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 5: Aug. 30 Florida Atlantic (BTN) W, 55-7 Sept. 6 McNeese State (ESPNU) W, 31-24 Nebraska vs. Illinois Sept. 13 at Fresno State (CBS Sports Net.) W, 55-19 Sept. 27, 2014 | Memorial Stadium Sept. 20 Miami (ESPN2) W, 41-31 Sept. 27 Illinois (HC) (BTN) 8 p.m. Lincoln, Neb. | 8 p.m. (CT) Oct. 4 at Michigan State (ABC/ESPN/2) 7 p.m. Huskers Fighting Illini Oct. 18 at Northwestern (BTN) 6:30 p.m. Record: 4-0, 0-0 Game Information Record: 3-1, 0-0 Oct. 25 Rutgers TBA Rankings: AP–21; Television: BTN Rankings: not ranked Nov. 1 Purdue TBA Coaches–19 Radio: Husker Sports Network Last Game: Nov. 15 at Wisconsin TBA Last Game: Capacity: 87,000 def. Texas State, 42-35 Nov. 22 Minnesota TBA def. Miami, 41-31 Surface: FieldTurf Coach: Tim Beckman Series Record: Nebraska leads, 8-2-1 Nov. 28 at Iowa TBA Coach: Bo Pelini IU/Career Record: Last Meeting:Nebraska, 39-19 in Lincoln, 2013 All times Central Career/NU Record: 9-19, 3rd year/ Special Events: Homecoming, 125th Season of NU 62-24, 7th year 30-35, 6th year Football Celebration, adidas Alternate Uniforms Television vs. Illinois: 1-0 vs. Nebraska: 0-1 BTN Kevin Kugler, Play-by-Play The Matchup Chuck Long, Analyst Nebraska opens play on Saturday night, taking on Illinois in a West Division matchup at Rebecca Haarlow, Sidelines Memorial Stadium. The game, which will mark Homecoming in Lincoln, is set for an 8 p.m. kickoff at Memorial Stadium and will be televised by BTN. Radio The Huskers will head into conference action with a perfect 4-0 record, marking the third time in seven seasons Husker Sports Network under Bo Pelini Nebraska completed non-league play unbeaten. Nebraska secured its 4-0 start with a 41-31 victory over Miami before a Memorial Stadium record crowd on Saturday night in Lincoln. Nebraska’s offense dominated Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play the game with a powerful rushing attack, grinding out 343 rushing yards, including 229 yards by Heisman candidate Matt Davison, Analyst Ameer Abdullah. Lane Grindle, Sidelines Nebraska’s victory over Miami allowed the Huskers to advance in the national polls. The Huskers moved up three spots in both polls to No. 21 in the Associated Press Poll and 19th in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Digital Media Illinois comes into the game with a 3-1 record following a come-from-behind 42-35 victory over Texas State on Huskers.com Saturday in Champaign. The Illini feature a high-powered offensive attack as they average 429.8 yards per game, HSN free audio including 321.5 yards passing per contest. Live stats, game-day information, photos and more This marks the second of four consecutive seasons in which Nebraska will open Big Ten play against Illinois. It also Facebook.com/Huskers marks the second straight year NU has hosted Illinois on Homecoming. @Huskers on Twitter @HuskerFBNation The Series Nebraska holds an 8-2-1 edge in the series between the two schools, including a 39-19 victory in Lincoln last season in the first meeting as Big Ten opponents. Saturday’s matchup will be just the fourth meeting since 1953. Nebraska Other holds a 6-1 edge in games played in Lincoln Satellite Radio Sirius Channel 113, XM 195 The Coaches Nebraska: Bo Pelini ( State, ‘90) owns a 62-24 record (.721) in his seventh season as . 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 62 wins trail only Osborne and Devaney on the NU wins list. Pelini joins Alabama’s as the only head coaches in the nation to win nine or more games each of the past six seasons. Illinois: Tim Beckman (Findlay, ‘88) is in his third season as Illinois’ head coach and his sixth season overall as a collegiate head coach. Beckman has guided the Fighting Illini to a 9-19 record in his three seasons and owns a 30-35 overall record as a collegiate coach. He previously served as the head coach at Toledo from 2009 to 2011. He had assistant coaching stops at Oklahoma State, Ohio State, Bowling Green, Elon and Western Carolina. Nebraska Football Nebraska is 869-357-40 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 435 wins, 24 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.

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Nebraska-Miami Stat Wrap Noting Game 4...Nebraska 41, Miami 31 Team Stats UM NU  Nebraska improved to 4-0 marking the third time in seven seasons under Pelini Nebraska has started 4-0 and the first First Downs 24 27 time it has done so since 2011. Nebraska has completed non-conference play unbeaten for the 24th time since 1970. Rushes-Yards 23-76 54-343 Passes 28-42-2 9-13-1  Nebraska won for the 14th straight time in a night game at Memorial Stadium, and improved to 40-5 all-time in Passing Yards 359 113 home night games. Total Offense 435 456  Nebraska’s win was its 400th all-time victory at Memorial Stadium, making Nebraska the fifth school to win 400 3rd-Down Conversions 4-of-10 7-of-10 Turnovers 3 2 games in its current stadium. Nebraska joins Tennessee, Ohio State, Michigan and LSU on the list. Penalties 9-82 7-69  Nebraska senior I-back Ameer Abdullah rushed a career-high 35 times for 229 yards and two , while Time of Possession 26:40 33:20 also adding a three-yard reception. Abdullah’s previous career high in carries was 31 against Penn State NU Rushing Leaders in 2012. The 229 rushing yards marked Abdullah’s second 200-yard rushing game of 2014, following a career-high 232 Ameer Abdullah–35 carries, 229 yards, 2 TD yards against Florida Atlantic. He also topped 200 yards with 225 yards last season against Illinois. Tommy Armstrong Jr.–13 carries, 96 yards NU Passing Leader  With his 229 rushing yards, Abdullah increased his career rushing total to 3,602 and moved into third place on Tommy Armstrong Jr.–9-13-1, 113 yards, 2 TD the Nebraska career rushing list. Abdullah passed Roy Helu Jr. (3,404) and Eric Crouch (3,434) to move into the No. 3 NU Receiving Leaders spot. He now trails only Ahman Green (3,880) and 1983 Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier (4,780). Kenny Bell–4 receptions, 70 yards, TD  In addition to his 229 rushing yards, Abdullah added three receiving yards and 81 kickoff return yards for a career- Alonzo Moore–3 receptions, 26 yards NU Defensive Leaders high 313 all-purpose yards, bettering his 252-yard effort against Wisconsin in 2012. Abdullah’s 313 all-purpose yards David Santos–5 UT, 5 AT, 10 TT, TFL, INT rank second on the Nebraska single-game all-purpose yardage list and is the most by a Husker since Roy Helu Jr. had Randy Gregory–2 UT, 5 AT, 7 TT, 2-25 sacks, 2 hurries, FC a school-record 321 all-purpose yards against Missouri on Oct. 30, 2010. It was also the most all-purpose yards in Trevor Roach–5 UT, AT, 6 TT, caused the FBS ranks in 2014. Josh Mitchell–57-yard fumble return for a touchdown  NU Special Teams Leader Abdullah increased his career all-purpose yardage total to 5,762 yards and became Nebraska’s career all-purpose Drew Brown–2-2 FG, 5-5 PAT yards leader, passing 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers (5,586).  Abdullah’s three-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter was his second receiving touchdown of 2014 2014 Big Ten Standings and the sixth of his career. West Division  Records Nebraska rushed for 343 yards, marking its second game this season with 300 or more rushing yards. Nebraska Team Big Ten Overall Next Game improved to 17-0 under Pelini when rushing for 300 or more yards. Miami had allowed 268 total rushing yards in the Nebraska 0-0 4-0 Illinois first three games of the season. Illinois 0-0 3-1 at Nebraska  Senior receiver Kenny Bell caught four passes for 70 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown in the first quarter Iowa 0-0 3-1 at Purdue Minnesota 0-0 3-1 San Jose State to tie the game at 7-7. Bell’s 40-yard touchdown catch was the 16th of his career, tying him with Maurice Purify for Wisconsin 0-0 2-1 South Florida third on the Nebraska career touchdown receptions list. Bell’s 40-yard touchdown reception marked his 14th straight Purdue 0-0 2-2 Iowa TD catch of at least 20 yards. Northwestern 0-0 1-2 at Penn State  Senior defensive back Josh Mitchell returned a fumble 57 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to give East Division Nebraska a 31-21 lead. Mitchell’s fumble return for a touchdown was the first by a Husker since Austin Cassidy had an Records 11-yard fumble return for a touchdown at Minnesota on Oct. 22, 2011. It was the longest fumble return by a Husker Team Big Ten Overall Next Game since Ralph Brown had a school-record 74-yard fumble return for a touchdown at Kansas State in 1998. Penn State 1-0 4-0 Northwestern  Nebraska’s 14-play, 79-yard scoring drive in the second quarter consumed 6:35, marking Nebraska’s longest scoring Maryland 0-0 3-1 at Indiana drive of the season in terms of plays and time. Rutgers 0-1 3-1 Tulane Indiana 0-0 2-1 Maryland  Nebraska dominated the time of possession, holding the ball for 33:20, including 12:43 in the second quarter Michigan State 0-0 2-1 Wyoming alone. Miami had 8:33 of time of possession and 18 snaps in the first quarter, and ran just 25 plays in the second Ohio State 0-0 2-1 Cincinnati and third quarters combined. Michigan 0-0 2-2 Minnesota  Nebraska has scored a touchdown on its opening drive in three of four games this season. 2014 Non-Conference Opponents  Team Overall Conf. Next Game Nebraska junior linebacker David Santos registered his first career in the first quarter to end a Miami Fla. Atlantic 1-3 0-0 UTSA scoring threat. Santos also registered a season-high 10 tackles. McNeese St. 1-1 0-0 Arkansas Tech  True freshman Joshua Kalu added his first career interception in the fourth quarter. Fresno State 1-3 0-0 at New Mexico Miami 2-2 0-0 Duke Inside the Cornhuskers’ 2014 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result TV Series Last Meeting (Site)/Notes Aug. 30 Florida Atlantic W, 55-7 BTN NU, 2-0 NU rolls for most total offensive yards in 23 years (784) and most rushing in 13 years (498) Sept. 6 McNeese State W, 31-24 ESPNU NU, 2-0 Huskers win 10th straight game decided by 7 or less/Abdullah 184 all-purpose yards Sept. 13 at Fresno State W, 55-19 CBSN NU, 2-0 Nebraska explodes for four scoring plays of more than 50 yards/Armstrong 260 passing, 3 TD Sept. 20 Miami W, 41-31 ESPN2 NU, 6-5 NU rushes for 343 yards, including 229 by Abdullah; 400th all-time win at Memorial Stadium Sept. 27 Illinois (HC) 8 p.m. BTN NU, 8-2-1 2013, NU 39-19 (Lincoln)/Huskers play host to Illini on Homecoming for second straight year Oct. 4 at Michigan State 7 p.m. ABC/ESPN NU, 7-1 2013, MSU 41-28 (Lincoln)/One of the two schools has played in first three B1G title games Oct. 18 at Northwestern 6:30 p.m. BTN NU, 5-2 2013, NU 27-24 (Lincoln)/Meetings from 2011-13 decided by a total of seven points Oct. 25 Rutgers TBA TBA NU, 1-0 1920, NU 28-0 (New York)/First meeting in 94 seasons between the schools Nov. 1 Purdue TBA TBA Series tied, 1-1 2013, NU 42-7 (W. Lafayette)/Purdue will make first-ever trip to Lincoln in 2014 Nov. 15 at Wisconsin TBA TBA Series tied, 4-4 2012, UW 70-31 (Indianapolis)/First matchup between schools as West Division opponents Nov. 22 Minnesota TBA TBA UM, 30-22-2 2013, UM 34-23 (Minneapolis)/Minnesota ended 16-game NU win streak in 2013 Nov. 28 at Iowa TBA TBA NU, 28-13-3 2013, Iowa 38-17 (Lincoln)/Huskers have won 2 of 3 Heroes Games since 2011 Dec. 6 BIG Championship 7:17 p.m. FOX NU, 0-1 Nebraska appeared in the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game as Legends Division champion

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Noting Pelini Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini Born: Dec. 13, 1967 Bo Pelini is in his seventh season as Nebraska’s head coach and owns a 62-24 record with the Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio Huskers. Pelini has won or shared four divisional titles in his first six seasons as head coach, including Wife: Mary Pat the 2012 Big Ten Legends Division crown. He guided NU to three straight Big 12 North Division crowns Children: Patrick, Kate and Caralyn from 2008 to 2010, becoming the first coach in the history of the Big 12 to win at least a share of a High School: Cardinal Mooney, 1986 division title in each of his first three years. College: Ohio State, 1990 He has guided Nebraska to at least nine wins each of his six seasons, and three 10-win seasons. Playing Experience Pelini is third on the Nebraska career victories list, trailing only Tom Osborne and Bob Devaney. 1987-90, Ohio State, free safety Pelini took charge of the Huskers after a highly successful five-year run as a collegiate defensive coordinator, including orchestrating NU’s defensive efforts in 2003. Pelini picked up his first college head coaching victory as NU’s Coaching Experience interim coach in the 2003 Alamo Bowl against Michigan State. Nebraska, 2008-present Following his one season at Nebraska, Pelini served as the co-defensive coordinator at Oklahoma in 2004, helping Head Coach the Sooners to the Big 12 title and BCS title game. He then followed with three seasons as the defensive coordinator at LSU, 2005-07 LSU. With the Tigers, Pelini led three consecutive defenses to No. 3 national rankings in total defense. He culminated defensive coordinator his time in Baton Rouge by helping the Tigers to the 2007 national championship. In addition to his five seasons as an assistant at the collegiate level, Pelini coached in the NFL for nine seasons, Oklahoma, 2004 serving three years each with the San Francisco 49ers, and Green Bay Packers. Pelini was a co-def. coordinator, defensive backs team captain and four-year letterman as a safety at Ohio State from 1987 to 1990. Nebraska, 2003 defensive coordinator, Pelini Stacks up Well with Peers interim head coach for Alamo Bowl In guiding Nebraska to a 62-24 record, Pelini has put himself in impressive company. 4 Among schools currently in a power conference, Pelini is just the eighth head coach in history to Green Bay Packers, 2000-02 win at least nine games in each of his first six seasons on the job at that school. The group includes three Nebraska linebackers coaches (Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne, Pelini). New England Patriots, 1997-99 4 When looking only at coaches in their first head coaching job at a major conference school, Pelini is one of only linebackers three to win nine games in each of his first six years, joining Osborne and Barry Switzer (Oklahoma). San Francisco 49ers, 1994-96 4 Pelini was among a group of 18 FBS head coaches who were hired for their jobs beginning with the 2008 season. assistant secondary Pelini leads that group of 18 head coaches in victories over the past six-plus years with 61 wins. In fact, Pelini is one of only five coaches in the group of 18 still in the job he was hired for prior to the 2008 season. Cardinal Mooney High School, 1993 quarterbacks Pelini Continues Defensive Accomplishments at Nebraska Iowa, 1991 At Nebraska, Pelini has continued his history of building championship defenses. In 2009, the Huskers led the graduate assistant nation in scoring defense and had the nation’s best scoring defensive improvement (18.1 ppg). When combining statistics since the start of the 2009 season, NU ranks second in pass efficiency defense, third in passing defense, Nebraska under Pelini 16th in total defense and 18th in scoring defense. Overall ...... 62-24 With Pelini’s previous track record, the success of his Nebraska defenses is no surprise. vs. AP Ranked Teams...... 9-14 4Pelini led the 2003 Blackshirts to a school-record 47 takeaways, including a Big 12-record 32 , and vs. AP Top 10 Teams...... 2-8 finished second nationally in scoring defense, first in pass efficiency defense and 11th in total defense. vs. Unranked Teams...... 53-10 4Pelini guided LSU defenses to No. 3 national finishes in total defense each of his three seasons in Baton Rouge. vs. Big Ten Teams...... 18-8 4In 152 games as a collegiate coach, Pelini’s defenses have posted 10 shutouts, held the opposition to seven Home...... 38-9 points or less 42 times and to 20 points or less 95 times. Road ...... 20-9 Neutral...... 4-6 Husker Staff Has Only One Change for 2014 Season In August...... 3-0 Pelini had just one change in his full-time coaching staff during the offseason. Charlton Warren joined the Huskers as In September...... 22-4 secondary coach after spending the past nine seasons at Air Force, including the past two years as defensive coordinator. In October...... 14-8 Warren worked directly with the defensive backs all nine years with the Falcons. He also earned a reputation as In November...... 19-6 the Falcons’ top recruiter and coordinated Air Force’s recruiting efforts from 2006 to 2011. In December...... 2-4 Warren joined a defensive staff led by John Papuchis, who enters his third season as defensive coordinator In January...... 2-2 and seventh year overall on the Husker staff. Ross Els in his fourth season as the linebackers coach and recruiting When Rushing for 200 or more yards...... 40-6 coordinator, while defensive line coach Rick Kaczenski enters his third year at Nebraska. When Rushing for 300 or more yards...... 17-0 On offense, Tim Beck is in his fourth season as offensive coordinator and seventh season overall on Pelini’s staff. When Passing for 200 or more yards...... 24-11 Ron Brown (running backs) and Barney Cotton (offensive line/tight ends) have also been on staff for each of Pelini’s When Passing for 300 or more yards...... 11-1 seven seasons. Rich Fisher (receivers) and John Garrison (offensive line) each enter their fourth season. When NU player rushes for 100 yards...... 46-8 When NU has two 100-yard rushers...... 9-1 2014 Nebraska Coaching Staff When NU player has 100 yards receiving...... 14-3 When Opponent has 100 Yd. Rusher...... 17-13 Offense When Scoring 35 or More Points...... 33-1 When Holding Opponent to 10 Pts. or less...... 21-2 When forcing three or more turnovers...... 18-2 When Nebraska scores first...... 46-7 When Nebraska leads at halftime...... 49-4 Tim Beck Ron Brown Barney Cotton Rich Fisher John Garrison When Nebraska trails at halftime...... 11-17 Off. Coord./QBs Running Backs Run Game Coord./OL/TE Wide Receivers Offensive Line When Nebraska is tied at halftime...... 4-2 7th Year-Press Box 7th/24th Year-Field 7th/8th Year-Press Box 4th Year-Field 4th Year-Field Games decided by 11 points or more...... 39-14 Defense Games decided by 10 or less...... 20-8 Games decided by 7 or less...... 13-8 Games decided by 3 or less...... 7-6 Overtime games...... 2-1 Strength John Papuchis Ross Els Rick Kaczenski Charlton Warren James Dobson Defensive Coordinator Linebackers/RC Defensive Line Secondary Strength Coach 7th Year-Field 4th Year-Press Box 3rd Year-Field 1st Year-Press Box 6th Year Game 5 vs. Illinois 4 125th Season of Nebraska Football 2014 Nebraska Football Huskers.com

Scouting Illinois Illinois opens Big Ten Conference play Saturday against Nebraska. The Fighting Illini posted a 3-1 record in non-conference play, suffering their only loss at Washington on Sept. 13. Offensively, Illinois boasts one of the nation’s top passing attacks. The Illini rank 19th nationally with an average of 321.5 passing yards per game while completing 66.2 percent of their passes. Illinois averages only 108.2 rushing yards per game, as nearly 60 percent of the Fighting Illini’s total plays have been passes. Nebraska Cornhuskers Illinois Fighting Illini Wes Lunt is completing 65.8 percent of his passes for 1,237 yards and 11 (4-0, 0-0 Big Ten) (3-1, 0-0 Big Ten) touchdowns. He ranks eighth nationally in passing touchdowns and ninth in passing yards per game. Statistical Comparison Illinois Facts has caught 16 passes for 300 Category (per game) NEB ILL Big Ten Big Ten Natl. Natl. yards and two touchdowns this Location: Urbana-Champaign, Ill. Rushing Offense 329.0 108.3 2nd 14th 5th 110th fall, while six Illini have at least 10 Nickname: Fighting Illini Passing Offense 230.8 321.5 7th 2nd 70th 19th catches. Enrollment: 43,398 Total Offense 559.8 429.8 1st 7th 8th 63rd Colors: Orange & Blue On the ground, Josh Ferguson Scoring Offense 45.5 32.8 2nd 7th 10th 61st Conference: Big Ten has gained a team-high 316 Stadium: Memorial Stadium yards, while averaging 6.3 yards Rushing Defense 116.0 172.5 6th 12th 33rd 81st Capacity: 60,670 per . Ferguson is coming off Pass Efficiency Defense 104.03 138.35 2nd 13th 17th 91st Series Record: Nebraska leads, 8-2-1 a career day against Texas State Pass Defense 213.8 25.7 4th 10th 43rd 92nd Head Coach: Tim Beckman last weekend, when he ran for Total Defense 329.8 429.8 6th 12th 31st 93rd Alma Mater (Year): Findlay (1988) 190 yards and two touchdowns. Scoring Defense 20.3 32.5 5th 14th 33rd 100th Record at Illinois: 9-19 (third season) Defensively, Illinois ranks Net Punting 45.0 41.2 1st 2nd 4th 21st Career Record: 30-35 (sixth season) 93rd nationally in total defense Punt Returns 13.1 11.8 4th 5th 30th 37th Record vs. Nebraska: 0-1 and 100th in scoring defense. Kickoff Returns 19.9 26.3 12th 1st 75th 13th Opponents have rushed for Turnover Margin 0.0 -0.8 5th 13th 57th 101st Illinois Schedule an average of 172.5 yards per Aug. 30 Youngstown State W, 28-17 Sacks 2.0 2.5 10th 8th 52nd 42nd game against the Illini, but are Sept. 6 Western Kentucky W, 42-34 Tackles For Loss 7.0 8.0 7th 2nd 29th 14th averaging just 3.5 yards per carry. Sept. 13 at Washington L, 19-44 Sacks Allowed 0.3 2.3 1st 10th 4th 80th Sept. 20 Texas State W, 42-35 Through the air, Illinois is giving Sept. 27 at Nebraska 8 p.m. up an average of 257.2 passing Oct. 4 Purdue TBA yards per game. Illinois Statistical Leaders Oct. 11 at Wisconsin TBA Illinois possesses one of Rushing G Att. Yards YPC TD Avg./G Oct. 25 Minnesota 11 a.m. the nation’s top return men Josh Ferguson, RB 4 50 316 6.3 3 79.0 Nov. 1 at Ohio State 7 p.m. in V’Angelo Bentley, who has Donovonn Young, RB 4 36 125 3.5 2 31.2 Nov. 15 Iowa TBA returned 12 kickoffs for 324 yards Jon Davis, TE 4 6 22 3.7 0 5.5 Nov. 22 Penn State TBA and four punts for 65 yards. His Nov. 29 at Northwestern TBA 389 combined return yards ranks Passing Comp. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD second nationally. Wes Lunt, QB 100 152 65.8 3 1,237 11 Reilly O’Toole, QB 4 5 80.0 0 49 0 Series History Nebraska leads the all-time series with Illinois, 8-2-1. The Huskers are hosting the Receiving G No. Yards Avg. TD Avg./G Fighting Illini for the second straight season, and Nebraska owns a 6-1 advantage in Mike Dudek, WR 4 19 249 13.1 3 62.2 Lincoln, including a 2-1 edge inside Memorial Stadium. Geronimo Allison, WR 3 16 300 18.8 2 100.0 The teams met as conference foes for the first time last season, when the Justin Hardee, WR 4 14 180 12.9 1 45.0 Huskers ran to a 39-19 victory. Ameer Abdullah rushed for a then-career-high 225 Josh Ferguson, RB 4 12 125 10.4 2 31.2 yards in the win, as Nebraska totaled 335 rushing yards and 521 total yards. Malik Turner, WR 4 11 100 9.1 0 25.0

Illinois Coach Tim Beckman Tackles G UT AT TT TFL Sacks Tim Beckman is in his third season at Illinois, where he owns a 9-19 record. The Taylor Barton, DB 4 21 22 43 0.5 0.0 Fighting Illini have shown improvement each season under Beckman. Illinois was Mason Monheim, LB 4 19 20 39 3.5 0.5 just 2-10 in Beckman’s first season in 2012, but the Illini doubled their win total Zane Petty, DB 4 16 19 35 0.0 0.0 with a 4-8 record in 2013. Illinois has nearly matched last year’s win total with a T.J. Neal Jr., LB 4 13 19 32 2.0 0.0 3-1 record entering tonight’s game. The Fighting Illini are 1-15 in Big Ten games Earnest Thomas III, STAR 4 12 9 21 4.0 1.0 under Beckman. Beckman is in his sixth season as a collegiate head coach. He guided Toledo to a 21-16 record from 2009 to 2011. Before accepting the head coaching job at Punt Returns No. Yards Avg. TD Long Toledo, Beckman had 21 years of experience as an assistant coach. He served as V’Angelo Bentley, DB 4 65 16,2 9 49 the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State (2007-08), the cornerbacks coach at Ohio State (2005-06), the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach at Field Goals Att. Made Pct. Blkd. Long Bowling Green (1998-2004), the defensive coordinator at Elon (1996-97), the Taylor Zalewski, PK 1 3 33.3 0 25 secondary coach and recruiting coordinator at Western Carolina (1990-95) and as David Reisner, PK 1 1 100.0 0 19 a graduate assistant at Auburn (1988-89). A graduate of the , Beckman is 0-1 against Nebraska as a Punts No. Yards Avg. Blkd. Long head coach, but he was on the Oklahoma State staff that handed the Huskers a Justin DuVernois, P 21 960 45.7 0 60 45-14 homecoming loss in 2007.

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800-Win Club hat o atch or his eek Nebraska is one of eight programs with 800 all-time W T W F T W victories, and NU’s 868 all-time victories are fourth Ameer Abdullah has topped 100 yards from Saturday’s game with Illinois begins nationally. scrimmage in 17 straight games. No other Nebraska’s fourth season of action in the 1. Michigan 912 17 4 player in the FBS ranks has a streak of longer Big Ten. NU is 2-1 in Big Ten openers. 2. Notre Dame 877 than 10 games. 3. Texas 876 4. Nebraska 869 Huskers Bidding for Seventh Straight Nine-Win Season 5. Ohio State 851 Nebraska posted a 9-4 record in 2013, capped by a victory over Georgia in the Gator Bowl. The nine-win season 6. Oklahoma 846 in 2013 was Nebraska’s sixth straight under Head Coach Bo Pelini’s leadership and put Nebraska in elite company. 7. Alabama 842 » Nebraska is one of three schools that has won at least nine games each of the past six seasons, joining Alabama 8. Tennessee 806 and Oregon. Nebraska is in its 125th season of college football, and » Pelini has guided Nebraska to 10-win seasons in three of his six seasons. owns an 869-357-40 all-time record in 1,266 games (.702). » The six straight years with at least nine wins marks the first time NU has accomplished that since its NCAA record 4 Since the first season of Nebraska football in 1890, streak of 33 straight nine-win seasons from 1969 to 2001. Husker teams have won 11 or more games 12 times, » Nebraska has 48 nine-win seasons in school history, including 40 since 1969. The Huskers’ 27 all-time 10-win including seven times since 1993. seasons are third-most in college football history. 4Nebraska has won 12 or more games seven times, including three seasons with 13 wins (1971, 1994, 1997). Huskers Celebrating 125th Season of Football Nation’s Best Since ‘70 The 2014 season marks the 125th year of intercollegiate football at Nebraska. Since the school’s first football season Nebraska ranks as the nation’s winningest program in 1890, Nebraska has earned its place as one of the traditional national powers in college football. since 1970. During the past four decades, the Huskers The Huskers have won five national championships, 43 conference championships and last year became just the third have compiled a 435-116-5 record, for a .787 winning school to appear in 50 bowl games. Since 1962 alone, Nebraska has produced nine or more wins in 46 of 52 seasons. percentage in 556 games. NU’s 435 wins in that time period Nebraska will be celebrating its 125th season throughout 2014, including several in-game recognitions on Saturday are 24 more than any other school. night with the Huskers hosting Illinois on Homecoming at Memorial Stadium. 1. Nebraska 435 2. Oklahoma 411 3. Ohio State 398 Huskers to Wear Red Rising Uniforms on Saturday Night 4. Michigan 395 Nebraska will wear Red Rising TECHFIT football uniforms this Saturday night when the Huskers take on Illinois on 4Nebraska has 40 nine-win seasons and 24 10-win Homecoming at Memorial Stadium. seasons since 1970. NU has posted six straight nine-win Celebrating the 125th year of Nebraska football, the new all-red uniform features black metallic stripes on the seasons for the first time since an NCAA-record 33 straight jersey and pant, ultra-light black and silver metallic numbers and a large Nebraska “N” on the chest of the TECHFIT from 1969 to 2001. compression base layer. 4Overall, Nebraska has 27 10-win seasons in school Nebraska’s uniform also incorporates TECHFIT Shockweb technology. The adidas TECHFIT Shockweb uniform is history, the third most among all college football programs, the only true compression uniform system in the industry. Shockweb fits tighter to the body, making players more trailing only Oklahoma and Alabama. difficult to tackle. TECHFIT Shockweb is lighter, helping to make the player fast and increasing his range of motion, to support the athlete’s performance at the highest levels. Most Wins Among 2008 Hiring Class For more information and images of Nebraska’s alternate uniform, please visit @Huskers, @adidasFballUS, Coach School Wins Facebook.com/huskers and Facebook.com/adidasfootballUS Bo Pelini Nebraska 61 Paul Johnson Georgia Tech 53 Ken Niumatalolo Navy 49 Nebraska Boasts Great Success on Homecoming Art Briles Baylor 47 Saturday will mark Nebraska’s 104th Homecoming game. The Huskers boast an all-time record of 77-22-4 (.767 David Cutcliffe Duke 35 winning percentage) in Homecoming games, including a 70-16-3 mark against conference opponents (.803). Since Note: The other 13 coaches in the 2008 hiring class are no longer 1955, Nebraska has faced a conference opponent on Homecoming every season except 2009 and 2010. The Huskers with the school they were hired at in 2008. defeated Illinois, 39-19, last season. Nebraska won 36 straight Homecoming games from 1969 to 2004. Since then, the Huskers are 6-3 on Homecoming, 6-Year Win Total Among and Bo Pelini is 5-1 on Homecoming in his career, including five straight victories. The 1962 Homecoming matchup Nebraska Head Coaches between Nebraska and Missouri marked the start of the Huskers’ ongoing NCAA-record consecutive home sellout Coach First 6 Years Wins streak, which will reach 337 on Saturday. During the sellout streak, NU has won 47 of its 52 Homecoming games. Frank Solich 1998-2003 58 Bo Pelini 2008-13 57* Tom Osborne 1973-78 55 Huskers Have History of Success in Conference Openers Bob Devaney 1962-67 53 Saturday’s game will mark the Big Ten opener for both Nebraska and Illinois. The Huskers are 2-1 in Big Ten * Entering season openers since joining the league in 2011, including a 39-19 home victory over Illinois in last year’s conference opener. Overall, Nebraska is 88-20-2 all-time in conference openers (.809 winning percentage). The Huskers have won their Most Coaching Wins Last first conference game in 36 of the last 39 seasons dating back to 1975. Bo Pelini owns a 4-2 record in conference Seven Seasons (2008-14) openers, with both losses to top-10 teams on the road. Coach School Wins Nebraska has been even better in its first conference game in Lincoln, winning 86 percent of those games (87-13- Nick Saban Alabama 76 4). The Huskers’ first two Big Ten home openers were especially memorable. In 2011, Nebraska posted the largest Chris Peterson Boise State/Wash. 73 comeback in school history, rallying from a 27-6 deficit to defeat Ohio State 34-27. In 2012, NU again came from Bob Stoops Oklahoma 67 behind, this time rallying from a 17-point third-quarter deficit to top Wisconsin, 30-27. Last year, Ameer Abdullah Les Miles LSU 64 ran for a then-career-high 225 yards in the Huskers’ victory over Illinois. Brian Kelly Cin./Notre Dame 63 Bo Pelini Nebraska 61 Oklahoma State 61 Florida/Ohio State 60 Gary Patterson TCU 60 Frank Beamer Virginia Tech 59 *-Includes only active college coaches in 2014

