2011 CornHUSKE r F o o T BALL Nebraska Media Relationsw One Memorial Stadium w Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 w Phone: (402) 472-2263 w [email protected] 2011 Nebraska Schedule Game 9: Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Sept. 3 Chattanooga (BTN) W, 40-7 Sept. 10 Fresno State (BTN) W, 42-29 Nebraska vs. Sept. 17 Washington (ABC) W, 51-38 Sept. 24 at Wyoming (Versus) W, 38-14 Northwestern Oct. 1 at Wisconsin (ABC) L, 48-17 Nov. 5, 2011 | Memorial Stadium Oct. 8 Ohio State (ABC) W, 34-27 Oct. 22 at Minnesota (ABC) W, 41-14 Lincoln, Neb. | 2:30 p.m. Oct. 29 Michigan State (ESPN) W, 24-3 Huskers Wildcats Nov. 5 Northwestern (BTN) 2:30 p.m. Record: 7-1, 3-1 Record: 3-5, 1-4 Nov. 12 at Penn State TBD Rankings: Game Information Rankings: Nov. 19 at Michigan TBD Coaches–9 Television: Big Ten Network not ranked Nov. 25 Iowa (ABC) 11 a.m. AP–9 Radio: Husker Sports Network Last Game: Dec. 3 Big Ten Championship Game (Fox) Last Game: Capacity: 81,091 (317th Consecutive Sellout) def. Indiana, 59-38 at Indianapolis, Ind. 7 p.m. def. Michigan St., 24-3 Surface: FieldTurf Coach: Pat Fitzgerald All times Central Coach: Bo Pelini Series Record: Nebraska leads, 3-1 Career/NU Record: Television Career/NU Record: In Lincoln: Nebraska leads, 2-0 37-34/6th year 37-13/4th year Special Events: Veteran’s Day Salute vs. NU: first meeting Big Ten Network vs. N’Western: 0-0 Eric Collins, Play-by-Play Chris Martin, Analyst Dionne Miller, Sidelines The Matchup Nebraska remains at Memorial Stadium for the second straight week, as the Huskers take on Northwestern in a Radio Big Ten Legends Division matchup. Kickoff for the first-regular season meeting since 1974 between the schools is set for 2:30 p.m. CT in Lincoln, with the Big Ten Network providing the television coverage. Husker Sports Network The Huskers enter the contest with a three-game win streak following an impressive 24-3 victory over No. 9 Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play Michigan State in Lincoln last Saturday. The Blackshirt defense limited MSU to less than 200 yards of total offense, Matt Davison, Color helping Nebraska improve to 7-1 overall and 3-1 in Big Ten Conference play. The win left Nebraska in a three-way Lane Grindle, Sidelines tie atop the Legends Division with Michigan State and Michigan. The victory also allowed Nebraska to move up four spots in both major polls, and the Huskers now check in at Internet No. 9 in the Associated Press Poll and USA Today Coaches poll. The Huskers check in 10th in the latest BCS rankings. Huskers.com Northwestern picked up its first Big Ten victory on Saturday with a 59-38 win at Indiana. The loss snapped a HSN free audio five-game slide for the Wildcats and improved them to 3-5 overall in 2011. The Wildcats have led in the second half Live stats, blog, game-day information, photos in each of their five losses. Northwestern boasts an explosive offense, averaging better than 430 yards per game. Other The Series Satellite Radio Nebraska owns a 3-1 advantage in the all-time series with Northwestern, including a 2-0 mark in Lincoln. The schools Sirius Channel 94, XM 198 (Nebraska) have met just once since 1974, with Nebraska posting a 66-17 victory in the 2000 Alamo Bowl. NU also captured wins in Lincoln in 1902 and 1974, while Northwestern was victorious in Evanston in 1931. A Numbers Game The Coaches Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, ‘90) owns a 37-13 record in his fourth season. Pelini has guided NU to nine or 10 more wins in each of his first three seasons as head coach, joining Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne and Frank Solich in accomplishing that feat. Pelini has guided Nebraska to a conference championship game the past two seasons and Nebraska has won 10 straight games within in to at least a share of the Big 12 divisional crown his first three seasons as head coach. its own division in conference play–either the Big Northwestern: Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern, ‘97) owns a 37-34 record in his sixth season as head coach at his alma 12 North or the Big Ten Legends division. Nebraska mater. Fitzgerald has guided the Wildcats to three consecutive bowl appearances in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Before taking over the program, Fitzgerald was a Northwestern assistant from 2001 to 2005. He was a two-time All-America is 2-0 in Legends division play this year, swept its linebacker for