2014 HUSKER FOOTBALL Nebraska Media Relations 4 One Memorial Stadium 4 Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 4 Phone: (402) 472-2263 4 [email protected] 2014 Nebraska Schedule Game 3: Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Aug. 30 Florida Atlantic (BTN) W, 55-7 Nebraska vs. Sept. 6 McNeese State (ESPNU) W, 31-24 Sept. 13 at Fresno State (CBS Sports Net.) 9:30 p.m. Fresno State Sept. 20 Miami (ABC/ESPN/2) 7 p.m. Sept. 13, 2014 | Bulldog Stadium Sept. 27 Illinois (HC) (BTN) 8 p.m. Huskers Fresno, Calif. | 9:30 p.m. (CT) Bulldogs Oct. 4 at Michigan State (ABC/ESPN/2) 7 p.m. Record: 2-0, 0-0 Record: 0-2 Oct. 18 at Northwestern (BTN) 6:30 p.m. Rankings: AP–RV; Rankings: not ranked Oct. 25 Rutgers TBA Coaches–21 Game Information Last Game: Television: CBS Sports Network Nov. 1 Purdue TBA Last Game: lost to Utah, 59-27 Radio: Husker Sports Network Nov. 15 at Wisconsin TBA def. McNeese St., 31-24 Coach: Tim DeRuyter Capacity: 41,031 Nov. 22 Minnesota TBA Coach: Bo Pelini Career/FSU Record: Surface: FieldTurf Nov. 28 at Iowa TBA Career/NU Record: Series Record: Nebraska leads, 1-0 20-8/3rd season All times Central 60-24/7th year Last Meeting:Nebraska, 42-29, 2011 in Lincoln vs. Nebraska: 0-0 vs. Fresno St.: 1-0 Television The Matchup CBS Sports Network Nebraska takes to the road for the first time in 2014 on Saturday evening when the Huskers travel to Fresno Carter Blackburn, Play-by-Play State to take on the Bulldogs. Game time from Fresno’s Bulldog Stadium is set for 9:30 p.m. CT and the game will be Aaron Taylor, Analyst available nationally on the CBS Sports Network. Jamie Erdhal, Sidelines The Huskers head to Fresno with a 2-0 record after escaping with a 31-24 victory over McNeese State last Saturday in Lincoln. Senior I-back Ameer Abdullah supplied the winning margin on a highlight-reel 58-yard catch and run for a with 20 seconds remaining. The win marked Nebraska’s 10th straight victory in games decided by seven Radio or fewer points dating back to September of 2012. Husker Sports Network Nebraska has started 2-0 for the sixth time in Bo Pelini’s seven seasons as head coach, and will be looking for its first Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play 3-0 start to a season since 2011. Nebraska will also be looking for a win in its road opener for the second straight year. Matt Davison, Analyst Saturday’s game will be the second all-time matchup between the schools and the second in a three-game series. Lane Grindle, Sidelines The Huskers prevailed, 42-29, in the only other meeting in 2011 in Lincoln. The third meeting in the three-game series is scheduled for 2016 in Lincoln. Fresno State will enter the contest with an 0-2 record, following road losses at USC and Utah to open the season. Digital Media The Bulldogs have won 13 straight home games entering Saturday’s contest, marking the nation’s longest home Huskers.com winning streak. HSN free audio Live stats, game-day information, photos and more The Series Nebraska defeated Fresno State, 42-29, in Lincoln in 2011 in the only previous meeting. The Huskers were spurred Facebook.com/Huskers by a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Ameer Abdullah, who set a Nebraska record with 211 kickoff return @Huskers on Twitter yards in the contest. @HuskerFBNation The Coaches Other Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, ‘90) owns a 60-24 record (.714) in his seventh season as head coach. He has Satellite Radio guided NU to nine or more wins in each of his first six seasons as head coach, joining Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne in accomplishing that feat at Nebraska. His 60 wins trail only Osborne and Devaney on the NU wins list. Pelini joins Sirius Channel 108, XM 199 Alabama’s Nick Saban as the only head coaches in the nation to win nine or more games each of the past six seasons. Fresno State: Tim DeRuyter (Air Force, ‘85) is in his third season as head coach and owns a 20-8 record. DeRuyter has guided the Bullogs to a Mountain West title and a bowl game in each of his first two seasons, including an 11-2 record last season. Before taking over as the head coach at Fresno, DeRuyter had assistant stints at A&M, Air Force, Nevada, Ohio and Navy. Nebraska Football Nebraska is 867-357-40 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 50 all-time bowl appearances rank third nationally. w Since 1970, NU has 433 wins, 24 more than any other school. w Nebraska’s 107 football Academic All-Americans lead the nation. w The Huskers have 110 first-team All- Americans in school history.

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Nebraska-McNeese State Stat Wrap Noting Game 2...Nebraska 31, McNeese State 24 Team Stats MSU NU  Nebraska improved to 2-0 with the victory. The Huskers are now 11-0 all-time against FCS opponents, including First Downs 15 17 two victories over McNeese State (also 38-14 in 2002). Nebraska’s 2-0 start marks the sixth time in seven seasons Rushes-Yards 45-178 33-195 under Bo Pelini that Nebraska has started the season with a 2-0 record. Passes 12-26-1 16-31-1 Passing Yards 160 242  The 31-24 win marks the 10th straight win by the Huskers in a game decided by seven points or less. The streak Total Offense 338 437 3rd-Down Conversions 5-of-17 4-of-13 leads the nation and dates back to a 36-30 loss at UCLA in September of 2012. Turnovers 1 1 Penalties 6-44 5-40  Sophomore quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. rushed 11 times for a career-high 131 yards, including rushes of Time of Possession 34:52 25:08 42 and 24 yards in the first half and a 34-yard third-quarter rush. Those were the three longest runs of Armstrong’s NU Rushing Leaders career, bettering a 17-yard rush last week against Florida Atlantic. Armstrong rushed six times for 87 yards before Tommy Armstrong Jr.–11 carries, 131 yards, TD (career high) halftime. His previous career rushing high was 69 yards against Northwestern in 2013. Ameer Abdullah–17 carries, 54 yards, TD NU Passing Leader  Armstrong’s 131 rushing yards mark the first 100-yard rushing game for a Nebraska quarterback since Taylor Tommy Armstrong Jr.–16-31-1, 242 yards, 2 TD Martinez rushed for 140 yards on 19 carries in the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game against Wisconsin. NU Receiving Leaders Ameer Abdullah–3 receptions, 96 yards, TD  Jordan Westerkamp–4 receptions, 61 yards, TD Armstrong Jr. completed 16-of-31 passes for a 242 yards and two . Armstrong connected with Jordan NU Defensive Leaders Westerkamp for a 40-yard touchdown in the first quarter and with Ameer Abdullah for the game-winning 58-yard Nate Gerry–6 UT, 7 AT, 13 TT, 2-3 TFL, PBU, Hurry touchdown in the fourth quater. In the first half, Armstrong was 4-of-4 passing for 78 yards and a touchdown on Josh Banderas–3 UT, 7 AT, 10 TT, TFL third down attempts. Greg McMullen–6 UT, 3 AT, Sack, 2 TFL NU Special Teams Leader  Armstrong accounted for 373 yards of total offense, marking the second consecutive week he has accounted for Sam Foltz–51.2-yard punting average, 4 inside 20, long-61 a career high in total offensive yards. In last week’s season opener against Florida Atlantic, Armstrong accounted for De’Mornay Pierson-El–5 punt returns, 52 yards, long-25 333 yards of total offense. 2014 Big Ten Standings  Nebraska senior I-back Ameer Abdullah rushed 17 times for 54 yards and one touchdown. Abdullah also caught West Division three passes for a career-high 96 yards, including a 58-yard touchdown reception late in the fourth quarter that broke Records Team Big Ten Overall Next Game a 24-24 tie. Abdullah’s 58-yard catch alone broke his previous single-game high of 50 yards against UCLA in 2013. Illinois 0-0 2-0 at Washington Iowa 0-0 2-0 Iowa State  With his 54 rushing yards, Abdullah increased his career rushing total to 3,263 rushing yards. Abdullah is just 66 Minnesota 0-0 2-0 at TCU yards from the top five on the NU career rushing list (3,329 yards, Rex Burkhead). Nebraska 0-0 2-0 at Fresno State Wisconsin 0-0 1-1 Bowling Green 9/20  Abdullah finished the game with 184 all-purpose yards, including 90 yards in the fourth quarter on three touches. Purdue 0-0 1-1 vs. Notre Dame Northwestern 0-0 0-2 Western Illinois 9/20  Sophomore receiver Jordan Westerkamp caught a team-high four passes for 61 yards, including a 40-yard East Division touchdown in the first quarter. Through two games, Westerkamp has 11 receptions for 188 yards and two touchdowns. Records Team Big Ten Overall Next Game  Sophomore punter Sam Foltz averaged 51.2 yards on six punts, including three punts of 50 yards or more. He Maryland 0-0 2-0 West Virginia also downed three punts inside the McNeese State 10-yard line and four inside MSU’s 20. His play earned Foltz Big Penn State 0-0 2-0 at Rutgers Ten Special Teams Player-of-the-Week honors. Rutgers 0-0 2-0 Penn State Indiana 0-0 1-0 at Bowling Green  The win improved Bo Pelini’s record at Nebraska to 60-24, making him the third coach in NU history with 60 wins, Michigan 0-0 1-1 Miami (Ohio) Michigan State 0-0 1-1 Eastern Michigan 9/20 joining Tom Osborne and Bob Devaney. Ohio State 0-0 1-1 Kent State  The 98-yard return for a touchdown by McNeese State’s Aaron Sam was the second-longest against 2014 Non-Conference Opponents Nebraska in school history. Minnesota’s Gary Hohman had a 99-yard interception return for a touchdown against Team Overall Conf. Next Game Nebraska on Oct. 4, 1969. Fla. Atlantic 0-2 0-0 Tulsa McNeese St. 0-1 0-0 Prairie View A&M Fresno State 0-2 0-0 Nebraska Miami 1-1 0-0 Arkansas State Inside the Cornhuskers’ 2014 Schedule Date Opponent Time/Result TV Series Last Meeting (Site)/Notes Aug. 30 Florida Atlantic W, 55-7 BTN NU, 2-0 NU rolls for most total offensive yards in 23 years (784) and most rushing in 13 years (498) Sept. 6 McNeese State W, 31-24 ESPNU NU, 1-0 Huskers win 10th straight game decided by 7 or less/Abdullah 184 all-purpose yards Sept. 13 at Fresno State 9:30 p.m. CBSN NU, 1-0 2011, NU 42-29 (Lincoln)/Meeting will be the second in a three-game series between schools Sept. 20 Miami 7 p.m. ABC/ESPN Tied, 5-5 2002, Miami 37-14 (Pasadena)/First regular-season meeting between teams since 1976 Sept. 27 Illinois (HC) 8 p.m. BTN NU, 8-2-1 2013, NU 39-19 (Lincoln)/Huskers play host to Illini on Homecoming for second straight year Oct. 4 at Michigan State 7 p.m. ABC/ESPN NU, 7-1 2013, MSU 41-28 (Lincoln)/One of the two schools has played in first three B1G title games Oct. 18 at Northwestern 6:30 p.m. BTN NU, 5-2 2013, NU 27-24 (Lincoln)/Meetings from 2011-13 decided by a total of seven points Oct. 25 Rutgers TBA TBA NU, 1-0 1920, NU 28-0 (New York)/First meeting in 94 seasons between the schools Nov. 1 Purdue TBA TBA Series tied, 1-1 2013, NU 42-7 (W. Lafayette)/Purdue will make first-ever trip to Lincoln in 2014 Nov. 15 at Wisconsin TBA TBA Series tied, 4-4 2012, UW 70-31 (Indianapolis)/First matchup between schools as West Division opponents Nov. 22 Minnesota TBA TBA UM, 30-22-2 2013, UM 34-23 (Minneapolis)/Minnesota ended 16-game NU win streak in 2013 Nov. 28 at Iowa TBA TBA NU, 28-13-3 2013, Iowa 38-17 (Lincoln)/Huskers have won 2 of 3 Heroes Games since 2011 Dec. 6 BIG Championship 7:17 p.m. FOX NU, 0-1 Nebraska appeared in the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game as Legends Division champion

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Noting Pelini Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini Born: Dec. 13, 1967 Bo Pelini is in his seventh season as Nebraska’s head coach and owns a 60-24 record with the Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio Huskers. Pelini has won or shared four divisional titles in his first six seasons as head coach, including Wife: Mary Pat the 2012 Big Ten Legends Division crown. He guided NU to three straight Big 12 North Division crowns Children: Patrick, Kate and Caralyn from 2008 to 2010, becoming the first coach in the history of the Big 12 to win at least a share of a High School: Cardinal Mooney, 1986 division title in each of his first three years. College: Ohio State, 1990 He has guided Nebraska to at least nine wins each of his six seasons, and three 10-win seasons. Playing Experience Pelini is third on the Nebraska career victories list, trailing only Tom Osborne and Bob Devaney. 1987-90, Ohio State, free safety Pelini took charge of the Huskers after a highly successful five-year run as a collegiate defensive coordinator, including orchestrating NU’s defensive efforts in 2003. Pelini picked up his first college head coaching victory as NU’s Coaching Experience interim coach in the 2003 Alamo Bowl against Michigan State. Nebraska, 2008-present Following his one season at Nebraska, Pelini served as the co-defensive coordinator at Oklahoma in 2004, helping Head Coach the Sooners to the Big 12 title and BCS title game. He then followed with three seasons as the defensive coordinator at LSU, 2005-07 LSU. With the Tigers, Pelini led three consecutive defenses to No. 3 national rankings in total defense. He culminated defensive coordinator his time in Baton Rouge by helping the Tigers to the 2007 national championship. In addition to his five seasons as an assistant at the collegiate level, Pelini coached in the NFL for nine seasons, Oklahoma, 2004 serving three years each with the San Francisco 49ers, New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers. Pelini was a co-def. coordinator, defensive backs team captain and four-year letterman as a safety at Ohio State from 1987 to 1990. Nebraska, 2003 defensive coordinator, Pelini Stacks up Well with Peers interim head coach for Alamo Bowl In guiding Nebraska to a 60-24 record, Pelini has put himself in impressive company. 4 Among schools currently in a power conference, Pelini is just the eighth head coach in history to Green Bay Packers, 2000-02 win at least nine games in each of his first six seasons on the job at that school. The group includes three Nebraska linebackers coaches (Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne, Pelini). New England Patriots, 1997-99 4 When looking only at coaches in their first head coaching job at a major conference school, Pelini is one of only linebackers three to win nine games in each of his first six years, joining Osborne and Barry Switzer (Oklahoma). San Francisco 49ers, 1994-96 4 Pelini was among a group of 18 FBS head coaches who were hired for their jobs beginning with the 2008 season. assistant secondary Pelini leads that group of 18 head coaches in victories over the past six-plus years with 59 wins. In fact, Pelini is one of only six coaches in the group of 18 still in the job he was hired for prior to the 2008 season. Cardinal Mooney High School, 1993 quarterbacks Pelini Continues Defensive Accomplishments at Nebraska Iowa, 1991 At Nebraska, Pelini has continued his history of building championship defenses. In 2009, the Huskers led the graduate assistant nation in scoring defense and had the nation’s best scoring defensive improvement (18.1 ppg). When combining statistics since the start of the 2009 season, NU ranks second in pass efficiency defense, third in passing defense, Nebraska under Pelini 14th in total defense and 18th in scoring defense. Overall ...... 60-24 With Pelini’s previous track record, the success of his Nebraska defenses is no surprise. vs. AP Ranked Teams...... 9-14 4Pelini led the 2003 Blackshirts to a school-record 47 takeaways, including a Big 12-record 32 , and vs. AP Top 10 Teams...... 2-8 finished second nationally in scoring defense, first in pass efficiency defense and 11th in total defense. vs. Unranked Teams...... 51-10 4Pelini guided LSU defenses to No. 3 national finishes in total defense each of his three seasons in Baton Rouge. vs. Big Ten Teams...... 18-8 4In 150 games as a collegiate coach, Pelini’s defenses have posted 10 shutouts, held the opposition to seven Home...... 37-9 points or less 42 times and to 20 points or less 94 times. Road ...... 19-9 Neutral...... 4-6 Husker Staff Has Only One Change for 2014 Season In August...... 3-0 Pelini had just one change in his full-time coaching staff during the offseason. Charlton Warren joined the Huskers as In September...... 20-4 secondary coach after spending the past nine seasons at Air Force, including the past two years as defensive coordinator. In October...... 14-8 Warren worked directly with the defensive backs all nine years with the Falcons. He also earned a reputation as In November...... 19-6 the Falcons’ top recruiter and coordinated Air Force’s recruiting efforts from 2006 to 2011. In December...... 2-4 Warren joined a defensive staff led by John Papuchis, who enters his third season as defensive coordinator In January...... 2-2 and seventh year overall on the Husker staff. Ross Els in his fourth season as the linebackers coach and recruiting When Rushing for 200 or more yards...... 38-6 coordinator, while defensive line coach Rick Kaczenski enters his third year at Nebraska. When Rushing for 300 or more yards...... 16-0 On offense, Tim Beck is in his fourth season as offensive coordinator and seventh season overall on Pelini’s staff. When Passing for 200 or more yards...... 23-11 Ron Brown (running backs) and Barney Cotton (offensive line/tight ends) have also been on staff for each of Pelini’s When Passing for 300 or more yards...... 11-1 seven seasons. Rich Fisher (receivers) and John Garrison (offensive line) each enter their fourth season. When NU player rushes for 100 yards...... 44-8 When NU has two 100-yard rushers...... 9-1 2014 Nebraska Coaching Staff When NU player has 100 yards receiving...... 14-3 When Opponent has 100 Yd. Rusher...... 17-13 Offense When Scoring 35 or More Points...... 31-1 When Holding Opponent to 10 Pts. or less...... 21-2 When forcing three or more turnovers...... 17-2 When Nebraska scores first...... 45-7 When Nebraska leads at halftime...... 47-4 Tim Beck Ron Brown Barney Cotton Rich Fisher John Garrison When Nebraska trails at halftime...... 11-17 Off. Coord./QBs Running Backs Run Game Coord./OL/TE Wide Receivers Offensive Line When Nebraska is tied at halftime...... 4-2 7th Year-Press Box 7th/24th Year-Field 7th/8th Year-Press Box 4th Year-Field 4th Year-Field Games decided by 11 points or more...... 38-14 Defense Games decided by 10 or less...... 19-8 Games decided by 7 or less...... 13-8 Games decided by 3 or less...... 7-6 Overtime games...... 2-1 Strength John Papuchis Ross Els Rick Kaczenski Charlton Warren James Dobson Defensive Coordinator Linebackers/RC Defensive Line Secondary Strength Coach 7th Year-Field 4th Year-Press Box 3rd Year-Field 1st Year-Press Box 6th Year Game 3 vs. Fresno State 4 125th Season of Nebraska Football 2014 Nebraska Football Huskers.com