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Big Ten Debuts New Divisions Nebraska Among Big Ten’s Best Over Past Three Seasons When Nebraska joined the Nebraska finished 5-3 in Big Ten play in 2013 and has won 17 of 24 regular-season Big Ten games since joining Big Ten in 2011, the conference the conference in 2011. Nebraska is the only team in the Big Ten to have a winning conference record each of the began divisional play with the past three seasons. Overall, Nebraska has had a winning conference record each of the past six seasons, and is one Legends and Leaders divisions. of only eight schools in the country to accomplish that feat. Nebraska competed in the Legends Division the past three seasons, including winning Nebraska’s 17 conference wins since the start of the 2011 season are the third-most regular-season Big Ten victories the divisional title in 2012. in that time period. Nebraska captured the Legends Division crown and made a trip to the Big Ten Conference title With the addition of Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten, game in 2012. The Huskers have won 11 of their last 14 regular-season Big Ten games. the conference once again has a new divisional alignment. This fall will mark the debut of the Big Ten East and West Big Ten Records (2011-14) divisions. Nebraska will compete in the West along with Conference Games Only Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue and 3-Year Champ. Overall Wisconsin. The East is comprised of Indiana, Maryland, Team B1G Rec. Division Game B1G Wins Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers. Ohio State 19-5 13-2 0-1 19 In 2014 and 2015, the Big Ten will play an eight-game Michigan State 18-6 10-5 1-1 19 conference schedule before moving to a nine-game league Wisconsin 16-8 10-5 2-0 18 slate in 2016. The next two seasons, Nebraska will play the Nebraska 17-7 10-5 0-1 17 other six members of the Big Ten West, as well as Michigan Penn State 17-8 12-4 -- 17 State and Rutgers from the East Division. The divisional Michigan 15-9 9-6 -- 15 winners will meet in the Big Ten Championship Game at Iowa 11-13 8-7 -- 11 Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Dec. 6, 2014. Northwestern 9-15 5-10 -- 9 Minnesota 8-16 3-12 -- 8 Big Ten Conference POW Nominees Purdue 7-17 5-10 -- 7 Game Offense Defense Sp. Teams Frosh Indiana 5-19 4-11 -- 5 FAU Abdullah McMullen Brown Brown MSU Abdullah -- Foltz -- Illinois 3-21 2-13 -- 3 FSU Armstrong Valentine Pierson-El Pierson-El MIAMI Abdullah -- Brown Brown Huskers Complete Perfect Non-Conference Season ILL Nebraska improved to 4-0 with a 41-31 victory over Miami on Saturday night in Lincoln. The win allowed Nebraska MSU to complete a perfect non-conference campaign, marking the third time in seven years under Bo Pelini NU has been NW RU perfect in non-conference play, but the first time since 2011. PUR 4Nebraska now has 24 unbeaten non-conference seasons since 1970. WIS 4The 4-0 non-conference record marks the 33rd straight season NU has had a winning non-conference record MINN since a 2-2 record outside of Big Eight play in 1981. IOWA Bold indicates winner NU Tough Under the Lights at Memorial Stadium Nebraska has been extremely tough at home in night games at Memorial Stadium. The win over Miami last Husker Honors/Watch Lists Saturday night marked the Huskers’ 14th straight victory in home night games. The Huskers also improved to 40-5 Ameer Abdullah, Senior, IB Doak Walker Award Watch List all-time in Memorial Stadium night contests. Walter Camp Award Watch List 4The Huskers’ dominance at night in Lincoln has been impressive, as 30 of the home night wins have been by Hornung Award Watch List at least 13 points. Maxwell Award Watch List 4Nebraska’s five losses in home night games have all come against teams that won at least 10 games in that Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch season (Washington, 1991; Texas, 2002; USC, 2007; Virginia Tech and Missouri, 2008). AFCA Good Works Team Watch List Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Florida Atlantic) Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Miami) NU Rushing Attack Pounds Miami to Continue Strong Start Paul Hornung Award Weekly Honor Roll Nebraska has featured one of the nation’s top rushing attacks over the past several seasons and has shown the (vs. McNeese St., vs. Miami) ability to have a dominant running game in 2014. Nebraska dominated the Miami contest with a punishing ground Senior CLASS Award Nominee game, rolling up 343 rushing yards on 54 attempts. Kenny Bell, Senior, WR Through four games, Nebraska is averaging 329.0 rushing yards per game to rank second in the Big Ten and fifth Biletnikoff Award Watch List nationally. Hornung Award Watch List The Huskers opened the season with an overpowering Randy Gregory, Junior, DE 300-Yard Rushing Games Under Pelini Rk. Game Yards Ted Hendricks Award Watch List rushing effort against Florida Atlantic, rolling up 498 yards 1. vs. McNeese State, 2014 498 Lott Trophy Watch List on the ground, and averaging 8.7 yards per carry. The 2. at Kansas State, 2010 451 Walter Camp Award Watch List rushing output was Nebraska’s best under Bo Pelini and the 3. vs. Idaho State, 2012 385 Nagurski Trophy Watch List Huskers’ best since rushing for 641 yards at Baylor in 2001. 4. at Washington, 2010 383 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List 4 Nebraska’s combined rushing output in the first 5. vs. Wyoming, 2013 375 Chuck Bednarik Watch List four games of the season is the Huskers best through four 6. vs. Idaho, 2010 360 Corey Cooper, Senior, S games since 2000. The Huskers averaged 355.3 rushing 7. vs. Arkansas State, 2012 347 Lott Trophy Watch List yards per game through four contests in 2000. 8. at Minnesota, 2011 346 Mark Pelini, Senior, C 9. vs. Miami, 2014 343 Rimington Trophy Watch List 4 Ameer Abdullah churned out a career-high 232 10. at Kansas State, 2008 340 Sam Foltz, Sophomore, P rushing yards against Florida Atlantic, while sophomore 11. vs. South Dakota State, 2013 335 Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week (vs. McNeese St.) Terrell Newby ran for a career-high 107 yards. The game vs. Illinois, 2013 335 College Football Performance Punter of Week (vs. McNeese St.) marked the 76th time in school history Nebraska has had 13. at Wyoming, 2011 333 two or more 100-yard rushers, and the second straight 14. vs. New Mexico State, 2008 330 year NU has accomplished that feat in the season opener. 15. vs. Missouri, 2010 328 Nebraska was just shy of the mark against Miami with 16. at Michigan State, 2012 313 Abdullah rolling up 229 rushing yards, while quarterback 17. vs. Washington, 2011 309 Tommy Armstrong Jr. added 96 rushing yards.

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Abdullah Game-by-Game in 2014 4 The 300+ rushing efforts against FAU and Miami give Nebraska 17 games under Bo Pelini in which Nebraska Game Att. Yards Avg. TD Long has rushed for at least 300 yards. The Huskers are a perfect 17-0 in those games. FAU 21 232 11.0 1 47 4 Nebraska has reached at least 200 rushing yards in 20 games since the start of the 2012 season, including five MSU 17 54 3.2 1 19 times in 2013 and three of four games in 2014. Nebraska was 5-0 when rushing for at least 200 yards last season, FSU 19 110 5.8 1 57 and is 3-0 this season. MIAMI 35 229 6.5 2 26 4 Totals 92 625 6.8 5 57 In 2013, Nebraska finished third in the Big Ten and 19th nationally in rushing, averaging 215.7 yards per game. The 2013 rushing success continued Nebraska’s recent surge on the ground. Nebraska has averaged better than 200 Abdullah 100-yard Rushing Games rushing yards per game for four straight seasons, and has ranked in the top 20 nationally each year from 2010 to 2012 2013. NU led the Big Ten in rushing in 2012, and topped the Big 12 in rushing offense in 2010. 16 carries, 119 yards, 2 TD at UCLA 4 Nebraska’s 335 rushing yards against Illinois in 2013 marked its second-highest total in a Big Ten Conference 30 carries, 167 yards, 2 TD vs. Arkansas State 19 carries, 101 yards at Northwestern game and its most since rushing for 346 yards at Minnesota in 2011. 24 carries, 101 yards, TD vs. Michigan 4 With Abdullah posting 1,690 rushing yards in 2013, Nebraska has had a 1,000-yard rusher each of the past five 22 carries, 110 yards at Michigan State seasons. That is the longest stretch for NU since the Huskers had at least one 1,000-yard rusher from 1991 to 1995. 31 carries, 116 yards vs. Penn State Abdullah is well on his way to making it six straight years with 625 rushing yards through four games. 2013 19 carries, 114 yards vs. Wyoming 17 carries, 114 yards, 2 TD vs. Southern Miss Abdullah Continues Impressive Start with Dominant Effort vs. Miami 15 carries, 139 yards, TD vs. South Dakota State Senior I-back Ameer Abdullah has shown early in the 2014 season why he is a leading candidate for the Heisman 20 carries, 225 yards, 2 TD vs. Illinois Trophy. Abdullah opened the season against Florida Atlantic with 21 carries for a career-high 232 yards and a 20 carries, 126 yards, TD at Purdue touchdown in a 55-7 win over the Owls. His play earned him Big Ten Offensive Player-of-the-Week honors for the 19 carries, 165 yards at Minnesota second time in his career. 24 carries, 127 yards vs. Northwestern While the numbers in the opener were impressive, FBS Active Career Leaders 27 carries, 105 yards at Michigan Abdullah produced a signature moment against McNeese 22 carries, 123 yards vs. Michigan State All-Purpose Yards 25 carries, 147 yards at Penn State State when the Huskers needed it most. With the game tied Rk. Player, School Yards 27 carries, 122 yards, TD vs. Georgia (Gator Bowl) 24-24 in the final minute, Abdullah unleashed a highlight- 1. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska 5,762 2014 reel 58-yard catch and run for a touchdown that gave 2. , Duke 4,587 21 carries, 232 yards, TD vs. Florida Atlantic Nebraska a 31-24 victory. Abdullah finished the day with 3. Tyler Lockett, Kansas State 4,574 19 carries, 110 yards, TD at Fresno State 184 all-purpose yards, including a career-high 96 receiving 35 carries, 229 yards, 2 TD vs. Miami yards on three receptions. Rushing Yards Rk. Player, School Yards Huskers With Back-to-Back He posted his second 100-yard rushing game of the season 1. Jahwan Edwards, Ball State 3,696 with 19 carries for 110 yards at Fresno State. Abdullah broke 2. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska 3,602 1,000-Yard Rushing Seasons a season-long 57-yard TD run in the first quarter. Ameer Abdullah, 1,137 yards in 2012; 1,483 in 2013 3. Braxton Miller, Ohio State 3,054 Roy Helu Jr., 1,147 yards in 2009; 1,245 in 2010 In a 41-31 victory over Miami, Abdullah produced arguably 4. Jawon Chisholm, Akron 2,834 Calvin Jones, 1,210 yards in 1992; 1,043 in 1993 the most impressive game of his career. Abdullah totaled 5. Todd Gurley, Georgia 2,776 Derek Brown, 1,313 yards in 1991; 1,011 in 1992 a career-high 313 all-purpose yards, the second-most in 100-Yard Rushing Games Ken Clark, 1,497 yards in 1988; 1,196 in 1989 school history, and the most in the FBS ranks in 2014. On Doug DuBose, 1,040 yards in 1984; 1,161 in 1985 Rk. Player, School 100-Yard Games the ground, he had a career-high 35 carries for 229 yards 1. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska 20 Mike Rozier, 1,689 yards in 1982; 2,148 in 1983 and two touchdowns, while also catching a three-yard Jarvis Redwine, 1,042 yards in 1979; 1,119 in 1980 2. Todd Gurley, Georgia 15 Also two 1,000-yard rushing seasons (non-consecutive) touchdown pass. 3. Braxton Miller, Ohio State 14 Ahman Green, 1,086 yards in 1995; 1,877 in 1997; The 229 rushing yards against the Hurricanes marked Jahwan Edwards, Ball State 14 the third 200-yard rushing game of his career. In addition 5. Jawon Chisholm, Akron 12 NU Career Rushing Yards to his career-high 232 yards against FAU, Abdullah rushed T.J. Yeldon, Alabama 12 Rk. Player, Years Yards Kenneth Dixon, Louisiana Tech 12 for a 2013 season-high 225 yards against Illinois in 2013. 1. Mike Rozier, 1981-83 4,780 8. Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin 11 2. Ahman Green, 1995-97 3,880 Abdullah is the FBS active leader in career all-purpose 3. Ameer Abdullah, 2011-present 3,602 yards, while ranking second in rushing yards. His Big Ten- Big Ten Career All-Purpose Yards 4. Eric Crouch, 1998-2001 3,434 leading 1,690 rushing yards in 2013 were the most for any Rk. Player, School, Years Yards 5. Roy Helu Jr., 2007-10 3,404 returning player in the FBS ranks. 1. Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, 1996-99 7,429 6. Rex Burkhead, 2009-12 3,329 The impressive start to 2014 has the Homewood, Ala., 2. , Ohio State, 1972-75 6,559 7. Calvin Jones, 1991-93 3,153 3. Anthony Thompson, Indiana, 1986-89 6,466 8. Ken Clark, 1987-89 3,037 native in rare company in Nebraska history. 4 Abdullah is the eighth player in Nebraska history to 4. Dorien Bryant, Purdue, 2004-07 6,219 9. Taylor Martinez, 2010-13 2,975 5. Jamie Morris, Michigan, 1984-87 6,201 10. I.M. Hipp, 1977-79 2,814 top 3,000 career rushing yards and the third NU I-back 6. Anthony Thomas, Michigan, 1997-2000 6,000 NU Season Rushing Yards to join that group since 2010. With his 229 yards against 7. Montee Ball, Wisconsin, 2009-12 5,935 Rk. Player, Year Yards Miami, Abdullah increased his career rushing total to 8. Brandon Williams, Wisconsin, 2002-05 5,852 1. Mike Rozier, 1983 2,148 3,602 yards to move into the No. 3 spot on the Husker 9. Anthony Carter, Michigan, 1979-82 5,799 2. Ahman Green, 1997 1,877 career rushing list. Abdullah passed Roy Helu Jr. (3,404 10. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska, 2011- 5,762 3. Lawrence Phillips, 1994 1,722 yards) and Eric Crouch (3,434) in the game. He is now 278 4. Ameer Abdullah, 2013 1,690 yards behind Ahman Green for the No. 2 spot on the list 5. Mike Rozier, 1982 1,689 -- and is on pace to challenge Mike Rozier’s school-record total of 4,780 yards. 20. Ameer Abdullah, 2012 1,137 4 Abdullah has topped 1,000 yards on the ground each of the past two seasons, and is one of only nine players in Nebraska history with a pair of 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Abdullah is attempting to become the first player in NU Career 100-Yard Games Husker history with three 1,000-yard seasons. Rk. Player, Years 100-Yd Games 1. Mike Rozier, 1981-83 26 4 Abdullah’s 1,690 yards in 2013 were fourth on the NU single-season rushing list. The rushing yardage total was 2. Ahman Green, 1995-97 20 the highest by a Nebraska player since 1997. Ameer Abdullah, 2011-present 20 4 Abdullah was the first Husker to reach 1,000 rushing yards in eight or fewer games since Ahman Green in 1997. 4. Eric Crouch, 1998-2001 17 4 Abdullah rushed for 100 or more yards in 11 of 13 games in 2013, including a season-high 225 yards against NU Career All-Purpose Yards Illinois. His 11 100-yard games tied the school record, also held by Rozier, Green and Lawrence Phillips. Abdullah Rk. Player, Years Yards rushed for 100 yards in eight straight games last season, tying the fourth-longest streak in school history. 1. Ameer Abdullah, 2011-present 5,762 4 Abdullah has 20 career 100-yard rushing efforts, tying him for second on the Nebraska career list with Ahman 2. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72 5,586 Green. He trails only Rozier (26) on the NU career list. 3. Mike Rozier, 1981-83 5,445

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2014 Offense Game-by-Game 4 In addition to his running skills, Abdullah is a receiving threat out of the backfield. He had 26 receptions for Rushing 232 yards and two touchdowns in 2013 and has 56 career receptions. His 96 receiving yards against McNeese State Game Att. Yds. TD Long were a career high and the most by a Husker since Marlon Lucky had eight catches for 115 yards at FAU 57 498 5 47 Colorado in 2007. MSU 33 195 2 42 4 Abdullah’s 313 all-purpose yards against Miami were the second most in Nebraska history and moved FSU 42 280 2 62 Abdullah to the top of the Nebraska career all-purpose yardage list. Abdullah now has 5,762 career all-purpose MIAMI 54 343 2 26 yards, surpassing Johnny Rodgers previous record of 5,586 career all-purpose yards. Abdullah’s 1,999 all-purpose yards in 2013 were No. 3 on the NU season list. He already has 848 all-purpose yards in 2014. Passing 4 With his 5,762 career all-purpose yards, Abdullah has produced 1,175 more all-purpose yards than any other Game Passes Yds. TD Long Sacks active FBS player. Abdullah is No. 10 on the Big Ten career all-purpose yards list and needs 238 more yards to become FAU 17-35-0 286 2 63 0-0 just the seventh player in Big Ten history to total 6,000 career all-purpose yards. He is averaging 212.0 all-purpose MSU 16-31-1 242 2 58 1-2 yards per game - the third highest total in the country - and Abdullah is on pace to finish with more than 7,000 career FSU 14-24-0 282 4 70 0-0 all-purpose yards. Abdullah would be just the second Big Ten player and only the 11th player in NCAA FBS history to MIAMI 9-13-1 113 2 40 0-0 total 7,000 career all-purpose yards. NU 100-yard Rushing Games in 2014 4 Abdullah has scored a total of 33 touchdowns during his Nebraska career and has reached the end zone four Ameer Abdullah–21 carries, 232 yards, TD vs. FAU different ways. He has 24 career rushing touchdowns, including five in 2014, six receiving touchdowns, as well as a Terrell Newby–16 carries, 107 yards, 2 TD vs. FAU punt return touchdown and a touchdown on a kickoff return. Tommy Armstrong Jr.–11 carries, 131 yards, TD vs. McNeese St. Ameer Abdullah–19 carries, 100 yards, TD at Fresno State Record Numbers Against Florida Atlantic Spur Early Offensive Explosion Ameer Abdullah–35 carries, 229 yards, 2 TD vs. Miami Nebraska’s offensive output against Florida Atlantic sent media and statisticians thumbing through the record books. Nebraska’s 784 total offensive yards ranked as the fifth-highest total in school history and the most by a Nebraska Total Offense Stats Husker team since 787 yards in the 1991 season opener against Utah State. Year Total Offense Despite ranking fifth on the NU career total offense list, Nebraska’s 784-yard output ranked as the most total 2001 451.2 offensive yards by a Big Ten team in modern conference history, bettering the previous record of 763 yards by 2002 373.1 Purdue against Indiana in 2004. 2003 345.0 Through four games Nebraska is averaging 559.8 yards of total offense to rank first in the Big Ten and eighth nationally. 2004 363.2 4 Nebraska’s two-game offensive output vs. FAU and McNeese State ranked in the top 20 in successive games 2005 320.3 in school history and is the most for the Huskers since gaining 1,312 combined yards in the final two games of 2007 2006 414.6 2007 468.3 vs. Kansas State and Colorado. 2008 450.8 4The 2,239 yards of total offense through four games (559.8 ypg) is the Huskers’ best offensive start to a season 2009 322.8 since averaging 688.3 yards per game through four games in 1995. 2010 398.1 4 The 784 yards of total offense against Florida Atlantic were the second-most in a season opener against an FBS 2011 379.9 opponent over the past seven years. Only Arizona’s output against UNLV in the season opener this year topped the 2012 460.8 Huskers’ offensive explosion. 2013 412.4 4Nebraska’s rushing average of 329.0 yards per game is the best through four games by a Husker team since 2014 559.8 the 2000 season. 4 Through four games Nebraska ranks second in the Big Ten and 10th nationally in scoring at 45.5 points per Nebraska Scoring Offense Stats game. Year Scoring Offense 4 The Husker passing game is providing a strong complement to the powerful rushing attack. Nebraska averages 2001 37.4 230.8 yards passing per game. The Huskers are averaging 16.5 yards per completion to rank seventh in the country. 2002 27.4 2003 24.8 2004 25.0 NU Running Backs are Among Nation’s Top Returning Groups 2005 24.7 Led by Abdullah, Nebraska’s returning group of I-backs for the 2014 season was regarded as one of the nation’s 2006 30.6 top position groups. Coming into the season, four returning I-backs combined to rush for 2,459 yards in 2013. That 2007 33.4 group included Abdullah (1,690 yards), junior Imani Cross (447), sophomore Terrell Newby (298) and sophomore 2008 35.4 walk-on Graham Nabity (24). 2009 25.1 4 The 2,459 rushing yards by Nebraska’s running backs were the third-most returning rushing yards for any group 2010 30.9 of running backs in the country. Army led the way with 2,520 yards, followed by Alabama (2,485) and Nebraska. 2011 29.2 4 When including all positions, Nebraska returned 2,699 rushing yards from 2013, the sixth most in the nation. 2012 34.8 4 Through four games in 2014, Nebraska I-backs have combined to rush for 924 yards, putting the group on 2013 31.9 pace to eclipse last year’s total. 2014 45.5 Returning Rushing Yards, RB Only Nebraska Rushing Offense Stats Rank School Yards Year Rushing Offense 1. Army 2,520 2001 314.7 2. Alabama 2,485 2002 268.7 3. Nebraska 2,459 2003 235.6 4. UL-Lafayette 2,214 2004 176.3 5. Wisconsin 2,164 2005 96.0 2006 170.5 Returning Rushing Yards, All Players 2007 144.4 Rank School Yards 2008 169.8 1. Navy 3,575 2009 147.1 2. Army 3,471 2010 247.6 3. BYU 3,403 2011 217.2 4. Oregon 2,884 2012 253.4 5. Auburn 2,717 2013 215.7 6. Nebraska 2,699 2014 329.0

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NU Career Receptions 5,000/3,000/2,000 Rk. Player, Years Catches Seniors Ameer Abdullah and Kenny Bell have been linked throughout their Nebraska careers as leaders and 1. Nate Swift, 2005-08 166 playmakers for the Husker offense. Fittingly, the duo hit some significant milestones on the same afternoon in the 2. Kenny Bell, 2011-present 148 3. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72 143 season opener against Florida Atlantic. 4 Abdullah cracked the 5,000-yard mark in career all-purpose yardage with a 241-yard effort. He has continued NU Career Receiving Yards to pile up all-purpose yards throughout the season and now has 5,762 career all-purpose yards to pass 1972 Rk. Player, Years Yards Heisman winner Johnny Rodgers (5,586) and move to the top of the NU career chart. 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72 2,479 4 Abdullah’s 232 yards rushing against Florida Atlantic were a career high and his second 200-yard game in his 2. Nate Swift, 2005-08 2,476 NU career. The total also pushed him past 3,000 career rushing yards, joining seven other Huskers. After his third 3. Kenny Bell, 2011-present 2,185 career 200-yard game against Miami, Abdullah now has 3,602 career rushing yards to rank third in school history. NU Career TD Receptions 4 Bell recorded his fourth career 100-yard receiving game with four catches for 116 yards vs. FAU, including a Rk. Player, Years TD 63-yard reception. Bell has increased his career total to 2,185 receiving yards, becoming the third Husker to reach 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72 25 2,000 career receiving yards, joining Johnny Rodgers (2,479) and Nate Swift (2,476). 2. Nate Swift, 2005-08 22 3. Kenny Bell, 2011-present 16 Maurice Purify, 2006-07 16 Bell Poised to Move to Top of NU Receiving Lists 5. Jon Bostick, 1989-91 15 Receiver Kenny Bell has been a regular in the starting lineup the past four seasons and is in position to break the Quincy Enunwa, 2010-13 15 Husker career records for receptions and receiving yards. In the season opener, Bell showed his play-making ability catching four passes for 116 yards, including a 63-yard NU Season TD Receptions reception. The 100-yard outing marked the fourth of Bell’s Nebraska career. Rk. Player, Year TD 1. Quincy Enunwa, 2013 12 Bell had one catch against McNeese State before leaving with a groin injury, but returned with a strong outing at 2. Johnny Rodgers, 1971 11 Fresno State. Bell had five catches for 84 yards against the Bulldogs, including a 37-yard catch. Against Miami, Bell 3. Nate Swift, 2008 10 helped set the tone for the Nebraska offense, hauling in a 40-yard TD reception in the first quarter to tie the game 4. Maurice Purify, 2007 9 at 7-7. He finished the night with four receptions for 70 yards. 5. Kenny Bell, 2012 8 With his four catches, Bell increased his career receptions total to 148, and he continues to close in on the top spot 4 others tied 8 on the NU career receptions list. Bell is 18 receptions behind career leader Nate Swift, who had 166 career catches. NU Season Receptions Bell is also poised to challenge the career receiving yardage record. His 2,185 career receiving yards rank third in Rk. Player, Year Catches school history, and he is 294 yards from Johnny Rodgers’ school-record 2,479 career receiving yards. 1. Marlon Lucky, 2007 75 4 Bell has led Nebraska in receptions for each of the past three seasons, becoming the first player to do so since 2. Nate Swift, 2008 63 Matt Davison from 1998 to 2000. In 2014, Bell could become the first player in school history to lead the team in 3. Todd Peterson, 2008 62 receptions for four straight seasons. 4. Maurice Purify, 2007 57 4 Bell has topped 50 receptions each of the past two years and could become the first player in Nebraska history 5. Johnny Rodgers, 1972 55 with three seasons of 50 or more receptions. 6. Johnny Rodgers, 1971 53 4 7. Kenny Bell, 2013 52 Bell has 16 career TD catches to rank in a tie for third in school history. Bell has a knack for the big play. Each 8. Quincy Enunwa, 2013 51 of his last 14 touchdown receptions have covered at least 20 yards, including both of his TD receptions in 2014. 9. Kenny Bell, 2012 50 4 Bell’s four 100-yard receiving games ranks in a tie for fifth in school history. 10. Nate Swift, 2005 45 4 Bell was also a strong threat in the kickoff return game in 2013. He averaged 26.5 yards per return, highlighted by a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at Penn State. Bell ranked first in the Big Ten and 18th nationally in Armstrong Game-by-Game in 2014 yards per kickoff return. Rushing Passing 4 Bell had a standout sophomore season with 863 receiving yards, the fourth-highest single-season total in NU Game Att. Yards TD Lg C-A-I Yds. TD Lg history and the most by a Husker sophomore. FAU 7 62 1 17 15-29-0 271 2 63 4 Bell had a streak of 23 straight games with a catch end at Iowa in 2012, the third-longest streak in NU history. MSU 11 131 1 42 16-31-1 242 2 58 Since not having a catch in that game at Iowa, Bell has at least one catch in 19 straight games, giving him at least one FSU 9 65 0 27 12-21-0 260 3 70 reception in 42 of the past 43 games. MIAMI 13 96 0 17 9-13-1 113 2 40 4 Bell reached the 1,000-yard career receiving mark in 20 games, making him the second-fastest Husker to Totals 40 354 2 42 52-94-1 886 9 70 reach that mark. Only Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers reached 1,000 career receiving yards in fewer games. Bell hit 2,000 career yards in his 41st career game. Nebraska Extends Season-Opening The 6-1, 185-pound Bell earned honorable-mention All-Big Ten accolades in 2013 after he was a second-team Win Streak choice as a sophomore in 2012. Nebraska won its season opener for the 29th straight year with a dominant 55-7 victory over Florida Atlantic. The victory Armstrong Continuing Winning Ways in 2014 was NU’s 29th consecutive season-opening win, five better Nebraska sophomore quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. is off to a strong start in 2014, showing the ability to than Florida’s 24 straight wins in a season opener. hurt opposing defenses with both his arm and legs. Armstrong bettered his career high in total offense each of the Nebraska has scored at least 37 points in each of its seven first two weeks, first rolling up 333 yards of total offense against Florida Atlantic, followed by 373 yards against season openers under Coach Bo Pelini, and has scored 40 McNeese State. or more points in 21 of the past 29 seasons. During the win 4 streak, NU has limited opponents to 14 points or less 19 times Armstrong again surpassed 300 yards of total offense at Fresno State, passing for 260 yards and three and has won 28 of the 29 games by nine points or more. touchdowns while rushing for 65 yards. Armstrong became the first Nebraska quarterback since Joe Ganz in 2008 to account for 300 yards of total offense in three straight games. 4 Armstrong’s average of 310.0 total offensive yards per game ranks second in the Big Ten and 21st nationally. 4 Armstrong posted the top three passing yardage games of his NU career in the first three weeks. He opened with 271 yards against Florida Atlantic, followed by a 242-yard effort against McNeese State, and the 260 yards and a career-high three touchdowns at Fresno State. 4 Armstrong has increased his career passing yardage total to 1,852 yards and has moved into the top 20 on the NU career passing list. He is 148 yards from becoming the 19th 2,000-yard passer in school history. 4 Armstrong has looked very sharp in the running game. Against McNeese State, he rushed 11 times for a career-high 131 yards, the first 100-yard effort by a Husker quarterback since Taylor Martinez in the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game. He nearly reached the century mark against Miami, rushing 13 times for 96 yards. Armstrong is averaging an impressive 8.9 yards per carry and has just two yards lost on 40 rushing attempts. Against McNeese State, he had the three longest runs of his career, including a career-long 42-yard rush.