the Wildcats in 1995 and 1996. five Big 12 North games last season and won its final three games against Big 12 North foes in 2009. Nebraska Football Nebraska’s last loss in divisional play was a 9-7 loss Nebraska is 844-346-40 all-time, one of just eight schools with 800 all-time victories w Nebraska has won five to Iowa State in October of 2009. Overall, Nebraska national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997). w The Cornhuskers have won 43 conference championships. is 15-2 in divisional play under Head Coach Bo Pelini, w Nebraska’s 47 all-time bowl appearances rank fifth nationally. w Since 1970, Nebraska has 410 wins, 26 more than and has won 15 of its past 16 games. any other school. w Nebraska’s 99 football Academic All-Americans lead the nation. w The Huskers have had 107 All-Americans in school history. Game 9 vs. Northwestern 1 2011 Nebraska Football 2011 Nebraska Football Huskers.com Nebraska-Michigan State Stat Wrap Noting Game 8...Nebraska 24, Michigan State 3 Team Stats MSU NU 4Nebraska improved to 6-0 all-time against Michigan State, including 4-0 in Lincoln. The win was Nebraska’s ninth First Downs 12 18 straight victory in Lincoln against current members of the Big Ten, dating back to a 1981 loss to third-ranked Penn Rushes-Yards 30-101 58-190 State. It was also Nebraska’s eighth straight home win overall, since last year’s loss to Texas. Passes 11-27-1 7-13-1 4Nebraska improved to 6-8 against AP ranked teams under Bo Pelini, including 2-6 against top-10 teams with the Passing Yards 86 80 win over No. 9 Michigan State. This marks the second straight season Nebraska has defeated an AP top-10 team Total Offense 187 270 3rd-Down Conversions 3-of-14 7-of-15 at Memorial Stadium, after last year’s 31-17 victory over No. 7 Missouri. It is also the second-highest ranked team Turnovers 1 1 Nebraska has beaten since the 2001 season. Penalties 9-90 9-58 4Nebraska finished with 190 rushing yards on 58 carries, marking the just the second time in eight games this Time of Possession 28:35 31:25 season NU did not rush for 200 or more yards. Michigan State entered the game ranked eighth nationally against the NU Rushing Leaders run, allowing just 88.7 yards per game. It was Nebraska’s first victory in the past two seasons when it did not rush Rex Burkhead–35 carries, 130 yards, 2 TD for 200 yards. NU is 16-0 the past two years when rushing for 200 yards and 1-5 when it does not reach that mark. Tim Marlowe–1 carry, 39 yards 4Junior I-back Rex Burkhead rushed a career-high 35 times for 130 yards and two touchdowns. It was the third- NU Passing Leader highest number of carries in school history and the most since Cory Ross set the school record with 37 attempts Taylor Martinez–7-13-1, 80 yards, TD against Michigan State in the 2003 Alamo Bowl. Burkhead’s previous high for carries in a game was 26 earlier this NU Receiving Leaders season against Ohio State. It marked the fourth time this season Burkhead has had at least 20 carries. Burkhead has Rex Burkhead–1 reception, 27-yard TD had at least one rushing touchdown in every game this season and has four games with two rushing touchdowns. Brandon Kinnie–2 receptions, 23 yards He also had two overall touchdowns against Ohio State with a TD rush and TD reception. Burkhead has 12 rushing NU Defensive Leaders Lavonte David–6 UT, 7 AT, 13 TT touchdowns this season and 14 overall touchdowns. Will Compton–5 UT, 2 AT, 7 TT, 1-3 TFL, 2 QB hurries 4Burkhead’s 130 yards marked his fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season, all in the past six weeks, and has nine Eric Martin–2 UT, AT, 3 TT, 2-14 sacks career 100-yard rushing games. Burkhead had 50 rushing yards in the first half and 80 after halftime, including 64 Alfonzo Dennard–2 UT, 3 PBU yards on 14 carries and one touchdown in the third quarter alone. Burkhead is averaging 72.6 rushing yards in the second half over the pasts seven games. 2011 Big Ten Standings 4Burkhead had a 27-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter for his third career touchdown reception, Legends Division and second in the past three games (Ohio State). His 27 receiving yards also led the Huskers, while his three total Records touchdowns were a career high. Team Big Ten Overall Next Game Michigan 3-1 7-1 at Iowa 4Senior linebacker Lavonte David recorded 13 tackles, and pushed his career tackle total to 229, moving him into Nebraska 3-1 7-1 Northwestern the top 20 on the Nebraska career tackles list.