Five National Championships ● ’s Winningest Program Since 1970 ● NCAA-Record 282 Consecutive Sellouts

2006 Nebraska Schedule Game 13–BiG 12 Championship Broadcast Information September 2 . . . . LOUISIANA (FSN) . . . .W, 49-10 Television—ABC National Mike Patrick–Play-by-Play 9 . . . . NICHOLLS STATE ...... W, 56-7 Todd Blackledge–Analyst 16 . . . at USC (ABC) ...... L, 28-10 Holly Rowe–Sideline 23 . . . TROY (FSN PPV) ...... W, 56-0 30 . . . KANSAS# (FSN) . . . . . W, 39-32 (OT) Radio—Husker Sports Network October 51-Station Network 7 . . . . at Iowa State# (ABC) ...... W, 28-14 Jim Rose—Play-by-Play 14 . . . at Kansas State# (FSN PPV) ...... W, 21-3 Adrian Fiala—Color 21 . . . # (ABC) ...... L, 22-20 Randy Lee–Booth 28 . . . at State# (ABC) . . . L, 41-29 Matt Davison—Sideline November vs. Internet: Huskers.com 4 . . . . MISSOURI# (ABC) ...... W, 34-20 Satellite Radio: Sirius, Channel TBA 11 . . . at Texas A&M# (ABC) . . . . . W, 28-27 24 . . . COLORADO# (ABC) ...... W, 37-14 Nebraska Oklahoma NU in December (9-3, 6-2) (10-2, 7-1) Fourth Appearance ► 2 . . . . vs. Oklahoma, Big 12 Champ. Game (ABC) Date: Saturday, Dec. 2 Time: 7:13 p.m...... , Kansas City .7 p.m. Previous Appearances Site: Kansas City, Mo. 1996–Texas 37, #3 Nebraska 27 (St. Louis) All times Central and subject to change Stadium: Arrowhead Stadium # - Games 1997–#2 Nebraska 54, #14 Texas A&M 15 Surface: Natural Grass Capacity: 79,451 () Rankings: NU (AP-19; Coaches-18); This Week in Husker Football 1999–#3 Nebraska 22, #12 Texas 6 Oklahoma (AP-8; Coaches-10) Monday, Nov. 27 (San Antonio) 11:30 a.m.-Noon...... Coach Callahan, Series Record: Oklahoma leads, 42-37-3 ...... Two Players on Big 12 Teleconference Last Meeting: Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 24 Tuesday, Nov. 28 Oct. 29, 2005 in Lincoln Weekly Press Conference 11 a.m...... Lunch Nebraska, Oklahoma Renew Rivalry in Big 12 Championship Game 11:30-11:50 a.m...... Player interviews Nebraska returns to the Big 12 Championship Game for the first time since 1999 this weekend as the Huskers Noon...... Head Coach Bill Callahan travel to Kansas City for Saturday night’s game at Arrowhead Stadium. The opponent will be a familiar foe as 12:20-1 p.m...... Player Interviews long-time rival Oklahoma will represent the South Division and the schools will meet for the first time in the 11 3:45-6 p.m...... Practice (Interviews after practice) years of the Big 12 Championship Game. Game time on Saturday night in Kansas City is set for 7:13 p.m., and Wednesday, Nov. 29 the matchup will be televised nationally by ABC Sports. 3:30-5:45 p.m...... Practice (Interviews after practice) After playing in three of the first four Big 12 Championship Games from 1996 to 1999, and winning league Thursday, Nov. 30 crowns in 1997 and 1999, Nebraska has been absent from the past six title games. Oklahoma meanwhile has 3:30-5:25 p.m...... Practice (Coach Callahan available) been a fixture in the game in recent years. The did not play in the first four Big 12 title games, but has 7 p.m...... Coaches Radio Show (Coach Elmassian) been the South representative in five of the past seven seasons, winning Big 12 titles in 2000, 2002 and 2004. Friday, Dec. 1 Both teams enter the matchup with good momentum. The Huskers completed their regular-season with a 9-3 11 a.m...... Depart for Kansas City via bus overall record and a 6-2 mark in league play, thanks to a three-game winning streak to end the regular season. 3 p.m...... Coach Callahan press conference at Arrowhead Nebraska capped a perfect 5-0 run through the North Division with a 37-14 victory over Colorado last Friday at Saturday, Dec. 2 Memorial Stadium. 7 p.m...... Nebraska vs. Oklahoma (ABC) Oklahoma dropped to 3-2 after an Oct. 7 loss to Texas in , but the Sooners have responded with seven ...... Return to Lincoln immediately following game straight wins, the sixth-longest win streak in the nation. The Sooners earned the South Division title with a 27-21 victory at in-state rival Oklahoma State last Saturday afternoon. Saturday night’s game will mark the 24th time the “Battle of the Big Reds” will pit a pair of nationally ranked teams. The Huskers enter the contest ranked 19th by the Associated Press and 18th in the USA Today Coaches HUSKERS.COM Poll. Oklahoma is listed eighth in this week’s AP poll and is ranked 10th by the coaches. The winner of Saturday night’s matchup will earn the Big 12 Conference’s automatic berth in the and a trip to the Jan. 1 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz.

Nebraska Media Relations ● One Memorial Stadium ● Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 ● Phone: (402) 472-2263 ● Fax: (402) 472-2005 Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma NATIONAL POLLS Huskers Cap North Division Title Run with Win over Buffs Associated Press (Nov. 26) Nebraska capped a perfect run through the Big 12 North Division with a 37-14 victory over Colorado in No. Team (1st) Record Points Lincoln on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Nebraska used a series of effective trick plays and dominated the 1. Ohio State (65) 12-0 1,625 game’s final 25 minutes to pull away from a 14-14 tie early in the third 2. USC* 10-1 1,540 quarter, and pick up the first win by the home team in the Nebraska- NU-Colorado Stat Wrap 3. Michigan 11-1 1,504 CU series since 2001. 4. Florida 11-1 1,441 Team Stats CU NU 5. LSU 10-2 1,303 Nebraska scored on its opening drive to take a 7-0 lead midway First Downs 14 24 6. Louisville 10-1 1,241 through the first quarter. However, Colorado quickly responded and Rushes-Yards 31-166 46-190 7. Wisconsin 11-1 1,212 showed it would put up a fight in the game. Nebraska used its first Passes 11-23-0 20-30-0 8. Oklahoma* 10-2 1,095 trickery to take a touchdown lead at halftime. Passing Yards 131 278 Arkansas 10-2 1,095 The Huskers faced a fourth and seven on the CU 29 late in the Total Offense 297 468 10. Boise State 12-0 1,044 second quarter when NU lined up in an unconventional formation and Turnovers 0 2 11. Auburn 10-2 966 3rd Down Conversions 5-13 8-15 reserve Joe Ganz hit defensive end Barry Turner in the 12. Notre Dame 10-2 906 Time of Possession 24:11 35:49 13. Rutgers 10-1 906 end zone for a 29-yard touchdown. Nebraska appeared poised to Sacks By 1-8 4-40 14. Virginia Tech 10-2 775 take a two TD lead on the first drive of the second half, but a fumble NU Rushing Leaders 15. West Virginia 9-2 667 in the red zone stopped NU’s scoring threat. 16. Wake Forest 10-2 621 Brandon Jackson–34 carries, 142 yards, TD 17. Texas* 9-3 542 Colorado quickly responded and scored on a 45-yard touchdown NU Passing Leader Tennessee 9-3 542 run to tie the game with 11:51 left in the third quarter. The rest of –19-28-0, 249 yards, 2 TD 19. Nebraska 9-3 405 the game was all Nebraska thanks in part to Nebraska continuing to NU Receiving Leaders 20. Brigham Young 10-2 394 reach deep into its playbook. Brandon Jackson–6 receptions, 42 yards, TD 21. California 8-3 367 Quarterback Zac Taylor connected with wideout Maurice Purify Terrence Nunn–4 receptions, 52 yards, TD 22. Texas A&M* 9-3 318 Maurice Purify–3 receptions, 51 yards 23. Georgia Tech 9-3 210 on a pair of key third-down conversions to put NU deep into Colorado NU Defensive Leaders 24. Hawaii 10-2 174 territory. Then Taylor was interfered with on a halfback pass, giving Adam Carriker–7 tackles, 3-19 TFL, 25. 9-3 91 Nebraska new set of downs inside the 20. Two plays later Brandon 2-18 sacks Jackson surged across the goal line from the 2, giving Nebraska Corey McKeon–6 tackles, 2-15 TFL, USA Today Coaches (Nov. 26) a 21-14 edge. No. Team (1st) Record Points 1-15 sacks 1. Ohio State (63) 12-0 1,575 The Huskers held Colorado on its next possession, then drove 2. USC* 10-1 1,491 into Colorado territory before facing a fourth down. Place-kicker Jordan Congdon lofted a punt to the CU 1, 3. Michigan 11-1 1,445 where Turner made a great play to down the ball. One play later defensive stalwarts Adam Carriker and Corey 4. Florida 11-1 1,405 McKeon teamed up for a safety and a 23-14 NU lead. Following the free kick, NU kept its drive alive courtesy of 5. LSU 10-2 1,255 a fake punt. Taylor capped the drive with an 18-yard scoring strike to Jackson for a 30-14 NU lead. The Huskers 6. Wisconsin 11-1 1,221 7. Louisville 10-1 1,169 added a late touchcown for the final advantage, and their largest victory over the Buffs in Lincoln since 1992. 8. Arkansas 10-2 1,042 Nebraska raced up 468 yards of total offense, while holding Colorado to 297 yards. Jackson totaled 190 9. Boise State 12-0 1,018 all-purpose yards on a school-record 41 attempts, while Taylor threw for 249 yards and a pair of touchdowns. 10. Oklahoma* 10-2 994 Carriker dominated on the defensive side with three tackles for loss, including a pair of sacks. 11. Auburn 10-2 985 12. Notre Dame 10-2 928 13. Rutgers 10-1 777 Noting Game 12...Nebraska 37, Colorado 14 14. Virginia Tech 10-2 744 The victory gave Nebraska its 35th nine-win season in the last 38 years and the first since 2003. 15. West Virginia 9-2 668 The win was Nebraska’s seventh straight against Big 12 North Division opponents, including wins over 16. Wake Forest 10-2 607 Kansas State and Colorado to end last season. Nebraska’s 5-0 record in the North Division this season is the 17. Texas* 9-3 596 18. Nebraska 9-3 523 Huskers’ first perfect divisional record since 1999. 19. Tennessee 9-3 434 The win ended a streak of four straight road victories by the visiting team in the Nebraska-Colorado series. 20. California 8-3 343 21. Brigham Young 10-2 339 Nebraska’s 23-point margin of victory was its largest over Colorado in Lincoln since a 24-7 victory in 1994. 22. Georgia Tech 9-3 259 Nebraska finished 6-1 at home in 2006, marking NU’s first six-win home season since 2003 and the 22nd 23. Hawaii 10-2 203 time in 25 years Nebraska has lost one or no home games. 24. Texas A&M* 9-3 202 25. Boston College 9-3 138 The crowd of 85,800 was a Memorial Stadium record, bettering the crowd of 85,197 against Missouri on *-Denotes 2006 NU opponent Nov. 4. NU averaged a school-record 85,044 fans per game at home in 2006, breaking the previous mark of 77,878 set in 2000. Huskers in the 2006 Polls Date A C H Results Nebraska senior quarterback Zac Taylor’s two touchdowns passes gave him 24 this season, extending his Pre. 20 22 – def. Louisiana Tech, 49-10 own school record, and 43 in his career, tying the school record also held by (1992 to 1995). 9-5 21 21 – def. Nicholls State, 56-7 9-10 19 19 – lost to USC, 28-10 Taylor has 2,789 passing yards this season, establishing a Nebraska season passing yards record, bettering 9-17 23 24 – def. Troy, 56-0 his 2,653 yards a year ago. 9-24 21 21 21 def. Kansas, 39-32 (ot)  10-1 22 22 21 def. Iowa State, 28-14 Junior Terrence Nunn caught four passes, including a 15-yard touchdown reception in the 10-8 21 20 19 def. Kansas State, 21-3 first quarter. Nunn’s four receptions give him 96 career receptions and moved him past Matt Davison (93) 10-15 17 16 16 lost to Texas, 22-20 into second place on the Nebraska career receptions list. Nunn has 37 receptions in 2006, moving him into 10-22 20 20 20 lost to Oklahoma St., 41-29 the top 10 on the single-season chart. Nunn is one of only two players with two of the top 10 single-season 10-29 RV RV RV def. Missouri, 34-20 reception effort in school history, joining Johnny Rodgers who owns the top two season reception totals in 11-5 RV 25 25 def. Texas A&M, 28-27 11-12 24 22 23 idle school history. 11-19 23 19 22 def. Colorado, 37-14 I-back Brandon Jackson rushed a career-high 34 times for 142 yards, pushing his season rushing total to 11-26 19 18 881 and becoming just the second player to rush for 100 or more yards against Colorado this season. Jackson A=Associated Press; C-Coaches; H-Harris finished Big 12 play averaging 94.4 yards rushing per game in conference games only. Continued on page five Huskers.com Page  Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma 2006 Big 12 Standings Scouting the Records Oklahoma (10-2; 7-1 Big 12) pushed through a great deal of adversity this season on its Team Overall Big 12 This Week way to winning the Big 12 South division championship for the fifth time in the last seven Nebraska 9-3 6-2 vs. Oklahoma years. Head Coach has guided his squad to seven straight wins following an early Missouri 8-4 4-4 End of Season Kansas State 7-5 4-4 End of Season October loss to Texas without star tailback , who suffered a broken collarbone Kansas 6-6 3-5 End of Season the following week against Iowa State. The Sooners also were forced to change Colorado 2-10 2-6 End of Season during fall camp following the dismissal of sophomore Rhett Bomar. Iowa State 4-8 1-7 End of Season Senior quarterback Paul Thompson has filled in admirably behind center after switching over from wide receiver in early August, guiding an OU offense that ranks among the nation’s top 25 South Division teams in both rushing and scoring. Thompson has completed 61.5 percent of his passes this season for 2,169 yards and Oklahoma 10-2 7-1 vs. Nebraska 18 touchdowns, totals that rank among OU’s top 10 all-time single-season leaders. His strong performance has helped Texas 9-3 6-2 End of Season Texas A&M 9-3 5-3 End of Season ease the loss of Peterson, who still leads the team with 935 yards rushing (155.8 ypg) and 10 touchdowns in only six Texas Tech 7-5 4-4 End of Season games. If Peterson is unable to play, the Sooners will look to junior Allen Patrick (665 yards) and freshman Chris Brown Oklahoma State 6-6 3-5 End of Season (339 yards). Brown has compiled a 84.8 ypg average and six touchdowns while playing only the last four games. Baylor 4-8 3-5 End of Season A trio of sophomores lead the Oklahoma receiving corps. , who became the quickest player in program history to reach 1,000 career yards receiving earlier this season, paces the squad in catches (52), receiving yards (851) and 2006 Nebraska Non-Conference Opponents scoring receptions (eight). has totaled 33 catches for 368 yards, while has added 274 Team Record This Week yards on 25 receptions. Junior tight end Joe Jon Finley has scored three touchdowns on 19 receptions this season. Louisiana Tech 3-9 at New Mexico State The Sooners possess one of the country’s strongest defenses, and the unit features only four seniors, each Nicholls State 4-7 End of Season USC 10-1 vs. UCLA among the front seven. OU leads the Big 12 this season in pass efficiency defense, total defense and points allowed. Troy 6-5 at Florida Int’l The catalyst behind Oklahoma’s 4-3 scheme are senior linebackers and Zach Latimer. Alexander has recorded team-leading totals of 95 tackles, including 10.5 tackles for loss, and three forced fumbles, while 2006 Oklahoma Schedule Latimer has added 73 stops (10 TFL) and a team-high three . Senior defensive end C.J. Ah You and Date Opponent Result/Time junior bookend Steven Coleman each have notched a team-high three sacks. 9/2 UAB W, 24-17 Oklahoma’s defensive backfield, which includes two sophomore and two junior starters, is one of the youngest 9/9 Washington W, 37-20 and most talented in the nation. Sophomore strong safety Reggie Smith and junior cornerback Nic Harris share the 9/16 at Oregon L, 33-34 9/23 Middle Tennessee W, 59-0 squad lead with eight pass breakups apiece, while Harris has matched Latimer’s total with three. Junior 10/7 vs. Texas (at Dallas) L, 10-28 Darien Williams ranks third among all Sooners in tackles behind only Alexander and Latimer with 62 stops.

10/14 Iowa State W, 34-9 10/21 Colorado W, 24-3 Oklahoma Head Coach Bob Stoops 10/28 at Missouri W, 26-10 Head Coach Bob Stoops (Iowa, 1983) owns an 85-18 record in his eighth season at Oklahoma. Stoops, who 11/4 at Texas A&M W, 17-16 took over an OU program five years removed from a winning record and four from a postseason appearance in 11/11 Texas Tech W, 34-24 1999, quickly returned the Sooners to national prominence. He led his 2000 squad to a national championship in 11/18 at Baylor W, 36-10 only his second year, and he has also guided to Sooners to three Big 12 crowns and four BCS bowl bids. 11/25 at Oklahoma State W, 27-21 Stoops was hired at Oklahoma after a highly successful career as defensive coordinator at Florida (1996-98) Nebraska-Oklahoma Notes and Kansas State (1991-95). He previosly served assistant coaching posts at Kansas State (1989-90), Kent State 4NU defensive line coach John Blake served as OU head (1988) and Iowa (1983-87). Stoops was a graduate assistant under at Iowa after starting four years coach prior to Bob Stoops’ arrival in 1999. at defensive back for the Hawkeyes (1979-82). 4Husker quarterback Zac Taylor’s father, Sherwood Taylor, played defensive back for Oklahoma, lettering from 1977 to Nebraska-Oklahoma Series...83rd Meeting 1979 while serving as team captain during his senior year. Nebraska and Oklahoma renew an old-time rivalry Saturday between former rivals. The 4The Sooners held on for a 31-24 win in 2005, OU's second Sooners hold a 42-37-3 advantage in the historic series that was first played in 1912. Nebraska has won 10 of the straight win in the series. 4The Huskers and Sooners went head-to-head for 71 last 14 meetings, but OU won the last two games in 2004 and 2005. This week’s meeting will be the 24th matchup consecutive seasons (since 1927) before the streak was with both squads ranked among the AP Top 25. While the series historically has been one of the top matchups in snapped in 1998 with the start of the Big 12 Conference. college football, it also is one of the most unpredictable. In the previous 23 matchups where both teams entered 4OU's 2000 win ended NU's series-long seven-game the game ranked, the lower ranked team has won nearly half of the time (11 games). For full Nebraska-Oklahoma winning streak. series information, see page 19. 4Five times the Sooners have given NU its only regular- season loss (1964, 1966, 1975, 1979, 1987); twice NU has given the Sooners their only loss (1971, 1978). 2006 Nebraska-Oklahoma Statistical Comparison Nebraska (9-3, 6-2 Big 12) Oklahoma (10-2, 7-1 Big 12) 4After NU upset No. 1 Oklahoma in 1978, the two teams met again in the Orange Bowl, with OU winning 31-24. Category Avg. Big 12 Natl. Avg. Big 12 Natl. 4The 1971 game was known as the “Game of the Century,” Rushing Offense 183.25 4th 18th 188.67 3rd 14th as No. 1 NU edged No. 2 OU, 35-31, in Norman. Passing Offense 250.75 4th 18th 182.00 11th 80th 4One of the teams has been No. 1 in the AP poll in 13 of Total Offense 434.00 2nd 9th 370.67 8th 39th the last 51 meetings, including NU eight times. Scoring Offense 33.92 3rd 9th 30.08 5th 23rd 4Since the AP poll began in 1936, the NU-OU game has Rushing Defense 126.92 6th 48th 99.00 2nd 19th had at least one ranked team 57 times in 67 contests, with Pass Defense 219.83 7th 84th 174.08 2nd 27th both teams ranked in 23; the series has featured at least one Pass Efficiency Defense 116.62 4th 37th 102.38 1st 11th top-10 team in 46 games, two top-10 teams in 18. Total Defense 346.75 8th 71st 273.08 1st 14th 4In the 23 games in which both teams were ranked, the Scoring Defense 18.17 4th 30th 16.00 1st 18th lower-ranked team has won 11. Net Punting 37.64 3rd 14th 37.17 6th 24th 4The game featured at least one AP top-10 team in 22 Punt Returns 8.38 8th 65th 8.50 7th 63rd straight games from 1970 to 1990; in 17 of 31 games since Kickoff Returns 17.35 11th 114th 24.45 4th 9th 1971, both teams have been in the top 10. Turnover Margin (+0.33) 4th T-38th (-0.33) 9th 79th 4One of the two teams has been ranked entering the Sacks 2.17 7th 56th 1.67 10th T-84th contest in all but three games since 1948. 4The winning team has had to come from behind in 26 of Tackles For Loss 6.17 6th 45th 6.58 4th 28th the last 37 games. Sacks Allowed 2.08 7th T-64th 1.17 1st 10th bold indicates top-25 national ranking Huskers.com Page  Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma The callahan file Nebraska Head Coach Bill Callahan Callahan Year-by-Year Bill Callahan is in his third season as the head coach of the Nebraska football program Year Record Pct. Postseason and owns a 22-13 record with the Huskers, 0-2 against Oklahoma. Callahan is the 27th Nebraska head coach in Husker history, taking the reins of the program in January of 2004. 2004 5-6 .455 None Callahan capped his second season at Nebraska with three consecutive wins, including a 2005 8-4 .667 triumph over Michigan in the Alamo Bowl. The 2005 season marked the first time Nebraska 2006 9-3 .750 has won its final three games of the season since 1999. Callahan also guided Nebraska to Totals 22-13 .629 wins over Kansas State and Colorado in the same season for the first time since 1999. Oakland Raiders In 2006, Callahan has guided Nebraska to its first nine-win season in three years and 2002 13-6 .684 2-1; guided the Huskers to a sweep of its Big 12 North Division foes. The Husker offense has also ranked among the Won AFC Championship, lost to nation’s best, ranking in the top 20 in all four major statistical categories. Tampa Bay in Super Bowl XXXVII Callahan came to Nebraska after two seasons as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders. He guided Oakland 2003 4-12 .250 None to the AFC Championship and Super Bowl XXXVII in his rookie season as a head coach in 2002, and compiled NFL Totals 17-18 .486 One playoff appearance a 17-18 overall record as the Raiders' head man. From the Super Bowl to Campus Callahan is one of five coaches to take a collegiate head coaching job after previously guiding a team to a Five coaches have taken a collegiate head coaching job after Super Bowl appearance. Army Head Coach Bobby Ross is also active in the college ranks, while George Allen, previously guiding their team to a Super Bowl appearance. Forrest Gregg and Bill Walsh previously led teams to the Super Bowl and returned to the college game. In addition to Callahan, Bobby Ross is in his third year back The 50-year-old Callahan spent nine years in the , beginning his pro coaching career in the college ranks, after taking over at Army in 2004. with the from 1995 to 1997. He served as an assistant with the Raiders for four seasons Coach NFL Team Super Bowls College (Year) from 1998 to 2001, before taking over the top job in Oakland in 2002. Bill Callahan Oakland XXXVII Nebraska (2004) Callahan had extensive experience at the collegiate level before taking the job at Nebraska. Before moving into the Bobby Ross San Diego XXIX Army (2004) professional ranks, Callahan served as the offensive line coach at Wisconsin for five seasons and also had assistant Bill Walsh San Fran. XVI, XIX, XXII Stanford (1992) coaching stints at Illinois, Northern Arizona and Southern Illinois. Overall, Callahan is in his 29th year in the coaching Forrest Gregg Cincinnati XVI SMU (1989) profession. In addition to his nine years in the National Football League and 15 previous seasons as a collegiate George Allen Washington VII Long Beach St. assistant, Callahan was an assistant coach for two seasons in the Illinois prep ranks in 1978 and 1979. Callahan (1990) has Midwest roots, as he is a native of Chicago. He earned his bachelor's degree from Illinois Benedictine in 1978. Huskers Under Callahan He was an NAIA honorable-mention All-America selection as a quarterback in each of his final two seasons. Overall ...... 22-13 vs. AP Ranked Teams...... 3-4 Huskers Boast Championship Coaching Staff vs. AP Top 10 Teams...... 0-3 Callahan has built a coaching staff with championship credentials, both on the collegiate and professional vs. Unranked Teams...... 18-9 level. There was just one change on the coaching staff from 2005. Former Colorado offensive coordinator Shawn vs. Big 12 Teams...... 13-11 Watson joined the Huskers last winter and serves as the Huskers’ tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator. When Rushing for 200 or more yards...... 6-3 Watson and Callahan worked together at the University of Illinois in the early 1980s. When Rushing for 300 or more yards...... 2-0 Watson was the architect of a Colorado offense that helped the Buffs to four Big 12 North titles in the past When passing for 200 or more yards...... 11-8 When passing for 300 or more yards...... 5-2 five years and a conference championship in 2001. Watson’s strong coaching backgrond adds to an impressive When NU player rushes for 100 Yards...... 11-4 staff that has had success at all levels, both on the field and on the recruiting trail. When NU has two 100-yard rushers in same game...... 3-0 4Callahan's coaching staff features four coaches who have either played or coached in the Super Bowl. When Opponent has 100 Yd. Rusher...... 2-7 Callahan and Offensive Coordinator Jay Norvell coached in Super Bowl XXXVII with Oakland, and running When Scoring 35 or More Points...... 7-0 backs coach Randy Jordan was a player on that team. John Blake was part of the Super Bowl When Hold Opp. to 10 Pts. or less...... 10-0 championship teams in both 1993 and 1995. When Nebraska scores first...... 17-2 When Nebraska leads at halftime...... 20-1 4In addition to the NFL success of the coaches, Callahan's staff has a history of winning championships at When Nebraska trails at halftime...... 0-11 the collegiate level. Members of the Nebraska coaching staff have been part of teams that have captured When Nebraska is tied at halftime...... 2-1 league titles in each of the following conferences–Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Mid-American, Mountain Record in games decided by 11 points or more... 13-8 West, Pac-10 and Western Athletic. Record in games decided by 10 or less...... 9-6 Record in games decided by 7 or less...... 8-6 4The staff has recruiting ties in nearly every part of the United States. Recruiting analyst Tom Lemming Record in games decided by 3 or less...... 3-2 compiled a list of the 10 best recruiters in college history in 2001. Callahan was included on the list although he Record in overtime games...... 2-0 had been out of the college ranks for six years at that time. Defensive line coach John Blake was recognized by Rivals.com as one of the nation’s top recruiters in 2005. Nebraska Walk-on Tradition Thrives Under Callahan’s Leadership Callahan Has Busy Off-Season of Charity Events The Nebraska walk-on program is alive and well under Since his arrival at Nebraska, Callahan has impressed upon his players the importance of a well-rounded experience the leadership of Head Coach Bill Callahan. including community outreach and involvement. In that area, Callahan has led by example. Callahan continues to spend Since the conclusion of spring ball, four native Nebraskans significant time in the off-season with community events, including several Coach Callahan Charities functions. who originally joined the program as walk-ons have been The third Football 101 for Women took place in early June in Lincoln, with more than 1,100 participants learning awarded scholarships. The group includes senior safety more about the game of football. For the first time the event took place at Nebraska’s Hawks Championship Brandon Rigoni (Lincoln), senior linebacker Andy Kadavy Center. The day included demonstrations on all parts of football, a Q&A forum with Husker players, and the (Seward), junior safety Ben Eisenhart (Culbertson) and sophomore receiver Todd Peterson (Grand Island). event again concluded with participants breaking into beginning, intermediate and advanced groups to learn The four walk-ons who were awarded scholarships pushed more about the X’s and O’s of the game from members of the Husker staff. The Football 101 event raised more the total of former walk-ons Callahan has put on scholarship than $50,000 to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation. to 17 since his arrival in January of 2004. Of that group, 13 Callahan and his wife, Valerie, also spearheaded Coach Callahan’s Fun Run/Walk for Resources on Saturday, were native Nebraskans. Aug. 19. Coach Callahan was the starter for the race and also weclomed the winners to the finish line on Stadium Drive. The event raised funds for Juvenile Diabetes and the University Libraries. Callahan was the featured speaker at the Make-a-Wish Foundation’s Red Tie Dinner in Lincoln in late July, and was the featured speaker at the Special Olympics Breakfast of Champions last spring. Huskers.com Page  Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma NEBRASKA MEDIA RELATIONS Continued from page two Mailing Address Jackson caught a career-high six passes for 42 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown reception from Taylor, One Memorial Stadium marking Jackson’s second TD reception of the season (49-yarder vs. Texas). His 41 all-purpose attempts set a P.O. Box 880123 Nebraska record, bettering 40 attempts by Lawrence Phillips at Iowa State on Nov. 12, 1994. Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 The touchdown pass from Ganz to Turner marked the fourth time in six games Nebraska has scored Shipping Address: 600 Stadium Drive Phone...... 402-472-2263 a touchdown on a trick play, and the third straight home game the Huskers scored in an unconventional FAX...... 402-472-2005 manner. E-Mail...... [email protected] Senior defensive end Adam Carriker had two sacks for 18 yards in losses, giving him a team-leading six Media Relations Football Contacts sacks this season. Carriker has five sacks in the past four games and has 19.5 career sacks, sixth on the NU Media Relations Director...... Keith Mann career list. Carriker had three tackles for loss in the game and has 40 career TFL, fifth on the Nebraska charts. Phone...... 402-472-0237 E-Mail...... [email protected] Carriker’s third TFL resulted in a safety. Assistant...... Jerry Trickie The tackle for loss by Carriker and Corey McKeon for a safety marked the Huskers’ first safety since a Phone...... 402-472-7779 McKeon sack at Kansas last season. E-Mail...... [email protected]  Intern...... Andy Anderson Freshman safety Major Culbert partially blocked a Colorado punt in the first quarter, setting up the Huskers’ Phone...... 402-472-0271 opening scoring drive. Culbert’s blocked punt was Nebraska’s fourth blocked kick of the season. NU blocked E-Mail...... [email protected] field goal against Texas A&M and blocked extra points against Texas and Oklahoma State. Nebraska had Graduate Assistant...... Sarah Sherman seven blocked kicks last season. Phone...... 402-472-7781 Nebraska converted four of five Red Zone trips into touchdowns against Colorado. The Huskers turned the E-Mail...... [email protected] ball over on a third-quarter Red Zone trip, marking the only time in 24 trips into the Red Zone in conference Huskers.com games that Nebraska did not score. NU is 41-of-46 in all games in the Red Zone. Weekly Football Press Conference Nebraska scored first for the 11th time in 12 games this season on a 15-yard touchdown pass in the first Nebraska holds its regular weekly press conferences on quarter. Tuesdays throughout the 2006 season. Nebraska continued to perform well on third downs. The Huskers converted 8-of-15 third down conversions, The press conferences are held in the Don Bryant Media including 4-of-6 attempts in the first half. NU was also a perfect 3-of-3 on fourth down. Facility on Level 6 of West Stadium and will begin with lunch at 11 a.m. Volleyball Coach John Cook will address the media The third-quarter touchdown run by Brandon Jackson marked Nebraska’s first points in the third quarter at 11:15 a.m., with selected football players available at 11:30 since the Kansas State game. a.m. Head Coach Bill Callahan will speak to the media at Noon, and selected players will be available following Callahan. Huskers Set for Fourth Trip to Big 12 Title Game; First in Seven Seasons Each press conference will be available via teleconference Nebraska returns to the Big 12 Championship Game for the and selected conferences will be carried on satellite. first time since winning the 1999 Big 12 crown. The Huskers Big 12 History Quotes will be transcribed and posted by mid-afternoon appeared in Big 12 title games in 1996, 1997 and 1999, but Division Winners on Huskers.com, while edited sound bites are available on Year North South Big 12 Champ have not returned until this year. Nebraska’s four appearances NebraskaNet.com. The teleconferences are also carried live 1996 Nebraska Texas Texas on HuskersNSide.com. Media wishing to participate in the in the Big 12 title game ties Colorado for the most in the 1997 Nebraska Texas A&M Nebraska teleconference should contact the Media Relations office at North Division. Oklahoma is making its league-leading fifth 1998 Kansas St. Texas A&M Texas A&M (402) 472-2263 for more information. The toll-free number for appearance in the title game, all in the past seven years. 1999 Nebraska Texas Nebraska the teleconference is (877) 229-1563 and media can acquire Nebraska and Oklahoma are two of three teams to capture 2000 Kansas St. Oklahoma Oklahoma the weekly passcode by calling the Media Relations office. two or more Big 12 titles in the first 10 years of the league. 2001 Colorado Texas Colorado Media wishing to speak to request interviews with Nebraska Oklahoma has three league crowns, while Nebraska and 2002 Colorado Oklahoma Oklahoma players at Tuesday’s press luncheon should contact Andy Texas have each captured two Big 12 titles. Kansas State, 2003 Kansas St. Oklahoma Kansas State Anderson or Sarah Sherman in the Media Relations Office by 2004 Colorado Oklahoma Oklahoma 2 p.m. on Monday. Texas A&M and Colorado each captured one Big 12 crown in the first 10 years of Big 12 action. 2005 Colorado Texas Texas 2006 Nebraska Oklahoma

A Closer Look at the 2006 Nebraska Football Schedule Date...... Opponent...... Time/Result...... TV...... Series...... Last Meeting (Site)/Notes Sept. 2...... Louisiana Tech...... W, 49-10...... FSN...... NU, 2-0...... Nebraska records 21st straight season-opening victory; Taylor 22-33, 287, 3 TD Sept. 9...... Nicholls State...... W, 56-7...... None...... NU, 1-0...... Taylor throws career-high 4 TD passes; Nicholls State 0-3, zero yards passing Sept. 16.....at USC...... L, 28-10...... ABC...... USC, 2-0-1...... Third-largest crowd ever to see Nebraska (92,000)/Bradley team-high 10 tackles Sept. 23.....Troy...... W, 56-0...... FSN PPV...... NU, 4-0...... Huskers pitch first shutout since 2003/NU rolls up 597 yards, most since 2001 Sept. 30.....Kansas...... W, 39-32 (ot)...... FSN...... NU, 88-22-3...... NU wins 19th straight vs. KU in Lincoln; Taylor 395 yards, 4 TD; NU 5-0 in OT Oct. 7...... at Iowa State...... W, 28-14...... ABC...... NU, 83-16-2...... Huskers out-rush ISU 251-53; Glenn 19-148-2 TD, Jackson 22-116-1 TD Oct. 14...... at Kansas State...... W, 21-3...... FSN PPV...... NU, 74-15-2...... Huskers snap four-game skid in Manhattan; Rushing yards–NU 190, KSU 22 Oct. 21...... Texas...... L, 22-20...... ABC...... UT, 7-4...... UT hits game-winning FG with 23 seconds left/Second loss to top five team in ‘06 Oct. 28...... at Oklahoma State...... L, 41-29...... ABC...... NU, 36-4-1...... Jackson 21-182-2 TD rushing; Carriker 3 TFL; OSU wins 2nd straight vs. NU in Stillwater Nov. 4...... Missouri...... W, 34-20...... ABC...... NU, 63-34-3...... Huskers win 15th straight over Tigers in Lincoln; Jackson 32 carries, 111 yards Nov. 11...... at Texas A&M...... W, 28-27...... ABC...... NU, 10-2...... Taylor breaks career passing record, guides game-winning two-minute drill Nov. 24...... Colorado...... W, 37-14...... ABC...... NU, 46-17-2...... Taylor 19-28, 249 yards, 2 TD/Jackson 190 all-purpose (41 att.); Carriker 2 sacks Big 12 Championshp Game Dec. 2...... Oklahoma*...... 7 p.m...... ABC...... OU, 42-37-3...... Nebraska appeared in 1996, 1997 and 1999; League titles in 1997 and 1999 All times Central and subject to change; *-Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Mo.

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Huskers, Sooners in NCAA Rankings Huskers, OU Set for First Meeting for Big 12 Crown Top 25 National Rankings When the Big 12 was formed, Nebraska and Oklahoma no longer matched up each season. It was assumed Nebraska the two teams would be regular foes in the Big 12 Championship Game, but surprisingly it has taken 11 years Team for that matchup to become a reality. Rushing Offense, 183.2 ypg (18th) Nebraska and Oklahoma nearly met for the Big 12 title in both 2000 and 2001. Passing Offense, 250.8 ypg (18th) 4In 2000, Oklahoma defeated Nebraska 31-14 in Norman in October en route to a perfect regular season. Total Offense, 434.0 ypg (9th) Scoring Offense, 33.9 ppg (9th) Nebraska was poised for a rematch in Kansas City, before losing 29-28 at Kansas State, sending the Wildcats Net Punting, 37.6 ypp (14th) to Arrowhead Stadium. Oklahoma defeated Kansas State and went on to capture the national title. Passing Efficiency, 164.90 rating (5th) 4In 2001, Nebraska defeated Oklahoma, 20-10, in Lincoln and both teams went into Thanksgiving weekend Individual set for a rematch in Dallas. However, Nebraska lost at Colorado, while Oklahoma State upset the Sooners in Zac Taylor, Pass Efficiency, 159.20 rating (9th) Norman, resulting in a Colorado-Texas Big 12 Championship Game. Oklahoma While this is the first meeting between the two schools for the Big 12 title, it is not the first postseason meeting Rushing Offense, 188.7 ypg (14th) between Nebraska and Oklahoma. In 1978, Nebraska upset No. 1 Oklahoma in the regular season, but lost to Scoring Offense, 30.1 ppg (23rd) Missouri the following week, resulting in a Husker-Sooner rematch in the Orange Bowl (OU, 31-24). Rushing Defense, 99.0 ypg (19th) Pass Efficiency Defense, 102.38 rating (11th) Total Defense, 273.1 ypg (14th) Nebraska-OU Has History of Playing for Conference Titles Scoring Defense, 16.0 ppg (18th) While Saturday night’s game will mark the first Big 12 Championship Game between Nebraska and Oklahoma, Net Punting, 37.2 ypp (24th) the teams are used to playing with high stakes on the line. Nebraska faced Oklahoma in the final conference Kickoff Returns, 24.5 ypr (9th) regular-season game in 42 of 46 seasons between 1950 and the end of the Big Eight in 1995, often with a Pass Efficiency, 145.03 rating (25th) league title on the line. Sacks Allowed, 1.17 pg (10th) 4Between 1962 and 1995, either Nebraska or Oklahoma captured at least a share of the Big Eight title in Individual every season except 1989 and 1990. The winner of the game represented the Big Eight in the Orange Bowl in Paul Thompson, Passing Efficiency, 145.78 rating (23rd) 17 of the final 19 seasons of the league. Garrett Hartley, Field Goals, 1.42 pg (12th) 4 Garrett Hartley, Scoring, 7.75 ppg (22nd) Since the formation of the Big 12, the teams have met six times, with each team winning three games. Before last season’s Oklahoma victory in Lincoln, one or both of the teams had been ranked in the top five at the time of Nebraska Completes November to Remember the matchup. In both 2000 and 2001, both teams entered the game undefeated and ranked in the top three in the Nebraska posted a 3-0 record in the month of November. Associated Press poll. The winner of each of those games advanced to the BCS National Championship Game. The Huskers opened the month with a 34-20 win over then- 4Nebraska has won 43 football conference championships overall, including eight under Coach Bob Devaney No. 25 Missouri (Coaches) in Lincoln to take control of the and 13 under Coach Tom Osborne. Oklahoma has won 35 conference championships to rank second behind Big 12 North Division race. Nebraska then clinched the North NU among conference schools. Division title with a 28-27 win at No. 24 Texas A&M on Nov. 11. The Huskers closed out the month with a 37-14 victory over Colorado in Lincoln. Huskers Looking for Third Big 12 Crown This year marked Nebraska’s first perfect November since Nebraska is 2-1 in its previous three trips to the Big 12 Championship the 1999 campaign, also the last time Nebraska qualified for Game (1996, 1997 and 1999). A Nebraska victory would tie the Huskers the Big 12 Championship Game. Nebraska has five straight with Oklahoma for the most Big 12 crowns since the inception of the wins in November, its longest win streak in the month since league. Here’s a brief look at Nebraska’s previous three trips to the winning its final game in 1998, all three in 1999 and its first conference title game. game in November of 2000. 41996–Texas 37, #3 Nebraska 27 (St. Louis)–Texas pulled one of the biggest upsets in Big 12 title game NU to Make Second Appearance at Arrowhead history with a 37-27 win over the third-ranked Huskers. The loss prevented Nebraska from the opportunity This marks the fourth time the Big 12 Championship game to capture a third straight national championship and was one of just two Husker losses from 1994 to 1997. has been contested at Arrowhead Stadium (also 2000, 2003 Nebraska took a 27-23 lead with 10 minutes remaining in the game, but Texas scored two touchdowns in the and 2004). Oklahoma has been involved in each of those final nine minutes to pull the upset. Texas quarterback James Brown passed for 353 yards in the game to key games, but Nebraska has not played in Arrowhead in a Big the Longhorbn victory. Nebraska ran 30 more offensive plays in the game and held the ball for nearly 40 minutes, 12 title game. but could not overcome UT’s explosiveness. Saturday night’s matchup will mark the Huskers’ second 41997–#2 Nebraska 54, #14 Texas A&M 15 (San Antonio)–Nebraska continued its run to a third national title game at Arrowhead Stadium. In 1998, the Huskers met in four seasons by dominating Texas A&M from start to finish in a 54-15 victory at the . Nebraska Oklahoma State in Kansas City, posting a 24-17 victory thanks broke in front 23-0 early in the second quarter and led 37-3 at the half. The Huskers rolled up 335 rushing yards to a goal-line stand at the end of the game. Since 1983, Nebraska owns a 15-6 record in games in and 536 yards of total offense, while limiting the Aggies to 277 yards of offense, including just 13 rushing yards. NFL stadiums, most recently a 24-17 victory at Pittsburgh’s I-back Ahman Green rushed 34 times for 179 yards and three touchdowns. Heinz Field in 2004. Nebraska is 8-1 in regular season games 41999–#3 Nebraska 22, #12 Texas 6 (San Antonio)–Nebraska became the first school with two Big 12 in that time and 7-5 in bowl games. crowns, using a dominant defensive performance to defeat Texas, 22-6, in San Antonio. The game was the

first rematch in the Big 12 title game, and avenged Nebraska’s only defeat of the 1999 campaign. The Huskers ABC Cameras Following Huskers broke to a 10-0 lead after one quarter, led 15-0 at the half and shut out the Longhorns until UT scored on a Nebraska will play its sixth consecutive game and eighth defensive touchdown late in the fourth quarter. Nebraska held Texas to just 178 yards of total offense, including of the season on ABC in the Big 12 Championship Game. The six straight ABC appearances marks the longest streak nine yards rushing. Nebraska had seven sacks for 44 yards in losses in the game. I-back Correll Buckhalter in school history on one network. Nebraska played five straight rushed 20 times for 136 yards, while quarterback scored a pair of rushing touchdowns. games on ABC to end the 1999 regular season, including the Big 12 title game. Nebraska made eight appearances on ABC North Division Sweep Keys NU Trip to Kansas City in 1999, its most on a single network in a season, a mark that The Huskers’ North Division crown is largely due to their play within the division. Dating back to last season, has been tied this season. Nebraska has won seven straight games against Big 12 North opponents, its longest divisional winning streak in six years. The Huskers won nine straight from 1998 to 2000, capturing its final North game in 1998, all five games against divisional foes in 1999 and the first three in 2000. In each of the three previous seasons Nebraska has represented the North in the Big 12 title game (1996, 1997, 1999), the Huskers have posted a 5-0 record in divisional games, a mark Nebraska matched with its 37-14 win over Colorado. Nebraska is the first North Division team to complete divisional play undefeated since 2003.