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Huskers Show Big-Play Ability 4 Armstrong ranks sixth in the country in rushing yards per carry and is fifth in the country in passing yards per completion. in Win at Fresno State 4Armstrong ranks 36th nationally in both passing yards and rushing yards, and is one of only two quarterbacks Nebraska posted a 55-19 victory at Fresno State in large in the country to rank better than 40th in both passing and rushing. part because of explosive plays on offense and special teams. 4 Armstrong has shown the ability to effectively lead the Nebraska offense since being pushed into action at Nebraska had four scoring plays of at least 50 yards, including two rushes, a passing touchdown and a punt return for a score. mid-season in 2013. The Cibolo, Texas native has a 11-1 record as a starter. He improved to 5-0 in games away from 4 Tommy Armstrong Jr. connected on a 70-yard TD Memorial Stadium with the win at Fresno State on Sept. 13. pass to Jordan Westerkamp on the game’s third play from 4 Armstrong’s 11-1 record through 12 games as a starter is tied for the second-best in Nebraska history. scrimmage. The catch was the longest of Westerkamp’s career, and it was also Armstrong’s longest pass in a Best QB 12-Game Records in NU History regular-season game. Rank Quarterback Wins Record 4 Ameer Abdullah had a 57-yard first-quarter touchdown 1. Fred Duda 12 12-0 run, marking a season long rush for the Heisman candidate. 2. TOMMY ARMSTRONG JR. 11 11-1 4 Imani Cross’ 62-yard touchdown run was a career-long Tom Sorley 11 11-1 rush for the junior, bettering a 51-yard TD last season vs. Turner Gill 11 11-1 Michigan State. 5. Jerry Tagge 10 10-1-1 4 De’Mornay Pierson-El returned a second-quarter punt 86 yards for a touchdown. It was the longest ever punt Blackshirts Continuing Momemtum From 2013 Late-Season Surge return by a Nebraska freshman, and the seventh-longest The Nebraska defense has looked solid through four games, helping Nebraska to a 4-0 non-conference record. punt return in school history. Through four games, the Huskers are allowing an average of 329.8 yards per game to rank sixth in the Big Ten and The Huskers’ four scores of 50 yards or longer marked 31st nationally. the first time under Bo Pelini the Huskers have had four 4The Blackshirts have excelled against the pass, allowing opponents to complete just 51.6 percent of their passes, touchdowns of at least 50 yards. the fourth-best mark in the Big Ten. Nebraska ranks 17th in the nation in pass efficiency defense and is fourth in the Nebraska had a total of 11 plays of 20 yards or more Big Ten in passing yards allowed per game. against Fresno State, including eight plays from scrimmage 4 and three returns. The Blackshirts’ play early in the season is a continuation of a strong second half to the 2013 campaign. After For the season, Nebraska has 25 plays from scrimmage of struggling in the season’s first four games of 2013, Nebraska was among the Big Ten’s top defenses in conference 20 yards or more, including 12 rushes and 13 passes. play. In fact, over the past 13 games, Nebraska has held the opposition to less than 350 yards of total offense seven times, including four games of less than 300 yards. 4Opponents have completed less than 50 percent of their passes since the start of Big Ten Conference play last 2014 Game-by-Game season. Rushing Defense Game Att. Yds. TD Long FAU 30 105 0 14 No Passing Zone MSU 45 178 2 26 Nebraska’s Blackshirt defense has been among the nation’s best since Bo Pelini took over as head coach in 2008. FSU 28 105 1 66 Nowhere is that more evident than in the Huskers’ stingy pass defense. MIAMI 23 76 1 19 When combining defensive numbers since the start of the 2009 season, Nebraska ranks second nationally in pass efficiency defense, trailing only Alabama. When looking at passing yards allowed per game, the Huskers are third Passing Defense behind only Alabama and Florida. Game Passes Yds. TD Long Sacks 4Through non-conference play, the 2014 Blackshirts have shown the same knack for making life difficult for FAU 11-30-0 95 1 20 1-9 opposing passers. Opposing quarterbacks have completed only 81-of-157 passes, just a 51.6 percent completion rate. MSU 12-26-1 160 0 40 1-2 4In Big Ten Conference games last season, Nebraska led the league in opponent pass completion percentage, FSU 30-59-0 241 1 29 4-29 with Husker foes connecting on just 48.6 percent of their passes. Wisconsin was next best in that category at 52.1 MIAMI 28-42-2 359 3 32 2-25 percent opponent completion percentage. For all games, Nebraska ranked third in the Big Ten in opponent completion Sacks/TFL percentage at 54.1 percent. 4Nebraska led the nation in opponent pass completion percentage in 2012, and was first in the nation in pass Game Sacks Yds. TFL Yards FAU 1 9 6 19 efficiency defense in 2009. MSU 1 2 5 10 In addition to the success in passing defense, Nebraska ranks 16th in total defense over the past five seasons and FSU 4 29 11 48 is 18th nationally in scoring defense. MIAMI 2 25 6 33 Gregory Returns to Torment Opposing Offenses Turnover Margin Nebraska defensive end Randy Gregory immediately showed he was one of the Big Ten’s top newcomers in Turnovers Takeaways 2013. By season’s end, Gregory reached another level and was one of the nation’s top overall defenders. Game Fumb. INT Total Fumb. INT Total +/- Gregory was a first-team All-Big Ten choice for his play and was also named the Nebraska Team Defensive MVP FAU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 in his first season in the program. He is in line to contend for national honors in 2014. MSU 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 The 6-6, 245-pound Gregory was limited in the first three games, but returned in full force against Miami. Gregory FSU 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 played a few snaps in the season opener before leaving for the day with a minor knee injury. Gregory had a procedure MIAMI 1 1 2 1 2 3 +1 on the knee on Aug. 31, and missed the McNeese State, before returning in a limited role at Fresno State. Penalties Gregory had three unassisted tackles and two quarterback hurries against Fresno State, then was disruptive NU Opponent against Miami. Gregory had two sacks for 25 yards in losses, forced a fumble and had two hurries. He also made Game Pen. Yds. Pen. Yds. seven total tackles. FAU 6 60 3 22 With his two sacks against Miami, Gregory now has 12.5 sacks in 16 career games played. Gregory is just four MSU 5 40 6 44 sacks from the top 10 on the NU career sack list, and he would be the only player on the list with less than three FSU 6 61 5 55 seasons of action. MIAMI 7 69 9 82 Gregory led the Big Ten with 10.5 sacks for 69 yards in losses in 2013. Gregory’s 0.8 sacks per game ranked 15th nationally. Gregory was at his best in conference play, with nine of his sacks coming in Big Ten action. Gregory’s nine sacks in conference play were 2.5 more than any other Big Ten defender. Gregory had a season-high three sacks at Michigan and added 2.5 sacks against Purdue, with one of those resulting in a safety. Gregory had at least one sack in six Big Ten games, including five straight games from the Purdue through Michigan State contests. He closed the year with a sack and two tackles for loss in the Gator Bowl victory over Georgia.

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Nebraska Football Facts Gregory finished with a team-leading 19 TFL for 101 yards in losses and had a team-high 18 hurries, including Team four against Michigan State. He added an interception return for a touchdown against South Dakota State and also Season of Football...... 125th recovered a fumble and forced a fumble. National Championships...... 5 Gregory was a dominant force at Michigan, keying a defense that had seven sacks and limited Michigan to -21 rushing Back-to-Back National Championship Seasons...... 2 yards. Gregory had three sacks for 14 yards, including a key sack on the Wolverines’ final offensive possession. He Undefeated Seasons...... 11 added a 10-yard tackle for loss. Gregory’s play was recognized as he was the co-Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. Perfect Seasons...... 9 4 Gregory’s 10.5 sacks were the most ever for a Nebraska newcomer, while his 9.0 sacks in league games were Total Conference Championships...... 43 just one shy of the most ever by a Husker in a conference season. Jim Skow had 10.0 sacks in seven Big Eight games All-Time Games Played...... 1,266 in 1985. All-Time Record...... 869-357-40 (.702) 4 National Ranking in All-Time Wins...... 4th The 10.5 sacks by Gregory ranked ninth on the NU single-season chart, while his 19 tackles for loss tied for All-Time Bowl Appearances...... 50 ninth, matching the total of Ndamukong Suh from his junior season in 2008. National Ranking in Bowl Appearances...... 3rd Gregory is the anchor of a Husker front four that is off to a strong start this season. Fellow defensive end All-Time Bowl Record...... 25-25 Greg McMullen leads Nebraska with five tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks, while defensive tackle Vincent Valentine Home Games Played...... 687 recorded a pair of sacks at Fresno State. Home Games Record...... 525-142-20 (.778) Memorial Stadium Games Played...... 532 Memorial Stadium Record...... 400-119-13 (.764) Huskers Look to Continue Tradition as Kicker U. Consecutive Home Winning Seasons...... 45 Nebraska is breaking in a new place-kicker for the second straight season. True freshman Drew Brown earned Consecutive Home Sellouts...... 336 the starting job after a strong fall camp. Record in Sellout Streak...... 290-46 Brown has been solid through the first portion of the 2014 schedule. Brown connected on a 44-yard field goal on vs. Ranked Teams...... 43-26 his first career attempt against Florida Atlantic and is 6-of-7 on the season. He has also hit 22-of-22 PAT attempts. All-Time Record in August...... 13-0-0 (1.000) Last year, senior Pat Smith transferred from Western Illinois and proceeded to connect on 12-of-13 field goals. Smith’s All-Time Record in September...... 167-39-6 (.802) success in 2013 continued a recent tradition of Nebraska boasting remarkable success in the field goal department. All-Time Record in October...... 354-134-19 (.717) 4 Since Alex Henery took over as the starting place-kicker in 2007, NU kickers have connected on 128-of-149 All-Time Record in November...... 299-151-15 (.659) All-Time Record in December...... 21-12-0 (.636) field-goal attempts (.859). All-Time Record in January...... 14-21-0 (.400) 4 Nebraska kickers in the same seven-season stretch have missed just four field goals from inside 40 yards, All-Time Record in February...... 1-0-0 (1.000) connecting on 81-of-85 attempts in that range, a remarkable 95.3 percent accuracy rate. Since 1962...... 503-134-5 4 Eleven of the 21 field goal misses since 2007 have come on attempts of 50 yards or longer. Away...... 344-211-20 Road (on campus)...... 301-167-17 Special Teams Off to Flying Start Neutral Sites...... 42-45-3 Nebraska made improved special teams a focus of its offseason work and the dividends have come early in 2014. NU vs. Big Ten Teams...... 98-76-10 In Big Ten Action (beginning 2011)...... 17-8 has continued its recent tradition of being one of the nation’s top kicking teams, but that is not the only area of success. Home...... 9-3 4 Junior punter Sam Foltz leads the Big Ten and ranks among the nation’s leaders by averaging 47.4 yards per Away...... 8-4 punt. Foltz has eight punts of 50 yards or more, while six have been downed inside the opposition’s 20-yard line. Neutral...... 0-1 4 Behind Foltz’s leg, NU ranks first in the Big Ten and fourth nationally in net punting at 45.0 yards per punt. When Scoring 35+ Points...... 351-5 4 Nowhere is Nebraska’s special teams improvement more evident than in the punt return game. True freshman When Allowing 10 or Less Points...... 248-7-1 De’Mornay Pierson-El has emerged as a dangerous return threat, including an 86-yard touchdown return at Fresno In Overtime...... 7-1 State. The 86-yard return was the longest ever by a freshman and the seventh-longest in school history. It was also At Night...... 86-35-3 the longest in the FBS ranks in 2014. Pierson-El earned Big Ten Special Teams Player-of-the-Week honors for his vs. Ranked Teams... All-Time...... 102-121-3 effort at Fresno State. Home...... 47-38-0 4 Through four games, Nebraska has a total of 222 punt return yards, including 14 returns for 227 yards by Away...... 32-62-3 Pierson-El. Last season, Nebraska totaled 70 punt returns yards for the entire season. Neutral...... 23-21-0 as No. 1 Team...... 46-7-1 Huskers Show Ability to Rally; Win Close Games Nebraska’s 31-24 victory over McNeese State was the Huskers’ latest victory in a tight game. Nebraska has now Individual won 10 straight games decided by seven or fewer points, dating back to the 2012 season. The 10 straight wins is the College Football Hall of Fame Players...... 15 College Football Hall of Fame Coaches...... 6 longest streak in the FBS ranks. First-Team All-Americans...... 110 The Huskers posted a 5-0 record in 2013 in games decided by seven or fewer points, including four close wins after CoSIDA Academic All-Americans*...... 107 Nov. 1. The Huskers posted three close Big Ten wins against Northwestern (3 points), Michigan (4 points) and Penn NCAA Top Ten Award Winners*...... 9 State (3 points, OT). Nebraska also posted a three-point victory over Wyoming in the season opener, and finished Heisman Trophy Winners...... 3 the 2013 season with a five-point win over Georgia in the Gator Bowl. Walter Camp Award Winners...... 3 4 Nebraska rallied from a 21-7 deficit for a win against Northwestern last season. That game marked Nebraska’s Maxwell Trophy Winners...... 1 fifth win in Big Ten play over the last two seasons when trailing by double digits. Nebraska also rallied from double- Outland Trophy Winners*...... 9 figure deficits for conference wins in 2012 against Wisconsin (17 points), Northwestern (12 points), Michigan State Lombardi Trophy Winners...... 5 Butkus Award Winners...... 1 (10 points) and Penn State (14 points). Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Winners...... 1 4 Nebraska won six Big Ten games in 2012 and 2013 after trailing in the fourth quarter, including three in 2013 Davey O’Brien Award Winners...... 1 (Northwestern, Michigan and Penn State). Nebraska also trailed Northwestern, Michigan State and Penn State in Rimington Award Winners...... 1 the fourth quarter before winning in 2012. Bednarik Award Winners...... 1 Nagurski Trophy Winners...... 1 10-Game Win Streak in Games Decided by 7 or Less Retired Jerseys...... 17 Date Opponent Result Note Retired Numbers...... 2 9-29-2012 Wisconsin W, 30-27 Nebraska trailed by 17 points twice in game All-Conference Selections...... 512 10-20-2012 at Northwestern W, 29-28 Nebraska trailed by 12 points with less than seven minutes remaining *Total leads the nation 11-3-2012 at Michigan State W, 28-24 Huskers scored winning touchdown with six seconds remaining 11-23-2012 at Iowa W, 13-7 NU Streaks...The Huskers have... 8-31-2013 Wyoming W, 37-34 4 won 99 straight when rushing for 400 yards 11-2-2013 Northwestern W, 27-24 Huskers win on Hail Mary on game’s final play 4 scored in 232 consecutive games 11-9-2013 at Michigan W, 17-3 NU drives for winning score with just over two minutes remaining 4 scored in 300 straight home games 11-23-2013 at Penn State W, 23-20 (ot) Huskers improved to 7-1 all-time in overtime games 1-1-2014 vs. Georgia W, 24-19 4 shut out opponents 105 times 9-6-2014 McNeese State W, 31-24 Huskers score winning touchdown with 20 seconds remaining

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National Rankings Five Huskers Named Captains Associated Press (Sept. 21) Five Nebraska seniors have been selected as captains for the 2014 season. The group includes three offensive No. Team (1st) Record Points players in I-back Ameer Abdullah, receiver Kenny Bell and offensive guard Jake Cotton. The defense is represented 1. Florida State (34) 3-0 1,439 by cornerback Josh Mitchell and safety Corey Cooper. 2. Oregon (11) 4-0 1,398 The players come from five different states including Nebraska (Cotton), Alabama (Abdullah), Colorado (Bell), 3. Alabama (7) 4-0 1,378 Illinois (Cooper) and California (Mitchell). Cooper and Cotton have already earned their undergraduate degrees, while 4. Oklahoma (4) 4-0 1,344 Abdullah, Bell and Mitchell are all on track to graduate this December. As a group, the five captains have combined 5. Auburn 3-0 1,268 for 119 career starts. 6. Texas A&M (4) 4-0 1,232 This marks the second consecutive season Nebraska has elected season-long captains after choosing game captains 7. Baylor 3-0 1,143 during Bo Pelini’s first five seasons as head coach. 8. Notre Dame 3-0 967  Abdullah is just the eighth player in school history to be a two-time team captain, including five under Bo Pelini 9. Michigan State 2-1 905  Cotton’s selection marks the ninth straight year a Nebraska native has been a captain, including five Lincoln natives. 10. Ole Miss 3-0 889  The selection of two defensive backs as captains marks the first time NU has had two captains from the same 11. UCLA 3-0 806 position group since defensive linemen Zach Potter and Ty Steinkuhler in 2008. Nebraska last had a pair of defensive 12. Georgia 2-1 789 13. South Carolina 3-1 764 backs serve as captains in the same year in 1999, when Mike Brown and Ralph Brown were captains. 14. Mississippi State 4-0 706 15. Arizona State 3-0 702 Husker Senior Class Making the Grade 16. Stanford 2-1 564 Nebraska has a long history of academic success, and the 2014 team is poised to carry on that tradition. Nebraska 17. LSU 3-1 541 leads the nation in academic All-Americans in football with 107 all-time first- or second-team selections. Nebraska 18. USC 2-1 459 also leads the way across all sports with 314 academic All-Americans. 19. Wisconsin 2-1 451 Nebraska has had 11 academic All-Americans in Bo Pelini’s first six seasons as head coach, the second-most in 20. BYU 4-0 376 the nation in that time period. 21. NEBRASKA 4-0 296 4 All 14 members of Nebraska’s 2014 senior class have already graduated or are on track to earn their degree 22. Ohio State 2-1 196 by the completion of the fall semester. 23. East Carolina 3-1 180 4Among the group, safety Corey Cooper earned his degree in May, while linebacker Zaire Anderson and 24. Oklahoma State 2-1 132 offensive guard Jake Cotton graduated in August. The other 10 members of the class are on pace to graduate this 25. Kansas State 2-1 131 December. Junior Kevin Williams was also among the August graduates. USA Today Coaches (Sept. 21) The 2014 senior class is reflective of the academic commitment of Pelini’s previous senior classes. Among his first No. Team (1st) Record Points six senior classes, 122 of 132 players have earned their degrees. 1. Florida State (36) 3-0 1,494 Nebraska was also one of only 13 Football Bowl Subdivision programs to earn Public Recognition for high 2. Alabama (11) 4-0 1,466 achievement in the Academic Progress Rate (APR). The Huskers ranked in the top 10 percent nationally among FBS 3. Oklahoma (12) 4-0 1,425 schools. NU was joined by Wisconsin and Northwestern of the Big Ten, along with incoming Big Ten member Rutgers. 4. Oregon (3) 4-0 1,403 5. Auburn 3-0 1,316 2014 Husker Roster Represents All Parts of United States 6. Baylor 3-0 1,213 Nebraska’s 2014 roster is again one of the most geographically diverse rosters in the country. The roster features 7. Texas A&M 4-0 1,197 players from 25 states as well as Canada. Only Army and Navy have more states represented on their 2014 rosters 8. Notre Dame 3-0 1,022 than Nebraska. 9. Michigan State 2-1 920 Homestate Huskers dominate the roster with 70 players from Nebraska on the 2014 team. Texas provides Nebraska 10. UCLA 3-0 899 with its second-most players with 12 members of the 2014 team from the Lone Star state. Five other states have at 11. Ole Miss 3-0 875 least five players on the roster, including Illinois (7), Ohio (7), Florida (7), California (6) and Louisiana (6). 12. Arizona State 3-0 792 13. Georgia 2-1 768 Nebraska’s recent recruiting classes are reflective of the Huskers’ national approach to recruiting. The 24-player 14. Stanford 2-1 657 recruiting class in 2014 represented 13 states, including four players from Louisiana and three each from Texas, 15. South Carolina 3-1 630 Nebraska and Florida. In fact, over the past four years, Nebraska’s recruiting classes have included players from 25 16. Mississippi State 4-0 523 states, as well as Canada. 17. Wisconsin 2-1 518 4 The Huskers have continued to make Texas recruiting a priority. Nebraska signed four players from Texas in 18. LSU 3-1 514 February, marking the seventh straight year NU has had at least two players from the state. Pelini’s first seven recruiting 19. NEBRASKA 4-0 433 classes at Nebraska have included 37 signees from the Lone Star state. 20. Ohio State 2-1 407 4 Nebraska signed three players from the Florida prep ranks for the second straight year. Prior to 2013, Nebraska 21. BYU 4-0 381 had never signed more than two high school players from Florida in a single recruiting class. 22. USC 2-1 309 In addition to the talented class of scholarship signees, Nebraska added 23 walk-on prospects to the program. 23. Duke 4-0 155 The group of walk-ons included 20 in-state players and three out-of-state standouts. Nebraska has continued to 24. East Carolina 3-1 153 make the walk-on program a major priority under Pelini’s direction. The Husker program has added more than 130 25. Kansas State 2-1 128 walk-ons in seven seasons. Pelini had put 33 former walk-ons on scholarship during his first seven seasons in Lincoln. Huskers in the 2014 Polls Date AP C Playoff Results Nebraska Continues NCAA Record Sellout Streak in 2014 Pre. 22 22 -- def. Florida Atlantic, 55-7 One of the most remarkable streaks in collegiate sports passed its 50th anniversary in 2012. Nebraska has sold 9-2 19 18 -- def. McNeese State, 31-24 out every game at Memorial Stadium since Nov. 3, 1962, and the streak now stands at 336 games heading into the 9-7 RV 21 -- def. Fresno State, 55-19 Huskers’ Homecoming contest on Saturday night against Illinois. 9-14 24 22 -- def. Miami, 41-31 NU celebrated the 300th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 26, 2009, against Louisiana-Lafayette, 9-21 21 19 -- with a then-stadium record crowd of 86,304. Notre Dame is second in all-time consecutive sellouts with 239, 97 fewer than the Huskers. Nebraska established a new stadium record for attendance against Miami on Sept. 20, with a crowd of 91,585. The crowd ranked as the 10th-largest to see any Nebraska game. NU’s crowd of 91,441 for the 2014 season opener against Florida Atlantic was the third biggest in stadium history.

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Stanton Presented Huskers Reach Win No. 400 at Memorial Stadium Sullivan Scholarship With a 3-0 home record this season, Nebraska has reached 400 victories at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska is just the Redshirt freshman quaterback Johnny Stanton was fifth school to reach 400 wins in its current home stadium. presented with the George Sullivan Endowed Scholarship Memorial Stadium hosted its first game on Oct. 13, 1923, a 24-0 victory over Oklahoma. The Huskers are in their before the start of the Florida Atlantic game. The scholarship, 92nd season calling Memorial Stadium home. Nebraska boasts a 400-119-13 (.764) record inside Memorial Stadium, presented by the Touchdown Club and friends, is named in including a 40-5 record in night games. honor of George Sullivan, who served as NU’s head athletic Memorial Stadium was named to honor all Nebraskans who served and died while serving in the United States military. trainer from 1977 to 1995 and as an assistant athletic trainer and head physical therapist from 1953 to 1977. Most Wins in Current Home Stadium Stanton, is a nutrition science/pre-medicine major, and Rk. School (Home Stadium - Year Opened) Wins carries better than a 3.5 grade-point average after his first 1. Tennessee (Neyland Stadium - 1921) 457 year on campus. A native of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., 2. Ohio State (Ohio Stadium - 1922) 412 Stanton earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor 3. Michigan ( - 1927) 405 Roll each of his first two semesters in Lincoln. 4. LSU (Tiger Stadium - 1924) 400 The scholarship was fully endowed in Sullivan’s honor in 5. Nebraska (Memorial Stadium - 1923) 400 2008 by the Touchdown Club of Nebraska, Inc., and many 6. Oklahoma (Memoiral Stadium – 1 923) 366 former Husker student-athletes graciously contributed to the fund. The scholarship is presented annually to a “Nebraska varsity football student-athlete who has demonstrated a high Huskers Own Big Advantage at Memorial Stadium level of athletic and academic achievement, with a strong Nebraska has rewarded the loyalty of its fans with great success at Memorial Stadium through the years. commitment to community, effective leadership skills, a 4 Nebraska has won at least six home games in 22 high degree of integrity, and commitment to excellence in of the past 28 seasons. Nebraska is 156-23 (.872) at Huskers’ Top 10 Home Crowds all endeavors.” Preference is given to student-athletes who home in the last 26 seasons (since 1989). No. Attend. Opponent Date intend to pursue a career in a health-related field. 4 Nebraska finished 7-0 at home in 2012 and is 1. 91,585 Miami (W, 41-31) Sept. 20, 2014 27-5 at home the past four-plus seasons. Nebraska’s 2. 91,471 UCLA (L, 41-21) Sept. 14, 2013 Cross Receives perfect home season in 2012 was its first since 2001. 3 91,441 Florida Atlantic (W, 55-7) Aug. 30, 2014 4The Huskers are 9-3 in Big Ten home games since 4. 91,260 Iowa (L, 17-38) Nov. 29, 2013 Brook Berringer Scholarship joining the league in 2011. 5. 91,185 Wyoming (W, 37-34) Aug. 31, 2013 Junior I-back Imani Cross was presented with the Brook 4 During Nebraska’s run of success at home in the 6. 91,140 Northwestern (W, 27-24) Nov. 2, 2013 Berringer Memorial Scholarship before the Miami game. past three decades, NU has had three home winning 7. 91,082 McNeese St. (W, 31-24) Sept. 6, 2014 It marked the second straight year Cross has been the streaks of 20 or more games, and overall has posted 8. 90,872 Michigan St. (L, 41-28) Nov. 16, 2013 recipient of the scholarship. 41 unbeaten and untied home seasons. 9. 90,614 So. Dakota St. (2, 59-20) Sept. 21, 2013 A native of Gainesville, Ga., Cross has carried the ball 4 10. 90,466 So. Miss (W, 56-13) Sept. 7, 2013 12 times for 115 yards and two touchdowns this season. The Huskers are 525-142-20 (.778, 687 games, 125 years) in Lincoln, and 400-119-13 (.764, 532 Off the field, he was an academic All-Big Ten selection in Largest Crowds To See Nebraska Play 2013. Cross has also been active in the community, earning games, 91 years) in Memorial Stadium (since 1923). 4 The 2013 season marked the 45th straight year No. Opponent Attend. a spot on the 2014 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team, the 1. at Michigan, Nov. 19, 2011 113,718 NU had a winning home season. Nebraska can extend 2013 Berringer Citizenship team and receiving a Nebraska 2. at Michigan, Nov. 9, 2013 112,204 that streak to 46 straight winning home seasons with Student-Athlete HERO Leadership Award in 2013. 3. at Penn State, Sept. 14, 2002 110,753 Cross receive the Berringer Memorial Scholarship a victory over Illinois on Saturday. 4. at Penn State, Nov. 12, 2011 107,903 on a night when Berringer’s teammates are honored as 5. at Ohio State, Oct. 6, 2012 106,102 part of the 20th anniversary of Nebraska’s 1994 national Nebraska Ranks in Top 10 6. at Penn State, Nov. 23, 2012 98,517 championship team. Berringer played a vital role for the Nationally in Attendance 7. Miami (Rose Bowl), Jan. 3, 2002 93,781 1994 Huskers, earning seven starts at quarterback and 8. Stanford (Rose Bowl), Jan. 1, 1941 92,000 Memorial Stadium was once again packed for every throwing for a team-high 1,295 yards and 10 touchdowns, at USC, Sept. 16, 2006 92,000 home game in 2013, putting Nebraska in the top 10 while adding 279 yards on the ground and six rushing 10. vs. Miami, Sept. 20, 2014 91,585 touchdowns. Berringer was then a backup as a senior in nationally in average attendance. home games in bold 1995, when Nebraska won another national championship. Nebraska was ninth in average home attendance at Following his career, Berringer was preparing for the 90,933 fans per game, according to 2013 attendance 1996 NFL Draft when he was killed in a plane crash on figures released by the NCAA. The average attendance for eight home games was the largest ever at Memorial April 18, 1996. One of the most beloved Huskers in school Stadium following the East Stadium Expansion project that was completed before the start of the 2013 season. history, the Brook Berringer Memorial Scholarship was The No. 9 ranking in average attendance was the highest for Nebraska since full attendance figures are available created in his honor. Criteria for the scholarship includes beginning with the 1999 season. NU has ranked in the top 20 nationally in attendance each of the 15 years with the following: Must be a football student-athlete; must available attendance figures. NU was also in the top 10 in 2009, checking in at No. 10 in average attendance. be involved in community service along with high ideals, Nebraska was one of four Big Ten schools to rank in the top 10 in average attendance and the conference had seven excellent character and integrity. teams in the top 25 nationally in attendance. Michigan was the national leader in average attendance at 111,592 fans per game with Ohio State second and Penn State fifth in average home attendance. In terms of total attendance for home games, Nebraska was third in the nation with 727,466 fans passing through Memorial Stadium’s gates for eight home games. For all games (home and away) in 2013, Nebraska ranked fifth with 1,096,097 fans in attendance during NU’s 13 games in 2013. 4 Nebraska’s impressive football attendance is reflective of the overall support of the Husker fan base. Nebraska was the only school in the country in 2013-14 to rank in the top 15 nationally in average attendance in football, volleyball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball. Nebraska combined for 1,321,428 fans in those five sports last season.

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All-Time Bowl Appearances Nebraska Reaches 50 Bowl Appearances 1. Alabama 60 Nebraska participated in its 50th all-time bowl game with its appearance in the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl on Jan. 2. Texas 52 1, 2014. Nebraska joined Alabama (60) and Texas (52) as the only schools to play in 50 bowl games in school history. 3. Nebraska 50 4. Georgia 49 The Huskers have played in the postseason in 43 of the past 45 seasons, including an NCAA-record 35 straight Tennessee 49 bowl games from 1969 to 2003. Nebraska owns a 25-25 all-time bowl record. Nebraska’s 25 all-time bowl victories rank seventh nationally. All-Time Bowl Victories Nebraska is 3-3 in bowl games during Bo Pelini’s tenure as full-time head coach and 4-3 under Pelini overall, 1. Alabama 34 including the 2003 Alamo Bowl when he served as interim head coach. 2. USC 32 Nebraska played the first of its 50 bowls in the Rose Bowl, when No. 7 Nebraska lost to No. 2 Stanford, 21-13, 3. Oklahoma 28 following the 1940 season. Nebraska’s 35 consecutive bowls began with a 45-6 win over Georgia in the 1969 Sun 4. Georgia 27 Bowl, and ended following its appearance in the 2003 Alamo Bowl. The Huskers have won 11 of 18 bowl games 5. Texas 26 6. Nebraska 25 since the 1994 season. Tennessee 25 Nebraska Among Leaders in Associated Press National Titles Nebraska Football Hall of Fame Notre Dame and Alabama lead the nation by winning eight Associated Press national titles since 1936, with Oklahoma (7), Miami (5), USC (5), Nebraska (4) and Minnesota (4) next in line. While the Huskers were awarded the Adds New Members national title by the coaches in 1997, NU finished second to Michigan in the AP poll. Nebraska’s all-time leading tacklerBarrett Ruudand three In 1970, Nebraska was awarded the AP national title, but not the coaches (Texas was first, Ohio State second and all-conference offensive linemen headlined the 2014 class of NU third) as the final poll was released before the bowl games were played. In the coaches poll (since 1950), NU is the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame. The group was officially tied for fourth with Miami and Texas with four titles, behind Alabama (8), Oklahoma (6) and USC (5). inducted on Friday, Sept. 5 and honored on the field before the start of the McNeese State game. Ruud, who is now on staff with Coach Bo Pelini’s program, Conference Crowns played eight seasons in the NFL after his NU career. In Nebraska has won 43 football conference championships in school history and is looking for its first Big Ten addition to owning a Nebraska record 432 total tackles, the Conference crown in in 2014. The Huskers won 13 conference titles under Tom Osborne and eight under Bob Devaney. Lincoln native is part of the most extensive family tradition in During its 15-year history in the Big 12 Conference, Nebraska won league titles in 1997 and 1999, and also Husker football, dating back to his great-grandfather Clarence appeared in the Big 12 Championship Game in 1996, 2006, 2009 and 2010. Nebraska was one of just three teams to Swanson in 1921. Barrett joins his great-grandfather and his capture two or more Big 12 titles in the first 15 years of the league, joining Oklahoma and Texas. Nebraska’s six Big father, Tom, in the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame. 12 title game appearances were second only to Oklahoma’s eight. Nebraska made its first appearance in the Big Ten Russ Hochstein, a two-time first-team All-Big 12 choice Championship Game in 2012. as an offensive guard for the Huskers in 1999 and 2000, joins 1971 All-Big Eight offensive tackle Carl Johnson and 1982 All-Big Eight offensive guard Mike Mandelko in this year’s Hall of Fame class. Hochstein, an All-American in 2000, went on to an impressive 12-year career in the NFL that included a pair of Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots (2002-08). Johnson, who helped Coach Bob Devaney’s Big Red claim national titles in 1970 and 1971, was an All-Big Eight offensive tackle in 1971 before spending the 1972 and 1973 seasons with the . Mandelko was a three-year letterman for Coach Tom Osborne’s Huskers from 1980 to 1982. The Lexington, Neb., native was an All-Big Eight choice as an offensive guard in 1982, helping the Huskers lead the nation with 394.3 rushing yards and 518.6 yards of total offense as a senior. The Nebraska Football Hall of Fame also will honor legendary Husker Coach and Athletic Director Tom Osborne with its President’s Award in 2014.

