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2012 CornHUSKE r F o o T BALL Nebraska Media Relations w One Memorial Stadium w Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 w Phone: (402) 472-2263 w [email protected] 2012 Nebraska Schedule Game 11: Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Sept. 1 Southern Miss (ABC) W, 49-20 Nebraska vs. Sept. 8 at UCLA (FOX) L, 36-30 Sept. 15 Arkansas State (ESPN2) W, 42-13 Minnesota Sept. 22 Idaho State (BTN) W, 73-7 Nov. 17, 2012 | Memorial Stadium Sept. 29 Wisconsin (ABC) W, 30-27 Oct. 6 at Ohio State (ABC) L, 63-38 Huskers Lincoln, Neb. | 2:30 p.m. (CT) Gophers Oct. 20 at Northwestern (ABC) W, 29-28 Record: 8-2, 5-1 Oct. 27 Michigan (ESPN2) W, 23-9 Record: 6-4, 2-4 Rankings: Game Information Rankings: Nov. 3 at Michigan State (ABC/ESPN2) W, 28-24 AP-16; Coaches-14 Television: BTN Nov. 10 Penn State (ABC/ESPN2) W, 32-23 AP-NR; Coaches-NR BCS-14 Radio: Husker Sports Network Nov. 17 Minnesota (BTN) 2:30 p.m. Last Game: Last Game: Capacity: 81,091 (325th Consecutive Sellout) Nov. 23 at Iowa (ABC) 11 a.m. def. Illinois, 17-3 def. Penn State, 32-23 Surface: FieldTurf Coach: Jerry Kill Dec. 1 Big Ten Championship (FOX) 7 p.m Series Record: Minnesota leads, 29-21-2 at Indianapolis, Ind. Coach: Bo Pelini Career/UM Record: In Lincoln: Nebraska leads, 9-8 All times Central Career/NU Record: 136-86/17th season 47-18/5th year Special Events: Senior Day, 9-13/2nd season Television vs. Minnesota.: 1-0 Tom Osborne Recognition vs. Nebraska: 0-1 BTN Eric Collins, Play-by-Play The Matchup Nebraska completes its home schedule on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers take on Minnesota in a Big Ten Derek Rackley, Analyst Legends Division matchup at Memorial Stadium. Kickoff is set for shortly after 2:30 p.m. CT and the game will be Jon Jansen, Sidelines televised on BTN. The Huskers improved to 8-2 on the season and 5-1 in Big Ten Conference play with a 32-23 comeback victory over Radio Penn State on Saturday in Lincoln. Nebraska trailed by two touchdowns at halftime before rallying to win, marking Husker Sports Network the fourth time in 2012 NU has rallied from a double-digit second-half deficit to win. The win kept Nebraska in a tie Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play for first place in the Legends Division race with Michigan, and Nebraska can advance to Indianapolis for the Dec. 1 Matt Davison, Analyst Big Ten title game with victories in its final two contests. Lane Grindle, Sidelines Nebraska moved up to 14th in the Coaches Poll this week and 16th in the Associated Press poll, while checking in at No. 14 in the latest BCS rankings. Internet Minnesota comes into Lincoln with a 6-4 overall record and a 2-4 mark in Big Ten play, following a 17-3 win at Huskers.com Illinois last Saturday. The Gophers are bowl eligible for the first time since 2009 in their second season under Head HSN free audio Coach Jerry Kill. MInnesota features a stout defense that ranks 25th nationally, allowing 336.8 yards per game. Live stats, game-day information, photos The contest will mark Senior Day at Memorial Stadium, with 29 Husker seniors playing for the final time in Lincoln. Other The Series Satellite Radio Minnesota is Nebraska’s most frequent opponent among Big Ten Conference schools, with Saturday’s meeting Sirius Channel 113, XM 193 marking the 53rd all-time matchup between the teams. Minnesota holds a 29-21-2 advantage in the series between the two schools, but Nebraska has won each of the past 15 matchups dating back to 1963. Nebraska is 9-8 against the A Numbers Game Gophers in Lincoln, with the last meeting at Memorial Stadium coming in 1990. The Coaches Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, ‘90) owns a 47-18 record (.723) in his fifth season. Pelini has guided NU to nine 500 or more wins in each of his first four seasons as head coach, joining Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne and Frank Solich in accomplishing that feat. Pelini is one of only six first-time head coaches in NCAA history to win at least nine games Saturday’s home game against Minnesota in each of his first four seasons at a BCS conference school. will mark the 500th game in which Nebraska Minnesota: Jerry Kill (Southwestern College, ‘83) holds a 136-86 record in his 18th season overall as a collegiate Athletic Director Tom Osborne will be in an official head coach and is 9-13 in his second season on the Gopher sideline. Before taking over the Minnesota job, Kill served role