2020 BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - NOVEMBER 2

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 3 SCHEDULE EAST DIVISION SATURDAY, NOV. 7 at Conference Games All Games Noon | FS1 W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk Indiana 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 2-0 W3 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 W2 State 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 1-0 W15 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 W2 Michigan State at Michigan State 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 1-1 W1 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 0-0 W1 Noon | ESPN Rutgers 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 1-1 L1 1-1 .500 0-1 1-0 0-0 L1 Maryland 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 0-0 W1 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 0-0 W1 Nebraska at Northwestern Michigan 1-1 .500 0-0 1-0 0-1 L1 1-1 .500 0-0 1-0 0-0 L1 Noon | BTN Penn State 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-2 L2 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-0 L2

WEST DIVISION Minnesota at Conference Games All Games 3:30 p.m. | BTN W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk Purdue 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 2-0 W2 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 W2 Maryland at Penn State Northwestern 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 1-0 W3 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 W2 3:30 p.m. | BTN Wisconsin 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 1-0 W5 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Nebraska 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-0 L2 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 0-0 L1 Illinois 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-2 L4 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-0 L2 Purdue at Wisconsin Iowa 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-2 L2 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-0 L2 3:30 p.m. | ABC Minnesota 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-0 L3 0-2 .000 0-1 0-1 0-0 L2 Rutgers at Ohio State BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. 7:30 p.m. | BTN • Ohio State completed 28-of-34 passes for 318 yards and four All times Eastern while directing an Ohio State offense that finished with 526 total yards to defeat Penn State on Saturday. It was the sixth time in his 16-game Ohio State career that Fields has thrown four passes in a contest. The junior’s first seven passes were all completions, giving him 16 consecutive completions over two games to tie the school record set by J.T. Barrett in 2016. WEEK 2 RESULTS

• Saturday’s win against the Nittany Lions marked Ohio State’s 14th straight win by double digits against FRIDAY, OCT. 30 Big Ten opponents, which continues the longest streak in Big Ten history and is tied for the longest win Maryland 45, Minnesota 44 (OT) streak by double digits against conference opponents since Nebraska did so against Big 8 and Big 12 teams in 1995-96. The Buckeyes also tied the FBS record with their 10th straight road win against ranked teams SATURDAY, OCT. 31 and extended their win streak to 17 straight wins against ranked conference opponents, the longest active Purdue 31, Illinois 24 streak in FBS. Michigan State 27, Michigan 24 • Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa became the third Big Ten player in the last 20 seasons to notch Northwestern 21, Iowa 20 350 passing yards, three passing touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns in a single game as Maryland Indiana 37, Rutgers 21 defeated Minnesota in overtime on Saturday. The sophomore completed 26-of-35 passes for 394 yards, Ohio State 38, Penn State 25 the 10th most single-game passing yards in school history and the most since Danny O’Brien passed for 417 yards against N.C. State in 2010. Tagovailoa added 59 rushing yards, including a 39-yard touchdown in the first quarter. FOLLOW THE BIG TEN • Saturday’s 45- 44 overtime victory marked the Terrapins’ first overtime win since 2016 and snapped an eight-game losing streak. Maryland outscored Minnesota 24-6 in the fourth quarter and overtime to beat The Big Ten football page on bigten.org will feature the Gophers for the third time in the last four seasons. notes, recaps, statistics, standings and more. You can also keep track of Big Ten football in real time by following • On Oct. 23, the announced the launch of the ‘United As One’ social justice cam- the conference on Twitter @B1Gfootball and @BigTen or paign. ‘United As One’ is among several conference-wide Equality Coalition initiatives dedicated to con- becoming a fan of the Big Ten Conference on Facebook to structively and collectively recognizing and eliminating racism and hate in our society by creating resourc- receive exclusive updates. es for inclusion, empowerment and accountability. FACEBOOK.COM/BIGTENCONFERENCE • The Big Ten Conference established the Equality Coalition in 2020 with 227 members including presi- dents and chancellors, directors of athletics, coaches, student-athletes, conference and school administra- tors, alumni, families and friends representing all 14 institutions. @B1GFOOTBALL OR @BIGTEN

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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 3 2 2020 BIG TEN • Rocky Lombardi threw for 323 yards, including 196 to Ricky White, and three touchdowns to help Michigan State defeat Michigan on Saturday. became the second Michigan State to win his debut against the PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Wolverines, joining in 1995. He is the first Michigan State coach to ever have his first career win come 10/26 O WR David Bell, PUR against the Wolverines. QB Graham Mertz, WIS (Fr.) D S Jamar Johnson, IND • Lombardi had five completions of 30+ yards, connecting on plays of 30, 31, 40, 50 and 53 yards. He is the only Big LB Olakunle Fatukasi, RU S K Charlie Kuhbander, NU Ten quarterback with multiple 300-yard passing games this season and his 323 passing yards were the third-most by F QB Graham Mertz, WIS a Spartan signal caller against Michigan all-time, trailing only Bill Burke in 1999 and in 2015. 11/2 O QB Taulia Tagovailoa, MD QB Justin Fields, OSU • White set a school record for a freshman with 196 receiving yards in a win at Michigan on Saturday. The wide D DT Tommy Togiai, OSU receiver caught eight passes in the contest, including a 30-yard touchdown reception to open the scoring in the first S K Charles Campbell, IND quarter. White added a 50-yard reception on Michigan State’s opening possession of the second half to set up a F WR Ricky White, MSU S Brandon Joseph, NU Spartans’ and a 31-yard catch late in the fourth quarter to give his team first-and-goal and set up the Spartans’ game-sealing touchdown.

BIG TEN COACHING RECORDS

Coach, School Career (Yrs) At School (Yrs) Big Ten Only EAST DIVISION Tom Allen, IND 20-20 (4th) 20-20 (4th) 11-18 Michael Locksley, MD 7-41 (6th) 5-15 (3rd) 3-14 , MICH 106-46 (13th) 48-19 (6th) 33-13 Mel Tucker, MSU 6-8 (2nd) 1-1 (1st) 1-1 Ryan Day, OSU 18-1 (3rd) 18-1 (3rd) 12-0 James Franklin, PSU 80-40 (10th) 56-25 (7th) 33-17 , RU 69-68 (12th) 69-68 (12th) 1-1

WEST DIVISION , ILL 15-36 (5th) 15-36 (5th) 8-30 , IOWA 174-127 (25th) 162-106 (22nd) 97-77 P.J. Fleck, MINN 53-39 (8th) 23-17 (4th) 12-17 , NEB 28-23 (5th) 9-16 (3rd) 6-13 , NU 101-79 (15th) 101-79 (15th) 59-59 , 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 3 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, Chicago 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 , 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 , 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 3 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 , 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 3 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 or ESPN2 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 TBD BTN

SATURDAY, NOV. 21 Michigan State at Maryland Illinois at Nebraska Wisconsin at Northwestern Indiana at Ohio State Iowa at Penn State Michigan at Rutgers

FRIDAY, NOV. 27 Nebraska at Iowa TBD FOX/FS1

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.