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Huskers Prominent on NFL Rosters Nebraska has a long-standing tradition of placing large Nebraska Possible Starters at a Glance numbers of players in the NFL. As of Sept. 5, Nebraska had Offense (*-Letters Earned) 26 players on NFL rosters. The 25 players represent 16 teams. Pos.–Player Yr. Ht/Wt Notable Nebraska owns one of the most impressive histories of any WR–Kenny Bell*** Sr. 6-1/185 18 receptions from first place on Nebraska career catch list school in producing NFL-caliber players. Since 1997, Nebraska has had 81 players selected in the NFL Draft, including 51 WR–Alonzo Moore* So. 6-2/195 Has stepped into more prominent role with injury to Jamal Turner defensive players. Nebraska has had at least two players WR-Jordan Westerkamp* So. 6-0/195 Team leader with 14 receptions for 285 yards and three TDs selected in the draft each of the past 45 seasons. TE–Cethan Carter* So. 6-4/240 10 career starts; first TD reception of career at Fresno State LT– Alex Lewis Jr. 6-6/290 Joined Nebraska program after playing first two seasons at Colorado Huskers in the NFL LG–Jake Cotton*** Sr. 6-6/305 Son of NU TE/OL Coach Barney Cotton; one of five team captains Player Team C–Mark Pelini** Sr. 6-0/290 Moved into starting role after serving as top reserve past two years Prince Amukamara, CB NY Giants RG–Mike Moudy* Sr. 6-5/305 Seven career starts; recovered from 2013 shoulder injury Jason Ankrah, LB Houston -or- Chongo Kondolo Jr. 6-4/300 Redshirted in 2013 after standout junior college career Larry Asante, S Oakland (IR) Zack Bowman, CB NY Giants RT– Zach Sterup** Jr. 6-8/320 Sat out opener with injury but returned to starting role past three weeks Josh Brown, PK NY Giants -or-Givens Price* Jr. 6-4/310 Made first career start against FAU after serving as a reserve in 2013 Rex Burkhead, RB Cincinnati QB– Tommy Armstrong Jr. So. 6-1/220 11-1 record as a starter; ranks second in Big Ten in total offense Will Compton, LB Washington FB–Andy Janovich** Jr. 6-1/230 Played in first two games after minor knee injury during fall camp Jared Crick, DE Houston IB– Ameer Abdullah*** Sr. 5-9/200 313 all-purpose yards vs. Miami is most in FBS ranks in 2014 Lavonte David, LB Tampa Bay Alfonzo Dennard, CB New England Quincy Enunwa, WR (Practice) Defense Roy Helu Jr., RB Washington Pos.–Player Yr. Ht/Wt Notable Ricky Henry, OL Kansas City (Practice) DE–Greg McMullen* So. 6-3/280 Team leader with five TFL, 2.5 sacks and four QB hurries Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB New Orleans DT–Vincent Valentine* So. 6-3/325 Had two sacks for 12 yards at Fresno State; 15 tackles on season Marcel Jones, OL Baltimore (Practice) DT–Maliek Collins* So. 6-2/300 10 tackles and team high six QB hurries through four games Sam Koch, P Baltimore DE–Randy Gregory* Jr. 6-6/245 Recorded two sacks, 2 QB hurries and fumble caused vs. Miami Spencer Long, OL Washington WILL–Zaire Anderson* Sr. 5-11/220 18 tackles, including three tackles for loss through four games Eric Martin, LB Cleveland Niles Paul, TE Washington MIKE–Josh Banderas* So. 6-2/235 Has made 22 tackles, including 10 tackles vs. McNeese State Brent Qvale, OL New York Jets (Practice) BUCK–David Santos** Jr. 6-0/225 24 tackles on year, including team-high 10 vs. Miami; 14 career starts Dominic Raiola, C Detroit CB–Josh Mitchell** Sr. 5-11/160 Team-high five PBU; fumble return for TD vs. Miami Mo Seisay, CB Detroit (Practice) CB–Daniel Davie** Jr. 6-1/190 Recovered after knee injury last November; started first four games Jeremiah Sirles, OL San Diego (Practice) -or- Jonathan Rose* Jr. 6-1/195 Splitting time with Davie; Made 10 tackles through four games Matt Slauson, OG Chicago NICKEL-Byerson Cockrell Jr. 6-0/185 Has 10 tackles in first four career games with Huskers Daimion Stafford, S Tennessee S–Corey Cooper*** Sr. 6-1/215 Team captain; 16 tackles and INT; 21 career starts most on defense Ndamukong Suh, DT Detroit S– Nate Gerry* So. 6-2/205 Team leader with 24 tackles, including career-high 13 vs. McNeese St.

Special Teams Pos.–Player Yr. Ht/Wt Notable PK–Drew Brown Fr. 5-11/180 Younger brother of former Kris Brown; 6-of-7 on FG; 22-22 PAT P–Sam Foltz* So. 6-1/200 Averaged 51 ypp vs. McNeese St.; Leads Big Ten at 47.4 yards per punt KOR–Terrell Newby* So. 5-10/200 One return on season; Has also rushed for 142 yards and 2 TD Ameer Abdullah*** Sr. 5-9/200 Had 81 kickoff return yards as part of 313 all-purpose vs. Miami Alonzo Moore* So. 6-2/195 Averaging 16.0 yards on two kickoff returns this year Kenny Bell*** Sr. 6-1/185 Ranked among national leaders in KOR as a junior; 28.0 ypr in 2014 PR– De’Mornay Pierson-El Fr. 5-9/175 Had 150 yards in returns, including 86-yard TD at Fresno State LS–Josh Faulkenberry RFr. 6-3/240 Walk-on stepped into role after back injury sidelined Gabe Miller H–Sam Foltz So. 6-1/200 Serving double duty along with punting role

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Nebraska Depth Chart-Illinois Offense Defense Career Starts OFFENSE Pos. No. Name, Ht., Wt., Yr. Pos. No. Name, Ht., Wt., Yr. Kenny Bell, Sr., WR...... 40 WR 80 Kenny Bell, 6-1, 185, Sr. DE 90 Greg McMullen, 6-3, 280, So. Ameer Abdullah, Sr., IB...... 24 7 Taariq Allen, 6-3, 200, Jr. -OR- 45 A.J. Natter, 6-5, 250, RFr. -OR- Jake Cotton, Sr., OG...... 15 13 Lane Hovey, 6-4, 205, So. 19 Joe Keels, 6-3, 250, Jr. Tommy Armstrong Jr., So., QB...... 12 87 Brandon Reilly, 6-1, 195, So. DT 98 Vincent Valentine, 6-3, 325, So. Cethan Carter, So., TE...... 10 Mike Moudy, Sr., OG...... 7 LT 71 Alex Lewis, 6-6, 290, Jr. 55 Kevin Maurice, 6-3, 275, So. Mark Pelini, Sr., C...... 6 59 Matt Finnin, 6-7, 305, Jr. -OR- 97 Logan Rath, 6-4, 280, So. Jamal Turner, Sr., WR...... 6 77 David Knevel, 6-9, 310, RFr. DT 7 Maliek Collins, 6-2, 300, So. Alonzo Moore, So., WR...... 5 LG 68 Jake Cotton, 6-6, 305, Sr. 92 Kevin Williams, 6-2, 275, Jr. Jordan Westerkamp., So., WR...... 5 Alex Lewis, Jr., OT...... 4 66 Dylan Utter, 6-1, 285, So. DE 4 Randy Gregory, 6-6, 245, Jr. Zach Sterup, Jr., OT...... 3 C 56 Mark Pelini, 6-0, 290, Sr. -OR- 95 Jack Gangwish, 6-2, 260, Jr. Sam Burtch, Jr., WR...... 2 65 Ryne Reeves, 6-3, 300, Jr. BUCK 41 David Santos, 6-0, 225, Jr. Andy Janovich, Jr., FB...... 2 Givens Price, Jr., OT...... 1 RG 74 Mike Moudy, 6-5, 305, Sr. -OR- 3 Marcus Newby, 6-1, 220, RFr. Sam Cotton, So., TE...... 1 70 Chongo Kondolo, 6-4, 300, Jr. MIKE 52 Josh Banderas, 6-2, 235, So. RT 57 Zach Sterup, 6-8, 320, Jr. -OR- 43 Trevor Roach, 6-2, 235, Sr. defENSE Corey Cooper, Sr., S...... 21 78 Givens Price, 6-4, 310, Jr. WILL 13 Zaire Anderson, 5-11, 220, Sr. 59 Matt Finnin, 6-7, 305, Jr. Josh Mitchell, Sr., CB...... 19 51 Courtney Love, 6-1, 240, RFr. David Santos, Jr., LB...... 14 TE 11 Cethan Carter, 6-4, 240, So. CB 5 Josh Mitchell, 5-11, 160, Sr. Randy Gregory, Jr., DE...... 13 84 Sam Cotton, 6-4, 250, So. 11 Chris Jones, 6-0, 170, Fr. -OR- Vincent Valentine, So., DT...... 10 42 Trey Foster, 6-0, 245, So. 1 Boaz Joseph, 6-1, 190, RFr. Zaire Anderson, Sr., LB...... 9 Josh Banderas, So., LB...... 8 WR 82 Alonzo Moore, 6-2, 195, So. S 6 Corey Cooper, 6-1, 215, Sr. Nate Gerry, So., S...... 7 7 Taariq Allen, 6-3, 200, Jr. 8 D.J. Singleton, 6-1, 200, RFr. Michael Rose-Ivey, So., LB...... 7 81 Kevin Gladney, 6-1, 190, RFr. Maliek Collins, So., DT...... 5 S 25 Nate Gerry, 6-2, 205, So. Daniel Davie, Jr., CB...... 4 WR 1 Jordan Westerkamp, 6-0, 195, So. 27 Kieron Williams, 6-0, 185, Fr. 15 De’Mornay Pierson-El, 5-9, 175, Fr. -OR- Greg McMullen, So., DE...... 4 CB 23 Daniel Davie, 6-1, 190, Jr. -OR- Byerson Cockrell, Jr., DB...... 1 87 Brandon Reilly, 6-1, 195, So. 14 Jonathan Rose, 6-1, 195, Jr. Joshua Kalu, Jr., DB...... 1 QB 4 Tommy Armstrong Jr., 6-1, 220, So. Jack Gangwish, Jr., DE...... 1 NICKEL 28 Byerson Cockrell, 6-0, 185, Jr. 17 Ryker Fyfe, 6-2, 210, So. LeRoy Alexander, So., S...... 1 10 Josh Kalu, 6-1, 175, Fr. 5 Johnny Stanton, 6-2, 230, RFr. specialists IB 8 Ameer Abdullah, 5-9, 200, Sr. Special Teams Sam Foltz, So., P...... 17 32 Imani Cross, 6-1, 230, Jr. -OR- Pos. No. Name, Ht., Wt., Yr. Drew Brown, Fr., PK...... 4 34 Terrell Newby, 5-10, 200, So. PK 34 Drew Brown, 5-11, 180, Fr. FB 35 Andy Janovich, 6-1, 230, Jr. P 27 Sam Foltz, 6-1, 200, So. Pronunciation Guide 38 Harrison Jordan, 5-10, 235, RFr. Freedom Akinmoladun...... Ack–in–muh-LA-dune LS 92 Josh Faulkenberry, 6-3, 240, RFr. Taariq Allen...... TUH-reak 61 Paul Kelly, 6-1, 255, Sr. Zaire Anderson...... ZY-eer Josh Banderas...... BAN-dair-us HOLD 27 Sam Foltz, 6-1, 200, So. Jared Blum...... BLOOM KO 34 Drew Brown, 5-11, 180, Fr. Mauro Bondi...... BOND-ee KOR 34 Terrell Newby, 5-10, 200, So. Alex Boryca ...... bur-ITS-kuh Tyson Broekemeier...... BROCK-meyer 82 Alonzo Moore, 6-2, 195, So. Cethan Carter...... SEETH-un 8 Ameer Abdullah, 5-9, 200, Sr. Imani Cross...... ih-MAHN-ee 80 Kenny Bell, 6-1, 185, Sr. Joey Felici...... fuh-LEE-see PR 15 De’Mornay Pierson-El, 5-9, 175, Fr. Ryan Freudenburg...... fried-EN-burg Nate Gerry...... Gary 80 Kenny Bell, 6-1, 185, Sr. Sam Hahn...... HAWN 1 Jordan Westerkamp, 6-0, 195, So. Tyler Hoppes...... HOP-iss Andy Janovich...... JAN-oh-VITCH Matt Jarzynka...... JAR-zink-uh Boaz Joseph...... BOSE Bo Kitrell...... Kit-trul David Knevel...... NEV-ull Chongo Kondolo...... CHONG-go CON-DOUGH-low Murat Kuzu...... murr-AT KOO-zoo Nate Meduna...... Med-nuh Mike Moudy...... MOU-dee Graham Nabity...... nab-itt-ee Terrell Newby...... TAIR-ul Zach Sterup...... STIR-up

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2014 Nebraska Cornhuskers Roster Numerical Roster *-Indicates Letters Earned No. Name...... Position No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) 1 Boaz Joseph...... DB 8 *** Abdullah, Ameer IB 5-9 200 Sr. Homewood, Ala. 1 * Jordan Westerkamp...... WR 88 Akinmoladun, Freedom TE 6-4 230 Fr. Grandview, Mo. 2 * Alexander, LeRoy S 6-0 195 So. Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer) 2 * LeRoy Alexander...... S 7 ** Allen, Taariq WR 6-3 200 Jr. Weston, Mass. (The Rivers School) 2 Zack Darlington...... QB 13 * Anderson, Zaire LB 5-11 220 Sr. Philadelphia, Pa. (Frankford/Riverside CC) 2 Josh Kalu...... DB 43 Appleget, Noah WR 6-2 200 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 3 Marcus Newby...... LB 4 * Armstrong Jr., Tommy QB 6-1 220 So. Cibolo, Texas (Steele) 4 * Tommy Armstrong Jr...... QB 61 Arneson, Noah DL 6-3 300 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Gross Catholic) 4 * Randy Gregory...... DE 33 Bailey, Christian WR 5-11 200 RFr. San Clemente, Calif. 5 *** Josh Mitchell...... CB 52 * Banderas, Josh LB 6-2 235 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 5 Johnny Stanton...... QB 80 *** Bell, Kenny WR 6-1 185 Sr. Boulder, Colo. (Fairview) 6 AJ Bush...... QB 83 Blum, Jared TE 6-4 240 So. Gretna, Neb. 6 *** Corey Cooper...... S 37 ** Bondi, Mauro PK 6-0 210 Jr. Boca Raton, Fla. (West Boca Raton) 7 ** Taariq Allen...... WR 53 Boryca, Alex LB 6-2 220 Fr. Cozad, Neb. 7 * Maliek Collins...... DT 9 Broekemeier, Tyson QB 6-1 200 Jr. Aurora, Neb. 8 *** Ameer Abdullah...... IB 34 Brown, Drew PK 5-11 180 Fr. Southlake, Texas (Southlake Carroll) 8 D.J. Singleton...... DB 9 ** Burtch, Sam WR 6-3 200 Jr. Murdock, Neb. (Elmwood-Murdock) 9 Tyson Broekemeier...... QB 6 Bush, AJ QB 6-3 210 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga. (Norcross) 11 * Carter, Cethan TE 6-4 240 So. Metairie, La. (Archbishop Rummel) 9 ** Sam Burtch...... WR 28 Cockrell, Byerson DB 6-0 185 Jr. Columbus, Miss. (East Mississippi CC) 10 *** Jamal Turner...... WR 7 * Collins, Maliek DT 6-2 300 So. Kansas City, Mo. (Center) 11 * Cethan Carter...... TE 26 Connely, Thomas LB 5-11 195 Fr. Kearney, Neb. (Kearney Catholic) 11 Chris Jones...... DB 62 Conrad, Cole OL 6-5 280 Fr. Fremont, Neb. (Archbishop Bergan) 12 ...... DB 6 *** Cooper, Corey S 6-1 215 Sr. Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East) 13 Lane Hovey...... WR 68 *** Cotton, Jake OL 6-6 305 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 13 * Zaire Anderson...... LB 84 * Cotton, Sam TE 6-4 250 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 14 * Jonathan Rose...... CB 32 ** Cross, Imani IB 6-1 230 Jr. Gainesville, Ga. (North Hall) 15 De’Mornay Pierson-El...... WR 2 Darlington, Zack QB 6-2 205 Fr. Apopka, Fla. 15 * Michael Rose-Ivey...... LB 23 ** Davie, Daniel CB 6-1 190 Jr. Beatrice, Neb. 16 Trai Mosley...... DB 88 Dzuris, Ross DE 6-3 250 So. Plattsmouth, Neb. 17 Ryker Fyfe...... QB 48 Evans, Erik DE 6-3 235 RFr. Waverly, Neb. 17 Sedrick King...... DE 63 Farmer, Tanner OL 6-4 310 Fr. Highland, Ill. 18 Glenn Irons...... WR 92 Faulkenberry, Josh LS 6-3 240 RFr. Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West) 19 Joe Keels...... DE 31 Felici, Joey CB 5-9 175 Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard South) 59 * Finnin, Matt OL 6-7 305 Jr. Crete, Ill. (Monee/College of DuPage) 19 Jariah Tolbert...... WR 27 * Foltz, Sam P 6-1 200 So. Grand Island, Neb. 21 ** Charles Jackson...... S 30 Foster, Derek CB 5-11 185 Sr. Elm Creek, Neb. 21 Mikale Wilbon...... IB 67 Foster, Jerald DL 6-3 310 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 22 Anthony Ridder...... DB 42 * Foster, Trey TE 6-0 245 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 23 ** Daniel Davie...... CB 51 Freudenberg, Ryan OL 6-5 305 Fr. Norfolk, Neb. (Lutheran-Northeast) 23 Austin Rose...... IB 17 Fyfe, Ryker QB 6-2 210 So. Grand Island, Neb. 24 Murat Kuzu...... IB 95 Gangwish, Jack DE 6-2 260 Jr. Wood River, Neb. 24 ** Austin Williams...... LB 69 Gates, Nick OL 6-5 290 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman) 25 * Nate Gerry...... DB 25 * Gerry, Nate S 6-2 205 So. Sioux Falls, S.D. (Washington) 25 Blake Holtmeier...... WR 12 Gifford, Luke S 6-3 200 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 26 Thomas Connely...... LB 81 Gladney, Kevin WR 6-1 190 RFr. Akron, Ohio (Firestone Senior) 26 Brady Pelzer...... WR 29 Graham, Nolan DB 5-11 190 Fr. Firth, Neb. (Norris) 27 * Sam Foltz...... P 4 * Gregory, Randy DE 6-6 245 Jr. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern/Arizona Western CC) 27 Kieron Williams...... DB 73 Hahn, Sam OL 6-6 300 So. DeWitt, Neb. (Tri-County/North Dakota State) 28 Byerson Cockrell...... DB 72 Hannon, Zach OL 6-5 305 RFr. Kansas City, Mo. (Rockhurst) 85 Hart, Greg TE 6-5 240 RFr. Dayton, Ohio (Archbishop Alter) 28 Adam Taylor...... IB 25 Holtmeier, Blake WR 6-2 195 Fr. Kearney, Neb. (Kearney Catholic) 29 Nolan Graham...... DB 91 Hoppes, Tyler DE 6-4 235 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest/Wayne State) 29 Graham Nabity...... IB 13 Hovey, Lane WR 6-4 205 So. Adel, Iowa (Adel-Desoto-Minburn) 30 Derek Foster...... CB 18 Irons, Glenn WR 5-9 155 Fr. New Orleans, La. (Edna Karr) 30 Bo Kitrell...... FB 21 ** Jackson, Charles DB 5-11 180 Jr. Spring, Texas (Klein Collins) 31 Joey Felici...... CB 39 Jakub, Cameron DB 5-11 160 Fr. Columbus, Neb. 32 ** Imani Cross...... IB 35 ** Janovich, Andy FB 6-1 230 Jr. Gretna, Neb. 33 Christian Bailey...... WR 47 Jarzynka, Matt DE 6-4 220 Fr. Loup City, Neb. 33 Garrett McKay...... LB 50 Johns, Garret DT 6-0 280 So. Aurora, Neb. 34 Drew Brown...... PK 76 Johnson Jr., Dwayne OL 6-6 285 RFr. Houston, Texas (Bellaire) 34 * Terrell Newby...... IB 11 Jones, Chris CB 6-0 170 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla. (Sandalwood) 35 ** Andy Janovich...... FB 38 Jordan, Harrison FB 5-10 235 RFr. Omaha, Neb. (Westside) 36 Zach Stovall...... DB 1 Joseph, Boaz CB 6-1 190 RFr. Weston, Fla. (Cypress Bay) 37 ** Mauro Bondi...... PK 2 Kalu, Josh DB 6-1 175 Fr. Houston, Texas (Alief Taylor) 38 Harrison Jordan...... FB 19 Keels, Joe DE 6-3 250 Jr. Kenosha, Wis. (Bradford/Highland CC) 61 Kelly, Paul LS 6-1 255 Sr. Davie, Fla. (Archbishop McCarthy/Miami) 39 Cameron Jakub...... DB 89 Ketter, Connor TE 6-5 240 RFr. Norfolk, Neb. (Norfolk Catholic) 39 Jordan Nelson...... IB 17 King, Sedrick DE 6-4 240 Fr. Plant City, Fla. 40 Jaevon Walton...... LB 30 Kitrell, Bo FB 6-1 215 Fr. Ashland, Neb. (Ashland-Greenwood) 41 Luke McNitt...... TE 77 Knevel, David OL 6-9 310 RFr. Brantford, Ontario, Canada (Pauline S. Johnson Collegiate) 41 ** David Santos...... LB 42 Koley, Creighton DB 6-0 180 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Skutt Catholic) 42 * Trey Foster...... TE 70 Kondolo, Chongo OL 6-4 300 Jr. Carrollton, Texas (Creekview/Fresno City College)

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42 Creighton Koley...... DB 24 Kuzu, Murat IB 5-11 200 Jr. Plano, Texas (Plano Senior High) 43 Noah Appleget...... WR 71 Lewis, Alex OL 6-6 290 Jr. Tempe, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe/Colorado) 95 Lindsay, Spencer PK 5-9 205 So. Kearney, Neb. 43 ** Trevor Roach...... LB 75 Long, Chris OL 6-4 300 Jr. Blair, Neb. 44 Mitch McCann...... FB 58 Lopez, Joel DL 6-2 260 So. Burlington, Ill. (Burlington Central) 44 Mick Stoltenberg...... DL 51 Love, Courtney LB 6-1 240 RFr. Youngstown, Ohio (Cardinal Mooney) 45 A.J. Natter...... DE 55 * Maurice, Kevin DT 6-3 275 So. Orlando, Fla. (Freedom) 45 Bryan Reimers...... TE 44 McCann, Mitch FB 6-0 225 So. Omaha, Neb. (Burke) 47 Matt Jarzynka...... DE 33 McKay, Garrett LB 5-11 200 So. Anaheim Hills, Calif. (Servite/Santa Ana College) 47 Grant Schumacher...... PK 90 * McMullen, Greg DE 6-3 280 So. Akron, Ohio (Hoban) 48 Gabe Rahn...... WR 41 McNitt, Luke TE 6-2 220 So. Kearney, Neb. (Nebraska-Kearney) 48 Erik Evans...... DE 90 Meduna, Nate TE 6-5 225 Fr. Wahoo, Neb. (Bishop Neumann) 49 Chris Weber...... LB 91 * Miller, Gabe LS 6-0 240 So. Mishawaka, Ind. (Penn) 50 Garret Johns...... DL 5 *** Mitchell, Josh CB 5-11 160 Sr. Corona, Calif. (Eleanor Roosevelt) 51 Ryan Freudenburg...... OL 82 * Moore, Alonzo WR 6-2 195 So. Winnfield, La. (Winnfield Senior) 51 Courtney Love...... LB 16 Mosley, Trai DB 5-10 165 Fr. Pflugerville, Texas (Hendrickson) 52 * Josh Banderas...... LB 74 * Moudy, Mike OL 6-5 305 Sr. Castle Rock, Colo. (Douglas County) 53 Alex Boryca...... LB 29 Nabity, Graham IB 6-0 210 So. Omaha, Neb. (Elkhorn) 45 Natter, A.J. DE 6-5 250 RFr. Milton, Wis. 54 Robby Painter...... OL 39 Nelson, Jordan IB 5-7 180 So. Omaha, Neb. (Burke) 54 Garrett Poppen...... LB 3 Newby, Marcus LB 6-1 220 RFr. North Potomac, Md. (Quince Orchard) 55 * Kevin Maurice...... DT 34 * Newby, Terrell IB 5-10 200 So. Los Angeles, Calif. (Chaminade) 55 Paul Thurston...... OL 99 Newell, Peyton DL 6-3 270 Fr. Hiawatha, Kan. 56 ** Mark Pelini...... OL 76 Owen, Dylan DL 6-5 225 Fr. Westchester, N.Y. (Somers/Bridgton Academy) 56 Brad Simpson...... LB 54 Painter, Robby OL 6-4 280 So. Centennial, Colo. (Grandview) 57 ** Zach Sterup...... OL 56 ** Pelini, Mark OL 6-0 290 Sr. Youngstown, Ohio (Cardinal Mooney) 58 Joel Lopez...... DL 26 Pelzer, Brady WR 5-11 170 Fr. Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue East) 58 Corey Whitaker...... OL 15 Pierson-El, De’Mornay WR 5-9 175 Fr. Alexandria, Va. (West Potomac) 59 * Matt Finnin...... OL 54 Poppen, Garrett LB 6-1 215 Fr. Giltner, Neb. 59 Trent Ortmeier...... OL 78 * Price, Givens OL 6-4 310 Jr. Houston, Texas (Alief Taylor) 61 Noah Arneson...... DL 48 Rahn, Gabe WR 6-1 190 RFr. Le Mars, Iowa (Le Mars) 61 Paul Kelly...... LS 97 Rath, Logan DT 6-4 280 So. Aurora, Neb. (Giltner/South Dakota State) 62 Cole Conrad...... OL 65 ** Reeves, Ryne OL 6-3 300 Jr. Crete, Neb. 63 Tanner Farmer...... OL 87 * Reilly, Brandon WR 6-1 195 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 45 Reimers, Bryan TE 6-5 200 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (East) 65 ** Ryne Reeves...... OL 22 Ridder, Anthony S 6-2 200 Jr. West Point, Neb. (Central Catholic) 66 Dylan Utter...... OL 43 ** Roach, Trevor LB 6-2 235 Sr. Elkhorn, Neb. 67 Jerald Foster...... OL 23 Rose, Austin IB 6-1 215 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (North Star) 68 *** Jake Cotton...... OL 14 * Rose, Jonathan CB 6-1 195 Jr. Leeds, Ala. (Leeds/Auburn) 69 Nick Gates...... OL 15 * Rose-Ivey, Michael LB 5-11 240 So. Kansas City, Mo. (Rockhurst) 70 Chongo Kondolo...... OL 41 ** Santos, David LB 6-0 225 Jr. Spring, Texas (Klein Collins) 71 Alex Lewis...... OL 47 Schumacher, Grant PK 5-9 165 RFr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 72 Zach Hannon...... OL 56 Simpson, Brad LB 6-0 220 So. Omaha, Neb. (Ralston) 73 Sam Hahn...... OL 8 Singleton, D.J. DB 6-1 200 RFr. Jersey City, N.J. (St. Peter’s Prep) 74 * Mike Moudy...... OL 5 Stanton, Johnny QB 6-2 230 RFr. Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic) 75 Chris Long...... OL 57 ** Sterup, Zach OL 6-8 320 Jr. Hastings, Neb. (Hastings St. Cecilia) 76 Dwayne Johnson Jr...... OL 44 Stoltenberg, Mick DL 6-5 265 Fr. Gretna, Neb. 76 Dylan Owen...... DL 36 Stovall, Zach DB 5-11 185 RFr. Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue East) 77 David Knevel...... OL 86 Sutton, David TE 6-3 240 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 78 * Givens Price...... OL 28 Taylor, Adam IB 6-2 210 RFr. Katy, Texas 55 Thurston, Paul OL 6-5 295 So. Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West) 80 *** Kenny Bell...... WR 19 Tolbert, Jariah WR 6-3 190 Fr. New Orleans, La. (Edna Karr) 81 Kevin Gladney...... WR 10 *** Turner, Jamal WR 6-1 190 Sr. Arlington, Texas (Sam Houston) 82 * Alonzo Moore...... WR 66 Utter, Dylan OL 6-1 285 So. Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista) 83 Jared Blum...... TE 98 * Valentine, Vincent DT 6-3 320 So. Edwardsville, Ill. 84 * Sam Cotton...... TE 40 Walton, Jaevon LB 6-0 235 Fr. New Orleans, La. (Edna Karr) 85 Greg Hart...... TE 49 Weber, Chris LB 6-3 220 RFr. Elkhorn, Neb. 86 David Sutton...... TE 1 * Westerkamp, Jordan WR 6-0 195 So. Lombard, Ill. (Montini Catholic) 87 * Brandon Reilly...... WR 58 Whitaker, Corey OL 6-4 290 So. Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta) 88 Freedom Akinmoladun...... TE 21 Wilbon, Mikale IB 5-8 190 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (De La Salle Institute) 88 Ross Dzuris...... DE 24 ** Williams, Austin LB 6-0 200 Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Burke) 89 Connor Ketter...... TE 92 * Williams, Kevin DT 6-2 275 Jr. Holland, Ohio (Springfield) 90 * Greg McMullen...... DE 27 Williams, Kieron S 6-0 185 Fr. Shreveport, La. (C.E. Byrd/Air Force Prep) 90 Nate Meduna...... TE 91 Tyler Hoppes...... DE 91 * Gabe Miller...... LS 92 Josh Faulkenberry...... LS 92 * Kevin Williams...... DT 95 Jack Gangwish...... DE 95 Spencer Lindsay...... PK 97 Logan Rath...... DL 98 * Vincent Valentine...... DT 99 Peyton Newell...... DL *denotes letters earned