Scouting Fresno State Fresno State hosts its first home game of the season Saturday when it welcomes No. 21 Nebraska to Bulldog Stadium. Although FSU is 0-2 this season and has been outscored by 71 points, Fresno State has won 13 consecutive home games, the longest home winning streak in the country. The Bulldogs have averaged 46.0 points per game at home during the win streak. The Bulldogs are averaging 20.0 points through two games this season while Nebraska Cornhuskers averaging 221.5 passing yards (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten) (0-2, 0-0 Mountain West) Fresno State Facts per game and 106.0 rushing Location: Fresno, Calif. yards per contest. Marteze Nickname: Bulldogs Waller is the leading rusher, Statistical Comparison Enrollment: 21,389 carrying 31 times for 158 yards Category (per game) NEB FSU Big Ten MWC Natl. Natl. Colors: Red & Blue and two touchdowns this season. Rushing Offense 346.5 106.0 5th 12th 2nd 108th Conference: Mountain West Brandon Connette has added Stadium: Bulldog Stadium Passing Offense 264.0 221.5 7th 5th 52nd 75th 23 carries for 53 yards while Capacity: 41,031 Total Offense 610.5 327.5 1st 11th 6th 107th Series Record: Nebraska leads, 1-0 completing 23-of-41 passes Scoring Offense 43.0 20.0 1st 10th 24th 109th Head Coach: Tim DeRuyter for 245 yards. Brian Burrell has Rushing Defense 141.5 267.5 9th 11th 66th 119th Alma Mater (Year): Air Force (1985) completed 19-of-35 passes for Pass Efficiency Defense 81.64 197.25 2nd 12th 11th 123rd Record at FSU: 20-8 (third year) 198 yards and two TDs. Pass Defense 127.5 346.0 2nd 11th 14th 115th Career Record: 20-8 (third year) Josh Harper is Fresno State’s Total Defense 269.0 613.5 4th 12th 21st 123rd Record vs. Nebraska: 0-0 leading receiver with 12 catches Scoring Defense 15.5 55.5 4th 12th 29th 124th for 139 yards. Josh is the son Fresno State State Schedule of Willie Harper, who was a Net Punting 44.9 19.0 1st 7th 9th 86th Aug. 30 at USC L, 13-52 two-time All-America defensive Punt Returns 7.9 0.0 9th 10th 64th 107th Sept. 6 at Utah L, 27-59 lineman at Nebraska in 1971 Kickoff Returns 23.3 19.0 8th 7th 84th 86th Sept. 13 Nebraska 9:30 p.m. Turnover Margin 0.0 -1.5 4th 9th 55th 104th Sept. 20 Southern Utah 9 p.m. and 1972, and he was a member Sept. 26 at New Mexico 7 p.m. of the Huskers’ 1970 and 1971 Sacks 1.0 1.0 14th 8th 92nd 92nd Oct. 3 San Diego State 7 p.m. national championship teams. Tackles For Loss 5.5 7.0 10th 2nd 55th 32nd Oct. 10 at UNLV 9 p.m. Defensively, Fresno State has Sacks Allowed 0.5 4.0 1st 12th 7th 117th Oct. 17 at Boise State 7 p.m. surrendered more than 50 points Nov. 1 Wyoming TBA in each of its first two games. In Nov. 8 San Jose State 9:30 p.m. addition to allowing 55.5 points Nov. 22 at Nevada TBA Fresno State Statistical Leaders per game, the Bulldogs are Nov. 29 Hawaii 6 p.m. Rushing G Att. Yards YPC TD Avg./G allowing an average of 613.5 Marteze Waller, RB 2 31 158 5.1 2 79.0 yards per game. FSU ranks last Brandon Connette, QB 2 23 53 2.3 1 26.5 nationally in scoring defense and next-to-last in total defense. Opponents average 6.6 yards per play against the Bulldogs. Brian Burrell, QB 2 8 22 2.8 0 11.0 Passing Comp. Att. Pct. Int. Yards TD Series History Brandon Connette, QB 23 41 56.1 3 245 1 The only previous meeting between Nebraska and Fresno State came on Sept, Brian Burrell, QB 19 35 54.3 1 198 2 10, 2011 in Lincoln, when the 10th-ranked Huskers held off Fresno State, 42-29. Ameer Abdullah, then a freshman, set a school record with 211 kickoff return Receiving G No. Yards Avg. TD Avg./G yards, including a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Kenny Bell had his first career reception against Fresno State, a 42-yard grab in the second quarter. Josh Harper, WR 2 12 139 11.6 0 69.5 Malique Micenheimer, RB 2 6 42 7.0 1 21.0 Marteze Waller, RB 2 6 31 5.2 0 15.5 Fresno State Head Coach Tim DeRuyter Aaron Peck, WR 2 5 67 13.4 0 33.5 Tim DeRuyter is in his third season at Fresno State, where he has guided the Greg Watson, WR 2 3 62 20.7 2 31.0 Bulldogs to a 20-8 record. DeRuyter inherited an FSU team that went 4-9 in 2011 before he led the Bulldogs to back-to-back Mountain West championships in Tackles G UT AT TT TFL Sacks 2012 and 2013. With a pair of conference titles in his first two seasons, DeRuyter ended Fresno State’s 13-year drought without a conference championship. Last , ILB 2 11 10 21 1.0 0.0 fall, Fresno State began the season 10-0 and defeated Utah State in the Mountain Derron Smith, FS 2 9 11 20 1.0 0.0 West Championship Game. DeRuyter has taken Fresno State to a bowl game in Charles Washington, SS 2 13 6 19 0.0 0.0 each of his first two seasons. Jeff Camilli, ILB 2 8 5 13 2.5 1.0 Fresno State has been especially tough at home in DeRuyter’s first two seasons. Bryan Harper, DB 2 10 3 13 0.0 0.0 FSU is a perfect 12-0 at Bulldog Stadium under DeRuyter. Fresno State has scored at least 37 points in each of its 12 home games under DeRuyter, while averaging Punt Returns No. Yards Avg. TD Long 51.9 points per game at Bulldog Stadium the past two seasons. Fresno State has None been held under 40 points only twice in 12 home games under DeRuyter. A graduate of the Air Force Academy in 1985, DeRuyter came to Fresno State Field Goals Att. Made Pct. Blkd. Long after serving as the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Texas A&M None in 2010 and 2011. He served as defensive coordinator for his alma mater from 2007 to 2009, after coordinating the defenses at Nevada (2005-06), Ohio (2002-04 Punts No. Yards Avg. Blkd. Long and 1995-98) and Navy (1999-2000). DeRuyter also coached the Navy secondary in Garrett Swanson, K/P 14 532 38.0 0 48 2001 and was an assistant coach at Air Force from 1989 to 1992.

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800-Win Club hat o atch or his eek Nebraska is one of eight programs with 800 all-time W T W F T W victories, and NU’s 867 all-time victories are fourth NU has won its past 10 games that have Fresno State has won 13 straight home nationally. been decided by seven or fewer points, games, marking the nation’s longest 1. Michigan 911 10 13 including a 31-24 win over McNeese State. home winning streak. 2. Texas 876 Notre Dame 876 4. Nebraska 867 Huskers Celebrating 125th Season of Football 5. Ohio State 850 The 2014 season marks the 125th year of intercollegiate football at Nebraska. Since the school’s first football season 6. Oklahoma 844 in 1890, Nebraska has earned its place as one of the traditional national powers in college football. 7. Alabama 840 The Huskers have won five national championships, 43 conference championships and last year became just the third 8. Tennessee 806 school to appear in 50 bowl games. Since 1962 alone, Nebraska has produced nine or more wins in 46 of 52 seasons. Nebraska is in its 125th season of college football, and Nebraska will be celebrating its 125th season throughout 2014, most notably as part of the Homecoming festivities owns an 867-357-40 all-time record in 1,264 games (.702). on the weekend of Sept. 27, when NU takes on Illinois at Memorial Stadium. 4 Since the first season of Nebraska football in 1890, Nebraska will also honor the 20th anniversary of the 1994 national championship team. The team will gather Husker teams have won 11 or more games 12 times, for a reunion on the weekend of Sept. 19-20 when Nebraska hosts Miami at Memorial Stadium. The 1994 Huskers including seven times since 1993. capped a perfect 13-0 season with a 24-17 victory over Miami in the Orange Bowl to give Tom Osborne his first 4Nebraska has won 12 or more games seven times, including three seasons with 13 wins (1971, 1994, 1997). national championship. Nation’s Best Since ‘70 Huskers Bidding for Seventh Straight Nine-Win Season Nebraska ranks as the nation’s winningest program Nebraska posted a 9-4 record in 2013, capped by a victory over Georgia in the . The nine-win season since 1970. During the past four decades, the Huskers in 2013 was Nebraska’s sixth straight under Head Coach Bo Pelini’s leadership and put Nebraska in elite company. have compiled a 433-116-5 record, for a .786 winning » Nebraska is one of three schools that has won at least nine games each of the past six seasons, joining Alabama percentage in 554 games. NU’s 433 wins in that time period and Oregon. are 24 more than any other school. » Pelini has guided Nebraska to 10-win seasons in three of his six seasons. 1. Nebraska 432 » The six straight years with at least nine wins marks the first time NU has accomplished that since its NCAA record 2. Oklahoma 409 streak of 33 straight nine-win seasons from 1969 to 2001. 3. Ohio State 397 » Nebraska has 48 nine-win seasons in school history, including 40 since 1969. The Huskers’ 27 all-time 10-win 4. Michigan 394 seasons are third-most in college football history. 4Nebraska has 40 nine-win seasons and 24 10-win seasons since 1970. NU has posted six straight nine-win seasons for the first time since an NCAA-record 33 straight Nebraska Among Big Ten’s Best Over Past Three Seasons from 1969 to 2001. Nebraska finished 5-3 in Big Ten play in 2013 and has won 17 of 24 regular-season Big Ten games since joining 4Overall, Nebraska has 27 10-win seasons in school the conference in 2011. Nebraska is the only team in the Big Ten to have a winning conference record each of the history, the third most among all college football programs, past three seasons. Overall, Nebraska has had a winning conference record each of the past six seasons, and is one trailing only Oklahoma and Alabama. of only eight schools in the country to accomplish that feat. Nebraska’s 17 conference wins since the start of the 2011 season are the third-most regular-season Big Ten victories Most Wins Among 2008 Hiring Class in that time period. Nebraska captured the Legends Division crown and made a trip to the Big Ten Conference title Coach School Wins game in 2012. The Huskers have won 11 of their last 14 regular-season Big Ten games. Bo Pelini Nebraska 59 Paul Johnson Georgia Tech 51 Big Ten Records (2011-13) Ken Niumatalolo Navy 48 Conference Games Only Art Briles Baylor 46 3-Year Champ. Overall June Jones SMU 36 Team B1G Rec. Division Game B1G Wins David Cutcliffe Duke 33 Ohio State 19-5 13-2 0-1 19 Note: The other 12 coaches in the 2008 hiring class are no longer Michigan State 18-6 10-5 1-1 19 with the school they were hired at in 2008. Wisconsin 16-8 10-5 2-0 18 Nebraska 17-7 10-5 0-1 17 6-Year Win Total Among Penn State 16-8 11-4 -- 16 Nebraska Head Coaches Michigan 15-9 9-6 -- 15 Coach First 6 Years Wins Iowa 11-13 8-7 -- 11 Frank Solich 1998-2003 58 Northwestern 9-15 5-10 -- 9 Bo Pelini 2008-13 57* Minnesota 8-16 3-12 -- 8 Tom Osborne 1973-78 55 Purdue 7-17 5-10 -- 7 Bob Devaney 1962-67 53 Indiana 5-19 4-11 -- 5 * Entering season Illinois 3-21 2-13 -- 3 Most Coaching Wins Last Huskers Set for Road Opener Seven Seasons (2008-14) Nebraska hits the road for the first time in 2014, traveling to Fresno State for its road opener. The Huskers will be Coach School Wins looking to win their road opener for the second straight season, after winning 42-7 at Purdue in the 2013 road opener. Nick Saban Alabama 74 The Huskers’ task in Fresno will not be easy as the Bulldogs own the nation’s longest home winning streak at 13 games. Chris Peterson Boise State/Wash. 71 Last season, Nebraska ended Michigan’s home winning streak at 19 games with a 17-13 November victory. Bob Stoops Oklahoma 65 Nebraska is 3-3 in road openers under Bo Pelini, including a 2-2 mark in road openers against non-conference Les Miles LSU 63 Brian Kelly Cin./Notre Dame 62 opponents. Nebraska finished 4-1 away from home in 2013, including a 3-1 record in road games. The Huskers own Mike Gundy Oklahoma State 60 a 19-9 overall road record under Pelini. Gary Patterson TCU 59 Urban Meyer Florida/Ohio State 59 Bo Pelini Nebraska 59 Frank Beamer Virginia Tech 59 *-Includes only active college coaches in 2014

