2013 HUSKER FOOTBALL Game 8
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2013 HUSKER FOOTBALL Nebraska Media Relations w One Memorial Stadium w Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 w Phone: (402) 472-2263 w [email protected] 2013 Nebraska Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Game 8: Aug. 31 Wyoming (BTN) W, 37-34 Sept. 7 Southern Miss (BTN) W, 56-13 Nebraska vs. Sept. 14 UCLA (ABC) L, 21-41 Sept. 21 South Dakota State (BTN) W, 59-20 Northwestern Oct. 5 Illinois (ESPNU) W, 39-19 Nov. 2, 2013 | Memorial Stadium Oct. 12 at Purdue (BTN) W, 44-7 Huskers Oct. 26 at Minnesota (ESPN) L, 23-34 Lincoln, Neb.| 2:30 p.m. Wildcats Record: 5-2, 2-1 Nov. 2 Northwestern (BTN) 2:30 p.m. Record: 4-4, 0-4 Nov. 9 at Michigan TBA Rankings: not ranked Rankings: not ranked Nov. 16 Michigan State TBA Last Game: Game Information Last Game: Nov. 23 at Penn State TBA lost to Minnesota, Television: BTN lost to Iowa, 17-10 (ot) Nov. 29 Iowa (ABC) 11 a.m. 34-23 Radio: Husker Sports Network Coach: Pat Fitzgerald Dec. 7 Big Ten Championship (FOX) 7:17 p.m. Coach: Bo Pelini Capacity: 87,000+ (331st consecutive sellout) Career/NW Record: at Indianapolis, Ind. Career/NU Record: Surface: FieldTurf 54-43/8th year All times Central 54-22/6th year Series Record: Nebraska leads, 4-2 vs. Nebraska: 1-1 vs. Northwestern: 1-1 Last Meeting:Nebraska, 29-28, 2012 in Evanston Television ESPN The Matchup Eric Collins, Play-by-Play Nebraska returns to Memorial Stadium for the first time in four weeks on Saturday afternoon as the Huskers play Chuck Long, Analyst host to Northwestern in a Big Ten Legends division matchup. The game is set for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff with television Jon Jansen, Sidelines coverage provided by the Big Ten Network. The Huskers will be looking to bounce back after a 34-23 road loss at Minnesota last Saturday. The loss dropped Nebraska to 5-2 overall and 2-1 in Big Ten Conference play. The setback also dropped Nebraska out of both national Radio polls this week. Husker Sports Network Nebraska continues to field one of the nation’s top rushing offenses, averaging better than 270 yards per game Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play on the ground. The rushing attack is led by junior Ameer Abdullah, who comes into Saturday’s contest needing just Matt Davison, Analyst 19 yards to post his second consecutive 1,000-yard rushing campaign. Lane Grindle, Sidelines Northwestern comes to Lincoln with a 4-4 record, including an 0-4 mark in Big Ten action. After starting the season with four straight wins, the Wildcats have dropped their past four games in conference play, with three of Internet those losses by 10 or fewer points. Huskers.com The Nebraska-Northwestern matchup has been full of drama the past two seasons with the two games decided HSN free audio by a total of four points, and the road team winning each game. Live stats, game-day information, photos and more The Series Other Saturday’s game will be the seventh matchup all-time between the schools and the third as Big Ten Conference Satellite Radio foes. Nebraska holds a 4-2 edge in the series, including a 2-1 advantage in games played in Lincoln. The schools met Sirius Channel 92, XM 193 just once in the regular season between 1931 and 2011 when Nebraska joined the Big Ten. Connect With the Huskers The Coaches Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, ‘90) owns a 54-22 record (.711) in his sixth season. Pelini has guided NU to nine or more wins in each of his first five seasons as head coach, joining Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne in accomplishing that feat at Nebraska. With Nebraska’s win over Wyoming in the season opener, Pelini became the fifth coach in NU history to win 50 games on the NU sideline, joining Dana Bible, Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne and Frank Solich. Northwestern: Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern, ‘97) is in his eighth season as the head coach at his alma mater. Fitzgerald has guided the Wildcats to a 54-43 record in his tenure. Fitzgerald has taken Northwestern to bowl games Facebook.com/huskers in each of the last five seasons. Nebraska Football Nebraska is 861-355-40 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 49 all-time bowl appearances rank third nationally. w Since 1970, NU has 427 wins, 24 more than any other @huskers school. w Nebraska’s 106 football Academic All-Americans lead the