KANSAS STATE VS. NEBRASKA (5-5/3-4 Big 12) by the numbers... KANSAS STATE ......................31 84,665 - This afternoon’s attendance at Memorial Stadium. NEBRASKA (5-6/2-5 Big 12) ............................73 4,621 - Career passing yards by Josh Freeman, the sixth most in school history. POSTGAME NOTES 2,841 - Passing yards by Josh Freeman this season, the • This afternoon’s matchup between Kansas State and Nebraska is the 92nd in the series, which dates back to 1911... second most in school history. The Huskers lead the series 74-16-2... Nebraska has now won three consecutive meetings between the two schools. 2,563 - Career receiving yards by senior wide receiver • Kansas State opened the game’s scoring for the ninth time this season with a 21-yard touchdown from Josh Freeman Jordy Nelson, the second most in school history. to Jordy Nelson... The score also extended Kansas State’s consecutive game scoring streak, which is now at 138 games. 1,347 - Receiving yards by Jordy Nelson this season, • Sophomore quarterback Josh Freeman finished the game Saturday going 26-of-44 with 320 yards, two touchdowns breaking the school’s single-season mark. and zero interceptions... The sophomore quarterback also has 2,841 passing yards this season and jumped from sixth to second on the school’s single-season yardage list... Freeman is now just three yards away from tying Michael Bishop, who 183 - Career receptions by Jordy Nelson, the second holds the record with 2,844 yards in 1998... Freeman also threw his 13th and 14th touchdown passes this season, which most in school history. ties for eighth in the school’s single-season list. 138 - Number of consecutive games K-State has scored. • Josh Freeman also improved his career passing yardage to 4,621, moving past Michael Bishop (1997-98; 4,401 yards) for sixth and is just 21 yards away from tying Jonathan Beasley (1996-97, 99-00; 4,642) for fifth... With 26 completions, 99 - Number of catches this season by Jordy Nelson, Freeman moved into third in career completions, passing Chad May (1993-94) who had 385... Freeman has now complet- extending his single-season K-State record, and break- ed 403 passes in his career... With 44 attempts on Saturday, Freeman moved into a tie for third place on the career ing the Big 12 record for receptions by a senior. attempts list as he now has attempted 687 career passes... Freeman also threw his 19th and 20th career touchdown pass- es, which is ninth in school history. 20 - Number of field goals made by Brooks Rossman this season, which is just two makes away from tying • Jordy Nelson, a Biletnikoff Award semifinalist and All-American candidate, finished with nine receptions for 125 yards the single-season record. and one touchdown... With his 21-yard reception with 10:25 left in the first quarter, Nelson broke the single-season receiv- ing yards mark, moving past James Terry, who had 1,232 yards in 2003... Nelson has now racked in 1,347 yards in just 18 - Career touchdowns by Jordy Nelson, which is tied 10 games this season, while Terry needed 15 games in 2003 to set the record... This was the seventh time this season he for third most in school history. has surpassed 100-yards receiving... Nelson improved his school record for receptions in a single-season to 99 catches... His first-quarter touchdown reception gave him at least one touchdown reception in seven of the last eight games, and it 2 - Number of punts downed inside the 20-yard line by also ties him for fourth on the school’s single-season receiving touchdowns list. Tim Reyer... Reyer now has 18 punts downed inside the • For the seventh time this season, wide receiver Jordy Nelson topped the 100-yard receiving mark, the most by a opponents 20-yard line this season, tying his single-sea- Wildcat in a single season... Coming into this season, Nelson just had two 100-yard receiving games, one in each the son high in 2005. 2005 and 2006 seasons... He is now tied for second for career 100-yard receiving games with nine. • Jordy Nelson, a native of Riley, Kan., also broke the Big 12 record for receptions by a senior in a season this after- noon... Nelson now has 99 receptions this season, breaking Wes Welker’s (Texas Tech) record of 97 in 2003... He is now just eight receptions away from tying the overall Big 12 record, currently held by Rashaun Woods (Oklahoma State), who had 107 catches in 2002... With 1,347 receiving yards this season, Nelson is 20 yards away from tying the Big 12 record for yardage by a senior, currently held by Woods with 1,367 in 2003. • Senior wide receiver Jordy Nelson, a former walk-on, moved up on three of K-State’s career receiving lists this after- noon... Nelson is now second in career receptions with 183 career catches, passing Michael Smith (1988-91), who had 179... He also moved into second on the career yardage list with 2,563 yards, passing Smith (2,457)... WIth a 21-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter, Nelson is now tied for third on the career touchdown receptions list with James Terry (2002-03) with 18. • Wide receiver Deon Murphy caught five passes for 106 yards... It was the second time this season two K-State receivers had at least 100 yards in the same game... Murphy had a 66 yard reception in the fourth quarter, the second- longest play from scrimmage for the Wildcats this season. • Sophomore defensive back Chris Carney carded a career-high 13 tackles... It was the most tackles by a Wildcat this season... The previous high was 12 by Justin McKinney against Colorado... Carney’s previous career high in tackles was seven against Oklahoma State. • Senior punter Tim Reyer, a Ray Guy Award semifinalist, boomed six punts for a 42-yard average, which included a long of 56... He also dropped two of his punts inside the Husker 20-yard line... This season, Reyer has an average of 42 yards, and 18 of his punts downed inside the 20-yard line. • The 73 points scored by Nebraska this afternoon was the most since Oklahoma scored 75 on the Wildcats in on Oct. 23, 1971... The 702 yards given by the K-State defense today is the first time an opponent has gained more than 675 yards since Texas Tech gained 684 yards on Oct. 15, 2005. 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