Game 5 vs. Illinois 19 2014 Nebraska Football 2014 Nebraska Football Huskers.com 2014 husker records watch ameer kenny abdullah bell Senior Senior I-Back Wide Receiver NEBRASKA CAREER RECORDS WATCH NEBRASKA CAREER RECORDS WATCH Rushing Yards Receptions Rk. Player, Position, Years Yards Rk. Player, Position, Years Total 1. Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-83 4,780 1. Nate Swift, WR, 2005-08 166 2. Ahman Green, IB, 1995-97 3,880 2. Kenny Bell, WR, 2011-present 148 3. Ameer Abdullah, IB, 2011-present 3,602 3. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1970-72 143 4. Eric Crouch, QB, 1998-2001 3,434 4. Terrence Nunn, WR, 2004-07 136 5. Roy Helu Jr., IB, 2007-10 3,404 5. Marlon Lucky, IB, 2005-08 135 6. Rex Burkhead, IB, 2009-12 3,329 7. Calvin Jones, IB, 1991-93 3,153 Receiving Yards 8. Ken Clark, IB, 1987-89 3,037 Rk. Player, Position, Years Yards 9. Taylor Martinez, QB, 2010-13 2,975 1. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1070-72 2,479 10. I.M. Hipp, IB, 1977-79 2,814 2. Nate Swift, WR, 2005-08 2,476 3. Kenny Bell, WR, 2011-present 2,185 100-Yard Rushing Games 4. Terrence Nunn, WR, 2004-07 1,762 Rk. Player, Position, Years 100-Yd. Games 5. Todd Peterson, WR, 2005-08 1,602 1. Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-83 26 2. Ahman Green, IB, 1995-97 20 Receiving Touchdowns Ameer Abdullah, IB, 2011-present 20 Rk. Player, Position, Years TDs 4. Eric Crouch, QB, 1998-2001 17 1. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1970-72 25 5. Calvin Jones, IB, 1991-93 16 2. Nate Swift, WR, 2005-08 22 3. Maurice Purify, WR, 2006-07 16 All-Purpose Yards Kenny Bell, WR, 2011-present 16 Rk. Player, Position, Years Yards 5. Jon Bostick, SE, 1989-91 15 1. Ameer Abdullah, IB, 2011-present 5,762 Quincy Enunwa, WR, 2010-13 15 2. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1970-72 5,586 3. Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-83 5,445 100-Yard Receiving Games 4. Ahman Green, IB, 1995-97 4,280 Rk. Player, Position, Years Games 5. Marlon Lucky, IB, 2005-08 4,214 1. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1970-72 10 2. Nate Swift, WR, 2005-08 8 Receptions by a Running Back 3. Irving Fryar, WB, 1981-83 5 Rk. Player, Years Catches Niles Paul, WR, 2007-10 5 1. Marlon Lucky, 2005-08 135 5. Maurice Purify, WR, 2006-07 4 2. Jeff Kinney, 1969-71 82 Kenny Bell, WR, 2011-present 4 3. Cory Ross, 2002-05 71 7. Tracey Wistrom, TE, 1998-2001 3 4. Ameer Abdullah, 2011-present 56 Johnny Mitchell, TE, 1990-91 3 Guy Ingles, SE, 1968-70 3 Kickoff Return Yards Rk. Player, Position, Years Yards Consecutive Games with a Reception 1. Josh Davis, IB, 2000-03 2,265 Rk. Player, Position Games 2. Niles Paul, WR, 2007-10 1,887 1. Johnny Rodger, WB 37 3. Tyrone Hughes, WB, 1989-92 1,443 2. Terrence Nunn, WR 32 4. Ameer Abdullah, IB, 2011-present 1,315 3. Kenny Bell, WR 23 5. Joe Walker, ROV, 1997-2000 1,159 Quincy Enunwa, WR 23 Note: Streak not active Kickoff Return Yards Rk. Player, Position, Years Yards 1. Josh Davis, IB, 2000-03 2,265 2. Niles Paul, WR, 2007-10 1,887 3. Tyrone Hughes, WB, 1989-92 1,443 4. Ameer Abdullah, IB, 2011-present 1,315 5. Joe Walker, ROV, 1997-2000 1,159 6. Dana Brinson, WB, 1985-88 1,154 7. Kenny Bell, WR, 2011-present 1,142 8. Cortney Grixby, CB, 2004-07 1,094 9. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1970-72 847 10. Frank Solich, FB, 1963-95 818

Game 5 vs. Illinois 20 125th Season of Nebraska Football Cornhuskers to Watch Jordan Westerkamp Tommy Armstrong Jr. Randy Gregory Wide Receiver Quarterback Defensive End Sophomore | 6-0 | 195 Sophomore | 6-1 | 220 Junior | 6-6 | 240 Lombard, Ill. 1 Cibolo, Texas 4 Fishers, Ind. 4 Season Highs Season Highs Catches – 7 vs. Florida Atlantic; Receiving Yards – 125 vs. Season Highs Tackles – 7 vs. Miami; Sacks – 2 vs. Miami; Tackles for Loss – 2 Passing Attempts – 31 vs. McNeese State; Completions Florida Atlantic; Receiving TDs – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. vs. Miami; QB Hurries – 2 vs. Miami; PBUs – None; Interceptions McNeese State, at Fresno State; Long – 70 at Fresno State – 16 vs. McNeese State; Passing Yards – 271 vs. Florida Atlantic; Long Pass – 70 at Fresno State; Passing TDs – 3 – None Career Receiving Statistics at Fresno State Career Statistics Year G/GS No. Yards TD Rushes – 13 vs. Miami; Rushing Yards – 131 vs. McNeese Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT 2012 -- Redshirt -- State; Rushing TDs – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. McNeese 2013 13/10 66 10.5-69 19-101 1 1 2013 13/1 20 283 1 State; Long - 42 vs. McNeese State 2014 3/3 10 2.0-25 2-25 0 0 2014 4/4 14 285 3 Totals 16/13 76 12.5-94 21-126 1 1 Totals 17/5 34 568 4 Career PASSING Statistics Year G/GS Comp.-Att.-Int. Yards TD 2014o H nors Career Return Statistics 2012 -- Redshirt -- Water Camp Player of the Year Watch List Year G/GS KR Yards TD PR Yards TD 2013 9/8 68-131-8 966 9 Lombardi Award Watch List 2012 -- Redshirt -- 2014 4/4 52-94-2 886 9 Check Bednarik Award Watch List 2013 13/1 1 15 0 19 51 0 Totals 13/12 120-225-10 1,852 18 Nagurski Trophy Watch List 2014 4/4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List Totals 17/5 1 15 0 19 51 0 Career RUSHING Statistics Preseason First-Team All-American (Sporting News) Year G/GS Att. Yards TD Preseason Second Team All-American (Phil Steele, Athlon) 2014 Game by Game 2012 -- Redshirt -- Florida Atlantic: Caught seven passes for 125 yards, setting Preseason All-Big Ten (Sporting News, Phil Steele, Athlon) 2013 9/8 67 202 2 Preseason Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (Sporting News) career highs in both categories... had a 41-yard touchdown 2014 4/4 40 354 2 reception in the first quarter for his second career touchdown Totals 13/12 107 556 4 2014 Game by Game reception... Kenny Bell and Westerkamp combined to become Florida Atlantic: Started, but left the game in the first quarter the first Husker duo to both top 100 receiving yards in a game 2014 Game by Game with an injury and didn’t return. McNeese State: Didn’t play since Marlon Lucky (IB) and Maurice Purify (WR) achieved the Florida Atlantic: Completed 15-of-29 passes for a career-high due to injury. Fresno State: Returned to the starting lineup feat at Colorado in 2007... Bell and Westerkamp became the 271 yards and two touchdowns... previous career high was 173 after missing a game due to injury... posted three tackles, first pair of wide receivers in Husker history to accomplish yards last season against Northwestern, a mark he surpassed all solo stops. Miami: Ranked third on the team with seven the feat. McNeese State: Caught a team-high four passes for before halftime with 184 yards passing... also finished with a tackles, including a pair of sacks for 25 yards... pair of TFLs 61 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown in the first quarter. then-career-high 333 yards of total offense, including 62 yards pushed his career total to 21 for 126 yards. Fresno State: Caught a career-long 70-yard touchdown pass in rushing and a touchdown on seven carries. McNeese State: the first quarter to open the scoring... caught a touchdown for Rushed 11 times for a career-high 131 yards, including rushes Josh Mitchell the third consecutive game, marking the first Husker to have of 42 and 24 yards in the first half and a 34-yard third-quarter a touchdown reception in three straight games since Quincy rush... were the three longest runs of Armstrong’s career, Cornerback Enunwa caught a touchdown pass in each of the first three bettering a 17-yard rush against Florida Atlantic... previous Senior | 5-11 | 160 games of 2013. Miami: Caught one pass for 14 yards. career rushing high was 69 yards against Northwestern in Corona, Calif. 5 2013... 131 rushing yards marked the first 100-yard rushing Marcus Newby game for a Nebraska quarterback since Taylor Martinez rushed Season Highs Linebacker for 140 yards on 19 carries in the 2012 Big Ten Championship Tackles – 4 at Fresno State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss Game against Wisconsin... completed 16-of-31 passes for 242 – None; QB Hurries – None; PBUs – 2 vs. Florida Atlantic, at R. Freshman | 6-1 | 220 yards and two touchdowns... was 4-of-4 passing for 78 yards Fresno State; Interceptions – None North Potomac, Md. 3 and a touchdown on third down attempts in the first half... Career Statistics accounted for 373 yards of total offense, marking the second Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT Season Highs consecutive week he accounted for a career high in total 2010 -- Redshirt -- Tackles – 1 at Fresno State, vs. Miami; Sacks – 1 at Fresno State; offensive yards. Fresno State: Completed 12-of-21 passes 2011 8/1 5 0.0-0 0-0 1 0 Tackles for Loss – 1 at Fresno State; QB Hurries – 1 at Fresno for 260 yards and three touchdowns, including a 70-yard 2012 13/8 29 1.0-1 2-6 5 1 State; PBUs – None; Interceptions – None touchdown pass to Jordan Westerkamp on the game’s third 2013 13/6 31 0.0-0 4-7 6 1 Career Statistics play... was his longest completion in a regular-season game 2014 4/4 7 0.0-0 0-0 5 0 Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT and second-longest completion of his career... also connected Totals 38/19 72 1.0-1 6-13 17 2 on TD passes to tight ends Cethan Carter and Sam Cotton in 2014 4/0 2 1.0-9 1-9 0 0 2014o H nors Totals 4/0 2 1.0-9 1-9 0 0 the second half... 260 passing yards marked his third straight game to start the season with 200 or more passing yards... Team Captain 2014 Game by Game also rushed nine times for 65 yards to account for 325 total 2014 Game by Game Florida Atlantic: Saw time off the bench but didn’t record offense yards... has topped 300 yards of total offense in all Florida Atlantic: Tied a career high with two of Nebraska’s five any stats. McNeese State: Saw time off the bench but didn’t three games, marking the first time a Husker has topped 300 pass break-ups on the day. McNeese State: Recorded a pair record any stats. Fresno State: First career tackle was a nine- yards of total offense in three straight games since Joe Ganz of tackles and a pass break-up in the 31-24 win. Fresno State: yard sack... also notched a QB hurry. Miami: Came off the accomplished the feat against Texas Tech, Iowa State and Posted four solo tackles and tied his career high for the second bench and made one tackle. Baylor in 2008... surpassed 2,000 career total offensive yards, time this season with two pass break-ups. Miami: Returned a pushing his career total to 2,199 yards. Miami: Completed fumble 57 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to give 9-of-13 passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns... added 96 Nebraska a 31-21 lead... was the first by a Husker since Austin yards rushing on 13 carries. Cassidy had an 11-yard fumble return for a touchdown at Minnesota on Oct. 22, 2011... was the longest fumble return by a Husker since Ralph Brown had a 74-yard fumble return for a touchdown at Kansas State in 1998. Cornhuskers to Watch Corey Cooper Helu Jr. (3,404) and Eric Crouch (3,434) to move into the Ameer Abdullah No. 3 spot... now trails only Ahman Green (3,880) and 1983 Safety I-Back Heisman Trophy winner Mike Rozier (4,780)... 229 rushing Senior | 6-1 | 215 Senior | 5-9 | 195 yards marked his nation-leading 20th career 100-yard Maywood, Ill. 6 Homewood, Ala. 8 rushing game... is tied with Ahman Green for second on the Nebraska career list for 100-yard rushing games, trailing only Season Highs Season Highs career leader Mike Rozier (26)... posted a career-high 313 all- Tackles – 8 vs. Miami; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – None; QB Rushes – 35 vs. Miami; Rushing Yards – 232 vs. Florida purpose yards, bettering his 252-yard effort against Wisconsin Hurries – 1 vs. McNeese State; PBUs – None; Interceptions – 1 Atlantic; Rushing TDs – 2 vs. Miami; Long - 57 at Fresno in 2012... 313 all-purpose yards rank second on the Nebraska vs. McNeese State State single-game all-purpose yardage list, and is the most by a Husker since Roy Helu Jr. had a school-record 321 all-purpose Career Statistics Catches – 3 vs. McNeese State; Receiving Yards – 96 vs. yards against Missouri on Oct. 30, 2010... increased his Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT McNeese State; Receiving TDs – 1 vs. McNeese State, vs. career all-purpose yardage total to 5,762 yards and became 2010 -- Redshirt -- Miami; Long – 58 vs. McNeese State Nebraska’s career all-purpose yards leader, passing 1972 2011 11/1 9 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 Career Rushing Statistics Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers (5,586). 2012 14/3 17 0.5-1 2-8 0 0 Year G/GS Att. Yards TD 2013 13/13 91 2.0-16 5-19 1 1 2011 13/0 42 150 3 2014 4/4 17 0.0-0 0-0 0 1 Joshua Kalu 2012 14/7 226 1,137 8 Totals 42/21 134 2.5-17 7-27 1 2 Defensive Back 2013 13/13 281 1,690 9 Freshman | 6-1 | 175 2014o H nors 2014 4/4 92 325 5 Team Captain Totals 44/24 641 3,602 25 Houston, Texas 10 Preseason Second-Team All-Big Ten (Athlon) Career receiving Statistics Season Highs 2014 Game by Game Year G/GS No. Yards TD Tackles – 6 at Fresno State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – 1 Florida Atlantic: Started at safety, but didn’t record any stats. 2011 13/0 1 11 0 at Fresno State; QB Hurries – 1 vs. McNeese State; PBUs – 1 at McNeese State: Totaled six tackles and notched NU’s first 2012 14/7 24 178 2 Fresno State; Interceptions – 1 vs. Miami turnover of the season with his second career interception on 2013 13/13 26 232 2 the last play of the game. Fresno State: Made three tackles 2014 4/4 5 108 2 Career Statistics in his 20th career start. Miami: Finished second on the team Totals 44/24 56 529 6 Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT with eight tackles, including four solo stops. 2014 4/1 9 0.0-0 1-1 1 1 Career Return Statistics Totals 4/1 9 0.0-0 1-1 1 1 Year G/GS KR Yards TD PR Yards TD Taariq Allen 2011 13/0 26 763 1 15 107 0 2014 Game by Game Wide Receiver 2012 14/7 17 360 0 16 209 1 Florida Atlantic: Came off the bench in his first career game 2013 13/13 4 77 0 0 0 0 and made one tackle. McNeese State: Made a pair of tackles Junior | 6-3 | 200 and record a QB hurry. Fresno State: Made his first career Weston, Mass. 2014 4/4 5 115 0 0 0 0 7 Totals 44/24 53 1,315 1 31 316 1 start, as the Huskers began the game with six defensive backs on the field... led the Huskers with six tackles, all solo Season Highs School Record stops... also notched a TFL, forced a fumble and broke up a Catches – 3 vs. McNeese State; Receiving Yards – 27 vs. Most Single-Game Kickoff Return Yards - 211 vs. Fresno State pass. Miami: Came off the bench and notched his first career McNeese State; Receiving TDs – None; Long – 14 vs. 2014o H nors interception in the fourth quarter. McNeese State Team Captain Career Receiving Statistics Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll (Sept. 6) Cethan Carter Year G/GS No. Yards TD Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 1) Tight End 2011 -- Redshirt -- Doak Walker Award Watch List Sophomore | 6-4 | 240 2012 8/0 2 11 1 Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List 2013 10/0 3 22 0 Maxwell Award Watch List Metairie, La. 11 Paul Hornung Award Watch List 2014 4/0 4 30 0 Season Highs Preseason Second-Team All-American (Sporting News, Phil Totals 22/0 9 63 1 Catches – 1 vs. McNeese State, at Fresno State; Receiving Steele, Athlon) Yards – 20 at Fresno State; Receiving TDs – 1 at Fresno 2014 Game by Game Preseason All-Big Ten (Phil Steele, Sporting News, Athlon) Florida Atlantic: Caught one pass for three yards. McNeese State; Long – 20 at Fresno State State: Hauled in a career-high three recepetions for a career- 2014 Game by Game Career Receiving Statistics high 27 yards. Fresno State: Saw time off the bench but did Florida Atlantic: Rushed 21 times for a career-high 232 Year G/GS No. Yards TD not record a catch. Miami: Saw time off the bench but did yards, topping his previous career high of 225 yards against 2013 13/6 10 127 0 not record a catch. Illinois in 2013... rushing total marked the 15th-most rushing 2014 4/4 2 25 1 yards in school history and the 37th 200-yard rushing game Totals 17/10 12 152 0 Maliek Collins in Nebraska history... 232 yards were the second-most by a 2014 Game by Game Defensive Tackle Husker in a season opener, trailing Marlon Lucky’s 233 yards Florida Atlantic: Started at tight end, but didn’t record a against Nevada in 2007. McNeese State: Rushed 17 times Sophomore | 6-2 | 300 catch. McNeese State: Caught one pass for five yards. Fresno for 54 yards and one touchdown... caught three passes Kansas City, Mo. State: Recorded his first career TD reception on a 20-yard pass 7 for a career-high 96 yards, including a 58-yard touchdown from Tommy Armstrong Jr. Miami: Started, but did not record reception late in the fourth quarter that broke a 24-24 tie... Season Highs a catch. 58-yard catch alone broke his previous single-game high of Tackles – 4 at Fresno State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – 2 vs. 50 yards against UCLA in 2013.... finished the game with 184 Miami; QB Hurries – 2 vs. Miami; PBUs – None; Interceptions all-purpose yards, including 90 yards in the fourth quarter on – None three touches. Fresno State: Rushed 19 times for 110 yards, Career Statistics including a 57-yard touchdown run in the first quarter to give Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL NU a 14-0 lead... 57-yard run was a season long and his third 2013 12/1 12 1.0-10 2-10 run of at least 30 yards in 2014. Miami: Rushed a career-high 2014 4/4 10 0.0-0 2-5 35 times for 229 yards and two touchdowns, while also adding Totals 16/5 22 1.0-10 4-15 a three-yard touchdown reception... previous career high in 2014 Game by Game carries was 31 against Penn State in 2012... 229 rushing yards marked Abdullah’s second 200-yard rushing game of 2014, Florida Atlantic: Made his second career start, totaling one following a career-high 232 yards against Florida Atlantic... tackle and one QB hurry. McNeese State: Started and tied a topped 200 yards with 225 yards last season against Illinois... then-career high with three tackles. Fresno State: Set a career increased his career rushing total to 3,602 and moved into high with four tackles that doubled his season total. Miami: third place on the Nebraska career rushing list... passed Roy Produced four tackles, including a pair of TFLs for five yards... also notched two QB hurries. Cornhuskers to Watch McNeese State: Returned five punts for 52 yards, including Zaire Anderson a 25-yard return... also returned a pair of kicks for 36 yards. Nathan Gerry Linebacker Fresno State: Returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown in Defensive Back Junior | 5-11 | 220 the second quarter to give Nebraska a 24-2 lead... was the Sophomore | 6-2 | 205 Philadelphia, Pa. 13 seventh-longest punt return in school history and longest Sioux Falls, S.D. ever by a Husker freshman... marked Nebraska’s longest punt 25 Season Highs return since Eric Haag’s school-record 95-yard punt return Season Highs Tackles – 8 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss against Texas in 2010 and the first punt return for a score by Tackles – 13 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – – 2 vs. McNeese State; QB Hurries – None; PBUs – None; Nebraska since Ameer Abdullah had an 81-yard TD return vs. 2 vs. McNeese State; QB Hurries – 1 vs. McNeese State; PBUs Interceptions – None Idaho State in 2012... finished the day with five punt returns – 1 vs. McNeese State; Interceptions – None for 150 yards. Miami: Returned a pair of punts for 11 yards... Career Statistics rushed the ball once for no gain. Career Statistics Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT 2012* 3/1 4 0.0-0 0-0 0 2013 13/3 32 0.0-0 2-3 0 0 2013 12/5 52 3.0-22 6-25 1 Ryker Fyfe 2014 4/4 25 0.0-0 3-4 1 0 2014 4/3 18 0.0-0 3-4 0 Quarterback Totals 17/7 57 0.0-0 5-7 1 0 Totals 19/9 74 3.0-22 9-29 1 Sophomore | 6-2 | 210 2014 Game by Game * - awarded medical redshirt Grand Island, Neb. 17 Florida Atlantic: Started at safety and record four tackles, 2014 Game by Game including a TFL for one yard... also forced a fumble that was Florida Atlantic: Led the Huskers in tackles with seven, Season Highs recovered by the Owls. McNeese State: Had a career day including four solo stops... notched a TFL for four yards. Passing Attempts – 4 vs. Florida Atlantic; Completions – 2 against the Cowboys, including a team-high and career-best McNeese State: Finished the game with eight tackles, at Fresno State; Passing Yards – 29 vs. Florida Atlantic; Long 13 tackles... notched a pair of TFLs, a QB hurry and his first including six solo stops... notched a pair of TFLs. Fresno State: Pass – 12 at Fresno State; Passing TDs – 1 at Fresno State career pass break-up. Fresno State: Went over 50 career Saw time off the bench, but didn’t record any stats. Miami: Rushes – 4 vs. Florida Atlantic; Rushing Yards – 29 vs. tackles with a pair of stops. Miami: Totaled six tackles in the Totaled four tackles in the win over the Hurricanes. Florida Atlantic; Rushing TDs – None; Long - 15 vs. Florida 41-31 win over the Hurricanes. Atlantic Jonathan Rose Sam Foltz Cornerback Career PASSING Statistics Punter Year G/GS Comp.-Att.-Int. Yards TD Sophomore | 6-1 | 195 2012 -- Redshirt -- Sophomore | 6-1 | 200 Leeds, Ala. 14 2013 1/0 1-1-0 5 0 Grand Island, Neb. 27 2014 2/0 3-7-0 31 1 Season Highs Totals 3/0 4-8-0 36 1 Season Highs Tackles – 3 vs. Florida Atlantic, at Fresno State, vs. Miami; Punts – 6 vs. McNeese State; Punting Avg. – 51.2 vs. McNeese Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – None; QB Hurries – None; PBUs Career RUSHING Statistics State; Long Punt – 61 vs. McNeese State; Inside 20 – 4 vs. – 1 at Fresno State; Interceptions – None Year G/GS Att. Yards TD McNeese State 2012 -- Redshirt -- Career Statistics 2013 1/0 1 3 0 Career Punting Statistics Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT 2014 2/0 5 41 0 Year G/GS Punts Yards Avg I20 2012 -- Redshirt -- Totals 3/0 6 44 0 2012 -- Redshirt -- 2013 10/0 0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 2013 13/13 71 2,954 41.6 22 2014 4/0 11 0.0-0 0-0 1 0 2014 Game by Game 2014 4/4 14 664 47.4 6 Totals 14/0 11 0.0-0 0-0 1 0 Florida Atlantic: Saw time off the bench... completed 1-of-4 Totals 17/17 85 3,618 42.6 28 passes for nine yards and also ran four times for 29 yards. 2014 Game by Game McNeese State: Dind’t play against the Cowboys. Fresno 2014o H nors Florida Atlantic: Recorded three tackles off the bench, all solo State: Was 2-of-3 off the bench for 22 yards, including his first Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 8) stops. McNeese State: Made a pair of tackles off the bench. career TD pass... also ran once for 12 yards. Miami: Didn’t play 2014 Game by Game Fresno State: Recorded three solo stops off the bench and in the 41-31 win over the Hurricanes. Florida Atlantic: Only needed to punt twice (71 yards) in notched his first career pass break-up at Nebraska. Miami: season-opening 55-7 win over Florida Atlantic. McNeese Came off the bench and totaled three tackles for the second Daneil Davie State: Was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week straight game. Cornerback after booting six punts for 307 yards, an average of 51.2 yards Junior | 6-1 | 190 per punt... trapped the Cowboys inside their own 20 yardline De’Mornay Pierson-El four times on the day. Fresno State: Averaged 47.4 yards on Wide Receiver Beatrice, Neb. 23 five punts (237 yards)... booted a game-long 59-yard punt and Freshman | 5-9 | 175 trapped the Bulldogs inside their own 20 twice on the night. Season Highs Winnifield, La. Miami: Only had to punt once against the Hurricanes, a 49- 15 Tackles – 5 vs. Florida Atlantic; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – 2 yard boot. Season Highs at Fresno State, vs. Miami; QB Hurries – None; PBUs – 1 vs. Catches – 2 vs. Florida Atlantic; Receiving Yards – 14 vs. McNeese State; Interceptions – None Byerson Cockrell Florida Atlantic; Receiving TDs – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; Career Statistics Defensive Back Long – 8 vs. Florida Atlantic Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT Junior | 6-0 | 185 2011 -- Redshirt -- Career Receiving Statistics 2012 13/0 7 0.0-0 0-0 1 0 Columbus, Miss. 28 Year G/GS No. Yards TD 2013 10/0 1 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 2014 4/0 2 14 1 2014 4/4 14 0.0-0 4-6 1 0 Season Highs Totals 4/0 2 14 1 Totals 27/4 22 0.0-0 4-6 2 0 Tackles – 3 vs. Florida Atlantic, at Fresno State; Sacks – None; Career Return Statistics Tackles for Loss – 1 at Fresno State; QB Hurries – None; PBUs – 1 2014 Game by Game vs. Florida Atlantic, at Fresno State; Interceptions – None Year G/GS KR Yards TD PR Yards TD Florida Atlantic: Made his first career start and finished the 2014 4/0 3 36 0 14 227 1 Career Statistics game with a career-high five tackles, all solo stops... bettered Totals 4/0 3 36 0 14 227 1 Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT his previous career high of two tackles. McNeese State: 2014 4/1 10 0.0-0 1-5 2 0 Posted his first pass break-up of the season and added three 2014o H nors Totals 4/1 10 0.0-0 1-5 2 0 tackles. Fresno State: Record three solo stops, including a pair Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 15) of TFLs for four yards. Miami: Notched three tackles, including 2014 Game by Game 2014 Game by Game a pair of TFLs for two yards. Florida Atlantic: Came off the bench to make three tackles Florida Atlantic: Hauled in a touchdown pass in his first and one pass break-up in his Husker debut. McNeese State: career game as a Husker... ended the game with two catches Came off the bench to make a pair of tackles. Fresno State: for 14 yards and also returned a pair of punts for 14 yards. Made his first career start, as Nebraska opened with six Cornhuskers to Watch defensive backs... made three tackles, including his first career Terrell Newby Trevor Roach TFL... added his second pass break-up on the year. Miami: Recorded two tackles off the bench. I-Back Linebacker Sophomore | 5-10 | 200 Senior | 6-2 | 235 Imani Cross Los Angeles, Calif. 34 Elkhorn, Neb. 43 I-Back Junior | 6-1 | 230 Season Highs Season Highs Gainesville, Ga. Rushes – 16 vs. Florida Atlantic; Rushing Yards – 107 vs. Tackles – 6 vs. Miami; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – 1 vs. 32 Florida Atlantic; Rushing TDs – 2 vs. Florida Atlantic; Long - Florida Atlantic; QB Hurries – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; PBUs – 1 vs. 47 vs. Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic; Interceptions – None Season Highs Rushes – 3 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. McNeese State, at Fresno Catches – 1 at Fresno State; Receiving Yards – 12 at Fresno Career Statistics State, vs. Miami; Rushing Yards – 69 at Fresno State; State; Receiving TDs – None; Long – 12 at Fresno State Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU 2010 -- Redshirt -- Rushing TDs – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, at Fresno State; Long - Career Rushing Statistics 62 at Fresno State 2011 5/0 7 0.0-0 2-3 0 Year G/GS Att. Yards TD 2012 5/0 5 0.5-1 1-1 0 Catches – None; Receiving Yards – None; Receiving TDs – 2013 13/0 54 298 2 2013 -- Injured -- None; Long – None 2014 4/0 26 142 2 2014 4/0 13 0.0-0 1-1 1 Totals 17/0 80 440 4 Career Rushing Statistics Totals 14/0 25 0.5-1 4-5 1 Year G/GS Att. Yards TD Career receiving Statistics 2012 14/0 55 324 7 Year G/GS No. Yards TD 2014 Game by Game 2013 13/0 85 447 10 2013 13/0 3 1 0 Florida Atlantic: Returned to the field after missing all of 2013 2014 4/0 12 115 2 2014 4/0 1 12 0 with injury... totaled four tackles, including a TFL... added a Totals 31/0 152 886 19 Totals 17/0 4 12 0 pass break-up and a QB hurry. McNeese State: Saw time off 2014 Game by Game Career Return Statistics the bench but didn’t record any stats. Fresno State: Made Florida Atlantic: Carried three times for 32 yards, including a Year G/GS KR Yards TD PR Yards TD three tackles, all solo stops, off the bench. Miami: Recorded 25-yard run in the first half... notched his 18th career rushing 2013 13/0 4 77 0 1 10 0 six tackles off the bench and forced a fumble of Duke Johnson touchdown with a three-yard run in the second quarter. 2014 4/0 1 20 0 0 0 0 in the third quarter that was returned for a touchdown by McNeese State: Carried the ball three times for one yard. Totals 17/0 5 97 0 1 10 0 Josh Mitchell. Fresno State: Carried three times for 69 yards, including a 2014 Game by Game Josh Banderas a career-long 62-yard touchdown run in the third quarter... Florida Atlantic: Notched his first career 100-yard game with bettered his previous career long of 51 yards vs. Michigan 16 carries for 107 yards and two touchdowns... previous Linebacker State in 2013. Miami: Carried the ball three times for 13 yards. career high was 76 yards on 15 carries against Wyoming in Sophomore | 6-2 | 235 2013... marked the 76th double 100-yard rushing game by Lincoln, Neb. 52 Drew Brown two Nebraska backs, as Ameer Abdullah also ran for a career- Place Kicker high 232 yards. McNeese State: Carried the ball four times off Season Highs Freshman | 5-11 | 180 the bench for nine yards. Fresno State: Carried the ball seven Tackles – 10 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – Southlake, Texas 34 times for 18 yards off the bench... added a 12-yard reception 1 vs. McNeese State, at Fresno State; QB Hurries – 1 vs. Florida and a 20-yard kickoff return. Miami: Carried once for eight Atlantic; PBUs – None; Interceptions – None yards. Season Highs Career Statistics Field Goals Made – 2 at Fresno State, vs. Miami; Long Field David Santos Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU Goal – 44 vs. Florida Atlantic; PATs Made – 7 at Fresno State 2013 13/4 28 2.0-8 3-9 1 Linebacker Career Kicking Statistics 2014 4/4 21 0.0-0 2-5 0 Junior | 6-0 | 225 Year G/GS PAT FG Long Totals 17/8 49 2.0-8 5-14 1 Spring, Texas 2014 4/4 22-22 6-7 44 41 2014 Game by Game Totals 4/4 22-22 6-7 44 Florida Atlantic: Started at linebacker, made four tackles and Season Highs recorded one QB hurry. McNeese State: Finished second on 2014 Game by Game Tackles – 10 vs. Miami; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – 1 vs. the team with 10 tackles, including a TFL for three yards. Florida Atlantic: Was a perfect 6-for-6 on PATs and knocked Florida Atlantic, vs. Miami; QB Hurries – None; PBUs – None; Fresno State: Finished the day with four tackles, including down a 44-yard field goal in his Husker debut.McNeese State: Interceptions – 1 vs. Miami Made a 31-yard field goal and was 4-for-4 on PATs. Fresno his second TFL of the season. Miami: Recorded five tackles State: Was 2-for-3 on field goals, including makes from 38 and Career Statistics against the Hurricanes. 22 yards, while missing from 42 yards... was 7-for-7 on PATs. Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU Miami: Was 2-for-2 on field goals from 19 and 39 yards... was 2011 -- Redshirt -- Kevin Maurice a perfect 5-for-5 on PAT tries... averaged 61.6 yards on seven 2012 13/1 24 0.0-0 0-0 0 Defensive Tackle kickoffs, including three touchbacks. 2013 13/10 87 2.0-9 7-16 2 Sophomore | 6-3 | 280 2014 4/3 24 0.0-0 2-2 0 Totals 30/14 135 2.0-9 9-18 2 Orlando, Fla. 55