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Abdullah Game-by-Game in 2014 Huskers vs. Mountain West Game Att. Yards Avg. TD Long Nebraska will square off with a member of the for the second straight season after FAU 21 232 11.0 1 47 defeating Wyoming in the 2013 season opener in Lincoln. Nebraska has had good success against the Mountain MSU 17 54 3.2 1 19 West Conference over the years. 4 Nebraska is 33-2 all-time against current members of the Mountain West Conference, including its2011 Abdullah 100-yard Rushing Games victory over Fresno State. 2012 4 Nebraska has 2016 home games scheduled against Fresno State and fellow Mountain West Conference 16 carries, 119 yards, 2 TD at UCLA 30 carries, 167 yards, 2 TD vs. Arkansas State member Wyoming. Both of those games complete three-game series against the opponents. 19 carries, 101 yards at Northwestern 24 carries, 101 yards, TD vs. Michigan Game-Winning Touchdown Latest Addition to Abdullah’s Legacy 22 carries, 110 yards at Michigan State Senior I-back Ameer Abdullah has quickly exhibited why he is a leading candidate for the Heisman Trophy during 31 carries, 116 yards vs. Penn State the first two weeks of the 2014 season. Abdullah opened the season against Florida Atlantic with 21 carries for a 2013 career-high 232 yards and a touchdown in a 55-7 win over Florida Atlantic. His play earned him Big Ten Offensive 19 carries, 114 yards vs. Wyoming Player-of-the-Week honors for the second time in his career. 17 carries, 114 yards, 2 TD vs. Southern Miss While the numbers in the opener were impressive, Abdullah produced a signature moment against McNeese State 15 carries, 139 yards, TD vs. South Dakota State 20 carries, 225 yards, 2 TD vs. Illinois when the Huskers needed it most. With the game tied 24-24 in the final minute, Abdullah unleashed a highlight-reel 20 carries, 126 yards, TD at Purdue 58-yard catch and run for a touchdown that gave Nebraska a 31-24 victory. Abdullah finished the day with 184 all- 19 carries, 165 yards at Minnesota purpose yards, including a career-high 96 receiving yards on three receptions. 24 carries, 127 yards vs. Northwestern Abdullah entered the year as the active career leader 27 carries, 105 yards at Michigan in the FBS ranks in all-purpose yards, while ranking third 22 carries, 123 yards vs. Michigan State FBS Active Career Leaders in career rushing yards. His Big Ten-leading 1,690 rushing All-Purpose Yards 25 carries, 147 yards at Penn State yards in 2013 were the most for any returning player in 27 carries, 122 yards, TD vs. Georgia (Gator Bowl) Rk. Player, School Yards 2014 the FBS ranks. 1. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska 5,339 21 carries, 232 yards, TD vs. Florida Atlantic His 232 yards rushing against FAU ranked as the 15th-best 2. Tyler Lockett, Kansas State 4,435 rushing effort in school history, and bettered his previous 3. Jamison Crowder, Duke 4,398 Huskers With Back-to-Back career best of 225 yards against Illinois in 2013. The outing Rushing Yards marked his 18th career 100-yard rushing game, the third- Rk. Player, School Yards 1,000-Yard Rushing Seasons most in Nebraska history. Ameer Abdullah, 1,137 yards in 2012; 1,483 in 2013 1. Jahwan Edwards, Ball State 3,496 The impressive two-game start to 2014 has the Roy Helu Jr., 1,147 yards in 2009; 1,245 in 2010 2. Ameer Abdullah, Nebraska 3,263 Calvin Jones, 1,210 yards in 1992; 1,043 in 1993 Homewood, Ala., native in rare company in Nebraska history. 3. Braxton Miller, Ohio State 3,054 Derek Brown, 1,313 yards in 1991; 1,011 in 1992 4 Abdullah has become the eighth player in Nebraska 4. Jawon Chisholm, Akron 2,834 Ken Clark, 1,497 yards in 1988; 1,196 in 1989 history to top 3,000 career rushing yards and the third 5. Trayion Durham, Kent State 2,712 Doug DuBose, 1,040 yards in 1984; 1,161 in 1985 NU I-back to join that group since 2010. Abdullah has Mike Rozier, 1,689 yards in 1982; 2,148 in 1983 increased his career rushing total to 3,263 yards to move Jarvis Redwine, 1,042 yards in 1979; 1,119 in 1980 into the No. 6 spot on the Husker career rushing list. Abdullah is just 66 rushing yards from the top five on the NU Also two 1,000-yard rushing seasons (non-consecutive) career list. He would need 1,518 yards the remainder of the year to surpass Rozier’s school-record total of 4,780 Ahman Green, 1,877 yards in 1997; 1,086 in 1995 yards. NU Career Rushing Yards 4 Abdullah has topped 1,000 yards on the ground each of the past two seasons, and is one of only nine players Rk. Player, Years Yards in Nebraska history with a pair of 1,000-yard rushing seasons. Abdullah is attempting to become the first player in 1. Mike Rozier, 1981-83 4,780 Husker history with three 1,000-yard seasons. 2. Ahman Green, 1995-97 3,880 4 Abdullah’s 1,690 yards in 2013 were fourth on the NU single-season rushing list. The rushing yardage total was 3. Eric Crouch, 1998-2001 3,434 the highest by a Nebraska player since 1997. 4. Roy Helu Jr., 2007-10 3,404 4 Abdullah was the first Husker to reach 1,000 rushing yards in eight or fewer games since Ahman Green in 1997. 5. Rex Burkhead, 2009-12 3,329 4 Abdullah rushed for 100 or more yards in 11 of 13 games in 2013, including a season-high 225 yards against 6. Ameer Abdullah, 2011-present 3,263 7. Calvin Jones, 1991-93 3,153 Illinois. His 11 100-yard games tied the school record, also held by Rozier, Green and Lawrence Phillips. Abdullah 8. Ken Clark, 1987-89 3,037 rushed for 100 yards in eight straight games last season, tying the fourth-longest streak in school history. 9. Taylor Martinez, 2010-13 2,975 4 Abdullah has 18 career 100-yard rushing efforts, passing Eric Crouch (17) against FAU for the third-most in 10. I.M. Hipp, 1977-79 2,814 school history. The 18 100-yard games, trails only Rozier (26) and Green (20) on the NU career list. 4 NU Season Rushing Yards In addition to his running skills, Abdullah is a receiving threat out of the backfield. He had 26 receptions for Rk. Player, Year Yards 232 yards and two touchdowns in 2013 and has 55 career receptions. His 96 receiving yards against McNeese State 1. Mike Rozier, 1983 2,148 were a career high and the most by a Husker running back since Marlon Lucky had eight catches for 115 yards at 2. Ahman Green, 1997 1,877 Colorado in 2007. 3. Lawrence Phillips, 1994 1,722 4 Abdullah had 1,999 all-purpose yards in 2013, the No. 3 single-season total in school history. With 241 all- 4. Ameer Abdullah, 2013 1,690 purpose yards against Florida Atlantic and 184 against McNeese State, Abdullah has increased his career all-purpose 5. Mike Rozier, 1982 1,689 yardage total to 5,339 yards. He has joined Heisman winners Johnny Rodgers and Mike Rozier as the only players to -- top 5,000 career all-purpose yards and is 247 all-purpose yards from the top spot on the NU career list. 20. Ameer Abdullah, 2012 1,137 4 Abdullah has scored a total of 29 touchdowns during his Nebraska career and has reached the end zone four NU Career 100-Yard Games different ways. He has 21 career rushing touchdowns, including two in 2014, five receiving touchdowns, as well as Rk. Player, Years 100-Yd Games a punt return touchdown and a touchdown on a kickoff return. 1. Mike Rozier, 1981-83 26 2. Ahman Green, 1995-97 20 3. Ameer Abdullah, 2011-present 18 4. Eric Crouch, 1998-2001 17 NU Career All-Purpose Yards Rk. Player, Years Yards 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72 5,586 2. Mike Rozier, 1981-83 5,445 3. Ameer Abdullah, 2011-present 5,339

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Big Ten Debuts New Divisions NU Rushing Attack Pounds Owls in Opener When Nebraska joined the Nebraska has featured one of the nation’s top rushing attacks over the past several seasons and appears to have Big Ten in 2011, the conference the same ability in 2014. The Huskers were dominant on the ground in a 55-7 win over Florida Atlantic in the season began divisional play with the opener, rushing for 498 yards and averaging 8.7 yards per carry. The rushing output was Nebraska’s best under Bo Legends and Leaders divisions. Pelini and the Huskers’ best since rushing for 641 yards at Baylor in 2001. Nebraska competed in the Legends Division the past three seasons, including winning Nebraska picked up 195 rushing yards against McNeese State and is averaging 346.5 yards per game on the ground, the divisional title in 2012. good for second in the Big Ten and fifth nationally. With the addition of Maryland and Rutgers to the Big Ten, 4 Nebraska’s combined rushing output in the first two games of the season is the Huskers best through two the conference once again has a new divisional alignment. games since 2000. The Huskers averaged 389.5 rushing yards per game through two contests in 2000. This fall will mark the debut of the Big Ten East and West 4 In addition to Abdullah’s career-high rushing effort against Florida Atlantic, sophomore Terrell Newby ran for divisions. Nebraska will compete in the West along with a career-high 107 yards. The game marked the 76th time in school history Nebraska has had two or more 100-yard Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Northwestern, Purdue and rushers, and the second straight year NU has accomplished that feat in the season opener. Wisconsin. The East is comprised of Indiana, Maryland, 4 Nebraska’s 498-yard effort marked the 16th time Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State and Rutgers. under Pelini that Nebraska has rushed for at least 300 300-Yard Rushing Games Under Pelini In 2014 and 2015, the Big Ten will play an eight-game Rk. Game Yards conference schedule before moving to a nine-game league yards. The Huskers are a perfect 16-0 in those games, including a 3-0 record last season. 1. vs. McNeese State, 2014 498 slate in 2016. The next two seasons, Nebraska will play the 2. at Kansas State, 2010 451 4 other six members of the Big Ten West, as well as Michigan Nebraska has reached at least 200 rushing yards in 3. vs. Idaho State, 2012 385 State and Rutgers from the East Division. The divisional 18 games since the start of the 2012 season, including five 4. at Washington, 2010 383 winners will meet in the Big Ten Championship Game at times in 2013. Nebraska was 5-0 when rushing for at least 5. vs. Wyoming, 2013 375 Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Dec. 6, 2014. 200 yards last season. 6. vs. Idaho, 2010 360 4 In 2013, Nebraska finished third in the Big Ten and 7. vs. Arkansas State, 2012 347 Husker Run Game Continues to 19th nationally in rushing, averaging 215.7 yards per 8. at Minnesota, 2011 346 game. The 2013 rushing success continued Nebraska’s 9. at Kansas State, 2008 340 Pound Season-Opening Foes 10. vs. South Dakota State, 2013 335 Nebraska exploded for 498 rushing yards vs. FAU, marking recent surge on the ground. Nebraska has averaged better the second straight year NU rushed for at least 375 yards in vs. Illinois, 2013 335 than 200 rushing yards per game for four straight seasons, 12. at Wyoming, 2011 333 the season opener. Over the past six openers, the Huskers and has ranked in the top 20 nationally each year from have rushed for at least 229 yards in each game. 13. vs. New Mexico State, 2008 330 2010 to 2013. NU led the Big Ten in rushing in 2012, and 4 The Huskers have averaged 321.3 rushing yards per 14. vs. Missouri, 2010 328 game in the past six season openers. topped the Big 12 in rushing offense in 2010. 15. at Michigan State, 2012 313 4 Nebraska’s 335 rushing yards against Illinois in 2013 16. vs. Washington, 2011 309 Big Ten Conference POW Nominees marked its second-highest total in a Big Ten Conference Game Offense Defense Sp. Teams Frosh game and its most since rushing for 346 yards at Minnesota in 2011. FAU Abdullah McMullen Brown Brown 4 With Abdullah posting 1,690 rushing yards in 2013, Nebraska has had a 1,000-yard rusher each of the past five MSU Abdullah -- Foltz -- seasons. That is the longest stretch for NU since the Huskers had at least one 1,000-yard rusher from 1991 to 1995. FSU MIAMI ILL NU Running Backs are Among Nation’s Top Returning Groups MSU Led by Abdullah, Nebraska’s returning group of I-backs for the 2014 season was regarded as one of the nation’s NW top position groups. Coming into the season, four returning I-backs combined to rush for 2,459 yards in 2013. That RU group included Abdullah (1,690 yards), junior Imani Cross (447), sophomore Terrell Newby (298) and sophomore PUR walk-on Graham Nabity (24). WIS 4 The 2,459 rushing yards by Nebraska’s running backs were the third-most returning rushing yards for any group MINN of running backs in the country. Army led the way with 2,520 yards, followed by Alabama (2,485) and Nebraska. IOWA 4 When including all positions, Nebraska returned 2,699 rushing yards from 2013, the sixth most in the nation. Bold indicates winner Returning Rushing Yards, RB Only Husker Honors/Watch Lists Rank School Yards Ameer Abdullah, Senior, IB 1. Army 2,520 Doak Walker Award Watch List 2. Alabama 2,485 Walter Camp Award Watch List 3. Nebraska 2,459 Hornung Award Watch List 4. UL-Lafayette 2,214 Maxwell Award Watch List 5. Wisconsin 2,164 Big Ten Preseason Player to Watch AFCA Good Works Team Watch List Returning Rushing Yards, All Players Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (vs. Florida Atlantic) Rank School Yards Paul Hornung Award Weekly Honor Roll (vs. McNeese St.) 1. Navy 3,575 Kenny Bell, Senior, WR 2. Army 3,471 Biletnikoff Award Watch List 3. BYU 3,403 Hornung Award Watch List 4. Oregon 2,884 Randy Gregory, Junior, DE 5. Auburn 2,717 Ted Hendricks Award Watch List 6. Nebraska 2,699 Lott Trophy Watch List Walter Camp Award Watch List Nagurski Trophy Watch List Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List Chuck Bednarik Watch List Corey Cooper, Senior, S Lott Trophy Watch List Mark Pelini, Senior, C Rimington Trophy Watch List Sam Foltz, Sophomore, P Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week (vs. McNeese St.) College Football Performance Punter of Week (vs. McNeese St.)

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2014 Offense Game-by-Game Offense Rolls to Record Numbers Against Florida Atlantic Rushing Nebraska’s offensive output against Florida Atlantic sent media and statisticians thumbing through the record Game Att. Yds. TD Long books. Nebraska’s 784 total offensive yards ranked as the fifth-highest total in school history and the most by a FAU 57 498 5 47 Husker team since 787 yards in the 1991 season opener against Utah State. MSU 33 195 2 42 Despite ranking fifth on the NU career total offense list, Nebraska’s 784-yard output ranked as the most total offensive yards by a Big Ten team in modern conference history, bettering the previous record of 763 yards by Passing Purdue against Indiana in 2004. Game Passes Yds. TD Long Sacks Nebraska posted 437 total offense yards in a 31-24 victory over McNeese State and is averaging 610.5 yards of FAU 17-35-0 286 2 63 0-0 total offense through two games. That total ranks first in the Big Ten and sixth nationally. MSU 16-31-1 242 2 58 1-2 4 Nebraska’s two-game offensive output ranks in the top 20 in successive games in school history and is the most NU 100-yard Rushing Games in 2014 for the Huskers since gaining 1,312 combined yards in the final two games of 2007 vs. Kansas State and Colorado. Ameer Abdullah–21 carries, 232 yards, TD vs. FAU 4The 1,221 yards of total offense is the Huskers’ best through two games since opening the 1995 season with a Terrell Newby–16 carries, 107 yards, 2 TD vs. FAU combined 1,337 yards against Oklahoma State and Michigan State. Tommy Armstrong Jr.–11 carries, 131 yards, TD vs. McNeese St. 4 The 784 yards of total offense against Florida Atlantic were the second-most in a season opener against an FBS opponent over the past seven years. Only Arizona’s output last weekend topped the Huskers’ offensive explosion. Nebraska Total Offense Stats 4 Through two games Nebraska ranks first in the Big Ten in scoring at 43.0 points per game. Year Total Offense 2001 451.2 5,000/3,000/2,000 2002 373.1 Seniors Ameer Abdullah and Kenny Bell have been linked throughout their Nebraska careers as leaders and 2003 345.0 playmakers for the Husker offense. Fittingly, the duo hit some significant milestones on the same afternoon in the 2004 363.2 season opener against Florida Atlantic. 2005 320.3 4 2006 414.6 Abdullah cracked the 5,000-yard mark in career all-purpose yardage with a 241-yard effort. His career total of 2007 468.3 5,339 yards ranks third on the NU list, trailing only Heisman winners Johnny Rodgers (5,586) and Mike Rozier (5,445). 2008 450.8 4 Abdullah’s 232 yards rushing were a career high and his second 200-yard game in his NU career. The total also 2009 322.8 pushed him past 3,000 career rushing yards, joining seven other Huskers. 2010 398.1 4 Bell recorded his fourth career 100-yard receiving game with four catches for 116 yards, including a 63-yard 2011 379.9 reception. Bell has increased his career total to 2,031 receiving yards, becoming the third Husker to reach 2,000 2012 460.8 career receiving yards, joining Johnny Rodgers (2,479) and Nate Swift (2,476). 2013 412.4 2014 610.5 Bell Poised to Move to Top of NU Receiving Lists Receiver Kenny Bell has been a regular in the starting lineup Nebraska Scoring Offense Stats NU Career Receptions Year Scoring Offense the past four seasons and is in position to break the Husker career records for receptions and receiving yards. Rk. Player, Years Catches 2001 37.4 1. Nate Swift, 2005-08 166 2002 27.4 In the season opener, Bell showed his play-making ability 2. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72 143 2003 24.8 catching four passes for 116 yards, including a 63-yard reception. 3. Kenny Bell, 2011-present 139 2004 25.0 The 100-yard outing marked the fourth of Bell’s Nebraska career. 2005 24.7 Bell had one catch against McNeese State before leaving with NU Career Receiving Yards 2006 30.6 a groin injury, but he is expected to play against Fresno State. Rk. Player, Years Yards 2007 33.4 Bell battled through nagging injuries as a junior to lead Nebraska 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72 2,479 2008 35.4 2. Nate Swift, 2005-08 2,476 with 52 receptions for 577 yards and four touchdowns. His play 3. Kenny Bell, 2011-present 2,031 2009 25.1 earned the 6-1, 185-pound Bell honorable-mention All-Big Ten 2010 30.9 accolades after he was a second-team choice as a sophomore NU Career TD Receptions 2011 29.2 in 2012. Rk. Player, Years TD 2012 34.8 Bell now has 139 career catches for a total of 2,031 receiving 1. Johnny Rodgers, 1970-72 25 2013 31.9 2. Nate Swift, 2005-08 22 yards. His 139 catches rank third in school history, after passing 2014 43.0 3. Maurice Purify, 2006-07 16 both Marlon Lucky and Terrence Nunn against Florida Atlantic. 4. Kenny Bell, 2011-present 15 Nebraska Rushing Offense Stats Bell is now 27 catches behind career record holder Nate Swift, Jon Bostick, 1989-91 15 Year Rushing Offense and just four receptions behind Johnny Rodgers for the No. 2 spot Quincy Enunwa, 2010-13 15 2001 314.7 on the list. Bell’s 2,031 career receiving yards rank third in school 2002 268.7 history. He sits 448 yards from Johnny Rodgers’ school-record NU Season TD Receptions Rk. Player, Year TD 2003 235.6 2,479 career receiving yards. 1. Quincy Enunwa, 2013 12 2004 176.3 4 Bell has led Nebraska in receptions for each of the past 2005 96.0 2. Johnny Rodgers, 1971 11 three seasons, becoming the first player to do so since Matt 2006 170.5 3. Nate Swift, 2008 10 2007 144.4 Davison from 1998 to 2000. In 2014, Bell could become the first 4. Maurice Purify, 2007 9 2008 169.8 player in school history to lead the team in receptions for four 5. Kenny Bell, 2012 8 2009 147.1 straight seasons. 4 others tied 8 2010 247.6 4 Bell has topped 50 receptions each of the past two years 2011 217.2 NU Season Receptions and could become the first player in Nebraska history with Rk. Player, Year Catches 2012 253.4 three seasons of 50 or more receptions. 1. Marlon Lucky, 2007 75 2013 215.7 4 Bell has 15 career TD catches to rank in a tie for fourth 2. Nate Swift, 2008 63 2014 346.5 in school history. Bell has a knack for the big play. Each of his 3. Todd Peterson, 2008 62 last 13 touchdown receptions have covered at least 20 yards, 4. Maurice Purify, 2007 57 including all four of his TD catches in 2013. 5. Johnny Rodgers, 1972 55 6. Johnny Rodgers, 1971 53 7. Kenny Bell, 2013 52 8. Quincy Enunwa, 2013 51 9. Kenny Bell, 2012 50 10. Nate Swift, 2005 45