Huskers.com Page  Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma 2006 HUSKER OFFENSE 2006 Husker Offense Showing Balance, Explosiveness and Flexibility NU’s Offensive Games under Callahan Nebraska has featured excellent balance and firepower on offense in 2006. The Huskers have posted four 1. 597 yards vs. Troy, 2006 of the top six total offense efforts in Bill Callahan’s three seasons as head coach, including a season-high 597 2. 584 yards vs. Louisiana Tech, 2006 yards against Troy, the most by Nebraska in five seasons. Nebraska has also topped 500 yards against Louisiana 3. 581 yards vs. Western Illinois, 2004 Tech (584) and Kansas (511), while just missing the mark against Nicholls State (498). 4. 511 yards vs. Kansas, 2006 In the latest NCAA rankings, Nebraska stacks up well nationally on offense. The Huskers rank ninth nationally 511 yards vs. Baylor, 2004 in scoring offense (33.9 ppg), ninth in total offense (434.0 ypg), 18th in rushing offense (183.2 ypg) and 18th in 6. 498 yards vs. Nicholls State, 2006 passing offense (250.8 ypg). Nebraska is one of just three teams in the nation to rank in the top 25 in rushing NU’s Top Rushing Games under Callahan offense, passing offense, total offense and scoring offense, joining Louisville and Oregon. 1. 363 yards vs. Western Illinois, 2004 The Huskers’ 2006 offense has shown the explosiveness and efficiency Head Coach Bill Callahan is seeking 2. 316 yards vs. Troy, 2006 in Nebraska’s version of the West Coast Offense. 3. 274 yards vs. Southern Miss, 2004 4 4. 261 yards vs. Nicholls State, 2006 The 597 yards of total offense against Troy were the most by Nebraska in Callahan’s three seasons as head 5. 256 yards vs. Missouri, 2004 coach, and the most since a 688-yard effort at Baylor in 2001. Nebraska has had four of its top five offensive 6. 252 yards vs. Louisiana Tech, 2006 outputs under Callahan in 2006. 7. 251 yards at Iowa State, 2006 4 Nebraska's 434.0 average in total offense is its best in five seasons and is 113.7 yards better than its total Nebraska Total Offense Stats offensive output in 2005. Nebraska is averaging 434.0 yards per game in total offense 4Against Louisiana Tech, Nebraska topped 250 yards in both rushing and passing for the first time in a decade to rank ninth nationally. If the total holds up to the end of (Kansas, 1996). It took Nebraska exactly three weeks to accomplish the feat again, as the Huskers rushed for the season, it would mark Nebraska’s best total offensive 316 yards and passed for 281 yards against Troy. output since 2001 when Nebraska averaged 459.9 yards 4 The Huskers have produced four of their top seven rushing efforts under Callahan this season, with 316 per game. In fact, Nebraska has averaged more than 400 yards against Troy, 261 yards against Nicholls State, 252 vs. Louisiana Tech and 251 yards at Iowa State. yards of total offense just twice in the past eight years. Prior Before the 316-yard outburst against Troy, Nebraska last topped 300 yards on the ground against Western to 1998, Nebraska averaged better than 400 yards per game for 24 straight seasons. Illinois in 2004. Year Total Offense 4 Nebraska’s back-to-back 250-yard rushing efforts to open the season marked the first time NU had topped 1998 384.9 250 yards on the ground in consecutive games since 2004 (Western Illinois and Southern Miss). Nebraska 1999 392.2 has topped 200 yards on the ground five times in 2006, after posting a season-high of 182 yards last season, 2000 459.9 a mark Nebraska has topped eight times in 2006. 2001 451.2 4 The Huskers showed the ability to rely on the pass when needed. Nebraska threw for 395 yards, the 2002 373.1 second-most in school history, in a 39-32 overtime win over Kansas. 2003 345.0 4 With an impressive running attack, Nebraska 2004 363.2 has shown the ability to control the clock. NU Charting the 2006 Husker Offense 2005 320.3 Coach Bill Callahan stressed the importance of an improved run game has held the ball more than 33:44 in eight 2006 434.0 in 2006. Nebraska has responded, averaging 183.2 yards per game games this season, including 34:51 or better on the ground to rank fourth in the Big 12 and 18th in the nation. Nebraska Scoring Offense Stats in October road games at Iowa State, Kansas The Huskers rank ninth nationally in scoring offense at 33.9 Game Rushes Rush Yds. Passes Pass Yds. TO TOP points per game. Nebraska last averaged better than 30 points State and Oklahoma State. The Huskers LT 48 252 36 332 2 35:05 per game in 2001, when the Huskers posted 37.4 points per are averaging 33:01 of possession time, a NSU 50 261 26 237 1 33:44 game. That season was the 24th straight year the Huskers had figure that ranks fifth nationally. Last season USC 36 68 17 143 1 28:36 averaged at least 30 points a game. Nebraska has scored 27 Nebraska averaged 29:56 of possession time Troy 46 316 23 281 1 36:14 or more points in 12 of 15 games dating back to the final three per game. Nebraska has run 66 more offensive KU 32 116 33 395 3 26:31 ISU 45 251 21 131 1 36:55 games of the 2005 season. plays than its opponents this season. KSU 43 190 22 166 0 34:51 Year Scoring Offense 4 The Huskers are converting 48.2 percent 2001 37.4 UT 24 38 40 302 3 25:24 2002 27.4 (82-of-170) of their third-down conversions, OSU 40 211 39 241 1 34:59 2003 24.8 including 11-of-16 against Louisiana Tech, 11- MU 47 183 22 236 2 35:11 2004 25.0 of-17 against Missouri and 7-for-11 vs. Troy. A&M 38 123 35 267 1 32:52 2005 24.7 The rate ranks 11th nationally. Colorado 46 190 30 278 2 35:49 2006 33.9 4 Nebraska racked up 30 first downs in each Pct. of Total Offense Via Rush: 42.2% Pct. of Total Offense Via Pass: 57.8% Memorial Stadium Firepower of its first two games, the first time the Huskers Nebraska ranks ninth nationally in scoring offense at had back-to-back games with 30 first downs 33.9 points per game, thanks primarily to an impressive since the 2001 season (Texas Tech, Baylor). On the year, Nebraska has 113 first downs by rush, 125 by pass offensive output at home. NU averaged 50.0 points per and 13 by penalty. game in its first four home games and averaged 41.6 per 4 Nebraska has spread the wealth on offense. Seventeen different players have scored touchdowns, with game at home in 2006. seven different players scoring TDs in each of the first two games.  Nebraska scored 14 points in each quarter against 4 In wins over Louisiana Tech and Nicholls State, Nebraska topped 49 points in consecutive games for the Nicholls State and Troy, and had a streak of 10 straight quarters at home with 14 or more points, including the final first time since 2000, when Nebraska topped 49 points in three straight games at mid-season (Iowa State, quarter against Louisiana Tech and the first quarter against Texas Tech, Baylor). Kansas. NU scored at least one touchdown in 24 of 28 The Husker offense left an impression on Troy Head Coach Larry Blakeney following the 56-0 NU win... quarters at home this season. “That is the best football team we have faced in a long time. I don’t know what they call that offense, Nebraska scored at least 49 points in three straight if it is West Coast or East Coast or South Coast or Canadian or whatever, but it was very well-designed home games to open the season. The last time Nebraska and gave us more than we could handle. Their style of play and their physical approach and their scored 49 or more points in three straight home games was in 1996, when NU defeated Baylor (49-0), Kansas (63-7) ability with Zac Taylor to throw the football down the field really gave us more than we could handle.” and Missouri (51-7). This marks only the third time in school history Nebraska has scored 49 or more points in each of its first three home games (1996, 1974). Nebraska has scored at least 24 points in 10 of its last 11 home games.

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Huskers on Watch Lists Quick Start Huskers Jumping on Opponents Early Adam Carriker, DE, Sr. Nebraska has had great success early in games, outscoring the opposition 110-24 in the first quarter, allowing Lott Trophy Watch List (Impact Defensive Player) only touchdowns by USC, Texas A&M and Colorado and a field goal by Texas. Lombardi Award Watch List A large part of that first quarter success has come during Nebraska’s first drive of the game. The Huskers Jordan Congdon, So., PK have scored on their first drive of the game seven times in 12 games, including four straight games from Troy Lou Groza Award Watch List to Kansas State. Nebraska also scored touchdowns on its opening drives against Nicholls State and Colorado, Kurt Mann, Sr., C Lombardi Award Watch List and kicked a field goal on its initial drive at Oklahoma State. Rimington Trophy Watch List  In games against Troy, Kansas, Iowa State and Kansas State, Nebraska lost the coin toss each week and Corey McKeon, Jr., LB the opposition deferred, giving the football to the Huskers. Nebraska responded by driving for a touchdown and Butkus Award Watch List a 7-0 lead in each of the four games. Jay Moore, Sr., DE  Nebraska had ball-control drives to open the game against Troy (10 plays, 73 yards, 5:47), Iowa State (10 plays, 80 Ted Hendricks Award Mid-Season Watch List yards, 5:27) and Kansas State (9 plays, 80 yards, 3:54), while striking quickly against Kansas (2 plays, 80 yards, :50). Nate Swift, So., WR The Texas game is the only time this season Nebraska did not score first, but the Huskers did put a touchdown Biletnikoff Award Watch List on the board on their second drive of the game. Nebraska kicked a field goal on its second drive of the day at Zac Taylor, Sr., QB Manning Award Watch List Missouri, and scored a touchdown on its second drive at Texas A&M. Davey O’Brien Award Watch List Nebraska Looks to Continue Red Zone Efficiency Big 12 Conference POW Nominees Nebraska is among the Big 12 and nation’s best offenses at converting Red Zone opportunities into Game Offense Defense Special Teams touchdowns. The Huskers have converted 41-of-46 red zone trips into scores, including 38 touchdowns, 20 by La. Tech Taylor Carriker none rush and 18 by pass. Nicholls Taylor Bradley none USC none Bradley Titchener The Huskers’ Red Zone success is even more impressive in Big 12 Conference play. Nebraska was perfect Troy Lucky Suh Rigoni in its first seven league games in the Red Zone, before a third-quarter fumble against Colorado ending the Kansas Hardy Shanle none string at 20 straight conversions. Nebraska converted three later Red Zone trips into touchdowns and finished Iowa St. Glenn Ruud none Big 12 Conference play 23-of-24 in the Red Zone, including 20 touchdowns. K-State Jackson Bradley Wesch Oklahoma leads the Big 12 in Red Zone success at 93.3 percent (42-of-45). The Sooners are also 23-of-24 Texas Jackson Ruud Titchener Okla. St. Jackson Carriker none in the Red Zone in Big 12 games. Mizzou Taylor Ruud Congdon A&M Taylor Carriker Turner Quarterback Taylor Leading Husker Offense, Continuing to Re-Write NU Passing Records Colorado Taylor Carriker Turner Senior quarterback Zac Taylor is the man at the helm of Nebraska’s offense. The 6-2, 210-pound Taylor Bold indicates winner had a record-setting 2005 campaign, and has established himself as a contender for Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year honors. Taylor continued his assault on the Nebraska passing record book against Colorado. Nebraska Season Passing Taylor threw for two touchdown passes against the Buffs, giving him 24 this season. His 24 TD passes Player, Year Yards 1. Zac Taylor, 2006 2,789 surpassed the previous season touchdown passes record of 20 by Vince Ferragamo in 1976. Taylor has 2. Zac Taylor, 2005 2,653 thrown 16 touchdown passes and just two interceptions in Big 12 games. 3. Dave Humm, 1972 2,074 The 24 touchdown passes this season give Taylor 43 in his Nebraska career, tied with Tommie Frazier for 4. Vince Ferragamo, 1976 2,071 the NU record. Taylor has at least one TD pass in each of Nebraska’s last nine games, and two in each of the 5. Joe Dailey, 2004 2,024 Huskers’ past five games. 6. Jerry Tagge, 1971 2,019 Taylor became Nebraska’s career passing yardage leader against Texas A&M. With 267 yards against the 7. Tom Sorley, 1978 1,571 Aggies, Taylor moved his career total to 5,193 yards, bettering the previous NU career record of 5,035 yards 8. Dave Humm, 1973 1,526 9. Turner Gill, 1983 1,516 Zac Taylor Game-by-Game in 2006 10. Eric Crouch, 2001 1,510 Game Att. Comp. Yards TD INT Long La. Tech 33 22 287 3 1 31 (Herian) Nebraska Career Passing Nicholls 23 19 202 4 0 42 (Purify) Player, Years Yards USC 16 8 115 0 0 36 (Herian) 1. Zac Taylor, 2005-present 5,442 Troy 17 14 268 1 1 67 (Nunn) 2. Dave Humm, 1972-74 5,035 Kansas 33 15 395 4 0 78 (Hardy) 3. Jerry Tagge, 1969-71 4,704 Iowa State 21 17 131 1 0 27 (Purify) 4. Eric Crouch, 1998-2001 4,481 Kansas St. 21 12 149 1 0 32 (Purify) 5. Tommie Frazier, 1992-95 3,521 Texas 28 15 277 2 1 63 (Purify) Okla. State 39 21 241 2 0 27 (Hardy) 6. Turner Gill, 1980-83 3,317 Missouri 21 13 208 2 0 47 (Jackson) 7. Vince Ferragamo, 1975-76 3,224 Texas A&M 35 21 267 2 1 42 (Lucky) 8. Jammal Lord, 2000-03 2,848 Colorado 28 19 249 2 0 57 (Erickson) 9. Steve Taylor, 1985-88 2,815 Totals 315 196 2,789 24 4 78 10. Scott Frost, 1996-97 2,677 Completion Pct.–62.2% (Note: NU season record for completion percentage is 63.03 %, Jerry Tagge, 1970) Breakdown of Taylor’s pass distribution.... Top Passing Games in NU History Game Yards # of Receivers Leading Receiver (Yds) Leading Receiver (Catches) Rank, Player, Game Yards Louisiana Tech 287 9 Matt Herian (61) Terrence Nunn (5) 1. Zac Taylor, 2005 vs. Iowa State 431 Nicholls State 202 9 Maurice Purify (61) Herian (4) 2. Zac Taylor, 2006 vs. Kansas 395 USC 115 4 Herian, B. Jackson (36) Jackson (4) 3. Zac Taylor, 2005 at Colorado 392 Troy 268 7 Nunn (102) Nunn (4) 4. Joe Dailey, 2004 vs. Baylor 342 Kansas 395 6 Frantz Hardy (159) Purify (4) 5. Joe Dailey, 2004 vs. Colorado 306 Iowa State 131 9 Purify (35) Marlon Lucky (3) Kansas State 149 7 Purify (73) Purify (4) Texas 277 7 Purify, Nunn (84) Nunn (5) Oklahoma State 241 7 Purify (65) Purify (6) Missouri 208 6 Jackson (61) Lucky (4) Texas A&M 267 8 Todd Peterson (82) Peterson (7) Colorado 249 8 Dan Erickson (57) Jackson (6)

Huskers.com Page  Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Three Seniors Serving as 2006 Captains by Dave Humm from 1972 to 1974. Taylor’s career total now stands at 5,442 yards. A trio of Husker seniors were elected by their teammates 4Taylor pushed his season passing total to 2,789 yards with his 249 yards against Colorado, bettering his as captains for the 2006 Huskers. Quarterback Zac Taylor, own season record of 2,653 passing yards last season. defensive end Adam Carriker and safety/special teams Taylor’s latest record assault is continuing an impressive 2006 season and two-year Nebraska career. standout Brandon Rigoni join the prestigious list of those Taylor has completed 62.2 percent of his passes in 2006 (196-of-315), up from 55.1 percent in 2005. Taylor who have served as captains at Nebraska. Taylor, a native of Norman, Okla., set a Nebraska has 24 touchdowns and four interceptions, and his pass efficiency rating of 159.20 ranks ninth in the country. single-season passing record as a junior last season. Taylor His pass efficiency rating against Nicholls State (213.77) was the eighth-best in school history. becomes the second member of his family to serve as a Taylor has twice thrown for a career-high four touchdown team captain in college football. His father, Sherwood, was passes (Nicholls State, Kansas), bettering the three touchdown Taylor’s Nebraska Records a starting defensive back at Oklahoma in the late 1970s and passes in his previous two games (Louisiana Tech, Michigan). In Here is a list of some of the career and season served as a Sooner captain. Nebraska’s last 15 games dating back to last season, Taylor has Nebraska records held by Husker senior Carriker was a preseason All-America selection by several quarterback Zac Taylor. media outlets after recording 9.5 sacks as a junior last season. thrown for 31 touchdowns against just six interceptions. A native of Kennewick, Wash., Carriker is the first Washington Against Louisiana Tech, Taylor had a streak of 11 straight Career native to serve as a Nebraska captain. completions, including eight straight completions for 98 yards in Passing Yards—5,442 yards in 24 games Rigoni continues the tradition of NU captains from Lincoln. engineering a two-minute drive before halftime. Against Nicholls (old record: 5,035 yards) The 2006 season marks the third time in the past four years State, Taylor’s first pass attempt fell incomplete, but he completed Pass Completions—433 (old record: 353) Nebraska has had a hometown captain. At the start of fall camp Pass Attempts—745 (old record: 637) Rigoni was awarded a scholarship for his senior season. his next 12 pass attempts before an incompletion. The 12 straight Passing Yards per Game—226.8 ypg completions were three off the Nebraska school record. He Husker Offense Hitting Home Runs (old record: 152.6 ypg) opened the Troy game by completing 12 of 13 passes. Touchdowns (tied)—43, shared with Nebraska quarterback Zac Taylor threw three touchdown  passes of 75 yards or more in Nebraska’s victory over Kansas. Taylor had a streak of 104 straight passes without an Tommie Frazier interception end at Texas A&M, his third streak of the season of Taylor connected on 78 and 75 yard scores to Frantz Hardy, Season in addition to a 75-yard scoring strike to Terrence Nunn on 80 or more passes without a pick. He had a streak of 83 straight Passing Yards—2,789 the game's second play. The 78-yard pass play is the second- passes without an interception end in the second quarter against (old record: 2,653 by Taylor in 2005) longest in the Big 12 this season and the 75-yarders are tied Troy, and a streak of 84 consecutive without a pick end vs. Texas. Pass Completions—237 by Taylor in 2005 for third. The three long touchdown strikes in a single-game  were an extremely rare feat. Taylor’s 395-yard passing effort against Kansas was the (196 this season)  The game marked the first time Nebraska had ever had second-highest total in Nebraska history, trailing only his 431 Pass Attempts—430 by Taylor in 2005 three passes of 75 yards or more in a single game in school yards against Iowa State in 2005. Taylor owns the top three (315 this season) history. In fact, before the Kansas game Nebraska had never single-game passing efforts in NU history. He has 15 career Passing Yards per Game—232.4 ypg had more than two passes of 75 yards or more in a season. games with 200 or more passing yards (nine in 2006), including (old record: 221.1 by Taylor in 2005)  The three long touchdown passes were three of just 16 Lowest Interception Percentage—1.27% pass plays of 75 yards or more in Nebraska history. 13 of the past 17 games. (4 INT in 315 attempts, old record: 1.50)  Research indicates the feat by Nebraska is a first in the Big Against Kansas, Taylor had the three longest passes of his Touchdowns—24 (old record: 20) 12 Conference and quite rare on the national level. Kentucky NU career, a 78-yard strike to Frantz Hardy and a pair of 75-yard also accomplished the feat against Georgia in 2000, and touchdown passes, one each to Hardy and Terrence Nunn. In Virginia Tech turned the trick against Syracuse in 2002, but the past nine games, Taylor has six of the eight longest passes of his Nebraska career and has completed 33 no other school has indicated they have had three passes of 75 yards or more in the same game. passes of 20 yards or more, including five of 60 yards or more.  Nebraska now has 25 pass plays of 70 yards or more in Taylor has completed passes to 13 different receivers, and thrown TD passes to 10 different Huskers. school history, with seven of those coming in Bill Callahan's Taylor has 433 career pass completions, a Husker record, eclipsing the 353 by Humm. 30 games as Husker head coach. Taylor has totaled 2,746 yards of total offense in 12 games in 2006, just 28 yards shy of the NU single  Before 2006, NU had just three seasons with two pass plays season record of 2,774 set by Jammal Lord in 14 games in 2002. Taylor has 5,358 yards of total offense in his of 70 yards or more, with two of those being 2004 and 2005. two-year career, just 118 yards short of second place on the Husker career charts. Third-Down Success Key for Huskers Last season, Taylor shattered several game and season passing records in his first year after transferring The Nebraska offense has ranked among the nation’s from Butler County Community College in Kansas. Among the top accomplishments for Taylor in 2005 were: best in converting third downs. The Huskers rank third in the 4 Taylor's 2,653 passing yards established an NU single-season record, shattering the previous single-season Big 12 and 11th nationally with a 48.2 percent success rate. NU record of 2,074 yards by Humm in 1972. Taylor's passing total marked just the fifth time in school history The defensive effort on third downs has been equally important. The Huskers are third in the Big 12 and 30th a quarterback had passed for more than 2,000 yards in a single season. He has added the sixth 2,000-yard nationally in stopping opponent third-down conversions, season in 2006. with a 33.0 percent conversion rate. 4 Taylor posted what were at the time the two highest passing outputs in NU history with 431 yards vs. Iowa In the Huskers’ nine victories, opponents have converted just State and 392 yards at Colorado. All five individual 300-yard passing days in NU history have come with Bill 33-of-121 (27.2 percent) of their third-down attempts. However, Callahan as head coach, including three by Taylor. in losses to USC, Texas and Oklahoma State the opposition has combined to convert 22-of-44 third downs (50 percent). 4 Taylor threw for two or more touchdown passes in eight of the season’s final nine games, including a Nebraska wins over Missouri and Texas A&M showed season-high three TD passes against Michigan in the Alamo Bowl. the importance of third down conversions. Against Mizzou, 4 Taylor set numerous other school records, including most pass attempts (55) and completions (36) in a Nebraska converted 11-of-17 third down conversions, while game vs. Iowa State, and most pass attempts (430) and completions (237) in a season. limiting the Tigers to just 3-of-13. Nebraska dominated the first half defensively in its win at Texas A&M, in large part because of the Aggies’ 0-of-5 third-down performance. In Taylor One of Nation’s Best at Protecting the Football the second half, Texas A&M scored 17 points and converted Taylor ranks ninth nationally in passing efficiency. The lofty rating is due in large part to Taylor’s ability to on 5-of-9 third-down attempts. protect the football, having thrown just four interceptions in 315 pass attempts this season. Taylor has streaks The Husker offense will be tested against Oklahoma, as of 104, 84, and 83 passes without an interception in 2006. the Sooners rank second in the Big 12 and 17th nationally Taylor is one of three quarterbacks nationally with at least 300 pass attempts and four or fewer interceptions, in third-down defense. joining ’s Kevin Kolb and Syracuse’s Perry Patterson. Third Down Success QBs with 300+Pass Attempts, 4 or Fewer INT Nebraska on 3rd downs Opponents on 3rd downs Quarterback, School Attempts INT In Nebraska’s nine wins Kevin Kolb, Houston 362 3 66-127 (52.0 percent) 33-121 (27.2 percent) Zac Taylor, Nebraska 315 4 In Nebraska’s three losses Perry Patterson, Syracuse 300 4 16-43 (37.2 percent) 22-44 (50 percent) Huskers.com Page  Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Charting the Husker Backs in 2006 Jackson is Chairman of Nebraska Running Back “Committee” Game Lucky Glenn Jackson Wilson Total Nebraska junior I-back Brandon Jackson has broken out of Nebraska’s I-back pack and in the process emerged LT 13-79-1 13-88-1 3-36-1 15-47-0 44-250-3 as a candidate for All-Big 12 honors. Jackson finished the regular season ranked second in the league in rushing NSU 18-103-1 11-47-2 7-29-0 9-79-1 45-258-4 at 73.4 yards per game. In Big 12 games only, Jackson is third with an average of 94.4 yards per game. USC 10-27-0 0-0-0 2-1-0 19-46-0 31-74-0 Jackson’s impressive league stats include the Kansas game when he had just four carries for 28 yards. Since Troy 10-156-3 INJ 11-60-1 19-106-2 40-322-6 moving into the starting lineup against Iowa State, Jackson is averaging 103.9 yards per game and 5.2 yards KU 13-40-0 7-33-1 4-28-0 4-33-0 28-134-1 ISU 0-0-0 19-148-2 22-116-1 0-0-0 41-264-3 per carry, while scoring seven touchdowns, including five by rush and two receiving scores. KSU 12-71-1 10-22-0 16-92-0 0-0-0 38-185-1 Jackson capped the regular season with a career-high 34 carries for 142 yards and a touchdown in the win UT 3-5-0 4-6-0 7-40-0 2-(-1)-0 16-50-0 over Colorado. He also caught a career-high six passes for 42 yards and his 41 all-purpose attempts (190 OSU 9-42-0 1-1-0 21-182-2 1-3-0 32-228-2 yards) set a Nebraska single-game record. MU 12-44-0 DNP 32-111-1 DNP 44-155-1 Against Missouri, Jackson carried the ball 32 times for 111 yards and a touchdown and added 61 receiving A&M 12-52-1 6-25-2 9-44-0 2-8-0 29-129-2 yards for 172 all-purpose yards. In conference games, Jackson ranks third in all-purpose yards per game, CU 4-21-0 INJ 34-142-1 3-16-1 41-179-2 averaging 136.4 yards per game. Totals 116-640-6 71-370-6 168-881-7 74-337-4 429-2,228-25 A week prior to his effort in the 34-20 win over Missouri, Jackson had a strong performance at Oklahoma Avg. Carries per game: 35.8 Avg. yards per game: 185.7; Avg. per carry: 5.2 State, running 21 times for a career-high 182 yards and two touchdowns. Jackson had four carries of 20 yards Receiving: Lucky 24-272-0; Jackson 26-291-2 or more in the contest, and also caught three passes out of the backfield. Jackson finished the month of October with 66 carries for 430 yards, an average of 6.5 yards per carry. He Husker 100-Yard Rushing Games in 2006 posted his first two 100-yard rushing games with 116 yards on 22 carries at Iowa State and the 182 yards at Brandon Jackson, 182 yards at OSU (21 carries, 2 TDs) Oklahoma State. Jackson also rushed for 92 yards at Kansas State and had 162 all-purpose yards against Marlon Lucky, 156 yards vs. Troy (10 carries, 3 TDs) Texas, including a 49-yard touchdown reception. Cody Glenn, 148 yards at Iowa State (19 carries, 2 TDs) The 182 yards by Jackson at Oklahoma State were the most by a Husker since Cory Ross ran for 194 yards Brandon Jackson, 142 yards vs. Colorado (34 carries, TD) Brandon Jackson, 116 yards at Iowa State (22 carries, TD) against Missouri in 2004, a span of 24 games. Brandon Jackson, 111 yards vs. Missouri (32 carries, TD) Jackson pushed his career rushing total past 1,000 yards at Oklahoma State, becoming the 55th Husker to Kenny Wilson, 106 yards vs. Troy (19 carries, 2 TDs) eclipse 1,000 career rushing yards. He currently has 1,323 career yards, 39th on NU’s career chart. Marlon Lucky, 103 yards vs. Nicholls State (18 carries, TD) Jackson has totaled a team-high 881 on 168 carries with seven rushing touchdowns. Jackson needs 119 yards in Nebraska’s final two games to record the 28th, 1,000-yard rushing season in school history. Jackson Did you Know? also has 26 receptions for 291 yards and two touchdowns out of the backfield. Nebraska’s win over Troy marked only the fourth time in Jackson had a standout freshman year in 2004 when he rushed for 390 yards, but was slowed by injury last school history Nebraska has had two 100-yard rushers and a 100-yard receiver in the same game. Marlon Lucky (156) season, and carried the football just 18 times. and Kenny Wilson (106) provided the rushing output, while Terrence Nunn (102) topped the century mark in receiving. Husker I-Back “Committee” Continuing to Distribute the Football The previous three times this has occurred were: Entering the 2006 season both Head Coach Bill Callahan and running backs coach Randy Jordan regularly 41995 vs. Arizona St.: Clinton Childs (143 rushing), Damon indicated Nebraska would utilize the talents of all four of its I-backs and operate with use of a “committee.” Benning (111 rushing), Clester Johnson (129 receiving) Although Brandon Jackson has received the majority of the carries in recent weeks, all of the backs continue 41985 vs. Kansas: Tom Rathman (159 rushing), Doug to produce in the Husker offense. DuBose (109 rushing), Von Sheppard (129 receiving) The results have been outstanding as four Husker I-backs have combined for 429 carries for 2,228 yards 4 1983 vs. Minnesota: Mike Rozier (196 rushing), Turner and 25 rushing touchdowns. All four backs have gotten into the act, with each of them having between 71 and Gill (100 rushing), Irving Fryar (138 receiving) 168 carries, and each of the backs has topped 100 yards in a game, and has at least four rushing touchdowns. Saturday Night Lights Together the group has keyed a resurgent Nebraska rushing attack. Nebraska’s game with Texas on Oct. 21 ended a streak of five Nebraska opened the year with 252 yards on the ground against Louisiana Tech, then churned out 261 rushing straight night games for the 2006 Huskers, the longest in school yards in a 56-7 rout of Nicholls State. The Huskers erupted for their top rushing output of the year with 316 history. The Oct. 14 win at Kansas State concluded a streak of yards and six rushing touchdowns in a 56-0 win over Troy, then controlled the football with a 251-yard rushing prime-time games that also included matchups against USC effort at Iowa State, NU’s highest road rushing total in three seasons. Nebraska is averaging 183.2 yards per (ABC), Troy (FSN PPV), Kansas (FSN) and Iowa State (ABC). game on the ground to rank 18th in the nation and fourth in the Big 12 Conference. Nebraska’s previous record for consecutive night games was four straight to open the 2002 season. The most night The four 250-yard-plus rushing efforts are all among the top seven in Bill Callahan’s three seasons. In 2005, games Nebraska has played in a season is six. Nebraska will Nebraska averaged less than 100 yards on the ground, and its top rushing effort was 182 yards at Baylor.Nebraska tie that mark this weekend with its prime-time appearance in has produced eight rushing efforts of more than 182 yards in 2006. Additionally, Nebraska has 26 rushing touchdowns the Big 12 Championship Game. in 2006. A year ago, Nebraska rushed for 10 touchdowns. Nebraska has made the most of its night appearances at In addition to Jackson, three other backs have played a large role in Nebraska’s ground game. Memorial Stadium posting a 24-2 all-time record at night in Sophomore Marlon Lucky, a native of North Hollywood, Calif., started the first five games and has 640 Lincoln. NU’s lone setbacks were to a pair of top 10 teams–No. rushing yards on 116 carries. Lucky produced his first career 100-yard rushing game against Nicholls State 4 Washington in 1991 and seventh-ranked Texas in 2002. with 18 carries for 103 yards and a touchdown, then had a career-best 156 yards on just 10 carries against The Huskers’ dominance at night has been impressive, as 21 of the 24 home night wins have been by 13 points or Troy. Lucky had three touchdown runs of at least 34 yards against the Trojans, and earned Big 12 Offensive more, including a 56-0 shutout of Troy on Sept. 23. Player-of-the-Week honors. The 15.6 yards per-carry average was the best for a Husker with at least 10 carries in a game since Damon Benning registered 173 yards on 10 carries against Pacific in 1995. NU Renews Homecoming Winning Tradition Lucky added his fourth TD run of longer than 34 yards with a 40-yard scamper at Kansas State, and has six Nebraska’s 34-20 victory over Missouri resumed rushing touchdowns. Lucky also has 24 catches for 272 yards out of the backfield, and had at least one catch Nebraska’s Homecoming success. The Huskers have won in the first 11 games, including a career-high four against Missouri and Texas A&M. He had 46 yards receiving 37 of their last 38 Homecoming games, dropping only a against Missouri and a career-high 56 against Texas A&M, including a career-long 42-yard reception. Lucky 34-31 decision to Texas Tech last season. The Huskers are 72-20-4 all-time on Homecoming and have won 17 of their had 136 all-purpose yards in the win over the Aggies, and has 1,025 all-purpose yards this season. last 21 Homecoming contests by 17 points or more. Nebraska Sophomore Cody Glenn is Nebraska’s power back, but showed his complete ability against Iowa State. is 12-5-1 all-time against Missouri on Homecoming. The 6-0, 230-pound Glenn set career highs with 19 carries for 148 yards and two touchdowns against the Cyclones, including the three longest runs of his career. Glenn’s previous career rushing high was a team-high 88 yards in the opener against Louisiana Tech.

Huskers.com Page 10 Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Four Backs Making Push for 500-Yard Club Glenn leads the team with eight rushing touchdowns, the most by a Husker since 2003, and the most by a Brandon Jackson’s emergence has lessened the chance Nebraska running back since Dahrran Diedrick had 16 in 2001. Glenn has two touchdowns each against of four backs reaching the 500-yard mark, however that Nicholls State, Iowa State and Texas A&M and scored the game-winning TD in overtime against Kansas. He does remain a possibility. All four of the Nebraska backs are has 71 carries for 340 yards. within 163 yards of cracking the 500-yard barrier. Brandon Junior Kenny Wilson joined the Huskers as a highly touted junior college prospect. Wilson has 74 carries for Jackson (881) and Marlon Lucky (640) have already topped 337 yards and four touchdowns. He had his first career 100-yard game with 106 yards on 19 carries against Troy. the 500-yard mark. In Nebraska’s win at Iowa State, Glenn and Jackson produced Nebraska’s second double 100-yard effort Nebraska has long been one of college football’s dominant rushing teams, winning 15 NCAA team rushing in three weeks. The 100-yard rushing efforts marked the first time a Nebraska running back had topped the titles. Despite that rushing prowess, the Huskers have had century mark in a Big 12 game since Cory Ross at Oklahoma in 2004. It was the first time since the 2003 just one season in their history with four backs topping the contest at Missouri that Nebraska had a pair of 100-yard rushers in the same conference game. 500-yard barrier. Previously, both Lucky (156) and Wilson (106) topped the century mark against Troy, marking the first time In 1979 four Huskers had between 544 and 1,110 yards, Nebraska has had two 100-yard rushers in the same game since 2004 against Western Illinois, the first game including... of Bill Callahan’s tenure at Nebraska. Junior I-back Jarvis Redwine (1,100 yards), senior I- back I.M. Hipp (585 yards), junior fullback Andra Franklin Purify Emerging as a Game-Changing Receiver (583 yards) and junior I-back Craig Johnson (544 yards). Maurice Purify Game-by-Game Behind their combined rushing efforts, Nebraska ranked Junior Maurice Purify arrived at Nebraska with all the physical Game Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Long third nationally averaging 345.1 yards per game. tools to be a go-to-receiver for the Huskers. The 6-4, 210-pounder La. Tech 1 28 28.0 0 28 In 1982, Nebraska nearly duplicated the feat with four has become just that during conference play, ranking among the Nicholls 2 61 30.5 1 42 players rushing for 497 yards or more, including I-backs Big 12’s most dangerous receiving options. USC 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Rozier, Roger Craig and Jeff Smith and quarterback Purify has established himself as a candidate for all-league Troy 2 45 22.5 0 30 Turner Gill. Kansas 4 91 22.8 0 36 honors with a strong performance during conference play. The Iowa State 2 35 17.5 1 27 Nebraska Season Receptions Eureka, Calif., native has 30 receptions for a team-high 584 yards Kansas St. 4 73 18.3 0 32 Texas 2 84 42.0 1 63 Player, Year Receptions (19.5 ypr) this season, and leads the team with seven touchdown Okla. St. 6 65 10.8 2 22 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1972 55 receptions. Purify has stepped up his play since the start of Big 12 action, totaling 25 catches for 450 yards, including a career-high Missouri 2 25 12.5 1 18 2. Johnny Rodgers, 1971 53 Texas A&M 2 30 15.0 1 21 3. Nate Swift, 2005 45 six catches at Oklahoma State and four-reception efforts against Colorado 3 51 17.0 0 31 4. Terrence Nunn, 2005 43 Kansas and Kansas State. Totals 30 584 19.5 7 63 Cory Ross, 2005 43 Purify registered his most memorable catch of the season at 6. Jeff Kinney, 1969 41 Texas A&M, snaring a nine-yard touchdown pass with 21 seconds NU Single-Season TD Receptions 7. Irving Fryar, 1983 40 Player, Year TD Catches remaining to give the Huskers a 28-27 victory. The touchdown 8. Bob Revelle, 1972 38 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1971 11 9. Terrence Nunn, 2006 37 catch was his sixth in Big 12 Conference play. He has caught at 2. Johnny Rodgers, 1972 8 Wilson Thomas, 2001 37 least one touchdown pass in four of the past five games. Frosty Anderson, 1973 8 After a TD catch against Nicholls State, Purify had a 27-yard Irving Fryar, 1983 8 Nebraska Career Receptions touchdown reception with three seconds left in the first half at Iowa 5. Maurice Purify, 2006 7 Terrence Nunn, 2005 7 Player, Years Receptions State, giving NU a 21-7 edge. He added his second TD in conference Nate Swift, 2005 7 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72 143 play on a career-long 63-yard TD catch against Texas, then added five others tied at 7 2. Terrence Nunn, 2004-present 96 TD catches of 22 and 5 yards in Nebraska’s loss at Oklahoma State. 3. Matt Davison, 1997-2000 93 4. Jeff Kinney, 1969-71 84 He nabbed his sixth touchdown of the season on a leaping seven-yard grab in the second quarter against Missouri, 5. Guy Ingles, 1968-70 74 before his catch at A&M. 6. Tim Smith, 1977-79 72 Purify has 13 receptions of 20 yards or longer, including four touchdown grabs. Purify has picked up a first 7. Cory Ross, 2002-05 71 down or touchdown on 26 of his 30 receptions in 2006. 8. Wilson Thomas, 1999-2002 68 Also a basketball standout at San Francisco City College, Purify showed his all-around skills against Missouri. 9. Irving Fryar, 1981-83 67 In the first quarter, Purify lofted a perfect 28-yard touchdown pass to Terrence Nunn in the back of the end zone 10. Tom Penney, 1966-68 66 on a reverse pass, giving NU a 10-0 lead. 11. Todd Brown, 1980-82 65 In Big 12 games only, Purify’s six touchdown receptions are fifth in the conference. Matt Herian, 2002-present 65  13. Ross Pilkington, 2002-04 63 Purify’s seven touchdown receptions are tied for fifth on the NU single-season charts. Nate Swift, 2005-present 63 15. Abdul Muhammad, 1991-94 61 Veteran Receiving Tandem Posting Another Strong Season Jerry List, 1970-72 61 In addition to Purify, quarterback Zac Taylor’s favorite wideout targets are Terrence Nunn and Nate Swift–a Dennis Richnafsky, 1965-67 61 pair of receivers who made a mark in the Nebraska record book in 2005. 18. Tracey Wistrom, 1998-2001 58 A year ago, the duo combined for 88 receptions, 1,136 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns. In the process, 19. Bobby Thomas, 1974-76 56 both Nunn and Swift finished in the top five on Nebraska's single-season receptions list. This season Nunn leads Chuck Malito, 1974-76 56 Nebraska with 37 receptions for 552 yards and three touchdowns, while Swift has 18 catches for 312 yards. Nebraska Career Receiving Yards Both players are quickly moving up the career pass Player, Years Yards receptions list. Nunn had four catches against Colorado to Consecutive Games with a Reception 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72 2,479 push his career total to 96 receptions, second on the all-time Junior Terrence Nunn has caught a pass in 25 straight 2. Matt Davison, 1997-2000 1,456 NU list, three ahead of Matt Davison. Swift, only a sophomore, games entering the Big 12 title game. The 25-game 3. Terrence Nunn, 2004-present 1,265 moved into the top 20 on the list recently and his 63 career streak is the second-longest in school history. Here's 4. Matt Herian, 2002-present 1,243 a look at the longest streaks in school history. catches are tied for 13th on the career list. Player Years Games 4. Irving Fryar, 1981-83 1,196 Nunn’s top two yardage outputs were 102 yards on Johnny Rodgers 1970-72 37* 6. Guy Ingles, 1968-70 1,157 four catches against Troy and 98 yards on three catches, Terrence Nunn 2004-present 25 7. Tracey Wistrom, 1998-2001 1,150 Junior Miller 1977-79 20 8. Todd Brown, 1980-82 1,092 including a career-long 75-yard touchdown, against Kansas. He has added touchdowns against Missouri and Colorado, Matt Davison 1998-99 20 9. Tim Smith, 1977-79 1,089 *–Rodgers caught a pass in every game of his 10.Bobby Thomas, 1974-76 1,083 and has 1,265 career receiving yards, good for third on the Nebraska career. Jon Bostick, 1989-91 1,083 NU charts. Huskers.com Page 11 Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Nebraska Football Notables In 2005, Swift and Nunn were the most productive single-season pass catching duo in Nebraska history. 4 Five national championships Swift did not catch a pass in the first three games of 2005, but exploded at the start of conference play. He had (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997) five receptions against Iowa State, then had consecutive nine-reception efforts against Missouri and Oklahoma. 4 43 conference championships He finished the year with 45 receptions for 641 yards and seven touchdowns, all Husker freshman records. His 45 4 Three Heisman trophies, eight Outland trophies, catches were the most by a player in 33 seasons and the third-most ever by a Husker. Swift had caught at least four Lombardi awards two passes in 10 straight games before being held without catches by Nicholls State and USC. 4 106 All-Americans  4 Nation-leading 85 academic All-Americans Nunn caught at least one pass in all 12 games of his sophomore season in 2005, including nine games 4 NCAA-record 282 consecutive sellouts in with three or more receptions. Entering the Big 12 Championship game he has caught at least one pass in 25 Memorial Stadium straight games, the second-longest streak in Nebraska history. The last time Nunn did not have a reception 4 803 all-time victories–fourth in NCAA was during his freshman season at Oklahoma. 4 43 all-time bowl appearances–fifth in NCAA Like Swift, Nunn also caught seven touchdown passes from Taylor in 2005, including a pair of TD receptions 4 127-13 home record in last 20 seasons (since 1986) in the Alamo Bowl. Overall, Nunn had 43 catches to tie for fourth on the NU single-season receptions list with NU Streaks...The Huskers have... former teammate Cory Ross. 4 won 96 straight when rushing for 400 yards The 2005 season marked the first time in school history Nebraska had three players with 40 or more catches 4 won 120 consecutive games when holding in a single season. the opponent to 10 or fewer points (227-5-1 all-time) 4 scored in 137 consecutive games Effective Tight End Corps Gives Passing Game Another Dimension 4 scored in 248 straight home games Senior tight end Matt Herian has made a healthy return to the field in 2006. The 6-5, 245-pound Herian missed 4 shut out opponents 103 times all of 2005 while recovering from a broken leg he suffered in the eighth game of 2004. Husker Records Report Herian has caught 12 passes for 150 yards and two touchdowns. Against Louisiana Tech, Herian moved Category...... Record past Tracey Wistrom into first on the tight end career receiving yardage list. Herian enters the Oklahoma game All-time ...... 803-324-40 with 1,243 career receiving yards, good for fourth on NU’s all-time yardage chart. Home...... 483-130-20 He had four receptions against Nicholls State, and his two catches at Iowa State moved him past Jerry List’s Memorial Stadium...... 358-107-13 61 catches from 1968 to 1970. Herian’s receptions total of 65 is tied for 11th-best among all Huskers, and just Since 1962...... 437-101-5 Away...... 320-193-20 one catch from the top 10. Herian is the leader of a group of four tight ends who have made their presence felt Road (on campus)...... 281-156-17 in 2006. Following Herian’s first-quarter touchdown catch in the opener against Louisiana Tech, three of his tight Neutral Sites (includes bowls)...... 39-37-3 end teammates got into the act in the second half as juniors J.B. Phillips and Josh Mueller, and sophomore When Scoring 35+ Points...... 314-2 Hunter Teafatiller all reached the end zone. vs. Big 12 Teams...... 457-162-16 The tight end outburst was quite notable... In Big 12 Action (since ‘96)...... 64-27 The four touchdowns against Louisiana Tech tied a Nebraska single-game record for touchdowns by a tight Home...... 36-8 end (also 4 at Missouri in 1987). Away...... 25-18 The game marked the first time in school history four different tight ends caught touchdown passes. Neutral...... 3-1  Bowls...... 22-21 Nebraska tight ends did not have a TD catch in 2005. The previous touchdown catch by a Husker tight end On ABC ...... 83-39 was by Herian in the second game of the 2004 season against Southern Miss. On FieldTurf...... 51-14 The four tight ends combined for eight receptions for 108 yards and four touchdowns in the opener and In Overtime...... 5-0 have 33 catches for 315 yards and nine touchdowns in 2006. At Kansas State, Teafatiller (17 yards) and At Night ...... 65-21-3 Mueller (3 yards) each had a touchdown grab, giving each of NU’s four tight ends two touchdown catches vs. Ranked Teams... this season. Teafatiller added his third touchdown of the season against Missouri, a 17-yarder in the second All-Time ...... 93-101-3 quarter. Teafatiller has scored a touchdown on three of his Home...... 43-34-0 four career receptions. Adam Carriker Game-by-Game Away...... 29-52-3 Game UT AT TT Sacks TFL QBH Neutral...... 21-15-0 Senior Bookends Carriker, Moore Leading La. Tech 1 2 3 1-7 2-7 2 as No. 1 Team...... 46-7-1 Nicholls 2 4 6 0-0 1-1 0 In 282 Consecutive Sellout Streak... 2006 Blackshirt Defense USC 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0 Overall ...... 248-34 Nebraska led the nation in sacks and tackles for loss in Troy 2 1 3 0-0 1-3 2 vs. Ranked Teams...... 39-21 2005, registering 50 sacks and 140 tackles for loss. That Kansas 3 5 8 0-0 3-3 1 effort helped the Huskers finish in the top 30 nationally in Iowa State 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 2 NU Continues OT Mastery in Win over Kansas Kansas St. 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 3 total defense, rushing defense, scoring defense and pass Texas 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 1 Nebraska used overtime to win its Big 12 Conference efficiency defense. Okla. St. 5 1 6 2-10 3-16 1 opener for the second straight year defeating Kansas, 39-32, The leaders of Nebraska’s sack attack are dominant Missouri 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0 on Sept. 30 in Lincoln. The victory improved Nebraska to Texas A&M 1 5 6 1-1 2-3 0 5-0 all-time in overtime contests, and continued remarkable senior defensive ends Adam Carriker and Jay Moore, who set the tone for 2006 by each recording first-quarter Colorado 3 4 7 2-18 3-19 0 success for the Huskers in extra sessions. Totals 21 27 48 6-36 15-52 12 Nebraska and Michigan are the only teams with at least sacks against Louisiana Tech. five overtime victories to have perfect records in extra play. The 6-6, 295-pound Carriker, a pre-season All-American Jay Moore Game-by-Game Michigan is also 5-0. and Lombardi candidate, snuffed out the Bulldogs’ first drive Game UT AT TT Sacks TFL QBH La. Tech 2 0 2 1-10 2-12 1 In addition to wins over Iowa State and Kansas the past of the game with a seven-yard sack on third down. two seasons, Nebraska also defeated Missouri (1997), Nicholls 2 2 4 0-0 1-4 1 Carriker has played his best football of the season in USC 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 1 Colorado (1999) and Notre Dame (2000) on the road in recent weeks, beginning with a strong performance at Troy 1 0 1 1-6 1-6 0 overtime. Kansas 1 4 5 0-0 0-0 0 Nebraska has scored touchdowns on all six of its overtime Oklahoma State. Carriker has five sacks in the past four games and leads Nebraska with six sacks this season and Iowa State 2 3 5 0-0 1-3 0 possessions, while allowing just one touchdown in overtime Kansas St. 2 0 2 1-13 1-13 1 play (ISU last season in first overtime). 15 tackles for loss. Texas 2 2 4 1-4 3-8 1 Carriker dominated the first half at Oklahoma State. He Okla. St. 1 1 2 0-0 1-1 0 finished the game with six tackles, three tackles for loss Missouri 3 3 6 0-0 3-8 1 (16 yards), a pair of sacks for 10 yards, a pass breakup, a Texas A&M 1 2 3 0-0 1-1 0 blocked extra point and a quarterback hurry. Colorado 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0 Totals 18 18 36 4-33 14-56 6