2014 Game by Game Season Highs Florida Atlantic: Started at linebacker and finished second on Tackles – 2 at Fresno State; Sacks – 0.5 vs. Florida Atlantic; the team with six tackles, including one TFL. McNeese State: Tackles for Loss – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; QB Hurries – None; PBUs Produced six tackles for the second straight week. Fresno – None; Interceptions – None State: Made a pair of tackles off the bench. Miami: Led the Career Statistics Huskers with 10 tackles and also notched his first career Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL interception. 2013 6/0 2 0.0-0 0-0 2014 4/0 5 0.5-5 1-5 Totals 10/0 7 0.0-0 0-0 2014 Game by Game Florida Atlantic: Came off the bench and teamed with Greg McMullen for a sack. McNeese State: Produced one tackle off the bench. Fresno State: Recorded a pair of tackles off the bench. Miami: Notched one tackle off the bench. Cornhuskers to Watch Mark Pelini Mike Moudy Alonzo Moore Offensive Line Offensive Line Wide Receiver Senior | 6-0 | 290 Senior | 6-5 | 305 Sophomore | 6-2 | 195 Youngstown, Ohio 56 Castle Rock, Colo. 74 Winnifield, La. 82 Career Career Season Highs Games Played: 23 (7 in 2012; 12 in 2013; 4 in 2014) Games Played: 16 (3 in 2012; 9 in 2013; 4 in 2014) Catches – 3 vs. Miami; Receiving Yards – 26 vs. Miami; Games Started: 6 (2 in 2013; 4 in 2014) Games Started: 7 (3 in 2013; 4 in 2014) Receiving TDs – None; Long – 14 vs. Miami 2014o H nors 2014 Game by Game Career Receiving Statistics Rimington Trophy Watch List Florida Atlantic: Helped pave the way for Ameer Abdullah Year G/GS No. Yards TD to rush for a career-high 232 yards. McNeese State: Helped 2012 -- Redshirt -- 2014 Game by Game Tommy Armstrong Jr. rush for a career-high 131 yards. Fresno 2013 10/2 6 75 0 Florida Atlantic: Started at center and directed an offensive State: Started and helped NU average 6.7 yards per carry. 2014 4/3 4 37 0 line that helped Nebraska roll up 784 yards, including 498 Miami: Was part of an offensive unit that averaged 6.8 yards Totals 14/5 10 112 0 yards on the ground. McNeese State: Helped the Huskers per play. rush for 195 yards. Fresno State: Helped Nebraska roll up four 2014 Game by Game scoring plays of at least 50 yards. Miami: Led an offensive line Kenny Bell Florida Atlantic: Saw time off the bench, but didn’t record a that paved the way for Ameer Abdullah to rush for 229 yards catch. McNeese State: Started his first game of the season and on 35 carries. Wide Receiver caught one pass for 11 yards. Fresno State: Started and didn’t Junior | 6-1 | 185 record a catch, but did return a kick 18 yards. Miami: Caught Zach Sterup Boulder, Colo. 80 three passes for 26 yards, including a 14-yard reception. Offensive Line Sam Cotton Junior | 6-8 | 320 Season Highs Catches – 5 at Fresno State; Receiving Yards – 116 vs. Tight End Hastings, Neb. 57 Florida Atlantic; Receiving TDs – 1 vs. Miami; Long – 63 Sophomore | 6-4 | 250 vs. Florida Atlantic Career Lincoln, Neb. 84 Games Played: 18 (4 in 2012; 11 in 2013; 3 in 2014) Career receiving Statistics Games Started: 3 (3 in 2014) Year G/GS No. Yards TD Season Highs 2010 -- Redshirt -- Catches – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, at Fresno State; Receiving 2014 Game by Game 2011 13/11 32 461 3 Yards – 23 at Fresno State; Receiving TDs – 1 at Fresno Florida Atlantic: Didn’t play in the season opener due to 2012 14/14 50 863 8 State; Long – 23 at Fresno State injury. McNeese State: Made his first career start in the 31-24 2013 13/12 52 577 4 win over the Cowboys. Fresno State: Helped protect Tommy 2014 4/3 14 284 1 Career receiving Statistics Armstrong Jr., who threw three touchdown passes. Miami: Totals 44/40 148 2,185 16 Year G/GS No. Yards TD Kept quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. clean, while he threw 2012 -- Redshirt -- for 113 yards and two touchdowns. Career Return Statistics 2013 10/1 3 22 1 Year G/GS KR Yards TD PR Yards TD 2014 4/0 2 33 1 Jake Cotton 2010 -- Redshirt -- Totals 14/1 5 55 2 2011 13/11 6 152 0 0 0 0 Offensive Line 2012 14/14 14 325 0 1 0 0 2014 Game by Game Senior | 6-6 | 305 2013 13/12 23 609 1 0 0 0 Florida Atlantic: Came off the bench to make one catch for Lincoln, Neb. 68 2014 4/3 2 56 0 2 5 0 10 yards. McNeese State: Saw time off the bench against the Totals 44/40 45 1,142 1 3 5 0 Cowboys. Fresno State: Caught a 23-yard touchdown pass Career from Tommy Armstrong Jr., his second career TD. Miami: Saw 2014o H nors Games Played: 23 (3 in 2011; 5 in 2012; 11 in 2013; 4 in 2014) time off the bench, but didn’t record a catch. Biletnikoff Award Watch List Games Started: 15 (11 in 2013; 4 in 2014) Paul Hornung Award Watch List Greg McMullen 2014o H nors Preseason All-Big Ten (Kick Returner, Phil Steele) Defensive End Team Captain Preseason Second-Team All-Big Ten (KR & Receiver, Athlon) Sophomore | 6-3 | 280 2014 Game by Game 2014 Game by Game Akron, Ohio 90 Florida Atlantic: Helped pave the way for Ameer Abdullah to Florida Atlantic: Caught four passes for 116 yards, including rush for a career-high 232 yards, while the Huskers rolled up a 63-yard reception in the third quarter, marking the third- Season Highs 498 rushing yards and 784 yards of total offense. McNeese longest catch of his career... Bell and Jordan Westerkamp Tackles – 9 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – 1 vs. McNeese State, State: Helped the Huskers produce two rushing touchdowns. combined to become the first Husker duo to both top 100 at Fresno State; Tackles for Loss – 2 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. Fresno State: Helped NU roll up 280 on the ground and a pair receiving yards in a game since Marlon Lucky (IB) and Maurice McNeese State; QB Hurries – 3 vs. Florida Atlantic; PBUs – 1 of rushing touchdowns. Miami: Paved the way for the Huskers Purify (WR) achieved the feat at Colorado in 2007... Bell and vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. Miami; Interceptions – None to roll up 343 yards on the ground. Westerkamp became the first pair of wide receivers in Husker history to accomplish the feat. McNeese State: Was limited to Career Statistics Alex Lewis one catch for 14 yards due to a groin injury... also returned a Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL 2012 -- Redshirt -- Offensive Line pair of kickoffs for 56 yards. Fresno State: Caught five passes for 84 yards to increase his career receptions total to 144... 2013 11/0 16 1.0-10 4-15 Junior | 6-6 | 290 moved past Johnny Rodgers (143 catches) into second place 2014 4/4 16 2.5-14 5-17 Tempe, Ariz. 71 on the NU career receptions list.Miami: Made his 40th career Totals 15/5 32 3.5-24 9-32 start at Nebraska... caught four passes for 70 yards, including 2014 Game by Game Career a 40-yard touchdown in the first quarter to tie the game at Florida Atlantic: Made his first career start at Nebraska... Games Played: 4 (4 in 2014) 7-7... 40-yard touchdown catch was the 16th of his career, totaled four tackles and three of NU’s eight QB hurries... Games Started: 4 (4 in 2014) tying him with Maurice Purify for third on the Nebraska notched a pass break-up and pair of TFL’s for six yards, career touchdown receptions list... marked his 14th straight including a sack for four yards. McNeese State: Was third on 2014 Game by Game TD catch of at least 20 yards... increased his career total to Florida Atlantic: Started at left tackle in his Husker debut... the team with nine tackles, including a sack and a pair of TFLs. 148 receptions, moving him within 18 catches of Nate Swift’s Fresno State: Made a pair of tackles, including an eight-yard protected Tommy Armstrong Jr., who threw for a career-high career record of 166 receptions... increased his receiving 271 yards and two touchdowns. McNeese State: Protected sack. Miami: Recorded one tackle and NU’s only pass break- yardage total to 2,185, moving him within 294 yards of the up of the night. Tommy Armstrong Jr., who threw for a 242 yards and two Nebraska career receiving yardage record of 2,479 yards held touchdowns. Fresno State: Helped the offensive line produce by Johnny Rodgers. a no sack game. Miami: Helped Ameer Abdullah rush for 229 yards and two touchdowns. Cornhuskers to Watch Jack Gangwish Defensive End Junior | 6-2 | 260 Wood River, Neb. 95

Season Highs Tackles – 5 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – 1 vs. McNeese State; QB Hurries – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; PBUs – 1 at Fresno State; Interceptions – None Career Statistics Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL 2011 -- Redshirt -- 2012 0/0 0 0.0-0 0-0 2013 0/0 0 0.0-0 0-0 2014 4/1 8 0.0-0 1-1 Totals 4/1 8 0.0-0 1-1 2014 Game by Game Florida Atlantic: Came off the bench in his Husker debut, made one tackle and notched a QB hurry. McNeese State: Made a career-high five tackles in his first career start, including a TFL for one yard. Fresno State: Made a pair of tackles off the bench and recorded a pass break-up. Miami: Saw time off the bench but didn’t record any tackles. Vincent Valentine Defensive Tackle Sophomore | 6-3 | 325 Edwardsville, Ill. 98

Season Highs Tackles – 6 vs. Miami; Sacks – 2 at Fresno State; Tackles for Loss – 3 at Fresno State; QB Hurries – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; PBUs – None; Interceptions – None Career Statistics Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL 2012 -- Redshirt -- 2013 13/6 21 1.0-8 5-14 2014 4/4 15 2.0-12 3-14 Totals 17/10 36 3.0-20 8-28 2014 Game by Game Florida Atlantic: Started at defensive tackle and made a pair of tackles... notched one of NU’s eight QB hurries on the afternoon. McNeese State: Started at defensive tackle and made three tackles, all solo stops. Fresno State: Had a career night with two sacks for 12 yards... finished with three TFLs for 14 yards. Miami: Totaled six tackles, including four solo stops. 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL 2014 Nebraska Schedule and Results DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE RECORD CONFERENCE TIME ATTEND Aug. 30 Florida Atlantic W 55-7 1-0 0-0 3:20 91,441 Sept. 6 McNeese State W 31-24 2-0 0-0 3:23 91,082 Sept. 13 at Fresno State W 55-19 3-0 0-0 3:41 41,031 Sept. 20 Miami W 41-31 4-0 0-0 3:24 91,585 * Big Ten conference game

Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP SCORING 182 81 Points Per Game 45.5 20.2 FIRST DOWNS 101 72 Rushing 55 25 Passing 38 41 Penalty 8 6 RUSHING YARDAGE 1316 464 Yards gained rushing 1343 564 Yards lost rushing 27 100 Rushing Attempts 186 126 Average Per Rush 7.1 3.7 Average Per Game 329.0 116.0 TDs Rushing 11 4 PASSING YARDAGE 923 855 Comp-Att-Int 56-103-2 81-157-3 Average Per Pass 9.0 5.4 Average Per Catch 16.5 10.6 Average Per Game 230.8 213.8 TDs Passing 10 5 TOTAL OFFENSE 2239 1319 Total Plays 289 283 Average Per Play 7.7 4.7 Average Per Game 559.8 329.8 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 13-259 16-358 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 17-222 5-34 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 3-5 2-98 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.9 22.4 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 13.1 6.8 INT RETURN AVERAGE 1.7 49.0 -LOST 8-2 5-1 PENALTIES-Yards 24-230 23-203 Average Per Game 57.5 50.8 PUNTS-Yards 14-664 32-1345 Average Per Punt 47.4 42.0 Net punt average 45.0 33.8 KICKOFFS-Yards 34-2164 16-938 Average Per Kick 63.6 58.6 Net kick average 40.6 39.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 30:46 29:14 3RD-DOWN Conversions 25/50 19/65 3rd-Down Pct 50% 29% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 1/2 5/7 4th-Down Pct 50% 71% SACKS BY-Yards 8-65 1-2 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 23 10 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 7-8 3-5 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (15-16) 94% (11-13) 85% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (12-16) 75% (8-13) 62% PAT-ATTEMPTS (23-23) 100% (10-10) 100% ATTENDANCE 274,108 41,031 Games/Avg Per Game 3/91,369 1/41,031 Neutral Site Games 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT TOTAL Nebraska 49 47 48 38 182 Opponents 23 17 14 27 81

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL 2014 Nebraska Individual Statistics RUSHING GP-GS ATT GAIN LOSS NET AVG TD LONG AVG/G FUMBLE RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG Abdullah, Ameer 4-4 92 642 17 625 6.8 5 57 156.2 Mitchell, Josh 1 57 57.0 1 57 Armstrong Jr., Tommy 4-4 40 356 2 354 8.9 2 42 88.5 Total 1 57 57.0 1 57 Newby, Terrell 4-0 26 143 1 142 5.5 2 43 35.5 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 Cross, Imani 4-0 12 119 4 115 9.6 2 62 28.8 Fyfe, Ryker 2-0 5 41 0 41 8.2 0 15 20.5 Nelson, Jordan 3-0 7 35 0 35 5.0 0 9 11.7 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA PCT 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 LG BLK Nabity, Graham 2-0 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 4 3.5 Brown, Drew 6-7 85.7 1-1 1-1 3-3 1-2 0-0 44 0 Pierson-El, De’Mornay 4-0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Bondi, Mauro 1-1 100.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 45 0 TEAM 4-0 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 0 0 -0.8 Total 7-8 87.5 1-1 1-1 3-3 2-3 0-0 45 0 Total 4 186 1343 27 1316 7.1 11 62 329.0 Opponents 3-4 75.0 0-0 2-2 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 Opponents 4 126 564 100 464 3.7 4 66 116.0 FG SEQUENCE NEBRASKA OPPONENTS Florida Atlantic (44),(45) 45 McNeese State (31) (24) Fresno State 43,(38),(22) 30,(27) Miami (19),(39) (34) Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PASSING G-S EFFIC CMP-ATT-INT PCT YDS TD LNG AVG/G Armstrong Jr., Tommy 4-4 161.83 52-94-2 55.3 886 9 70 221.5 Fyfe, Ryker 2-0 127.20 3-7-0 42.9 31 1 12 15.5 Stanton, Johnny 2-0 150.40 1-1-0 100.0 6 0 6 3.0 TEAM 4-0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 4 157.80 56-103-2 54.4 923 10 70 230.8 Opponents 4 104.03 81-157-3 51.6 855 5 40 213.8

PUNTING NO. YDS AVG LONG TB FC I20 50+ BLKD Foltz, Sam 14 664 47.4 61 0 5 6 8 0 RECEIVING G-GS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG AVG/G Total 14 664 47.4 61 0 5 6 8 0 Westerkamp, Jordan 4-4 14 285 20.4 3 70 71.2 Opponents 32 1345 42.0 66 2 6 4 5 0 Bell, Kenny 4-3 14 284 20.3 1 63 71.0 Abdullah, Ameer 4-4 5 108 21.6 2 58 27.0 KICKOFFS NO. YDS AVG TB OB RETN NET YDLN Moore, Alonzo 4-3 4 37 9.2 0 14 9.2 Bondi, Mauro 24 1542 64.2 12 0 Turner, Jamal 2-2 4 37 9.2 0 17 18.5 Brown, Drew 10 622 62.2 5 1 Allen, Taariq 4-0 4 30 7.5 0 14 7.5 Total 34 2164 63.6 17 1 358 40.6 24 Hovey, Lane 4-0 3 48 16.0 0 29 12.0 Opponents 16 938 58.6 2 0 259 39.3 25 Cotton, Sam 4-0 2 33 16.5 1 23 8.2 Carter, Cethan 4-0 2 25 12.5 1 20 6.2 Pierson-El, De’Mornay 4-0 2 14 7.0 1 8 3.5 Newby, Terrell 4-0 1 12 12.0 0 12 3.0 Bailey, Christian 3-0 1 10 10.0 1 10 3.3 Total 4 56 923 16.5 10 70 230.8 Opponents 4 81 855 10.6 5 40 213.8

PUNT RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG Pierson-El, De’Mornay 14 227 16.2 1 86 Bell, Kenny 2 5 2.5 0 3 Santos, David 1 -10 -10.0 0 0 Total 17 222 13.1 1 86 Opponents 5 34 6.8 0 19

INTERCEPTIONS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG Cooper, Corey 1 0 0.0 0 0 Santos, David 1 0 0.0 0 0 Kalu, Joshua 1 5 5.0 0 5 Total 3 5 1.7 0 5 Opponents 2 98 49.0 1 9

KICK RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG Abdullah, Ameer 5 115 23.0 0 34 Pierson-El, De’Mornay 3 36 12.0 0 18 Moore, Alonzo 2 32 16.0 0 18 Bell, Kenny 2 56 28.0 0 35 Newby, Terrell 1 20 20.0 0 20 Total 13 259 19.9 0 35 Opponents 16 358 22.4 0 44

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|------PATS ------| SCORING TD FGS KICK RUSH RCV PASS DXP SAF PTS ALL PURPOSE G RUSH REC PR KOR IR TOT AVG/G Abdullah, Ameer 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Abdullah, Ameer 4 625 108 0 115 0 848 212.0 Brown, Drew 0 6-7 22-22 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 40 Armstrong Jr., Tommy 4 354 0 0 0 0 354 88.5 Westerkamp, Jordan 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Bell, Kenny 4 0 284 5 56 0 345 86.2 Pierson-El, De’Mornay 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Westerkamp, Jordan 4 0 285 0 0 0 285 71.2 Newby, Terrell 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Pierson-El, De’Mornay 4 0 14 227 36 0 277 69.2 Cross, Imani 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Newby, Terrell 4 142 12 0 20 0 174 43.5 Armstrong Jr., Tommy 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Cross, Imani 4 115 0 0 0 0 115 28.8 Bailey, Christian 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Moore, Alonzo 4 0 37 0 32 0 69 17.2 Carter, Cethan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Hovey, Lane 4 0 48 0 0 0 48 12.0 Cotton, Sam 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Fyfe, Ryker 2 41 0 0 0 0 41 20.5 Bell, Kenny 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Turner, Jamal 2 0 37 0 0 0 37 18.5 Mitchell, Josh 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Nelson, Jordan 3 35 0 0 0 0 35 11.7 Bondi, Mauro 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 4 Cotton, Sam 4 0 33 0 0 0 33 8.2 Total 23 7-8 23-23 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 182 Allen, Taariq 4 0 30 0 0 0 30 7.5 Opponents 10 3-5 10-10 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 81 Carter, Cethan 4 0 25 0 0 0 25 6.2 Bailey, Christian 3 0 10 0 0 0 10 3.3 Nabity, Graham 2 7 0 0 0 0 7 3.5 Kalu, Joshua 4 0 0 0 0 5 5 1.2 TEAM 4 -3 0 0 0 0 -3 -0.8 Santos, David 4 0 0 -10 0 0 -10 -2.5 Total 4 1316 923 222 259 5 2725 681.2 Opponents 4 464 855 34 358 98 1809 452.2 TOTAL OFFENSE G PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL AVG/G Armstrong Jr., Tommy 4 134 354 886 1240 310.0 Abdullah, Ameer 4 92 625 0 625 156.2 Newby, Terrell 4 26 142 0 142 35.5 Cross, Imani 4 12 115 0 115 28.8 Fyfe, Ryker 2 12 41 31 72 36.0 Nelson, Jordan 3 7 35 0 35 11.7 Nabity, Graham 2 2 7 0 7 3.5 Stanton, Johnny 2 1 0 6 6 3.0 TEAM 4 2 -3 0 -3 -0.8 Total 4 289 1316 923 2239 559.8 Opponents 4 283 464 855 1319 329.8

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Defensive Statistics |------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |---PASS DEF---| |-FUMBLES-| BLKD NAME GP-GS SOLO AST TOTAL TFL-YDS NO-YARDS INT-YDS BRUP QBH RCV-YDS FF KICK SAF 25 Gerry, Nate 4-4 13 12 25 3-4 . . 1 1 . 1 . . 41 Santos, David 4-3 11 13 24 2-2 . 1-0 ...... 52 Banderas, Josh 4-4 6 16 22 2-5 . . . 1 . . . . 13 Anderson, Zaire 4-3 6 12 18 3-4 ...... 6 Cooper, Corey 4-4 9 8 17 . . 1-0 . 1 . . . . 90 McMullen, Greg 4-4 9 7 16 5-17 2.5-14 . 2 4 . . . . 98 Valentine, Vincent 4-4 5 10 15 3-14 2.0-12 . . 1 . . . . 23 Davie, Daniel 4-4 12 2 14 4-6 . . 1 . . . . . 43 Roach, Trevor 4-0 12 1 13 1-1 . . 1 1 . 1 . . 14 Rose, Jonathan 4-0 8 3 11 . . . 1 . . . . . 7 Collins, Maliek 4-4 5 5 10 2-5 . . . 6 . . . . 28 Cockrell, Byerson 4-1 7 3 10 1-5 . . 2 . . . . . 4 Gregory, Randy 3-3 5 5 10 2-25 2.0-25 . . 4 . 1 . . 2 Kalu, Joshua 4-1 8 1 9 1-1 . 1-5 1 1 . 1 . . 95 Gangwish, Jack 4-1 5 3 8 1-1 . . 1 1 . . . . 5 Mitchell, Josh 4-4 5 2 7 . . . 5 . 1-57 . . . 55 Maurice, Kevin 4-0 2 3 5 1-5 0.5-5 . . 1 . . . . 97 Rath, Logan 2-0 1 3 4 1-0 ...... 27 Williams, Kieron 4-0 3 1 4 ...... 92 Williams, Kevin 2-0 2 1 3 2-5 ...... 51 Love, Courtney 4-0 2 . 2 1-1 ...... 49 Weber, Chris 4-0 2 . 2 ...... 31 Felici, Joey 4-0 . 2 2 ...... 3 Newby, Marcus 4-0 1 1 2 1-9 1.0-9 . . 2 . . . . 39 Nelson, Jordan 3-0 1 1 2 ...... 11 Jones, Chris 3-0 2 . 2 ...... 24 Williams, Austin 4-0 . 2 2 ...... 19 Keels, Joe 3-0 1 . 1 ...... 27 Foltz, Sam 4-0 1 . 1 ...... 55 Simpson, Brad 3-0 1 . 1 ...... 1 Joseph, Boaz 2-0 1 . 1 ...... 45 Natter, A.J. 2-0 . 1 1 ...... 13 Hovey, Lane 4-0 1 . 1 ...... Total 4 147 118 265 28-110 8-65 3-5 15 24 1-57 4 . . Opponents 4 172 122 294 10.0-23 1-2 2-98 11 3 2-0 4 . 1

SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES S-A/TOT FAU MCNEESE FS MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G Rose, Jonathan 3-3/6 2-0/2 1-1/2 - 0-2/1 Kalu, Joshua 2-1/3 - 1-1/1 1-0/1 - Roach, Trevor 2-0/2 - - 2-0/2 - Williams, Kieron 1-1/2 - 1-1/2 - - Love, Courtney 1-0/1 - 1-0/1 - - Felici, Joey 0-2/2 - 0-1/1 - 0-1/1 Hovey, Lane 1-0/1 - 1-0/1 - - Davie, Daniel 1-0/1 - - 1-0/1 - Simpson, Brad 1-0/1 - - 1-0/1 - Nelson, Jordan 2-0/2 - - 1-0/1 1-0/1 Williams, Austin 1-0/1 - - 1-0/1 - Foltz, Sam 1-0/1 - - 1-0/1 - Newby, Marcus 0-1/1 - - - 0-1/1

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Individual Game By Game RUSHING NO-YDS/TD FAU MSS F UM ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B!G BOWL Abdullah, Ameer RB 92-625/5 21-232/1 17-54/1 19-110/1 35-229/2 Armstrong Jr., Tommy QB 40-354/2 7-62/1 11-131/1 9-65/0 13-96/0 Newby, Terrell RB 26-142/2 16-107/2 2-9/0 7-18/0 1-8/0 Cross, Imani RB 12-115/2 3-32/1 3-1/0 3-69/1 3-13/0 Fyfe, Ryker QB 5-41/0 4-29/0 DNP 1-12/0 DNP Nelson, Jordan RB 7-35/0 5-32/0 DNP 2-3/0 - Nabity, Graham RB 2-7/0 1-4/0 DNP 1-3/0 DNP Pierson-El, De’Mornay WR 1-0/0 - - - 1-0/0 TEAM 1--3/0 - - - 1--3/0

RECEIVING NO-YDS/TD FAU MS FS UM ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B!G BOWL Westerkamp, Jordan WR 14-285/3 7-125/1 4-61/1 2-85/1 1-14/0 Bell, Kenny WR 14-284/1 4-116/0 1-14/0 5-84/0 4-70/1 Abdullah, Ameer RB 5-108/2 1-9/0 3-96/1 - 1-3/1 Hovey, Lane WR 3-48/0 - - 3-48/0 - Moore, Alonzo WR 4-37/0 - 1-11/0 - 3-26/0 Turner, Jamal WR 4-37/0 1-9/0 3-28/0 DNP DNP Cotton, Sam TE 2-33/1 1-10/0 - 1-23/1 - Allen, Taariq WR 4-30/0 1-3/0 3-27/0 - - Carter, Cethan TE 2-25/1 - 1-5/0 1-20/1 - Pierson-El, De’Mornay WR 2-14/1 2-14/1 - - - Newby, Terrell RB 1-12/0 - - 1-12/0 - Bailey, Christian WR 1-10/1 - - 1-10/1 DNP

PASSING #4 Armstrong Jr., Tommy Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic. Florida Atlantic 29 15 0 51.7 271 2 63 0 0 153.0 McNeese State 31 16 1 51.6 242 2 58 1 2 132.0 Fresno State 21 12 0 57.1 260 3 70 0 0 208.3 Miami 13 9 1 69.2 113 2 40 0 0 177.6 TOTALS 94 52 2 55.3 886 9 70 1 2 161.8 #17 Fyfe, Ryker Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Florida Atlantic 4 1 0 25.0 9 0 9 0 0 43.9 Fresno State 3 2 0 66.7 22 1 12 0 0 238.3 TOTALS 7 3 0 42.9 31 1 12 0 0 127.2

#5 Stanton, Johnny Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Florida Atlantic 1 1 0 100.0 6 0 6 0 0 150.4 Fresno State 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TOTALS 1 1 0 100.0 6 0 6 0 0 150.4

PUNT RETURNS NO-YDS/TD FAU MS FS UM ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B!G BOWL Pierson-El, De’Mornay 14-227 2-14 5-52 5-150 2-11 Bell, Kenny 2-5 2-5 - - - Santos, David 1--10 - - 1--10 -

KICK RETURNS NO-YDS/TD FAU MS FS UM ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B!G BOWL Abdullah, Ameer 5-115 - 1-34 - 4-81 Bell, Kenny 2-56 - 2-56 - - Pierson-El, De’Mornay 3-36 - 2-36 1-0 - Moore, Alonzo 2-32 1-14 - 1-18 - Newby, Terrell 1-20 - - 1-20 -

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Defense Game By Game TOTAL TACKLES UA-A TOT FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL Gerry, Nate DB 13-12 25 3-1 6-7 1-1 3-3 Santos, David LB 11-13 24 2-4 3-3 1-1 5-5 Banderas, Josh LB 6-16 22 0-3 3-7 3-1 0-5 Anderson, Zaire LB 6-12 18 3-4 2-6 - 1-2 Cooper, Corey DB 9-8 17 - 3-3 2-1 4-4 McMullen, Greg DE 9-7 16 1-3 6-3 2-0 0-1 Valentine, Vincent DL 5-10 15 0-2 0-3 3-1 2-4 Davie, Daniel DB 12-2 14 5-0 2-1 3-0 2-1 Roach, Trevor LB 12-1 13 4-0 - 3-0 5-1 Rose, Jonathan DB 8-3 11 3-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 Collins, Maliek DT 5-5 10 0-1 2-1 1-3 2-0 Gregory, Randy DE 5-5 10 - DNP 3-0 2-5 Cockrell, Byerson DB 7-3 10 2-1 1-1 3-0 1-1 Kalu, Joshua DB 8-1 9 1-0 1-1 6-0 - Gangwish, Jack DE 5-3 8 0-1 4-1 1-1 - Mitchell, Josh DB 5-2 7 - 1-1 4-0 0-1 Maurice, Kevin DL 2-3 5 0-1 0-1 2-0 0-1 Williams, Kieron DB 3-1 4 1-0 1-1 1-0 - Rath, Logan DL 1-3 4 1-3 DNP - DNP Williams, Kevin DL 2-1 3 - DNP 2-1 DNP Williams, Austin LB 0-2 2 0-1 - 0-1 - Felici, Joey DB 0-2 2 - 0-1 - 0-1 Newby, Marcus LB 1-1 2 - - 1-0 0-1 Jones, Chris DB 2-0 2 - - 2-0 DNP Nelson, Jordan 1-1 2 - DNP 0-1 1-0 Love, Courtney LB 2-0 2 1-0 1-0 - - Weber, Chris LB 2-0 2 - - 2-0 - Simpson, Brad LB 1-0 1 - - 1-0 DNP Keels, Joe DE 1-0 1 - - 1-0 DNP Foltz, Sam P 1-0 1 - - 1-0 - Hovey, Lane WR 1-0 1 - 1-0 - - Joseph, Boaz DB 1-0 1 DNP DNP 1-0 - Natter, A.J. DE 0-1 1 0-1 DNP - DNP

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Defense Game By Game TACKLES FOR LOSS UA-A TOT FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL McMullen, Greg DE 2-3 5 2-6 2-3 1-8 - Davie, Daniel DB 3-1 4 - - 2-4 2-2 Gerry, Nate DB 0-3 3 1-1 2-3 - - Anderson, Zaire LB 1-2 3 1-4 2-0 - - Valentine, Vincent DL 3-0 3 - - 3-14 - Gregory, Randy DE 2-0 2 - DNP - 2-25 Williams, Kevin DL 1-1 2 - DNP 2-5 DNP Santos, David LB 0-2 2 1-1 - - 1-1 Collins, Maliek DT 2-0 2 - - - 2-5 Banderas, Josh LB 0-2 2 - 1-3 1-2 - Gangwish, Jack DE 1-0 1 - 1-1 - - Rath, Logan DL 0-1 1 1-0 DNP - DNP Cockrell, Byerson DB 1-0 1 - - 1-5 - Kalu, Joshua DB 1-0 1 - - 1-1 - Roach, Trevor LB 1-0 1 1-1 - - - Newby, Marcus LB 1-0 1 - - 1-9 - Maurice, Kevin DL 0-1 1 1-5 - - - Love, Courtney LB 1-0 1 1-1 - - -

