foltz–8 punts, 46.9 average, career-long 70-yard punt 4 Wisconsin completed 7-of-11 passes, ending a streak of five straight games in which Nebraska opponents completed 14-yard rush less than 50 percent of their passes. 2014 Big Ten Standings 4 Junior defensive end Randy Gregory split a third-quarter sack, giving him a team-leading 6.0 sacks this season and West Division 16.5 in his career. He is now tied for 10th on the Nebraska career sacks list, matching Travis Hill’s career total. Gregory Records Team Big Ten Overall Next Game is the only player in Nebraska history who has reached the top 10 on the list in just two seasons. Wisconsin 5-1 8-2 at Iowa Nebraska 4-2 8-2 Minnesota 4 Sophomore punter Sam Foltz punted eight times for an average of 46.9 yards per punt. Foltz had a career-long Minnesota 4-2 7-3 at Nebraska 70-yard punt in the fourth quarter and downed two punts inside the Badger 20 yard-line. Iowa 4-2 7-3 Wisconsin Northwestern 2-4 4-6 at Purdue 4 Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon rushed 25 times for 408 yards, the most rushing yards in school history Illinois 1-5 4-6 Penn State against Nebraska. The previous record was 290 yards on 33 carries by Texas’s Jamaal Charles in 2007. Purdue 1-5 3-7 Northwestern East Division 4 Wisconsin’s 581 rushing yards were the most ever against Nebraska.