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Armstrong Game-by-Game in 2014 4 Bell was also a strong threat in the kickoff return game in 2013. He averaged 26.5 yards per return, highlighted Rushing Passing by a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown at Penn State. Bell ranked first in the Big Ten and 18th nationally in yards Game Att. Yards TD Lg C-A-I Yds. TD Lg per kickoff return. This season he is a regular as both a kickoff and punt returner. FAU 7 62 1 17 15-29-0 271 2 63 4 Bell had a standout sophomore season with 863 receiving yards, the fourth-highest single-season total in NU MSU 11 131 1 42 16-31-1 242 2 58 history and the most by a Husker sophomore. 4 Bell had a streak of 23 straight games with a catch end at Iowa in 2012, the third-longest streak in NU history. 2014 Game-by-Game 4 Bell reached the 1,000-yard career receiving mark in 20 games, making him the second-fastest Husker to Rushing Defense reach that mark. Only Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers reached 1,000 career receiving yards in fewer games. Bell hit 2,000 career yards in his 41st career game. Game Att. Yds. TD Long FAU 30 105 0 14 MSU 45 178 2 26 Armstrong Continuing Winning Ways in 2014 Nebraska sophomore quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. is off to a strong start in 2014, showing the ability to Passing Defense hurt opposing defenses with both his arm and legs. Armstrong has bettered his career high in total offense each of Game Passes Yds. TD Long Sacks the first two weeks, first rolling up 333 yards of total offense against Florida Atlantic, followed by 373 yards against FAU 11-30-0 95 1 20 1-9 McNeese State. MSU 12-26-1 160 0 40 1-2 4 Armstrong has posted his top two passing yardage games of his NU career in the first two weeks. He opened Sacks/TFL with 271 yards against Florida Atlantic, followed by a 242-yard effort against McNeese State. 4 Armstrong has looked very sharp in the running game. Against McNeese State, he rushed 11 times for a Game Sacks Yds. TFL Yards FAU 1 9 6 19 career-high 131 yards, the first 100-yard effort by a Husker quarterback since Taylor Martinez in the 2012 Big Ten MSU 1 2 5 10 Championship Game. Armstrong is averaging and impressive 10.7 yards per carry. Against McNeese State, he had the three longest runs of his career, including a career-long 42-yard rush. Turnover Margin 4 Armstrong has shown the ability to effectively lead the Nebraska offense since being pushed into action Turnovers Takeaways at mid-season in 2013. The Cibolo, Texas native has a 9-1 record as a starter and will look for his 10th victory at Game Fumb. INT Total Fumb. INT Total +/- Fresno State this Saturday. FAU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MSU 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 Blackshirts Continuing Momemtum From 2013 Late-Season Surge Penalties The Nebraska defense has looked strong through two games, holding Florida Atlantic and McNeese State in check NU Opponent in posting two victories. Through two games, the Huskers are allowing an average of 269.0 yards per game to rank Game Pen. Yds. Pen. Yds. fourth in the Big Ten and 21st nationally. FAU 6 60 3 22 4The Blackshirts have excelled against the pass, allowing opponents to complete just 41.1 percent of their passes, MSU 5 40 6 44 the fourth-best pass defense mark in the country. Nebraska ranks 14th in the nation in passing yards allowed and 11th in the country in pass efficiency defense. 4The Blackshirts’ play early in the season is a continuation of a strong second half to the 2013 campaign. After Nebraska Extends Season-Opening struggling in the season’s first four games of 2013, Nebraska was among the Big Ten’s top defenses in conference Win Streak play. In fact, over the past 11 games, Nebraska has held the opposition to less than 350 yards of total offense six Nebraska won its season opener for the 29th straight year times, including four games of less than 300 yards. with a dominant 55-7 victory over Florida Atlantic. The victory 4Opponents have completed just 47.9 percent of their passes since the start of Big Ten Conference play last season. was NU’s 29th consecutive season-opening win, five better than Florida’s 24 straight wins in a season opener. Nebraska has scored at least 37 points in each of its seven No Passing Zone season openers under Coach Bo Pelini, and has scored 40 Nebraska’s Blackshirt defense has been among the nation’s best since Bo Pelini took over as head coach in 2008. or more points in 21 of the past 29 seasons. During the win Nowhere is that more evident than in the Huskers’ stingy pass defense. streak, NU has limited opponents to 14 points or less 19 times When combining defensive numbers since the start of the 2009 season, Nebraska ranks second nationally in pass and has won 28 of the 29 games by nine points or more. efficiency defense, trailing only Alabama. When looking at passing yards allowed per game, the Huskers are third behind only Alabama and Florida. 4In the first two games, the 2014 Blackshirts showed the same knack for making life difficult for opposing passers. Opposing quarterbacks have completed only 23-of-56 passes for 255 yards. Nebraska ranks 14th nationally in passing yards allowed and 11th in pass efficiency defense. 4In Big Ten Conference games last season, Nebraska led the league in opponent pass completion percentage, with Husker foes connecting on just 48.6 percent of their passes. Wisconsin was next best in that category at 52.1 percent opponent completion percentage. For all games, Nebraska ranked third in the Big Ten in opponent completion percentage at 54.1 percent. 4Nebraska led the nation in opponent pass completion percentage in 2012, and was first in the nation in pass efficiency defense in 2009. In addition to the success in passing defense, Nebraska ranks 14th in total defense over the past five seasons and is 18th nationally in scoring defense.

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Nebraska Football Facts Gregory Set to Lead Blackshirts Team Nebraska defensive end Randy Gregory immediately showed he was one of the Big Ten’s top newcomers in Season of Football...... 125th 2013. By season’s end, Gregory reached another level and was one of the nation’s top overall defenders. National Championships ...... 5 Gregory was a first-team All-Big Ten choice for his play and was also named the Nebraska Team Defensive MVP Back-to-Back National Championship Seasons...... 2 in his first season in the program. He is in line to contend for national honors in 2014. Undefeated Seasons...... 11 Gregory was limited to a few snaps in the season opener before leaving for the day with a minor knee injury. Perfect Seasons...... 9 Gregory had a procedure on the knee on Aug. 31 and missed the McNeese State contest but is hopeful of returning Total Conference Championships...... 43 All-Time Games Played...... 1,264 against Fresno State. All-Time Record...... 867-357-40 (.702) The 6-6 Gregory led the Big Ten with 10.5 sacks for 69 yards in losses. Gregory’s 0.8 sacks per game ranked 15th National Ranking in All-Time Wins...... 4th nationally. Gregory was at his best in conference play, with nine of his sacks coming in Big Ten action. Gregory’s nine All-Time Bowl Appearances...... 50 sacks in conference play were 2.5 more than any other Big Ten defender. National Ranking in Bowl Appearances...... 3rd Gregory had a season-high three sacks at Michigan and added 2.5 sacks against Purdue, with one of those resulting All-Time Bowl Record...... 25-25 in a safety. Gregory had at least one sack in six Big Ten games, including five straight games from the Purdue through Home Games Played...... 686 Michigan State contests. He closed the year with a sack and two tackles for loss in the Gator Bowl victory over Georgia. Home Games Record...... 524-142-20 (.778) Gregory finished with a team-leading 19 TFL for 101 yards in losses and had a team-high 18 hurries, including Memorial Stadium Games Played...... 531 Memorial Stadium Record...... 399-119-13 (.764) four against Michigan State. He added an interception return for a touchdown against South Dakota State and also Consecutive Home Winning Seasons...... 45 recovered a and forced a fumble. Consecutive Home Sellouts...... 335 Gregory was a dominant force at Michigan, keying a Blackshirt defense that recorded seven sacks and limited Record in Sellout Streak...... 289-46 Michigan to -21 rushing yards. Gregory had three sacks for 14 yards in losses, including a key sack on the Wolverines’ vs. Ranked Teams...... 43-26 final offensive possession. He added a 10-yard tackle for loss. Gregory’s play was recognized as he was the co-Big All-Time Record in August...... 13-0-0 (1.000) Ten Defensive Player of the Week. All-Time Record in September...... 165-39-6 (.800) 4 Gregory’s 10.5 sacks were the most ever for a Nebraska newcomer, while his 9.0 sacks in league games were All-Time Record in October...... 354-134-19 (.717) All-Time Record in November...... 299-151-15 (.659) just one shy of the most ever by a NU player in a conference season. Jim Skow had 10.0 sacks in seven Big Eight All-Time Record in December...... 21-12-0 (.636) games in 1985. All-Time Record in January...... 14-21-0 (.400) 4 The 10.5 sacks by Gregory ranked ninth on the NU single-season chart, while his 19 tackles for loss tied for All-Time Record in February...... 1-0-0 (1.000) ninth, matching the total of Ndamukong Suh from his junior season in 2008. Since 1962...... 501-134-5 Away...... 343-211-20 Road (on campus)...... 300-167-17 Huskers Look to Continue Tradition as Kicker U. Neutral Sites...... 42-45-3 Nebraska is breaking in a new place-kicker for the second straight season. True freshman Drew Brown earned vs. Big Ten Teams...... 98-76-10 the starting job after a strong fall camp, and is pushed by junior Mauro Bondi. In Big Ten Action (beginning 2011)...... 17-8 Both Brown and Bondi have been solid to open the season. Brown connected on a 44-yard field goal and all six of Home...... 9-3 his PAT attempts in the opener against Florida Atlantic, before adding a 31-yard field goal and hitting all four PATs Away...... 8-4 vs. McNeese State. Bondi hit a 45-yard field goal and made NU’s final PAT in the season opener. Neutral...... 0-1 Last year, senior Pat Smith transferred from Western Illinois and proceeded to connect on 12-of-13 field goals. Smith’s When Scoring 35+ Points...... 349-5 success in 2013 continued a recent tradition of Nebraska boasting remarkable success in the field goal department. When Allowing 10 or Less Points...... 248-7-1 4 In Overtime...... 7-1 Since Alex Henery took over as the starting place-kicker in 2007, Husker kickers have connected on 124-of-144 At Night...... 84-35-3 field-goal attempts (.861). vs. Ranked Teams... 4 Nebraska kickers in the same seven-season stretch have missed just four field goals from inside 40 yards, All-Time...... 102-121-3 connecting on 77-of-81 attempts in that range, a remarkable 95.1 percent accuracy rate. Home...... 47-38-0 4 Eleven of the 20 field goal misses since 2007 have come on attempts of 50 yards or longer. Away...... 32-62-3 Neutral...... 23-21-0 as No. 1 Team...... 46-7-1 Huskers Show Ability to Rally; Win Close Games Nebraska’s 31-24 victory over McNeese State was the Huskers’ latest victory in a tight game. Nebraska has now Individual won 10 straight games decided by seven or fewer points, dating back to the 2012 season. The 10 straight wins is the College Football Hall of Fame Players...... 15 longest streak in the FBS ranks. College Football Hall of Fame Coaches...... 6 The Huskers posted a 5-0 record in 2013 in games decided by seven or fewer points, including four close wins after First-Team All-Americans...... 110 Nov. 1. The Huskers posted three close Big Ten wins against Northwestern (3 points), Michigan (4 points) and Penn CoSIDA Academic All-Americans*...... 107 State (3 points, OT). Nebraska also posted a three-point victory over Wyoming in the season opener, and finished NCAA Top Ten Award Winners*...... 9 the 2013 season with a five-point win over Georgia in the Gator Bowl. Heisman Trophy Winners...... 3 Walter Camp Award Winners...... 3 4 Nebraska rallied from a 21-7 deficit for a win against Northwestern last season. That game marked Nebraska’s Maxwell Trophy Winners...... 1 fifth win in Big Ten play over the last two seasons when trailing by double digits. Nebraska also rallied from double- Outland Trophy Winners*...... 9 figure deficits for conference wins in 2012 against Wisconsin (17 points), Northwestern (12 points), Michigan State Lombardi Trophy Winners...... 5 (10 points) and Penn State (14 points). Butkus Award Winners...... 1 4 Nebraska won six Big Ten games in 2012 and 2013 after trailing in the fourth quarter, including three in 2013 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Winners...... 1 (Northwestern, Michigan and Penn State). Nebraska also trailed Northwestern, Michigan State and Penn State in Davey O’Brien Award Winners...... 1 the fourth quarter before winning in 2012. Rimington Award Winners...... 1 Bednarik Award Winners...... 1 Nagurski Trophy Winners...... 1 10-Game Win Streak in Games Decided by 7 or Less Retired Jerseys...... 17 Date Opponent Result Note Retired Numbers...... 2 9-29-2012 Wisconsin W, 30-27 Nebraska trailed by 17 points twice in game All-Conference Selections...... 512 10-20-2012 at Northwestern W, 29-28 Nebraska trailed by 12 points with less than seven minutes remaining *Total leads the nation 11-3-2012 at Michigan State W, 28-24 Huskers scored winning touchdown with six seconds remaining 11-23-2012 at Iowa W, 13-7 8-31-2013 Wyoming W, 37-34 NU Streaks...The Huskers have... 11-2-2013 Northwestern W, 27-24 Huskers win on Hail Mary on game’s final play 4 won 99 straight when rushing for 400 yards 11-9-2013 at Michigan W, 17-3 NU drives for winning score with just over two minutes remaining 4 scored in 230 consecutive games 11-23-2013 at Penn State W, 23-20 (ot) Huskers improved to 7-1 all-time in overtime games 4 scored in 299 straight home games 1-1-2014 vs. Georgia W, 24-19 4 shut out opponents 105 times 9-6-2014 McNeese State W, 31-24 Huskers score winning touchdown with 20 seconds remaining

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National Rankings Five Huskers Named Captains Associated Press (Sept. 9) Five Nebraska seniors have been selected as captains for the 2014 season. The group includes three offensive No. Team (1st) Record Points players in I-back Ameer Abdullah, receiver Kenny Bell and offensive guard Jake Cotton. The defense is represented 1. Florida State (38) 2-0 1,463 by Josh Mitchell and safety Corey Cooper. 2. Oregon (16) 2-0 1,415 The players come from five different states including Nebraska (Cotton), Alabama (Abdullah), Colorado (Bell), 3. Alabama (1) 2-0 1,334 Illinois (Cooper) and (Mitchell). Cooper and Cotton have already earned their undergraduate degrees, while 4. Oklahoma (2) 2-0 1,303 Abdullah, Bell and Mitchell are all on track to graduate this December. As a group, the five captains have combined 5. Auburn 2-0 1,236 for 100 career starts heading into the 2014 season. 6. Georgia (1) 1-0 1,201 This marks the second consecutive season Nebraska has elected season-long captains after choosing game captains 7. Texas A&M (2) 2-0 1,101 during Bo Pelini’s first five seasons as head coach. 8. Baylor 2-0 1,043  Abdullah is just the eighth player in school history to be a two-time team captain, including five under Bo Pelini 9. USC 2-0 1,039  Cotton’s selection marks the ninth straight year a Nebraska native has been a captain, including five Lincoln natives. 10. LSU 2-0 1,029  The selection of two defensive backs as captains marks the first time NU has had two captains from the same 11. Notre Dame 2-0 815 12. UCLA 2-0 779 position group since defensive linemen Zach Potter and Ty Steinkuhler in 2008. Nebraska last had a pair of defensive 13. Michigan State 1-1 751 backs serve as captains in the same year in 1999, when Mike Brown and Ralph Brown were captains. 14. Ole Miss 2-0 703 15. Stanford 1-1 592 Husker Senior Class Making the Grade 16. Arizona State 2-0 570 Nebraska has a long history of academic success, and the 2014 team is poised to carry on that tradition. Nebraska 17. Virginia Tech 2-0 532 leads the nation in academic All-Americans in football with 107 all-time first- or second-team selections. Nebraska 18. Wisconsin 1-1 391 also leads the way across all sports with 314 academic All-Americans. 19. Kansas State 2-0 285 Nebraska has had 11 academic All-Americans in Bo Pelini’s six seasons as head coach, the second-most in the 20. Missouri 2-0 237 nation in that time period. 21. Louisville 2-0 234 4 All 13 members of Nebraska’s 2014 senior class have already graduated or are on track to earn their degree 22. Ohio State 1-1 222 by the completion of the fall semester. 23. Clemson 1-1 206 4Among the group, safety Corey Cooper earned his degree in May, while linebacker Zaire Anderson and 24. South Carolina 1-1 199 25. BYU 2-0 179 offensive guard Jake Cotton graduated in August. The other 10 members of the class are on pace to graduate this December. Junior Kevin Williams was also among the August graduates. USA Today Coaches (Sept. 9) The 2014 senior class is reflective of the academic commitment of Pelini’s previous senior classes. Among his first No. Team (1st) Record Points six senior classes, 122 of 132 players have earned their degrees. 1. Florida State (51) 2-0 1,529 Nebraska was also one of only 13 Football Bowl Subdivision programs to earn Public Recognition for high 2. Alabama (1) 2-0 1,435 achievement in the Academic Progress Rate (APR). The Huskers ranked in the top 10 percent nationally among FBS 3. Oklahoma (3) 2-0 1,408 schools. NU was joined by Wisconsin and Northwestern of the Big Ten, along with incoming Big Ten member Rutgers. 4. Oregon (6) 2-0 1,407 5. Auburn 2-0 1,312 2014 Husker Roster Represents All Parts of United States 6. Georgia (1) 1-0 1,209 Nebraska’s 2014 roster is again one of the most geographically diverse rosters in the country. The roster features 7. Baylor 2-0 1,135 players from 25 states as well as Canada. Only Army and Navy have more states represented on their 2014 rosters 8. Texas A&M 2-0 1,090 than Nebraska. 9. LSU 2-0 1,034 Homestate Huskers dominate the roster with 70 players from Nebraska on the 2014 team. Texas provides Nebraska 10. USC 2-0 999 with its second-most players with 12 members of the 2014 team from the Lone Star state. Five other states have at 11. Notre Dame 2-0 858 12. UCLA 2-0 812 least five players on the roster, including Illinois (7), Ohio (7), California (6), Florida (6), and Louisiana (6). 13. Michigan State 1-1 716 Nebraska’s recent recruiting classes are reflective of the Huskers’ national approach to recruiting. The 24-player 14. Arizona State 2-0 646 recruiting class in 2014 represented 13 states, including four players from Louisiana and three each from Texas, 15. Ole Miss 2-0 609 Nebraska and Florida. In fact, over the past four years, Nebraska’s recruiting classes have included players from 25 16. Stanford 1-1 585 states, as well as Canada. 17. Wisconsin 1-1 409 4 The Huskers have continued to make Texas recruiting a priority. Nebraska signed four players from Texas in 18. Ohio State 1-1 402 February, marking the seventh straight year NU has had at least two players from the state. Pelini’s first seven recruiting 19. Virginia Tech 1-1 349 classes at Nebraska have included 37 signees from the Lone Star state. 20. Kansas State 2-0 333 4 Nebraska signed three players from the Florida prep ranks for the second straight year. Prior to 2013, Nebraska 21. NEBRASKA 2-0 310 had never signed more than two high school players from Florida in a single recruiting class. 22. Missouri 2-0 281 In addition to the talented class of scholarship signees, Nebraska added 23 walk-on prospects to the program. 23. South Carolina 1-1 232 The group of walk-ons included 20 in-state players and three out-of-state standouts. Nebraska has continued to 24. Clemson 1-1 212 make the walk-on program a major priority under Pelini’s direction. The Husker program has added more than 130 25. North Carolina 2-0 129 walk-ons in seven seasons. Pelini had put 33 former walk-ons on scholarship during his first seven seasons in Lincoln, including the addition of receivers Sam Burtch and Brandon Reilly, punter Sam Foltz and offensive tackle Alex Lewis Huskers in the 2014 Polls since the start of the 2014 spring semester. Date AP C Playoff Results Pre. 22 22 -- def. Florida Atlantic, 55-7 2014 Schedule Features Seven Bowl Teams 9-2 19 18 -- def. McNeese State, 31-24 In 2014, Nebraska will face seven teams that participated in bowl games a year ago. The Huskers opened with 9-9 RV 21 -- Florida Atlantic and McNeese State at home, before hitting the road for the first time in 2014 Saturday with a trip to Fresno State. The Fresno State game is the first of five straight prime-time contests for the Huskers. Nebraska closes non-conference play against Miami on Sept. 20 in Lincoln. The game will feature programs that combined for eight national championships from 1983 to 2001. The Huskers open Big Ten action with Homecoming against Illinois on Sept. 27, followed by prime-time road games at defending Big Ten champion Michigan State on Oct. 4 and at Northwestern on Oct. 18. Nebraska will welcome both Rutgers (Oct. 25) and Purdue (Nov. 1) to Lincoln for the first time on back-to-back weekends. The stretch run of the 2014 season will feature road trips to Wisconsin (Nov. 15) and Iowa (Nov. 28) sandwiched around the home finale against Minnesota on Nov. 22.