nation. w The Huskers have 110 first-team All- Americans in school history. Game 8 vs. Northwestern 1 2013 Nebraska Football 2013 Nebraska Football Huskers.com Nebraska-Minnesota Stat Wrap Noting Game Seven...Minnesota 34, Nebraska 23 Team Stats NU MINN The loss snapped the Huskers’ 16-game winning streak against Minnesota. The loss also snapped Nebraska’s eight- First Downs 17 23 game win streak in Big Ten regular-season games and NU’s four-game conference road winning streak. Rushes-Yards 30-189 54-271 Passes 16-30-1 8-17-0 Senior quarterback Taylor Martinezmade his first start since Sept. 14 against UCLA. Martinez completed 16-of-30 Passing Yards 139 159 passes for 139 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Martinez rushed eight times for 16 yards, including Total Offense 328 430 a 35-yard run in the third quarter. Martinez increased his career rushing total to 2,975 yards, moving him within 25 3rd-Down Conversions 4-of-12 5-of-13 yards of becoming the 16th quarterback in FBS history to rush for 3,000 career yards and just the third quarterback Turnovers 2 0 in Big Ten history to achieve that milestone. Penalties 3-21 3-35 Time of Possession 24:23 35:37 Junior I-back Ameer Abdullah rushed 19 times for 165 yards, his sixth 100-yard rushing game of the season and NU Rushing Leaders 12th of his career. With his 165 rushing yards, Abdullah increased his season rushing total to 981, the sixth-most Ameer Abdullah–19 carries, 165 yards rushing yards by a Husker player through seven games. Abdullah is just 19 yards from posting the 34th 1,000-yard Taylor Martinez–8 carries, 16 yards rushing season in Nebraska history. Abdullah would be just the eighth player in Husker history to record back-to-back NU Passing Leader 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Taylor Martinez–16-30-1, 139 yards, TD NU Receiving Leaders Abdullah pushed his career rushing total to 2,268, moving him up six spots to 21st on the NU career rushing list. Quincy Enunwa–3 catches, 46 yards He is 125 yards from moving into the top 20 on the NU career rushing list. Kenny Bell–3 catches, 45 yards NU Defensive Leaders Junior receiver Kenny Bell caught three passes for 45 yards, including a 42-yard reception on the Huskers’ scoring David Santos–7 UT, 6 AT, 13 TT Zaire Anderson–6 UT, 5 AT, 11 TT drive to open the game. With his three catches, Bell pushed his career receptions total to 109, moving him into fifth Randy Gregory–3 UT, AT, 4TT, sack place on the NU career receptions list. Bell passed Todd Peterson (108 catches) in the game to move into fifth place. NU Special Teams Leader Pat Smith–3-3 FG, long-45; 2-2 PAT Senior receiver Quincy Enunwa had three receptions for 46 yards, and has a streak of 21 straight games with a reception, the fourth-longest streak in NU history. With his 46 receiving yards, Enunwa increased his career yardage 2013 Big Ten Standings total to 1,173 moving him up three spots to 12th on the NU career receiving yardage list. Legends Division Records Senior place-kicker Pat Smith connected a season-long 45-yard field goal in the first quarter. Smith’s career-long Team Big Ten Overall Next Game kick was a 46-yard field goal in 2012, while he was playing at Western Illinois. Smith added a 42-yard field goal in the Michigan St. 4-0 7-1 Michigan Michigan 2-1 6-1 at Michigan State second quarter and a 37-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. Nebraska 2-1 5-2 Northwestern Minnesota 2-2 6-2 at Indiana Nebraska redshirt freshman Jordan Westerkamp had a 19-yard punt return in the first quarter, a season-long punt Iowa 2-2 5-3 Wisconsin return for the Huskers. Northwestern 0-4 4-4 at Nebraska Leaders Division Nebraska redshirt freshman tight end Sam Cotton had a three-yard TD reception in the third quarter for his first Records career touchdown. Team Big Ten Overall Next Game Ohio State 4-0 8-0 at Purdue Sophomore I-back Imani Cross ran for a two-yard touchdown in the first quarter for his team-high ninth touchdown Wisconsin 3-1 5-2 at Iowa of the season and the 16th of his career. Penn State 1-2 4-3 Illinois Indiana 1-2 3-4 Minnesota Sophomore linebacker David Santos and junior linebacker Zaire Anderson each registered career bests in tackles Illinois 0-3 3-4 at Penn State Purdue 0-3 1-6 Ohio State with 13 and 11 tackles, respectively. 2013 Non-Conference Opponents Nebraska failed to rush for 200 yards for just the fourth time since the start of the 2012 season and the second Team Overall Conf.