SACKS UA-A TOT FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL McMullen, Greg DE 2-1 2.5 0.5-4 1.0-2 1.0-8 - Valentine, Vincent DL 2-0 2.0 - - 2.0-12 - Gregory, Randy DE 2-0 2.0 - DNP - 2.0-25 Newby, Marcus LB 1-0 1.0 - - 1.0-9 - Maurice, Kevin DL 0-1 0.5 0.5-5 - - -

INT RETURNS NO-YDS FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL Cooper, Corey 1-0 - 1-0 - - Santos, David 1-0 - - - 1-0 Kalu, Joshua 1-5 - - - 1-5

FUMBLES RECOVERED NO-YDS FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL Mitchell, Josh 1-57 - - - 1-57

FORCED FUMBLES NO FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL Gregory, Randy 1 - DNP - 1 Gerry, Nate 1 1 - - - Roach, Trevor 1 - - - 1 Kalu, Joshua 1 - - 1 -

FUMBLE RETURNS NO-YDS FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL Mitchell, Josh 1 - - - 1

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Nebraska Team Game By Game |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| TOTAL DATE OPPONENT NO. YDS TD LG NO. YDS TD LG CMP-ATT-INT YDS TD LG NO YDS TD LG NO YDS TD LG OFF. Aug. 30, 2014 Florida Atlantic 57 498 5 47 17 286 2 63 17-35-0 286 2 63 1 14 0 14 4 19 0 15 784 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 33 195 2 42 16 242 2 58 16-31-1 242 2 58 5 126 0 35 5 52 0 25 437 Sept. 13, 2014 at Fresno State 42 280 2 62 14 282 4 70 14-24-0 282 4 70 3 38 0 20 6 140 1 86 562 Sept. 20, 2014 Miami 54 343 2 26 9 113 2 40 9-13-1 113 2 40 4 81 0 31 2 11 0 11 456 Totals 186 1316 11 62 56 923 10 70 56-103-2 923 10 70 13 259 0 35 17 222 1 86 2239 Opponent 126 464 4 66 81 855 5 40 81-157-3 855 5 40 16 358 0 44 5 34 0 19 13

|------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, 2014 Florida Atlantic 27 26 53 6.0-19 1.0-9 1 0-0 0-0 8 5 0 7-7 0 0 0 55 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 38 42 80 5.0-10 1.0-2 0 0-0 1-0 3 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 31 Sept. 13, 2014 at Fresno State 53 12 65 11.0-48 4.0-29 1 0-0 0-0 1 6 0 7-7 0 0 0 55 Sept. 20, 2014 Miami 29 38 67 6.0-33 2.0-25 2 1-57 2-5 4 1 0 5-5 0 0 0 41 Totals 147 118 265 28.0-110 8.0-65 4 1-57 3-5 24 15 0 23-23 0 0 0 182 Opponent 172 122 294 10.0-23 1.0-2 4 2-0 2-98 3 11 0 10-10 0 0 1 81

|------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, 2014 Florida Atlantic 2 71 35.5 40 0 0 1 0 0 2-2 45 0 10 650 65.0 7 0 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 6 307 51.2 61 0 0 1 5 4 1-1 31 0 6 379 63.2 2 0 Sept. 13, 2014 at Fresno State 5 237 47.4 59 0 0 2 3 2 3-2 38 0 11 704 64.0 5 0 Sept. 20, 2014 Miami 1 49 49.0 49 0 0 1 0 0 2-2 39 0 7 431 61.6 3 1 Totals 14 664 47.4 61 0 0 5 8 6 8-7 45 0 34 2164 63.6 17 1 Opponent 32 1345 42.0 66 0 2 6 5 4 5-3 34 0 16 938 58.6 2 0

Opponent Team Game By Game |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| TOTAL DATE OPPONENT NO. YDS TD LG NO. YDS TD LG CMP-ATT-INT YDS TD LG NO YDS TD LG NO YDS TD LG OFF. Aug. 30, 2014 Florida Atlantic 30 105 0 14 11 95 1 20 11-30-0 95 1 20 3 105 0 44 0 0 0 0 200 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 45 178 2 26 12 160 0 40 12-26-1 160 0 40 4 65 0 24 3 19 0 11 338 Sept. 13, 2014 at Fresno State 28 105 1 66 30 241 1 29 30-59-0 241 1 29 6 135 0 33 2 15 0 19 346 Sept. 20, 2014 Miami 23 76 1 19 28 359 3 32 28-42-2 359 3 32 3 53 0 24 0 0 0 0 435 Opponent totals 126 464 4 66 81 855 5 40 81-157-3 855 5 40 16 358 0 44 5 34 0 19 1319 Nebraska 186 1316 11 62 56 923 10 70 56-103-2 923 10 70 13 259 0 35 17 222 1 86 2239

|------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, 2014 Florida Atlantic 56 26 82 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 29 42 71 7.0-19 1.0-2 1 0-0 1-98 0 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 24 Sept. 13, 2014 at Fresno State 50 10 60 3.0-4 0.0-0 2 1-0 0-0 0 3 0 2-2 0 0 1 19 Sept. 20, 2014 Miami 37 44 81 0.0-0 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-0 0 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 31 Opponent totals 172 122 294 10.0-23 1.0-2 4 2-0 2-98 3 11 0 10-10 0 0 1 81 Nebraska 147 118 265 28.0-110 8.0-65 4 1-57 3-5 24 15 0 23-23 0 0 0 182

|------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, 2014 Florida Atlantic 9 425 47.2 66 0 1 2 3 0 1-0 0 0 2 130 65.0 1 0 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 8 315 39.4 45 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 24 0 5 307 61.4 0 0 Sept. 13, 2014 at Fresno State 13 527 40.5 65 0 1 3 2 3 2-1 27 0 3 182 60.7 0 0 Sept. 20, 2014 Miami 2 78 39.0 41 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 34 0 6 319 53.2 1 0 Opponent totals 32 1345 42.0 66 0 2 6 5 4 5-3 34 0 16 938 58.6 2 0 Nebraska 14 664 47.4 61 0 0 5 8 6 8-7 45 0 34 2164 63.6 17 1

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Team Comparison OPPONENT SCORE 1ST DNS (RUN/PASS/PEN.) RUSHING PASSING PASS YDS TOTAL OFFENSE RET YDS T/O Florida Atlantic 55-7 35/13 (24/7; 11/5; 0/1) 57-498/30-105 17-35-0/11-30-0 286/95 92-784/60-200 33/105 0/0 McNeese State 31-24 17/15 (7/7; 9/7; 1/1) 33-195/45-178 16-31-1/12-26-1 242/160 64-437/71-338 178/182 1/1 Fresno State 55-19 22/20 (7/5; 13/13; 2/2) 42-280/28-105 14-24-0/30-59-0 282/241 66-562/87-346 178/150 1/0 Miami 41-31 27/24 (17/6; 5/16; 5/2) 54-343/23-76 9-13-1/28-42-2 113/359 67-456/65-435 154/53 2/3 Totals 182-81 101/72 (55/25; 38/41; 8/6) 186-1316/126-464 56-103-2/81-157-3 923/855 289-2239/283-1319 543/490 4/4 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 PENLTIES Florida Atlantic 8-12/4-15 0-0/0-1 33:55/26:05 7:50 8.7/3.5 8.2/3.2 8.5/3.3 2-35.5/9-47.2 6-60/3-22 McNeese State 4-13/5-17 1-2/2-2 25:08/34:52 -9:44 5.9/4.0 7.8/6.2 6.8/4.8 6-51.2/8-39.4 5-40/6-44 Fresno State 6-15/6-23 0-0/1-1 30:40/29:20 1:20 6.7/3.8 11.8/4.1 8.5/4.0 5-47.4/13-40.5 6-61/5-55 Miami 7-10/4-10 0-0/2-3 33:20/26:40 6:40 6.4/3.3 8.7/8.5 6.8/6.7 1-49.0/2-39.0 7-69/9-82 Totals 25-50/19-65 1-2/5-7 123:03/116:57 6:06 7.1/3.7 9.0/5.4 7.7/4.7 14-47.4/32-42.0 230/203 Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

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 Florida Atlantic W, 55-7 5 5 35 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 6 McNeese State W 31-24 4 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Sept. 13 at Fresno State W 55-19 3 3 17 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 20 Miami W 41-31 4 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 16 15 93 12 8 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 of 16 (93.8%)

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 Florida Atlantic W 55-7 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sept. 6 McNeese State W 31-24 3 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 13 at Fresno State W 55-19 3 2 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 20 Miami W 41-31 5 5 31 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 13 11 65 8 3 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 of 13 (84.6%)

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OPPONENT LONG PLAYS (29; 2 RUNS; 15 PASSES; 12 RETURNS) Miscellaneous Numbers YARDS OPPONENT PLAY RESULT LONG SEASON PLAYS (20 OR MORE YARDS) 98 McNeese State IR (Sam) Touchdown HUSKER LONG PLAYS OPPONENT LONG PLAYS 66 Fresno State Run (Burrell) Touchdown RUSH PASS RET. TOTAL RUSH PASS RET. TOTAL 44 Florida Atlantic KOR (Whitehead) 1st-10 Florida Atlantic 5 4 0 9 0 1 3 4 McNeese State 3 3 4 10 1 3 2 6 40 Florida Atlantic KOR (Whitehead) 1st-10 Fresno State 3 5 3 11 1 4 5 10 40 McNeese State Pass (Sams-Shelby) 1st-10 Miami 1 1 4 6 0 7 2 9 33 Fresno State KOR (Root) 1st-10 Totals 12 13 11 36 2 15 12 29 32 McNeese State Pass (Bolfing-Bennett) 1st-10 32 Miami Pass (Kaaya-Johnson) 1st-10 32 Miami Pass (Kaaya-Dorsett) 1st-10 29 Fresno State Pass (Burrell-Root) 1st-10 27 McNeese State Pass (Bolfing-Hetrick) 1st-10 26 McNeese State Run (Sams) 1st-10 26 Miami Pass (Kaaya-Johnson) 1st-10 24 Miami KOR (Coley) 1st-10 DRIVE SUPERLATIVES 23 Miami Pass (Kaaya)-Berrios 1st-10 Nebraska Opponent 23 Miami KOR (Coley) 1st-10 Most Yards (Result) 98 at Fresno State (TD) 88 vs. McNeese State (FG) 22 Fresno State KOR (Root) 1st-10 Most Plays (Result) 14 vs. Miami (TD) 14 vs. McN (FG); at Fres. (FG); Miami (TD) 22 Miami Pass (Kaaya-Yearby) 3rd-3 Most Time (Result) 6:35 vs. Miami (TD) 6:34 vs. FAU (Downs) 21 Fresno State KOR (Root) 1st-10 NEBRASKA LONG PLAYS (36; 12 RUNS; 13 PASSES; 11 RETURNS) 21 Fresno State KOR (Root) 1st-10 YARDS OPPONENT PLAY RESULT 21 Fresno State Pass (Burrell-Watson) 1st-10 86 Fresno State PR (Pierson-El) Touchdown 21 Fresno State Pass (Burrell-Harper) 1st-10 70 Fresno State Pass (Armstrong-Westerkamp) Touchdown 21 Fresno State Pass (Burrell-Hardaway) 1st-10 63 Florida Atlantic Pass (Armstrong-Bell) 1st-Goal 21 Florida Atlantic KOR (Whitehead) 1st-10 62 Fresno State Run (Cross) Touchdown 58 McNeese State Pass (Armstrong-Abdullah) Touchdown 21 McNeese State KOR (Holmes) 1st-10 57 Miami FR (Mitchell) Touchdown 20 Florida Atlantic Pass (Johnson-Whitehead) Touchdown 57 Fresno State Run (Abdullah) Touchdown 20 Fresno State KOR (Scott) 1st-10 51 Fresno State PR (Pierson-El) 1st-10 20 Miami Pass (Kaaya-Dobard) 1st-10 47 Florida Atlantic Run (Abdullah) Touchdown 43 Florida Atlantic Run (Newby) 1st-10 20 Miami Pass (Kaaya-Walford) 1st-10 42 McNeese State Run (Armstrong) 1st-10 40 McNeese State Pass (Armstrong-Westerkamp) Touchdown 37 Fresno State Pass (Armstrong-Bell) 1st-10 40 Miami Pass (Armstrong-Bell) Touchdown 36 Florida Atlantic Pass (Armstrong-Westerkamp) Touchdown 35 McNeese State KOR (Bell) 1st-10 34 McNeese State KOR (Abdullah) 1st-10 34 McNeese State Run (Armstrong) 1st-10 33 Florida Atlantic Pass (Armstrong-Westerkamp) 1st-10 31 Miami KOR (Abdullah) 1st-10 29 Florida Atlantic Pass (Armstrong-Bell) 1st-10 29 Fresno State Pass (Armstrong-Hovey) 1st-10 27 Florida Atlantic Run (Abdullah) 1st-10 27 McNeese State Pass (Armstrong-Abdullah) 1st-10 27 Fresno State Rush (Armstrong) 1st-10 26 Miami Run (Abdullah) 1st-10 25 Florida Atlantic Run (Cross) 1st-Goal 25 Florida Atlantic Run (Abdullah) 1st-10 25 McNeese State PR (Pierson-El) 1st-10 24 McNeese State Run (Armstrong) 1st-10 23 Miami KOR (Abdullah) 1st-10 23 Fresno State Pass (Armstrong-Cotton) Touchdown 21 McNeese State KOR (Bell) 1st-10 21 Miami KOR (Abdullah) 1st-10 20 Fresno State KOR (T. Newby) 1st-10 20 Fresno State Pass (Armstrong-Carter) Touchdown

GAME-OPENING DRIVES [----- Nebraska ----- ] [----- Opponent ----- ] Opponent Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Florida Atlantic 7 4 86 7 5 75 McNeese State 0 0 4 7 3 47 Fresno State 7 2 82 0 0 -3 Miami 7 3 81 7 5 75

SECOND HALF-OPENING DRIVES [----- Nebraska ----- ] [----- Opponent ----- ] Opponent Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Florida Atlantic 7 5 78 0 0 2 McNeese State 0 0 9 0 0 2 Fresno State 7 4 75 0 1 8 Miami 7 5 75 6 5 76

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SCORING DRIVES OPPONENT SCORING DRIVES Scoring [---Time---] [--Plays--] [-----Drive-----] Game Drives Total Avg. Total Avg. 5 or less 1 or 0 Opponent Plays Yds Time Score Qtr./Time Play Florida Atlantic 9 27:33 3:03 72 8.00 2 0 Florida Atlantic 11 75 4:23 7-7 1st/4:56 Whitehead 20 yd. pass from Johnson McNeese State 10 47 4:36 0-7 1st/8:26 Milton 9 yd. run McNeese St. 5 11:19 2:15 32 6.40 2 0 McNeese State 0 0 0:00 14-14 2nd/10:08 Sam 98 yd. interception return Fresno St. 9 17:47 1:58 40 4.44 7 2 McNeese State 12 83 4:59 21-24 4th/13:45 Bolfing 1 yd. run Miami 7 26:51 3:50 56 8.00 1 0 McNeese State 14 88 6:06 24-24 4th/4:21 Kjellsten 24 yd. kick Illinois Fresno State 0 0 0:00 2-14 1st/9:09 Team Safety Michigan St. Fresno State 14 63 3:25 5-27 2nd/2:08 Kroening 27-yd. FG Northwestern Fresno State 2 78 0:34 12-34 3rd/4:42 Burrell 66-yd run Rutgers Fresno State 2 14 0:39 19-48 4th/6:25 Hardaway 9-yd. pass from Burrell Purdue Miami 9 75 4:34 7-0 1st/10:26 Johnson 2-yd. run Wisconsin Miami 4 56 1:38 14-7 2nd/13:52 Walford 6-yd. pass from Kaaya Minnesota Miami 10 76 4:51 21-24 3rd/5:09 Lewis 9-yd. pass from Kaaya Iowa Miami 8 47 3:46 24-31 4th/13:37 Badgley 34-yd. FG Miami 14 79 3:49 31-41 4th/0:18 Berrios 4-yd. pass from Kaaya Totals 30 83:30 2:47 200 6.67 12 2 Opponents 14 43:20 2:04 106 7.57 4 2 NEBRASKA SCORING DRIVES [-----Drive-----] Opponent Plays Yds Time Score Qtr./Time Play Florida Atlantic 13 86 5:41 7-0 1st/9:19 Armstrong Jr. 5-yd. run Florida Atlantic 9 75 3:34 14-7 1st/1:22 Westerkamp 36-yd. pass from Armstrong Florida Atlantic 9 49 2:30 17-7 2nd/12:18 Brown 44-yd. FG Florida Atlantic 4 72 1:38 24-7 2nd/6:29 Abdullah 47-yd. run Florida Atlantic 7 66 2:19 31-7 2nd/2:30 Cross 3-yd. run Florida Atlantic 10 78 3:41 38-7 3rd/10:18 Newby 2-yd. run Florida Atlantic 3 80 1:10 45-7 3rd/6:41 Pierson-El 8-yd. pass from Armstrong Florida Atlantic 9 42 3:09 48-7 3rd/3:09 Bondi 45-yd. FG Florida Atlantic 8 71 3:51 55-7 4th/13:20 Newby 1-yd. run McNeese State 6 73 1:37 7-7 1st/6:44 Westerkamp 40-yd. pass from Armstrong McNeese State 6 67 2:10 14-7 1st/3:00 Abdullah 2-yd. run McNeese State 12 82 4:16 21-14 2nd/5:47 Armstrong 1-yd. run McNeese State 5 33 2:22 24-14 3rd/3:51 Brown 31-yd.FG McNeese State 3 62 0:54 31-24 4th/0:20 Abdullah 58-yd. pass from Armstrong NEBRASKA POINTS OFF TURNOVERS Fresno State 4 82 1:46 7-0 1st/13:14 Westerkamp 70-yd. pass from Armstrong Game TOs Gained TDs FG-FGA Pts. (NU Fumbles/Lost, INT) Fresno State 1 57 0:10 14-0 1st/12:03 Abdullah 57 yd. run Florida Atlantic 0 (1/0 F/L, 0 INT) 0 0-0 0 0 (1/0 F/L, 0 INT) Fresno State 10 57 4:47 17-2 2nd/12:18 Brown 38-yd FG McNeese State 1 (1/0 F/L, 1 INT) 0 0-0 0 1 (1/0 F/L, 1 INT) Fresno State 0 0 0:00 24-2 2nd/9:11 Pierson-El 86-yd. punt return Fresno State 0 (1/0 F/L, 0 INT) 0 0-0 0 1 (4/1, F/L, 0 INT) Fresno State 5 22 2:00 27-2 2nd/5:40 Brown 22-yd. FG Miami 3 (2/1 F/L, 2 INT) 2 0-0 14 2 (2/1 F/L, 1 INT) Fresno State 4 75 1:27 34-5 3rd/11:50 Carter 20 yd. pass from Armstrong Illinois Fresno State 4 98 1:47 41-12 3rd/2:47 Cross 62 yd. run Michigan State Fresno State 5 55 2:30 48-12 4th/10:48 Cotton 23-yd. pass from Armstrong Northwestern Fresno State 7 44 3:20 55-19 4th/3:04 Bailey 10-yd. pass from Fyfe Rutgers Miami 6 81 2:06 7-7 1st/8:12 Bell 40-yd. pass from Armstrong Purdue Miami 14 79 6:35 14-14 2nd/7:10 Abdullah 3-yd. pass from Armstrong Wisconsin Miami 11 50 6:01 17-14 2nd/0:00 Broan 19-yd. FG Minnesota Miami 11 75 4:54 24-14 3rd/10:06 Abdullah 6-yd. run Iowa Miami 0 0 0:00 31-21 3rd/2:23 Mitchell 57-yd. fumble return Totals 4 (5/1 F/L, 3 INT) 2 0-0 14 4 (8/2 F/L, 2 INT) Opponents 4 (8/2 F/L, 2 INT) 3 0-0 21 4 (5/1 F/L, 3 INT) Miami 8 54 4:09 34-24 4th/9:21 Brown 39 yd. FG Miami 6 40 3:05 41-24 4th/4:13 Abdullah 10-yd. run STARTING FIELD POSITION* NU Avg. Start Opp. Avg. Start NU lead (yards/drives/in 20/past 50) (yards/drives/in 20/past 50) Florida Atlantic 26.2 (341/13/2/0) 26.9 (350/13/0/0) -0.7 McNeese State 36.4 (473/14/2/1) 20.1 (261/13/6/1) 16.3 Fresno State 28.7 (488/17/5/2) 26.1 (469/18/4/1) 2.7 Miami 32.4 (324/10/3/2) 28.7 (287/10/0/0) 3.7 Illinois Michigan State Northwestern Rutgers Purdue Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Totals 30.1 (1626/54/12/5) 25.3 (1367/54/10/2) 4.8 *does not include drives with time of 0:00 (ie, defensive and special teams touchdowns, end of half turnovers, overtime, etc.) PENALTY NUMBERS NU Pen.-Yds. Opp. Pen.-Yds Florida Atlantic 6-60 3-22 McNeese State 5-40 6-44 Fresno State 6-61 5-55 Miami 7-69 9-82 Illinois Michigan State Northwestern Rutgers Purdue Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Totals (Avg/Penalty) 24-230 (9.7) 23-203 (8.8) Avg/G 6.0-57.5 5.8-50.8

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Individual Career/Season Superlatives SEASON AND CAREER, MOST PASSING YARDS SEASON AND CAREER, LONGEST PASS Player 2014 Career 2014 Career Tommy Armstrong Jr. 271 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 70* at Fresno State (Westerkamp) 99* vs. Georgia, 2013 (Enunwa) Ryker Fife 22 at Fresno State Same 12 at Fresno State (T. Newby) Same Johnny Stanton IV 6 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 6 vs. Florida Atlantic (Pierson-El) *-Indicates touchdown pass SEASON AND CAREER, MOST RECEIVING YARDS SEASON AND CAREER, LONGEST CATCH Player 2014 Career 2014 Career Ameer Abdullah 96 vs. McNeese State Same 58* vs. McNeese State (Armstrong) Same Taariq Allen 27 vs. McNeese State Same 14 vs. McNeese State Same Christian Bailey 10 at Fresno State Same 10* at Fresno State (Fyfe) Same Kenny Bell 116 vs. Florida Atlantic 136 vs. Minnesota, 2012 63 vs. Florida Atlantic (Armstrong) 74 at Ohio State, 2012 (Martinez) Sam Burtch 86 vs. Michigan State, 2013 32* vs. Michigan State, 2013 (Armstrong) Cethan Carter 20 at Fresno State 43 vs. South Dakota State, 2013 20* at Fresno State (Armstrong) 26 vs. South Dakota St., 2013 (Kellogg) Sam Cotton 23 at Fresno State Same 23* at Fresno State (Armstrong) Same Imani Cross -1 vs. Wyoming, 2013 -1 vs. Wyoming, 2013 (Martinez) Trey Foster 9 at Purdue, 2013 9 at Purdue, 2013 (Kellogg) Lane Hovey 48 at Fresno State Same 29 at Fresno State (Armstrong) Same Andy Janovich 8 vs. Idaho State, 2012 8 vs. Idaho State, 2012 (Kellogg) Alonzo Moore 26 vs. Miami 43 vs. Northwestern, 2013 14 vs. Miami (Armstrong) 19 vs. South Dakota State, 2013 (Kellogg) Terrell Newby 12 at Fresno State Same 12 at Fresno State (Fyfe) Same De’Mornay Pierson-EL 14 vs. Florida Atlantic same 8 vs. Florida Atlantic (Armstrong) Same Brandon Reilly 19 at Penn State, 2013 10 at Penn State, 2013 (Kellogg) Jamal Turner 28 vs. McNeese State 84 at Wisconsin, 2011 17 vs. McNeese State (McNeese St.) 43 vs. Fresno State, 2011 (Martinez) Jordan Westercamp 125 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 70* at Fresno State (Armstrong) 49* vs. Northwestern (Kellogg) Indicates touchdown scored

SEASON AND CAREER, MOST RUSHING YARDS SEASON AND CAREER, LONGEST RUN Player 2014 Career 2014 Career Ameer Abdullah 232 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 57* at Fresno State 62 vs. Wyoming, 2013 Tommy Armstrong Jr. 131 vs. McNeese State Same 42 vs. McNeese State Same Kenny Bell None 82 at Minnesota, 2011 None 82* at Minnesota, 2011 Imani Cross 69 at Fresno State 105 vs. Wyoming, 2013 62* at Fresno State Same Ryker Fyfe 29 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 15 vs. Florida Atlantic Same Andy Janovich None 6 vs. Idaho State, 2012 None 3 vs. Idaho State, 2012 Graham Nabity 4 vs. Florida Atlantic 14 vs. South Dakota State, 2013 4 vs. Florida Atlantic 6 vs. Southern Miss; vs. SDSU, 2013 Jordan Nelson 32 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 9 vs. Florida Atlantic Same Terrell Newby 107 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 43 vs. Florida Atlantic Same De’Mornay Pierson-El 0 vs. Miami Same 0 vs. Miami Same Jamal Turner None 6 at UCLA, 2012 None 6 at UCLA, 2012 Jordan Westerkamp None 7 vs. South Dakota State, 2013 None 7 vs. South Dakota State,2013 *Indicates touchdown scored

SEASON AND CAREER, MOST TACKLES, TFLS AND SACKS Player Tackles (2014) Career TFL (2014) Career Sacks (2014) Career Zaire Anderson 8 vs. McNeese State 11 at Minnesota, 2013 2 vs. McNeese State 2 3x, last vs. McNeese State None 2 at Michigan, 2013 Josh Banderas 10 vs. McNeese State 11 vs. UCLA, 2013 1 vs. McNeese St.; at Fresno St. 2 vs. UCLA, 2013 None 1 vs. UCLA, 2013 at Purdue, ‘13 Byerson Cockrell 3 vs. FAU; at Fresno State Same 1 at Fresno State Same None Same Maliek Collins 4 at Fresno State Same 2 vs. Miami Same None 1 vs. Southern Miss, 2013 Corey Cooper 8 vs. Miami 12 vs. UCLA, 2013 None 1 7x, last vs. Michigan State, 2013 None 1 vs. SDSU; vs. Northwestern, 2013 Daniel Davie 5 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 2 at Fresno State; vs. Miami Same None Same Joey Felici 1 vs. McNeese State Same None Same None Same Jack Gangwish 5 vs. McNeese State Same None Same None Same Nate Gerry 13 vs. McNeese State Same 2 vs. McNeese State Same None Same Randy Gregory 7 vs. Miami 8 4x, last at Penn State, 2013 2 vs. Miami 3 at Michigan, 2013 2.0 vs. Miami 3.0 at Michigan, 2013 Lane Hovey 2 vs. McNeese State Same None Same None Same Charles Jackson None 3 vs. Wyoming. 2013 None Same None Same Chris Jones 2 at Fresno State Same None Same None Same Boaz Joseph 1 at Fresno State Same None Same None Same Josh Kalu 6 at Fresno State Same 1 at Fresno State Same None Same Joe Keels 1 at Fresno State Same None Same None Same Courtney Love 1 vs. FAU; vs. McNeese State Same None Same None Same Greg McMullen 9 vs. McNeese State Same 2 vs. FAU; vs. McNeese State 2, 3x, last vs. McNeese State 1 vs. McNeese St.; at Fresno St. 1 3x, last at Fresno State Josh Mitchell 4 at Fresno State 8 vs. Wisconsin, 2012 None 3 vs. Southern Miss, 2013 None 1 vs. Southern Miss, 2012 Kevin Maurice 2 at Fresno State Same 1 vs. Florida Atlantic same 0.5 vs. Florida Atlantic same A.J. Natter 1 vs. Florida Atlantic Same None Same None Same Marcus Newby 1 at Fresno State Same 1 at Fresno State Same 1 at Fresno State Same Logan Rath 4 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 1 vs. Florida Atlantic Same None Same Trevor Roach 6 vs. Miami 7 vs. Chattanooga, 2011 1 vs. Florida Atlantic 2 vs. Chattanooga, 2011 None 0.5 vs. Idaho State, 2012 Michael Rose 11 vs. Illinois, 2013 1 vs. Illinois, 2013 None Same Jonathan Rose 3 3x last vs. Miami Same None Same None Same David Santos 10 vs. Miami 13 at Minnesota, 2013 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. Miami 2 at Michigan, 2013 None 1 vs. SDSU; at Penn State, 2013 Brad Simpson 1 at Fresno State Same None Same None Same Kevin Williams 3 at Fresno State Same 2 at Fresno State Same None Same Kieron Williams 2 vs. McNeese State Same None Same None Sams Austin Williams 1 vs. Florida Atlantic 1 at Penn State, 2013 None same None Same Vincent Valentine 6 vs. Miami Same 3 at Fresno State Same 2.0 at Fresno State Same Chris Weber 2 at Fresno State Same None Same None Same