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Stanton Presented Nebraska Continues NCAA Record Sellout Streak in 2014 Sullivan Scholarship One of the most remarkable streaks in collegiate sports passed its 50th anniversary in 2012. Nebraska has sold Redshirt freshman quaterback Johnny Stanton was out every game at Memorial Stadium since Nov. 3, 1962, and the streak now stands at 335 games heading into the presented with the George Sullivan Endowed Scholarship Huskers’ Sept. 20 home game against Miami. before the start of the Florida Atlantic game. The scholarship, NU celebrated the 300th consecutive sellout at Memorial Stadium on Sept. 26, 2009, against Louisiana-Lafayette, presented by the Touchdown Club and friends, is named in with a then-stadium record crowd of 86,304. Notre Dame is second in all-time consecutive sellouts with 239, 96 honor of George Sullivan, who served as NU’s head athletic fewer than the Huskers. Nebraska established a new stadium record for attendance against UCLA on Sept. 14, 2013, trainer from 1977 to 1995 and as an assistant athletic trainer with a crowd of 91,471. The crowd ranked as the 10th-largest to see any Nebraska game. NU’s crowd of 91,441 for and head physical therapist from 1953 to 1977. the 2014 season opener against Florida Atlantic was the second biggest in stadium history. Stanton, is a nutrition science/pre-medicine major, and carries better than a 3.5 grade-point average after his first year on campus. A native of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., Huskers Own Big Advantage at Memorial Stadium Stanton earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Nebraska has rewarded the loyalty of its fans with Roll each of his first two semesters in Lincoln. great success at Memorial Stadium through the years. Huskers’ Top 10 Home Crowds The scholarship was fully endowed in Sullivan’s honor in 4 Nebraska has won at least six home games in 22 No. Attend. Opponent Date 2008 by the Touchdown Club of Nebraska, Inc., and many of the past 28 seasons. Nebraska is 155-23 (.871) at 1. 91,471 UCLA (L, 41-21) Sept. 14, 2013 former Husker student-athletes graciously contributed to the home in the last 26 seasons (since 1989). 2. 91,441 Florida Atlantic (W, 55-7) Aug. 30, 2014 fund. The scholarship is presented annually to a “Nebraska 3. 91,260 Iowa (L, 17-38) Nov. 29, 2013 varsity football student-athlete who has demonstrated a high 4 Nebraska finished 7-0 at home in 2012 and is 4. 91,185 Wyoming (W, 37-34) Aug. 31, 2013 level of athletic and academic achievement, with a strong 26-5 at home the past four-plus seasons. Nebraska’s 5. 91,140 Northwestern (W, 27-24) Nov. 2, 2013 commitment to community, effective leadership skills, a perfect home season in 2012 was its first since 2001. 6. 91,082 McNeese St. (W, 31-24) Sept. 6, 2014 high degree of integrity, and commitment to excellence in 4The Huskers are 9-3 in Big Ten home games since all endeavors.” Preference is given to student-athletes who 7. 90,872 Michigan St. (L, 41-28) Nov. 16, 2013 joining the league in 2011. 8. 90,614 So. Dakota St. (2, 59-20) Sept. 21, 2013 intend to pursue a career in a health-related field. 4 During Nebraska’s run of success at home in the 9. 90,466 So. Miss (W, 56-13) Sept. 7, 2013 past three decades, NU has had three home winning 10. 90,458 Illinois (W, 39-19) Oct. 5, 2013 Nebraska Football Hall of Fame streaks of 20 or more games, and overall has posted Adds New Members 41 unbeaten and untied home seasons. Largest Crowds To See Nebraska Play Nebraska’s all-time leading tacklerBarrett Ruudand three 4 The Huskers are 524-142-20 (.778, 686 games, No. Opponent Attend. all-conference offensive linemen headlined the 2014 class of 125 years) in Lincoln, and 399-119-13 (.764, 531 1. at Michigan, Nov. 19, 2011 113,718 the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame. The group was officially games, 91 years) in Memorial Stadium (since 1923). 2. at Michigan, Nov. 9, 2013 112,204 inducted on Friday, Sept. 5 and honored on the field before 4 The 2013 season marked the 45th straight year 3. at Penn State, Sept. 14, 2002 110,753 the start of the McNeese State game. Ruud, who is now on staff with Coach Bo Pelini’s program, NU had a winning home season. 4. at Penn State, Nov. 12, 2011 107,903 played eight seasons in the NFL after his NU career. In 5. at Ohio State, Oct. 6, 2012 106,102 addition to owning a Nebraska record 432 total tackles, the Nebraska Ranks in Top 10 6. at Penn State, Nov. 23, 2012 98,517 Lincoln native is part of the most extensive family tradition in 7. Miami (Rose Bowl), Jan. 3, 2002 93,781 Husker football, dating back to his great-grandfather Clarence Nationally in Attendance 8. Stanford (Rose Bowl), Jan. 1, 1941 92,000 Swanson in 1921. Barrett joins his great-grandfather and his Memorial Stadium was once again packed for every at USC, Sept. 16, 2006 92,000 father, Tom, in the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame. home game in 2013, putting Nebraska in the top 10 10. vs. UCLA, Sept. 14, 2013 91,471 Russ Hochstein, a two-time first-team All-Big 12 choice nationally in average attendance. home games in bold as an offensive guard for the Huskers in 1999 and 2000, joins Nebraska was ninth in average home attendance 1971 All-Big Eight offensive tackle Carl Johnson and 1982 at 90,933 fans per game, according to 2013 attendance figures released by the NCAA. The average attendance for All-Big Eight offensive guard Mike Mandelko in this year’s eight home games was the largest ever at Memorial Stadium following the East Stadium Expansion project that was Hall of Fame class. Hochstein, an All-American in 2000, went on to an completed before the start of the 2013 season. impressive 12-year career in the NFL that included a pair of The No. 9 ranking in average attendance was the highest for Nebraska since full attendance figures are available titles with the New England Patriots (2002-08). beginning with the 1999 season. NU has ranked in the top 20 nationally in attendance each of the 15 years with Johnson, who helped Coach Bob Devaney’s Big Red claim available attendance figures. NU was also in the top 10 in 2009, checking in at No. 10 in average attendance. national titles in 1970 and 1971, was an All-Big Eight offensive Nebraska was one of four Big Ten schools to rank in the top 10 in average attendance and the conference had seven tackle in 1971 before spending the 1972 and 1973 seasons teams in the top 25 nationally in attendance. Michigan was the national leader in average attendance at 111,592 with the New Orleans Saints. fans per game with Ohio State second and Penn State fifth in average home attendance. Mandelko was a three-year letterman for Coach Tom Osborne’s Huskers from 1980 to 1982. The Lexington, Neb., In terms of total attendance for home games, Nebraska was third in the nation with 727,466 fans passing through native was an All-Big Eight choice as an offensive guard in Memorial Stadium’s gates for eight home games. For all games (home and away) in 2013, Nebraska ranked fifth with 1982, helping the Huskers lead the nation with 394.3 rushing 1,096,097 fans in attendance during NU’s 13 games in 2013. yards and 518.6 yards of total offense as a senior. 4 Nebraska’s impressive football attendance is reflective of the overall support of the Husker fan base. Nebraska The Nebraska Football Hall of Fame also will honor was the only school in the country in 2013-14 to rank in the top 15 nationally in average attendance in football, legendary Husker Coach and Athletic Director Tom Osborne , men’s , women’s basketball and . Nebraska combined for 1,321,428 fans in those five with its President’s Award in 2014. sports last season. All-Time Bowl Appearances 1. Alabama 60 Nebraska Reaches 50 Bowl Appearances 2. Texas 52 Nebraska participated in its 50th all-time bowl game with its appearance in the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl on Jan. 3. Nebraska 50 1, 2014. Nebraska joined Alabama (60) and Texas (52) as the only schools to play in 50 bowl games in school history. 4. Georgia 49 The Huskers have played in the postseason in 43 of the past 45 seasons, including an NCAA-record 35 straight Tennessee 49 bowl games from 1969 to 2003. Nebraska owns a 25-25 all-time bowl record. Nebraska’s 25 all-time bowl victories All-Time Bowl Victories rank seventh nationally. 1. Alabama 34 Nebraska is 3-3 in bowl games during Bo Pelini’s tenure as full-time head coach and 4-3 under Pelini overall, 2. USC 32 including the 2003 Alamo Bowl when he served as interim head coach. 3. Oklahoma 28 Nebraska played the first of its 50 bowls in the Rose Bowl, when No. 7 Nebraska lost to No. 2 Stanford, 21-13, 4. Georgia 27 following the 1940 season. Nebraska’s 35 consecutive bowls began with a 45-6 win over Georgia in the 1969 Sun 5. Texas 26 Bowl, and ended following its appearance in the 2003 Alamo Bowl. The Huskers have won 11 of 18 bowl games 6. Nebraska 25 since the 1994 season. Tennessee 25

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Huskers Prominent on NFL Rosters Nebraska has a long-standing tradition of placing large Nebraska Possible Starters at a Glance numbers of players in the NFL. As of Sept. 5, Nebraska had Offense (*-Letters Earned) 26 players on NFL rosters. The 25 players represent 16 teams. Pos.–Player Yr. Ht/Wt Notable Nebraska owns one of the most impressive histories of any WR–Kenny Bell*** Sr. 6-1/185 Limited snaps vs. McNeese State; probable for Fresno State game school in producing NFL-caliber players. Since 1997, Nebraska has had 81 players selected in the NFL Draft, including 51 WR–Alonzo Moore* So. 6-2/195 Primed for prominent role with season-ending injury to Jamal Turner defensive players. Nebraska has had at least two players WR-Jordan Westerkamp* So. 6-0/195 Team leader with 11 receptions for 186 yards and two TD selected in the draft each of the past 45 seasons. TE–Cethan Carter* So. 6-4/240 Eight career starts; first reception of season against McNeese State LT– Alex Lewis Jr. 6-6/290 Joined Nebraska program after playing first two seasons at Colorado Huskers in the NFL LG–Jake Cotton*** Sr. 6-6/305 Son of NU TE/OL Coach Barney Cotton; one of five team captains Player Team C–Mark Pelini** Sr. 6-0/290 Moved into starting role after serving as top reserve past two years Prince Amukamara, CB NY Giants RG–Mike Moudy* Sr. 6-5/305 Five career starts; recovered from 2013 shoulder injury Jason Ankrah, LB Houston -or- Chongo Kondolo Jr. 6-4/300 Redshirted in 2013 after standout junior college career Larry Asante, S Oakland (IR) Zack Bowman, CB NY Giants RT– Zach Sterup** Jr. 6-8/320 Sat out opener with injury but returned to starting role vs. McNeese St. Josh Brown, PK NY Giants -or-Givens Price* Jr. 6-4/310 Made first career start against FAU after serving as a reserve in 2013 Rex Burkhead, RB Cincinnati QB– Tommy Armstrong Jr. So. 6-1/220 9-1 record as a starter, including 4-0 away from Lincoln Will Compton, LB Washington FB–Andy Janovich** Jr. 6-1/230 Played in first two games after minor knee injury during fall camp Jared Crick, DE Houston IB– Ameer Abdullah*** Sr. 5-9/200 Poised to move into top five on rushing list at Fresno State Lavonte David, LB Tampa Bay Alfonzo Dennard, CB New England Quincy Enunwa, WR (Practice) Defense Roy Helu Jr., RB Washington Pos.–Player Yr. Ht/Wt Notable Ricky Henry, OL Kansas City (Practice) DE–Greg McMullen* So. 6-3/280 Team leader with four TFL, 1.5 sacks and three QB hurries Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB New Orleans DT–Vincent Valentine* So. 6-3/325 Added strength and quickness in offseason; five tackles in two games Marcel Jones, OL Baltimore (Practice) DT–Maliek Collins* So. 6-2/300 Standout HS wrestler provides powerful force in middle; four tackles Sam Koch, P Baltimore DE–Randy Gregory* Jr. 6-6/245 Missed most of first two games, but hopeful of return at Fresno State Spencer Long, OL Washington Jack Gangwish Jr. 6-2/260 Earned first career start vs. McNeese State in place of Gregory Eric Martin, LB Cleveland Niles Paul, TE Washington WILL–Zaire Anderson* Sr. 5-11/220 15 tackles, including three tackles for loss through two games Brent Qvale, OL New York Jets (Practice) MIKE–Josh Banderas* So. 6-2/235 Recorded 10 tackles, including a tackle for loss vs. McNeese State Dominic Raiola, C Detroit BUCK–David Santos** Jr. 6-0/225 Six tackles in each of first two games; 13 career starts Mo Seisay, CB Detroit (Practice) CB–Josh Mitchell** Sr. 5-11/160 One of five team captains; Has three PBU through two games Jeremiah Sirles, OL San Diego (Practice) CB–Daniel Davie** Jr. 6-1/190 Recovered after knee injury last November; started first two games Matt Slauson, OG Chicago -or- Jonathan Rose* Jr. 6-1/195 Splitting time with Davie; Made five tackles in first two games Daimion Stafford, S Tennessee NICKEL-Byerson Cockrell Jr. 6-0/185 Has five tackles in first two career games with Huskers Ndamukong Suh, DT Detroit S–Corey Cooper*** Sr. 6-1/215 Team captain; Six tackles and INT; 19 career starts most on defense Nebraska Among Leaders in S– Nate Gerry* So. 6-2/205 Team leader with 17 tackles, including career-high 13 vs. McNeese St. Associated Press National Titles Notre Dame and Alabama lead the nation by winning eight Special Teams Associated Press national titles since 1936, with Oklahoma Pos.–Player Yr. Ht/Wt Notable (7), Miami (5), USC (5), Nebraska (4) and Minnesota (4) next PK–Drew Brown Fr. 5-11/180 Younger brother of former Husker and NFL PK Kris Brown in line. While the Huskers were awarded the national title -or- Mauro Bondi** Jr. 6-0/200 Made career-long 45-yard field goal in opener vs. FAU by the coaches in 1997, NU finished second to Michigan in P–Sam Foltz* So. 6-1/200 Averaged 51 ypp vs. McNeese St.; Big 10 Special Teams POW the AP poll. KO–Mauro Bondi** Jr. 6-0/200 Has hit nine of 16 kickoffs for touchbacks In 1970, Nebraska was awarded the AP national title, but KOR–Alonzo Moore* So. 6-2/195 Back to full health after missing spring with shoulder surgery not the coaches (Texas was first, Ohio State second and NU third) as the final poll was released before the bowl games Kenny Bell*** Sr. 6-1/185 Ranked among national leaders in KOR as a junior in 2013 were played. In the coaches poll (since 1950), NU is tied for PR– De’Mornay Pierson-El Fr. 5-9/175 Averaging 9.4 yards on seven returns; 25-yarder vs. McNeese State fourth with Miami and Texas with four titles, behind Alabama Kenny Bell*** Sr. 6-1/185 Had two punt returns in opener against FAU (8), Oklahoma (6) and USC (5). LS–Josh Faulkenberry RFr. 6-3/240 Walk-on stepped into role after back injury sidelined Gabe Miller H–Sam Foltz So. 6-1/200 Serving double duty along with punting role Conference Crowns Nebraska has won 43 football conference championships in school history and is looking for its first Big Ten Conference crown in in 2014. The Huskers won 13 conference titles under Tom Osborne and eight under Bob Devaney. During its 15-year history in the , Nebraska won league titles in 1997 and 1999, and also appeared in the Big 12 Championship Game in 1996, 2006, 2009 and 2010. Nebraska was one of just three teams to capture two or more Big 12 titles in the first 15 years of the league, joining Oklahoma and Texas. Nebraska’s six Big 12 title game appearances were second only to Oklahoma’s eight. Nebraska made its first appearance in the Big Ten Championship Game in 2012.