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BLackshirts by the numbers Carriker added a sack on the game’s final play against Texas A&M to secure the Nebraska victory, then 2006 Sacks Game-by-Game added two more sacks (18 yards) against Colorado. The recent surge in sacks gives Carriker 19.5 sacks, sixth Game Sacks Yds. TFL Yards on the NU career list. A year ago, Carriker earned All-Big 12 honors in 2005 when he led the team with 9.5 La. Tech 2 17 4 20 sacks from his base end position. Nicholls 0 0 6 17 Carriker is among the leaders of a balanced Nebraska defense with 48 total tackles, the most among Husker USC 1 7 4 11 defensive linemen. His 15 tackles for loss lead the team and his career tackles for loss total of 40 ranks fifth in Troy 4 36 11 58 Kansas 0 0 8 12 school history. Carriker leads the 2006 Huskers with 12 quarterback hurries and had his first career interception Iowa State 1 9 6 23 against Missouri. Kansas St. 4 35 10 51 A native of Elkhorn, Neb., Moore lines up opposite Carriker at the open end spot. The 6-4, 280-pound Moore Texas 3 19 8 27 made a two-yard tackle for loss on Louisiana Tech’s first play of the opener, then added a 10-yard sack later in Okla. St. 2 10 4 18 the first quarter to thwart another Bulldog drive. Missouri 1 13 4 22 He added his second sack of the season against Troy, and added sacks against Kansas State (13 yards) and Texas A&M 3 14 7 27 Texas (four yards). He also made a key sack on a Kansas two-point conversion attempt in the fourth quarter of Colorado 4 40 5 41 NU’s 39-32 overtime win. Moore has 36 total tackles, four sacks for 33 yards in losses, and 14 tackles for loss, Total 25 200 77 327 totaling 56 yards. He had three tackles for loss in NU’s win over Missouri. 2006 Husker Takeaways In addition to Moore and Carriker, Nebraska has other sack threats. Senior senior nose tackle Ola Dagunduro Game Fumb. INT Total has 3.5 sacks to rank third on the team along with redshirt freshman defensive tackle who also La. Tech 2 1 3 3.5 sacks for 37 yards. Dagunduro, Suh and senior defensive tackle Barry Cryer are tied for third on the team Nicholls 3 0 3 with eight tackles for loss. USC 0 0 0 Troy 2 1 3 Veteran Linebacking Corps Tackling Opponents Kansas 1 3 4 In addition to a strong front four anchored by Moore and Carriker, Iowa State 0 1 1 NU ‘Backers Game-by-Game Nebraska has a talented and veteran group of linebackers, giving Kansas St. 0 2 2 Stewart Bradley Texas 1 0 1 the Blackshirts one of the Big 12’s best front seven units. Game UT AT TT Sacks TFL La. Tech 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 Okla. St. 1 1 2 The Huskers featured returning starters at all three linebacker spots for 2006–senior Sam linebacker Stewart Bradley, junior Mike Nicholls 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 Missouri 1 2 3 USC 3 7 10 0-0 1-1 Texas A&M 0 0 0 linebacker Corey McKeon and junior Will linebacker Bo Ruud. The Troy 1 3 4 0-0 1-8 Colorado 0 0 0 trio had 99, 98 and 97 career tackles, respectively, entering 2006, Kansas 5 3 8 0-0 1-1 Totals 11 10 21 and have started a combined 72 games in their career. Iowa State 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 The three players are continuing to rack up impressive tackle Kansas St. 6 4 10 0-0 1-2 2006 Blackshirts Against the Pass numbers in 2006, ranking as three of Nebraska’s top five tacklers. Texas 6 1 7 0-0 0-0 Okla. St. 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 Game Passes Yds. TD Long Sacks Bradley posted his third career double-figure tackle game La. Tech 32-13-1 238 1 56 2-17 Missouri 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 Nicholls 3-0-0 0 0 0 0-0 with a team-high 10 stops at Kansas State, matching his total Texas A&M 3 4 7 0-0 1-1 USC 37-25-0 257 3 21 1-7 at USC four weeks earlier. Bradley has forced a pair of fumbles Colorado 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 Troy 24-15-1 92 0 25 4-36 (USC, Texas) and has a team-leading three fumble recoveries (2 Totals 35 32 67 0-0 5-13 *-Three fumble recoveries Kansas 54-27-3 405 2 46 0-0 vs. Nicholls State, Oklahoma State). The 6-4, 250-pound Bradley (NU LB record 2 vs. Nicholls St.) Iowa St. 39-18-1 262 1 29 1-9 leads the team with 67 tackles, including five tackles for loss. K-State 47-23-2 272 0 30 4-35 McKeon burst onto the scene last year with a team-leading Corey McKeon Texas 40-25-0 220 2 55 3-19 98 tackles, including 22 tackles for loss, the second-most in Game UT AT TT Sacks TFL La. Tech 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 Okla. St. 21-13-1 229 2 55 2-10 Nebraska history. After opening with a pair of four-tackle efforts, Missouri 38-20-2 244 2 49 1-13 Nicholls 3 1 4 0-0 1-2 Tx. A&M 19-32-0 288 0 47 3-14 McKeon had nine tackles each against USC and Kansas and is USC 4 5 9 0-0 0-0 Colorado 11-23-0 131 1 31 4-40 fifth on the team with 55 tackles, while also forcing and recovering Troy 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 Yards per Game–219.8; Yards per Attempt–6.8 a fumble. McKeon has been slowed by an ankle injury in recent Kansas 3 6 9 0-0 0-0 Iowa State 4 2 6 0-0 1-4 Pass Efficiency Defense Rating–116.61 weeks and missed the Missouri game, but returned to the starting Kansas St. 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 lineup against Texas A&M. 2006 Blackshirts Against the Run Texas 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 Ruud had a season-high nine tackles at USC and Iowa Okla. St. 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 Game Att. Yds. TD Long State and added eight stops against Texas. He ranks fourth on Missouri Injured-Did Not Play La. Tech 21 67 0 19 Texas A&M 0 6 6 0-0 2-3 Nicholls 47 187 1 49 the team with 60 tackles, including seven tackles for loss and sacks against Missouri and Texas. Colorado 4 2 6 1-15 2-15 USC 31 142 1 26 Totals 26 29 55 1-15 6-24 Troy 27 48 0 17 Ruud had one of the best games of his career against Missouri, Kansas 40 169 2 41 leading the team with seven tackles, including a 13-yard sack. Bo Ruud Iowa St. 24 53 1 17 He also intercepted his second pass of the season (third career) Game UT AT TT Sacks TFL La. Tech 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 K-State 18 22 0 38 and forced and recovered a fumble. He has now forced a team- Texas 34 128 0 27 Nicholls 1 4 5 0-0 0-0 high three fumbles this season. Ruud’s performance against USC 4 5 9 0-0 0-0 Okla. St. 41 267 3 56 Missouri earned him Big 12 Player-of-the-Week honors for the Troy 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 Missouri 32 119 0 24 Kansas 2 4 6 0-0 1-1 Tx. A&M 27 155 3 57 second time in his career (2005 vs. Maine). Bradley broke into the top 50 on Nebraska’s career tackles Iowa State 4 5 9 0-0 2-4 Colorado 31 166 1 45 Kansas St. 2 1 3 0-0 1-3 Yards per Game–126.9 Yards per Attempt–4.1 list at Oklahoma State, and Ruud made the list against Missouri, Texas 7 1 8 1-10 2-10 and McKeon cracked the chart against Colorado. Okla. St. 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 Juniors Steve Octavien and Lance Brandenburgh give Missouri 5 2 7 1-13 1-13 Nebraska five linebackers with significant game experience. Texas A&M 3 3 6 0-0 0-0 Octavien missed four straight games before returning against Colorado 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 Totals 29 25 54 2-23 7-31 Texas, and he responded with a career-high 10 tackles, including *-Two INTs, three fumbles caused two tackles for loss. Brandenburgh has 38 tackles this season, (NU LB record 2 vs. Nicholls St.) and started in place of the injured McKeon against Missouri. Huskers.com Page 13 Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma

Todd Named to AFCA Good Works Team; Callahan's Huskers Continue to Perform in Classroom Finalist for Wuerffel Trophy Nebraska has continued its tradition of excellence in the classroom under Head Coach Bill Callahan. In 2005, Nebraska senior fullback Dane Todd was one of just 11 Kurt Mann and Dane Todd were the latest Huskers to earn CoSIDA first-team academic All-America honors. Division I-A players named on Sept. 13 to the 2006 American Mann, a two-year starter at center, carried a 3.97 grade-point average in mechanized systems management Football Coaches Association Good Works Team®. before graduating in May. A native of Lincoln, Todd graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in biological Todd is the nation-leading 11th Husker to receive the honor sciences. since the team's inception in 1992. Mann and Todd were two of just nine juniors on the first-team academic All-America list, and Nebraska was Todd has volunteered his time with American Education Week, "School is Cool" Week, the Dads of Kids with Disabilities, one of only three schools with a pair of first-team selections. Earlier this month, Todd was named Academic the UNL Shadowing Program, Safe Quarters Friendship Home All-District VII and is in position to be become the 13th Husker to earn two first-team academic All-America Fund Drive, Husker Haunted Hoops, Breakfast of Champions, selections, most recently defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch in 1999 and 2000. Last year’s selection of Mann Nebraska Dance Marathon for Children’s Miracle Network, and Todd gave the Husker football program 85 all-time academic All-Americans, a nation-leading total. The and the Relay for Life and Healthy Kids Day. Husker athletic program as a whole also leads the nation with 233 academic All-America selections across all The two 11-man teams, a Division I-A team and a combined teams and all sports. team from Divisions I-AA, II, III and the NAIA, honor players for their dedication and commitment to community service. 4 Huskers Lead Big 12 in First-Team Academic All-Conference Selections Nominations are submitted to the AFCA by the college sports A conference-leading 15 Nebraska football players were named first-team Academic All-Big 12, the league office information departments. A graduate student who completed his undergraduate announced last week. Overall, 22 Huskers received either first- or second-team recognition by the Big 12. work with a 4.0 grade-point average, Todd was also recently Leading the way for Nebraska was senior fullback Dane Todd, who was one of two players honored for having nominated for a National Football Foundation Postgraduate a cumulative 4.0 grade-point average. Todd is a strong candidate to be named an Academic All-American for Scholarship. the second consecutive year later this month. Todd has also been named as one of 11 finalists for the Todd is one of five Huskers who were named first-team Academic All-Big 12 for the third time in their careers. 2006 Wuerffel Trophy. The award is named after former Also named to the first team for the third time were senior center Kurt Mann, senior free safety Brandon Rigoni, Florida winning quarterback Danny Wuerffel senior free safety Andrew Shanle and junior tight end J.B. Phillips. Making their second career appearance and is presented to the player who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement. on the academic squad were junior linebacker Lance Brandenburgh and sophomore wide receiver Todd This marks the second straight year that Todd has been Peterson. named a finalist for the award. The winner will be announced 4 in early December. Todd Leads Four Huskers Receiving Academic All-District Honors Todd was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VII first team on Thursday, Nov. 9, placing NU Extends Run of Success in Season Openers him on the ballot for Academic All-America honors. Voting for Academic All-America will occur at the end of Nebraska extended the nation’s longest winning streak in November with the team announced in early December. season openers with its 49-10 victory over Louisiana Tech on Three other Huskers were named to the second-team Academic All-District VII team. Thosse players included Sept. 2. The Huskers have now been on the winning end in each of their last 21 season openers, dating back to a 17-13 junior tight end J.B. Phillips (3.73 GPA, marketing), who was selected to the second-team all-district team for loss to Florida State in 1985. the second straight year, sophomore offensive guard Andy Christensen (3.56 GPA, construction management) Louisiana Tech is the second team (also Utah State) to and senior safety Brandon Rigoni (3.79 GPA, psychology). twice be a victim in Nebraska’s season-opening win streak. Nebraska also defeated the Bulldogs in the 1998 opener. 4 Four Husker Seniors Playing 2006 Season as Graduate Students This year marked one of 14 times in the past 21 years Kurt Mann and Dane Todd are among a group of four Husker seniors who are playing the 2006 season as Nebraska has scored 40 or more points in a season opener. graduate students. Senior safety Andrew Shanle and senior cornerback Isaiah Fluellen also picked up their degrees In that same period, the Huskers have limited the opposition during UNL’s spring commencement ceremonies, completing their undergraduate work in four years. to 14 points or less 14 times. The four players will have a lot of company by the time bowl season rolls around. Among Nebraska’s 18-member The Huskers’ 21-game win streak in season openers is senior class, 12 players are scheduled to earn their degrees by the conclusion of the fall semester. In addition, four better than the 17 straight season-opening wins by both Kansas State and Florida. The Huskers have won each of junior tight end J.B. Phillips will complete his degree work in December, picking up his degree in 3 1/2 years. their last 21 season openers by 10 or more points, and own 4 Nebraska Continues to Lead Big 12 in Exhausted Eligibility Graduation Rate an 86-26-5 all-time record in season openers. The University of Nebraska is the Big 12 leader in exhausted eligibility graduation rates for the fourth Since 1973, NU is 29-4-1 in season openers, including 24-2 at Memorial Stadium, with losses only to Florida State consecutive year. Nebraska boasts an impressive 94 percent rate, a percentage point higher than last year’s (1985) and Washington State (1977). In all-time home open- mark of 93 percent. The exhausted eligibility rate surveys the graduation rate of scholarship student-athletes in ers NU is 95-17-5, including 67-14-3 at Memorial Stadium. 10 incoming freshman classes who complete their eligibility at the University. Nebraska’s exhausted eligibility The Huskers are 31-2 in their last 33 home openers. rate has increased from 87 to 94 percent in the past six years and has improved 22 percentage points since Nebraska Looks to Add to the inception of the rate in 1991-92. The current exhausted eligibility rate includes members of incoming classes from 1990-91 through 1999-2000. All-America Tradition in 2006 During that time, 424 of 453 Nebraska scholarship student-athletes who completed their eligibility earned their In addition to pacing all Division I schools in academic All- Americans, Nebraska owns a long tradition of being among undergraduate degree. the nation’s leaders in All-Americans on the field. Nebraska’s Nebraska’s 94 percent rate is three points higher than Baylor, which was second in the conference at 91 most recent first-team All-Americans came in 2003, when percent. The national average for exhausted eligibility is 85 percent for Division I schools. punter Kyle Larson and free safety Josh Bullocks were each picked as first-team All-Americans. Larson and Bullocks 4 Nebraska Leads Big 12 Conference in 2006 Graduation Success Rate Report added to Nebraska’s long list of All-Americans, beginning Nebraska topped the Big 12 and ranked among the national leaders in the Graduation Success Rate for football with tackle Vic Halligan in 1914. as released by the NCAA in late September. Nebraska’s 88 percent GSR was tops in the Big 12 Conference and The Huskers have had at least one first-team All-American well ahead of the national average of 65 percent. Among teams ranked in the Associated Press Poll the week of in all but four (1991, 1998, 2004, 2005) of the past 36 Sept. 24, Nebraska’s GSR score was second only to Notre Dame, and the Huskers were one of just three programs years. Overall, Nebraska has seen 92 different players earn first-team All-America honors from at least one recognized with a GSR better than 80 percent. source with 14 winning double honors for a total of 106 first- The Graduation Success Rate is an NCAA measurement that improves the federally mandated graduation rates by team awards. Nebraska had its most All-Americans in one including transfer data in the calculation. This year’s GSR scores were figured based on four classes of scholarship season when six Huskers earned first-team honors in the student-athletes who entered college from the fall of 1996 to the fall of 1999, and allowed for a six-year window in 1971 national championship campaign. The offensive line is which to earn their degree. The GSR scores include student-athletes who transferred to Nebraska, but do not count Nebraska’s most honored position, with 26 players earning student-athletes who transferred to another school and were academically eligible at the time of their transfer. 31 first-team All-America certificates. Huskers.com Page 14 Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma

Heisman Winner Rozier Part of 4 Huskers Pace Big 12 Conference in Academic Awards 2006 College Football Hall of Fame Class Nebraska had a Big-12 leading 22 players named to the first-team academic All-Big 12 team last fall. Fifteen Former Husker great Mike Rozier is one of 13 members Huskers were named to the first team, while another seven players earned second-team honors. of the 2006 College Football Hall of Fame Division I-A class. During the fall 2005 semester, Nebraska placed 31 players on the Big 12 Commissioner's Fall Academic Honor The 1983 Heisman Trophy winner Rozier holds Nebraska Roll, including six student-athletes who had perfect 4.0 grade-point averages for the semester. During the spring, records for season rushing yards (2,148) and career rushing 38 Huskers were named to the honor roll, with six players recording 4.0 GPAs for the spring semester. The honor yards (4,780). roll recognizes all student-athletes who earned a 3.0 grade-point average or better in the previous semester. Rozier will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on Dec. 5 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Rozier 4 Nebraska Honored by AFCA for Football Graduation Rate will become the 13th Husker player to be inducted into the The Husker football program was one of 29 schools from across the nation honored this spring by the Hall and the first since Johnny Rodgers in 2000. In addition Coaches Association with the 2006 Academic Achievement Award. to 13 players, Nebraska also has six former head coaches who are in the College Football Hall of Fame. The 29 schools that were honored achieved a graduation rate of 70 percent or better for the 2000-01 incoming Rozier was honored in Lincoln at halftime of the Texas freshman class. This year marked the sixth straight year Nebraska has received the honor and the 10th time game. Joining the Memorial Stadium record crowd to pay since 1994 Nebraska has been recognized. tribute to Rozier were fellow Husker Hall of Fame members Forrest Behm, Rich Glover, Johnny Rodgers and Tom Nebraska the Newest Member of 800-Win Club All-Time Victories Osborne. Nebraska joined Michigan (860), Notre Dame (821) and Texas (809) in the School Wins 1. Michigan 860 Nebraska College Football Hall of Fame Members 800-win club with its Oct. 14 victory at Kansas State. The Oct. 21 matchup 2. Notre Dame 821 Players between Nebraska and Texas marked just the third-ever meeting in college 3. Texas 809 Ed Weir, Tackle, 1923-25, (Inducted in 1951) football between teams with 800 wins at game time. Michigan and Notre 4. Nebraska 803 George Sauer, Fullback, 1931-33 (1954) Dame’s meetings in 2005 and 2006 both featured programs with more than 5. Ohio State 786 Guy Chamberlin, End, 1913-15 (1962) 800 victories. Clarence Swanson, End, 1918-21 (1973) Nebraska is in its 117th season of college football in 2006, and is the fourth-winningest program in terms of Sam Francis, Fullback, 1934-36 (1977) victories. The Huskers own an 803-324-40 all-time record in 1,167 games (.705) in 117 years of football. Bobby Reynolds, Halfback, 1950-52 (1984) 4Since the first season of Nebraska football in 1890, Husker teams have won 11 or more games 12 times, Forrest Behm, Tackle, 1938-40 (1988) Wayne Meylan, Middle Guard, 1965-67 (1991) including seven times since 1993. Bob Brown, Guard, 1962-63 (1993) 4Nebraska has won 12 or more games seven times, including three seasons with 13 wins (1971, 1994, Rich Glover, Middle Guard, 1970-72 (1995) 1997). Dave Rimington, Center, 1979-82 (1997) 4Nebraska (702), Michigan (705), Alabama (728) and Notre Dame (736) were the only programs to win 700 Johnny Rodgers, Wingback, 1970-72 (2000) games in the 1900s. Mike Rozier, I-Back, 1981-83 (2006) Coaches Nebraska–College Football’s Winningest Program Since 1970 Fielding Yost, 1898 (1951) The bulk of Nebraska’s football success has come since 1962 when Bob Devaney arrived from Wyoming Dana X. Bible, 1929-36 (1951) “Biff” Jones, 1937-41 (1954) and resurrected the Husker program. Devaney capped his career with consecutive national titles in 1970 and E.N. Robinson, 1896-97 (1955) 1971, starting an unbelievable run of 10-plus victory seasons, and conference and national championships. Bob Devaney, 1962-72 (1981) In the past 37 seasons (including 2006), beginning with 1970, Nebraska Tom Osborne, 1973-97 (1998) has posted a remarkable 369 victories, an average of 10 wins per season. Winningest Progams The Huskers’ overall record in that time period is 369-83-5 for an .813 winning Since 1970 Huskers Among Leaders in AP National Titles percentage in 457 games. School Victories Notre Dame leads the nation by winning eight Associated In that time span, Nebraska has easily established itself as the nation’s 1. Nebraska 369 Press national titles since 1936, with Oklahoma (7), Alabama 2. Michigan 342 winningest program, posting 27 more victories than second-place Michigan, (6), Miami (5), USC (5), Nebraska (4) and Minnesota (4) next 3. Ohio State 334 in line. While the Huskers were awarded the national title by followed by Ohio State (334), Oklahoma (332), and Penn State (327). 4. Oklahoma 332 the coaches in 1997, NU finished second to Michigan in the 4Nebraska has won 10 games or more 24 times since 1962, including 21 5. Penn State 327 AP poll. times since 1970. In 1970, Nebraska was awarded the AP national title, but 4The Huskers have finished the regular season undefeated and untied seven times since 1965, and played not the coaches (Texas was first, Ohio State second and NU in 13 national title games (for one of the two teams) and won the national title five times since 1970. third) as the final poll was released before the bowl games 4Nebraska was the first team in college football history to win 100 or more games in consecutive decades, were played. In the coaches poll (since 1950), Nebraska is ranking first in the 1980s (103-20, .837) and second in the 1990s (108-16-1, .868). Nebraska narrowly missed tied for fourth with Miami and Texas with four titles, behind Alabama and Oklahoma with six apiece, and USC with 100 victories in the 1970s with 98 wins, and posted a nation-leading 309 wins from 1970 to 1999. five. Huskers 2006 Schedule Includes 2005 Title Game Participants Nebraska has faced a challenging schedule in 2006, with Oklahoma the ninth bowl-eligible team the Huskers will face. In the non-conference the Huskers faced their first ranked opponent of the season, squaring off against No. 4 USC on the road. On Oct. 21, Nebraska faced off with fifth-ranked Texas at Memorial Stadium, the first top-five foe to visit Memorial Stadium since No. 2 Oklahoma in 2001. This season marked the first time Nebraska has faced a pair of top-five teams in the same season since 2001, when NU played the second-ranked Sooners and No. 1 Miami in the Rose Bowl. Nebraska is the the only team in the nation that faced both of last year’s national championship game participants. The Trojans and Longhorns are two of seven 2006 Husker opponents that won seven or more games last season and one of six 2005 bowl teams on Nebraska’s schedule. Among Nebraska 2006 opponents USC, Troy, Kansas, Kansas State, Texas, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma are bowl eligible.

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Huskers Set for 44th Bowl Appearance in 2006 Huskers Enjoying New Home in 2006 Nebraska returned to the postseason in 2005, and made The Nebraska football program moved into its new home in the summer of 2006. After being housed in the the most of its 43rd all-time bowl appearance with a 32-28 South Stadium for more than three decades, the Huskers moved into the Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic victory over Michigan in the Alamo Bowl. The Alamo Bowl was Complex before the start of training camp in early August. Among the features in the new facility are... Nebraska’s 36th bowl appearance in the past 37 seasons, and 4 The Charles and Romona Myers Performance Center...Located on the first floor of the Osborne Complex, came after the Huskers’ streak of 35 straight bowl appearances the Myers Performance Center includes a state-of-the art athletic medicine facility, a spacious and sparkling ended in 2004. Nebraska’s 43 all-time bowl appearances rank fifth new strength complex and a new locker room and equipment room for the Huskers. nationally, trailing Alabama, Texas, Tennessee and USC. 4 New football offices...The Nebraska football offices are housed on the second floor of the Osborne Complex The Huskers pushed their all-time bowl record over the .500 and provide the Husker staff and players with the needed tools to prepare at a championship level. mark at 22-21 following the win over Michigan. Nebraska has The change in location led to a significant change in Nebraska’s pre-game routine. The Huskers’ famous won eight of its past 11 bowl games dating back to the 1994 “Tunnel Walk” now concludes with the team entering the field from the Northwest Corner of Tom Osborne Field. season.This season will mark Nebraska’s 44th all-time bowl After a path of red FieldTurf leads the Huskers to the field, Nebraska enters after large bronze gates are opened. appearance. The gates feature images of six of the greatest Huskers from the 1890s to the 1960s, and are guarded each All-Time Bowl Appearances week by two military members. School Bowls The football program benefitted in numerous ways from the project, and Nebraska fans also have several 1. Alabama 53 new features available. 2. Tennessee 45 4 New HuskerVision screens... Memorial Stadium features three new HuskerVision screens for the 2006 Texas 45 season. High above the North end of Memorial Stadium is a massive 33 x 117-foot screen. In addition to video, 4. USC 44 the large HuskerVision screen will feature a scoreboard, statistics and ticker. Two new HuskerVision screens 5. Nebraska 43 were also placed on the Southeast and Southwest towers allowing fans in the north end of the stadium great NU Continues Success in League Openers viewing angles of the HuskerVision screens. The Huskers’ league-opening win over Kansas continued 4 More Husker fans...6,500 seats were added in the North Stadium, in addtion to 13 new sky suites on the a tradition of opening conference play on a positive note. The seventh floor of the Osborne Athletic Complex and new and improved handicapped seating. Nebraska received Huskers have won 31 of their past 32 conference openers more than 15,000 requests for the 6,500 seats in less than three weeks. Nebraska set a Memorial Stadium since 1975, with the only blemish a 2002 loss at Iowa State. record with 85,800 fans for the Colorado game. The win was also Nebraska’s 29th straight victory in home 4 Improved fan amenities...All ticket holders at Memorial Stadium will benefit from a new large concourse conference openers. Nebraska is now 91-18-2 all-time in conference openers, in the North Stadium. The concourse now connects the East, West and North stadiums. New gates were also including a 41-6-1 mark in Lincoln. Since the inception of added on the North end, aiding in entering and exiting Memorial Stadium. the Big 12 Conference, Nebraska is 10-1 in league openers. Nebraska’s win at Iowa State was the Huskers’ second straight Bigger Memorial Stadium Continues to Be Packed win in a Big 12 road opener, following a victory at Baylor last Nebraska’s game against Colorado was the 282nd consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium, an ongoing season. NCAA record. The sellout streak dates back to a Nov. 3, 1962, game against Missouri in Bob Devaney’s first season as Nebraska head coach. Huskers' Top 10 Home Crowds Nebraska’s 282 consecutive sellouts easily outdistance Notre Dame, which ranks second nationally with 191 No. Attend. Opponent Date 1. 85,800 Colorado (W, 37-14) Nov. 24, 2006 consecutive sellouts. Nebraska has had remarkable success during the sellout streak, posting a 248-34 record 2. 85,197 Missouri (W, 34-20) Nov. 4, 2006 during the 282 sellouts. The mark includes a 39-21 record against ranked teams. Nebraska is 5-0 in the five 3. 85,187 Texas (L, 22-20) Oct. 21, 2006 milestone sellouts during that period (50th, 100th, 150th, 200th and 250th sellouts), including a 24-7 win over 4. 85,181 La. Tech (W, 49-10) Sept. 2, 2006 No. 2 Colorado on Oct. 29, 1994 (No. 200) and a 44-13 victory over Utah State on Sept. 7, 2002 (No. 250). 5. 85,069 Kansas (W, 39-32, ot) Sept. 30, 2006 Although sellouts have become commonplace in Lincoln, there are a few more folks dressed in red packing 6. 84,799 Troy (W, 56-0) Sept. 23, 2006 Memorial Stadium this season. Capacity at Memorial Stadium is 81,067, with the addition of 6,500 new seats 7. 84,076 Nicholls State (W, 56-7) Sept. 9, 2006 8. 78,268 Texas (L, 27-24) Nov. 2, 2002 in the North Stadium. The Colorado game featured a stadium record crowd of 85,800, the fifth-largest crowd to 9. 78,176 Utah State (W, 44-13) Sept. 7, 2002 see Nebraska play. (see left margin) 10. 78,118 Notre Dame (W, 27-10) Sept. 8, 2001 Nebraska had played before 10 crowds of more than 82,000 fans in school history entering the 2006 season, but has played in front of nine crowds of 82,000 or more in 2006. The crowd of 92,000 at the Los Angeles Largest Crowds To See Nebraska Play Coliseum on Sept. 16 was the second-largest crowd Nebraska has played in front of in the regular season. No. Opponent Attend. 1. at Penn State, Sept. 14, 2002 110,753 2. Miami (Rose Bowl), Jan. 3, 2002 93,781 Nebraska Owns Dominant Edge at Memorial Stadium 3. Stanford (Rose Bowl), Jan. 1, 1941 92,000 Nebraska has rewarded the loyality of its fans with incredible success at Memorial Stadium through the years. at USC, Sept. 16, 2006 92,000 Nebraska finished 6-1 at home in 2006, and has won at least six home games in 18 of the past 20 seasons. 5. vs. Colorado, Nov. 24, 2006 85,800 Nebraska is 116-11 at home in the last 18 seasons (since 1989), including a pair of losses against teams that 6. at Penn State, Sept. 25, 1982 85,304 7. vs. Missouri, Nov. 4, 2006 85,197 went on to win the national championship–Colorado in 1990 and Washington in 1991. 8. vs. Texas, Oct. 21, 2006 85,187 Since 1986, only seven schools have left Memorial Stadium with a victory. During Nebraska’s run of success 9. vs. Louisiana Tech, Sept. 2, 2006 85,181 at home in the past 25 years, Nebraska has had three home winning streaks of 20 or more games. Nebraska 10. vs. Kansas, Sept. 30, 2006 85,069 had a school-record 47-game home winning streak from 1991 to 1998, a 26-game home streak from 1998 to 2002 and a 21-game win streak in the early 1980s. Nebraska has not been shut out at home since a 12-0 loss to Kansas State in 1968 (248 games), and has posted 40 unbeaten and untied home seasons. The Huskers are 483-130-20 (.779, 633 games, 117 years) in Lincoln, 358-107-13 (.763, 478 games, 84 years) in Memorial Stadium (since 1923).

Huskers.com Page 16 Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Huskers in the National Football League Misc. 2006 Notes... Nebraska has a long-standing tradition Louisiana Tech of placing large numbers of players in Nebraska extended the nation’s longest winning streak in season openers with its 49-10 victory. The Huskers the NFL. As of the start of NFL training have now been on the winning end in each of their last 21 season openers, dating back to a 17-13 loss to Florida camps, the Huskers had 41 players State in 1985. Louisiana Tech was the second team (also Utah State) to twice be a victim in Nebraska’s season- listed on rosters. When final rosters were determined, Nebraska had 31 players on opening win streak. Nebraska also defeated the Bulldogs in the 1998 opener. The Huskers’ 21-game win streak active rosters and one player on a practice in season openers is four better than the 17 straight season-opening wins by both Kansas State and Florida. squad. Nebraska’s 31 players on active Nicholls State rosters led the Big 12 Conference, one Nicholls State did not complete a pass, marking the 10th time in school history Nebraska has held an more than Texas and two more than Oklahoma. opponent without a pass completion, and the first time since 1992 against Oklahoma State. Included in the group of players on NFL rosters are four USC players who were selected in the 2006 NFL Draft–safety Daniel The loss at USC marked the first time under Bill Callahan that Nebraska has lost when scoring first in a Bullocks (2nd round, Detroit), punter Sam Koch (6th, Baltimore), game. NU is 11-1 in such games under Callahan. defensive lineman Le Kevin Smith (6th, New England) and The 28 points scored by USC were the fewest by the Trojans since also scoring 28 points against Oregon defensive lineman Titus Adams (7th, N.Y. Jets), who is on the practice squad. In addition, running back Cory Ross, a non- State in November of 2004 (19 games). It also ended a streak of 15 straight games with 30 or more points and drafted free agent is on the Ravens’ opening day roster. a streak of 10 straight home games with 38 or more points. Koch’s roster spot gives Nebraska two punters and two Troy place-kickers in the NFL, with the combined four kickers the Nebraska’a shutout was its first since a 28-0 shutout of Iowa State in 2003. NU had two shutouts that season, most of any school in the country. Nebraska’s most experienced also blanking Troy 30-0. The 56-0 victory was NU’s most lopsided win since a 59-0 win over Baylor in 2000. NFL veteran is Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro offensive guard Will Nebraska’s 406 yards of total offense in the first half was the most in a half under Coach Bill Callahan, and NU’s Shields, who is in his 14th NFL campaign in 2006. A full listing of most in the first half of a game since rolling up 416 yards in the first half of a 59-0 2000 win over Baylor. Nebraska’s players in the NFL is included in the left margin. Nebraska limited Troy to 140 yards of offense, the fewest by a Nebraska opponent since allowing just 84 Huskers on NFL Rosters yards against Baylor in 2000. Atlanta Kansas Demorrio Williams (LB, 3rd season) Nebraska recorded its 31st win in its last 32 conference openers, and its 29th straight win in a conference Baltimore home opener. Sam Koch (P, Rookie)  Cory Ross (KR/PR, Rookie) Senior safety Andrew Shanle intercepted two passes in the first quarter. Shanle’s two interceptions marked Buffalo the first time a Husker has had two interceptions in a game since Josh Bullocks had two interceptions against Chris Kelsay (DE, 4th season) Oklahoma State in 2003. Shanle had picked off his first career pass last week against Troy. Carolina Kansas’ 94 plays were the most ever by a Husker opponent, topping the 92 plays that Oklahoma ran against Mike Minter (FS, 10th season) Nebraska in 1948. KU’s 405 passing yards also rank sixth all-time against a Husker opponent. Mike Rucker (DE, 8th season) Iowa State Chicago Cody Glenn (148) and Brandon Jackson (116) each topped 100 yards rushing in the game. The 100-yard Mike Brown (SS, 7th season) rushing games marked the first time a Husker has rushed for 100 yards in a Big 12 game since Cory Ross Cincinnati rushed 30 times for 130 yards at Oklahoma in 2004. It was the first time since the 2003 contest at Missouri that Kyle Larson (P, 3rd season) Cleveland the Huskers have had a pair of 100-yard rushers in the same conference game. Ralph Brown (CB, 7th season) Kansas State Detroit  Nebraska’s 3-0 Big 12 start was its first since 2001.The victory ended a four-game Nebraska losing streak Daniel Bullocks (FS, Rookie) against Kansas State in Manhattan, since an NU win in 1996. Dominic Raiola (C, 6th season)  Nebraska’s back-to-back road victories at Iowa State and Kansas State marked the first time Nebraska has Cory Schlesinger (FB, 12th season) won Big 12 road games in consecutive weeks since 2000 wins at ISU and Texas Tech. Green Bay  Nebraska's victory marked the 800th win in the history of the program. The Huskers become the fourth Ahman Green (RB, 9th season) program to win 800 games, joining Michigan (855), Notre Dame (816) and Texas (806). Houston Texas Kris Brown (PK, 8th season)  Zach Wiegert (OT, 12th season) The loss ended a streak of four straight Nebraska victories at Memorial Stadium against top-five opponents. Kansas City The previous top-five team to win at Memorial Stadium was fourth-ranked Washington in 1991. The Huskies Will Shields (OG, 14th season) went on to win the national championship that season. New England NU scored 20 points against Texas, ending a streak of eight straight home games with at least 24 points. Russ Hochstein (C/G, 6th season) The crowd of 85,187 was a Memorial Stadium record, eclipsing the 85,181 fans for the Sept. 2 season Le Kevin Smith (DT, Rookie) opener against Louisiana Tech. New Orleans Oklahoma State Josh Bullocks (FS, 2nd season) The loss marked the first time Nebraska has lost when leading at halftime in Bill Callahan’s three seasons DeJuan Groce (CB, 4th season) as head coach. Scott Shanle (LB, 4th season)  Oakland Brandon Jackson’s 182 yards on the ground were the most by a Husker since Cory Ross posted 194 yards Adam Treu (C, 10th season) against Missouri on Oct. 30, 2004. Fabian Washington (CB, 2nd season) Missouri Philadelphia The victory marked Nebraska’s 15th straight win over Missouri in Lincoln, dating back to a 35-31 loss to the Correll Buckhalter (RB, 6th season) Tigers in 1978. During the 15-game win streak, Nebraska has won 12 of the games by double digits. San Diego Nebraska’s win marked its 37th win in its last 38 Homecoming contests, with the only setback a 34-31 loss Ryon Bingham (DT, 3rd season) to Texas Tech in 2005. Carlos Polk (LB, 6th season) Nebraska’s 27 points in the first half were its most points in a half in a Big 12 game since scoring 31 in the Seattle first half against Baylor in 2004. Nebraska scored 24 points in the first half at Missouri last season, but was Josh Brown (PK, 4th season) (DE, 9th season) scoreless in the second half. Tampa Bay Texas A&M Barrett Ruud (LB, 2nd season) The win gave the Huskers three Big 12 road victories, their most since also recording three in 2001. Tennessee  Sophomore running back Cody Glenn rushed for two touchdowns, giving him a team-high eight rushing Kyle Vanden Bosch (DE, 6th season) touchdowns this season. Glenn’s eight rushing touchdowns are the most in a season by a Husker since Practice Squad quarterback Jammal Lord ran for 10 touchdowns in 2003. Glenn’s eight touchdowns mark the most by a Nebraska I-back since Dahrran Diedrick ran for 16 touchdowns in 2001. Titus Adams (DT, 1st season)

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HUSKER SPORTS NETWORK Nebraska Starters in Depth Nebraska Football on the Air Offense (*-indicates letters earned) Nebraska again boasts one of the nation’s most Position–Player Yr. Ht./Wt. Worth Noting comprehensive radio networks with 51 network stations for TE–Matt Herian*** Sr. 6-5/245 Senior has returned to lineup with 12 catches, 150 yards and two TDs the 2006 football season. The network includes 36 stations in Owns Nebraska tight end receiving yardage and receptions records the state of Nebraska, and 15 out-state stations, representing LT–Chris Patrick* Jr. 6-4/290 Tenacious player has started 12 career games; Converted DE 10 additional states. LT–Lydon Murtha* So. 6-7/315 Made fifth career start and second of 2006 against Colorado Nebraska Stations LG–Greg Austin*** Sr. 6-1/295 Versatility to play both guard spots and center; 18 career starts; Ainsworth, KBRB-AM...... 1400 Houston native has missed four of past six games with injuries Alliance, KCOW-AM...... 1400 LG–Andy Christensen So. 6-3/300 Nebraska native has started four games in Austin’s place Aurora, KRGY-FM...... 97.3 C–Brett Byford Jr. 6-3/300 Alabama native took over starting role against Nicholls State with Beatrice, KWBE-AM...... 1450 Kurt Mann sidelined with illness Broken Bow, KCNI-AM/KBBN-FM...... 1280/98.3 Chadron, KCSR-AM...... 610 RG–Mike Huff* So. 6-4/305 Powerful sophomore has started 11 of 12 games this season Falls City, KTNC-AM/KLZA-FM...... 1230/101.3 RG–Jacob Hickman Fr. 6-4/280 First-year Husker made first career start against Missouri Fremont, KHUB-AM/KFMT-FM...... 1340/105.5 RT–Matt Slauson* So. 6-5/335 Started first 11 games before being sidelined with injury vs. Colorado; Grand Island, KRGI-AM...... 1430 Also made three starts in 2005; Versatility to also play guard Hastings, KLIQ-FM...... 94.5 Holdrege, KUVR-AM/KMTY-FM...... 1380/97.7 WR (X)–Nate Swift* So. 6-2/195 NU frosh records for catches (45),TD catches (7) and receiving yards (641) in 2005 Kearney, KGFW-AM/KQKY-FM...... 1340/105.9 Averages better than 17 yards per catch; Two 20-plus catches vs. Mizzou Lexington, KRVN-AM...... 880 WR (X)–Maurice Purify Jr. 6-4/210 Seven touchdown receptions; Also played basketball in junior college Lincoln, KLIN-AM/KFGE-FM...... 1400/98.1 WR (Z)–Terrence Nunn** Jr. 6-0/185 Ranks second on NU career receptions (96) list; third in receiving yards; McCook, KSWN-FM...... 93.9 Norfolk, KNEN-FM...... 94.7 Caught 43 passes and 7 TDs in ‘05; At least one catch in 25 straight games North Platte, KODY-AM/KXNP-FM...... 1240/103.5 FB–Dane Todd*** Sr. 5-11/235 Strong lead blocker and solid receiving threat; 1st career TD vs. Nicholls Ogallala, KOGA-AM...... 930 First-team academic All-American; 4.0 GPA Omaha, KFAB-AM/KHUS-FM...... 1110/93.3 IB–Brandon Jackson** Jr. 5-11/210 Has started past eight games and totaled 727 yards on 141 carries; Scottsbluff, KNEB-AM/FM...... 960/94.1 Sidney, KSID-AM/FM...... 1340/98.7 182 yards at OSU was career-high; most by a Husker in 24 games Valentine, KVSH-AM...... 940 IB–Marlon Lucky* So. 6-0/210 10 carries, 156 yards, 3 TD vs. Troy; Big 12 Offensive POW vs. Troy Wayne, KTCH-FM...... 1590 Has 24 receptions out of backfield; At least one catch in 11 of 12 games West Point, KTIC-AM/KWPN-FM...... 840/107.9 QB–Zac Taylor* Sr. 6-2/210 First on Nebraska career passing list (5,442 yards); York, KAWL-AM...... 1370 Owns the top three passing days in school history; 43 career TD passes

