2013 HUSKER FOOTBALL Nebraska Media Relations w One Memorial Stadium w Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 w Phone: (402) 472-2263 w [email protected] 2013 Nebraska Schedule Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Game 4: Aug. 31 Wyoming (BTN) W, 37-34 Sept. 7 Southern Miss (BTN) W, 56-13 Nebraska vs. Sept. 14 UCLA (ABC) L, 21-41 Sept. 21 South Dakota State (BTN) 2:30 p.m. South Dakota State Oct. 5 Illinois 11 a.m. Sept. 21, 2013 | Memorial Stadium Oct. 12 at Purdue TBA Oct. 26 at Minnesota TBA Huskers Lincoln, Neb.| 2:30 p.m. Jackrabbits Nov. 2 Northwestern TBA Record: 2-1 Record: 3-0 Nov. 9 at Michigan TBA Rankings: Game Information Rankings: Nov. 16 Michigan State TBA not ranked Television: BTN FCS–6th Nov. 23 at Penn State TBA Radio: Husker Sports Network Last Game: Last Game: Nov. 29 Iowa (ABC) 11 a.m. Capacity: 87,000+ (329th Consecutive Sellout) lost to UCLA, 41-21 def. SE Louisiana, 34-26 Dec. 7 Big Ten Championship (FOX) 7:17 p.m. Surface: FieldTurf at Indianapolis, Ind. Coach: Bo Pelini Series Record: Nebraska leads, 2-0 Coach: John Stiegelmeier All times Central Career/NU Record: Special Events: Nebraska Football Hall of Fame Career/SDSU Record: 51-21/6th year Induction, Uplifting Athletes Pediatric Brain Cancer 105-75/17th season Television vs. SDSU: 1-0 Awareness Day, Alumni Band vs. Nebraska: 0-1 BTN Paul Burmeister, Play-by-Play Eric Crouch, Analyst The Matchup Nebraska will complete the non-conference portion of its 2013 schedule on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers Damon Benning, Sidelines play host to South Dakota State at Memorial Stadium. The game will be televised by the Big Ten Network, and also available on BTN2Go with kickoff set for 2:30 p.m. CT. Radio The Huskers will come into the contest with a 2-1 record following a 41-21 loss to UCLA on Saturday in Lincoln. Husker Sports Network Nebraska failed to hold an 18-point lead, as the Bruins rallied for the victory. The loss snapped Nebraska’s 10-game Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play home winning streak and a 14-game home win streak against non-conference opponents. NU also dropped out of Matt Davison, Analyst the national polls following the setback against UCLA. Lane Grindle, Sidelines South Dakota State is one of the top teams in the Football Championship Subdivision and comes to Lincoln with a 3-0 record following a 34-26 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday in Brookings, S.D. The Jackrabbits rallied from a 19-7 third-quarter deficit in last Saturday’s win, and are ranked sixth in the FCS polls. SDSU reached Internet the second round of the NCAA playoffs a year ago. Huskers.com A win on Saturday would give Nebraska a 3-1 record in non-conference play and mark the 32nd consecutive HSN free audio season Nebraska has posted a winning record in non-conference play. Live stats, game-day information, photos and more The Series Other Nebraska and South Dakota State will meet for the third time in school history, but for the second time in the past Satellite Radio four years. Nebraska has won each of the first two meetings, both at Memorial Stadium. NU defeated SDSU in 1963 Sirius Channel 134, XM 194 in Lincoln, before defeating the Jackrabbits, 17-3, at Memorial Stadium in 2010. The Coaches Connect With the Huskers Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, ‘90) owns a 51-21 record (.708) in his sixth season. Pelini has guided NU to nine or more wins in each of his first five seasons as head coach, joining Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne in accomplishing that feat at Nebraska. With Nebraska’s win over Wyoming in the season opener, Pelini became the fifth coach in NU history to win 50 games on the NU sideline, joining Dana Bible, Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne and Frank Solich. South Dakota State: John Stiegelmeier (South Dakota State, ‘79) is in his 17th season as the head coach at his alma mater. Stiegelmeier has guided the Jackrabbits to a 105-75 record during his time at the school, including two Facebook.com/huskers FCS playoff appearances. Stiegelmeier has guided SDSU to winning seasons in seven of nine seasons at the FCS level and 12 of 16 seasons overall. Nebraska Football Nebraska is 858-354-40 all-time, one of just eight schools with 800 all-time victories w Nebraska has won five national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997). w The Cornhuskers have won 43 conference championships. w NU’s 49 all-time bowl appearances rank third nationally. w Since 1970, NU has 