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Nebraska Depth Chart-Fresno State Offense Defense Career Starts OFFENSE Pos. No. Name, Ht., Wt., Yr. Pos. No. Name, Ht., Wt., Yr. Kenny Bell, Sr., WR...... 38 WR 80 Kenny Bell, 6-1, 185, Sr. DE 90 Greg McMullen, 6-3, 280, So. Ameer Abdullah, Sr., IB...... 22 7 Taariq Allen, 6-3, 200, Jr. -OR- 45 A.J. Natter, 6-5, 250, RFr. -OR- Jake Cotton, Sr., OG...... 13 87 Brandon Reilly, 6-1, 195, So. -OR- 19 Joe Keels, 6-3, 250, Jr. Tommy Armstrong Jr., So., QB...... 10 13 Lane Hovey, 6-4, 205, So. DT 98 Vincent Valentine, 6-3, 325, So. Cethan Carter, So., TE...... 8 Jamal Turner, Sr., WR...... 6 LT 71 Alex Lewis, 6-6, 290, Jr. 55 Kevin Maurice, 6-3, 275, So. Mike Moudy, Sr., OG...... 5 59 Matt Finnin, 6-7, 305, Jr. -OR- 97 Logan Rath, 6-4, 280, So. Mark Pelini, Sr., C...... 4 77 David Knevel, 6-9, 310, RFr. DT 7 Maliek Collins, 6-2, 300, So. Alonzo Moore, So., WR...... 3 LG 68 Jake Cotton, 6-6, 305, Sr. 92 Kevin Williams, 6-2, 275, Jr. Jordan Westerkamp., So., WR...... 3 Sam Burtch, Jr., WR...... 2 66 Dylan Utter, 6-1, 285, So. DE 4 Randy Gregory, 6-6, 245, Jr. Andy Janovich, Jr., FB...... 2 C 56 Mark Pelini, 6-0, 290, Sr. -OR- 95 Jack Gangwish, 6-2, 260, Jr. Alex Lewis, Jr., OT...... 2 65 Ryne Reeves, 6-3, 300, Jr. BUCK 41 David Santos, 6-0, 225, Jr. Zach Sterup, Jr., OT...... 1 Givens Price, Jr., OT...... 1 RG 74 Mike Moudy, 6-5, 305, Sr. -OR- 3 Marcus Newby, 6-1, 220, RFr. Sam Cotton, So., TE...... 1 70 Chongo Kondolo, 6-4, 300, Jr. MIKE 52 Josh Banderas, 6-2, 235, So. RT 57 Zach Sterup, 6-8, 320, Jr. -OR- 43 Trevor Roach, 6-2, 235, Sr. defENSE Corey Cooper, Sr., S...... 19 78 Givens Price, 6-4, 310, Jr. WILL 13 Zaire Anderson, 5-11, 220, Sr. 59 Matt Finnin, 6-7, 305, Jr. Josh Mitchell, Sr., CB...... 17 51 Courtney Love, 6-1, 240, RFr. David Santos, Jr., LB...... 13 TE 11 Cethan Carter, 6-4, 240, So. CB 5 Josh Mitchell, 5-11, 160, Sr. Randy Gregory, Jr., DE...... 11 84 Sam Cotton, 6-4, 250, So. 1 Boaz Joseph, 6-1, 190, RFr. -OR- Zaire Anderson, Sr., LB...... 8 42 Trey Foster, 6-0, 245, So. 11 Chris Jones, 6-0, 170, Fr. Vincent Valentine, So., DT...... 8 Michael Rose-Ivey, So., LB...... 7 WR 82 Alonzo Moore, 6-2, 195, So. S 6 Corey Cooper, 6-1, 215, Sr. Josh Banderas, So., LB...... 6 9 Sam Burtch, 6-3, 200, Jr. -OR- 8 D.J. Singleton, 6-1, 200, RFr. Nate Gerry, So., S...... 5 81 Kevin Gladney, 6-1, 190, RFr. Maliek Collins, So., DT...... 3 S 25 Nate Gerry, 6-2, 205, So. Daniel Davie, Jr., CB...... 2 WR 1 Jordan Westerkamp, 6-0, 195, So. 27 Kieron Williams, 6-0, 185, Fr. 15 De’Mornay Pierson-El, 5-9, 175, Fr. -OR- Greg McMullen, So., DE...... 2 CB 23 Daniel Davie, 6-1, 190, Jr. -OR- Jack Gangwish, Jr., DE...... 1 87 Brandon Reilly, 6-1, 195, So. 14 Jonathan Rose, 6-1, 195, Jr. LeRoy Alexander, So., S...... 1 QB 4 Tommy Armstrong Jr., 6-1, 220, So. NICKEL 28 Byerson Cockrell, 6-0, 185, Jr. 17 Ryker Fyfe, 6-2, 210, So. specialists 10 Josh Kalu, 6-1, 175, Fr. 5 Johnny Stanton, 6-2, 230, RFr. Sam Foltz, So., P...... 15 Drew Brown, Fr., PK...... 2 IB 8 Ameer Abdullah, 5-9, 200, Sr. Special Teams 32 Imani Cross, 6-1, 230, Jr. -OR- Pos. No. Name, Ht., Wt., Yr. Pronunciation Guide 34 Terrell Newby, 5-10, 200, So. PK 34 Drew Brown, 5-11, 180, Fr. -OR- Freedom Akinmoladun...... Ack–in–muh-LA-dune FB 35 Andy Janovich, 6-1, 230, Jr. 37 Mauro Bondi, 6-0, 200, Jr. Taariq Allen...... TUH-reak Zaire Anderson...... ZY-eer 38 Harrison Jordan, 5-10, 235, RFr. P 27 Sam Foltz, 6-1, 200, So. Josh Banderas...... BAN-dair-us LS 92 Josh Faulkenberry, 6-3, 240, RFr. Jared Blum...... BLOOM 61 Paul Kelly, 6-1, 255, Sr. Mauro Bondi...... BOND-ee Alex Boryca ...... bur-ITS-kuh HOLD 27 Sam Foltz, 6-1, 200, So. Tyson Broekemeier...... BROCK-meyer KO 37 Mauro Bondi, 6-0, 210, Jr. Cethan Carter...... SEETH-un Imani Cross...... ih-MAHN-ee KOR 82 Alonzo Moore, 6-2, 195, So. Joey Felici...... fuh-LEE-see 80 Kenny Bell, 6-1, 185, Sr. Ryan Freudenburg...... fried-EN-burg 15 De’Mornay Pierson-El, 5-9, 175, Fr. Nate Gerry...... Gary PR 15 De’Mornay Pierson-El, 5-9, 175, Fr. OR- Sam Hahn...... HAWN Tyler Hoppes...... HOP-iss 80 Kenny Bell, 6-1, 185, Sr. Andy Janovich...... JAN-oh-VITCH 1 Jordan Westerkamp, 6-0, 195, So. Matt Jarzynka...... JAR-zink-uh Boaz Joseph...... BOSE Bo Kitrell...... Kit-trul David Knevel...... NEV-ull Chongo Kondolo...... CHONG-go CON-DOUGH-low Murat Kuzu...... murr-AT KOO-zoo Nate Meduna...... Med-nuh Mike Moudy...... MOU-dee Graham Nabity...... nab-itt-ee Terrell Newby...... TAIR-ul Zach Sterup...... STIR-up Jariah Tolbert...... ja-RYE-uh Kieron Williams...... KYE-run

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2014 Nebraska Cornhuskers Roster Numerical Roster *-Indicates Letters Earned No. Name...... Position No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) 1 Boaz Joseph...... DB 8 *** Abdullah, Ameer IB 5-9 200 Sr. Homewood, Ala. 1 * Jordan Westerkamp...... WR 88 Akinmoladun, Freedom TE 6-4 230 Fr. Grandview, Mo. 2 * Alexander, LeRoy S 6-0 195 So. Toledo, Ohio (Whitmer) 2 * LeRoy Alexander...... S 7 ** Allen, Taariq WR 6-3 200 Jr. Weston, Mass. (The Rivers School) 2 Zack Darlington...... QB 13 * Anderson, Zaire LB 5-11 220 Sr. Philadelphia, Pa. (Frankford/Riverside CC) 2 Josh Kalu...... DB 43 Appleget, Noah WR 6-2 200 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 3 Marcus Newby...... LB 4 * Armstrong Jr., Tommy QB 6-1 220 So. Cibolo, Texas (Steele) 4 * Tommy Armstrong Jr...... QB 61 Arneson, Noah DL 6-3 300 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Gross Catholic) 4 * Randy Gregory...... DE 33 Bailey, Christian WR 5-11 200 RFr. San Clemente, Calif. 5 *** Josh Mitchell...... CB 52 * Banderas, Josh LB 6-2 235 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 5 Johnny Stanton...... QB 80 *** Bell, Kenny WR 6-1 185 Sr. Boulder, Colo. (Fairview) 6 AJ Bush...... QB 83 Blum, Jared TE 6-4 240 So. Gretna, Neb. 6 *** Corey Cooper...... S 37 ** Bondi, Mauro PK 6-0 210 Jr. Boca Raton, Fla. (West Boca Raton) 7 ** Taariq Allen...... WR 53 Boryca, Alex LB 6-2 220 Fr. Cozad, Neb. 7 * Maliek Collins...... DT 9 Broekemeier, Tyson QB 6-1 200 Jr. Aurora, Neb. 8 *** Ameer Abdullah...... IB 34 Brown, Drew PK 5-11 180 Fr. Southlake, Texas (Southlake Carroll) 8 D.J. Singleton...... DB 9 ** Burtch, Sam WR 6-3 200 Jr. Murdock, Neb. (Elmwood-Murdock) 9 Tyson Broekemeier...... QB 6 Bush, AJ QB 6-3 210 Fr. Alpharetta, Ga. (Norcross) 11 * Carter, Cethan TE 6-4 240 So. Metairie, La. (Archbishop Rummel) 9 ** Sam Burtch...... WR 28 Cockrell, Byerson DB 6-0 185 Jr. Columbus, Miss. (East Mississippi CC) 10 *** Jamal Turner...... WR 7 * Collins, Maliek DT 6-2 300 So. Kansas City, Mo. (Center) 11 * Cethan Carter...... TE 26 Connely, Thomas LB 5-11 195 Fr. Kearney, Neb. (Kearney Catholic) 11 Chris Jones...... DB 62 Conrad, Cole OL 6-5 280 Fr. Fremont, Neb. (Archbishop Bergan) 12 Luke Gifford...... DB 6 *** Cooper, Corey S 6-1 215 Sr. Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East) 13 Lane Hovey...... WR 68 *** Cotton, Jake OL 6-6 305 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 13 * Zaire Anderson...... LB 84 * Cotton, Sam TE 6-4 250 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 14 * Jonathan Rose...... CB 32 ** Cross, Imani IB 6-1 230 Jr. Gainesville, Ga. (North Hall) 15 De’Mornay Pierson-El...... WR 2 Darlington, Zack QB 6-2 205 Fr. Apopka, Fla. 15 * Michael Rose-Ivey...... LB 23 ** Davie, Daniel CB 6-1 190 Jr. Beatrice, Neb. 16 Trai Mosley...... DB 88 Dzuris, Ross DE 6-3 250 So. Plattsmouth, Neb. 17 Ryker Fyfe...... QB 48 Evans, Erik DE 6-3 235 RFr. Waverly, Neb. 17 Sedrick King...... DE 63 Farmer, Tanner OL 6-4 310 Fr. Highland, Ill. 18 Glenn Irons...... WR 92 Faulkenberry, Josh LS 6-3 240 RFr. Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West) 19 Joe Keels...... DE 31 Felici, Joey CB 5-9 175 Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Millard South) 59 * Finnin, Matt OL 6-7 305 Jr. Crete, Ill. (Monee/College of DuPage) 19 Jariah Tolbert...... WR 27 * Foltz, Sam P 6-1 200 So. Grand Island, Neb. 21 ** Charles Jackson...... S 30 Foster, Derek CB 5-11 185 Sr. Elm Creek, Neb. 21 Mikale Wilbon...... IB 67 Foster, Jerald DL 6-3 310 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 22 Anthony Ridder...... DB 42 * Foster, Trey TE 6-0 245 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 23 ** Daniel Davie...... CB 51 Freudenberg, Ryan OL 6-5 305 Fr. Norfolk, Neb. (Lutheran-Northeast) 23 Austin Rose...... IB 17 Fyfe, Ryker QB 6-2 210 So. Grand Island, Neb. 24 Murat Kuzu...... IB 95 Gangwish, Jack DE 6-2 260 Jr. Wood River, Neb. 24 ** Austin Williams...... LB 69 Gates, Nick OL 6-5 290 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman) 25 * Nate Gerry...... DB 25 * Gerry, Nate S 6-2 205 So. Sioux Falls, S.D. (Washington) 25 Blake Holtmeier...... WR 12 Gifford, Luke S 6-3 200 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 26 Thomas Connely...... LB 81 Gladney, Kevin WR 6-1 190 RFr. Akron, Ohio (Firestone Senior) 26 Brady Pelzer...... WR 29 Graham, Nolan DB 5-11 190 Fr. Firth, Neb. (Norris) 27 * Sam Foltz...... P 4 * Gregory, Randy DE 6-6 245 Jr. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern/Arizona Western CC) 27 Kieron Williams...... DB 73 Hahn, Sam OL 6-6 300 So. DeWitt, Neb. (Tri-County/North Dakota State) 28 Byerson Cockrell...... DB 72 Hannon, Zach OL 6-5 305 RFr. Kansas City, Mo. (Rockhurst) 85 Hart, Greg TE 6-5 240 RFr. Dayton, Ohio (Archbishop Alter) 28 Adam Taylor...... IB 25 Holtmeier, Blake WR 6-2 195 Fr. Kearney, Neb. (Kearney Catholic) 29 Nolan Graham...... DB 91 Hoppes, Tyler DE 6-4 235 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest/Wayne State) 29 Graham Nabity...... IB 13 Hovey, Lane WR 6-4 205 So. Adel, Iowa (Adel-Desoto-Minburn) 30 Derek Foster...... CB 18 Irons, Glenn WR 5-9 155 Fr. New Orleans, La. (Edna Karr) 30 Bo Kitrell...... FB 21 ** Jackson, Charles DB 5-11 180 Jr. Spring, Texas (Klein Collins) 31 Joey Felici...... CB 39 Jakub, Cameron DB 5-11 160 Fr. Columbus, Neb. 32 ** Imani Cross...... IB 35 ** Janovich, Andy FB 6-1 230 Jr. Gretna, Neb. 33 Christian Bailey...... WR 47 Jarzynka, Matt DE 6-4 220 Fr. Loup City, Neb. 33 Garrett McKay...... LB 50 Johns, Garret DT 6-0 280 So. Aurora, Neb. 34 Drew Brown...... PK 76 Johnson Jr., Dwayne OL 6-6 285 RFr. Houston, Texas (Bellaire) 34 * Terrell Newby...... IB 11 Jones, Chris CB 6-0 170 Fr. Jacksonville, Fla. (Sandalwood) 35 ** Andy Janovich...... FB 38 Jordan, Harrison FB 5-10 235 RFr. Omaha, Neb. (Westside) 36 Zach Stovall...... DB 1 Joseph, Boaz CB 6-1 190 RFr. Weston, Fla. (Cypress Bay) 37 ** Mauro Bondi...... PK 2 Kalu, Josh DB 6-1 175 Fr. Houston, Texas (Alief Taylor) 38 Harrison Jordan...... FB 19 Keels, Joe DE 6-3 250 Jr. Kenosha, Wis. (Bradford/Highland CC) 61 Kelly, Paul LS 6-1 255 Sr. Davie, Fla. (Archbishop McCarthy/Miami) 39 Cameron Jakub...... DB 89 Ketter, Connor TE 6-5 240 RFr. Norfolk, Neb. (Norfolk Catholic) 39 Jordan Nelson...... IB 17 King, Sedrick DE 6-4 240 Fr. Plant City, Fla. 40 Jaevon Walton...... LB 30 Kitrell, Bo FB 6-1 215 Fr. Ashland, Neb. (Ashland-Greenwood) 41 Luke McNitt...... TE 77 Knevel, David OL 6-9 310 RFr. Brantford, Ontario, Canada (Pauline S. Johnson Collegiate) 41 ** David Santos...... LB 42 Koley, Creighton DB 6-0 180 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Skutt Catholic) 42 * Trey Foster...... TE 70 Kondolo, Chongo OL 6-4 300 Jr. Carrollton, Texas (Creekview/Fresno City College)