Out-of-State Stations* Defense (*-indicates letters earned) Arkansas–Rogers, KURM-AM...... 790 Position–Player Yr. Ht./Wt. Worth Noting Colorado–Loveland, KXST-AM...... 1570 O END–Jay Moore** Sr. 6-4/280 Started all 24 games the past two seasons; Iowa–Sioux City, KMNS-AM...... 620 Kansas–Wellington-Wichita, KWME-FM...... 93.5 Had 14 TFL as a junior and another 14 in 2006; 35 career TFL Minnesota–Minneapolis/St. Paul, WMGT-AM...... 1220 DT–Barry Cryer* Sr. 6-2/280 Brings a quick, athletic pass rush threat to Husker front four; Missouri–Joplin, KOCR-AM...... 1310 Parents of New Orleans native temporarily re-located to Lincoln in 2005 Kansas City/Independence, KCTE-AM/WHB-AM...... 1510/810 NT–Ola Dagunduro* Sr. 6-2/300 Powerful interior player who had two sacks in 2005 and has 3.5 in 2006 Nevada–Las Vegas, KSHP-AM...... 1400 South Dakota–Rapid City, KTOQ-AM...... 1340 B END–Adam Carriker*** Sr. 6-6/295 Preseason AA has a sack in 12 of 24 games since start of ‘05 Sioux Falls, KSOO-AM...... 1140 Career totals of 44 QB hurries and 40 TFL; Two sacks vs. OSU and CU Winner, KWYR-AM...... 1260 SAM–Stewart Bradley*** Sr. 6-4/250 Utah native has returned from season-ending knee injury in 2005; Yankton, KYNT-AM/KKYA-FM...... 1450/93.1 Leads team in tackles (67) and fumble recoveries (3; 2 vs. Nicholls St.) Washington–Seattle, KKNW-AM...... 1150 *-Husker football games can also be heard on Sirius Satellite Radio. MIKE–Corey McKeon* Jr. 6-1/225 Led Nebraska with 98 tackles and 22 TFL in 2005; 55 tackles this season Second-team All-Big 12 performer as a sophomore The Coach Callahan Show WILL–Bo Ruud** Jr. 6-3/235 Started 10 games in 2005; Older brother, Barrett, is NU’s all-time tackle leader Coach Callahan's one-hour weekly TV show, The Coach Has a team-high three fumbles caused; Also two INTs in 2006 Callahan Show, with host Jim Rose, will be carried on these stations; S CB–Andre Jones Jr. 6-0/195 Transfer took over position in fall camp after injury to Zack Bowman;  WOWT (Omaha, 11:05 p.m., Sunday) Played briefly in SEC at Kentucky in 2003  KOLN/KGIN/UPN (Lincoln/Grand Island, SS–Tierre Green** Jr. 6-1/200 Shifted to safety in 2006 after playing corner in 2005; third on team 10:35 p.m., Sunday) with 61 tackles; First career interception at Oklahoma State  FSN Midwest (Noon, Tuesday) FS–Andrew Shanle*** Sr. 6-1/210 Fifth-year senior has earned starting position in 2006;  KNOP (North Platte, check local listings) First career INT vs. Troy; Two picks vs. KU, first time by a Husker since ‘03  KPTH Fox 44 (Sioux City, Iowa, check local listings)  Time Warner Cable (Lincoln, check local listings) W CB–Cortney Grixby** Jr. 5-9/170 Started all 12 games in ‘05 and totaled 10 pass breakups;  Cox Cable (Omaha, check local listings) 1st career INT at ISU; 10 PBU, fumble caused and fumble recovered in ‘06  Charter Media (Grand Island, check local listings) Out (Injury)  Great Plains Cable (NE Nebraska, check local listings) CB–Zackary Bowman* Sr. 6-2/195 2005 PBU leader was lost in preseason to knee injury  Lakes Television Net. (Spirit Lake, Iowa, check local listings) Special Teams (*-indicates letters earned)  KXOC (, check local listings) Position–Player Yr. Ht./Wt. Worth Noting  Comcast Entertainment Television PK–Jordan Congdon* So. 5-11/175 First-team freshman All-American in 2005; NU record 19 FG in 2005 (Denver, check local listings) PAT streak ended at 70 straight with miss at OSU P–Dan Titchener So. 6-0/200 Averaging 39.7 yards on 54 punts; just 13 punts have been returned LS–Lane Kelly*** Sr. 6-4/270 Fourth-year long snapper has been out recently with a leg injury T.J. O’Leary So. 6-1/245 Has filled in recently with Kelly battling a leg injury KOR–Marlon Lucky Jr. 6-0/220 Has six kickoff returns this season; 32-yarder vs. Missouri Brandon Jackson** Jr. 5-11/210 17.3 yards per return; In league games ranks second in all-purpose yards PR–Cortney Grixby** Jr. 5-9/170 2005 regular punt returner returned to role against Oklahoma State; forced out of early-season punt return duties with thumb injury

Huskers.com Page 18 Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Nebraska-Oklahoma Series History Series Information 11/25/1977 Norman 11/3 L 7-38 Series Notes Games: 82 11/11/1978 Lincoln 4/1 W 17-14 The Sooners held on for a 31-24 win in 2005, OU's second Standing: Oklahoma leads, 42-37-3 1/1/1979 Miami* 6/4 L 24-31 straight win in the series...the 2005 meeting marked the first At Lincoln: Nebraska leads, 21-18-2 11/24/1979 Norman 3/8 L 14-17 time since 1961 that both teams entered the game unranked... At Memorial Stadium: Nebraska leads, 19-17-2 11/22/1980 Lincoln 4/9 L 17-21 both teams finished the 2005 season ranked in the top 25...the At Norman: Oklahoma leads, 22-16-0 11/21/1981 Norman 5/ W 37-14 Huskers and Sooners went head-to-head for 71 consecutive At Owen Field: Oklahoma leads, 22-15-0 11/26/1982 Lincoln 3/11 W 28-24 seasons (since 1927) before the streak was snapped in 1998 At Neutral Sites: Oklahoma leads, 2-0-1 11/26/1983 Norman 1/ W 28-21 with the start of the two-year, North-South rotations in the Big Current win streak (start): Oklahoma, two games (2004) 11/17/1984 Lincoln 1/4 L 7-17 12...NU entered the 2000 game ranked No. 1 for the fourth 11/23/1985 Norman 2/5 L 7-27 time in five meetings...OU's 2000 win ended NU's series- 11/22/1986 Lincoln 5/3 L 17-20 Series Results long seven-game winning streak...NU had won six straight 11/21/1987 Lincoln 1/2 L 7-17 Rank in Lincoln before the Sooners' 31-24 win in 2005...NU was 11/19/1988 Norman 7/9 W 7-3 Date Site NU/OU Result Score 16-3-3 in the first 22 games (1912-42), with 11 shutouts; OU 11/18/1989 Lincoln 6/ W 42-25 11/23/1912 Lincoln / W 13-9 was 22-4-0 from 1943 to 1968...five times the Sooners have 11/23/1990 Norman 10/ L 10-45 10/25/1919 Omaha / T 7-7 given NU its only regular-season loss (1964, 1966, 1975, 11/29/1991 Lincoln 11/19 W 19-14 10/29/1921 Lincoln / W 44-0 1979, 1987); twice NU has given the Sooners their only loss 11/27/1992 Norman 12/ W 33-9 10/28/1922 Norman / W 39-7 (1971, 1978)...after NU upset No. 1 Oklahoma in 1978, the 11/26/1993 Lincoln 2/16 W 21-7 10/23/1923 Lincoln / W 24-0 two teams met again in the Orange Bowl, with OU winning 11/25/1994 Norman 1/ W 13-3 10/11/1924 Norman / L 7-14 31-24...the 1971 game was known as the “Game of the 11/24/1995 Lincoln 1/ W 37-0 10/31/1925 Lincoln / W 12-0 Century,” as No. 1 NU edged No. 2 OU, 35-31, in Norman... 11/2/1996 Norman 5/ W 73-21 11/10/1928 Norman / W 44-6 in 1987, the No. 2 Sooners beat the No. 1 Huskers, 17-7... 11/1/1997 Lincoln 1/ W 69-7 11/16/1929 Lincoln / T 13-13 one of the teams has been No. 1 in the AP poll in 13 of the 10/28/2000 Norman 1/3 L 14-31 10/11/1930 Norman / L 7-20 last 51 meetings, including NU eight times...NU entered the 10/27/2001 Lincoln 3/2 W 20-10 10/10/1931 Lincoln / W 13-0 1993 contest ranked first in the USA Today/CNN Coaches 11/13/2004 Norman /2 L 3-30 11/19/1932 Norman / W 5-0 poll and OU was first in the BCS standings in 2001...since 10/29/2005 Lincoln / L 24-31 10/28/1933 Lincoln / W 16-7 the AP poll began in 1936, the NU-OU game has had at least *Orange Bowl 10/20/1934 Norman / W 6-0 one ranked team 57 times in 67 contests, with both teams 10/26/1935 Lincoln / W 19-0 ranked in 23; the series has featured at least one top-10 10/24/1936 Norman 15/ W 14-0 Series Scoring team in 46 games, two top-10 teams in 18...in the 23 games 10/16/1937 Lincoln / T 0-0 Total Average in which both teams were ranked, the lower-ranked team has 10/22/1938 Norman /14 L 0-14 Nebraska 1,356 16.5 won 11...an unranked team has upset a ranked team four 11/25/1939 Lincoln /14 W 13-7 Oklahoma 1,583 19.3 additional times...the game featured at least one AP top-10 team in 22 straight games from 1970 to 1990; in 17 of 31 11/2/1940 Norman 12/ W 13-0 Highest NU score: 73 in 1996 (73-21) games since 1971, both teams have been in the top 10... 11/29/1941 Lincoln / W 7-6 Widest NU margin: 62 in 1997 (69-7) one of the two teams has been ranked entering the contest 10/24/1942 Norman / W 7-0 Highest OU score: 55 in 1954 (55-7) in all but three games since 1948...NU has entered 32 of the 11/27/1943 Lincoln / L 7-26 Widest OU margin: 48 in 1949 (48-0), 1954 (55-7), 1956 (54-6) last 34 OU contests nationally ranked, including a 14-game 12/2/1944 Oklahoma City / L 12-31 Highest-scoring game: 94 points in 1996 (NU 73-21) stretch from 1978 to 1990 where the Huskers entered each 9/29/1945 Lincoln / L 0-20 Scoreless tie: 1937 contest in the top 10...since 1979 NU has been ranked in 11/23/1946 Norman /18 L 6-27 Longest NU win streak: 7 games, 1991-97 the top five going into the game 16 times...the winning team 11/22/1947 Lincoln / L 13-14 Longest NU unbeaten streak: 7 games, 1931-37, 1991-97 has had to come from behind in 26 of the last 37 games... 11/13/1948 Norman /9 L 14-41 Longest OU win streak: 16 games, 1943-58 Nebraska’s biggest-ever upset win was 25-21 in 1959, ending 10/22/1949 Lincoln /4 L 0-48 Shutouts by (last time): NU 12 (1995), OU 8 (1973) 11/25/1950 Norman 16/1 L 35-49 OU’s 36-game win streak, and 74-game conference unbeaten 11/24/1951 Lincoln /12 L 0-27 streak...NU recorded all-time win Nos. 200 (1925) and 300 11/22/1952 Norman /5 L 13-34 (1942) vs. the Sooners; and NU’s 500th all-time game was 11/21/1953 Lincoln /4 L 7-30 vs. OU in 1949...Oklahoma’s 1986 win was the Sooners’ 11/20/1954 Norman /3 L 7-55 600th all-time...Tom Osborne posted his 250th career win 11/19/1955 Lincoln /1 L 0-41 against OU in 1997...the 1923 game was the first played in 11/24/1956 Norman /1 L 6-54 NU’s Memorial Stadium...OU was 0-9-3 in its first 12 games 11/23/1957 Lincoln /6 L 7-32 in Lincoln...Osborne finished 13-13 against OU and handed 11/22/1958 Norman /4 L 7-40 his last regular-season loss in 1988 (7-3). 10/31/1959 Lincoln /19 W 25-21 11/19/1960 Norman / W 17-14 11/25/1961 Lincoln / L 14-21 11/24/1962 Norman /10 L 6-34 11/23/1963 Lincoln 10/6 W 29-20 11/21/1964 Norman 4/ L 7-17 11/25/1965 Lincoln 3/ W 21-9 11/24/1966 Norman 4/ L 9-10 11/25/1967 Lincoln /5 L 14-21 11/23/1968 Norman /14 L 0-47 11/22/1969 Norman 16/ W 44-14 11/21/1970 Lincoln 3/ W 28-21 11/25/1971 Norman 1/2 W 35-31 11/23/1972 Lincoln 5/4 L 14-17 11/23/1973 Norman 10/3 L 0-27 11/23/1974 Lincoln 6/1 L 14-28 11/22/1975 Norman 2/7 L 10-35 11/26/1976 Lincoln 10/8 L 17-20

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Numerical Roster 2006 Nebraska Rosters No. Name...... Position Alphabetical *-Indicates Letters Earned 1 Chris Brooks...... WR No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) 2 ** Cortney Grixby...... CB 7 Adams, Jordan S 6-2 205 Jr. Santee, Calif. (West Hills/Grossmont College) 3 Rickey Thenarse...... DB 95 Allen, Pierre DL 6-5 225 Fr. Denver, Colo. (Thomas Jefferson) 4 Menelik Holt...... WR 65 *** Austin, Greg OL 6-1 295 Sr. Cypress, Texas (Cypress-Fairbanks) 4 Adam Watson...... S 66 Barrett, Cruz OL 6-4 320 Fr. Daytona Beach, Fla. (Mainland) 5 Sam Keller...... QB 56 Baumgartner, Justin LS 6-2 240 So. Cheyenne, Wyo. (Chadron State/Laramie County CC) 6 Major Culbert...... DB 52 Benzel, Bryan LS 6-2 260 RFr. Alliance, Neb. 7 Jordan Adams...... S 57 Bergland, Dennis DT 6-1 305 Fr. Plattsmouth, Neb. 7 * Frantz Hardy...... WR 14 * Bowman, Zackary CB 6-2 195 Sr. Anchorage, Alaska (Bartlett/N.M. Military) 34 *** Bradley, Stewart LB 6-4 250 Sr. Salt Lake City, Utah (Highland) 8 *** Andrew Shanle...... S 40 ** Brandenburgh, Lance LB 6-1 230 Jr. Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 8 Brian Hildebrand...... QB 1 Brooks, Chris WR 6-2 200 So. St. Louis, Mo. (Hazelwood East) 9 Will Henry...... WR 21 * Brothers, Titus DB 5-11 195 Jr. San Antonio, Texas (Judson) 9 Bryan Wilson...... CB 59 Byford, Brett OL 6-3 300 Jr. Hartselle, Ala. 11 *** Matt Herian...... TE 82 Cammack, Wes WR 5-11 185 RFr. DeWitt, Neb. (Tri County) 12 Joe Ganz...... QB 90 *** Carriker, Adam DE 6-6 295 Sr. Kennewick, Wash. 13 * Corey McKeon...... LB 62 Christensen, Andy OL 6-3 300 So. Bennington, Neb. 13 * Zac Taylor...... QB 29 * Congdon, Jordan PK 5-11 175 So. San Diego, Calif. (St. Augustine) 14 * Zackary Bowman...... CB 45 Covey, Nick LB 6-2 235 RFr. Glendale, Ariz. (Mountain Ridge) 15 Beau Davis...... QB 94 * Cryer, Barry DL 6-2 280 Sr. Marrero, La. (John Ehret/Dodge City CC) 15 Steve Octavien...... LB 6 Culbert, Major DB 6-0 200 Fr. Harbor City, Calif. (Nathaniel Narbonne) 16 Maurice Purify...... WR 54 * Dagunduro, Ola DL 6-2 300 Sr. Inglewood, Calif. (Compton CC) 17 * Todd Peterson...... WR 15 Davis, Beau QB 6-4 185 So. Venice, Calif. 18 Tyrell Spain...... CB 52 * Dillard, Phillip LB 6-1 245 So. Tulsa, Okla. (Jenks) 94 Egger, Zach PK 5-11 180 Fr. Wood River, Neb. 19 Tyler Kester...... P 46 * Eisenhart, Ben DB 5-11 200 Jr. Culbertson, Neb. 20 * Marlon Lucky...... IB 26 * Erickson, Dan WR 6-1 195 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Papillion-LaVista) 21 * Titus Brothers...... DB 47 Farino, Paul FB 6-0 270 RFr. East Meadow, N.Y. (Kellenberg Memorial) 22 Anthony West...... DB 28 *** Fluellen, Isaiah CB 6-0 190 Sr. Ramstein, Germany (Ramstein America) 23 Corey Young...... DB 27 Ford, Ryan DB 5-11 170 RFr. Winfield, Ala. 24 ** Brandon Rigoni...... FS 12 Ganz, Joe QB 6-1 200 So. Palos Heights, Ill. (Amos Alonzo Stagg) 25 Andre Jones...... CB 39 Glassman, Dan TE 6-4 245 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) 26 * Dan Erickson...... WR 34 * Glenn, Cody IB 6-0 230 So. Rusk, Texas 27 Ryan Ford...... DB 42 Gould, Brandon DB 5-11 165 So. Lake Ozark, Mo. (School of the Osage/Lindenwood Univ.) 27 Kenny Wilson...... IB 30 ** Green, Tierre S 6-1 200 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Benson) 28 *** Isaiah Fluellen...... CB 2 ** Grixby, Cortney CB 5-9 170 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Central) 29 * Jordan Congdon...... PK 75 Haines, Victory OL 6-7 290 Jr. Logan, Utah (Snow College) 30 ** Tierre Green...... S 7 * Hardy, Frantz WR 6-1 180 Jr. Miami, Fla. (Booker T. Washington/Butler Co. CC) 30 Patrick Kitzul...... WR 80 Harvey, David DE 6-4 245 RFr. LaPlata, Md. (McDonough) 90 Henery, Alex PK/P 6-2 170 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Burke) 32 ** Brandon Jackson...... IB 9 Henry, Will WR 6-5 195 Fr. El Paso, Texas (J.M. Hanks) 33 Matt O'Hanlon...... DB 11 *** Herian, Matt TE 6-5 245 Sr. Pierce, Neb. 34 *** Stewart Bradley...... LB 67 Hickman, Jacob OL 6-4 280 Fr. Bakersfield, Calif. (Centennial) 34 * Cody Glenn...... IB 8 Hildebrand, Brian QB 6-2 195 So. Corona, Calif. (Corona/Oregon St./ Mt. San Antonio CC) 35 Justin Makovicka...... FB 86 Hill, Sean TE 6-3 250 Jr. Lisle, Ill. (Naperville North) 36 * Thomas Lawson...... IB/FB 4 Holt, Menelik WR 6-4 215 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (St. Augustine) 37 * Jake Wesch...... PK 61 * Huff, Mike OL 6-4 305 So. Ralston, Neb. 38 Kyle Moore...... LB 32 ** Jackson, Brandon IB 5-11 210 Jr. Horn Lake, Miss. 39 Dan Glassman...... TE 91 Jensen, Seth DL 6-3 275 Fr. Fort Morgan, Colo. 40 ** Lance Brandenburgh...... LB 71 Jepson, Zach DT 6-2 240 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard West) 40 Colton Koehler...... FB 96 Johnson, Brandon Dl 6-3 315 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Marshall/Compton CC/Graceland Univ.) 41 *** Dane Todd...... FB 25 Jones, Andre CB 6-0 195 Jr. Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (Choctawhatchee/Fresno City CC/Kentucky) 42 Matt Senske...... FB 73 Jones, D.J. OL 6-5 315 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Central) 42 Brandon Gould...... DB 47 * Kadavy, Andy LB 6-0 220 Sr. Seward, Neb. 5 Keller, Sam QB 6-4 230 Sr. Danville, Calif. (San Ramon Valley) 43 * Ty Steinkuhler...... DL 92 *** Kelly, Lane LS 6-4 270 Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) 44 Mike McNeill...... TE 19 Kester, Tyler P/DB 6-1 200 Jr. Clearwater, Neb. 44 ** Jay Moore...... DE 30 Kitzul, Patrick WR 6-1 190 Fr. Driftwood, Texas (Dripping Springs) 45 Nick Covey...... LB 40 Koehler, Colton FB 6-1 225 RFr. Harvard, Neb. (Nebraska Wesleyan) 45 Will Otto...... FB 36 * Lawson, Thomas IB/FB 6-0 230 So. Parker, Colo. (Ponderosa) 46 * Ben Eisenhart...... DB 74 * Lingenfelter, Newton OL 6-5 280 Sr. Plainview, Neb. 46 Ben Tasa...... TE 20 * Lucky, Marlon IB 6-0 210 So. North Hollywood, Calif. 47 * Andy Kadavy...... LB 89 * Luhrs, Kevin DL 6-1 260 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) 47 Paul Farino...... FB 35 Makovicka, Justin FB 6-1 225 Fr. Ulysses, Neb. (East Butler) 48 Andy Sand...... FB 50 ** Mann, Kurt C 6-4 290 Sr. Grand Island, Neb.

Huskers.com Page 20 Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) 63 Martin, Ben DE 6-4 265 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) No. Name...... Position 55 McBride, Nathan LS 6-1 205 RFr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral) 49 Dreu Young...... TE 78 McEwen, Robbie LS 6-0 235 Jr. North Platte, Neb. (Chatfield/Drake Univ.) 50 ** Kurt Mann...... C 13 * McKeon, Corey LB 6-1 225 Jr. Naperville, Ill. (North) 50 Mark O'Shea...... LB 58 McNeil, Andy LB 6-1 235 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Skutt) 51 ** Bo Ruud...... LB 44 McNeill, Mike TE 6-4 215 Fr. Kirkwood, Mo. 52 * Phillip Dillard...... LB 44 ** Moore, Jay DE 6-4 280 Sr. Elkhorn, Neb. 52 Bryan Benzel...... LS 38 Moore, Kyle LB 6-2 220 Fr. Elkhorn, Neb. 53 Tyler Wortman...... LB 81 ** Mueller, Josh TE 6-5 265 Jr. Columbus, Neb. (Lakeview) 76 * Murtha, Lydon OL 6-7 315 So. Hutchinson, Minn. 54 * Ola Dagunduro...... DL 77 Nicks, Carl OL 6-5 325 Jr. Salinas, Calif. (North Salinas/Hartnell JC/New Mexico St.) 54 * Chris Patrick...... OL 83 ** Nunn, Terrence WR 6-0 185 Jr. Houston, Texas (Cypress Falls) 55 Nathan McBride...... LS 33 O’Hanlon, Matt DB 5-11 200 So. Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue East) 55 Craig Roark...... DL 82 O'Leary, T.J. LS 6-1 245 So. Omaha, Neb. (Millard North/New Mexico State) 56 Justin Baumgartner...... LS 50 O’Shea, Mark LB 5-11 235 Sr. Dallas, Texas (Jesuit College Prep/Iona) 57 Dennis Bergland...... DT 15 Octavien, Steve LB 6-0 235 Jr. Naples, Fla. (Lely/W.R. Harper College) 58 Andy McNeil...... LB 45 Otto, Will FB 5-11 235 Sr. Fullerton, Calif. (Troy/Fullerton College) 59 Brett Byford...... OL 54 * Patrick, Chris OL 6-4 290 Jr. Ithaca, Mich. 61 * Mike Huff...... OL 17 * Peterson, Todd WR 6-4 210 So. Grand Island, Neb. (Central Catholic) 62 Andy Christensen...... OL 85 ** Phillips, J.B. TE 6-3 245 Jr. Colleyville, Texas (Heritage) 63 Ben Martin...... DE 69 Picou, Jordan OL 6-2 300 Jr. Rialto, Calif. (Eisenhower/Mt. San Antonio CC) 65 *** Greg Austin...... OL 98 * Potter, Zach DE 6-7 280 So. Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) 66 Cruz Barrett...... OL 86 Poulosky, Andy DE 6-2 260 Jr. Ponca, Neb. 67 Jacob Hickman...... OL 16 Purify, Maurice WR 6-4 210 Jr. Eureka, Calif. (San Francisco City College) 85 Rice, Thomas DE 6-1 240 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (East) 68 Keith Williams...... OL 24 ** Rigoni, Brandon FS 5-6 185 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 69 Jordan Picou...... OL 79 Roark, Chad OL 6-2 290 Fr. Ada, Okla. (Oklahoma) 70 * Matt Slauson...... OL 55 Roark, Craig DL 6-2 295 RFr. Ada, Okla. 71 Zach Jepson...... DT 84 Rucker, Xavier WR 5-6 160 Fr. Minneapolis, Minn. (Breck School) 73 D.J. Jones...... OL 51 ** Ruud, Bo LB 6-3 235 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 74 * Newton Lingenfelter...... OL 48 Sand, Andy FB 6-2 225 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 75 Victory Haines...... OL 42 Senske, Matt FB 6-3 235 Jr. Bellevue, Neb. (East) 76 * Lydon Murtha...... OL 8 *** Shanle, Andrew S 6-1 210 Sr. St. Edward, Neb. 77 Carl Nicks...... OL 88 * Sievers, Clayton LB 6-4 240 So. Elkhorn, Neb. 78 Robbie McEwen...... LS 70 * Slauson, Matt OL 6-5 335 So. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Air Force Prep) 79 Chad Roark...... OL 97 Smith, Mike DL 6-6 265 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Palo Verde) 80 David Harvey...... DE 18 Spain, Tyrell CB 6-3 190 Jr. San Diego, Calif. (Hoover/Mesa College) 81 ** Josh Mueller...... TE 43 * Steinkuhler, Ty DL 6-3 280 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 82 Wes Cammack...... WR 91 Such, Michael P 6-2 205 Fr. Allen, Texas 93 Suh, Ndamukong DL 6-4 305 RFr. Portland, Ore. (Grant) 82 T.J. O'Leary...... LS 84 Sullivan, Tony DE 6-3 230 Jr. Wahoo, Neb. (Bishop Neumann) 83 ** Terrence Nunn...... WR 87 * Swift, Nate WR 6-2 195 So. Hutchinson, Minn. 84 Tony Sullivan...... DE 46 Tasa, Ben TE 6-4 210 Fr. Humphrey, Neb. (St. Francis) 84 Xavier Rucker...... WR 13 * Taylor, Zac QB 6-2 210 Sr. Norman, Okla. (Wake Forest/Butler County CC) 85 ** J.B. Phillips...... TE 89 * Teafatiller, Hunter TE 6-3 220 So. Kingsburg, Calif. (San Joaquin Memorial) 85 Thomas Rice...... DE 3 Thenarse, Rickey DB 6-0 185 Fr. Los Angeles, Calif. (Jordan) 86 Sean Hill...... TE 97 Titchener, Dan P 6-0 200 So. Cheyenne, Wyo. (East) 86 Andy Poulosky...... DE 41 *** Todd, Dane FB 5-11 235 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 87 * Nate Swift...... WR 99 * Turner, Barry DE 6-3 250 So. Antioch, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy) 88 * Clayton Sievers...... LB 4 Watson, Adam S 6-0 185 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Niwot [Colo.]) 89 * Kevin Luhrs...... DE 37 * Wesch, Jake PK 6-1 200 So. North Bend, Neb. 89 * Hunter Teafatiller...... TE 22 West, Anthony DB 6-0 195 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Point Loma) 90 *** Adam Carriker...... DE 68 Williams, Keith OL 6-5 310 Fr. Florissant, Mo. (McClure North) 90 Alex Henery...... P 9 Wilson, Bryan CB 6-1 200 Jr. Granada Hills, Calif. (Pierce College) 27 Wilson, Kenny IB 6-0 220 Jr. Liberal, Kan. (Butler County CC) 91 Seth Jensen...... DL 53 Wortman, Tyler LB 6-3 230 So. Grand Island, Neb. (Central Catholic) 91 Michael Such...... P 23 Young, Corey CB 6-0 195 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard North) 92 *** Lane Kelly...... LS 49 Young, Dreu TE 6-4 215 Fr. Cozad, Neb. 93 Ndamukong Suh...... DL 94 * Barry Cryer...... DL Coaching Staff 94 Zach Egger...... PK Head Coach: Bill Callahan, 22-13, third season at Nebraska 95 Pierre Allen...... DL Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Kevin Cosgrove; Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks: Jay Norvell 96 Brandon Johnson...... DL Defensive Line: John Blake; Safeties/Special Teams Coordinator: Bill Busch; TE/Recruiting Coordinator: 97 Mike Smith...... DL Shawn Watson Cornerbacks: Phil Elmassian; Receivers: Ted Gilmore; Running Backs: Randy Jordan; 97 Dan Titchener...... P Offensive Line: Dennis Wagner; Grad. Ass’t/Offense: Keith Heckendorf; Grad. Ass’t/Defense: Jon Osterhout; 98 * Zach Potter...... DE Associate A.D./Football: Tim Cassidy; Head Strength Coach: Dave Kennedy 99 * Barry Turner...... DE

Huskers.com Page 21 Game 13–Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma 2006 Nebraska Depth Chart–Colorado OFFENSE DEFENSE Career Starts TE (Y): 11 Matt Herian*** (6-5, 245, Sr., Pierce, Neb.) O END: 44 Jay Moore** (6-4, 280, Sr., Elkhorn, Neb.) 85 J.B. Phillips** (6-3, 245, Jr., Colleyville, Texas) 99 Barry Turner* (6-3, 250, So., Antioch, Tenn.) Offense Career 81 Josh Mueller** (6-5, 265, Jr., Columbus, Neb.) Name, Position Starts DT: 94 Barry Cryer* (6-2, 280, Sr., Marrero, La.) Matt Herian, Sr., TE...... 30 LT: 54 Chris Patrick* (6-4, 290, Jr., Ithaca, Mich.) 43 Ty Steinkuhler* (6-3, 280, So., Lincoln, Neb.) Terrence Nunn, Jr., WR...... 27 Kurt Mann, Sr., C...... 24 76 Lydon Murtha* (6-7, 315, So., Hutchinson, Minn.) Zac Taylor, Sr., QB...... 24 NT: 54 Ola Dagunduro* (6-2, 300, Sr., Inglewood, Calif.) J.B. Phillips, Jr., TE...... 22 LG: 65 Greg Austin*** (6-1, 295, Sr., Cypress, Texas) 93 Ndamukong Suh (6-4, 305, RFr., Portland, Ore.) Greg Austin, Sr., OG...... 18 Matt Slauson, Soph., OT...... 14 62 Andy Christensen (6-3, 300, So., Bennington, Neb.) Chris Patrick, Jr., OT...... 12 B END: 90 Adam Carriker*** (6-6, 295, Sr., Kennewick, Wash.) Mike Huff, Soph., OG...... 11 C: 59 Brett Byford (6-3, 300, Jr., Hartselle, Ala.) 98 Zach Potter* (6-7, 280, So., Omaha, Neb.) Brett Byford, Jr., C...... 11 Brandon Jackson, Jr., IB...... 10 50 Kurt Mann** (6-4, 290, Sr., Grand Island, Neb.) Dane Todd, Sr., FB...... 10 SAM: 34 Stewart Bradley*** (6-4, 250, Sr., Salt Lake City, Utah) Nate Swift, Soph., WR...... 9 RG: 61 Mike Huff* (6-4, 305, So., Ralston, Neb.) 88 Clayton Sievers* (6-4, 240, So., Elkhorn, Neb.) Marlon Lucky, Soph., IB...... 5 Josh Mueller, Jr., TE...... 5 67 Jacob Hickman (6-4, 280, Fr., Bakersfield, Calif.) Lydon Murtha, Soph., OT...... 5 MIKE: 13 Corey McKeon* (6-1, 225, Jr., Naperville, Ill.) Andy Christensen, Soph., OG...4 RT: 70 Matt Slauson* (6-5, 335, So., Colorado Springs, Colo.) 40 Lance Brandenburgh** (6-1, 230, Jr., Overland Park, Kan.) Todd Peterson, Soph., WR...... 3 Frantz Hardy, Jr., WR...... 3 77 Carl Nicks (6-5, 325, Jr., Salinas, Calif.) Maurice Purify, Jr., WR...... 3 WILL: 51 Bo Ruud** (6-3, 235, Jr., Lincoln, Neb.) Hunter Teafatiller, Soph., TE...... 2 WR (X): 87 Nate Swift* (6-2, 195, So., Hutchinson, Minn.) 15 Steve Octavien (6-0, 235, Jr., Naples, Fla.) Jacob Hickman, Fr., OG...... 1 Carl Nicks, Jr., OT...... 1 7 Frantz Hardy* (6-1, 180, Jr.)/16 Maurice Purify (6-4, 210, Jr.) S CB: 25 Andre Jones (6-0, 195, Jr., Fort Walton Beach, Fla.) Defense WR (Z): 83 Terrence Nunn** (6-0, 185, Jr., Houston, Texas) 3 Rickey Thenarse (6-0, 185, Fr., Los Angeles, Calif.) Career Name, Position Starts 17 Todd Peterson* (6-4, 210, So., Grand Island, Neb.) Adam Carriker, Sr., DE...... 32 SS: 30 Tierre Green** (6-1, 200, Jr., Omaha, Neb.) Jay Moore, Sr., DE...... 29 FB: 41 Dane Todd*** (5-11, 235, Sr., Lincoln, Neb.) 6 Major Culbert (6-0, 200, Fr.)/46 Ben Eisenhart* (5-11, 200, Jr.) Stewart Bradley, Sr., LB...... 27 Cortney Grixby, Jr., CB...... 26 42 Matt Senske (6-3, 235, Jr., Bellevue, Neb.) Corey McKeon, Jr., LB...... 23 FS: 8 Andrew Shanle*** (6-1, 210, Sr., St. Edward, Neb.) Tierre Green, Jr., SS...... 22 IB: 20 Marlon Lucky* (6-0, 210, So.)/34 Cody Glenn* (6-0, 230, So.) 9 Bryan Wilson (6-1, 200, Jr., Granada Hills, Calif.) Bo Ruud, Jr., LB...... 22 Ola Dagunduro, Sr., NT...... 12 32 Brandon Jackson** (5-11, 210, Jr.)/27 Kenny Wilson (6-0, 220, Jr.) Barry Cryer, Sr., DT...... 12 W CB: 2 Cortney Grixby** (5-9, 170, Jr., Omaha, Neb.) Andre Jones, Jr., CB...... 12 QB: 13 Zac Taylor* (6-2, 210, Sr., Norman, Okla.) 23 Corey Young (6-0, 195, Fr., Omaha, Neb.) Andrew Shanle, Sr., FS...... 12 Isaiah Fluellen, Sr., CB*...... 7 12 Joe Ganz (6-1, 200, So., Palos Heights, Ill.) Zackary Bowman, Sr., CB...... 5 15 Beau Davis (6-4, 185, So., Venice, Calif.) Clayton Sievers, Soph., DE**....3 Lance Brandenburgh, Jr., LB.....2 Specialists Phillip Dillard, Soph., LB...... 1

KEY: PK: 29 Jordan Congdon* (5-11, 175, So. San Diego, Calif.) Steve Octavien, Jr., LB...... 1 *indicates letters earned; returning starters are in boldface 90 Alex Henery (6-2, 170, Fr., Omaha, Neb.) *-Started at WR; **-Started at TE New depth chart will be released each Tuesday Kickers KO: 37 Jake Wesch* (6-1, 200, So., North Bend, Neb.) Career 29 Jordan Congdon* (5-11, 175, So. San Diego, Calif.) Name, Position Starts Jordan Congdon, So., PK...... 24 Dan Titchener, So., P...... 12 P: 97 Dan Titchener (6-0, 200, So., Cheyenne, Wyo.) 91 Michael Such (6-2, 205, Fr., Allen, Texas) Pronunciation Guide Ola Dagunduro...... Dog-un-duro Phil Elmassian...... Ell-MAY-shun LS: 82 T.J. O’Leary (6-1, 245, So., Omaha, Neb.) Tierre Green...... Tee-AIR 92 Lane Kelly*** (6-4, 270, Sr., Omaha, Neb.) Menelik Holt...... men-uh-leak Andy Kadavy...... KAD-uh-vee KOR: 32 Brandon Jackson (5-11, 210, Jr.)/20 Marlon Lucky* (6-0, 210, So.) Kevin Luhrs...... lew-ers Corey McKeon...... Mick-CUE-in 27 Kenny Wilson (6-0, 220, Jr.)/ 7 Frantz Hardy* (6-1, 180, Jr.) Jordan Picou...... pea-cue Andy Poulosky...... pole-ow-ski PR: 2 Cortney Grixby** (5-9, 170, Jr., Omaha, Neb.) Bo Ruud...... RUDE Andrew Shanle...... SHAN-lee 87 Nate Swift* (6-2, 195, So., Hutchinson, Minn.) Ty Steinkuhler...... STEIN-cooler Ndamukong Suh...... H: 37 Jake Wesch* (6-1, 200, So., North Bend, Neb.) ...... En-dom-ah-ken Sue 87 Nate Swift* (6-2, 195, So., Hutchinson, Minn.) Rickey Thenarse...... tuh-NARSE

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McKeon Game-by-Game in 2006 Louisiana Tech—McKeon made four tackles, including two solo stops, as the NU defense Corey McKeon #13 limited the Bulldogs to only 67 yards rushing. Nicholls State—McKeon made four tackles (three solo), including one tackle for loss, and recovered a fumble. He helped the Husker defense deny an opponent a pass completion MIKE Linebacker | Junior | 6-1 | 225 for the first time since Oklahoma State in 1992. Naperville, Ill. USC—McKeon made nine tackles, including four solo stops, against the Trojans as NU’s starting linebackers combined for 28 tackles. 2006 Butkus Award Candidate Troy—McKeon registered four tackles and his first pass breakup of the season to help 2006 Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon, Lindy’s) NU claim its first shutout in nearly three years. 2006 Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List Kansas—McKeon led the Huskers with nine tackles and added a pass breakup and 2006 Preseason Second-Team All-Big 12 (Lindy’s) quarterback hurry. He also forced a key second-quarter fumble to stop a Kansas drive at the Nebraska 2-yard line. Corey McKeon serves as a physical presence for a strong linebacking corps that ranks Iowa State—McKeon made six stops to help lead a dominating performance by the among the Big 12’s best. One year after bursting onto the scene as the Huskers’ leading Blackshirts over ISU. He added one tackle for loss and a quarterback hurry as NU limited tackler, McKeon earned preseason recognition as an All-Big 12 candidate from several the Cyclones to only 53 yards rushing. publications, including Athlon and Lindy’s. A year ago, McKeon led the Huskers with 98 Kansas State—McKeon made one solo stop before leaving in the third quarter with an tackles and set the Huskers’ single-season position record with 22 tackles for loss. injured ankle. The Naperville, Ill., native was instrumental in a pair of strong Husker defensive efforts Texas—McKeon made two tackles in his 20th consecutive start despite playing with an in the first two weeks of the season. While NU shut down the run against Louisiana Tech, injured ankle suffered the week before against Kansas State. allowing only 67 yards rushing, the squad denied Nicholls State from completing a pass Oklahoma State—McKeon made four tackles, including three solo stops. the following week for the first time against an opponent since Oklahoma State in 1992. Missouri—McKeon did not play while continuing to nurse an injured ankle he suffered McKeon recorded four tackles, including three solo stops and a tackle-for-loss, while also at KSU. recovering a fumble against the Colonels. Texas A&M—McKeon returned to the field with six stop, including a season-high two He was part of a strong performance by the Husker linebacking corps against USC. tackles for loss. NU’s starting linebackers combined to make 28 tackles, with McKeon accounting for Colorado—McKeon registered multiple TFLs for the second straight week, including nine stops. McKeon and the Huskers rebounded from the loss to USC with a dominating his first sack of the season and a shared TFL for a safety with teammate Adam Carriker, performance against Troy featuring NU’s first shutout in nearly three years. The 6-1, while making six tackles. 225-pound McKeon collected four tackles while the Blackshirts held the Trojans to only 140 yards total offense. McKeon put together one of his best games this season to help Nebraska over Kansas Career Statistics Defense ( ------Tackles------) Fum. QB in overtime. He tied a season high and led the Huskers with nine tackles while adding a Year G/S UT AT TT TFL Sacks C-R BK PBU PI Hry. pass breakup and quarterback hurry. He also forced a key second-quarter fumble to stop 2003 Redshirt a strong Jayhawk drive at the Nebraska 2-yard line. McKeon followed the next week with 2004 1/0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 another strong effort by making six tackles, including his second TFL this season, while 2005 12/12 61 37 98 22-89 7-51 1-1 0 8 3 11 helping the Blackshirts limit Iowa State to only 53 yards rushing. NU earned its second 2006 11/11 26 29 55 6-24 1-15 1-1 0 2 0 2 straight road victory the following week at Kansas State, as the Huskers gave up only a Totals 24/23 87 66 153 28-113 8-66 2-2 0 10 4 13 field goal while allowing an opponent season-low 22 yards rushing. Interceptions–1-5 vs. Western Illinois, 2004; 1-30 (TD) vs. Wake Forest; 1-19 vs. Kansas, McKeon made his 20th consecutive start and pushed the Huskers to a near-upset of 1-0; vs. Kansas State, 2005 No. 5 Texas despite playing with an injured ankle suffered against Kansas State. While he missed the Missouri game two weeks later, he returned to the field to help Nebraska Single-Game Bests: clinch the Big 12 North title with six stops, including a season-high two TFLs, against Tackles–11, vs. Iowa State, 2005 Texas A&M. With his health continuing to improve, McKeon recorded a pair of TFLs for Solo Tackles–9 vs. Iowa State, vs. Michigan, 2005 the second straight week, including his first sack of the year and a shared TFL for a safety Tackles for Loss–5-23 vs. Iowa State, 2005 (school linebacker record) with teammate Adam Carriker, during NU’s home win over Colorado. Sacks–2, vs. Wake Forest, vs. Iowa State, 2005 QB Hurries–3 vs. Iowa State, 2005 Passes Broken Up–2 vs. Kansas State, 2005

2006 Game-by-Game Tackles Sacks Fumbles Game UT AT TT TFL No.-Yds FF-FR PBU QBH INT La. Tech 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Nicholls 3 1 4 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 USC 4 5 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 Troy 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 KU 3 6 9 0-0 0-0 1-0 1 1 0 ISU 4 2 6 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 KSU 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 UT 1 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 OSU 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 MU Did Not Play (Injured) A&M 0 6 6 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 CU 4 2 6 2-15 1-15 0-0 0 0 0