with the Husker football program. Osborne was as the head coach at Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Emporia State and Saginaw Valley State. an assistant coach from 1962 to 1972, served as head coach from 1973 to 1997, winning 255 games, Nebraska Football and has been Nebraska’s athletic director since Nebraska is 854-351-40 all-time, one of just seven schools with 800 all-time victories w Nebraska has won five October of 2007. Osborne is retiring from his post national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997). w The Cornhuskers have won 43 conference championships. w NU’s 48 all-time bowl appearances rank fourth nationally. w Since 1970, NU has 420 wins, 27 more than any other on Jan. 1, 2013. school. w Nebraska’s 102 football Academic All-Americans lead the nation. w The Huskers have 110 All-Americans in school history. Game 11 vs. Minnesota 1 2012 Nebraska Football 2012 Nebraska Football Huskers.com Nebraska-Penn State Stat Wrap Noting Game 10...Nebraska 32, Penn State 23 Team Stats PSU NU 4Nebraska trailed 20-6 at halftime before rallying for a 32-23 victory over Penn State. The Huskers produced their First Downs 18 21 fourth second-half rally from a double-digit deficit in Big Ten play this season. The comeback marked the third time Rushes-Yards 34-151 57-267 in six games that the Huskers have rallied from 12 points or more to win. Prior to the last six games, the Huskers Passes 18-37-1 12-20-0 had produced just six 12-point or more second-half comebacks in school history. NU’s four second-half double-digit Passing Yards 240 171 comebacks leads the nation, and marks the most second-half double-figure comebacks in school history. Total Offense 391 438 4 3rd-Down Conversions 6-of-15 9-of-18 Nebraska improved to 8-7 all-time against Penn State. The Huskers are 5-2 all-time against PSU at Memorial Turnovers 3 2 Stadium in Lincoln. The Huskers improved to 6-0 at home this season, Nebraska’s first 6-0 start at home since 2003. Penalties 8-80 7-55 4Nebraska rushed for 267 yards against PSU, marking the ninth time in 10 games the Huskers have rushed for at Time of Possession 25:41 34:19 least 200 yards, including seven games with at least 250 yards. NU Rushing Leaders 4Sophomore I-back Ameer Abdullah rushed for 116 yards, while junior quarterback Taylor Martinez added 104 Ameer Abdullah–31 carries, 116 yards rushing yards to give the Huskers their fourth double-100-yard game of the season. It is the second straight week Taylor Martinez–15 carries, 104 yards that Abdullah and Martinez have both gone over 100 yards, and the third time the Huskers have produced double- Imani Cross–8 carries, 22 yards, 2 TD 100-yard rushers in Big Ten play. The four double-100 games are the most for NU in a season since 2001. NU Passing Leader 4Nebraska players have accounted for a total of 13 100-yard rushing games in 2012, and NU has had a 100-yard rusher Taylor Martinez–12-20-0, 171 yards, TD in each of the past nine games, its longest streak since having a 100-yard rusher in 20 straight games in 1999 and 2000. NU Receiving Leaders Kyler Reed–2 receptions, 60 yards 4Abdullah carried a career-high 31 times for 116 yards. He has 942 rushing yards this season and 1,092 in his career, Jamal Turner–2 receptions, 35 yards, TD to become the 60th player in school history to surpass 1,000 career rushing yards. He owns six 100-yard rushing NU Defensive Leaders games this season, including 100-yard games in each of the first five starts of his career, the longest streak of 100- Ciante Evans–5 UT, 5 AT, 10 TT, QB hurry yard games to open a career by a starter since Lawrence Phillips had 11 in 1994. Will Compton–2 UT, 8 AT, 10 TT, fumble recovery, 2 PBU 4Martinez rushed 15 times for 104 yards for his fourth 100-yard rushing game of the season and 12th of his career. Daimion Stafford–2 UT, 6 AT, 8 TT, fumble recovery, INT, PBU He has 770 rushing yards on the year and 2,609 yards in his career. NU Special Teams Leader 4Martinez completed 12-of-20 passes for 171 yards against Penn State. He increased his career passing total to Brett Maher–3-3 FG, 3-3 PAT, 41.0 punt average, long-69 5,832 yards and needs just 18 yards to match Zac Taylor’s previous Nebraska career passing record of 5,850 yards. 2012 Big Ten Standings 4Martinez accounted for 275 yards of total offense to increase his season total offense total to 2,882 yards, marking Legends Division the most ever for a Nebraska junior, passing the previous record of 2,774 yards by Jammal Lord in 2002.