424 wins, 25 more than any other @huskers school. w Nebraska’s 106 football Academic All-Americans lead the nation. w The Huskers have 110 first-team All- Americans in school history. Game 4 vs. South Dakota State 2013 Nebraska Football Huskers.com Nebraska-UCLA Stat Wrap Noting Game Three...UCLA 41, Nebraska 21 Team Stats UCLA NU The loss ended Nebraska’s 10-game home winning streak and its 14-game home win streak against non-conference First Downs 27 21 opponents. The loss also ended a streak of four straight victories by Nebraska against ranked opponents in Lincoln. Rushes-Yards 53-210 42-128 Passes 16-25-1 21-35-0 Senior quarterback Taylor Martinez completed 21-of-35 passes for 203 yards and three touchdowns. With his Passing Yards 294 203 203 passing yards, Martinez increased his school-record career passing total to 7,119 yards. The three touchdown Total Offense 504 331 passes marked the sixth time in Martinez’s career he has thrown for three or more touchdowns, including each of 3rd-Down Conversions 7-of-15 3-of-14 the first three games this season. Turnovers 1 1 Penalties 3-21 8-70 Martinez accounted for 190 yards of total offense, pushing his school-record total to 10,078 yards. Martinez is just Time of Possession 29:40 30:20 the ninth quarterback in Big Ten history with 10,000 career total offense yards. NU Rushing Leaders Ameer Abdullah–23 carries, 98 yards Martinez’s three touchdown passes increased his school-record TD pass total to 55. Combined with his 31 career NU Passing Leader rushing touchdowns, Martinez has accounted for 86 career touchdowns, trailing only Eric Crouch’s 90 career Taylor Martinez–21-35-0, 203 yards, 3 TD touchdowns. NU Receiving Leaders Quincy Enunwa–3 receptions, 39 yards, 2 TD Senior receiver Quincy Enunwa caught touchdown passes of 11 and 14 yards in the first quarter. It marked his Kenny Bell–6 receptions, 68 yards, TD second straight game with two touchdown receptions and gave Enunwa five touchdown catches this season. Enunwa Ameer Abdullah–3 receptions, 50 yards came into the season with three career touchdowns and has more than doubled that total in the first three games of NU Defensive Leaders 2013. Enunwa finished the day with three catches for 39 yards, and has caught at least one pass in 17 straight games. Josh Banderas–4 UT, 7 AT, 11 TT, 2 TFL, sack Corey Cooper–2 UT, 10 AT, 12 TT, TF Junior receiver Kenny Bell caught six passes for 68 yards. The six receptions pushed Bell’s career receptions total Randy Gregory–3 UT, 5 AT, 8 TT, 2 TFL, FC to 98, moving him past Matt Davison into seventh place on the NU career receptions list. He is just two receptions NU Special Teams Leader from becoming the seventh Husker with 100 career receptions. Bell’s 68 receiving yards against UCLA give him 1,494 Mauro Bondi–1-1 PAT, 3 touchbacks career receiving yards, and he needs six yards to become the sixth Nebraska player with 1,500 career receiving yards. 2013 Big Ten Standings Bell caught a 22-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter to give Nebraska a 21-3 lead. The TD catch was Bell’s Legends Division second of the season and the 13th of his career. Each of Bell’s last 11 touchdown receptions have covered at least 20 Records yards, including one in 2011, all eight in 2012 and both of his TD receptions this season. Team Big Ten Overall Next Game Michigan 0-0 3-0 at Connecticut Junior I-back Ameer Abdullah rushed 23 times for 98 yards. He finished two yards short of picking up his ninth Michigan St. 0-0 3-0 at Notre Dame career 100-yard game. Abdullah increased his career rushing total to 1,613 yards. Abdullah also caught three passes Minnesota 0-0 3-0 San Jose State for 50 yards to account for a season-high 148 all-purpose yards. Northwestern 0-0 3-0 Maine Nebraska 0-0 2-1 South Dakota State Cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste intercepted a first-quarter UCLA pass to set up a Nebraska touchdown for the Iowa 0-0 2-1 Western Michigan opening points of the game. The interception was Jean-Baptiste’s third of the season and sixth of his career. Jean- Leaders Division Baptiste has recorded five interceptions in his past 10 games dating back to last season. Records Team Big Ten Overall Next Game Nebraska rushed for 128 yards, marking just the third time in 17 games since the start of the 2012 season that Ohio State 0-0 3-0 Florida A&M Nebraska has not rushed for 200 or more yards. Illinois 0-0 2-1 Miami (Ohio), 9/28 Indiana 0-0 2-1 Missouri Nebraska totaled three sacks, its most since the Huskers also totaled three against Penn State last season.