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42 Creighton Koley...... DB 24 Kuzu, Murat IB 5-11 200 Jr. Plano, Texas (Plano Senior High) 43 Noah Appleget...... WR 71 Lewis, Alex OL 6-6 290 Jr. Tempe, Ariz. (Mountain Pointe/Colorado) 95 Lindsay, Spencer PK 5-9 205 So. Kearney, Neb. 43 ** Trevor Roach...... LB 75 Long, Chris OL 6-4 300 Jr. Blair, Neb. 44 Mitch McCann...... FB 58 Lopez, Joel DL 6-2 260 So. Burlington, Ill. (Burlington Central) 44 Mick Stoltenberg...... DL 51 Love, Courtney LB 6-1 240 RFr. Youngstown, Ohio (Cardinal Mooney) 45 A.J. Natter...... DE 55 * Maurice, Kevin DT 6-3 275 So. Orlando, Fla. (Freedom) 45 Bryan Reimers...... TE 44 McCann, Mitch FB 6-0 225 So. Omaha, Neb. (Burke) 47 Matt Jarzynka...... DE 33 McKay, Garrett LB 5-11 200 So. Anaheim Hills, Calif. (Servite/Santa Ana College) 47 Grant Schumacher...... PK 90 * McMullen, Greg DE 6-3 280 So. Akron, Ohio (Hoban) 48 Gabe Rahn...... WR 41 McNitt, Luke TE 6-2 220 So. Kearney, Neb. (Nebraska-Kearney) 48 Erik Evans...... DE 90 Meduna, Nate TE 6-5 225 Fr. Wahoo, Neb. (Bishop Neumann) 49 Chris Weber...... LB 91 * Miller, Gabe LS 6-0 240 So. Mishawaka, Ind. (Penn) 50 Garret Johns...... DL 5 *** Mitchell, Josh CB 5-11 160 Sr. Corona, Calif. (Eleanor Roosevelt) 51 Ryan Freudenburg...... OL 82 * Moore, Alonzo WR 6-2 195 So. Winnfield, La. (Winnfield Senior) 51 Courtney Love...... LB 16 Mosley, Trai DB 5-10 165 Fr. Pflugerville, Texas (Hendrickson) 52 * Josh Banderas...... LB 74 * Moudy, Mike OL 6-5 305 Sr. Castle Rock, Colo. (Douglas County) 53 Alex Boryca...... LB 29 Nabity, Graham IB 6-0 210 So. Omaha, Neb. (Elkhorn) 45 Natter, A.J. DE 6-5 250 RFr. Milton, Wis. 54 Robby Painter...... OL 39 Nelson, Jordan IB 5-7 180 So. Omaha, Neb. (Burke) 54 Garrett Poppen...... LB 3 Newby, Marcus LB 6-1 220 RFr. North Potomac, Md. (Quince Orchard) 55 * Kevin Maurice...... DT 34 * Newby, Terrell IB 5-10 200 So. Los Angeles, Calif. (Chaminade) 55 Paul Thurston...... OL 99 Newell, Peyton DL 6-3 270 Fr. Hiawatha, Kan. 56 ** Mark Pelini...... OL 76 Owen, Dylan DL 6-5 225 Fr. Westchester, N.Y. (Somers/Bridgton Academy) 56 Brad Simpson...... LB 54 Painter, Robby OL 6-4 280 So. Centennial, Colo. (Grandview) 57 ** Zach Sterup...... OL 56 ** Pelini, Mark OL 6-0 290 Sr. Youngstown, Ohio (Cardinal Mooney) 58 Joel Lopez...... DL 26 Pelzer, Brady WR 5-11 170 Fr. Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue East) 58 Corey Whitaker...... OL 15 Pierson-El, De’Mornay WR 5-9 175 Fr. Alexandria, Va. (West Potomac) 59 * Matt Finnin...... OL 54 Poppen, Garrett LB 6-1 215 Fr. Giltner, Neb. 59 Trent Ortmeier...... OL 78 * Price, Givens OL 6-4 310 Jr. Houston, Texas (Alief Taylor) 61 Noah Arneson...... DL 48 Rahn, Gabe WR 6-1 190 RFr. Le Mars, Iowa (Le Mars) 61 Paul Kelly...... LS 97 Rath, Logan DT 6-4 280 So. Aurora, Neb. (Giltner/South Dakota State) 62 Cole Conrad...... OL 65 ** Reeves, Ryne OL 6-3 300 Jr. Crete, Neb. 63 Tanner Farmer...... OL 87 * Reilly, Brandon WR 6-1 195 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Southwest) 45 Reimers, Bryan TE 6-5 200 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (East) 65 ** Ryne Reeves...... OL 22 Ridder, Anthony S 6-2 200 Jr. West Point, Neb. (Central Catholic) 66 Dylan Utter...... OL 43 ** Roach, Trevor LB 6-2 235 Sr. Elkhorn, Neb. 67 Jerald Foster...... OL 23 Rose, Austin IB 6-1 215 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (North Star) 68 *** Jake Cotton...... OL 14 * Rose, Jonathan CB 6-1 195 Jr. Leeds, Ala. (Leeds/Auburn) 69 Nick Gates...... OL 15 * Rose-Ivey, Michael LB 5-11 240 So. Kansas City, Mo. (Rockhurst) 70 Chongo Kondolo...... OL 41 ** Santos, David LB 6-0 225 Jr. Spring, Texas (Klein Collins) 71 Alex Lewis...... OL 47 Schumacher, Grant PK 5-9 165 RFr. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) 72 Zach Hannon...... OL 56 Simpson, Brad LB 6-0 220 So. Omaha, Neb. (Ralston) 73 Sam Hahn...... OL 8 Singleton, D.J. DB 6-1 200 RFr. Jersey City, N.J. (St. Peter’s Prep) 74 * Mike Moudy...... OL 5 Stanton, Johnny QB 6-2 230 RFr. Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic) 75 Chris Long...... OL 57 ** Sterup, Zach OL 6-8 320 Jr. Hastings, Neb. (Hastings St. Cecilia) 76 Dwayne Johnson Jr...... OL 44 Stoltenberg, Mick DL 6-5 265 Fr. Gretna, Neb. 76 Dylan Owen...... DL 36 Stovall, Zach DB 5-11 185 RFr. Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue East) 77 David Knevel...... OL 86 Sutton, David TE 6-3 240 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 78 * Givens Price...... OL 28 Taylor, Adam IB 6-2 210 RFr. Katy, Texas 55 Thurston, Paul OL 6-5 295 So. Arvada, Colo. (Arvada West) 80 *** Kenny Bell...... WR 19 Tolbert, Jariah WR 6-3 190 Fr. New Orleans, La. (Edna Karr) 81 Kevin Gladney...... WR 10 *** Turner, Jamal WR 6-1 190 Sr. Arlington, Texas (Sam Houston) 82 * Alonzo Moore...... WR 66 Utter, Dylan OL 6-1 285 So. Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista) 83 Jared Blum...... TE 98 * Valentine, Vincent DT 6-3 320 So. Edwardsville, Ill. 84 * Sam Cotton...... TE 40 Walton, Jaevon LB 6-0 235 Fr. New Orleans, La. (Edna Karr) 85 Greg Hart...... TE 49 Weber, Chris LB 6-3 220 RFr. Elkhorn, Neb. 86 David Sutton...... TE 1 * Westerkamp, Jordan WR 6-0 195 So. Lombard, Ill. (Montini Catholic) 87 * Brandon Reilly...... WR 58 Whitaker, Corey OL 6-4 290 So. Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta) 88 Freedom Akinmoladun...... TE 21 Wilbon, Mikale IB 5-8 190 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (De La Salle Institute) 88 Ross Dzuris...... DE 24 ** Williams, Austin LB 6-0 200 Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Burke) 89 Connor Ketter...... TE 92 * Williams, Kevin DT 6-2 275 Jr. Holland, Ohio (Springfield) 90 * Greg McMullen...... DE 27 Williams, Kieron S 6-0 185 Fr. Shreveport, La. (C.E. Byrd/Air Force Prep) 90 Nate Meduna...... TE 91 Tyler Hoppes...... DE 91 * Gabe Miller...... LS 92 Josh Faulkenberry...... LS 92 * Kevin Williams...... DT 95 Jack Gangwish...... DE 95 Spencer Lindsay...... PK 97 Logan Rath...... DL 98 * Vincent Valentine...... DT 99 Peyton Newell...... DL *denotes letters earned

Game 3 vs. Fresno State 17 2014 Nebraska Football 2014 Nebraska Football Huskers.com 2014 husker records watch ameer kenny abdullah bell Senior Senior I-Back NEBRASKA CAREER RECORDS WATCH NEBRASKA CAREER RECORDS WATCH Rushing Yards Receptions Rk. Player, Position, Years Yards Rk. Player, Position, Years Total 1. Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-83 4,780 1. Nate Swift, WR, 2005-08 166 2. Ahman Green, IB, 1995-97 3,880 2. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1970-72 143 3. Eric Crouch, QB, 1998-2001 3,434 3. Kenny Bell, WR, 2011-present 139 4. Roy Helu Jr., IB, 2007-10 3,404 4. Terrence Nunn, WR, 2004-07 136 5. Rex Burkhead, IB, 2009-12 3,392 5. Marlon Lucky, IB, 2005-08 135 6. Ameer Abdullah, IB, 2011-present 3,263 7. Calvin Jones, IB, 1991-93 3,153 Receiving Yards 8. Ken Clark, IB, 1987-89 3,037 Rk. Player, Position, Years Yards 9. Taylor Martinez, QB, 2010-13 2,975 1. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1070-72 2,479 10. I.M. Hipp, IB, 1977-79 2,814 2. Nate Swift, WR, 2005-08 2,476 3. Kenny Bell, WR, 2011-present 2,031 100-Yard Rushing Games 4. Terrence Nunn, WR, 2004-07 1,762 Rk. Player, Position, Years 100-Yd. Games 5. Todd Peterson, WR, 2005-08 1,602 1. Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-83 26 2. Ahman Green, IB, 1995-97 20 Receiving Touchdowns 3. Ameer Abdullah, IB, 2011-present 18 Rk. Player, Position, Years TDs 4. Eric Crouch, QB, 1998-2001 17 1. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1970-72 25 5. Calvin Jones, IB, 1991-93 16 2. Nate Swift, WR, 2005-08 22 3. Maurice Purify, WR, 2006-07 16 All-Purpose Yards 4. Kenny Bell, WR, 2011-present 15 Rk. Player, Position, Years Yards Jon Bostick, SE, 1989-91 15 1. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1970-72 5,586 Quincy Enunwa, WR, 2010-13 15 2. Mike Rozier, IB, 1981-83 5,445 3. Ameer Abdullah, IB, 2011-present 5,339 100-Yard Receiving Games 4. Ahman Green, IB, 1995-97 4,280 Rk. Player, Position, Years Games 5. Marlon Lucky, IB, 2005-08 4,214 1. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1970-72 10 2. Nate Swift, WR, 2005-08 8 Receptions by a Running Back 3. Irving Fryar, WB, 1981-83 5 Rk. Player, Years Catches Niles Paul, WR, 2007-10 5 1. Marlon Lucky, 2005-08 135 5. Maurice Purify, WR, 2006-07 4 2. Jeff Kinney, 1969-71 82 Kenny Bell, WR, 2011-present 4 3. Cory Ross, 2002-05 71 7. Tracey Wistrom, TE, 1998-2001 3 4. Ameer Abdullah, 2011-present 55 Johnny Mitchell, TE, 1990-91 3 Guy Ingles, SE, 1968-70 3 Kickoff Rk. Player, Position, Years Yards Consecutive Games with a Reception 1. Josh Davis, IB, 2000-03 2,265 Rk. Player, Position Games 2. Niles Paul, WR, 2007-10 1,887 1. Johnny Rodger, WB 37 3. Tyrone Hughes, WB, 1989-92 1,443 2. Terrence Nunn, WR 32 4. Ameer Abdullah, IB, 2011-present 1,234 3. Kenny Bell, WR 23 5. Joe Walker, ROV, 1997-2000 1,159 Quincy Enunwa, WR 23 Note: Streak not active Kickoff Return Yards Rk. Player, Position, Years Yards 1. Josh Davis, IB, 2000-03 2,265 2. Niles Paul, WR, 2007-10 1,887 3. Tyrone Hughes, WB, 1989-92 1,443 4. Ameer Abdullah, IB, 2011-present 1,234 5. Joe Walker, ROV, 1997-2000 1,159 6. Dana Brinson, WB, 1985-88 1,154 7. Kenny Bell, WR, 2011-present 1,142 8. Cortney Grixby, CB, 2004-07 1,094 9. Johnny Rodgers, WB, 1970-72 847 10. Frank Solich, FB, 1963-95 818

