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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 Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Game 1: Sept. 1 Southern Miss (ABC) 2:30 p.m. Sept. 8 at UCLA (FOX) 6:30 p.m. Nebraska vs. Sept. 15 Arkansas State (ESPN/2/U) 11 a.m. Southern Miss Sept. 22 Idaho State (TBA) TBA Sept. 29 Wisconsin (ABC) 7 p.m. Sept. 1, 2012 | Memorial Stadium Oct. 6 at Ohio State (ABC/ESPN/2) 7 p.m. Lincoln, Neb. | 2:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at Northwestern (TBA) TBA Golden Oct. 27 Michigan (ABC/ESPN/2) 7 p.m. Huskers Record: 0-0 Nov. 3 at Michigan State (TBA) TBA Eagles Rankings: Nov. 10 Penn State (TBA) TBA Game Information Record: 0-0 Nov. 17 Minnesota (TBA) TBA Coaches–16 Television: ABC Rankings: Nov. 23 at Iowa (ABC) 11 a.m. AP–17 Radio: Husker Sports Network RV in coaches poll Dec. 1 Big Ten Championship (FOX) 7 p.m Last Game: Capacity: 81,091 (319th Consecutive Sellout) Last Game: at Indianapolis, Ind. Season Opener Surface: FieldTurf Season Opener All times Central Coach: Bo Pelini Series Record: Nebraska leads, 2-1 Coach: Ellis Johnson Career/NU Record: In Lincoln: Series tied, 1-1 USM/Career Record: Television 39-16/5th year Special Events: Brook Berringer Scholarship 0-0/1st year ABC vs. Southern Miss: 0-0 17-28/5th year Mike Patrick, Play-by-Play vs. Nebraska: 0-0 Ed Cunningham, Analyst Jeannine Edwards, Sidelines The Matchup Nebraska opens its 123rd season of football and second year as a member of the Big Ten Conference on Saturday Radio against Southern Miss. Kickoff is set for 2:35 p.m. CDT and the game will be televised on ABC. Husker Sports Network The Huskers will put the nation’s longest season-opening win streak on the line Saturday, as Nebraska has won Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play 26 consecutive season openers. Nebraska, which has won every season opener since 1986, has won every game in Matt Davison, Color the streak by at least 10 points. The Huskers enter the opening weekend with a preseason ranking of No. 16 in the Lane Grindle, Sidelines USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 17 in the AP Poll. Nebraska is ranked in the preseason poll for the third consecutive season. The Huskers finished 9-4 in 2011, winning nine games for the fourth straight season. Nebraska is one of only Internet eight schools nationally with four straight nine-win seasons entering the 2012 season. Huskers.com Southern Miss begins its 100th football season under new direction, as Ellis Johnson will coach his first game as HSN free audio USM head coach on Saturday. The Golden Eagles were Conference USA champions last fall, finishing with a 12-2 Live stats, game-day information, photos record. Southern Miss finished 19th in the final 2011 coaches poll, while coming in 20th in the AP poll. The Golden Eagles finished five spots ahead of NU in the coaches poll and four spots in front of the Big Red in the AP poll. Other The Series Satellite Radio Saturday’s game marks the fourth all-time meeting between Nebraska and Southern Miss and the third time the Sirius Channel 86, XM 86 teams will square off in Memorial Stadium. Southern Miss won the most recent meeting in Lincoln, defeating the Huskers 21-17 in 2004, marking Nebraska’s first non-conference home loss in 13 seasons. Bo Pelini was on the NU sideline for the Huskers’ last win in the series, serving as defensive coordinator in Nebraska’s 38-14 win in Hattiesburg in 2003. A Numbers Game The Coaches Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, ‘90) owns a 39-16 record in his fifth season. Pelini has guided NU to nine or more wins in each of his first four seasons as head coach, joining Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne and Frank Solich in 26 accomplishing that feat. Pelini is one of only six first-time head coaches in NCAA history to win at least nine games in each of his first four seasons at a BCS conference school. Nebraska enters Saturday’s game with the Southern Miss: Ellis Johnson (The Citadel, ‘75) is in his first season as head coach of Southern Miss. He is 17-28 nation’s longest winning streak in season openers. overall in his fifth season as a head coach. Johnson is facing Nebraska for the second straight game, as he spent the The Huskers have won 26 straight season