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Troy—Taylor completed 14-of-17 passes for 268 yards and a touchdown while leading the Huskers to another efficient performance featuring nearly 600 yards of total offense. Zac Taylor #13 He moved past Turner Gill and Tommie Frazier into fourth place on NU’s career passing list with 3,525 yards. Kansas—Taylor led NU to an overtime win with the No. 2 passing total in school history. Quarterback | Senior | 6-2 | 210 He threw for 395 yards and tied a career high with four touchdown passes, three of which Norman, Okla. surpassed his previous career long by going for 75 yards or more. He hooked up with Frantz Hardy for a long of 78 yards. Taylor’s average of 26.33 yards per completion marked 2006 Maxwell Award Watch List a single-game school record. 2006 Davey O’Brien Award Watch List Iowa State—Taylor became only the fourth player in Nebraska history to pass for 4,000 2006 Manning Award Watch List career yards while completing 17-of-21 attempts for 131 yards against Iowa State. He 2006 Preseason Second-Team All-Big 12 (Lindy’s) threw his lone touchdown pass on a 27-yard connection with Maurice Purify with three Team Captain seconds remaining in the first half to put NU up 21-7. NU all-time leader in pass attempts (745), completions (433), yardage (5,442) and TDs (43) Kansas State—Taylor completed 12-of-21 attempts for 149 yards and a touchdown while NU single-season record for passing yardage (2,789) and touchdowns (24) leading NU to its fifth straight Big 12 victory. He also notched a career-long 24-yard rush ABC Player of the Game (Texas A&M) on a naked bootleg that helped set up NU’s second touchdown of the game. Texas—Taylor set NU’s career completions record while moving within four yards of Eric Following a successful first season at the helm of Nebraska’s West Coast Offense, Crouch for third place on the career passing yardage chart. He completed 15-of-28 attempts quarterback Zac Taylor is one of the nation’s top signal callers as a senior, ranking ninth for 277 yards and two touchdowns to fuel the Huskers’ near-upset of No. 5 Texas. nationally and second in the Big 12 Conference in passing efficiency. He is also one of the Oklahoma State—Taylor completed 21-of-39 attempts for 241 yards to eclipse 2,000 yards most successful quarterbacks in NU history, as he owns nearly all of the school’s single- passing for the second straight year. He moved into second place on NU’s career passing season and career passing records. Taylor has proved this season that he is capable of chart, while moving within two scoring passes of the NU single-season record. limiting mistakes with three streaks of more than 80 pass attempts without an interception. Missouri—Taylor connected on 13-of-21 attempts for 208 yards and two scores to tie He was voted a captain during fall camp by his teammates, along with fellow seniors Adam Vince Ferragamo’s NU single-season record of 20 touchdown passes. He also moved Carriker and Brandon Rigoni. up to second on the single-season yardage list, trailing his own 2005 school-record total A native of Norman, Okla., Taylor has reached several milestones in only his second by only 380 yards. season at Nebraska and moved up in the record books past great Husker names such as Texas A&M—Taylor led the Huskers on a game-winning drive with under two minutes left Turner Gill, Tommie Frazier, Vince Ferragamo and Dave Humm. He broke long-standing capped by a nine-yard touchdown pass to Maurice Purify that clinched the Big 12 North Husker career passing marks for attempts, completions and yardage while directing one title. Taylor also broke the Huskers’ all-time career passing record with 267 yards during of the nation’s most potent offenses. Taylor tied former Husker great Tommie Frazier’s the win, as well as the single-season touchdown passes mark with two scores. career touchdown pass record in the regular-season finale against Colorado. He saved his Colorado—Taylor tied Tommie Frazier’s NU career record for touchdown passes with a best season for last, as he also has rewrote his own single-season NU record for passing pair of scoring strikes. Taylor also broke his own single-season passing record set last year yardage that he previously set as a junior. with 249 yards on 19-of-28 passing to up his season total to 2,789 yards. Taylor Game-by-Game in 2006 Louisiana Tech—Taylor completed 22-of-33 passes for 287 yards and tied his career Career Statistics high with three touchdowns, his 10th straight game with a scoring pass. He also moved Passing up three spots to seventh on NU’s career passing list. Year G Att. Cmp. Int. Pct. Yds. Y/A Y/G LP TD Eff.R. Nicholls State—Taylor registered the best game of his career by recording the eighth-best 2005 12/12 430 237 12 .551 2,653 6.2 221.1 73 19 115.94 day in Husker history in terms of passing efficiency. He completed 19-of-23 attempts for 2006 12/12 315 196 4 .622 2,789 8.9 232.4 78 24 159.20 202 yards and a career-high four touchdowns with no interceptions. Taylor also became Totals 24/24 745 433 16 .581 5,442 7.3 226.8 78 43 134.23 just the seventh Husker to surpass 3,000 yards passing. Rushing: 118-(-70)-2 TD; long-24 vs. Kansas State, 2006 USC—Taylor went 8-of-16 through the air for 115 yards with no interceptions, moving him past Vince Ferragamo into sixth place on Nebraska’s all-time passing yardage list (3,257). Single-Game Bests: He also scored Nebraska’s lone touchdown on a naked bootleg run on fourth down to cut Pass Attempts–55 vs. Iowa State, 2005 (school record) the USC lead to 21-10 early in the fourth quarter. Pass Completions–36 vs. Iowa State, 2005 (school record) Passing Yards–431 vs. Iowa State, 2005 (school record) Passing Touchdowns–4, vs. Nicholls State, vs. Kansas, 2006 Long Pass–78 yards to Frantz Hardy vs. Kansas, 2006 Rushing Yards–30 vs. Baylor, 2005 Total Offense–433 vs. Iowa State, 2005 (school record)

2006 Game-by-Game Passing Rushing Total Offense Game A-C-I Yds. .Pct TD No. Yds. TD Att. Yds. La. Tech 33-22-1 287 .667 3 2 9 0 35 289 Nicholls 23-19-0 202 .826 4 3 -3 0 26 199 USC 16-8-0 115 .500 0 5 -6 1 21 109 Troy 17-14-1 268 .824 1 3 8 0 20 276 KU 33-15-0 395 .455 4 2 -12 0 35 383 ISU 21-17-0 131 .810 1 4 -13 0 25 118 KSU 21-12-0 149 .571 1 5 5 0 26 154 UT 28-15-1 277 .536 2 7 -25 0 35 252 OSU 39-21-0 241 .538 2 7 -20 0 46 221 MU 21-13-0 208 .619 2 1 7 0 22 215 A&M 35-21-1 267 .625 2 8 -4 0 43 263 CU 28-19-0 249 .679 2 2 11 0 30 260

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Purify Game-by-Game in 2006 Louisiana Tech—Purify made one reception in his first game at NU on a 28-yard catch. Maurice Purify #16 Nicholls State—Purify scored his first career touchdown on a 42-yard reception in the third quarter. He totaled two catches for 61 yards. USC—Purify played, but did not make a reception against the Trojans. Wide Receiver | Junior Troy—Purify totaled two receptions for 45 yards, including a 30-yard catch. 6-4 | 210 | Eureka, Calif. Kansas—Purify had four receptions for 91 yards, including a 36-yard catch. Iowa State—Purify made two catches for 35 yards and scored his second career touchdown Tied for No. 5 on NU's single-season TD receptions list (7) on a 27-yard reception with only three seconds remaining in the first half. Kansas State—Purify recorded four receptions for 73 yards, including a game-long 32-yard catch Maurice Purify has become a focal point of the Nebraska offense in his first season in Texas—Purify opened the scoring for the Huskers with a 63-yard reception on NU’s second Lincoln, as he has been involved more and more by the week in the Huskers’ offensive drive of the game. He later added a 19-yard catch to total 84 yards receiving. game plan. The 6-4, 210-pound Purify has quickly become one of Nebraska’s big-play Oklahoma State—Purify continued his surge as a playmaker for the Huskers with a threats at wide receiver, while still continuing to learn the intricacies of Head Coach Bill career-high six receptions for 65 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Callahan’s West Coast offensive system. Missouri—Purify completed his first career pass for a 28-yard touchdown, while he caught Purify leads the team with seven touchdown receptions and 584 yards receiving and another score among two receptions for 21 yards. ranks second among all Huskers in receptions. He also averages an impressive 19.5 Texas A&M—Purify hauled in the winning touchdown pass from Zac Taylor with only 21 yards per catch. Twenty-six of his 30 receptions have gone for first downs, while he seconds remaining, moving him into a tie for fifth place on NU’s single-season touchdown has recorded 13 catches of more than 20 yards in 2006. Purify has made at least four receptions list. He totaled two catches for 30 yards overall during the win. receptions three times this season, while he has notched personal bests of 91 yards and Colorado—Purify made three receptions for 51 yards, including a 31-yard reception on a two scoring receptions. critical third-down play in the third quarter with the scored tied at 14-14. The Eureka, Calif., native has become a threat to go the distance on any catch he makes, as three of his five scores have been for more than 27 yards. His 27-yard touchdown at Iowa State with only three seconds remaining in the first half staked the Huskers to a Career Statistics comfortable 21-7 lead. Purify put together a solid performance against No. 5 Texas that Receiving included a 63-yard touchdown on NU’s second possession, while he later added a 21-yard Year G/S No. Yds. Y/R Y/G Long TDs 2006 12/3 30 584 19.5 48.7 63 vs. Texas 7 reception that was a key play in helping the Huskers take a late fourth-quarter lead on the Totals 12/3 30 584 19.5 48.7 63 vs. Texas 7 Longhorns. His latest outing against Oklahoma State featured career-high totals of six catches and two touchdowns with 65 yards receiving. Passing: 1-for-1; 28 yards; 1 touchdown Purify accounted for two more scores the following week to help the Huskers bounce back from a two-game losing streak. He opened the scoring with a 28-yard touchdown Single-Game Bests: pass to Terrence Nunn on his first career pass attempt, while he later added a scoring Receptions–6 vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 reception of his own on a seven-yard jump ball from Zac Taylor where he outleaped a Receiving Yards–91 vs. Kansas, 2006 Tiger defender. Long Reception–63 vs. Texas, 2006 Touchdowns–2 vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 With a nine-yard catch for the winning touchdown the following week against Texas Touchdown Pass–1 vs Missouri, 2006 A&M, Purify helped the Huskers clinch the Big 12 North Division title in addition to moving into a tie for fifth place on the school’s all-time single-season touchdown receptions list. 2006 Game-by-Game The score marked his fifth touchdown in four games. Game Rec. Yds. Long TD La. Tech 1 28 28 0 Nicholls 2 61 42 1 USC 0 0 0 0 Troy 2 45 30 0 KU 4 91 36 0 ISU 2 35 27 1 KSU 4 73 32 0 UT 2 84 63 1 OSU 6 65 22 2 MU 2 21 14 1 A&M 2 30 21 1 CU 3 51 31 0

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Jackson Game-by-Game in 2006 Louisiana Tech—Jackson rushed three times for 36 yards, including a 25-yard touchdown, Brandon Jackson #32 in the Huskers’ season-opening win. Nicholls State—Jackson ran for 29 yards on seven carries and added his first three career receptions for 25 yards. I-Back | Junior | 5-11 | 210 USC—Jackson led the Husker passing game with a career-high four receptions for 36 Horn Lake, Miss. yards. Troy—Jackson earned a then-season-high 11 carries for 60 yards and a score. NU single-game record for all-purpose attempts (41) Kansas—Jackson made his first start of the season and rushed for 28 yards. ABC Player of the Game (Texas, Oklahoma State, Missouri Iowa State—Jackson took over as NU’s feature I-back and rushed for a then-career-high and Colorado) 116 yards on 22 carries with a touchdown. Kansas State—Jackson led the Huskers with 92 yards rushing which chipping in two Brandon Jackson is the experienced leader of Nebraska’s I-back-by-committee group receptions for 14 yards. that has helped the Huskers rank among the nation’s top 20 teams in rushing average at Texas—Jackson sparked Nebraska’s upset bid with a tremendous score on a catch and more than 180 yards per game. He is a complete back who not only possesses the speed run that covered 49 yards in the fourth quarter. He totaled two receptions overall for a to turn the corner, but also the power to run between the tackles. He also has become a career-high 77 yards, while also adding 40 yards rushing on seven carries. reliable receiving target out of the backfield. Oklahoma State—Jackson recorded his finest career effort with 182 yards rushing on The Horn Lake, Miss., native has started each of the Huskers’ last eight games and only 21 carries (8.7 average), including a career-best two touchdowns. He added three leads the squad in rushing with a career-high 881 yards. He finished the regular season receptions for 24 yards. third in Big 12 games only in both rushing (94.4 ypg) and all-purpose (136.4 ypg) average. Missouri—Jackson helped NU gain control of the Big 12’s North Division with a career-high Jackson has posted four 100-yard rushing efforts over the last seven games, and he 32 carries for 111 yards and a touchdown. The performance marked his third 100-yard also has given the Huskers an added dimension in the passing game with 26 receptions rushing effort in five games. He also caught three passes for 61 yards—a 20.3 yard per for 291 yards out of the backfield. Jackson capped his regular season with a Nebraska reception average. single-game record 41 all-purpose attempts against Colorado to help make his bid for Texas A&M—Jackson rushed for 44 yards on nine carries and added 12 yards on two first-team All-Conference honors. receptions while making his seventh consecutive start. Jackson had his first 100-yard game this season during his first start at Iowa State, while Colorado—Jackson set the NU single-game record for all-purpose attempts with 41. He he recorded a career-high 77 yards receiving against Texas, including a 49-yard score. rushed a career-high 34 times for 142 yards and one touchdown while also hauling in He then produced NU’s top rushing effort of the season with a career-high 182 yards and a career-best six receptions for 42 yards and another score. Jackson became only the two touchdowns on only 21 carries (8.7 ypc) at Oklahoma State. Jackson then helped second player to rush for more than 100 yards against the Buffs in 2006. Nebraska gain control of the Big 12’s North Division the following week against Missouri, toting the ball a career-high 32 times for 111 yards. He also caught three passes for 61 Career Statistics yards—a 20.3 yard per reception average. Jackson capped the reguar season with 142 Rushing yards rushing, including career highs of 34 rushing attempts and six receptions, during Year G/S Att. Gain Loss Net Y/A Y/G Long TDs the win against Colorado. 2004 10/0 85 396 6 390 4.6 39.0 24 vs. Baylor 6 2005 9/2 18 56 4 52 2.9 5.8 10 at Colorado 0 2006 12/8 168 913 32 881 5.2 73.4 48 vs. KSU 7 Totals 31/10 271 1365 42 1323 4.9 42.7 48 vs. KSU 13

Receiving Year No. Yds. Y/R Y/G Long TDs 2004 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 2005 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 2006 26 291 11.2 24.3 49 vs. Texas 2 Totals 26 291 11.2 9.4 49 vs. Texas 2

Single-Game Highs Rushing Attempts–34 vs. Colorado, 2006 Rushing Yards–182 vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Long Rush–48 vs. Kansas State, 2006 Rushing TDs–2, four times, most recently vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 Receptions–6, vs. Colorado, 2006 Receiving Yards–77, vs. Texas, 2006 Long Reception–49, vs. Texas, 2006 Receiving TDs–1, vs. Texas, vs. Colorado, 2006 All Purpose Attempts–41, vs. Colorado, 2006 (School Record) All-Purpose Yards–206, vs. Oklahoma State, 2006

2006 Game-by-Game Rushing Receiving Game Att. Yds. Y/A Lng TDs Rec. Yds. Y/R Lng TDs La Tech 3 36 12.0 25 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 Nicholls 7 29 4.1 8 0 3 25 8.3 14 0 USC 2 1 0.5 5 0 4 36 9.0 22 0 Troy 11 60 5.5 26 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 KU 4 28 7.0 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 ISU 22 116 5.3 21 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 KSU 16 92 5.8 48 0 2 14 7.0 10 0 UT 7 40 5.7 18 0 2 77 38.5 49 1 OSU 21 182 8.7 28 2 3 24 8.0 12 0 MU 32 111 3.5 13 1 3 61 20.3 47 0 A&M 9 44 4.9 17 0 2 12 6.0 7 0 CU 34 142 4.2 31 1 6 42 7.0 18 1

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Bradley Game-by-Game in 2006 Louisiana Tech—Bradley made three tackles, including two solo stops, while adding a Stewart Bradley #34 quarterback hurry in the Huskers’ season-opening win. Nicholls State—Bradley collected four tackles and his first two fumble recoveries to help the Blackshirts deny an opponent a pass completion for the first time since Oklahoma SAM Linebacker | Senior | 6-4 | 250 State in 1992. Salt Lake City, Utah USC—Bradley led the Huskers wth 10 stops, including one tackle for loss, while also forcing his second career fumble. Troy—Bradley had four tackles, including one for loss, while helping NU claim its first shutout in nearly three years against the Trojans. Kansas—Bradley recorded eight tackles, one for a loss, and added his second quarterback Stewart Bradley, a three-year starter at SAM linebacker, is a member of a strong Husker hurry of the season during NU’s overtime win over the Jayhawks. linebacking corps that ranks among the nation’s best in 2006. He returned for his senior Iowa State—Bradley made five tackles, including three solo stops. season after missing the final seven games of his junior campaign due to a knee injury. Kansas State—Bradley tied a season-high with 10 tackles, while setting a career high with Bradley is in the midst of his finest season, as he leads the Blackshirts this season with 67 eight solo stops. He also made a tackle for loss for the fourth time in five weeks. tackles and three fumble recoveries, while he also is one of two Huskers to have forced at Texas—Bradley registered six tackles, including five solo stops, while adding a quarterback least two fumbles. He has added five tackles for loss this season. The versatile Bradley also hurry during the Huskers’ near-upset of the No. 5 Longhorns. regularly draws pass coverage assignments in Nebraska’s 4-3 defensive scheme. Oklahoma State—Bradley made four stops, including three solo tackles, in addition to Bradley has helped the Husker defense rank fourth in the conference in scoring defense recovering his third fumble of the season. (18.17). He has made at least three tackles in 11 of 12 games this season, while leading Missouri—Bradley recorded two assisted tackles while often assigned to pass coverage the Huskers twice in stops. Twice (against USC and Kansas State) this season he has duties against the Tigers. reached double-digits in tackles, with his eight solo stops against KSU marking a career Texas A&M—Bradley made seven tackles, including a tackle for loss, to help the Huskers high. He added eight tackles during Nebraska’s overtime victory over Kansas. His 10 clinch the Big 12 North Division title. tackles against Kansas State helped limit the Wildcats to an NU opponent season-low Colorado—Bradley registered three tackles, including one solo stop. 22 yards rushing, the fourth time this season that NU has allowed less than 100 yards on the ground. He added his team-leading third fumble recovery of the season against Oklahoma State. Career Statistics Defense ( ------Tackles------) Fum. QB Int. Year G/S UT AT TT TFL Sacks C-R BK PBU PI Hry. Csd. 2002 Redshirted 2003 13/0 4 2 6 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 2004 11/10 38 29 67 11-26 0-0 1-0 0 2 0 5 0 2005 5/5 11 15 26 5-27 3-25 0-0 0 0 1 7 0 2006 12/12 34 32 67 4-12 0-0 1-3 0 1 0 5 0 Totals 41/27 87 78 166 23-69 3-25 2-3 0 3 1 21 0

Single-Game Highs Tackles–12 vs. Kansas, 2004 Solo Tackles–8 vs. Kansas State, 2006 Tackles for Loss–3-9 at Kansas State, 2004, 3-17 vs. Maine, 2005 Sacks–2-16 vs. Maine, 2005 Touchdown–43-yard interception return vs. Wake Forest, 2005

2006 Game-by-Game Tackles Sacks Fumbles Game UT AT TT TFL No.-Yds FF-FR PBU QBH INT La. Tech 2 1 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 Nicholls 2 2 4 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 0 0 USC 3 7 10 1-1 0-0 1-0 0 0 0 Troy 1 3 4 1-8 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 KU 5 3 8 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 ISU 3 2 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 KSU 8 2 10 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 UT 5 1 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 OSU 3 1 4 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 MU 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 A&M 3 4 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 CU 1 2 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

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Moore Game-by-Game in 2006 Louisiana Tech—Moore notched two tackles for loss, including one sack, in addition to Jay Moore #44 a quarterback hurry. Nicholls State—Moore made four tackles, including two solo stops and a tackle for loss, and a quarterback hurry while helping the Husker defense deny an opponent a pass Open End | Senior | 6-4 | 280 completion for the first time since Oklahoma State in 1992. Elkhorn, Neb. USC—Moore made one solo stop and added a pass breakup and a hurry against the Trojans. No. 10 on NU's career tackles for loss list (35) Troy—Moore recorded a sack on his only tackle of the game, as he helped NU claim its first shutout in nearly three years against the Trojans. Kansas—Moore made five tackles, including one solo stop, against the Jayhawks, while Jay Moore is one half of Nebraska’s impressive starting defensive end tandem. He is in recording a sack on a KU two-point conversion attempt in the fourth quarter. his senior season following two quietly outstanding years as a starter. He has the size and Iowa State—Moore tied his season high with five stops and added a tackle for loss. strength not only to defend the run, but also the athletic ability to rush the passer. Moore Kansas State—Moore tied a career-high with his third sack of the season among two solo ranks second only to Adam Carriker in sacks (4.0) and tackles for loss (14) in 2006. stops, while helping limit KSU to an NU opponent season-low 22 yards rushing. Moore opened his senior campaign strong in the first quarter against Louisiana Tech, Texas—Moore made three TFLs among his four tackles, including his team-leading fourth recording a sack against quarterback Zac Champion on the Bulldogs’ second drive of sack. He also added one pass breakup and a quarterback hurry. the game to force a third-and-long situation that resulted in a punt. He finished the game Oklahoma State—Moore made one tackle for loss among his two stops. with two TFLs and one quarterback hurry. The Huskers’ early season success continued Missouri—Moore tied career highs with six tackles and three TFLs against the Tigers in the win against Nicholls State, when NU denied the Colonels from completing a pass, while also adding a quarterback hurry. marking the first time a Nebraska opponent has failed to complete a pass since Oklahoma Texas A&M—Moore moved into sole possession of 10th place on NU’s all-time TFL chart State in 1992. with one of his three stops coming for a loss, as the Huskers clinched the Big 12 North The Elkhorn, Neb., native helped the Huskers rebound from their first loss of the season Division title against the Aggies. with a sack on his only tackle against Troy. Moore’s effort helped NU claim its first shutout in Colorado—Moore made one tackle in the win over the Buffaloes. nearly three years. His solid stretch continued through the Kansas and Iowa State games, as he notched a season-high five tackles during both wins. He helped the Blackshirts limit Iowa State to only 53 yards rushing. Career Statistics Moore tied a career high with his third sack of the season coming among two solo Defense ( ------Tackles------) Fum. QB tackles against Kansas State. His efforts helped fuel a dominating Husker defensive Year G/S UT AT TT TFL Sacks C-R BK PBU PI Hry. performance that included limiting KSU to an NU opponent season-low 22 yards rushing. 2002 Redshirted One week later, Moore recorded one of his finest career performances by tying a career 2003 0/0 0 0 0 0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2004 11/4 11 10 21 7-25 3.0-16 1-2 0 2 0 8 high with three TFLs, including one sack, during Nebraska’s narrow loss to No. 5 Texas, 2005 12/12 19 18 37 14-50 3.0-25 3-1 0 3 1 11 which featured one of the nation’s best offensive line units. 2006 12/12 18 18 33 14-56 4.0-33 0-0 0 2 0 5 Moore continued on pace for the best season of his career with one of his finest single- Totals 35/28 48 46 91 35-131 10.0-74 4-3 0 7 1 24 game efforts against Missouri. He tied career highs with six tackles and three TFLs while helping the Huskers rebound from a sub-par defensive effort against Oklahoma State. Single-Game Bests: Moore moved into a tie for 10th place on Nebraska’s career list with the performance, and Tackles–6, vs. Kansas, 2004; vs. Missouri, 2006 later grabbed sole possession with one TFL among three stops during NU’s Big 12 North Solo Tackles–4 vs. Pittsburgh, 2005 Division-clinching win against Texas A&M. Tackles for Loss–3, four times, most recently vs. Missouri, 2006 Sacks–1, 10 times, most recently vs. Texas, 2006 Quarterback Hurries–3 vs. Missouri, 2004

2006 Game-by-Game Tackles Sacks Fumbles Game UT AT TT TFL No.-Yds FF-FR PBU QBH INT La. Tech 2 0 2 2-12 1-10 0-0 0 1 0 Nicholls 2 2 4 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 USC 1 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Troy 1 0 1 1-6 1-6 0-0 0 0 0 KU 1 4 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 ISU 2 3 5 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 KSU 2 0 2 1-13 1-13 0-0 0 1 0 UT 2 2 4 3-8 1-4 0-0 1 1 0 OSU 1 1 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 MU 3 3 6 3-8 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 A&M 1 2 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 CU 0 1 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

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Kansas—Nunn became only the 13th Husker to eclipse the 1,000-yard receiving mark with three catches for 98 yards that included a career-long 75-yard touchdown reception Terrence Nunn #83 on NU’s second play from scrimmage. He also moved into fourth place on the all-time receptions list and extended his streak of games with a catch to 18. Iowa State—Nunn recorded a catch for the 19th straight game to move within one of Wide Receiver/Punt Returner | Junior Junior Miller and Matt Davison for the third-longest streak in school history. He totaled two 6-0 | 185 | Houston, Texas receptions for 11 yards during the road win over ISU. Kansas State—Nunn extended his consecutive games with a reception streak to 20 on 2006 Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 (Lindy's) an 18-yard catch in the second quarter, tying for the second-longest streak in NU history, 2006 Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 Punt Returner (Athlon) while he moved ahead of Junior Miller into 12th on the all-time receiving yardage chart. No. 2 on NU’s all-time receptions list (96) Texas—Nunn made a team-high five catches to move into a tie with Jeff Kinney for third No. 3 on NU’s all-time receiving yardage list (1,213) place on NU’s all-time receptions list with 84. He also jumped from 12th to seventh (1,133) 25 consecutive games with a reception (second-longest in NU history) on the career receiving yardage list with 84 yards through the air, while extending his consecutive games with a reception streak to 21, the second-longest in NU history. Terrence Nunn ranks as a dangerous threat for Nebraska in 2006 as a go-to wide Oklahoma State—Nunn hauled in three catches for 17 yards to extend his consecutive receiver. He is continuing to flourish in his junior season as quarterback Zac Taylor and games with a reception streak to 22. He also tied Tracey Wistrom for sixth on NU’s all-time the Husker offense continue to grow. Quietly putting together another fine season, Nunn receiving yardage list with 1,150 yards. leads NU in catches (37) and is second to teammate Maurice Purify for both receiving Missouri—Nunn recorded his second touchdown of the season on a 28-yard pass from yardage (552) and touchdowns (three). Maurice Purify during a fake end-around play in the first quarter. Nunn totaled two receptions The Huskers have seen Nunn quickly ascend up the program’s all-time receiving charts for 35 yards to run his consecutive games with a catch streak to 23. in only his third year. After starting the season ranked 15th on NU’s all-time receptions Texas A&M—Nunn made three catches for 28 yards, extending his consecutive games list and outside the top 25 for receiving yardage, the Houston, Texas, native has risen to with a reception streak to 24. He also moved past Irving Fryar into fourth place on NU’s second and third in the respective categories. He became only the 13th Husker to break career receiving yardage list. the 1,000-yard mark for career yardage early in the season, while his current streak of Colorado—Nunn caught four passes for 52 yards and added his third touchdown of the 25 consecutive games with a reception ranks second in school history only to Heisman season on NU’s opening drive of the game. He moved into second place on the career Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers. receptions (96) list past Matt Davison and into third place on the career yardage list (1,265) ahead of teammate Matt Herian. Nunn also extended his consecutive games Nunn Game-by-Game in 2006 with a reception streak to 25. Louisiana Tech—Nunn led the Huskers with five receptions in the season opener for 54 yards. He also returned three punts for 10 yards. Nicholls State—Nunn caught three passes for 22 yards. He helped set the Husker offense Career Statistics Receiving up with good field position several times on solid punt returns, notching a 13.6 yards per Year G/S No. Yds. Y/R Y/G Long TDs return average, including a season-high 27-yard return. 2004 11/6 16 218 13.6 19.8 55 at Kansas State 0 USC—Nunn made two receptions for 31 yards. He added an electrifying 31-yard punt 2005 12/12 43 495 11.5 41.2 52 vs. Michigan 7 return to help set up the Huskers’ first-quarter field goal. 2006 12/8 37 552 14.9 46.0 75 vs. Kansas 3 Troy—Nunn experienced a career day by catching four passes for a career-high 102 yards, Totals 35/26 96 1,265 13.2 36.1 75 vs. Kansas 10 including a personal-best 67-yard reception in the second quarter. He moved past Cory Ross and Tim Smith into fifth on NU’s all-time receptions list, while extending his streak Punt Returns: 27-368-0 (13.6 avg) overall; 16-293-0 (18.3 avg) in 2005; of games with a catch to 17, the fourth-best string in school history. 18-153-0 (8.5 avg) in 2006 Rushing: 4-46-0; 2-23-0 in 2004; 2-23-0 in 2005

Single-Game Bests: Receptions–8 vs. Iowa State, 2005 Receiving Yards–102 vs. Troy, 2006 Long Reception–67 vs. Troy, 2006 Long Rush–21 vs. Western Illinois, 2004 Long Punt Return–62 vs. Maine, Pittsburgh, 2005

2006 Game-by-Game Receiving Punt Returns Game Rec. Yds. Long TD No. Yds. Avg. Long TD La. Tech 5 54 18 0 3 10 3.3 12 0 Nicholls 3 22 9 0 5 68 13.6 27 0 USC 2 31 21 0 3 27 9.0 31 0 Troy 4 102 67 0 2 2 1.0 3 0 KU 3 98 75 1 1 29 29.0 29 0 ISU 2 11 6 0 2 11 5.5 8 0 KSU 1 18 15 0 2 6 3.0 8 0 UT 5 84 23 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 OSU 3 17 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 MU 2 35 28 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 A&M 3 28 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 CU 4 52 19 1 0 0 0.0 0 0

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Carriker Game-by-Game in 2006 Louisiana Tech—Carriker notched three tackles, two for loss, one sack and a pair of Adam Carriker #90 quarterback hurries. Nicholls State—Carriker tied for the team lead with six tackles, including one for a loss, while helping the Husker defense deny an opponent a pass completion for the first time Base End | Senior | 6-6 | 295 since Oklahoma State in 1992. Kennewick, Wash. USC—Carriker made two assisted tackles and recorded a pass breakup. Troy—Carriker had one tackle for loss among his three stops, while registering a pass 2006 Preseason All-American (Playboy, Athlon, Lindy's) breakup and two quarterback hurries. 2006 Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 (Athlon, Lindy's) Kansas—Carriker notched season bests of eight tackles and three tackles for loss. He 2006 Preseason Second-Team All-Big 12 (Sporting News) added a quarterback hurry. 2006 Lombardi, Nagurski, Bednarik and Lott Trophy Watch Lists Iowa State—Carriker recorded a pair of quarterback hurries in the win over ISU. No. 5 on NU’s career tackles for loss list (40) Kansas State—Carriker did not register a tackle during the win over KSU, but he did help No. 6 on NU’s career sacks list (19.5) the Blackshirts hold the Wildcats to an NU opponent season-low 22 yards rushing. Texas—Carriker made five tackles, including a pair of solo stops, during NU’s near-upset Adam Carriker is in the midst of a dominant senior year in 2006 after establishing of the No. 5 Longhorns. himself as one of the nation’s top defensive ends last season. His unique combination of Oklahoma State—Carriker experienced one of his finest games to date this season, size, speed, strength and agility allows him to be an effective weapon to apply pressure totaling two sacks and three TFLs on six tackles. He moved into a tie for sixth on NU’s to the quarterback and stop the run while taking on multiple blockers from his base end career sacks list, while jumping into ninth place on the school TFL chart. In addition to position. He leads the Huskers this season with six sacks, 15 tackles for loss and 12 his day in the OSU backfield, he also blocked his first career kick on a second-quarter quarterback hurries. point-after attempt. Carriker’s productive stint at Nebraska has seen him move into the program’s career Missouri—Carriker came down with his first career interception after breaking up a pass top-10 lists for both sacks and TFLs. He is one of only five players in Husker history with at the line of scrimmage. He added two solo tackles during the win. 40 TFLs, while his 19.5 sacks rank sixth and only three shy of former NU great Broderick Texas A&M—Carriker made two TFL and a sack of A&M quarterback Stephen McGhee on Thomas. The Kennewick, Wash., native experienced a very strong finish to the regular the final play of the game to help NU clinch the Big 12 North Division title. Carriker moved season, as he notched five of his sacks and more than half (eight) of his TFLs in the final into sole possession of sixth on the career sacks list and into eighth on the TFL chart. four games. He tied a single-game career-high with two sacks twice during that stretch, Colorado—Carriker had one of his finest games of the season, collecting seven tackles against Oklahoma State and Colorado. and three TFLs, including a career-high-tying two sacks. He moved from eighth into fifth on NU’s career TFL chart during the win. Carriker also was the leading tackler on a third- quarter safety that gave NU a nine-point lead over the Buffs.

Career Statistics Defense ( ------Tackles------) Fum. QB Year G/S UT AT TT TFL Sacks C-R BK PBU PI Hry. 2002 Redshirted 2003 9/0 2 1 3 1-9 1-9 0-0 0 0 0 3 2004 10/8 19 17 36 7-23 3-18 0-0 0 0 0 7 2005 12/12 26 17 43 17-96 9.5-84 0-1 0 3 0 21 2006 12/12 21 27 48 15-52 6-36 0-0 1 3 1 12 Totals 43/32 68 62 130 40-180 19.5-147 0-1 1 6 1 43

Single-Game Bests: Tackles–9 at Kansas State, 2004 Solo Tackles–4, five times, most recently at Kansas, 2005 Sacks–2, four times, most recently vs. Colorado, 2006 Tackles for Loss–4-26 vs. Pittsburgh, 2005 QB Hurries–5, vs. Kansas State, 2005 Interceptions–1, vs. Missouri, 2006

2006 Game-by-Game Tackles Sacks Fumbles Game UT AT TT TFL No.-Yds FF-FR PBU QBH INT La. Tech 1 2 3 2-7 1-7 0-0 0 2 0 Nicholls 2 4 6 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 USC 0 2 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 Troy 2 1 3 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 KU 3 5 8 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 ISU 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 KSU 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 UT 2 3 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 OSU 5 1 6 3-16 2-10 0-0 1 1 0 MU 2 0 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 A&M 1 5 6 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 CU 3 4 7 3-19 2-18 0-0 0 0 0

Huskers.com Game 13 Nebraska vs. Oklahoma

Marlon Lucky #20 Cody Glenn #34

I-Back | Sophomore | 6-0 | 210 I-Back | Sophomore | 6-0 | 230 North Hollywood, Calif. Rusk, Texas

Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (9/25) Cody Glenn has been a physical addition to Nebraska’s I-back-by-committee system in his second season as a Marlon Lucky, who started the season’s first five games, Husker. The 6-0, 230-pound Glenn is a powerful runner gives the Huskers a dangerous multi-dimensional threat out of the backfield in only his who has shown glimpses of potential to become a complete back in NU’s West Coast second season in Lincoln. He has shown the speed to break away from defenders while offensive system. also providing NU with another dangerous receiving option. Glenn has appeared in nine of 12 games and ranks third among his Husker I-back Lucky currently leads all Huskers with a 5.5 yards per carry average and ranks second teammates this season in rushing with 370 yards and a 5.2 yards per carry average. His in rushing with 640 yards. His six touchdowns on the ground rank third on the team, while eight touchdowns lead the team and are the most by a Husker I-back since Dahrran Diedrick his 24 receptions place him only behind starter Brandon Jackson among NU’s I-back scored 15 in 2001. Glenn recorded his first career 100-yard performance against Iowa committee. Additionally, Lucky has made at least one reception in 11 of 12 games this State with a career-high 148 yards and a pair of scores, while he added two touchdowns season. His efforts have helped turn Nebraska into one of college football’s most potent on six carries against Texas A&M, his third game of the season with two scores. offenses this season, as the squad ranks among the top 18 nationally in rushing, passing, total offense and scoring average. Lucky became NU’s second back this season to eclipse 2006 Game-by-Game the 1,000-yard barrier for all-purpose yardage during the regular season finale against Rushing Receiving Colorado. Game Att. Yds. Y/A Lng TDs Rec. Yds. Y/R Lng TDs La Tech 13 88 6.8 18 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 The North Hollywood, Calif., native has recorded two 100-yard rushing games this Nicholls 11 47 4.3 15 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 season, including a career-high 156 yards against Troy featuring three touchdowns that USC 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 earned him Big 12 Offensive Player-of-the-Week honors. Through the air, Lucky posted Troy Did Not Play (Injured) back-to-back outstanding efforts with at least three catches and 46 yards receiving against KU 7 33 4.7 11 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 both Oklahoma State and Missouri. His four receptions against the Tigers marked a career ISU 19 148 7.8 36 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 high. Lucky matched the total a week later in the Big 12 North Division-clinching win at KSU 10 22 2.2 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Texas A&M, when he paced the Huskers with 52 yards rushing and added a career-long UT 4 6 1.5 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 42-yard reception that led to Nebraska’s third touchdown of the first half. He totaled 136 OSU 1 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 MU Did Not Play all-purpose yards during the game. A&M 6 25 4.2 8 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 CU Did Not Play (Injured) 2006 Game-by-Game Rushing Receiving Game Att. Yds. Y/A Lng TDs Rec. Yds. Y/R Lng TDs La Tech 13 79 6.1 13 1 3 42 14.0 19 0 Nicholls 18 103 5.7 12 1 1 13 13.0 13 0 USC 10 27 2.7 9 0 1 12 12.0 12 0 Kenny Wilson #27 Troy 10 156 15.6 51 3 1 2 2.0 2 0 KU 13 40 3.1 6 0 2 16 8.0 13 0 I-Back | Junior | 6-0 | 220 ISU 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 28 9.3 15 0 KSU 12 71 5.9 40 1 1 4 4.0 4 0 Liberal, Kan. UT 3 5 1.7 2 0 1 6 6.0 6 0 OSU 9 42 4.7 17 0 3 47 15.7 21 0 Kenny Wilson is the newcomer to Nebraska’s I-back-by- MU 12 44 3.7 8 0 4 46 11.5 26 0 committee group in his first season from Butler County (Kan.) A&M 12 52 4.3 15 0 4 56 14.0 42 0 Community College. He possesses tremendous speed and CU 4 21 5.3 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 has been valuable to the Huskers both in the backfield and on kickoff returns this year. Wilson has received carries in nine of 12 games to date and ranks fourth on the team Career Statistics with 337 yards rushing. The Liberal, Kan., native has scored four touchdowns on the Rushing ground, including two against Troy, when he rushed for a career-high 106 yards on 19 Year G/S Att. Gain Loss Net Y/A Y/G Long TDs carries. He broke a six-game scoreless streak with a seven-yard touchdown as the game 2005 12/0 43 139 10 129 3.0 10.8 11, twice 0 clock wound down in the regular season finale against Colorado. 2006 12/5 116 666 26 640 5.5 53.3 51, vs. Troy 6 Totals 24/5 159 805 36 769 4.8 32.0 51, vs. Troy 6 2006 Game-by-Game Kickoff Returns: 19-383-0, 20.2 average Rushing Receiving Single-Game Bests: Game Att. Yds. Y/A Lng TDs Rec. Yds. Y/R Lng TDs Rushing Attempts–18 vs. Nicholls State, 2006 La Tech 15 47 3.1 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Rushing Yards–156 vs. Troy, 2006 Nicholls 9 79 8.8 30 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 Long Rush–51 vs. Troy, 2006 USC 19 46 2.4 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Rushing Touchdowns–3 vs. Troy, 2006 Troy 19 106 5.6 21 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 Receptions–4, vs. Missouri, vs. Texas A&M, 2006 KU 4 33 8.2 24 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Receiving Yards–47 vs. Oklahoma State, 2006 ISU 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Long Reception–42 vs. Texas A&M, 2006 KSU 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Touchdown Passes–1 vs. Texas, 2006 UT 2 -1 -0.5 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Long Kickoff Return–57 vs. Kansas, 2005 OSU 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 MU Did Not Play A&M 2 8 4.0 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 CU 3 16 5.3 7 1 0 0 0.0 0 0

Huskers.com Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma 2006 Nebraska Results Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend Sept. 2, 2006 LOUISIANA TECH W 49-10 1-0-0 0-0-0 3:04 85181 Sept. 9, 2006 NICHOLLS STATE W 56-7 2-0-0 0-0-0 2:48 84076 Sept. 16, 2006 at USC L 10-28 2-1-0 0-0-0 3:05 92000 Sept. 23, 2006 TROY W 56-0 3-1-0 0-0-0 2:44 84799 * Sept. 30, 2006 KANSAS WOT 39-32 4-1-0 1-0-0 3:52 85069 * Oct. 7, 2006 at Iowa State W 28-14 5-1-0 2-0-0 3:12 55338 * Oct. 14, 2006 at Kansas State W 21-3 6-1-0 3-0-0 3:00 50723 * Oct. 21, 2006 TEXAS L 20-22 6-2-0 3-1-0 3:24 85187 * Oct. 28, 2006 at Oklahoma State L 29-41 6-3-0 3-2-0 3:24 40108 * Nov. 4, 2006 MISSOURI W 34-20 7-3-0 4-2-0 3:07 85197 * Nov. 11, 2006 at Texas A&M W 28-27 8-3-0 5-2-0 3:25 83336 * Nov. 24, 2006 COLORADO W 37-14 9-3-0 6-2-0 3:23 85800 * indicates conference game Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP SCORING 407 218 Points Per Game 33.9 18.2 FIRST DOWNS 251 211 Rushing 113 75 Passing 125 127 Penalty 13 9 RUSHING YARDAGE 2199 1523 Yards gained rushing 2484 1863 Yards lost rushing 285 340 Rushing Attempts 495 373 Average Per Rush 4.4 4.1 Average Per Game 183.2 126.9 TDs Rushing 26 12 PASSING YARDAGE 3009 2638 Att-Comp-Int 334-207-4 390-209-11 Average Per Pass 9.0 6.8 Average Per Catch 14.5 12.6 Average Per Game 250.8 219.8 TDs Passing 30 14 TOTAL OFFENSE 5208 4161 Total Plays 829 763 Average Per Play 6.3 5.5 Average Per Game 434.0 346.8 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 23-399 57-988 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 32-268 13-70 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 11-113 4-27 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 17.3 17.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 8.4 5.4 INT RETURN AVERAGE 10.3 6.8 FUMBLES-LOST 21-14 28-11 PENALTIES-YARDS 65-545 68-513 Average Per Game 45.4 42.8 PUNTS-YARDS 55-2180 68-2748 Average Per Punt 39.6 40.4 Net punt average 37.6 35.6 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 33:01 26:59 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 82/170 55/165 3rd-Down Pct 48% 33% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 13/18 9/22 4th-Down Pct 72% 41% SACKS BY-YARDS 25-200 25-184 MISC YARDS 18 31 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 56 27 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 5-7 11-16 PAT-ATTEMPTS 52-53 21-24 ATTENDANCE 595309 321505 Games/Avg Per Game 7/85044 5/64301 Neutral Site Games 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Nebraska 110 121 49 120 7 407 Opponents 24 76 36 82 0 218

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Individual Statistics RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Jackson, Brandon 12 168 913 32 881 5.2 7 48 73.4 Jackson, Brandon 7 121 17.3 0 24 Lucky, Marlon 12 116 666 26 640 5.5 6 51 53.3 Lucky, Marlon 6 113 18.8 0 32 Glenn, Cody 9 71 375 5 370 5.2 8 36 41.1 Hardy, Frantz 3 49 16.3 0 22 Wilson, Kenny 11 74 354 17 337 4.6 4 30 30.6 Green, Tierre 3 59 19.7 0 23 Nunn, Terrence 12 3 21 0 21 7.0 0 18 1.8 Wilson, Kenny 2 42 21.0 0 27 Hardy, Frantz 12 3 16 2 14 4.7 0 13 1.2 Phillips, J.B. 1 15 15.0 0 15 Green, Tierre 12 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 0.6 Peterson, Todd 1 0 0.0 0 0 Purify, Maurice 12 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 Total...... 23 399 17.3 0 32 Ganz, Joe 4 3 10 20 -10 -3.3 0 10 -2.5 Opponents...... 57 988 17.3 0 78 TEAM 7 6 0 19 -19 -3.2 0 0 -2.7 Taylor, Zac 12 49 121 164 -43 -0.9 1 24 -3.6 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total...... 12 495 2484 285 2199 4.4 26 51 183.2 Rigoni, Brandon 1 11 11.0 0 11 Opponents...... 12 373 1863 340 1523 4.1 12 57 126.9 Ruud, Bo 1 7 7.0 0 7 Total...... 2 18 9.0 0 11 PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Opponents...... 2 21 10.5 1 19 Taylor, Zac 12 159.20 315-196-4 62.2 2789 24 78 232.4 Ganz, Joe 4 208.83 13-7-0 53.8 122 3 31 30.5 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Lucky, Marlon 12 320.00 2-1-0 50.0 25 1 25 2.1 Congdon, Jordan 5-7 71.4 0-0 2-2 2-3 1-2 0-0 40 0 Wesch, Jake 9 572.80 1-1-0 100.0 17 1 17 1.9 Purify, Maurice 12 665.20 1-1-0 100.0 28 1 28 2.3 FG SEQUENCE Nebraska OPPONENTS TEAM 7 0.00 1-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Louisiana Tech - (23) Titchener, Dan 12 335.20 1-1-0 100.0 28 0 28 2.3 Nicholls State 37 - Total...... 12 164.90 334-207-4 62.0 3009 30 78 250.8 USC (38) - Opponents...... 12 116.61 390-209-11 53.6 2638 14 56 219.8 Troy - - Kansas (21) (31),(35) RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Iowa State - - Nunn, Terrence 12 37 552 14.9 3 75 46.0 Kansas State - 54, (53) Purify, Maurice 12 30 584 19.5 7 63 48.7 Texas - (22),39,31,(22),(22) Jackson, Brandon 12 26 291 11.2 2 49 24.2 Oklahoma State (26),42 - Lucky, Marlon 12 24 272 11.3 0 42 22.7 Missouri (40),(33) (26),(54) Texas A&M - (37),(20),42 Swift, Nate 12 18 312 17.3 1 49 26.0 Colorado - 55 Peterson, Todd 12 17 235 13.8 2 31 19.6 Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. Hardy, Frantz 12 14 317 22.6 3 78 26.4 Herian, Matt 12 12 150 12.5 2 36 12.5 Phillips, J.B. 12 12 75 6.2 2 10 6.2 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Mueller, Josh 12 5 26 5.2 2 8 2.2 Titchener, Dan 54 2145 39.7 58 2 23 18 0 Teafatiller, Hunter 12 4 64 16.0 3 29 5.3 Congdon, Jordan 1 35 35.0 35 0 0 1 0 Erickson, Dan 12 3 80 26.7 0 57 6.7 Total...... 55 2180 39.6 58 2 23 19 0 Senske, Matt 4 2 13 6.5 1 12 3.2 Opponents...... 68 2748 40.4 60 3 8 15 1 Todd, Dane 12 2 9 4.5 1 8 0.8 Turner, Barry 12 1 29 29.0 1 29 2.4 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Total...... 12 207 3009 14.5 30 78 250.8 Congdon, Jordan 42 2351 56.0 4 1 Opponents...... 12 209 2638 12.6 14 56 219.8 Wesch, Jake 29 1773 61.1 8 0 Alegria, Jordan 1 59 59.0 0 0 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total...... 72 4183 58.1 12 1 988 41.0 23 Nunn, Terrence 18 153 8.5 0 31 Opponents...... 48 2843 59.2 22 1 399 41.8 23 Grixby, Cortney 9 66 7.3 0 16 Swift, Nate 3 50 16.7 0 33 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 Bradley, Stewart 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 Total...... 32 268 8.4 0 33 Opponents...... 13 70 5.4 0 16