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Nebraska Statistical Highs and Lows NEBRASKA TOTALS HIGHS LOWS Points Scored 55 vs. Florida Atlantic; at Fresno State 31 vs. McNeese State First Downs 35 vs. Florida Atlantic 17 vs. McNeese State Rushing Attempts 57 vs. Florida Atlantic 33 vs. McNeese State Rushing Yards 498 vs. Florida Atlantic 195 vs. McNeese State Passes Attempted 35 vs. Florida Atlantic 13 vs. Miami Passes Completed 17 vs. Florida Atlantic 9 vs. Miami Had Intercepted 1 vs. McNeese State; vs. Miami 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; at Fresno State Passing Yards 286 vs. Florida Atlantic 113 vs. Miami Total Plays 92 vs. Florida Atlantic 64 vs. McNeese State Total Yards 784 vs. Florida Atlantic 437 vs. McNeese State Possession Time 33:55 vs. Florida Atlantic 25:08 vs. McNeese State Fumbles 4 at Fresno State 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State Fumbles Lost 1 at Fresno State; vs. Miami 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State Turnovers 2 vs. Miami 0 vs. Florida Atlantic Turnover Margin +1 vs. Miami -1 at Fresno State Penalties 7 vs. Miami 4 McNeese State Yards Penalized 69 vs. Miami 40 vs. McNeese State Sacks By-Yards Lost 4-29 at Fresno State 1-9 vs. Florida Atlantic; 1-2 vs. McNeese State Team Tackles for Loss-Yards 11-48 at Fresno State 5-10 vs. McNeese State OPPONENT TOTALS HIGHS LOWS Points Scored 31 vs. Miami 7 vs. Florida Atlantic First Downs 24 vs. Miami 13 vs. Florida Atlantic Rushing Attempts 45 vs. McNeese State 23 vs. Miami Rushing Yards 178 vs. McNeese State 76 vs. Miami Passes Attempted 59 at Fresno State 26 vs. McNeese State Passes Completed 30 at Fresno State 11 vs. Florida Atlantic Had Intercepted 2 vs. Miami 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; at Fresno State Passing Yards 359 vs. Miami 95 vs. Florida Atlantic Total Plays 87 at Fresno State 60 vs. Florida Atlantic Total Yards 435 vs. Miami 200 vs. Florida Atlantic Possession Time 34:52 vs. McNeese State 26:05 vs. Florida Atlantic Fumbles 2 vs. Miami 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State; at Fresno State Fumbles Lost 1 vs. Miami 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State; at Fresno State Turnovers 3 vs. Miami 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; at Fresno State Turnover Margin +1 at Fresno State -1 vs. Miami Penalties 9 vs. Miami 3 vs. Florida Atlantic Yards Penalized 82 vs. Miami 22 vs. Florida Atlantic Sacks By-Yards Lost 1-2 vs. McNeese State 0-0 vs. Florida Atlantic; at Fresno State; vs. Miami Team Tackles for Loss-Yards 7-19 vs. McNeese State 0-0 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. Miami NEBRASKA INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Most Rushing Attempts...... 35; Ameer Abdullah vs. Miami Most Net Rushing Yards...... 232; Ameer Abdullah vs. Florida Atlantic Most Rushing TDs...... 2; Terrell Newby vs. Florida Atlantic; Ameer Abdullah vs. Miami Longest TD Run...... 62; Imani Cross at Fresno State Longest Run, No TD...... 43; Terrell Newby vs. Florida Atlantic Most Pass Attempts...... 31; Tommy Armstrong Jr. vs. McNeese State Most Completed Passes...... 16; Tommy Armstrong Jr. vs. McNeese State Most Passing Yards...... 271; Tommy Armstrong Jr. vs. Florida Atlantic Most Passing TDs...... 3; Tommy Armstrong Jr. at Fresno State Longest TD Pass...... 70; Tommy Armstrong Jr. to Jordan Westerkamp at Fresno State Longest Pass, No TD...... 63; Tommy Armstrong Jr. to Kenny Bell vs. Florida Atlantic Most Pass Receptions...... 7; Jordan Westerkamp vs. Florida Atlantic Most Receiving Yards...... 125; Jordan Westerkamp vs. Florida Atlantic Most TD Receptions...... 1; 10 times Most Total Offense Attempts...... 48; Tommy Armstrong Jr. vs. McNeese State (17 rush, 31 passes) Most Total Offense Yards...... 373; Tommy Armstrong Jr. vs. McNeese State Most All-Purpose Attempts...... 41; Ameer Abdullah vs. Miami (35 rushes, 1 catch; 4 kickoff returns) Most All-Purpose Yards...... 313; Ameer Abdullah vs. Miami Most Touchdowns Scored...... 3; Ameer Abdullah vs. Miami Most Field Goals Attempted...... 3; Drew Brown at Fresno State Most Field Goals Made...... 2; Drew Brown at Fresno State; vs. Miami Longest Field Goal Made...... 45; Mauro Bondi vs. Florida Atlantic Longest Field Goal Attempted...... 45; Mauro Bondi vs. Florida Atlantic Most Interceptions...... 1; Corey Cooper vs. McNeese State; David Santos vs. Miami; Joshua Kalu vs. Miami Longest Interception TD Return...... None Longest Interception Return, No TD...... 5; Joshua Kalu vs. Miami Longest Fumble TD Return...... 57; Josh Mitchell vs. Miami Longest Fumble Return, No TD...... None Longest Punt Return, TD...... 86; De’Mornay Pierson-El at Fresno State Longest Punt Return, No TD...... 51; De’Mornay Pierson-El at Fresno State Most Punt Return Yardage...... 150; De’Mornay Pierson-El at Fresno State (5 returns) Longest Kickoff Return, TD...... None Longest Kickoff Return, No TD...... 35; Kenny Bell vs. McNeese State Most Kickoff Return Yardage...... 81; Ameer Abdullah (4 return) Most Punts...... 6; Sam Foltz vs. McNeese State (51.2 avg.) Highest Punting Average...... 51.2; Sam Foltz vs. McNeese State (6 punts) Longest Punt...... 62; Sam Foltz vs. McNeese State

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Nebraska Statistical Highs and Lows NEBRASKA INDIVIDUAL HIGHS....(CONTINUED) Most Total Tackles...... 13; Nate Gerry vs. McNeese State (6 solo, 7 asst.) Most Solo Tackles...... 6; Nate Gerry and Greg McMullen vs. McNeese State; Joshua Kalu at Fresno State Most Tackles for Loss...... 3; Vincent Valentine at Fresno State (14 yards) Most Yards Lost...... 25; Randy Gregory vs. Miami (2 TFL) Most Quarterback Sacks...... 2.0; Vincent Valentine at Fresno State (12 yards); Randy Gregory vs. Miami (25 yards) Most Yards Lost...... 25; Randy Gregory vs. Miami (2.0 sacks) Most Pass Breakups...... 2; Josh Mitchell vs. Florida Atlantic; at Fresno State Most Blocked Field Goals...... None Most Blocked Punts...... None Most Blocked PAT...... None OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Most Yards Rushing...... 93; Duke Johnson (Miami) Most Rushing Attempts...... 19; Kelvin Bennett (McNeese State) Most Yards Passing...... 359; Brad Kaaya (Miami) Most Passing Attempts...... 59; Brian Burrell (Fresno State) Most Pass Completions...... 30; Brian Burrell (Fresno State) Most Pass Receptions...... 9; Josh Harper (Fresno State) Most Yards Receiving...... 84; Duke Johnson (Miami) OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL LONGEST PLAYS Rush...... 66*; Brian Burrell (Fresno State) Pass...... 40; Kent Shelby from Daniel Sams (McNeese State) Field Goal...... 34; Michael Badgley (Miami) Punt Return...... 19; LaKendrick Williams (Fresno State) Kickoff Return...... 44; Lucky Whitehead (Florida Atlantic) Fumble Return...... None Interception Return...... 98*; Aaron Sam (McNeese State) Punt...... 66; Dalton Schomp (Florida Atlantic)

Nebraska Starting Lineups HUSKER OFFENSIVE STARTERS GAME-BY-GAME Opponent WR WR TE RT RG C LG LT QB IB FB PK Florida Atlantic Bell Turner Carter Price Moudy Pelini J. Cotton Lewis Armstrong Abdullah Westerkamp# Brown McNeese State Moore Turner Carter Sterup Moudy Pelini J. Cotton Lewis Armstrong Abdullah Westerkamp# Brown Fresno State Bell Moore Carter Sterup Moudy Pelini J. Cotton Lewis Armstrong Abdullah Westerkamp# Brown Miami Bell Moore Carter Sterup Moudy Pelini J. Cotton Lewis Armstrong Abdullah Westerkamp# Brown

#-opened in three wide receiver formation; %-NU opened in a four-receiver set (three receivers and a tight end); ^-NU opened in two tight end set HUSKER DEFENSIVE STARTERS GAME-BY-GAME Opponent DE DT DT DE BUCK MIKE WILL LCB FS SS RCB P Florida Atlantic McMullen Valentine Collins Gregory Santos Banderas Anderson Mitchell Gerry Cooper Davie Foltz McNeese State McMullen Valentine Collins Gangwish Santos Banderas Anderson Mitchell Gerry Cooper Davie Foltz Fresno State McMullen Valentine Collins Gregory Cockerell# Banderas Kalu# Mitchell Gerry Cooper Davie Foltz Fresno State McMullen Valentine Collins Gregory Santos Banderas Anderson Mitchell Gerry Cooper Davie Foltz

* - NU opened with nickel package # - NU opened with dime packages; %-NU opened with five defensive linemen; @-NU opened with three safties; !-NU opened with 3 defensive ends Overall Participation PLAYER (GAMES): Armstrong Jr., Tommy (4/4); Abdullah, Ameer (4/4); Allen, Taariq (4/-); Anderson, Zaire (4/3); Bailey, Christian (3/-); Banderas, Josh (4/4); Bell, Kenny (4/3); Blum, Jared (1/0); Bondi, Mauro (3/-); Brown, Drew (4/-); Carter, Cethan (4/4); Cockrell, Byerson (4/1); Collins, Maliek (4/4); Cooper, Corey (4/4); Cotton, Jake (4/4); Cotton, Sam (4/-); Cross, Imani (4/-); Davie, Daniel (4/4); Faulkenberry, Josh (4/-); Felici, Joey (4/-); Finnin, Matt (3/-); Foltz, Sam (4/-); Foster, Trey (4/-); Fyfe, Ryker (2/-); Gangwish, Jack (4/1); Gerry, Nate (4/4); Gladney, Kevin (4/-); Gregory, Randy (3/3); Hahn, Sam (1/-); Hannon, Zach (4/-); Hart, Greg (2/-); Hovey, Lane (4/-); Janovich, Andy (4/-); Jones, Chris (3/-); Johnson Jr., Dwayne (1/-); Jordan, Harrison (2/-); Kalu, Joshua (4/1); Keels, Joe (3/-); Kelly, Paul (1/-); Knevel, David (2/-); Kondolo, Chongo (4/-); Lewis, Alex (4/4); Love, Courtney (4/-); Maurice, Kevin (4/-); McMullen, Greg (4/4); Mitchell, Josh (4/4); Moore, Alonzo (4/3); Moudy, Mike (3/3); Nabity, Graham (2/-); Natter, A.J. (1/-); Nelson, Jordan (2/-); Newby, Marcus (3/-); Newby, Terrell (3/-); Pelini, Mark (3/3); Pierson-El, De’Mornay (3/-); Price, Givens (4/1); Rath, Logan (2/-); Reeves, Ryne (4/-); Roach, Trevor (4/-); Rose, Jonathan (4/-); Santos, David (4/3); Simpson, Brad (4/-); Singleton, D.J. (4/-); Stanton, Johnny (2/-); Sterup, Zach (3/3); Sutton, David (3/-); Turner, Jamal (2/2); Utter, Dylan (3/-); Valentine, Vincent (4/4); Weber, Chris (4/-); Westerkamp, Jordan (4/4); Williams, Austin (4/-); Williams, Kevin (2/-); Williams, Kieron (4/-)

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Game 1 No. 22 Nebraska 55, Florida Atlantic 7 Game 2 No. 19 Nebraska 31, McNeese State 24 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Florida Atlantic 7 0 0 0 7 McNeese State 7 7 0 10 24 No. 22 Nebraska 14 17 17 7 55 No. 19 Nebraska 14 7 3 7 31

Lincoln (Aug. 30) --- Ameer Abdullah sprinted for a career-high Lincoln (Sept. 6) --- Ameer Adbullah turned a short 232 yards, while Kenny Bell and Jordan Westerkamp each added pass from Tommy Armstrong Jr. into a 58-yard touchdown 100-yard receiving games, as No. 22 Nebraska rolled to a 55-7 with 20 seconds left, lifting No. 19 Nebraska to a 31-24 win victory over Florida Atlantic. The Husker offense enjoyed a record-setting day with a pair over McNeese State. of 100-yard rushers and a pair of 100-yard receivers in the same The Cornhuskers were facing a 3rd-and-6 with the game game. Abdullah finished the day with 21 carries for 232 yards tied against the FCS power when Armstrong, who finished and a touchdown. Terrell Newby added his first career 100-yard 16-for-31 for 242 yards and two touchdowns through the game, crossing the plateau with 16 carries for 107 yards and two air, hit Abdullah, who turned the short pass into a highlight touchdowns. reel play. Until the catch, Abdullah was limited to just 54 Bell added his fourth career 100-yard receiving game with four yards and one rushing touchdown on 17 carries. However, catches for 116 yards, while Westerkamp added his second career he added three receptions out of the backfield for a career- 100-yard game with career highs of seven catches for 125 yards and high 98 yards. a touchdown. Armstrong led the Husker rushing attack with a career- The Huskers finished with a Big Ten record 784 total yards, high 131 yards and a touchdown on just 11 carries to lead a including 498 rushing and 286 passing. Tommy Armstrong Jr. Nebraska ground game that finished with 195 yards. completed 15-of-29 passes for 271 and two touchdowns, while McNeese State finished with 338 total yards, but it was adding seven carries for 62 yards and another score to finish with 333 yards of total offense. a 98-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second The Huskers dominated offensively in the first half, scoring on each of their first five possessions to quarter by Aaron Sam that set the tone for the game. The take a commanding 31-7 halftime lead. Armstrong put the Huskers on the board first with his five-yard Huskers were at the MSU 9-yard line looking to extend a 14-7 lead. touchdown run to cap Nebraska’s eight-play, 86-yard opening drive of the season. The Owls answered with a touchdown drive of their own, capped by Jaquez Johnson’s 20-yard McNeese State took an early 7-0 lead on a Derrick Milton nine-yard first-quarter run. Armstrong and touchdown pass to Lucky Whitehead with 4:56 left in the first. That would be the only score allowed by the Huskers answered on the ensuing drive with a 40-yard touchdown strike to Jordan Westerkamp with the Blackshirts, as Nebraska limited FAU to 200 yards of total offense. During one stretch, the Huskers 6:44 left in the opening period. Westerkamp finished his day with four receptions for 61 yards. forced seven consecutive 3-and-outs. After a defensive stop by the Blackshirts, NU headed to the second quarter with a 14-7 lead following Armstrong led NU on another first-quarter touchdown march, as NU went 75 yards in nine plays, a two-yard Abdullah. The defense kept the Cowboys at bay again and Nebraska sprinted into the red zone capped by Westerkamp’s 36-yard TD grab. The Huskers added freshman place-kicker Drew Brown’s first on a long run by Armstrong, before he threw his first interception of the season to tie the score at 14. career field goal, a 44-yarder, with 12:18 left in the half to push the margin to 17-7. Despite the major momentum swing, Armstrong and the Huskers responded with a 12-play, 82- After the Blackshirts held on their next possession, Abdullah cruised over the 100-yard rushing mark yard drive capped by his one-yard touchdown plunge to take a 21-14 lead to the halftime locker room. for the 18th time in his career before breaking off a 47-yard scoring jaunt. Another defensive stop set up Nebraska pushed the lead to 24-14 in the third quarter on Drew Brown’s 31-yard field goal a seven-play, 66-yard drive capped by a punishing three-yard touchdown run by Imani Cross with 2:30 left McNeese State refused to fold, answering with a one-yard touchdown run by Tyler Bolfing to cap a to push the Big Red lead to 31-7. The Huskers scored on each of their first five drives. 12-play, 83-yard drive and pull the Cowboys within 24-21. Nebraska put the game out of reach, scoring on their first four possessions of the second half, Nebraska’s offense continued to struggle in the fourth quarter, and the Cowboys capitalized to tie the including two scoring runs by Newby. score on Alex Kjellsten’s 24-yard field goal with 4:21 left, capping a 14-play 88-yard drive. SCORING SUMMARY Following Abdullah’s 58-yard dash, the Cowboys started deep in their own territory with 14 seconds 1st 09:19 NEB Armstrong Jr. 5 yd run (Brown kick) left and Corey Cooper intercepted Bolfing on the final play of the game to seal a Nebraska victory. 1st 04:56 FAU Whitehead 20 yd pass from Johnson (Joseph kick) 1st 01:22 NEB Westerkamp 36 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick) SCORING SUMMARY 2nd 12:18 NEB Brown 44 yd field goal 1st 06:44 NEB Westerkamp 40 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick) 2nd 06:29 NEB Abdullah 47 yd run (Brown kick) 1st 03:00 NEB Abdullah 2 yd run (Brown kick) 2nd 02:30 NEB Cross 3 yd run (Brown kick) 2nd 10:08 MCN Sam 98 yd interception return (Kjellsten kick) 3rd 10:18 NEB Newby 2 yd run (Brown kick) 2nd 05:47 NEB Armstrong Jr. 1 yd run (Brown kick) 3rd 06:41 NEB Pierson-El 8 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick) 3rd 03:51 NEB Brown 31 yd field goal 3rd 03:09 NEB Bondi 45 yd field goal 4th 13:45 MCN Bolfing 1 yd run (Kjellsten kick) 4th 13:20 NEB Newby 1 yd run (Bondi kick) 4th 04:21 MCN Kjellsten 24 yd field goal 4th 00:20 NEB Abdullah 58 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick)

TEAM STATISTICS FAU NEB TEAM STATISTICS MCNEESE NEB FIRST DOWNS 13 35 FIRST DOWNS 15 17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 30-105 57-498 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 45-178 33-195 PASSING YDS (NET) 95 286 PASSING YDS (NET) 160 242 Passes Att-Comp-Int 30-11-0 35-17-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 26-12-1 31-16-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 60-200 92-784 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 71-338 64-437 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 4-19 Punt Returns-Yards 3-19 5-52 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-105 1-14 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-65 5-126 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 1-98 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 9-47.2 2-35.5 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-39.4 6-51.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-22 6-60 Penalties-Yards 6-44 5-40 Possession Time 26:05 33:55 Possession Time 34:52 25:08 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 15 8 of 12 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 17 4 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 5-5S Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 3-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-9 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-2 2-2 RUSHING: FAU- Warren, Jay 14-77; Johnson, Jaquez 4-19; Bussey, Henry 1-5; Hankerson, Greg 6-4; RUSHING: McNeese-Sams, Daniel 10-74; Bennett, Kelvin 19-53; Holmes, Nate 3-23; Milton, Derrick Moore, Tony 4-3; Whitehead, Lucky 1-minus-3. Nebraska-Abdullah, Ameer 21-232; Newby, Terrell 6-18; Thomas, Khalil 1-9; Celestie, Ernest 1-3; Bolfing, Tyler 3-3; Long, Dylan 2-minus-5. Nebraska 16-107; Armstrong Jr., Tommy 7-62; Nelson, Jordan 5-32; Cross, Imani 3-32; Fyfe, Ryker 4-29; Nabity, Armstrong Jr., Tommy 11-131; Abdullah, Ameer 17-54; Newby, Terrell 2-9; Cross, Imani 3-1. Graham 1-4. PASSING: McNeese-Bolfing, Tyler 9-17-1-101; Sams, Daniel 3-9-0-59. Nebraska- Armstrong Jr., Tommy PASSING: FAU-Hankerson, Greg 5-18-0-34; Johnson, Jaquez 6-12-0-61. Nebraska- Armstrong Jr., Tommy 16-31-1-242. 15-29-0-271; Fyfe, Ryker 1-4-0-9; TEAM 0-1-0-0; Stanton, Johnny 1-1-0-6. RECEIVING: McNeese-Shelby, Kent 2-47; Bennett, Kelvin 2-35; Celestie, Ernest 2-20; Hetrick, Zach 1-27; RECEIVING: FAU-Whitehead, Luck 5-40; Deleon, Alex 2-18; Moore, Tony 1-15; Harrop, Michael 1-12; Holmes, Nate 1-12; Bush, David 1-6; Milton, Derrick 1-5; McGilvery, Jereon 1-5; Long, Dylan 1-3. Moise, Derek 1-10; Johnson, Jaquez 1-0.Nebraska-Westerkamp, Jordan 7-125; Bell, Kenny 4-116; Nebraska-Westerkamp, Jordan 4-61; Abdullah, Ameer 3-96; Turner, Jamal 3-28; Allen, Taariq 3-27; Bell, Pierson-El, De’Mornay 2-14; Cotton, Sam 1-10; Turner, Jamal 1-9; Abdullah, Ameer 1-9; Allen, Taariq 1-3. Kenny 1-14; Moore, Alonzo 1-11; Carter, Cethan 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS: FAU-None. Nebraska-None INTERCEPTIONS: McNeese-Sam, Aaron 1-98. Nebraska-Cooper, Corey 1-0 FUMBLES: FAU-Warren, Jay 1-0. Nebraska-Bell, Kenny 1-0. FUMBLES: McNeese-Bolfing, Tyler 1-0. Nebraska-Armstrong Jr., Tommy 1-0. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): FAU- None Nebraska- Maurice, Kevin 0.5-5; McMullen, Greg 0.5-4. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): McNeese- Hill, Dominique 1-2. Nebraska-McMullen, Greg 1-2 TACKLE LEADER (UA-A): FAU-Parms, Damian 8-1; Kirk, Andrae 5-4; Relf, Robert 5-4. Nebraska-Anderson, TACKLE LEADER (UA-A): McNeese-Ellefsen, Everett 4-3; Sam, Aaron 3-4; Spikes, Brent 1-6. Nebraska- Zaire 3-4 Gerry, Nate 6-7 HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL

Game 3 Nebraska 55, Fresno State 19 Game 4 No. 24 Nebraska 41, Miami 31 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL ArkansasNebraska State 014 313 1410 140 5513 ArkansasMiami State 07 37 710 100 3113 NebraskaFresno State 214 314 07 147 4219 Nebraska 147 1410 014 1410 4241

Fresno, Calif. (Sept. 13) -- Nebraska scored on four plays Lincoln (Sept. 20) -- Ameer Abdullah carried No. 24 Nebraska to victory of 55 or more yards, rolling to a 55-19 win over Fresno State. over an old nemesis with the biggest all-purpose yardage total of his career Nebraska (3-0) snapped Fresno State’s 13-game home winning in a 41-31 win over Miami. streak, which was the second-longest home streak in the nation. Playing in front of a Memorial Stadium record crowd of 91,585, Abdullah The Huskers got big nights from I-back Ameer Abdullah, exploded for a career-high 313 all-purpose yards, including 229 rushing yards quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr., wide recveivers Kenny Bell and two scores on a career-high 35 carries. He added a three-yard touchdown and Jordan Westerkamp and freshman punt returner De’Mornay reception, as he finished the night as NU’s career all-purpose yardage leader Pierson-El. Along the way, Abdullah notched his second 200-yard rushing game of Abdullah notched his 19th career 100-yard rushing game 2014 to lift Nebraska to a 4-0 record. As a team, the Big Red rolled up 343 with 19 carries for 110 yards, including a 57-yard scoring run in rushing yards and took 33:20 off the clock to wear down the Hurricane the first quarter. Bell and Westerkamp both produced 80-yard defense. On the flipside, the Blackshirts held the Hurricanes to 76 rushing receiving games, as Bell pulled down a team-high five catches yards on 23 attempts. Quarterback Brad Kaaya completed 28-of-42 passes for for 84 yards, while Westerkamp added two catches for 85 yards. 359 yards and three scores, as Miami managed 435 total yards. Armstrong completed 12-of-21 passes for 260 yards and three Tommy Armstrong Jr. completed 9-of-13 passes for 113 yards, including touchdowns, while Pierson-El added a huge night for the Big a three-yard touchdown pass to Abdullah, and a 40-yard scoring strike to Red, returning five punts for 150 yards, including an 86-yard Kenny Bell, accounting for NU’s first two scores. return for a touchdown. Abdullah, Armstrong and the Husker offensive line took control of the The Huskers wrote the storyline early, as Armstrong game in the second quarter. Trailing 14-7, NU covered 79 yards in 14 plays in 6:43 capped by Armstrong’s pass to Abdullah. The Blackshirts quickly forced a three-and-out, setting up an 11-play, 50-yard drive that resulted in Drew connected with Westerkamp for a 70-yard touchdown pass on Brown’s 19-yard field goal to end the first half with a 17-14 Husker lead. NU’s fourth offensive play of the game’s to jump to a 7-0 lead. On Nebraska opened the second half by covering 75 yards in 11 plays to take a 24-14 lead on Abdullah’s six-yard NU’s next offensive play, Abdullah sprinted 57 yards to paydirt, touchdown run. The Hurricanes answered with a 10-play, 76-yard scoring drive capped by Malcolm Lewis’ nine-yard putting the Huskers up 14-0 less than three minutes into the action. touchdown reception from Brad Kaaya with 5:09 left in the third quarter to pull Miami within 24-21. The Huskers struck with another big play late in the first half, as De’Mornay Pierson-El exploded on Momentum appeared to be fully shifting as Miami drove to the NU 46-yard line, but on the next play, linebacker an electric 86-yard punt return for a touchdown to put the Big Red up 24-2. After another Blackshirt Trevor Roach and cornerback Josh Mitchell joined forced for the Blackshirts’ biggest play of the night. Roach stripped stop, Pierson-El continued to spark the Huskers with a 51-yard return on his next touch, setting up Drew the ball from Duke Johnson and Mitchell scooped it up and sprinted 57 yards for the touchdown. Brown’s second field goal and giving NU a 27-5 halftime lead. After Miami pulled to within 31-24, Abdullah and the Husker offense responded on the next drive, marching 54 The Big Red kept their foot on the gas to start the second half with the Blackshirts forcing a quick yards on eight plays capped by Brown’s 39-yard field goal. Miami tried to answer on the following drive, but Josh stop on the Bulldogs’ opening drive. Armstrong and the Huskers then went 75 yards in four plays, capped Kalu picked off Kaaya on 4th-and-4 at the NU 35. Kalu, who intercepted it at the NU 25, headed to the Husker sideline by Armstrong’s 20-yard scoring pass to Cethan Carter to push the lead to 34-5. Following a 66-yard with the rest of Nebraska’s players to celebrate. Abdullah took over, as he carried all six times on the ensuing drive, touchdown run by Burrell, Nebraska zipped 98 yards in just four plays, capped by an Imani Cross 62-yard including a 10-yard run to put the Big Red up 41-24 and seal the win. sprint to the end zone Armstrong threw his third TD pass of the night, finding Sam Cotton for a 23-yard In addition to big defensive plays by Mitchell, Roach and Kalu, the Blackshirts got a game-high 10 tackles from strike to make it 48-12 with 10:48 left. linebacker David Santos. Safety Corey Cooper added eight tackles, while Gregory added seven tackles, including SCORING SUMMARY two sacks and fumbled forced on Kaaya for a total of 25 yards in losses, while adding a pair of quarterback hurries. 1st 13:14 NEB Westerkamp 70 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick) SCORING SUMMARY 1st 12:03 NEB Abdullah 57 yd run (Brown kick) 1st 10:26 MIAMI Johnson 2 yd run (Badgley kick) 1st 09:09 FS Team safety 1st 08:12 NEB Bell 40 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick) 2nd 12:18 NEB Brown 38 yd field goal 2nd 13:52 MIAMI Walford 6 yd pass from Kaaya (Badgley kick) 2nd 09:11 NEB Pierson-El 86 yd punt return (Brown kick) 2nd 07:10 NEB Abdullah, 3 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick) 2nd 05:40 NEB Brown 22 yd field goal 2nd 00:00 NEB Brown, 19 yd field goal 2nd 02:08 FS Kroening 27 yd field goal 3rd 10:06 NEB Abdullah 6 yd run (Brown kick) 3rd 11:50 NEB Carter 20 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick) 3rd 05:09 MIAMI Lewis 9 yd pass from Kaaya (Badgley kick) 3rd 04:42 FS Burrell 66 yd run (Kroening kick) 3rd 02:23 NEB Mitchell 57 yd fumble recovery (Brown kick) 3rd 02:47 NEB Cross 62 yd run (Brown kick) 4th 13:37 MIAMI Badgley 34 yd field goal 4th 10:48 NEB Cotton, S. 23 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick) 4th 09:21 NEB Brown 39 yd field goal 4th 06:25 FS Hardaway 9 yd pass from Burrell (Kroening kick) 4th 04:13 NEB Abdullah, 10 yd run (Brown kick) 4th 03:04 NEB Bailey 10 yd pass from Fyfe (Brown kick) 4th 00:18 MIAMI Berrios 4 yd pass from Kaaya (Badgley kick)

TEAM STATISTICS NEB FS TEAM STATISTICS MIAMI NEB FIRST DOWNS 22 20 FIRST DOWNS 24 27 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-280 28-105 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 23-76 54-343 PASSING YDS (NET) 282 241 PASSING YDS (NET) 359 113 Passes Att-Comp-Int 24-14-0 59-30-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 42-28-2 13-9-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 66-562 87-346 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 65-435 67-456 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-57 Punt Returns-Yards 6-140 2-15 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-11 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-38 6-135 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-53 4-81 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 1-0 2-5 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-47.4 13-40.5 Punts (Number-Avg) 2-39.0 1-49.0 Fumbles-Lost 4-1 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 6-61 5-55 Penalties-Yards 9-82 7-69 Possession Time 30:40 29:20 Possession Time 26:40 33:20 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 15 6 of 23 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 10 7 of 10 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 1 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 2-3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-5 4-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-29 0-0 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-25 RUSHING: FS-Burrell, Brian 9-59; Quezada, Josh 10-28; Waller, Marteze 7-19; Root, Dillon 1-1; RUSHING: Miami-Johnson, Duke 18-93; Edwards, Gus 3-8; Kaaya, Brad 2-minus-25. Nebraska-Abdullah, Micenheimer, Malique 1-minus-2. Nebraska- Abdullah, Ameer 19-110; Cross, Imani 3-69; Armstrong Jr., Ameer 35-229; Armstrong Jr., Tommy 13-96; Cross, Imani 3-13; Newby, Terrell 1-8; Pierson-El, De’Mornay Tommy 9-65; Newby, Terrell 7-18; Fyfe, Ryker 1-12; Nabity, Graham 1-3; Nelson, Jordan 2-3. 1-0; TEAM 1-minus-3. PASSING: FS--Burrell, Brian 30-59-0-241. Nebraska-Armstrong Jr., Tommy 12-21-0-260; Fyfe, Ryker PASSING: Miami-Kaaya, Brad 28-42-2-359 Nebraska-Armstrong Jr., Tommy 9-13-1-113 2-3-0-22. RECEIVING: Miami-Walford, Clive 7-80; Johnson, Duke 5-84; Lewis, Malcolm 5-40; Berrios, Braxton 4-43; RECEIVING: FS-Harper, Josh 9-76; Hardaway, Delvon 4-52; Watson, Greg 4-45; Peck, Aaron 3-17; Coley, Stacy 3-22; Dorsett, Phillip 2-48; Yearby, Joe 1-22; Dobard, Standish 1-20. Nebraska-Bell, Kenny Williams, LeKendrick 3-5; Root, Dillon 2-38; Waller, Marteze 2-0; Johnson, Justin 1-7; Micenheimer, 4-70; Moore, Alonzo 3-26; Westerkamp, Jordan 1-14; Abdullah, Ameer 1-3. Malique 1-6; Quezada, Josh 1-minus-5. Nebraska-Bell, Kenny 5-84; Hovey, Lane 3-48; Westerkamp, INTERCEPTIONS: Miami-Howard, Tracy 1-0. Nebraska-Kalu, Joshua 1-5; Santos, David 1-0 Jordan 2-85; Cotton, Sam 1-23; Carter, Cethan 1-20; Newby, Terrell 1-12; Bailey, Christian 1-10. FUMBLES: Miami-Johnson, Duke 1-1; Kaaya, Brad 1-0. Nebraska-Armstrong Jr., Tommy 1-1; Abdullah, INTERCEPTIONS: FS-None. Nebraska-None Ameer 1-0; FUMBLES: FS-Root, Dillon 1-0 Nebraska-Pierson-El, De’Mornay 2-0; Newby, Terrell 1-0; Santos, David 1-0. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Miami-None. Nebraska-Gregory, Randy 2.0-25. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): FS-None. Nebraska-Valentine, Vincent 2-14; McMullen, Greg 1-8; Newby, Marcus 1-9 TACKLE LEADER (UA-A): Miami-Owens, Darrion 4-3; Kirby, Raphael 3-4; Armbrister, Thurston 3-4. TACKLE LEADER (UA-A): FS-Edwards, Shannon 7-0; Riley, Curtis 6-1. Nebraska-Kalu, Joshua 6-0 Nebraska-Santos, David 5-5 HUSKERS.COM