openers past four seasons as the defensive coordinator at South Carolina. The Gamecocks held Nebraska scoreless over the since a 17-13 loss to Florida State in 1985. Florida is final three quarters in a 30-13 victory at the 2012 Capital One Bowl. second on the list with 22 straight season-opening victories. Nebraska has won each of the games in Nebraska Football Nebraska is 846-349-40 all-time, one of just seven schools with 800 all-time victories w Nebraska has won five national the 26-game streak by at least 10 points. championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997). w The Cornhuskers have won 43 conference championships. w 48 all-time bowl appearances rank fourth nationally. w Since 1970, NU has 412 wins, 26 more than any other school. w Nebraska’s 102 football Academic All-Americans lead the nation. w The Huskers have had 108 All-Americans in school history. Game 1 vs. Southern Miss 1 2012 Nebraska Football 2012 Nebraska Football Huskers.com Final 2011 Big Ten Standings Nebraska Looks to Add to Season-Opening Win Streak Legends Division Nebraska enters the season opener with victories in each of its past Records 26 season openers. The Huskers’ streak leads the nation, bettering Season Opening Win Streak Year Opponent (rank) Result Team Big Ten Overall Bowl Game Florida’s 22 straight wins. NU’s last loss in a season opener was a 17-13 1986 Florida State (11) W, 34-17 Michigan St. 7-1 11-3 Outback Bowl (won) setback against Florida State at Memorial Stadium in 1985. 1987 Utah State W, 56-12 Michigan 6-2 11-2 Sugar Bowl (won) 4Nebraska has won each of the 26 games by at least 10 points, and has 1988 Texas A&M (10)* W, 23-14 Nebraska 5-3 9-4 Capital One Bowl (lost) scored at least 40 points in 19 of the 26 games, including each of the 1989 Northern Illinois W, 48-17 Iowa 4-4 7-6 Insight Bowl (lost) last six seasons. Nebraska has outscored the opposition 185-44 in four 1990 Baylor W, 13-0 Northwestern 3-5 6-7 Meineke Bowl (lost) openers under Bo Pelini. Minnesota 2-8 3-9 None 1991 Utah State W, 59-28 4The Cornhuskers have limited the opponent to 14 points or less 18 1992 Utah W, 49-22 times in the winning streak. Leaders Division 1993 North Texas W, 76-14 4 Records Nebraska is 91-26-5 all-time in season openers. 1994 West Virginia (24)* W, 31-0 Team Big Ten Overall Bowl 1995 at Oklahoma State W, 64-21 Wisconsin 6-2 11-3 Rose Bowl (lost) Huskers Continue Streak in National Polls 1996 Michigan State W, 55-14 Penn State 6-2 9-4 TicketCity Bowl (lost) Nebraska opens the season ranked No. 16 in the USA Today Coaches 1997 Akron W, 59-14 Purdue 4-4 7-6 Little Caesars Bowl (won) Poll and No. 17 in the Associated Press Poll. The Huskers have been 1998 Louisiana Tech** W, 56-27 Ohio State 3-5 6-7 Gator Bowl (lost) ranked in every AP poll since late in the 2009 season, a streak of 36 1999 at Iowa W, 42-7 Illinois 2-6 7-6 Fight Hunger Bowl (won) straight weeks in the Associated Press Poll. 2000 San Jose State W, 49-13 Indiana 0-8 1-11 None 4Nebraska’s streak of appearing in 36 consecutive polls is the longest 2001 TCU*** W, 21-7 in the Big Ten and the fifth-longest streak in the nation. 2002 Arizona State@ W, 48-10 Big Ten Championship Game: Wisconsin 42, Michigan St. 39 2003 Oklahoma St. (24) W, 17-7 Longest Active Streaks in AP Poll 2004 Western Illinois W, 56-17 Team No. of Weeks 2005 Maine W, 25-7 2012 Big Ten Standings 1. Alabama 66 Legends Division 2006 Louisiana Tech W, 49-10 2. Boise State 62 Records 2007 Nevada W, 52-10 3. LSU 49 Team Big Ten Overall Next Game 2008 Western Michigan W, 47-24 Iowa 0-0 0-0 vs. Northern Illinois 4. Oregon 45 2009 Florida Atlantic W, 49-3 Michigan 0-0 0-0 vs. Alabama 5. Nebraska 36 2010 Western Kentucky W, 49-10 Michigan St. 0-0 0-0 vs. Boise State (8/31) 6. Wisconsin 35 2011 Chattanooga W, 40-7 Minnesota 0-0 0-0 at UNLV (8/30) 7. Arkansas 33 *-Kickoff Classic ; **-Eddie Robinson Classic Nebraska 0-0 0-0 vs. Southern Miss 7. Oklahoma 33 ***-Pigskin Classic; @-BCA Classic Northwestern 0-0 0-0 at Syracuse 9. South Carolina 32 9. Stanford 32 Leaders Division Records Nebraska Faces Challenging 2012 Schedule Team Big Ten Overall Next Game Nebraska will once again face one of the nation’s more challenging schedules in 2012, including 10 teams that Illinois 0-0 0-0 vs. Western Michigan participated in a bowl game in 2011.