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Shanle, Andrew 3 19 6.3 0 19 Ruud, Bo 2 54 27.0 0 40 Grixby, Cortney 1 3 3.0 0 3 Thenarse, Rickey 1 25 25.0 0 25 Green, Tierre 1 15 15.0 0 15 Suh, Ndamukong 1 0 0.0 0 0 Jones, Andre 1 0 0.0 0 0 Carriker, Adam 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 Total...... 11 113 10.3 0 40 Opponents...... 4 27 6.8 0 16

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Individual Statistics |------PATs ------| ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Pts Jackson, Brandon 12 881 291 0 121 0 1293 107.8 Congdon, Jordan 0 5-7 52-53 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 67 Lucky, Marlon 12 640 272 0 113 0 1025 85.4 Jackson, Brandon 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54 Nunn, Terrence 12 21 552 153 0 0 726 60.5 Glenn, Cody 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48 Purify, Maurice 12 1 584 0 0 0 585 48.8 Purify, Maurice 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Hardy, Frantz 12 14 317 0 49 0 380 31.7 Lucky, Marlon 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36 Wilson, Kenny 11 337 0 0 42 0 379 34.5 Wilson, Kenny 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 Glenn, Cody 9 370 0 0 0 0 370 41.1 Nunn, Terrence 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Swift, Nate 12 0 312 50 0 0 362 30.2 Hardy, Frantz 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Peterson, Todd 12 0 235 0 0 0 235 19.6 Teafatiller, Hunter 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Herian, Matt 12 0 150 0 0 0 150 12.5 Herian, Matt 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Phillips, J.B. 12 0 75 0 15 0 90 7.5 Phillips, J.B. 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Green, Tierre 12 7 0 0 59 15 81 6.8 Peterson, Todd 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Erickson, Dan 12 0 80 0 0 0 80 6.7 Mueller, Josh 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Grixby, Cortney 12 0 0 66 0 3 69 5.8 Swift, Nate 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 8 Teafatiller, Hunter 12 0 64 0 0 0 64 5.3 Todd, Dane 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Ruud, Bo 12 0 0 0 0 54 54 4.5 Turner, Barry 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Turner, Barry 12 0 29 0 0 0 29 2.4 Taylor, Zac 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-2 0 0 6 Mueller, Josh 12 0 26 0 0 0 26 2.2 Senske, Matt 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Thenarse, Rickey 12 0 0 0 0 25 25 2.1 TEAM 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2 Shanle, Andrew 12 0 0 0 0 19 19 1.6 Wesch, Jake 0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0-0 0 0 0 Senske, Matt 4 0 13 0 0 0 13 3.2 Rigoni, Brandon 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 Todd, Dane 12 0 9 0 0 0 9 0.8 Total...... 56 5-7 52-53 0-1 1 1-2 0 1 407 Bradley, Stewart 12 0 0 -1 0 0 -1 -0.1 Opponents...... 27 11-16 21-24 0-1 1 1-2 0 0 218 Carriker, Adam 12 0 0 0 0 -3 -3 -0.2 Ganz, Joe 4 -10 0 0 0 0 -10 -2.5 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G TEAM 7 -19 0 0 0 0 -19 -2.7 Taylor, Zac 12 364 -43 2789 2746 228.8 Taylor, Zac 12 -43 0 0 0 0 -43 -3.6 Jackson, Brandon 12 168 881 0 881 73.4 Total...... 12 2199 3009 268 399 113 5988 499.0 Lucky, Marlon 12 118 640 25 665 55.4 Opponents...... 12 1523 2638 70 988 27 5246 437.2 Glenn, Cody 9 71 370 0 370 41.1 Wilson, Kenny 11 74 337 0 337 30.6 Ganz, Joe 4 16 -10 122 112 28.0 Purify, Maurice 12 2 1 28 29 2.4 Titchener, Dan 12 1 0 28 28 2.3 Nunn, Terrence 12 3 21 0 21 1.8 Wesch, Jake 9 1 0 17 17 1.9 Hardy, Frantz 12 3 14 0 14 1.2 Green, Tierre 12 1 7 0 7 0.6 TEAM 7 7 -19 0 -19 -2.7 Total...... 12 829 2199 3009 5208 434.0 Opponents...... 12 763 1523 2638 4161 346.8

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Defensive Statistics |------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 34 Bradley, Stewart 12 35 32 67 5-12 . . 1 5 3-0 2 . . 25 Jones, Andre 12 41 21 62 1-1 . 1-0 7 . . . . . 30 Green, Tierre 12 34 27 61 1-1 . 1-15 2 . 1-0 . . . 51 Ruud, Bo 12 32 28 60 7-31 2.0-23 2-54 2 3 1-7 3 . . 13 McKeon, Corey 11 26 29 55 6-24 1.0-15 . 2 2 1-0 1 . . 8 Shanle, Andrew 12 36 14 50 . . 3-19 4 4 1-0 . . . 90 Carriker, Adam 12 21 27 48 15-52 6.0-36 1--3 3 11 . . 1 . 2 Grixby, Cortney 12 32 11 43 2-3 . 1-3 10 . 1-0 1 . . 40 Brandenburgh, Lance 12 17 21 38 3-7 0.5-1 . . . . 1 . . 44 Moore, Jay 12 17 19 36 14-56 4.0-33 . 3 5 . . . . 15 Octavien, Steve 7 16 10 26 3-6 . . 2 1 . 1 . . 94 Cryer, Barry 12 14 11 25 8-31 2.5-18 . 3 1 . 1 . . 54 Dagunduro, Ola 12 10 12 22 8-29 3.5-25 . . 2 . . 1 . 43 Steinkuhler, Ty 12 14 6 20 2-5 0.5-1 . . . . 1 . . 93 Suh, Ndamukong 12 12 6 18 8-45 3.5-37 1-0 . 2 . 1 . . 99 Turner, Barry 12 11 6 17 4-12 1.5-11 . 1 6 1-0 . 1 . 46 Eisenhart, Ben 12 9 4 13 2-6 ...... 26 Erickson, Dan 12 6 6 12 ...... 23 Young, Corey 10 9 3 12 ...... 6 Culbert, Major 10 5 5 10 ...... 1 . 3 Thenarse, Rickey 12 5 3 8 . . 1-25 1 . . 1 . . 33 O’Hanlon, Matt 11 1 7 8 ...... 24 Rigoni, Brandon 12 4 2 6 . . . . . 1-11 . . . 47 Kadavy, Andy 11 3 3 6 ...... 17 Peterson, Todd 12 3 2 5 ...... 9 Wilson, Bryan 12 3 1 4 1-1 . . . 1 1-0 . . . 52 Dillard, Phillip 1 3 1 4 ...... 37 Wesch, Jake 9 2 1 3 ...... 98 Potter, Zach 12 2 1 3 ...... 86 Poulosky, Andy 7 1 1 2 1-3 . . . 1 . . . . 61 Huff, Mike 12 1 . 1 ...... 59 Byford, Brett 12 1 . 1 ...... 18 Spain, Tyrell 9 . 1 1 ...... 21 Brothers, Titus 2 1 . 1 ...... 41 Todd, Dane 12 1 . 1 ...... 96 Johnson, Brandon 6 . 1 1 ...... 88 Sievers, Clayton 7 1 . 1 ...... 29 Congdon, Jordan 12 1 . 1 ...... 7 Hardy, Frantz 12 1 . 1 ...... 16 Purify, Maurice 12 1 . 1 ...... 13 Taylor, Zac 12 1 . 1 ...... TM TEAM 7 ...... 1 Total...... 12 433 322 755 91-325 25-200 11-113 41 44 11-18 13 4 1 Opponents...... 12 - - - - 25-184 4-27 37 10 14-31 17 . .

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Individual Game By Game RUSHING No-Yds/TD TECH NICH USC TROY KU ISU KSU UT OSU MU A&M CU Jackson, Brandon 168-881/7 3-36/1 7-29/0 2-1/0 11-60/1 4-28/0 22-116/1 16-92/0 7-40/0 21-182/2 32-111/1 9-44/0 34-142/1 Lucky, Marlon 116-640/6 13-79/1 18-103/1 10-27/0 10-156/3 13-40/0 - 12-71/1 3-5/0 9-42/0 12-44/0 12-52/0 4-21/0 Glenn, Cody 71-370/8 13-88/1 11-47/2 - DNP 7-33/1 19-148/2 10-22/0 4-6/0 1-1/0 DNP 6-25/2 DNP Wilson, Kenny 74-337/4 15-47/0 9-79/1 19-46/0 19-106/2 4-33/0 - - 2--1/0 1-3/0 DNP 2-8/0 3-16/1 Nunn, Terrence 3-21/0 - - - 1-0/0 - - - - - 2-21/0 - - Hardy, Frantz 3-14/0 - - - - 1--2/0 - - 1-13/0 1-3/0 - - - Green, Tierre 1-7/0 ------1-7/0 Purify, Maurice 1-1/0 ------1-1/0 Ganz, Joe 3--10/0 - 1-10/0 DNP 1--12/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1--8/0 TEAM 6--19/0 2--7/0 1--4/0 DNP 1--2/0 1--4/0 DNP DNP DNP - DNP 1--2/0 - Taylor, Zac 49--43/1 2-9/0 3--3/0 5--6/1 3-8/0 2--12/0 4--13/0 5-5/0 7--25/0 7--20/0 1-7/0 8--4/0 2-11/0

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD TECH NICH USC TROY KU ISU KSU UT OSU MU A&M CU Purify, Maurice 30-584/7 1-28/0 2-61/1 - 2-45/0 4-91/0 2-35/1 4-73/0 2-84/1 6-65/2 2-21/1 2-30/1 3-51/0 Nunn, Terrence 37-552/3 5-54/0 3-22/0 2-31/0 4-102/0 3-98/1 2-11/0 1-18/0 5-84/0 3-17/0 2-35/1 3-28/0 4-52/1 Hardy, Frantz 14-317/3 2-24/0 1-14/1 - 1-16/0 3-159/2 2-8/0 - - 3-52/0 - 1-26/0 1-18/0 Swift, Nate 18-312/1 3-46/0 - - 3-79/0 2-25/0 1-4/0 2-29/0 1-25/1 1-8/0 2-56/0 1-17/0 2-23/0 Jackson, Brandon 26-291/2 - 3-25/0 4-36/0 - - 1-0/0 2-14/0 2-77/1 3-24/0 3-61/0 2-12/0 6-42/1 Lucky, Marlon 24-272/0 3-42/0 1-13/0 1-12/0 1-2/0 2-16/0 3-28/0 1-4/0 1-6/0 3-47/0 4-46/0 4-56/0 - Peterson, Todd 17-235/2 2-30/0 1-31/0 1-28/0 - 1-6/1 2-25/0 - 1-5/0 2-28/0 - 7-82/1 - Herian, Matt 12-150/2 3-61/1 4-38/1 1-36/0 - - 2-6/0 - 2-9/0 - - - - Erickson, Dan 3-80/0 - 1-7/0 ------1-16/0 1-57/0 Phillips, J.B. 12-75/2 2-8/1 3-17/0 - 2-16/1 - 2-14/0 1-8/0 2-12/0 - - - - Teafatiller, Hunter 4-64/3 1-29/1 - - - - - 1-17/1 - - 1-17/1 - 1-1/0 Turner, Barry 1-29/1 ------1-29/1 Mueller, Josh 5-26/2 2-10/1 - - 1-8/0 - - 1-3/1 - - - - 1-5/0 Senske, Matt 2-13/1 - - DNP 2-13/1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP Todd, Dane 2-9/1 - 2-9/1 ------

PASSING Taylor, Zac Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Louisiana Tech 33 22 1 66.7 287 3 31 0 0 163.7 Nicholls State 23 19 0 82.6 202 4 42 1 5 213.8 USC 16 8 0 50.0 115 0 36 1 11 110.4 Troy 17 14 1 82.4 268 1 67 0 0 222.4 Kansas 33 15 0 45.5 395 4 78 2 12 186.0 Iowa State 21 17 0 81.0 131 1 27 2 21 149.1 Kansas State 21 12 0 57.1 149 1 32 4 19 132.5 Texas 28 15 1 53.6 277 2 63 4 29 153.1 Oklahoma State 39 21 0 53.8 241 2 27 5 46 122.7 Missouri 21 13 0 61.9 208 2 47 0 0 176.5 Texas A&M 35 21 1 60.0 267 2 42 4 21 137.2 Colorado 28 19 0 67.9 249 2 57 0 0 166.1 TOTALS 315 196 4 62.2 2789 24 78 23 164 159.2

Ganz, Joe Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Louisiana Tech 3 2 0 66.7 45 1 29 0 0 302.7 Nicholls State 3 2 0 66.7 35 0 31 0 0 164.7 Troy 6 2 0 33.3 13 1 12 1 12 106.5 Colorado 1 1 0 100.0 29 1 29 1 8 673.6 TOTALS 13 7 0 53.8 122 3 31 2 20 208.8

PUNT RETURNS No-Yds TECH NICH USC TROY KU ISU KSU UT OSU MU A&M CU Nunn, Terrence 18-153 3-10 5-68 3-27 2-2 1-29 2-11 2-6 - - - - - Grixby, Cortney 9-66 - - - - 1-9 - - - 2-27 3-24 2-6 1-0 Swift, Nate 3-50 - 2-49 - - - - - 1-1 - - - - TEAM 1-0 - 1-0 DNP - - DNP DNP DNP - DNP - - Bradley, Stewart 1--1 1--1 ------

KICK RETURNS No-Yds TECH NICH USC TROY KU ISU KSU UT OSU MU A&M CU Jackson, Brandon 7-121 - - 1-15 - 1-17 1-24 - 2-45 - - 1-14 1-6 Lucky, Marlon 6-113 ------1-10 - 3-61 1-28 1-14 Green, Tierre 3-59 1-14 1-23 1-22 ------Hardy, Frantz 3-49 ------3-49 - - - Wilson, Kenny 2-42 - - - 1-27 - - 1-15 - - DNP - - Phillips, J.B. 1-15 ------1-15 Peterson, Todd 1-0 - - - - - 1-0 ------

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Individual Defense Game By Game TOTAL TACKLES UA-A TOT TECH NICH USC TROY KU ISU KSU UT OSU MU A&M CU Bradley, Stewart 35-32 67 2-1 2-2 3-7 1-3 5-3 3-2 6-4 6-1 3-1 0-2 3-4 1-2 Jones, Andre 41-21 62 0-1 0-1 5-2 2-1 5-2 7-0 4-3 5-2 4-1 1-3 3-1 5-4 Green, Tierre 34-27 61 2-2 5-0 1-4 2-5 4-3 2-2 3-1 4-3 4-1 5-1 2-2 0-3 Ruud, Bo 32-28 60 - 1-4 4-5 2-2 2-4 4-5 2-1 7-1 2-0 5-2 3-3 0-1 McKeon, Corey 26-29 55 2-2 3-1 4-5 1-3 3-6 4-2 1-0 1-1 3-1 DNP 0-6 4-2 Shanle, Andrew 36-14 50 2-2 2-1 0-1 2-2 6-0 2-0 2-0 4-2 8-1 5-1 2-4 1-0 Carriker, Adam 21-27 48 1-2 2-4 0-2 2-1 3-5 - - 2-3 5-1 2-0 1-5 3-4 Grixby, Cortney 32-11 43 5-1 1-0 4-3 3-0 4-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 5-0 3-2 3-3 1-1 Brandenburgh, Lance 17-21 38 - - 4-0 0-1 3-2 0-2 1-3 4-3 2-2 2-3 1-4 0-1 Moore, Jay 17-19 36 2-0 2-2 1-0 1-0 1-4 2-3 1-1 2-2 1-1 3-3 1-2 0-1 Octavien, Steve 16-10 26 2-0 2-4 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 7-3 - DNP 2-0 2-3 Cryer, Barry 14-11 25 - 1-1 2-0 0-2 4-3 2-2 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 - 2-0 Dagunduro, Ola 10-12 22 0-1 - 2-0 2-0 1-1 0-1 2-0 0-2 1-2 1-2 0-2 1-1 Steinkuhler, Ty 14-6 20 1-0 1-1 4-0 4-1 - - 0-1 0-1 - 1-0 0-1 3-1 Suh, Ndamukong 12-6 18 0-1 2-1 1-0 2-1 0-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 - Turner, Barry 11-6 17 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-2 - 1-0 - 2-0 2-1 - Eisenhart, Ben 9-4 13 1-1 3-1 - - 1-0 1-0 0-1 - 1-1 1-0 1-0 - Young, Corey 9-3 12 DNP 1-2 1-0 2-0 0-1 2-0 - - 2-0 DNP - 1-0 Erickson, Dan 6-6 12 1-3 0-1 1-0 1-1 2-0 - - - - 1-0 - 0-1 Culbert, Major 5-5 10 - 0-1 DNP - 0-1 - 1-0 - DNP 4-2 - 0-1 Thenarse, Rickey 5-3 8 - 0-1 - 1-0 1-0 - - - 0-1 - - 3-1 O’Hanlon, Matt 1-7 8 0-3 0-2 - 0-1 - - 0-1 - - - DNP 1-0 Rigoni, Brandon 4-2 6 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 ------1-1 - Kadavy, Andy 3-3 6 - 0-1 - 1-0 - - - DNP - 0-1 1-0 1-1 Peterson, Todd 3-2 5 ------1-0 2-0 0-1 - 0-1 - Dillard, Phillip 3-1 4 3-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Wilson, Bryan 3-1 4 - 1-0 - - - - 1-1 - 1-0 - - - Potter, Zach 2-1 3 - 1-0 ------1-0 - 0-1 - Wesch, Jake 2-1 3 - - DNP - DNP DNP - - 1-0 1-1 - - Poulosky, Andy 1-1 2 - 0-1 DNP 1-0 DNP - - DNP - DNP DNP 0-0 Todd, Dane 1-0 1 ------1-0 - - - - - Brothers, Titus 1-0 1 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP Spain, Tyrell 0-1 1 - 0-1 DNP ------DNP DNP Hardy, Frantz 1-0 1 ------1-0 - - - - Taylor, Zac 1-0 1 1-0 ------Byford, Brett 1-0 1 - - - - 1-0 ------Johnson, Brandon 0-1 1 DNP 0-1 DNP - DNP DNP - - - DNP DNP - Huff, Mike 1-0 1 ------1-0 - Sievers, Clayton 1-0 1 - - - DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP - 1-0 - Congdon, Jordan 1-0 1 ------1-0 - - - - - Purify, Maurice 1-0 1 ------1-0

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Individual Defense Game By Game INT. RETURNS No-Yds TECH NICH USC TROY KU ISU KSU UT OSU MU A&M CU Shanle, Andrew 3-19 - - - 1-0 2-19 ------Ruud, Bo 2-54 1-14 ------1-40 - - Green, Tierre 1-15 ------1-15 - - - Suh, Ndamukong 1-0 ------1-0 - - - - - Jones, Andre 1-0 - - - - 1-0 ------Carriker, Adam 1--3 ------1--3 - - Grixby, Cortney 1-3 - - - - - 1-3 ------Thenarse, Rickey 1-25 ------1-25 - - - - -

FUMBLE RETURNS No-Yds TECH NICH USC TROY KU ISU KSU UT OSU MU CU Rigoni, Brandon 1-11 - - - 1-11 ------Ruud, Bo 1-7 ------1-7 -

SACKS UA-A TOT TECH NICH USC TROY KU ISU KSU UT OSU MU A&M CU Carriker, Adam 6-0 6.0 1.0-7 ------2.0-10 - 1.0-1 2.0-18 Moore, Jay 4-0 4.0 1.0-10 - - 1.0-6 - - 1.0-13 1.0-4 - - - - Dagunduro, Ola 3-1 3.5 - - - 1.0-10 - - 1.0-6 - - - 0.5-2 1.0-7 Suh, Ndamukong 3-1 3.5 - - 1.0-7 1.5-16 - - 1.0-14 - - - - - Cryer, Barry 2-1 2.5 - - - 0.5-4 - 1.0-9 - 1.0-5 - - - - Ruud, Bo 2-0 2.0 ------1.0-10 - 1.0-13 - - Turner, Barry 1-1 1.5 ------1.5-11 - McKeon, Corey 1-0 1.0 ------DNP - 1.0-15 Steinkuhler, Ty 0-1 0.5 ------0.5-1 - - - - - Brandenburgh, Lance 0-1 0.5 ------0.5-1 - - - - -

TACKLES FOR LOSS UA-A TOT TECH NICH USC TROY KU ISU KSU UT OSU MU A&M CU Carriker, Adam 11-4 15 2-7 1-1 - 1-3 3-3 - - - 3-16 - 2-3 3-19 Moore, Jay 9-5 14 2-12 1-4 - 1-6 - 1-3 1-13 3-8 1-1 3-8 1-1 - Cryer, Barry 6-2 8 - 1-4 - 1-4 2-4 1-9 1-4 1-5 - 1-1 - - Suh, Ndamukong 6-2 8 1-1 - 1-7 3-19 - 1-2 2-16 - - - - - Dagunduro, Ola 5-3 8 - - - 2-11 - - 2-8 1-0 1-1 - 1-2 1-7 Ruud, Bo 4-3 7 - - - - 1-1 2-4 1-3 2-10 - 1-13 - - McKeon, Corey 3-3 6 - 1-2 - - - 1-4 - - - DNP 2-3 2-15 Bradley, Stewart 2-3 5 - - 1-1 1-8 1-1 - 1-1 - - - 1-1 - Turner, Barry 1-3 4 - - 1-0 - - 1-1 - - - - 2-11 - Octavien, Steve 3-0 3 - - - DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-3 - DNP 1-3 - Brandenburgh, Lance 2-1 3 - - 1-3 - - - 2-4 - - - - - Steinkuhler, Ty 1-1 2 - - - 1-4 - - 1-1 - - - - - Eisenhart, Ben 2-0 2 - 2-6 ------Grixby, Cortney 1-1 2 ------2-3 - Poulosky, Andy 1-0 1 - - DNP 1-3 DNP - - DNP - DNP DNP DNP Jones, Andre 0-1 1 ------1-1 - - - - Green, Tierre 0-1 1 - - - - 1-1 ------Wilson, Bryan 0-1 1 ------1-1 - - - - -

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Nebraska Team Game By Game |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Sept. 2, 2006 LOUISIANA TECH 48 252 3 25 24 332 4 31 36-24-1 332 4 31 1 14 0 14 4 9 0 12 621 Sept. 9, 2006 NICHOLLS STATE 50 261 4 30 21 237 4 42 26-21-0 237 4 42 1 23 0 23 8 117 0 33 638 Sept. 16, 2006 at USC 36 68 1 10 9 143 0 36 17-9-0 143 0 36 2 37 0 22 3 27 0 31 275 Sept. 23, 2006 TROY 46 316 6 51 16 281 2 67 23-16-1 281 2 67 1 27 0 27 2 2 0 3 626 Sept. 30, 2006 KANSAS 32 116 1 24 15 395 4 78 33-15-0 395 4 78 1 17 0 17 2 38 0 29 585 Oct. 7, 2006 at Iowa State 45 251 3 36 17 131 1 27 21-17-0 131 1 27 2 24 0 24 2 11 0 8 420 Oct. 14, 2006 at Kansas State 43 190 1 48 13 166 2 32 22-13-0 166 2 32 1 15 0 15 2 6 0 8 402 Oct. 21, 2006 TEXAS 24 38 0 18 16 302 3 63 29-16-1 302 3 63 3 55 0 24 1 1 0 1 396 Oct. 28, 2006 at Oklahoma State 40 211 2 28 21 241 2 27 39-21-0 241 2 27 3 49 0 22 2 27 0 16 543 Nov. 4, 2006 MISSOURI 47 183 1 18 14 236 3 47 22-14-0 236 3 47 3 61 0 32 3 24 0 12 541 Nov. 11, 2006 at Texas A&M 38 123 2 17 21 267 2 42 36-21-1 267 2 42 2 42 0 28 2 6 0 4 438 Nov. 24, 2006 COLORADO 46 190 2 31 20 278 3 57 30-20-0 278 3 57 3 35 0 15 1 0 0 0 503 Totals 495 2199 26 51 207 3009 30 78 334-207-4 3009 30 78 23 399 0 32 32 268 0 33 5988 Opponent 373 1523 12 57 209 2638 14 56 390-209-11 2638 14 56 57 988 0 78 13 70 0 16 5246

|------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 Sept. 2, 2006 LOUISIANA TECH 28 22 50 5-20 2.0-17 1 2-0 1-14 7 1 0 7-7 0 0 0 49 Sept. 9, 2006 NICHOLLS STATE 31 36 67 6-17 0.0-0 1 3-0 0-0 3 2 0 8-8 0 0 0 56 Sept. 16, 2006 at USC 40 30 70 4-11 1.0-7 1 0-0 0-0 0 5 0 1-1 0 0 0 10 Sept. 23, 2006 TROY 32 24 56 11-58 4.0-36 2 2-11 1-0 3 2 0 8-8 0 0 0 56 Sept. 30, 2006 KANSAS 47 36 83 8-10 0.0-0 1 1-0 3-19 4 5 0 4-4 0 1 0 39 Oct. 7, 2006 at Iowa State 32 22 54 7-23 1.0-9 0 0-0 1-3 5 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 Oct. 14, 2006 at Kansas State 33 18 51 12-51 4.0-35 0 0-0 2-25 9 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 21 Oct. 21, 2006 TEXAS 48 26 74 10-27 3.0-19 4 1-0 0-0 3 6 1 2-2 0 0 0 20 Oct. 28, 2006 at Oklahoma State 46 14 60 5-18 2.0-10 1 1-0 1-15 0 3 1 3-2 0 0 0 29 Nov. 4, 2006 MISSOURI 38 24 62 5-22 1.0-13 1 1-7 2-37 3 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 34 Nov. 11, 2006 at Texas A&M 28 42 70 12-27 3.0-14 0 0-0 0-0 0 6 1 4-4 0 0 0 28 Nov. 24, 2006 COLORADO 30 28 58 6-41 4.0-40 1 0-0 0-0 4 2 1 5-5 0 0 1 37 Totals 433 322 755 91-325 25.0-200 13 11-18 11-113 44 41 4 53-52 0 1 1 407 Opponent 448 464 912 71-255 25.0-184 17 14-31 4-27 10 37 0 24-21 0 1 0 218

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Sept. 2, 2006 LOUISIANA TECH 3 127 42.3 53 0 1 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 8 457 57.1 0 0 Sept. 9, 2006 NICHOLLS STATE 1 41 41.0 41 0 0 1 0 1 1-0 0 0 9 474 52.7 0 0 Sept. 16, 2006 at USC 5 193 38.6 50 0 0 1 1 1 1-1 38 0 3 188 62.7 0 0 Sept. 23, 2006 TROY 2 72 36.0 37 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 9 518 57.6 1 0 Sept. 30, 2006 KANSAS 7 269 38.4 51 0 0 5 1 3 1-1 21 0 6 352 58.7 0 0 Oct. 7, 2006 at Iowa State 6 246 41.0 48 0 0 4 0 2 0-0 0 0 5 294 58.8 2 0 Oct. 14, 2006 at Kansas State 8 305 38.1 48 0 1 2 0 4 0-0 0 0 4 244 61.0 1 0 Oct. 21, 2006 TEXAS 6 244 40.7 50 0 0 5 1 4 0-0 0 0 4 233 58.2 1 0 Oct. 28, 2006 at Oklahoma State 5 206 41.2 58 0 0 1 1 0 2-1 26 0 6 297 49.5 0 1 Nov. 4, 2006 MISSOURI 2 73 36.5 41 0 0 1 0 1 2-2 40 0 7 432 61.7 3 0 Nov. 11, 2006 at Texas A&M 6 248 41.3 47 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 5 313 62.6 3 0 Nov. 24, 2006 COLORADO 4 156 39.0 43 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 6 381 63.5 1 0 Totals 55 2180 39.6 58 0 2 23 5 19 7-5 40 0 72 4183 58.1 12 1 Opponent 68 2748 40.4 60 1 3 8 10 15 16-11 54 1 48 2843 59.2 22 1

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Opponent Team Game By Game |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Sept. 2, 2006 LOUISIANA TECH 21 67 0 19 13 238 1 56 32-13-1 238 1 56 8 141 0 29 2 16 0 13 469 Sept. 9, 2006 NICHOLLS STATE 47 187 1 49 0 0 0 0 3-0-0 0 0 0 7 86 0 26 0 0 0 0 273 Sept. 16, 2006 at USC 31 142 1 26 25 257 3 21 37-25-0 257 3 21 3 43 0 17 1 4 0 4 446 Sept. 23, 2006 TROY 27 48 0 17 15 92 0 25 24-15-1 92 0 25 8 109 0 34 1 -1 0 0 246 Sept. 30, 2006 KANSAS 40 169 2 41 27 405 2 46 54-27-3 405 2 46 6 91 0 27 0 0 0 0 665 Oct. 7, 2006 at Iowa State 24 53 1 17 18 262 1 29 39-18-1 262 1 29 3 35 0 19 1 16 0 16 366 Oct. 14, 2006 at Kansas State 18 22 0 38 23 272 0 30 47-23-2 272 0 30 3 68 0 30 2 12 0 7 374 Oct. 21, 2006 TEXAS 34 128 0 27 25 220 2 55 40-25-0 220 2 55 3 119 0 78 0 0 0 0 473 Oct. 28, 2006 at Oklahoma State 41 267 3 56 13 229 2 55 21-13-1 229 2 55 5 112 0 39 1 6 0 6 614 Nov. 4, 2006 MISSOURI 32 119 0 24 20 244 2 49 38-20-2 244 2 49 4 59 0 17 0 0 0 0 422 Nov. 11, 2006 at Texas A&M 27 155 3 57 19 288 0 47 32-19-0 288 0 47 2 36 0 21 3 15 0 8 510 Nov. 24, 2006 COLORADO 31 166 1 45 11 131 1 31 23-11-0 131 1 31 5 89 0 25 2 2 0 2 388 Opponent totals 373 1523 12 57 209 2638 14 56 390-209-11 2638 14 56 57 988 0 78 13 70 0 16 5246 Nebraska 495 2199 26 51 207 3009 30 78 334-207-4 3009 30 78 23 399 0 32 32 268 0 33 5988

|------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 Sept. 2, 2006 LOUISIANA TECH 37 54 91 2-3 0.0-0 2 1-0 1-7 0 5 0 1-1 0 0 0 10 Sept. 9, 2006 NICHOLLS STATE 41 56 97 1-5 1.0-5 0 1-0 0-0 0 0 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 Sept. 16, 2006 at USC 35 24 59 7-22 1.0-11 1 1-0 0-0 0 2 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 Sept. 23, 2006 TROY 39 34 73 2-15 1.0-12 0 0-0 1--2 2 2 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 30, 2006 KANSAS 29 28 57 4-16 2.0-12 3 3-2 0-0 3 8 0 3-2 0 0 0 32 Oct. 7, 2006 at Iowa State 39 46 85 6-26 2.0-21 2 1-0 0-0 2 1 0 2-2 0 0 0 14 Oct. 14, 2006 at Kansas State 40 32 72 16-38 4.0-19 2 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Oct. 21, 2006 TEXAS 28 20 48 8-33 4.0-29 2 2-0 1-6 0 2 0 2-1 0 0 0 22 Oct. 28, 2006 at Oklahoma State 49 22 71 7-55 5.0-46 1 1-19 0-0 1 4 0 6-5 0 0 0 41 Nov. 4, 2006 MISSOURI 49 30 79 5-6 0.0-0 2 2-0 0-0 1 1 0 2-2 0 0 0 20 Nov. 11, 2006 at Texas A&M 17 80 97 7-24 4.0-21 0 0-0 1-16 0 6 0 1-1 0 1 0 27 Nov. 24, 2006 COLORADO 45 38 83 6-12 1.0-8 2 2-10 0-0 1 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 14 Opponent totals 448 464 912 71-255 25.0-184 17 14-31 4-27 10 37 0 24-21 0 1 0 218 Nebraska 433 322 755 91-325 25.0-200 13 11-18 11-113 44 41 4 53-52 0 1 1 407

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Sept. 2, 2006 LOUISIANA TECH 7 224 32.0 46 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 23 0 3 133 44.3 0 0 Sept. 9, 2006 NICHOLLS STATE 8 311 38.9 47 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 2 107 53.5 0 0 Sept. 16, 2006 at USC 4 167 41.8 51 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 5 317 63.4 3 0 Sept. 23, 2006 TROY 8 325 40.6 52 0 0 1 1 2 0-0 0 0 1 65 65.0 0 0 Sept. 30, 2006 KANSAS 6 265 44.2 60 0 1 0 2 2 2-2 35 0 6 392 65.3 5 0 Oct. 7, 2006 at Iowa State 5 216 43.2 46 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 2 122 61.0 1 0 Oct. 14, 2006 at Kansas State 7 283 40.4 55 0 1 3 1 1 2-1 53 0 2 123 61.5 1 0 Oct. 21, 2006 TEXAS 5 215 43.0 53 0 0 1 1 2 5-3 22 0 6 278 46.3 2 1 Oct. 28, 2006 at Oklahoma State 3 112 37.3 51 0 0 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 7 455 65.0 4 0 Nov. 4, 2006 MISSOURI 4 156 39.0 46 0 0 0 0 1 2-2 54 0 4 252 63.0 1 0 Nov. 11, 2006 at Texas A&M 5 223 44.6 57 0 1 0 2 2 3-2 37 1 6 383 63.8 4 0 Nov. 24, 2006 COLORADO 6 251 41.8 59 1 0 1 1 1 1-0 0 0 4 216 54.0 1 0 Opponent totals 68 2748 40.4 60 1 3 8 10 15 16-11 54 1 48 2843 59.2 22 1 Nebraska 55 2180 39.6 58 0 2 23 5 19 7-5 40 0 72 4183 58.1 12 1

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Team Comparison Opponent Score 1st Downs Rushing Passing Pass Yds Plays Tot Yds Ret Yds Pen Yds T/O LOUISIANA TECH 49-10 30/13 48-252/21-67 36-24-1/32-13-1 332/238 84/53 584/305 37/164 45/25 2/3 NICHOLLS STATE 56-7 30/7 50-261/47-187 26-21-0/3-0-0 237/0 76/50 498/187 140/86 20/46 1/3 USC 10-28 10/26 36-68/31-142 17-9-0/37-25-0 143/257 53/68 211/399 64/47 51/46 1/0 TROY 56-0 25/10 46-316/27-48 23-16-1/24-15-1 281/92 69/51 597/140 40/106 65/80 1/3 KANSAS 39-32 16/26 32-116/40-169 33-15-0/54-27-3 395/405 65/94 511/574 74/93 35/25 3/4 Iowa State 28-14 17/18 45-251/24-53 21-17-0/39-18-1 131/262 66/63 382/315 38/51 70/45 1/1 Kansas State 21-3 16/17 43-190/18-22 22-13-0/47-23-2 166/272 65/65 356/294 46/80 20/35 0/2 TEXAS 20-22 15/21 24-38/34-128 29-16-1/40-25-0 302/220 53/74 340/348 56/125 67/42 3/1 Oklahoma State 29-41 29/25 40-211/41-267 39-21-0/21-13-1 241/229 79/62 452/496 91/137 40/42 1/2 MISSOURI 34-20 20/21 47-183/32-119 22-14-0/38-20-2 236/244 69/70 419/363 129/59 19/15 2/3 Texas A&M 28-27 19/13 38-123/27-155 36-21-1/32-19-0 267/288 74/59 390/443 48/67 43/38 1/0 COLORADO 37-14 24/14 46-190/31-166 30-20-0/23-11-0 278/131 76/54 468/297 35/101 70/74 2/0 Totals 407-218 251/211 495-2199/373-1523 334-207-4/390-209-11 3009/2638 829/763 5208/4161 798/1116 545/513 18/22 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 LOUISIANA TECH 11-16/5-14 1-2/0-0 35:05/24:55 10:10 5.2/3.2 9.2/7.4 7.0/5.8 3-42.3/7-32.0 NICHOLLS STATE 7-12/3-13 2-3/1-2 33:44/26:16 7:28 5.2/4.0 9.1/0.0 6.6/3.7 1-41.0/8-38.9 USC 5-14/9-15 2-3/1-2 28:36/31:24 -2:48 1.9/4.6 8.4/6.9 4.0/5.9 5-38.6/4-41.8 TROY 7-11/1-11 1-1/1-2 36:14/23:46 12:28 6.9/1.8 12.2/3.8 8.7/2.7 2-36.0/8-40.6 KANSAS 3-12/6-18 0-0/1-2 26:31/33:29 -6:58 3.6/4.2 12.0/7.5 7.9/6.1 7-38.4/6-44.2 Iowa State 5-12/4-12 0-0/0-3 36:55/23:05 13:50 5.6/2.2 6.2/6.7 5.8/5.0 6-41.0/5-43.2 Kansas State 7-17/1-13 2-2/2-4 34:51/25:09 9:42 4.4/1.2 7.5/5.8 5.5/4.5 8-38.1/7-40.4 TEXAS 4-13/7-18 0-0/0-0 25:24/34:36 -9:12 1.6/3.8 10.4/5.5 6.4/4.7 6-40.7/5-43.0 Oklahoma State 7-16/6-11 1-1/0-1 34:59/25:01 9:58 5.3/6.5 6.2/10.9 5.7/8.0 5-41.2/3-37.3 MISSOURI 11-17/3-13 0-1/3-4 35:11/24:49 10:22 3.9/3.7 10.7/6.4 6.1/5.2 2-36.5/4-39.0 Texas A&M 7-15/5-14 1-2/0-1 32:52/27:08 5:44 3.2/5.7 7.4/9.0 5.3/7.5 6-41.3/5-44.6 COLORADO 8-15/5-13 3-3/0-1 35:49/24:11 11:38 4.1/5.4 9.3/5.7 6.2/5.5 4-39.0/6-41.8 Totals 82-170/55-165 13-18/9-22 396:11/323:49 72:22 4.4/4.1 9.0/6.8 6.3/5.5 55-39.6/68-40.4 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 Sept. 2 Louisiana Tech W, 49-10 7 5 35 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Sept. 9 Nicholls State W, 56-7 8 7 49 7 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 16 at USC L, 10-28 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 23 Troy W, 56-0 6 5 35 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 *Sept. 30 Kansas W, 39-32 3 3 17 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Oct. 7 at Iowa State W, 28-14 3 3 21 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Oct. 14 at Kansas State W, 21-3 2 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Oct. 21 Texas L, 20-22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Oct. 28 at Oklahoma State L, 29-41 3 3 16 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Nov. 4 Missouri W, 34-20 4 4 24 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Nov. 11 at Texas A&M W, 28-27 4 4 28 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Nov. 24 Colorado W, 37-14 5 4 28 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 46 41 274 38 20 18 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 41 of 46 (89.1%)

Opponents 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 Sept. 2 Louisiana Tech W, 49-10 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 9 Nicholls State W, 56-7 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 16 at USC L, 10-28 5 4 28 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Sept. 23 Troy W, 56-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Sept. 30 Kansas W, 39-32 8 5 25 3 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 *Oct. 7 at Iowa State W, 28-14 4 2 14 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 *Oct. 14 at Kansas State W, 21-3 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 *Oct. 21 Texas L, 20-22 5 4 15 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 *Oct. 28 at Oklahoma State L, 29-41 4 4 27 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Nov. 4 Missouri W, 34-20 3 3 17 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Nov. 11 at Texas A&M W, 28-27 3 3 14 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Nov. 24 Colorado W, 37-14 1 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 29 160 19 9 10 10 1 4 1 1 1 0 29 of 37 (78.4%)

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Miscellaneous Numbers Long Season Plays (20 or more yards) 26 Troy Rush (B. Jackson) 1st-10 Husker Long Plays Opponent Long Plays 25 Texas Pass (Swift from Lucky) Touchdown Rush Pass Return Total Rush Pass Return Total 25 Kansas St. Int return (Thenarse) 1st-10 La. Tech 1 4 0 5 0 3 3 6 25 Kansas Pass (Purify from Taylor) 1st-10 Nicholls St. 1 2 3 6 1 0 1 2 25 La. Tech Rush (B. Jackson) Touchdown at USC 0 4 2 6 1 2 0 3 24 Oklahoma St. Rush (B. Jackson) Touchdown Troy 5 5 1 11 0 1 2 3 24 Oklahoma St. Rush (B. Jackson) 1st-G Kansas 1 6 0 7 1 5 2 8 24 Texas KO return (B. Jackson) 1st-10 at Iowa St. 4 1 1 6 0 5 0 5 24 Kansas St. Rush (Taylor) 1st-G at Kansas St. 3 2 1 6 1 4 2 7 24 Iowa State KO return (B. Jackson) 1st-10 Texas 0 7 2 9 1 1 2 4 24 Kansas Rush (Wilson) 1st-10 at Oklahoma St. 4 4 1 9 2 3 3 8 23 Texas Pass (Nunn from Taylor) 1st-10 Missouri 0 5 2 7 1 2 0 3 23 Nicholls KO return (Green) 1st-10 at Texas A&M 0 4 1 5 3 4 0 7 22 Texas A&M Pass (Peterson from Taylor) 1st-10 Colorado 1 3 0 4 2 1 1 4 22 Misosuri Pass (Swift from Taylor) 1st-10 Totals 20 47 14 81 13 31 16 60 22 Oklahoma St. Pass (Purify from Taylor) Touchdown 22 Oklahoma St. KO return (Hardy) 1st-10 Nebraska Long Plays 22 Kansas St. Pass (Purify from Taylor) 1st-10 Yards Opponent Play Result 22 USC KO return (Green) 1st-10 78 Kansas Pass (Hardy from Taylor) Touchdown 22 USC Pass (B. Jackson from Taylor) 1st-10 75 Kansas Pass (Hardy from Taylor) Touchdown 21 Texas A&M Pass (Purify from Taylor) 1st-10 75 Kansas Pass (Nunn from Taylor) Touchdown 21 Oklahoma St. Rush (B. Jackson) 1st-10 67 Troy Pass (Nunn from Taylor) 1st-10 21 Oklahoma St. Pass (Lucky from Taylor) 1st-10 63 Texas Pass (Purify from Taylor) Touchdown 21 Oklahoma St. Pass (Lucky from Taylor) 1st-10 57 Colorado Pass (Erickson from Taylor) 1st-10 21 Texas Pass (Purify from Taylor) 1st-10 51 Troy Rush (Lucky) Touchdown 21 Texas KO return (B. Jackson) 1st-10 49 Texas Pass (Jackson from Taylor) Touchdown 21 Iowa State Rush (B. Jackson) 1st-10 49 Troy Pass (Swift from Taylor) 1st-G 21 Iowa State Rush (Glenn) 1st-10 48 Kansas St. Rush (B. Jackson) 1st-10 21 Kansas Pass (Swift from Taylor) 1st-G 47 Missouri Pass (B. Jackson from Taylor) 1st-10 21 Troy Rush (K. Wilson) 1st-G 45 Troy Rush (Lucky) Touchdown 21 Troy Pass (Nunn from Taylor) 1st-10 42 Texas A&M Pass (Lucky from Taylor) 1st-G 21 La. Tech Pass (Swift from Taylor) 1st-10 42 Nicholls Pass (Purify from Taylor) Touchdown 21 USC Pass (Nunn from Taylor) 1st-10 40 Missouri Int. return (Ruud) 1st-10 20 Texas Pass (Nunn from Taylor) 1st-10 40 Kansas St. Rush (Lucky) Touchdown 36 Iowa State Rush (Glenn) 1st-10 36 Kansas Pass (Purify from Taylor) 1st-10 36 Troy Pass (Purify from Taylor) 1st-10 36 USC Pass (Herian from Taylor) 1st-G 34 Missouri Pass (Swift from Taylor) 1st-G 34 Troy Rush (Lucky) Touchdown 33 Nicholls Punt return (Swift) 1st-10 32 Missouri KO return (Lucky) 1st-10 32 Kansas St. Pass (Purify from Taylor) 1st-10 31 Colorado Rush (Jackson) 1st-10 31 Colorado Pass (Purify from Taylor) 1st-10 31 USC Punt return (Nunn) 1st-10 31 Nicholls Pass (Peterson from Ganz) 1st-10 31 La. Tech Pass (Herian from Taylor) 1st-10 30 Nicholls Rush (K. Wilson) 1st-10 29 Colorado Pass (Turner from Ganz) Touchdown 29 La. Tech Pass (Teafatiller from Ganz) Touchdown 28 Texas A&M KO return (Lucky) 1st-10 28 Missouri Pass (Nunn from Purify) Touchdown 28 Oklahoma St. Rush (B. Jackson) 1st-10 28 Texas Pass (Jackson from Taylor) 1st-10 28 Iowa State Rush (Glenn) 1st-10 28 Troy Pass (Swift from Taylor) 1st-10 28 USC Pass (Peterson from Titchener) 1st-10 28 La. Tech Pass (Purify from Taylor) 1st-10 27 Oklahoma St. Pass (Hardy from Taylor) 1st-10 27 Iowa State Pass (Purify from Taylor) Touchdown 27 Troy KO return (K. Wilson) 1st-10 27 Nicholls Punt return (Nunn) 1st-10 26 Texas A&M Pass (Hardy from Taylor) 1st-10 26 Missouri Pass (Lucky from Taylor) 1st-10

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Miscellaneous Numbers Opponent Long Plays Drive SUperlatives Yards Opponent Play Result Nebraska Opponent 78 Texas KO return (Cosby) 1st-G Most Yards (Result) 98 vs. Kansas (touchdown) 95 (touchdown) Kansas 56 Oklahoma St. Rush (Reid) 1st-10 Most Plays (Result) 14 vs. La. Tech (fumble) 18 (touchdown) Missouri 57 Texas A&M Rush (McGee) Touchdown Most Time (Result) 6:24 vs. CU (touchdown) 8:06 (field goal) Texas 56 La. Tech Pass (Wheeler from Champion) 1st-10 55 Oklahoma St. Pass (Woods from Reid) 1st-10 Game-Opening Drives 55 Texas Pass (Sweed from McCoy) Touchdown [----- Nebraska ----- ] [----- Opponent ----- ] 53 Texas A&M Rush (Goodson) 1st-10 Opponent Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Pts. 1st Dwn Yds 49 Missouri Pass (Alexander from Daniel) 1sts-10 La. Tech 0 0 4 0 3 (-9) 49 Nicholls Rush (Thorne) 1st-G Nicholls St. 7 4 53 0 1 22 47 Texas A&M Pass (Franks from McGee) 1st-10 at USC 0 0 8 0 2 39 Troy 7 4 73 0 1 15 46 Kansas Pass (Murph from Barmann) 1st-10 Kansas 7 1 80 0 0 9 45 Colorado Rush (Holliday) Touchdown at Iowa St. 7 3 80 0 1 25 45 Oklahoma St. Pass (Bowman from Reid) Touchdown at Kansas St. 7 3 80 0 0 0 44 Colorado Rush (Charles) 1st-10 Texas 0 1 4 3 0 4 44 Texas A&M Pass (Schroeder from Lane) 1st-G at Oklahoma St. 3 4 66 0 0 (-2) 41 Kansas Rush (Cornish) 1st-G Missouri 0 1 8 0 0 2 40 Kansas Pass (Fine from Barmann) 1st-G at Texas A&M 0 0 9 0 1 23 40 Kansas Pass (Lamb from Barmann) 1st-10 Colorado 7 3 58 0 1 12 39 Oklahoma St. KO return (Perrish) 1st-10 Totals 45 24 513 3 10 140 39 La. Tech Pass (Holland from Champion) Touchdown Second Half-Opening Drives 38 Kansas St. Rush (Gonzalez) 1st-10 [----- Nebraska ----- ] [----- Opponent ----- ] 35 La. Tech Pass (Holland from Champion) 1st-10 Opponent Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Pts. 1st Dwn Yds 34 Troy KO return (Cattouse) 1st-10 La. Tech 7 3 72 0 1 20 33 Texas A&M Pass (Riley from McGee) 1st-10 Nicholls St. 7 5 77 0 0 8 31 Colorado Pass (Crawford from Jackson) 1st-10 at USC 0 0 (-5) 0 0 (-5) 30 Kansas St. Pass (Gonzalez from Freeman) 1st-10 Troy 7 2 75 0 1 18 Kansas 0 0 (-6) 0 0 7 30 Kansas St. KO return (McKinney) 1st-10 at Iowa St. 0 0 11 0 3 32 30 Kansas Pass (Fields from Barmann) 1st-10 at Kansas St. 0 0 (-1) 0 1 22 29 Iowa State Pass (Sumrall from Meyer) 1st-10 Texas 0 1 25 0 1 16 29 La. Tech KO return (W. Brown) 1st-10 at Oklahoma St. 0 3 55 0 3 41 28 Texas KO return (Young) 1st-10 Missouri 0 3 42 7 3 62 27 Iowa State Pass (Blythe from Meyer) 1st-10 at Texas A&M 0 1 31 0 2 38 27 Kansas KO return (Herford) 1st-10 Colorado 0 1 61 7 3 71 26 Oklahoma St. KO return (Perrish) 1st-10 Totals 21 19 437 14 18 330 26 Oklahoma St. KO return (Perrish) 1st-10 26 Kansas Pass (Murph from Barmann) Touchdown 26 Troy KO return (McKelvin) 1st-10 26 USC Rush (Moody) 2nd-4 26 Nicholls KO return (Moore) 1st-10 26 La. Tech KO return (W. Brown) 1st-10 25 Colorado KO return (Washington) 1st-10 25 Texas A&M Pass (Bennett from McGee) 1st-10 25 Troy Pass (Banks from Haugabook) 1st-10 24 Missouri Rush (Temple) 1st-10 24 Kansas St. KO return (McKinney) 1st-10 24 Iowa State Pass (Nickel from Meyer) 1st-10 23 Missouri Pass (Franklin from Daniel) 1st-10 23 Iowa State Pass (Davis from Meyer) 1st-10 23 Iowa State Pass (Flynn from Meyer) 1st-10 23 Kansas KO return (Herford) 1st-10 22 Texas A&M Rush (Goodson) Touchdown 22 Oklahoma St. Pass (Bowman from Reid) 1st-10 22 Kansas St. Pass (Moreira from Freeman) 1st-10 22 La. Tech KO return (Riser) 1st-10 21 Texas Rush (Young) 1st-10 21 Kansas St. Pass (Moreira from Freeman) 1st-10 21 USC Pass (Jarrett from Booty) 1st-G 20 Oklahoma St. Rush (Savage) Touchdown 20 Kansas St. Pass (Wilson from Freeman) 1st-10 20 USC Pass (Smith from Booty) 1st-10

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Miscellaneous Numbers Nebraska Points Off Turnovers Penalty Numbers Game TOs Gained TDs FG-FGA Pts. (NU Fumbles/Lost, INT) NU Pen.-Yds. Opp. Pen.-Yds. La. Tech 3 (4/2 F/L, 1 Int) 2 0-0 14 (3/1 F/L, 1 Int) La. Tech 5-45 (9.0) 5-25 (5.0) Nicholls St. 3 (7/3 F/L, 0 Int) 1 0-0 7 (1/1 F/L, 0 Int) Nicholls St. 3-20 (6.7) 6-46 (7.7) at USC 0 (1/0 F/L, 0 Int) 0 0-0 0 (2/1 F/L, 0 Int) at USC 5-51 (10.1) 7-46 (6.6) Troy 3 (6/2 F/L, 1 Int) 2 0-0 14 (0/0 F/L, 1 Int) Troy 8-65 (8.1) 10-80 (8.0) Kansas 4 (1/1 F/L, 3 Int) 2 0-0 14 (4/3 F/L, 0 Int) Kansas 5-25 (5.0) 5-35 (7.0) at Iowa St. 1 (0/0 F/L, 1 Int) 0 0-0 0 (2/1 F/L, 0 Int) at Iowa St. 7-70 (10.0) 6-45 (7.5) at Kansas St. 2 (0/0 F/L, 2 Int) 0 0-0 0 (2/0 F/L, 0 Int) at Kansas St. 2-20 (10.0) 5-50 (10.0) Texas 1 (5/1 F/L, 0 Int) 0 0-0 0 (2/2 F/L, 1 Int) Texas 5-42 (8.4) 7-67 (9.6) at Oklahoma St. 2 (2/1 F/L, 1 Int) 2 0-0 13 (1/1 F/L, 0 Int) at Oklahoma St. 5-40 (8.0) 5-42 (8.4) Missouri 3 (1/1 F/L, 2 Int) 2 0-0 14 (2/2 F/L, 0 Int) Missouri 3-19 (6.3) 2-15 (7.5) at Texas A&M 0 (0/0 F/L, 0 Int) 0 0-0 0 (0/0 F/L, 1 Int) at Texas A&M 5-43 (8.6) 4-38 (9.5) Colorado 0 (1/0 F/L, 0 Int) 0 0-0 0 (2/2 F/L, 0 Int) Colorado 10-70 (7.0) 8-74 (9.3) Totals 22 (28/11 F/L, 11 Int) 11 0-0 76 (21/14 F/L, 4 Int) Totals (Avg/Penalty) 63-510 (8.1) 70-564 (8.1) Opponents 18 (21/14 F/L, 4 Int) 6 2-3 48 (28/11 F/L, 11 Int) Avg/G 5.3-42.5 5.8-47.0

Starting Field Position NU Avg. Start Opp. Avg. Start NU Advantage La. Tech 38.3 (498/13) 24.0 (312/13) +14.3 Nicholls St. 45.1 (586/13) 24.1 (313/13) +21.0 at USC 27.7 (277/10) 29.5 (295/10) -1.8 Troy 36.0 (432/12) 22.6 (271/12) +13.4 Kansas 30.4 (516/17) 31.8 (542/17) -1.4 at Iowa St. 25.2 (302/12) 30.6 (367/12) -5.4 at Kansas St. 30.9 (402/13) 22.3 (267/12) +8.6 Texas 25.7 (360/14) 37.4 (486/13) -11.7 at Oklahoma St. 23.7 (308/13) 36.2 (471/13) -12.5 Missouri 40.9 (491/12) 25.6 (307/12) +15.3 at Texas A&M 22.3 (298/13) 33.1 (431/13) -10.8 Colorado 30.0 (360/12) 23.3 (280/12) +6.7 Totals 31.4 (4,830/154) 28.6 (4,342/152) +2.8

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Miscellaneous Numbers Scoring Drives Nebraska Scoring Drives Scoring [---Time---] [--Plays--] [-----Drive-----] Drive Game Drives Total Avg. Total Avg. 5 or less 1-Play Opponent Plays Yds Time Score Qtr./Time Start Play La. Tech 7 21:20 3:03 55 7.8 1 0 La. Tech 8 65 3:22 TD 1st/1:54 5:16 Herian 13 rec. (Taylor) Nicholls St. 8 22:12 2:47 56 7.0 4 1 La. Tech 12 74 5:10 TD 2nd/5:54 11:04 Lucky 13 run at USC 2 4:31 2:15 13 6.5 1 0 La. Tech 11 78 2:24 TD 2nd/0:07 2:31 Glenn 1 run Troy 8 26:52 3:22 52 6.5 5 0 La. Tech 6 72 2:25 TD 3rd/12:31 14:56 Phillips 6 rec. (Taylor) Kansas 6 9:36 1:36 24 4.0 5 1 La. Tech 7 67 2:52 TD 4th/11:56 14:48 Mueller 6 rec. (Taylor) at Iowa St. 4 17:51 4:28 37 9.3 0 0 La. Tech 5 64 1:26 TD 4th/7:49 9:15 Jackson 25 run at Kansas St. 3 8:46 2:55 21 7.0 1 0 La. Tech 6 49 3:21 TD 4th/3:14 6:35 Teafatiller 29 rec. (Ganz) Texas 3 7:02 2:21 12 4.0 3 0 Nicholls State 11 53 4:27 TD 1st/8:02 12:29 Glenn 1 run at Oklahoma St. 5 18:44 3:45 42 8.4 1 0 Nicholls State 11 51 5:21 TD 1st/0:28 5:49 Todd 1 rec. (Taylor) Missouri 6 17:41 2:28 40 6.7 2 1 Nicholls State 3 39 1:20 TD 2nd/12:54 14:14 Herian 19 rec. (Taylor) at Texas A&M 4 10:34 2:39 35 8.8 1 0 Nicholls State 11 45 1:36 TD 2nd/0:23 1:59 Lucky 1 run Colorado 5 20:01 4:01 44 8.8 0 0 Nicholls State 9 77 4:42 TD 3rd/10:07 14:49 Hardy 14 rec. (Taylor) Totals 61 3:05:10 3:02 421 6.9 23 3 Nicholls State 1 42 0:28 TD 3rd/7:36 8:04 Purify 42 rec. (Taylor) Opponents 38 1:48:25 2:51 279 7.3 12 3 Nicholls State 5 76 2:24 TD 4th/11:03 13:27 Wilson 14 run Nicholls State 5 49 1:54 TD 4th/5:07 7:01 Glenn 7 run USC 4 2 0:59 FG 1st/3:23 4:22 Congdon 38 FG Opponent Scoring Drives USC 9 74 3:32 TD 4th/12:44 1:16 Taylor 1 run [-----Drive-----] Drive Troy 10 73 5:47 TD 1st/9:13 15:00 Lucky 34 run Opponent Plays Yds Time Score Qtr./Time Start Play Troy 5 72 2:54 TD 1st/4:30 7:24 Phillips 6 rec. (Taylor) La. Tech 12 80 5:33 FG 2nd/11:11 1:44 Horwedel 23 FG Troy 2 81 0:56 TD 2nd/11:34 12:30 Lucky 45 run La. Tech 8 67 3:09 TD 2nd/2:36 5:45 Holland 39 rec. (ZC) Troy 12 71 5:42 TD 2nd/3:09 8:51 Wilson 3 run Nicholls 2 50 0:30 TD 4th/13:33 14:03 Cole 1 run Troy 5 75 2:54 TD 3rd/9:31 12:25 Lucky 51 run USC 9 83 3:23 TD 1st/0:00 3:23 Jarrett 12 rec. (JDB) Troy 3 4 1:47 TD 3rd/6:21 8:08 Senske 1 rec. (Ganz) USC 11 71 6:00 TD 2nd/2:52 8:52 Smith 3 rec. (JDB) Troy 4 25 1:06 TD 4th/13:39 14:45 Jackson 8 run USC 4 31 1:55 TD 3rd/12:05 14:00 Jarrett 5 rec. (JDB) Troy 11 67 5:25 TD 4th/6:45 12:10 Wilson 8 run USC 14 81 6:17 TD 4th/6:27 12:44 Washington 7 run Kansas 2 80 0:58 TD 1st/14:02 15:00 Nunn 75 rec. (Taylor) Kansas 7 95 3:26 TD 2nd/11:45 0:11 McAnderson 1 run Kansas 1 6 0:27 TD 1st/10:20 10:47 Peterson 6 rec. (Taylor) Kansas 12 56 1:33 FG 2nd/0:00 1:33 Webb 31 FG Kansas 11 92 4:27 FG 1st/0:23 4:50 Congdon 21 FG Kansas 3 98 1:32 TD 2nd/6:51 8:23 Hardy 78 rec. (Taylor) Kansas 1 8 0:13 TD 3rd/12:01 12:14 Cornish 8 run Kansas 4 80 2:12 TD 3rd/4:13 6:25 Hardy 75 rec. (Taylor) Kansas 9 43 2:50 FG 3rd/5:47 8:37 Webb 35 FG Kansas 3 25 0:00 TD OT/0:00 0:00 Glenn 1 run Kansas 11 88 5:25 TD 4th/6:32 11:57 Fine 1 rec. (AB) Iowa State 10 80 5:27 TD 1st/9:33 15:00 Glenn 3 run Kansas 11 81 3:19 TD 4th/0:46 4:05 Murph 25 rec. (AB) Iowa State 11 68 5:52 TD 2nd/8:07 13:59 Jackson 1 run Iowa State 11 43 4:49 TD 2nd/14:10 3:59 Meyer 1 run Iowa State 7 60 1:12 TD 2nd/0:03 1:15 Purify 27 rec. (Taylor) Iowa State 7 74 1:19 TD 4th/0:06 1:25 Blythe 13 rec. (BM) Iowa State 9 78 5:13 TD 4th/1:33 6:46 Glenn 5 run Kansas State 12 44 4:11 FG 3rd/4:44 8:55 Snodgrass 53 FG Kansas State 9 80 3:54 TD 1st/11:06 15:00 Teafatiller 17 rec. (Wesch) Texas 4 4 1:58 FG 1st/13:02 15:00 Johnson 22 FG Kansas State 10 80 4:47 TD 2nd/11:02 0:49 Mueller 3 rec. (Taylor) Texas 6 39 2:15 TD 2nd/6:43 8:58 Cosby 6 rec. (CM) Kansas State 2 72 0:45 TD 3rd/8:55 9:40 Lucky 40 run Texas 1 55 0:27 TD 2nd/4:00 4:24 Sweed 55 rec. (CM) Texas 3 66 1:51 TD 1st/5:58 7:49 Purify 63 rec. (Taylor Texas 15 77 8:06 FG 4th/6:33 14:39 Johnson 22 FG Texas 5 80 2:43 TD 3rd/2:31 14:48 Jackson 49 rec. (Taylor) Texas 8 39 1:54 FG 4th/0:23 2:17 Bailey 22 FG Texas 4 65 1:28 TD 4th/4:54 6:22 Swift 25 rec. (Lucky) Oklahoma St. 5 80 2:31 TD 2nd/8:12 10:43 Toston 16 rec. (BR) Oklahoma St. 10 66 4:39 FG 1st/8:22 13:01 Congdon 26 FG Oklahoma St. 4 50 1:10 TD 2nd/4:13 5:23 Savage 18 run Oklahoma St. 8 51 4:42 TD 1st/0:33 5:15 Jackson 2 run Oklahoma St. 1 45 0:41 TD 2nd/0:15 0:56 Bowman 45 rec. (BR) Oklahoma St. 5 61 2:57 TD 2nd/10:43 13:40 Jackson 24 run Oklahoma St. 4 76 1:35 TD 4th/14:34 1:09 Savage 20 run Oklahoma St. 7 78 3:17 TD 2nd/0:56 4:13 Purify 22 rec. (Taylor) Oklahoma St. 9 77 3:35 TD 4th/8:05 11:40 Crosslin 1 run Oklahoma St. 12 80 3:09 TD 4th/0:07 3:16 Purify 5 rec. (Taylor) Oklahoma St. 0 0 0:00 TD 4th/3:16 3:16 Peterson 19 fumble ret. Missouri 10 66 4:53 FG 1st/4:53 9:46 Congdon 26 FG Missouri 9 70 3:37 FG 2nd/9:58 13:35 Wolfert 26 FG Missouri 4 58 1:30 TD 1st/1:30 3:00 Nunn 28 pass (Purify) Missouri 6 45 1:06 FG 2nd/0:00 1:06 Wolfert 54 FG Missouri 6 22 2:15 TD 2nd/13:44 0:59 Purify 7 pass (Taylor) Missouri 10 62 3:25 TD 3rd/5:46 9:11 Rucker 6 rec. (CD) Missouri 1 17 0:29 TD 2nd/5:04 5:33 Teafatiller 17 pass (Taylor) Missouri 18 80 6:20 TD 4th/8:10 14:30 Coffman 19 rec. (CD) Missouri 6 33 2:34 FG 2nd/1:18 3:52 Congdon 33 FG Texas A&M 4 80 2:16 TD 1st/3:42 5:58 Goodson 22 run Missouri 13 85 6:00 TD 4th/14:36 5:36 Jackson 2 run Texas A&M 8 37 2:40 FG 2nd/0:16 2:56 Neumann 37 FG Texas A&M 11 66 4:02 TD 1st/5:58 10:00 Glenn 2 run Texas A&M 7 61 3:01 FG 3rd/0:16 3:17 Neumann 20 FG Texas A&M 9 52 3:48 TD 2nd/14:54 3:42 Glenn 6 run Texas A&M 3 58 1:11 TD 4th/12:51 14:02 McGee 57 run Texas A&M 4 54 1:08 TD 2nd/11:00 12:08 Peterson 4 pass (Taylor) Texas A&M 6 85 2:29 TD 4th/9:57 7:28 Lane 1 run Texas A&M 11 75 1:36 TD 4th/0:21 1:57 Purify 9 pass (Taylor) Colorado 6 75 3:26 TD 1st/1:31 4:57 Greer 14 rec. (BJ) Colorado 10 58 6:24 TD 1st/5:08 11:32 Nunn 15 rec. (Taylor) Colorado 4 71 1:34 TD 3rd/11:51 13:25 Holliday 45 run Colorado 7 63 2:18 TD 2nd/4:14 6:32 Turner 29 rec. (Ganz) Colorado 8 65 3:09 TD 3rd/4:49 7:58 Jackson 2 run Colorado 10 59 3:56 TD 4th/10:16 14:12 Jackson 18 rec. (Taylor) Colorado 9 60 4:14 TD 4th/0:23 4:37 Wilson 7 run

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Individual Career/Season Superlatives Season and Career, Most Passing Yards Season and Career, Longest Pass Player 2006 Career 2006 Career Zac Taylor 395 vs. Kansas 431 vs. Iowa State, 2005 78 vs. Kansas (Hardy) 78 vs. Kansas (Hardy) Joe Ganz 45 vs. Louisiana Tech same 31 vs. Nicholls State (Peterson) same Beau Davis none 12 vs. Texas Tech, 2004 none 12 vs. Texas Tech, 2004 * indicates touchdown pass

Season and Career, Most Receiving Yards Season and Career, Longest Catch Player 2006 Career 2006 Career Dan Erickson 57 vs. Colorado same 57 vs. Colorado (Taylor) same Frantz Hardy 159 vs. Kansas same 78* vs. Kansas (Taylor) same Matt Herian 61 vs. Louisiana Tech 110 vs. Troy State, 2003 36 vs. USC (Taylor) *80 vs. Colorado (Lord), 2002 Brandon Jackson 77 vs. Texas same 49 vs. Texas (Taylor) same Marlon Lucky 56 at Texas A&M same 42 vs. Texas A&M (Taylor) same Terrence Nunn 102 vs. Troy same 75* vs. Kansas (Taylor) same Josh Mueller 8 vs. Troy 18 vs. Kansas State, 2005 8 vs. Troy (Taylor) 18 vs. Kansas State (Taylor), 2005 Todd Peterson 82 at Texas A&M same 31 vs. Nicholls State (Ganz) 38 at Colorado (Taylor) J.B. Phillips 17 vs. Louisiana Tech 28 vs. Kansas State, 2005 10 vs. Nicholls State, Troy (Taylor) 22 vs. Kansas State (Taylor), 2005 Maurice Purify 91 vs. Kansas same 63* vs. Texas (Taylor) same Matt Senske 13 vs. Troy same 12 vs. Troy same Nate Swift 79 vs. Troy 135 at Missouri, 2005 49 vs. Troy (Taylor) same Hunter Teafatiller 29 vs. Louisiana Tech same 29* vs. Louisiana Tech (Ganz) same Dane Todd 9 vs. Nicholls State same 8 vs. Nicholls State (Taylor) same *Indicates touchdown scored

Season and Career, Most Rushing Yards Season and Career, Longest Run Player 2006 Career 2006 Career Beau Davis none -6 vs. Texas Tech, 2004 none -6 vs. Texas Tech, 2004 Joe Ganz 10 vs. Nicholls State same 10 vs. Nicholls State same Cody Glenn 148 at Iowa State same 36 at Iowa State same Tierre Green 7 vs. Colorado 112 vs. Western Illinois, 2004 7 vs. Colorado *34 vs. Western Illinois, 2004 Frantz Hardy 13 vs. Texas same 13 vs. Texas same Brandon Jackson 182 at Oklahoma State same 48 at Kansas State same Marlon Lucky 156 vs. Troy same 51* vs. Troy same Terrence Nunn 21 vs. Missouri 21 vs. W. Illinois, 2004; Missouri, 2006 21 vs. Missouri 21 vs. W. Illinois, 2004; Missouri, 2006 Zac Taylor 11 vs. Colorado 30 at Baylor, 2005 24 at Kansas State same Dane Todd none 4 vs. Troy State, 2003 none 4 vs. Troy State, 2003 Kenny Wilson 106 vs. Troy same 30 vs. Nicholls State same *Indicates touchdown scored

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Nebraska Statistical Highs and Lows Nebraska TOTALS Highs Lows Points Scored 56 (Nicholls State, Troy) 10 (at USC) First Downs 30 (Louisiana Tech, Nicholls State) 10 (at USC) Rushing Attempts 50 (Nicholls State) 24 (Texas) Rushing Yards 316 (Troy) 38 (Texas) Passes Attempted 39 (at Oklahoma State) 17 (at USC) Passes Completed 24 (Louisiana Tech) 9 (at USC) Had Intercepted 1 (Louisiana Tech, Troy, Texas, at Texas A&M) 0 (Nicholls St., at USC, Kansas, at Iowa St., at Kansas St., Missouri, Colorado) Passing Yards 395 (Kansas) 143 (at USC) Total Plays 84 (Louisiana Tech) 53 (at USC, Texas) Total Yards 597 (Troy) 211 (at USC) Possession Time 36:55 (at Iowa State) 25:24 (Texas) Fumbles 4 (Kansas) 0 (at Texas A&M) Fumbles Lost 3 (Kansas) 0 (at Kansas State, at Texas A&M) Turnovers 3 (Kansas, Texas) 0 (at Kansas State) Turnover Margin + 2 (Nicholls State, Troy, at Kansas State) - 2 (Texas, Colorado) Penalties 10 (Colorado) 2 (at Kansas State) Yards Penalized 70 (at Iowa State, Colorado) 19 (Missouri) Sacks By-Yards Lost 4-36 (Troy), 4-35 (at Kansas State), 4-40 (Colorado) 0-0 (Nicholls State, Kansas) Tackles for Loss-Yards 10-58 (Troy), 10-51 (at Kansas State) 4-11 (at USC); 4-22 (Missouri) Opponent TOTALS HIGHS Lows Points Scored 41 (at Oklahoma State) 0 (Troy) First Downs 26 (at USC, Kansas) 7 (Nicholls State) Rushing Attempts 47 (Nicholls State) 18 (at Kansas State) Rushing Yards 267 (at Oklahoma State) 22 (at Kansas State) Passes Attempted 54 (Kansas) 3 (Nicholls State) Passes Completed 27 (Kansas) 0 (Nicholls State) Had Intercepted 3 (Kansas) 0 (Nicholls State, at USC, Texas, Texas A&M, Colorado) Passing Yards 405 (Kansas) 0 (Nicholls State) Total Plays 94 (Kansas) 50 (Nicholls State) Total Yards 574 (Kansas) 140 (Troy) Possession Time 34:36 (Texas) 23:05 (at Iowa State) Fumbles 7 (Nicholls State) 0 (at Iowa State, at Kansas State) Fumbles Lost 3 (Nicholls State) 0 (at USC, at Iowa State, at Kansas State, Colorado) Turnovers 4 (Kansas) 0 (at Texas A&M, Colorado) Turnover Margin + 2 (Texas, Colorado) - 2 (Nicholls State, Troy, at Kansas State) Penalties 10 (Troy) 2 (Missouri) Yards Penalized 80 (Troy) 15 (Missouri) Sacks By-Yards Lost 5-46 (at Oklahoma State) 0-0 (Louisiana Tech); 0-0 (Missouri) Tackles for Loss-Yards Lost 12-38 (at Kansas State) 1-5 (Nicholls State) Nebraska Individual Highs Most Rushing Attempts...... 34; Brandon Jackson vs. Colorado (142 yards) Most Net Rushing Yards...... 182; Brandon Jackson at Oklahoma State (21 attempts) Most Rushing TDs...... 3; Marlon Lucky vs. Troy Longest TD Run...... 51; Marlon Lucky vs. Troy Longest Run, No TD...... 48; Brandon Jackson at Kansas State Most Pass Attempts...... 39; Zac Taylor at Oklahoma State (21 completions) Most Completed Passes...... 22; Zac Taylor vs. Louisiana Tech (33 attempts) Most Passing Yards...... 395; Zac Taylor vs. Kansas Longest TD Pass...... 78; Zac Taylor to Frantz Hardy vs. Kansas Longest Pass, No TD...... 67; Zac Taylor to Terrence Nunn vs. Troy Most Pass Receptions...... 7; Todd Peterson at Texas A&M (82 yards) Most Receiving Yards...... 159; Frantz Hardy vs. Kansas (3 receptions) Most TD Receptions...... 2; Frantz Hardy vs. Kansas (3 receptions); Maurice Purify at Oklahoma State (6 receptions) Most Total Offense Attempts...... 46; Zac Taylor at Oklahoma State (39 pass, 7 rush) Most Total Offense Yards...... 383; Zac Taylor vs. Kansas (35 attempts) Most All Purpose Attempts...... 41; Brandon Jackson vs. Colorado (34 run, 6 rec., 1 ret.) (SCHOOL RECORD) Most All Purpose Yards...... 206; Brandon Jackson at Oklahoma State (182 rush, 0 ret., 24 rec.) Most Touchdowns Scored...... 3; Marlon Lucky vs. Troy (3 rushing) Most Field Goals Attempted...... 2; Jordan Congdon at Oklahoma State (1 made); vs. Missouri (2 made) Most Field Goals Made...... 2; Jordan Congdon vs. Missouri (33 yards, 40 yards) Longest Field Goal Made...... 40; Jordan Congdon vs. Missouri Longest Field Goal Attempted...... 42; Jordan Congdon at Oklahoma State (missed) Most Interceptions...... 2; Andrew Shanle vs. Kansas Longest Interception TD Return...... N/A Longest Interception Return, No TD...... 40; Bo Ruud vs. Missouri Longest Fumble TD Return...... N/A Longest Fumble Return, No TD...... 11; Brandon Rigoni vs. Troy Longest Punt Return, TD...... None Longest Punt Return, No TD...... 33; Nate Swift vs. Nicholls State Most Punt Return Yardage...... 67; Terrence Nunn vs. Nicholls State (5 returns) Longest Kickoff Return...... 32; Marlon Lucky vs. Missouri Most Kickoff Return Yardage...... 61; Marlon Lucky vs. Missouri (3 returns) Most Punts...... 8; Dan Titchener at Kansas State (38.1 avg.) Highest Punting Average...... 42.3; Dan Titchener vs. Louisiana Tech (3 punts, 127 yards) Longest Punt...... 58; Dan Titchener at Oklahoma State

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Nebraska Statistical Highs and Lows Nebraska Individual Highs....(Continued) Most Total Tackles...... 10; Stewart Bradley at USC (3 UT, 7 AT); at Kansas State (8 UT, 2 AT); Steve Octavien vs. Texas (7 UT, 3 AT) Most Solo Tackles...... 8; Stewart Bradley at Kansas State; Andrew Shanle at Oklahoma State Most Tackles for Loss...... 3; Ndamakong Suh vs. Troy (19 yards); Adam Carriker vs. Kansas (3 yards); Jay Moore vs. Texas (8 yards); ...... Adam Carriker at Oklahoma St. (16 yards); Jay Moore vs. Missouri (8 yards); Adam Carriker vs. Colorado (19 yards) Most Yards Lost...... 19; Ndamakong Suh vs. Troy (3 TFL); Adam Carriker vs. Colorado (3 TFL) Most Quarterback Sacks...... 2.0; Adam Carriker at Oklahoma State (10 yards); Adam Carriker vs. Colorado (18 yards) Most Yards Lost...... 18; Adam Carriker vs. Colorado (2.0 sacks) Most Pass Breakups...... 2; Andre Jones vs. Kansas; Cortney Grixby at Kansas State; Cortney Grixby vs. Missouri Most Blocked Field Goals...... 1; Barry Turner vs. Texas A&M Most Blocked Punts...... 1; Major Culbert vs. Colorado Most Blocked PAT...... 1; Ola Dagunduro vs. Texas; Adam Carriker at Oklahoma State Opponent Individual Highs Most Yards Rushing...... 145; Jon Cornish, Kansas (31 attempts) Most Rushing Attempts...... 31; Jon Cornish, Kansas (145 yards) Most Yards Passing...... 405; Adam Barmann, Kansas (54 attempts) Most Passing Attempts...... 54; Adam Barmann, Kansas (27 completions) Most Pass Completions...... 27; Adam Barmann, Kansas (54 attempts) Most Pass Receptions...... 11; , USC (136 yards) Most Yards Receiving...... 139; Johnathan Holland, Louisiana Tech (7 receptions) Opponent Individual Longest Plays Rush...... 57; Stephen McGee, Texas A&M Pass...... 56; Zac Champion to Josh Wheeler, Louisiana Tech Field Goal...... 54; Jeff Wolfert, Missouri Punt Return...... 16; Ryan Baum, Iowa State Kickoff Return...... 78; Quan Crosby, Texas Fumble Return...... 19; Nathan Peterson, Oklahoma State (touchdown) Interception Return...... 16; Mark Dodge, Texas A&M Punt...... 60; Kyle Tucker, Kansas Nebraska Starting Lineups Husker Offensive Starters Game-by-Game Opponent WRZ WRX TE LT LG C RG RT QB IB FB (WRX) PK Louisiana Tech Nunn Phillips^ Herian Patrick Austin Mann Huff Slauson Taylor Lucky Todd Congdon Nicholls State Peterson Phillips^ Herian Patrick Austin Byford Huff Slauson Taylor Lucky Todd Congdon at USC Nunn Phillips^ Herian Patrick Austin Byford Huff Slauson Taylor Lucky Todd Congdon Troy Nunn Phillips^ Mueller Patrick Austin Byford Huff Slauson Taylor Lucky Todd Congdon Kansas Nunn Swift Herian Patrick Austin Byford Huff Slauson Taylor Lucky Jackson$ Congdon at Iowa State Nunn Phillips^ Herian Patrick Austin Byford Huff Slauson Taylor Jackson Todd Congdon at Kansas State Nunn Swift Herian Patrick Christensen Byford Huff Slauson Taylor Jackson Phillips^ Congdon Texas Nunn Teafatiller# Herian Patrick Austin Byford Huff Slauson Taylor Jackson Phillips# Congdon at Oklahoma St. Nunn Purify Herian Patrick Austin Byford Huff Slauson Taylor Jackson Todd Congdon Missouri Peterson Teafatiller# Mueller Murtha Christensen Byford Hickman Slauson Taylor Jackson Phillips# Congdon at Texas A&M Nunn Purify Herian Patrick Christensen Byford Huff Slauson Taylor Jackson Phillips^ Congdon Colorado Phillips^ Purify Herian Murtha Christensen Byford Huff Nicks Taylor Jackson Todd Congdon ^ - NU opened in two tight end formation # - NU opened in three tight end formation $ - NU opened in two I-back formation

Husker Defensive Starters Game-by-Game Opponent Open End NT DT Base End SAM MLB WILL Strong CB FS SS Weak CB P Louisiana Tech Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley McKeon Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener Nicholls State Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley McKeon Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener at USC Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley McKeon Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener Troy Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley McKeon Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener Kansas Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley McKeon Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener at Iowa State Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley McKeon Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener at Kansas State Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley McKeon Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener Texas Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley McKeon Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener at Oklahoma St. Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley McKeon Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener Missouri Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley Brandenburgh Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener at Texas A&M Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley McKeon Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener Colorado Moore Dagunduro Cryer Carriker Bradley McKeon Ruud A. Jones Shanle Green Grixby Titchener

Additional Player Participation (games): Alegria, Jordan (1); Brandenburgh, Lance (12); Brothers, Titus (2); Byford, Brett (12); Christensen, Andy (12); Culbert, Major (11); Davis, Beau (2); Dillard, Phillip (1); Eisenhart, Ben (12); Erickson, Dan (12); Ganz, Joe (4); Glenn, Cody (9); Fluellen, Isaiah (1); Hardy, Frantz (12); Hickman, Jacob (4); Hill, Sean (3); Holt, Menelik (6); Jackson, Brandon (12); Johnson, Brandon (6); Kadavy, Andy (10); Kelly, Lane (7); Kester, Tyler (1); Lingenfelter, Newton (3); Mueller, Josh (12); Murtha, Lydon (12); Nicks, Carl (9); O’Hanlon, Matt (12); O’Leary, T.J. (8); Octavien, Steve (7); Peterson, Todd (12); Potter, Zach (12); Poulosky, Andy (7); Purify, Maurice (12); Rigoni, Brandon (12); Senske, Matt (4); Sievers, Clayton (8); Spain, Tyrell (8); Steinkuhler, Ty (12); Suh, Ndamukong (12); Swift, Nate (12); Teafatiller, Hunter (12); Thenarse, Rickey (12); Tomerlin, Justin (3); Turner, Barry (12); Wesch, Jake (12-- 7 as holder); Wilson, Bryan (12); Wilson, Kenny (11); Young, Corey (10).

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Game 1 Nebraska 49, Louisiana Tech 10 Game 2 Nebraska 56, Nicholls State 7 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Louisiana Tech 0 10 0 0 10 Nicholls State 0 0 0 7 7 Nebraska 7 14 7 21 49 Nebraska 14 14 14 14 56

Lincoln (Sept. 2) --- Nebraska rolled past Lincoln (Sept. 9) --- The No. 21 Nebraska Louisiana Tech, 49-10, in the season-opener football team rolled to a 56-7 win over Nicholls in front of a school-record 85,181 fans. The State in a steady rain in front of 84,076 fans. victory marked NU’s 21st consecutive season- The Huskers received impressive balance opening win, the longest streak in the nation. for the second straight game, both rushing and Nebraska threw for 332 yards and rushed passing for more than 200 yards while putting for 252 more in amassing 584 total yards, the up 14 points on the board each quarter. most in the Bill Callahan era. Seven different Nebraska’s defense silenced Nicholls State players scored a touchdown, including four through the air, holding the Colonels to no Huskers who found the end zone for the first passing yards, the first time that has been time. achieved by the Blackshirts since grounding In the air, senior quarterback Zac Taylor Oklahoma State in 1992. tied a career high with three touchdown Nebraska scored on six of its first seven passes, with each scoring toss to a different possessions. Senior quarterback Zac Taylor Husker tight end. produced one of the most efficient and On the ground, sophomore Cody Glenn productive passing efforts by a Nebraska paced the rushing attack, gaining 88 yards quarterback, connecting on 19-of-23 passes, on 13 carries. Fellow sophomore Marlon Lucky including 12 straight completions in the first added 79 yards on 13 carries and scored his first career touchdown. half, for 202 yards and four touchdowns in three quarters. Taylor’s 213.77 NCAA pass efficiency The receiving corps was busy all afternoon as 10 different players caught at least one pass. rating ranked as the eighth best day by a Husker in the Nebraska record books. Playing in his first game since the 2004 season, senior Matt Herian made three grabs for a Sophomore I-back Marlon Lucky carried the load on the ground with the first 100-yard team-high 61 yards. Herian also became Nebraska’s tight end career receiving yardage leader rushing day of his career with 18 carries for 103 yards and one touchdown. The big days from after his final catch. Taylor and Lucky helped NU achieve impressive offensive balance, as the Huskers rolled to 498 Preseason All-American defensive end Adam Carriker opened the game in solid fashion for total yards, including 237 yards passing and 261 rushing yards. the Blackshirts, as his seven-yard sack ended the Bulldogs’ first drive. Nicholls State avoided the shutout early in the fourth quarter as Grant Thorne galloped 49 The offenses took control of the game in the second quarter as Nebraska and Louisiana Tech yards to the NU 1 before Broderick Cole scored on the next play with 13:33 left. combined to put points on the board in the final five possessions of the first half. NU scored on a Cody Glenn, who finished the day with 11 carries for 47 yards and two touchdowns, and touchdown on its final three possessions of the first half and found the end zone on four straight Kenny Wilson who pitched in 79 yards and a touchdown on nine carries added fourth-quarter drives from the first to the third quarter. scores for the Huskers to produce the final margin. SCORING SUMMARY SCORING SUMMARY 1st 01:54 NU Herian 13 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 1st 08:02 NU Glenn 1 yd run (Congdon kick) 2nd 11:11 LTU Horwedel 23 yd field goal 00:28 NU Todd 1 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 05:54 NU Lucky 13 yd run (Congdon, Jordan kick) 2nd 12:54 NU Herian 19 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 02:36 LTU Holland 39 yd pass from Champion (Horwedel kick) 00:23 NU Lucky 1 yd run (Congdon kick) 00:07 NU Glenn 1 yd run (Congdon kick) 3rd 10:07 NU Hardy 14 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 3rd 12:31 NU Phillips 6 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 07:36 NU Purify 42 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 4th 11:56 NU Mueller 6 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 4th 13:33 NSU Cole 1 yd run (Romero kick) 07:49 NU Jackson 25 yd run (Congdon kick) 11:03 NU Wilson 14 yd run (Congdon kick) 03:14 NU Teafatiller 29 yd pass from Ganz (Congdon kick) 05:07 NU Glenn 7 yd run (Congdon kick) TEAM STATISTICS TECH NU TEAM STATISTICS NSU NU FIRST DOWNS 13 30 FIRST DOWNS 7 30 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 21-67 48-252 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 47-187 50-261 PASSING YDS (NET) 238 332 PASSING YDS (NET) 0 237 Passes Att-Comp-Int 32-13-1 36-24-1 Passes Att-Comp-Int 3-0-0 26-21-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 53-305 84-584 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 50-187 76-498 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 2-16 4-9 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 8-117 Kickoff Returns-Yards 8-141 1-14 Kickoff Returns-Yards 7-86 1-23 Interception Returns-Yards 1-7 1-14 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-32.0 3-42.3 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-38.9 1-41.0 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 3-1 Fumbles-Lost 7-3 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-25 5-45 Penalties-Yards 6-46 3-20 Possession Time 24:55 35:05 Possession Time 26:16 33:44 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 14 11 of 16 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 13 7 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 2 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 2 of 3 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 5-7 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 7-8 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-17 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-5 0-0 RUSHING: Louisiana Tech-Jackson, Patrick 9-43; Franklin, Freddie 6-35; Champion, Zac 6-minus 11. RUSHING: Nicholls State-Thorne, Grant 3-65; McLendon, Micha 8-48; Morgan, Zack 8-27; Jones, Dwayne Nebraska-Glenn, Cody 13-88; Lucky, Marlon 13-79; Wilson, Kenny 15-47; Jackson, Brandon 3-36; Taylor, 7-19; Bunch, Chris 11-13; Cole, Broderick 5-12; Montgomery, Vin 4-9; TEAM 1-minus 6. Nebraska-Lucky, Zac 2-9; TEAM 2-minus 7. Marlon 18-103; Wilson, Kenny 9-79; Glenn, Cody 11-47; Jackson, Brandon 7-29; Ganz, Joe 1-10; Taylor, Zac PASSING: Louisiana Tech-Champion, Zac 12-27-1-231; Mosley, Michael 1-5-0-7. Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 22- 3-minus 3; TEAM 1-minus 4. 33-1-287; Ganz, Joe 2-3-0-45. PASSING: Nicholls State-Bunch, Chris 0-3-0-0. Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 19-23-0-202; Ganz, Joe 2-3-0-35. RECEIVING: Louisiana Tech-Holland, Johnathan 7-139; Wheeler, Josh 2-69; Newman, Eric 1-16; Franklin, RECEIVING: Nicholls State-None. Nebraska-Herian, Matt 4-38; Jackson, Brandon 3-25; Nunn, Terrence 3-22; Freddie 1-7; Carroll, Bryan 1-7; Jackson, Patrick 1-0. Nebraska-Nunn, Terrence 5-54; Herian, Matt 3-61; Phillips, J.B. 3-17; Purify, Maurice 2-61; Todd, Dane 2-9; Peterson, Todd 1-31; Hardy, Frantz 1-14; Lucky, Swift, Nate 3-46; Lucky, Marlon 3-42; Peterson, Todd 2-30; Hardy, Frantz 2-24; Mueller, Josh 2-10; Phillips, Marlon 1-13; Erickson, Dan 1-7. J.B. 2-8; Teafatiller, Hunter 1-29; Purify, Maurice 1-28. INTERCEPTIONS: Nicholls State-None. Nebraska-None. INTERCEPTIONS: Louisiana Tech-Smith, D’Anthony 1-7. Nebraska-Ruud, Bo 1-14. FUMBLES: Nicholls State-Bunch, Chris 2-0; Montgomery, Vin 1-1; Morgan, Zack 1-1; McLendon, Michael 1-0; FUMBLES: Louisiana Tech-Champion, Zac 2-0; Franklin, Freddie 1-1; Wheeler, Josh 1-1. Nebraska-Wilson, Brooks, Lester 1-0; TEAM 1-1. Nebraska-TEAM 1-1. Kenny 2-1; Nunn, Terrence 1-0. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Nicholls State-Stone, Jordan 1-5. Nebraska-None. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Louisiana Tech-None. Nebraska-Moore, Jay 1-10; Carriker, Adam 1-7. TACKLES (UA-A): Nicholls State-Edison, Toney 8-8. Nebraska-Carriker, Adam 2-4; Octavien, Steve 2-4. TACKLES (UA-A): Louisiana Tech-Harris, Quin 5-5. Nebraska-Grixby, Cortney 5-1.

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Game 3 USC 28, Nebraska 10 Game 4 Nebraska 56, Troy 0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Nebraska 3 0 0 7 10 Troy 0 0 0 0 0 USC 7 7 7 7 28 Nebraska 14 14 14 14 56

Los Angeles (Sept. 16) --- The No. 19 Lincoln (Sept. 23) --- The Nebraska offense Nebraska football team battled No. 4 USC to generated nearly 600 yards total offense, the end, but the Huskers came up short in a including more than 400 in the first half alone, 28-10 loss at the Los Angeles Coliseum in and the Blackshirts pitched their first shutout front of a sellout crowd that included between of the season as the Cornhuskers rolled to a 25,000 and 30,000 Big Red fans and an ABC 56-0 victory over Troy. national primetime television audience. The No. 23 Huskers improved to 3-1 on the The Huskers showed that they planned year with the victory in front of 84,799 fans in to be in the game until the end by opening the NCAA-record 278th consecutive sellout at the scoring with a 38-yard Jordan Congdon Memorial Stadium. field goal in the first quarter. The spark for Sophomore I-back Marlon Lucky erupted Nebraska’s early 3-0 lead began one drive for the best game of his young career with 10 earlier, when punter Dan Titchener completed carries for career highs of 156 yards and three a 28-yard pass to wide receiver Todd Peterson touchdowns through Nebraska’s opening drive on a fake punt to convert on fourth down and of the second half. Lucky’s big night included put NU in Trojan territory for the first time. successive career-long runs of 34, 45 and 51 USC took a 7-3 lead on the last play of the yards that all went for touchdowns, capped by first quarter as hit Dwayne his 51-yard burst up the middle on his final Jarrett with the first of two scoring connections on the night. Booty also hooked up with Steve carry to give the Huskers a 35-0 lead. Smith in the second quarter while compiling impressive numbers through the air. Booty finished While Lucky carried the load for Nebraska’s balanced West Coast offensive attack, senior hitting on 25-of-36 pass attempts for 257 yards and three scores. Jarrett led the Trojan receivers quarterback Zac Taylor propelled the Huskers through the air, completing 14-of-17 passes for with 11 catches for 136 yards and two touchdowns, while Smith added six catches for 53 yards 268 yards and one touchdown. Taylor played just over one half, giving way to backup Joe Ganz and a score. after leading the Huskers on their fifth touchdown on the opening drive of the second half. Taylor cut the deficit to 21-10 after a nine-play, 74-yard scoring drive with his one-yard run Junior wide receiver Terrence Nunn enjoyed a career night as well with his first 100-yard with 12:44 left in the game. Chauncey Washington’s seven-yard run with 6:32 remaining in the receiving game, including a 67-yard catch in the first half to push him past the century mark. game capped the scoring and secured the win for USC. The Huskers finished the night with 597 yards of total offense, including 316 yards on the Taylor completed 8-of-16 passes for 115 yards, with no touchdowns and no interceptions. ground and 281 yards passing. The Blackshirts held Troy to just 140 total yards, including just I-back Brandon Jackson led the Nebraska receiving unit with four catches for 36 yards, while 48 yards on the ground, with Ndamukong Suh leading the way with 1.5 sacks. tight end Matt Herian added one catch for 36 yards and Nunn picked up 31 yards on two catches. SCORING SUMMARY On the ground, Kenny Wilson’s 46 yards on 19 totes led the Huskers, who managed 211 yards 1st 09:13 NU Lucky 34 yd run (Congdon kick) in total offense against USC, while the Trojans amassed 399 total yards. 04:30 NU Phillips 6 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 2nd 11:34 NU Lucky 45 yd run (Congdon kick), Titchener led a solid performance by Nebraska’s special teams units, punting five times for a 03:09 NU Wilson 3 yd run (Congdon kick) 38.6-yard average, including one punt of 50 yards and one downed inside the USC 20. 3rd 09:31 NU Lucky 51 yd run (Congdon kick) SCORING SUMMARY 06:21 NU Senske 1 yd pass from Ganz (Congdon kick) 1st 03:23 NU Congdon 38 FG 4th 13:39 NU Jackson 8 yd run (Congdon kick) 00:00 USC Jarrett 12 pass from Booty (Danelo kick) 06:45 NU Wilson 8 yd run (Congdon kick) 2nd 02:52 USC Smith 3 pass from Booty (Danelo kick) TEAM STATISTICS TU NU 3rd 12:05 USC Jarrett 5 pass from Booty (Danelo kick) FIRST DOWNS 10 25 4th 12:44 NU Taylor 1 run (Congdon kick) RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 27-48 46-316 06:27 USC Washington 7 run (Danelo kick) PASSING YDS (NET) 92 281 TEAM STATISTICS NU USC Passes Att-Comp-Int 24-15-1 23-16-1 FIRST DOWNS 10 26 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 51-140 69-597 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 36-68 31-142 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-11 PASSING YDS (NET) 143 257 Punt Returns-Yards 1--1 2-2 Passes Att-Comp-Int 17-9-0 37-25-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 8-109 1-27 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 53-211 68-399 Interception Returns-Yards 1--2 1-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-40.6 2-36.0 Punt Returns-Yards 3-27 1-4 Fumbles-Lost 6-2 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-37 3-43 Penalties-Yards 10-80 8-65 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Possession Time 23:46 36:14 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-38.6 4-41.8 Third-Down Conversions 1 of 11 7 of 11 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 1 of 1 Penalties-Yards 5-51 7-46 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 5-6 Possession Time 28:36 31:24 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-12 4-36 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 14 9 of 15 RUSHING: Troy-Allen, Josh 4-39; Cattouse, Kenny 5-25; Jones, Anthony 5-12; Banks, Gary 1-2; Wright, Jason Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 1 of 2 2-minus 6; Foster, Julian 3-minus 7; Haugabook, Omar 7-minus 17. Nebraska-Lucky, Marlon 10-156; Wilson, Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 4-5 Kenny 19-106; Jackson, Brandon 11-60; Taylor, Zac 3-8; Nunn, Terrence 1-0; TEAM 1-minus 2; Ganz, Joe Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 1-11 1-minus 12. RUSHING: Nebraska-Wilson, Kenny 19-46; Lucky, Marlon 10-27; Jackson, Brandon 2-1; Taylor, Zac 5-minus PASSING: Troy-Haugabook, Omar 12-21-1-88; Foster, Julian 2-2-0-12; Banks, Gary 1-1-0-minus 8. 6. USC-Moody, Emmanuel 9-70; Washington, C. 12-52; Gable, C.J. 6-22; Powdrell, Ryan 1-0; Booty, J.D. Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 14-17-1-268; Ganz, Joe 2-6-0-13. 3-minus 2. RECEIVING: Troy-Hampton, 4-16; Banks, Gary 2-30; Rutledge, Toris 2-13; Terry, Mykeal 1-10; East, PASSING: Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 8-16-0-115; Titchener, Dan 1-1-0-28. USC-Booty, J.D. 25-36-0-257; Turner, Marlo 1-10; Williams, C. 1-9; Allen, Josh 1-9; Davis, Andrew 1-7; Jones, Anthony 1-minus 4; Haugabook, Patrick 0-1-0-0. Omar 1-minus 8. Nebraska-Nunn, Terrence 4-102; Swift, Nate 3-79; Purify, Maurice 2-45; Phillips, J.B. 2-16; RECEIVING: Nebraska-Jackson, Brandon 4-36; Nunn, Terrence 2-31; Herian, Matt 1-36; Peterson, Todd 1-28; Senske, Matt 2-13; Hardy, Frantz 1-16; Mueller, Josh 1-8; Lucky, Marlon 1-2. Lucky, Marlon 1-12. USC-Jarrett, Dwayne 11-136; Smith, Steve 6-53; McFoy, Chris 3-39; Davis, Fred 2-16; INTERCEPTIONS: Troy-Bray, Justin 1-minus 2. Nebraska-Shanle, Andrew 1-0. Reed, Desmond 2-13; Gable, C.J. 1-0. FUMBLES: Troy-Wright, Jason 2-1; McKelvin, L. 1-1; Foster, Julian 1-0; Mack, Elbert 1-0; Allen, Josh 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: Nebraska-None. USC-None. Nebraska-None. FUMBLES: Nebraska-Nunn, Terrence 1-0; Taylor, Zac 1-1. USC-Booty, J.D. 1-0. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Troy-Teal, Martin 1-12. Nebraska-Suh, Ndamukong 1.5-16; Dagunduro, Ola 1-10; SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Nebraska-Suh, Ndamukong 1-7. USC-Williams, T. 1-11. Moore, Jay 1-6; Cryer, Barry 0.5-4. TACKLES (UA-A): Nebraska-Bradley, Stewart 3-7. USC-Maualuga, Rey 4-7. TACKLES (UA-A): Nebraska-Green, Tierre, 2-5. Troy-Condren 12-1.

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Game 5 Nebraska 39, Kansas 32 (ot) Game 6 Nebraska 28, Iowa State 14 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Kansas 0 10 9 13 0 32 Nebraska 7 14 0 7 28 Nebraska 17 7 0 8 7 39 Iowa State 0 7 0 7 14

Lincoln (Sept. 30) --- The No. 21 Nebraska Ames, Iowa (Oct. 7) --- Sophomore football team sprinted to a 17-0 lead at the I-back Cody Glenn and junior I-back Brandon end of the first quarter and held off visiting Jackson each rushed for more than 100 yards Kansas by scoring the only overtime touchdown and combined for three touchdowns to carry in a 39-32 victory in Lincoln. the No. 22 Nebraska football team to its first Playing in front of 85,069 fans in the NCAA- road win of the season in a 28-14 victory over record 279th consecutive sellout at Memorial Iowa State at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames. Stadium and an FSN national television Playing in front of an ABC regional television audience, senior quarterback Zac Taylor threw audience in prime time and a packed house for 395 yards and four touchdowns, including that included thousands of Husker fans in three scoring passes of 75 or more yards to Ames, Nebraska improved to 5-1 overall and lead the Huskers to victory. 2-0 in the Big 12, while Iowa State slipped to The Norman, Okla., native hit former junior 3-3 on the season and 0-2 in the league. college teammate Frantz Hardy on a 78-yard The Huskers produced 251 rushing yards, scoring strike in the first half and a 75-yard including career highs of 148 yards and two touchdown pass midway through the fourth scores from Glenn and 116 yards and another quarter to go along with a 75-yard touchdown score from Jackson. The duo gave NU its pass to Terrence Nunn. second double-100-yard rushing performance Hardy ended the game with a career-high 159 yards, the fourth-highest total in school in the last three games and the first in conference play since 2003. history. Hardy became the first player in Nebraska history to post a pair of 150-yard receiving While Nebraska’s West Coast Offense rolled up 382 yards and dominated the time of games in his career, as he also had 152 yards in his first career game against Maine in 2005. possession by holding the ball for nearly 37 minutes, the Blackshirts surrendered just one Nebraska finished the night with 511 yards of total offense while Kansas finished the night touchdown on a short field in the first 59:54, before giving up an insignificant touchdown in with 574 total yards on 94 plays, the most ever by a Nebraska opponent. KU’s 32 points marked prevent defense with six seconds left in the game. The Blackshirts limited ISU to just 53 rushing its second-highest total in series history, dating back to a 36-point effort in 1899. yards in a magnificent performance. Junior linebacker Bo Ruud led the defense with a team- While Kansas finished with major total yardage, the Blackshirts kept the Jayhawks in check high nine tackles, while defensive tackle Barry Cryer wreaked havoc up front with four tackles, by forcing four turnovers. Senior safety Andrew Shanle intercepted two of the first three passes including a nine-yard sack and a pass deflection. that Adam Barmann threw for KU, while Andre Jones picked off another in the end zone to stop The biggest stop for the Blackshirts came on ISU’s final drive of the first half, when the a Jayhawk drive. Barmann also fumbled inside the Husker 5 to end another golden scoring defense forced a three-and-out to give Taylor and the Huskers the ball back at their own 40 opportunity, but collected 405 yards on 27-of-54 passing in the comeback attempt. with 1:15 to play in the half. Taylor immediately went to work, engineering a seven-play, 60-yard drive that culminated SCORING SUMMARY with a 27-yard touchdown pass to Purify for a 21-7 lead with three seconds left in the half. 1st 14:02 NU Nunn 75 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) On the drive, Taylor completed 5-of-7 passes for all 60 yards through the air, including three 10:20 NU Peterson 6 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) receptions for 28 yards from Lucky. 00:23 NU Congdon 21 yd field goal 2nd 11:45 KU McAnderson 1 yd run (Webb kick) 06:51 NU Hardy 78 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 00:00 KU Webb 31 yd field goal SCORING SUMMARY 3rd 12:01 KU Cornish 8 yd run (TEAM kick failed) 1st 9:33 NU Glenn 3 yd run (Congdon kick) 05:47 KU Webb 35 yd field goal 2nd 14:10 ISU Meyer 1 yd run (Culbertson kick) 4th 06:32 KU Fine 1 yd pass from Barmann (Barmann pass failed) 08:07 NU Jackson 1 yd run (Congdon kick) 04:13 NU Hardy 75 yd pass from Taylor (Swift pass from Taylor) 00:03 NU Purify 27 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 00:46 KU Murph 26 yd pass from Barmann (Webb kick) 4th 01:33 NU Glenn 5 yd run (Congdon kick) OT 15:00 NU Glenn 1 yd run (Congdon kick) 00:06 ISU Blythe 13 yd pass from Meyer (Culbertson kick) TEAM STATISTICS KU NU FIRST DOWNS 26 16 TEAM STATISTICS NU ISU RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-169 32-116 FIRST DOWNS 17 18 PASSING YDS (NET) 405 395 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 45-251 24-53 Passes Att-Comp-Int 54-27-3 33-15-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 131 262 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 94-574 65-511 Passes Att-Comp-Int 21-17-0 39-18-1 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-2 0-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 66-382 63-315 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 2-38 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 6-91 1-17 Punt Returns-Yards 2-11 1-16 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 3-19 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-24 3-35 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-44.2 7-38.4 Interception Returns-Yards 1-3 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-3 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-41.0 5-43.2 Penalties-Yards 5-25 5-35 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Possession Time 33:29 26:31 Penalties-Yards 7-70 6-45 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 18 3 of 12 Possession Time 36:55 23:05 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 0 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 12 4 of 12 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 5-8 3-3 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-12 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 2-4 RUSHING: Kansas-Cornish, Jon 31-145; McAnderson, Brandon 5-19; Barmann, Adam 4-5. Nebraska-Lucky, Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-9 2-21 Marlon 13-40; Wilson, Kenny 4-33; Glenn, Cody 7-33; Jackson, Brandon 4-28; Hardy, Frantz 1-minus 2; TEAM RUSHING: Nebraska-Glenn, Cody 19-148; Jackson, Brandon 22-116; Taylor, Zac 4-minus 13. Iowa State- 1-minus 4; Taylor, Zac 2-minus 12. Meyer,Bret 13-26; Hicks,Stevie 6-21; Kock,Ryan 3-9; Flynn,Austin 1-4; Sumrall,R.J. 1-minus 7. PASSING: Kansas-Barmann, Adam 27-54-3-405. Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 15-33-0-395. PASSING: Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 17-21-0-131. Iowa State-Meyer,Bret 18-39-1-262. RECEIVING: Kansas-Murph, Brian 8-129; Fields, Dexton 8-108; Fine, Derek 5-84; Henry, Marcus 3-28; Lamb, RECEIVING: Nebraska-Lucky, Marlon 3-28; Purify, Maurice 2-35; Peterson, Todd 2-25; Phillips, J.B. 2-14; Jonathan 1-40; McAnderson, Brandon 1-8; Cornish, Jon 1-8. Nebraska-Purify, Maurice 4-91; Hardy, Frantz Nunn, Terrence 2-11; Hardy, Frantz 2-8; Herian, Matt 2-6; Swift, Nate 1-4; Jackson, Brandon 1-0. Iowa State- 3-159; Nunn, Terrence 3-98; Swift, Nate 2-25; Lucky, Marlon 2-16; Peterson, Todd 1-6. Blythe,Todd 6-96; Sumrall,R.J. 4-48; Davis,Jon 3-51; Flynn,Austin 3-37; Nickel,Walter 1-24; Hicks,Stevie 1-6. INTERCEPTIONS: Kansas-None. Nebraska-Shanle, Andrew 2-19; Jones, Andre 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: Nebraska-Grixby, Cortney 1-3. Iowa State-None. FUMBLES: Kansas-Barmann, Adam 1-1. Nebraska-Glenn, Cody 1-1; Lucky, Marlon 1-1; Taylor, Zac 1-1; TEAM 1-0. FUMBLES: Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 2-1. Iowa State-None. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Kansas-McClinton, James 1-0; Brorsen, Russell 1-0. Nebraska-None. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Nebraska-Cryer, Barry 1-9. Iowa State-Curvey,Brent 2-21. TACKLES (UA-A): Kansas-McClinton, James 4-3. Nebraska-McKeon, Corey 3-6. TACKLES (UA-A): Nebraska-Ruud, Bo 4-5. Iowa State-Bowen,Alvin 7-10.

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Game 7 Nebraska 21, Kansas State 3 Game 8 Texas 22, Nebraska 20 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Nebraska 7 7 7 0 21 Texas 3 13 0 6 22 Kansas State 0 0 3 0 3 Nebraska 7 0 0 13 20

Manhattan, Kan. (Oct. 14) --- The No. 21 Lincoln (Oct. 21) --- The No. 5 Texas Nebraska football team controlled Kansas Longhorns used three 22-yard field goals – State from start to finish with a strong including one by a walk-on kicker, Ryan Bailey, Blackshirt defense and a powerful running who was making his first career attempt with game on its way to a 21-3 win over the 23 seconds remaining – to escape Memorial Wildcats at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Stadium with a 22-20 victory over No. 17 With the victory, Nebraska improved to 6-1 Nebraska. on the season and 3-0 in the Big 12 Conference, The Longhorns looked to put a chill on the while dropping KSU to 4-3 overall and 1-2 in stadium-record crowd of 85,187 fans as Quan the league. The win made NU bowl eligible for Cosby took the opening kickoff 78 yards to the the 37th time in the past 38 seasons, while Nebraska 9. But the Blackshirt defense made Nebraska also became just the fourth program the first of several stands as it forced a field in history to reach the 800-win plateau, joining goal that put UT ahead, 3-0, less than two Michigan, Notre Dame and Texas. minutes into the contest. The Huskers, who ended a four-game losing NU responded minutes later as Zac Taylor streak in Manhattan to the Wildcats, set the hit Maurice Purify for a 63-yard scoring strike. tone on the game’s opening drive by marching UT then posted a pair of second-quarter scores 80 yards on nine plays to take a 7-0 lead. It to go into the intermission leading 16-7. was the fourth consecutive game that Nebraska scored on the opening drive. After a scoreless third period, Taylor and I-back Brandon Jackson got the Huskers back in Nebraska scored its first touchdown off a fake field-goal attempt as holder Jake Wesch the contest as Jackson took a screen pass 49 yards for the score on the first play of the fourth tossed a scoring strike to tight end Hunter Teafatiller. NU followed with a second-quarter quarter. With less than five minutes left, NU took its first lead of the day on a 25-yard I-back scoring pass from Zac Taylor to tight end Josh Mueller for a 14-0 halftime lead before the pass from Marlon Lucky to Nate Swift for a 20-19 advantage. Huskers pushed across their final points of the night on a 40-yard Marlon Lucky touchdown run Nebraska looked to ice the game after the Blackshirts forced a punt, but a Husker fumble in the third period. KSU broke through on the Blackshirt defense with a 53-yard Jeff Snodgrass gave the Longhorns one last chance at the win. UT drove inside the Husker 10 before Bailey field goal in the third quarter to end the scoring. connected on a 22-yard field goal on his first career attempt for the winning points. Senior linebacker Stewart Bradley led Nebraska’s defense with 10 tackles, including six The Blackshirts held the potent Longhorn offense to 348 yards total offense while NU solos and one of NU’s 10 tackles for loss on the night. Defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh also produced 340 yards on 21 fewer plays. Linebackers Steve Octavien (10 total tackles, seven wreaked havoc for the Huskers with three unassisted tackles, including two tackles for loss and solos) and Bo Ruud (eight tackles) led the defense. Octavien and Ruud each forced a fumble a 14-yard sack. He added his first career interception in the fourth quarter. Freshman defensive and had a pass breakup, while Ruud added one of the Huskers’ three sacks on the day. back Rickey Thenarse also recorded his first career interception on KSU’s final offensive play of the game. SCORING SUMMARY The Blackshirts held Kansas State to just 22 rushing yards and sacked freshman quarterback 1st 13:02 UT Johnson 22 yd field goal 05:58 NU Purify 63 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) Josh Freeman four times for 35 yards on the night. Despite the pressure, Freeman had solid 2nd 06:43 UT Cosby 6 yd pass from McCoy (Johnson kick blocked) passing numbers as he connected on 23-of-47 attempts for 272 yards through the air. 04:00 UT Sweed 55 yd pass from McCoy (Johnson kick) SCORING SUMMARY 4th 14:48 NU Jackson 49 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 1st 11:06 NU Teafatiller 17 pass from Wesch (Congdon) 06:33 UT Johnson 22 yd field goal 2nd 11:02 NU Mueller 3 pass from Taylor (Congdon) 04:54 NU Swift 25 yd pass from Lucky (Taylor pass failed) 3rd 08:55 NU Lucky 40 run (Congdon) 00:23 UT Bailey 22 yd field goal 04:44 KS Snodgrass 53 FG TEAM STATISTICS UT NU TEAM STATISTICS NU KSU FIRST DOWNS 21 15 FIRST DOWNS 16 17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 34-128 24-38 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 43-190 18-22 PASSING YDS (NET) 220 302 PASSING YDS (NET) 166 272 Passes Att-Comp-Int 40-25-0 29-16-1 Passes Att-Comp-Int 22-13-0 47-23-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 74-348 53-340 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 65-356 65-294 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-1 Punt Returns-Yards 2-6 2-12 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-119 3-55 Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-15 3-68 Interception Returns-Yards 1-6 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 2-25 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-43.0 6-40.7 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-38.1 7-40.4 Fumbles-Lost 5-1 2-2 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-42 7-67 Penalties-Yards 2-20 5-35 Possession Time 34:36 25:24 Possession Time 34:51 25:09 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 18 4 of 13 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 17 1 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 0 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 2 of 4 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 1-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-29 3-19 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-35 4-19 RUSHING: Texas-Charles, Jamaal 9-63; Young, Selvin 14-50; McCoy, Colt 11-10; Sweed, Limas 0-5. RUSHING: Nebraska-Jackson, Brandon 16-92; Lucky, Marlon 12-71; Glenn, Cody 10-22; Taylor, Zac 5-5. Nebraska-Jackson, Brandon 7-40; Hardy, Frantz 1-13; Glenn, Cody 4-6; Lucky, Marlon 3-5; Wilson, Kenny Kansas State-Gonzalez,Daniel 1-38; Patton, Leon 12-13; Freeman, Josh 5-minus 29. 2-minus 1; Taylor, Zac 7-minus 25. PASSING: Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 12-21-0-149; Wesch, Jake 1-1-0-17. Kansas State-Freeman, Josh 23-47- PASSING: Texas-McCoy, Colt 25-39-0-220; TEAM 0-1-0-0. Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 15-28-1-277; Lucky, Marlon 2-272. 1-1-0-25. RECEIVING: Nebraska-Purify, Maurice 4-73; Swift, Nate 2-29; Jackson, Brandon 2-14; Nunn, Terrence 1-18; RECEIVING: Texas-Sweed, Limas 8-119; Finley, Jermich 4-37; Pittman, Billy 4-24; Cosby, Quan 3-28; Young, Teafatiller, Hunter 1-17; Phillips, J.B. 1-8; Lucky, Marlon 1-4; Mueller, Josh 1-3. Kansas State-Moreira, Jerm. Selvin 2-4; Shipley, Jordan 2-3; Charles, Jamaal 1-3; Ogbonnaya, Chri 1-2. Nebraska-Nunn, Terrence 5-84; 6-86; Gonzalez,Daniel 4-72; Norwood,Rashaad 4-48; Wilson, Cedric 4-47; Patton, Leon 2-16; Brown, Antonio Purify, Maurice 2-84; Jackson, Brandon 2-77; Phillips, J.B. 2-12; Herian, Matt 2-9; Swift, Nate 1-25; Lucky, 1-6; Raymer, Donald 1-0; Clayton, Thomas 1-minus 3. Marlon 1-6; Peterson, Todd 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS: Nebraska-Thenarse, Rickey 1-25; Suh, Ndamukong 1-0. Kansas State-None. INTERCEPTIONS: Texas-Griffin, Michael 1-6.Nebraska- None. FUMBLES: Nebraska-Nunn, Terrence 2-0. Kansas State-None. FUMBLES: Texas-McCoy, Colt 3-1; Cosby, Quan 1-0; Charles, Jamaal 1-0. Nebraska-Nunn, Terrence 1-1; SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Nebraska-Suh, Ndamukong 1-14; Moore, Jay 1-13; Dagunduro, Ola 1-6; Brandenburgh, Taylor, Zac 1-1. Lance 0.5-1; Steinkuhler, Ty 0.5-1. Kansas State-Archer, Brandon 1-9; Garvin, Byron 1-7; Campbell, Ian 1-2; SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Texas-Crowder, Tim 1-10; Lewis, Aaron 1-8; Orakpo, Brian 1-1; Marshall, Thomas 0.5-5; Watts, Marcus 1-0. Miller, Roy 0.5-5. Nebraska-Ruud, Bo 1-10; Cryer, Barry 1-5; Moore, Jay 1-4. TACKLES (UA-A): Nebraska-Bradley, Stewart 6-4. Kansas State-Diles, Zach 2-8. TACKLES (UA-A): Nebraska-Octavien, Steve, 7-3. Texas-Derry, Scott 4-4.

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Game 9 Oklahoma St. 41, Nebraska 29 Game 10 Nebraska 34, Missouri 20 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Nebraska 10 13 0 6 29 Missouri 0 6 7 7 20 Oklahoma State 0 20 0 21 41 Nebraska 10 17 0 7 34

Stillwater, Okla. (Oct. 28) --- Brandon Lincoln (Nov. 4) --- Senior quarterback Zac Jackson rushed for a career-high 182 yards Taylor threw for 208 yards and two touchdowns, and two touchdowns on 21 carries, but three while junior I-back Brandon Jackson rushed for fourth-quarter touchdowns by Oklahoma State 111 yards and a score, as Nebraska improved gave the Cowboys a 41-29 win over No. 20 its position for the Big 12 North Division title Nebraska at . with an impressive 34-20 victory over No. 25 In a game that featured nearly 1,000 yards Missouri. of total offense by both teams, Nebraska Taylor completed 13-of-21 passes with two managed 452 total yards, including 241 first-half scores, including a seven-yard strike yards passing by Zac Taylor, who completed to Maurice Purify and a 17-yard pass to tight 21-of-39 attempts with two touchdowns and end Hunter Teafatiller. Taylor’s strong play no interceptions. The Husker offense also helped Nebraska take sole possession of first maintained control of the ball for 34:59. place in the North Division in a battle between Quarterback Bobby Reid led the OSU offense the division’s top two teams. to 496 total yards by completing 13-of-21 Jackson paced a balanced Husker rushing passes for 229 yards and two scores, while attack, as he reached the 100-yard plateau for Dantrell Savage led OSU with 117 rushing the third time this season. Jackson carried a yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries. career-high 32 times, including a two-yard Nebraska appeared to be in firm control of the game through the first 20 minutes on the touchdown to give the Huskers a 34-13 lead with 14:36 remaining. strength of Jackson’s explosive rushing. Jackson added both of his scores in the first 20 minutes Playing in front of a Memorial Stadium record crowd of 85,197 and an ABC regional television of the game, the second touchdown giving the Huskers a 16-0 lead. audience, the Huskers seized the momentum by outscoring MU 10-0 in the first quarter before But the Cowboys struck quickly and, after a 22-yard Taylor scoring pass to Maurice Purify, scoring a season-high 17 points in the second period. Sophomore place-kicker Jordan Congdon the Cowboys cut NU’s halftime lead to 23-20 on Reid’s 45-yard touchdown pass to Adarius booted a pair of field goals, including a season-long 40-yarder to propel the Huskers to a 21- Bowman. OSU then scored three touchdowns, including a defensive score off a fumble recovery, point halftime lead. in the fourth quarter for the victory. While Nebraska’s offense was putting points on the board, the Blackshirts were opportunistic Defensive end Adam Carriker led the Blackshirts with 2.0 sacks, three TFLs, a pass break up on defense. Nebraska forced three turnovers, including picking off a pair of and a blocked PAT. Carriker moved into the NU career top 10 for TFLs and moved into a tie for passes, which the Huskers converted into touchdowns. Bo Ruud led the charge with a team- sixth place on the Huskers’ sack chart. high seven tackles, including a 13-yard sack in the fourth quarter to stop a drive. Ruud added his second interception of the season and a 40-yard return while forcing and recovering a SCORING SUMMARY fumble that sealed the victory. 1st 08:22 NU Congdon 26 yd field goal 00:33 NU Jackson 2 yd run (Congdon kick) SCORING SUMMARY 2nd 10:43 NU Jackson 24 yd run (Wesch rush fumbled) 1st 04:53 NU Congdon 40 yd field goal 08:12 OSU Toston 16 yd pass from Reid (Ricks kick blocked) 01:30 NU Nunn 28 yd pass from Purify (Congdon kick) 04:13 OSU Savage 18 yd run (Ricks kick) 2nd 13:44 NU Purify 7 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 00:56 NU Purify 22 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon) 09:58 MU Wolfert 26 yd field goal 00:15 OSU Bowman 45 yd pass from Reid (Ricks) 05:04 NU Teafatiller 17 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 4th 14:34 OSU Savage 20 yd run (Ricks kick) 01:18 NU Congdon 33 yd field goal 08:05 OSU Crosslin 1 yd run (Ricks kick) 00:00 MU Wolfert 54 yd field goal 03:16 OSU Peterson 19 yd fumble recovery (Ricks kick) 3rd 05:46 MU Rucker 6 yd pass from Daniel (Wolfert kick) 00:07 NU Purify 5 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick failed) 4th 14:36 NU Jackson 2 yd run (Congdon kick) TEAM STATISTICS NU OSU 08:10 MU Coffman 19 yd pass from Daniel (Wolfert kick) FIRST DOWNS 29 25 TEAM STATISTICS MU NU RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 40-211 41-267 FIRST DOWNS 21 20 PASSING YDS (NET) 241 229 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-119 47-183 Passes Att-Comp-Int 39-21-0 21-13-1 PASSING YDS (NET) 244 236 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 79-452 62-496 Passes Att-Comp-Int 38-20-2 22-14-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-19 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 70-363 69-419 Punt Returns-Yards 2-27 1-6 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 1-7 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-49 5-112 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 3-24 Interception Returns-Yards 1-15 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-59 3-61 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-41.2 3-37.3 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 2-37 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-39.0 2-36.5 Penalties-Yards 5-40 5-42 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2 Possession Time 34:59 25:01 Penalties-Yards 2-15 3-19 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 16 6 of 11 Possession Time 24:49 35:11 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 1 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 13 11 of 17 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 4-4 Fourth-Down Conversions 3 of 4 0 of 1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-10 5-46 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 4-4 RUSHING: Nebraska-Jackson, Brandon 21-182; Lucky, Marlon 9-42; Wilson, Kenny 1-3; Hardy, Frantz 1- Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-13 3; Glenn, Cody 1-1; Taylor, Zac 7-minus 20. Oklahoma State-Savage,Dantrell 17-117; Toston,Keith 8-68; RUSHING: Missouri-Temple, Tony 18-99; Daniel, Chase 9-13; Goldsmith, Earl 5-7. Nebraska-Jackson, Reid,Bobby 8-61; Hamilton,Mike 5-16; Crosslin,Julius 2-3; Woods,Artrell 1-2. Brandon 32-111; Lucky, Marlon 12-44; Nunn, Terrence 2-21; Taylor, Zac 1-7. PASSING: Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 21-39-0-241. Oklahoma State-Reid,Bobby 13-21-1-229. PASSING: Missouri-Daniel, Chase 20-38-2-244. Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 13-21-0-208; Purify, Maurice 1-1- RECEIVING: Nebraska-Purify, Maurice 6-65; Hardy, Frantz 3-52; Lucky, Marlon 3-47; Jackson, Brandon 0-28. 3-24; Nunn, Terrence 3-17; Peterson, Todd 2-28; Swift, Nate 1-8. Oklahoma State-Woods,D’Juan 4-87; RECEIVING: Missouri-Alexander, Dana 4-84; Franklin, Will 4-50; Rucker, Martin 4-31; Coffman, Chase 2-36; Bowman,Adarius 3-86; Pettigrew,Brand 2-15; Toston,Keith 1-16; Price,Ricky 1-10; Waller,Justin 1-10; Ekwerekwu, Brad 2-18; Perry, Jared 2-16; Ray, Jason 1-6; Saunders, Tommy 1-3. Nebraska-Lucky, Marlon Parks,Anthony 1-5. 4-46; Jackson, Brandon 3-61; Swift, Nate 2-56; Nunn, Terrence 2-35; Purify, Maurice 2-21; Teafatiller, Hunter INTERCEPTIONS: Nebraska-Green, Tierre 1-15. Oklahoma State-None. 1-17. FUMBLES: Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 1-1. Oklahoma State-Reid,Bobby 1-0; Savage,Dantrell 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS: Missouri-None. Nebraska-Carriker, Adam 1-minus 3; Ruud, Bo 1-40. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Nebraska-Carriker, Adam 2-10. Oklahoma State-Peterson,Nathan 2-21; McBean,Ryan FUMBLES: Missouri-Daniel, Chase 1-1. Nebraska-Jackson, Brandon 2-2. 1-11; Fountain,Marque 1-8; Lavine,Patrick 1-6. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Missouri-None. Nebraska-Ruud, Bo 1-13. TACKLES (UA-A): Nebraska-Shanle, Andrew 8-1. Oklahoma State-Lavine,Patrick 6-5. TACKLES (UA-A): Missouri-Harrington, Ded 8-2. Nebraska-Ruud, Bo 5-2.

Huskers.com Nebraska Statistics Game 13 – Big 12 Championship Nebraska vs. Oklahoma Game 11 Nebraska 28, Texas A&M 27 Game 12 Nebraska 37, Colorado 14 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Nebraska 7 14 0 7 28 Colorado 7 0 7 0 14 Texas A&M 7 3 3 14 27 Nebraska 7 7 7 16 37

College Station, Texas (Nov. 11) --- Lincoln (Nov. 24) --- Utilizing several Quarterback Zac Taylor hit Maurice Purify trick plays on offense and special teams, with a nine-yard touchdown pass with just 21 No. 19 Nebraska ran past Colorado, 37-14, seconds left to give Nebraska the Big 12 North in the regular-season finale on the day after Division title with a 28-27 victory over No. Thanksgiving. 24 Texas A&M at Kyle Field. With the victory, Playing in front of a Memorial Stadium Nebraska improved to 8-3 overall and 5-2 in record crowd of 85,800 and an ABC national the Big 12, while also clinching a berth in the television audience, Nebraska improved to Big 12 Conference Championship Game at 9-3 on the season and completed a sweep of Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Texas the Big 12 North to finish 6-2 in league play. A&M slipped to 8-3 on the year and 4-3 in the Colorado fell to 2-10 on the year and 2-6 in league. conference action. Taylor capped a record-breaking day with A crisp offensive set on the Huskers’ his pass to Purify to put the exclamation point first drive of the game led to a 7-0 lead on an 11-play, 75-yard drive in just 1:36 that as quarterback Zac Taylor connected with stopped an impressive second-half comeback Terrence Nunn on a 15-yard scoring pass. by the Aggies. Taylor finished the day 19-of-28 through the Taylor, who completed 21-of-35 passes for air for 249 yards and a pair of touchdowns. 267 yards with two touchdowns, became the Huskers’ career passing yardage leader with 5,193 Playing his last home game on Senior Day, Taylor erased the NU single-season passing record yards in less than two full seasons, surpassing Dave Humm’s previous mark of 5,035 yards for the second time in as many yearsand tied the NU career mark for touchdown passes. Taylor from 1972 to 1974. Taylor’s two touchdown passes also gave him 22 scoring strikes on the year, now shares the mark with Tommie Frazier, who also had 43 scoring strikes in his career, and snapping Vince Ferragamo’s single-season record of 20 set in 1976. owns the top two season passing marks in program history, including 2,789 yards this season. A senior from Norman, Okla., Taylor guided the Huskers to a 21-7 lead early in the second The Huskers used some trickery on their second score as backup quarterback Joe Ganz hit quarter and a 21-13 lead at the end of three quarters, but a pair of Texas A&M fourth-quarter defensive end Barry Turner in the end zone for a 29-yard scoring pass off a fake field goal. After touchdowns gave the Aggies a 27-21 edge with 7:28 left. a quick CU scoring drive on its first possession of the third quarter tied the game at 14-14, The Huskers capitalized on their final chance in a big way. The 11-play scoring drive featured NU took command behind I-back Brandon Jackson, who had a career-high 34 rushes and 142 three first-down connections between Taylor and wide receiver Todd Peterson, including a yards on the ground. Jackson scored from two yards out to put NU ahead for good and added an fourth-down grab to keep the Huskers’ hopes alive. Peterson enjoyed his best game of the 18-yard reception for a score in the fourth quarter. season with seven catches for 82 yards and a score. Senior defensive end Adam Carriker led the Blackshirt defense as he added a pair of sacks and three TFLs. Carriker also teamed with linebacker Corey McKeon for a safety that gave NU a SCORING SUMMARY nine-point fourth quarter lead just one play after Turner downed a punt at the CU 1. 1st 05:58 NU Glenn 2 yd run (Congdon kick) 03:42 TA Goodson 22 yd run (Neumann kick) SCORING SUMMARY 2nd 14:54 NU Glenn 6 yd run (Congdon kick) 1st 05:08 NU Nunn 15 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 11:00 NU Peterson 4 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 01:31 CU Geer 14 yd pass from Jackson (Crosby kick) 00:16 TA Neumann 37 yd field goal 2nd 04:14 NU Turner 29 yd pass from Ganz (Congdon kick) 3rd 00:16 TA Neumann 20 yd field goal 3rd 11:51 CU Holliday 45 yd run (Crosby kick) 4th 12:51 TA McGee 57 yd run (McGee rush failed) 04:49 NU Jackson 2 yd run (Congdon kick) 07:28 TA Lane 1 yd run (Bennett pass from McGee) 4th 14:22 NU TEAM safety 00:21 NU Purify 9 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) 10:16 NU Jackson 18 yd pass from Taylor (Congdon kick) TEAM STATISTICS NU A&M 00:23 NU Wilson 7 yd run (Congdon kick) FIRST DOWNS 19 13 TEAM STATISTICS CU NU RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 38-123 27-155 FIRST DOWNS 14 24 PASSING YDS (NET) 267 288 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 31-166 46-190 Passes Att-Comp-Int 36-21-1 32-19-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 131 278 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 74-390 59-443 Passes Att-Comp-Int 23-11-0 30-20-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 54-297 76-468 Punt Returns-Yards 2-6 3-15 Fumble Returns-Yards 1-10 0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards 2-42 2-36 Punt Returns-Yards 2-2 1-0 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-16 Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-89 3-35 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-41.3 5-44.6 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-41.8 4-39.0 Penalties-Yards 5-43 4-38 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2 Possession Time 32:52 27:08 Penalties-Yards 8-74 10-70 Third-Down Conversions 7 of 15 5 of 14 Possession Time 24:11 35:49 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 1 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 13 8 of 15 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 3-3 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 3 of 3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-14 4-21 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 4-5 RUSHING: Nebraska-Nebraska-Lucky, Marlon 12-52; Jackson, Brandon 9-44; Glenn, Cody 6-25; Wilson, Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-8 4-40 Kenny 2-8; TEAM 1-minus 2; Taylor, Zac 8-minus 4. Texas A&M-Goodson, Mike 11-80; McGee, Stephen 8-58; RUSHING: Colorado-Holliday, Mell 8-67; Charles, Hugh 5-61; Ellis, Byron 6-22; Jackson,Bernard 12-16. Lane, Jorvorsk. 6-13; Alexander, Chr. 2-4. Nebraska-Jackson, Brandon 34-142; Lucky, Marlon 4-21; Wilson, Kenny 3-16; Taylor, Zac 2-11; Green, Tierre PASSING: Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 21-35-1-267; TEAM 0-1-0-0. Texas A&M-McGee, Stephen 18-31-0-244; 1-7; Purify, Maurice 1-1; Ganz, Joe 1-minus 8. Lane, Jorvorsk. 1-1-0-44. PASSING: Colorado-Jackson,Bernard 11-23-0-131. Nebraska-Taylor, Zac 19-28-0-249; Lucky, Marlon 0-1- RECEIVING: Nebraska-Peterson, Todd 7-82; Lucky, Marlon 4-56; Nunn, Terrence 3-28; Purify, Maurice 2-30; 0-0; Ganz, Joe 1-1-0-29. Jackson, Brandon 2-12; Hardy, Frantz 1-26; Swift, Nate 1-17; Erickson, Dan 1-16. Texas A&M-Bennett, Martel RECEIVING: Colorado-Crawford, Cody 5-79; Williams,Patric 2-13; Barnett, Alvin 2-10; Holz, Nick 1-15; Geer, 6-67; Schroeder, Chad 2-52; Franks, Kerry 2-46; Riley, L’Tyd. 2-39; Goodson, Mike 2-34; Alexander, Chr. 2-20; Riar 1-14. Nebraska-Jackson, Brandon 6-42; Nunn, Terrence 4-52; Purify, Maurice 3-51; Swift, Nate 2-23; Brown, Pierre 2-18; Taylor, Earvin 1-12. Erickson, Dan 1-57; Turner, Barry 1-29; Hardy, Frantz 1-18; Mueller, Josh 1-5; Teafatiller, Hunter 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS: Nebraska-None. Texas A&M-Dodge, Mark 1-16. INTERCEPTIONS: Colorado-None. Nebraska-None. FUMBLES: Nebraska-None. Kansas State-None. FUMBLES: Colorado-Washington,Terr 1-0. Nebraska-Wilson, Kenny 1-1; Jackson, Brandon 1-1. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Nebraska-Turner, Barry 1.5-11; Carriker, Adam 1.0-1; Dagunduro, Ola 0.5-2. Texas SACKS (Sacks-Yds): Colorado-Ligon, Alex 1-8. Nebraska-Carriker, Adam 2-18; McKeon, Corey 1-15; A&M-Heard, Kellen 2.0-5; Warren, Justin 1.0-10; Bennett, Mich. 1.0-6. Dagunduro, Ola 1-7. TACKLES (UA-A): Nebraska-Bradley, Stewart 3-4. Texas A&M-Dodge, Mark 1-16. TACKLES (UA-A): Colorado-Dizon, Jordon 8-9. Nebraska-Jones, Andre 5-4.

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