Game 3 vs. Fresno State 18 125th Season of Nebraska Football Cornhuskers to Watch 100-yard rushing game for a Nebraska quarterback since Jordan Westerkamp Taylor Martinez rushed for 140 yards on 19 carries in the 2012 Corey Cooper Wide Receiver Big Ten Championship Game against Wisconsin... completed Safety Sophomore | 6-0 | 195 16-of-31 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns... was Senior | 6-1 | 215 Lombard, Ill. 4-of-4 passing for 78 yards and a touchdown on third down Maywood, Ill. 1 attempts in the first half... accounted for 373 yards of total 6 SEASON HIGHS offense, marking the second consecutive week he accounted SEASON HIGHS Catches – 7 vs. Florida Atlantic; Receiving Yards – 125 vs. for a career high in total offensive yards. Tackles – 6 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss Florida Atlantic; Receiving TDs – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. – None; QB Hurries – 1 vs. McNeese State; PBUs – None; McNeese State; Long – 40 vs. McNeese State Randy Gregory Interceptions – 1 vs. McNeese State CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS Defensive End CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS No. Yards TD Junior | 6-6 | 240 Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT 2012 -- Redshirt -- Fishers, Ind. 4 2010 -- Redshirt -- 2013 13/1 20 283 1 2011 11/1 9 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 2014 2/2 11 186 2 SEASON HIGHS 2012 14/3 17 0.5-1 2-8 0 0 Totals 15/3 31 469 3 Tackles – None; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – None; QB 2013 13/13 91 2.0-16 5-19 1 1 CAREER RETURN STATISTICS Hurries – None; PBUs – None; Interceptions – None 2014 2/2 6 0.0-0 0-0 0 1 Totals 40/19 123 2.5-17 7-27 1 2 Year G/GS KR Yards TD PR Yards TD CAREER STATISTICS 2012 -- Redshirt -- Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT 2014ONORS H 2013 13/1 1 15 0 19 51 0 2013 13/10 66 10.5-69 19-101 1 1 Team Captain 2014 2/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 1/1 0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 Preseason Second-Team All-Big Ten (Athlon) Totals 15/3 1 15 0 19 51 0 Totals 14/11 66 10.5-69 19-101 1 1 2014 GAME BY GAME 2014 GAME BY GAME 2014ONORS H Florida Atlantic: Started at safety, but didn’t record any stats. Florida Atlantic: Caught seven passes for 125 yards, setting Water Camp Player of the Year Watch List McNeese State: Totaled six tackles and notched NU’s first career highs in both categories... had a 41-yard touchdown Lombardi Award Watch List turnover of the season with his second career interception on reception in the first quarter for his second career touchdown Check Bednarik Award Watch List the last play of the game. reception... Kenny Bell and Westerkamp combined to become Nagurski Trophy Watch List the first Husker duo to both top 100 receiving yards in a game Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List Taariq Allen since Marlon Lucky (IB) and Maurice Purify (WR) achieved the Preseason First-Team All-American (Sporting News) Wide Receiver feat at Colorado in 2007... Bell and Westerkamp became the Preseason Second Team All-American (Phil Steele, Athlon) Junior | 6-3 | 200 first pair of wide receivers in Husker history to accomplish the Preseason All-Big Ten (Sporting News, Phil Steele, Athlon) feat. McNeese State: Caught a team-high four passes for 61 Preseason Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (Sporting News) Weston, Mass. 7 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown in the first quarter. 2014 GAME BY GAME SEASON HIGHS Florida Atlantic: Started, but left the game in the first quarter Catches – 3 vs. McNeese State; Receiving Yards – 27 vs. Tommy Armstrong Jr. with an injury and didn’t return. McNeese State: Didn’t play McNeese State; Receiving TDs – None; Long – 14 vs. Quarterback due to injury. McNeese State Sophomore | 6-1 | 220 CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS Cibolo, Texas 4 Josh Mitchell Year G/GS No. Yards TD Cornerback 2011 -- Redshirt -- SEASON HIGHS Senior | 5-11 | 160 2012 8/0 2 11 1 Passing Attempts – 31 vs. McNeese State; Completions Corona, Calif. 5 2013 10/0 3 22 0 – 16 vs. McNeese State; Passing Yards – 271 vs. Florida 2014 2/0 4 30 0 Atlantic; Long Pass – 63 vs. Florida Atlantic; Passing TDs – 2 SEASON HIGHS Totals 20/0 9 63 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. McNeese State Tackles – 2 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss 2014 GAME BY GAME Rushes – 11 vs. McNeese State; Rushing Yards – 131 vs. – None; QB Hurries – None; PBUs – 2 vs. Florida Atlantic; Florida Atlantic: Caught one pass for three yards. McNeese McNeese State; Rushing TDs – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. Interceptions – None State: Hauled in a career-high three recepetions for a career- McNeese State; Long - 42 vs. McNeese State CAREER STATISTICS high 27 yards. CAREER PASSING STATISTICS Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT Year G/GS Comp.-Att.-Int. Yards TD 2010 -- Redshirt -- Maliek Collins 2012 -- Redshirt -- 2011 8/1 5 0.0-0 0-0 1 0 Defensive Tackle 2013 9/8 68-131-8 966 9 2012 13/8 29 1.0-1 2-6 5 1 Sophomore | 6-2 | 300 2013 13/6 31 0.0-0 4-7 6 1 2014 2/2 31-60-1 513 4 Kansas City, Mo. Totals 11/10 99-191-9 1,479 13 2014 2/2 2 0.0-0 0-0 3 0 7 Totals 36/17 67 1.0-1 6-13 15 2 CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS SEASON HIGHS Year G/GS Att. Yards TD 2014ONORS H Tackles – 3 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss 2012 -- Redshirt -- Team Captain – None; QB Hurries – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; PBUs – None; 2013 9/8 67 202 2 2014 GAME BY GAME Interceptions – None 2014 2/2 18 193 2 Florida Atlantic: Tied a career high with two of Nebraska’s five CAREER STATISTICS Totals 11/10 85 395 4 pass break-ups on the day. McNeese State: Recorded a pair of Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL 2014 GAME BY GAME tackles and a pass break-up in the 31-24 win. 2013 12/1 12 1.0-10 2-10 Florida Atlantic: Completed 15-of-29 passes for a career- 2014 2/2 4 0.0-0 0-0 high 271 yards and two touchdowns... previous career high Totals 14/3 16 1.0-10 2-10 was 173 yards last season against Northwestern, a mark 2014 GAME BY GAME he surpassed before halftime with 184 yards passing... also Florida Atlantic: Made his second career start, totaling one finished with a then-career-high 333 yards of total offense, tackle and one QB hurry. McNeese State: Started and tied a including 62 yards rushing and a touchdown on seven carries. career high with three tackles. McNeese State: Rushed 11 times for a career-high 131 yards, including rushes of 42 and 24 yards in the first half and a 34-yard third-quarter rush... were the three longest runs of Armstrong’s career, bettering a 17-yard rush against Florida Atlantic... previous career rushing high was 69 yards against Northwestern in 2013... 131 rushing yards marked the first Cornhuskers to Watch Ameer Abdullah Cethan Carter De’Mornay Pierson-El I-Back Tight End Wide Receiver Senior | 5-9 | 195 Freshman | 6-4 | 240 Freshman | 5-9 | 175 Homewood, Ala. 8 Metairie, La. 11 Winnifield, La. 15 SEASON HIGHS SEASON HIGHS SEASON HIGHS Rushes – 21 vs. Florida Atlantic; Rushing Yards – 232 vs. Catches – 1 vs. McNeese State; Receiving Yards – 5 vs. Catches – 2 vs. Florida Atlantic; Receiving Yards – 14 vs. Florida Atlantic; Rushing TDs – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. McNeese State; Receiving TDs – None; Long – None Florida Atlantic; Receiving TDs – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; Long – 8 vs. Florida Atlantic McNeese State; Long - 47 vs. Florida Atlantic CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS Catches – 3 vs. McNeese State; Receiving Yards – 96 vs. Year G/GS No. Yards TD CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS McNeese State; Receiving TDs – 1 vs. McNeese State; Long 2013 13/6 10 127 0 Year G/GS No. Yards TD – 58 vs. McNeese State 2014 2/2 1 5 0 2014 2/0 2 14 1 Totals 15/8 11 132 0 Totals 2/0 2 14 1 CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS Year G/GS Att. Yards TD 2014 GAME BY GAME CAREER RETURN STATISTICS 2011 13/0 42 150 3 Florida Atlantic: Started at tight end, but didn’t record a Year G/GS KR Yards TD PR Yards TD 2012 14/7 226 1,137 8 catch. McNeese State: Caught one pass for five yards. 2014 2/0 2 36 0 7 66 0 2013 13/13 281 1,690 9 Totals 2/0 2 36 0 7 66 0 2014 2/2 38 286 2 Zaire Anderson 2014 GAME BY GAME Totals 42/22 587 3,263 22 Linebacker Florida Atlantic: Hauled in a touchdown pass in his first career CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS Junior | 5-11 | 220 game as a Husker... ended the game with two catches for 14 Year G/GS No. Yards TD Philadelphia, Pa. 13 yards and also returned a pair of punts for 14 yards. McNeese 2011 13/0 1 11 0 State: Returned five punts for 52 yards, including a 25-yard 2012 14/7 24 178 2 SEASON HIGHS return... also returned a pair of kicks for 36 yards. 2013 13/13 26 232 2 Tackles – 8 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss 2014 2/2 4 105 1 – 2 vs. McNeese State; QB Hurries – None; PBUs – None; Daneil Davie Totals 42/22 55 526 5 Interceptions – None Cornerback CAREER RETURN STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS Junior | 6-1 | 190 Year G/GS KR Yards TD PR Yards TD Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU Beatrice, Neb. 23 2011 13/0 26 763 1 15 107 0 2012* 3/1 4 0.0-0 0-0 0 2012 14/7 17 360 0 16 209 1 2013 12/5 52 3.0-22 6-25 1 SEASON HIGHS 2013 13/13 4 77 0 0 0 0 2014 2/2 15 0.0-0 3-4 0 Tackles – 5 vs. Florida Atlantic; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss 2014 1/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 17/8 71 3.0-22 9-29 1 – None; QB Hurries – None; PBUs – 1 vs. McNeese State; Totals 41/21 47 1,200 1 31 316 1 * - awarded medical redshirt Interceptions – None SCHOOL RECORD 2014 GAME BY GAME CAREER STATISTICS Most Single-Game Kickoff Return Yards - 211 vs. Fresno State Florida Atlantic: Led the Huskers in tackles with seven, Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT 2014ONORS H including four solo stops... notched a TFL for four yards. 2011 -- Redshirt -- Team Captain McNeese State: Finished the game with eight tackles, 2012 13/0 7 0.0-0 0-0 1 0 Big Ten Player of the Week (Aug. 30) including six solo stops... notched a pair of TFLs. 2013 10/0 1 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 Doak Walker Award Watch List 2014 2/2 8 0.0-0 0-0 1 0 Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List Jonathan Rose Totals 25/2 16 0.0-0 0-0 1 0 Maxwell Award Watch List Cornerback Paul Hornung Award Watch List 2014 GAME BY GAME Preseason Second-Team All-American (Sporting News, Phil Sophomore | 6-1 | 195 Florida Atlantic: Made his first career start and finished the Steele, Athlon) Leeds, Ala. 14 game with a career-high five tackles, all solo stops... bettered Preseason All-Big Ten (Phil Steele, Sporting News, Athlon) his previous career high of two tackles. McNeese State: SEASON HIGHS Posted his first pass break-up of the season and added three 2014 GAME BY GAME Tackles – 3 vs. Florida Atlantic; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss tackles. Florida Atlantic: Rushed 21 times for a career-high 232 yards, – None; QB Hurries – None; PBUs – None; Interceptions – None topping his previous career high of 225 yards against Illinois CAREER STATISTICS Nathan Gerry in 2013... rushing total marked the 15th-most rushing yards Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT Defensive Back in school history and the 37th 200-yard rushing game in 2012 -- Redshirt -- Sophomore | 6-2 | 205 Nebraska history... notched his 18th career 100-yard rushing 2013 10/0 0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 Sioux Falls, S.D. game, has four career games of 150 rushing yards or more... 2014 2/0 5 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 25 232 yards were the second-most by a Husker in a season Totals 12/0 5 0.0-0 0-0 0 0 opener, trailing Marlon Lucky’s 233 yards against Nevada in SEASON HIGHS Tackles – 13 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – 2007. McNeese State: Rushed 17 times for 54 yards and one 2014 GAME BY GAME 2 vs. McNeese State; QB Hurries – 1 vs. McNeese State; PBUs touchdown... caught three passes for a career-high 96 yards, Florida Atlantic: Recorded three tackles off the bench, all solo – 1 vs. McNeese State; Interceptions – None including a 58-yard touchdown reception late in the fourth stops. McNeese State: Made a pair of tackles off the bench. quarter that broke a 24-24 tie... 58-yard catch alone broke his CAREER STATISTICS previous single-game high of 50 yards against UCLA in 2013... Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT increased his career rushing total to 3,263 rushing yards... is 2013 13/3 32 0.0-0 2-3 0 0 just 66 yards from the top five on the NU career rushing list 2014 2/2 17 0.0-0 3-4 1 0 (3,329 yards, Rex Burkhead)... finished the game with 184 Totals 15/5 49 0.0-0 5-7 1 0 all-purpose yards, including 90 yards in the fourth quarter on three touches. 2014 GAME BY GAME Florida Atlantic: Started at safety and record four tackles, including a TFL for one yard... also forced a fumble that was recovered by the Owls. McNeese State: Had a career day against the Cowboys, including a team-high and career-best 13 tackles... notched a pair of TFLs, a QB hurry and his first career pass break-up. Cornhuskers to Watch Sam Foltz Drew Brown Mauro Bondi Punter Place Kicker Place Kicker Sophomore | 6-1 | 200 Freshman | 5-11 | 180 Junior | 6-0 | 210 Grand Island, Neb. 27 Southlake, Texas 34 Boca Raton, Fla. 37

SEASON HIGHS SEASON HIGHS SEASON HIGHS Punts – 6 vs. McNeese State; Punting Avg. – 51.2 vs. McNeese Field Goals Made – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. McNeese State; Field Goals Made – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; Long Field Goal – 45 State; Long Punt – 61 vs. McNeese State; Inside 20 – 4 vs. Long Field Goal – 44 vs. Florida Atlantic; PATs Made – 6 vs. vs. Florida Atlantic; PATs Made – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic McNeese State CAREER KICKING STATISTICS CAREER PUNTING STATISTICS CAREER KICKING STATISTICS Year G/GS PAT FG Long Year G/GS Punts Yards Avg I20 Year G/GS PAT FG Long 2011 4/0 1-1 0-0 0 2012 -- Redshirt -- 2014 2/2 10-10 2-2 44 2012 -- Redshirt -- 2013 13/13 71 2,954 41.6 22 Totals 2/2 10-10 2-2 44 2013 13/13 7-8 1-1 22

2014 2/2 8 378 47.2 4 2014 2/2 1-1 1-1 45 2014 GAME BY GAME Totals 15/15 79 3,332 42.2 26 Totals 19/15 9-10 2-2 45 Florida Atlantic: Was a perfect 6-for-6 on PATs and knocked 2014ONORS H down a 44-yard field goal in his Husker debut.McNeese State: 2014 GAME BY GAME Big Ten Player of the Week (Sept. 6) Made a 31-yard field goal and was 4-for-4 on PATs. Florida Atlantic: Booted a career-long 45-yard field goal 2014 GAME BY GAME and was 1-for-1 on PATs... knocked 10 kickoffs for 650 yards, Florida Atlantic: Only needed to punt twice (71 yards) in Terrell Newby including seven touchbacks. McNeese State: Averaged 63.2 season-opening 55-7 win over Florida Atlantic. McNeese I-Back yards on kickoffs with six kicks for 379 yards, including two touchbacks. State: Was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week Sophomore | 5-10 | 200 after booting six punts for 307 yards, an average of 51.2 yards per punt... trapped the Cowboys inside their own 20 yardline Los Angeles, Calif. 34 David Santos four times on the day. Linebacker SEASON HIGHS Junior | 6-0 | 225 Byerson Cockrell Rushes – 16 vs. Florida Atlantic; Rushing Yards – 107 vs. Florida Atlantic; Rushing TDs – 2 vs. Florida Atlantic; Long - Spring, Texas 41 Defensive Back 47 vs. Florida Atlantic Junior | 6-0 | 185 SEASON HIGHS Catches – None; Receiving Yards – None; Receiving TDs – Tackles – 6 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. McNeese State; Sacks – Columbus, Miss. 28 None; Long – None None; Tackles for Loss – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; QB Hurries – SEASON HIGHS Kickoff Return Yards - None; Longest Return - None None; PBUs – None; Interceptions – None Tackles – 3 vs. Florida Atlantic; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss Punt Return Yards - None; Longest Return - None CAREER STATISTICS – None; QB Hurries – None; PBUs – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU Interceptions – None CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS 2011 -- Redshirt -- Year G/GS Att. Yards TD 2012 13/1 24 0.0-0 0-0 0 CAREER STATISTICS 2013 13/0 54 298 2 Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU INT 2013 13/10 87 2.0-9 7-16 2 2014 2/0 18 116 2 2014 2/0 5 0.0-0 0-0 1 0 2014 2/2 12 0.0-0 1-1 0 Totals 15/0 72 414 4 Totals 2/0 5 0.0-0 0-0 1 0 Totals 28/13 123 2.0-9 8-17 2 CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS 2014 GAME BY GAME Year G/GS No. Yards TD 2014 GAME BY GAME Florida Atlantic: Came off the bench to make three tackles 2013 13/0 3 1 0 Florida Atlantic: Started at linebacker and finished second on and one pass break-up in his Husker debut. McNeese State: 2014 2/0 0 0 0 the team with six tackles, including one TFL. McNeese State: Came off the bench to make a pair of tackles. Totals 15/0 3 1 0 Produced six tackles for the second straight week. Imani Cross CAREER RETURN STATISTICS Year G/GS KR Yards TD PR Yards TD Trevor Roach I-Back 2013 13/0 4 77 0 1 10 0 Linebacker Junior | 6-1 | 230 2014 2/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Senior | 6-2 | 235 Gainesville, Ga. 32 Totals 15/0 4 77 0 1 10 0 Elkhorn, Neb. 43 2014 GAME BY GAME SEASON HIGHS Florida Atlantic: Notched his first career 100-yard game with SEASON HIGHS Rushes – 3 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. McNeese State; Rushing 16 carries for 107 yards and two touchdowns... previous Tackles – 4 vs. Florida Atlantic; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – 1 Yards – 32 vs. Florida Atlantic; Rushing TDs – 1 vs. Florida career high was 76 yards on 15 carries against Wyoming in vs. Florida Atlantic; QB Hurries – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; PBUs – 1 Atlantic; Long - 25 vs. Florida Atlantic 2013... marked the 76th double 100-yard rushing game by vs. Florida Atlantic; Interceptions – None two Nebraska backs, as Ameer Abdullah also ran for a career- Catches – None; Receiving Yards – None; Receiving TDs – CAREER STATISTICS high 232 yards. McNeese State: Carried the ball four times off None; Long – None Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU the bench for nine yards. CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS 2010 -- Redshirt -- Year G/GS Att. Yards TD 2011 5/0 7 0.0-0 2-3 0 2012 14/0 55 324 7 2012 5/0 5 0.5-1 1-1 0 2013 13/0 85 447 10 2013 -- Injured -- 2014 2/0 6 33 1 2014 2/0 4 0.0-0 1-1 1 Totals 12/0 16 0.5-1 4-5 1 Totals 29/0 146 804 18 2014 GAME BY GAME 2014 GAME BY GAME Florida Atlantic: Carried three times for 32 yards, including a Florida Atlantic: Returned to the field after missing all of 2013 25-yard run in the first half... notched his 18th career rushing with injury... totaled four tackles, including a TFL... added a touchdown with a three-yard run in the second quarter. pass break-up and a QB hurry. McNeese State: Saw time off McNeese State: Carried the ball three times for one yard. the bench but didn’t record any stats. Cornhuskers to Watch Josh Banderas Alex Lewis Kenny Bell Linebacker Offensive Line Wide Receiver Sophomore | 6-2 | 235 Junior | 6-6 | 290 Junior | 6-1 | 185 Lincoln, Neb. 52 Tempe, Ariz. 71 Boulder, Colo. 80 SEASON HIGHS CAREER SEASON HIGHS Tackles – 10 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss Games Played: 2 (2 in 2014) Catches – 4 vs. Florida Atlantic; Receiving Yards – 116 – 1 vs. McNeese State; QB Hurries – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; PBUs Games Started: 2 (2 in 2014) vs. Florida Atlantic; Receiving TDs – None; Long – 63 vs. – None; Interceptions – None Florida Atlantic 2014 GAME BY GAME CAREER STATISTICS Florida Atlantic: Started at left tackle in his Husker debut... Kickoff Return Yards - None; Longest Kickoff Return - None Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL PBU protected Tommy Armstrong Jr., who threw for a career-high 2013 13/4 28 2.0-8 3-9 1 Punt Return Yards - 5 vs. Florida Atlantic; Longest Punt 271 yards and two touchdowns. McNeese State: Protected Return - 3 vs. Florida Atlantic 2014 2/2 13 0.0-0 1-3 0 Tommy Armstrong Jr., who threw for a 242 yards and two Totals 15/6 41 2.0-8 4-12 1 touchdowns. CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS 2014 GAME BY GAME Year G/GS No. Yards TD Florida Atlantic: Started at linebacker, made four tackles and Mike Moudy 2010 -- Redshirt -- recorded one QB hurry. McNeese State: Finished second on Offensive Line 2011 13/11 32 461 3 the team with 10 tackles, including a TFL for three yards. 2012 14/14 50 863 8 Senior | 6-5 | 305 2013 13/12 52 577 4 Castle Rock, Colo. 74 2014 2/1 5 130 0 Mark Pelini Totals 42/38 143 2,031 15 Offensive Line CAREER CAREER RETURN STATISTICS Senior | 6-0 | 290 Games Played: 14 (3 in 2012; 9 in 2013; 2 in 2014) Games Started: 5 (3 in 2013; 2 in 2014) Year G/GS KR Yards TD PR Yards TD Youngstown, Ohio 56 2010 -- Redshirt -- 2014 GAME BY GAME 2011 13/11 6 152 0 0 0 0 CAREER Florida Atlantic: Helped pave the way for Ameer Abdullah 2012 14/14 14 325 0 1 0 0 Games Played: 21 (7 in 2012; 12 in 2013; 2 in 2014) to rush for a career-high 232 yards. McNeese State: Helped 2013 13/12 23 609 1 0 0 0 Games Started: 4 (2 in 2013; 2 in 2014) Tommy Armstrong Jr. rush for a career-high 131 yards. 2014 2/1 2 56 0 2 5 0 Totals 42/38 45 1,142 1 3 5 0 2014ONORS H Givens Price Rimington Trophy Watch List Offensive Line 2014ONORS H Biletnikoff Award Watch List 2014 GAME BY GAME Junior | 6-4 | 310 Paul Hornung Award Watch List Florida Atlantic: Started at center and directed an offensive Houston, Texas Preseason All-Big Ten (Kick Returner, Phil Steele) line that helped Nebraska roll up 784 yards, including 498 78 Preseason Second-Team All-Big Ten (KR & Receiver, Athlon) yards on the ground. McNeese State: Helped the Huskers CAREER rush for 195 yards. Games Played: 13 (3 in 2013; 8 in 2013; 3 in 2014) 2014 GAME BY GAME Games Started: 1 (1 in 2014) Florida Atlantic: Caught four passes for 116 yards, including Zach Sterup a 63-yard reception in the third quarter, marking the third- Offensive Line 2014 GAME BY GAME longest catch of his career... increased his career yardage total Junior | 6-8 | 320 Florida Atlantic: Made his first career start at Nebraska, to 2,017 yards to become the third player in school history starting at right tackle... helped Nebraska rack up a Big Ten with 2,000 career receiving yards... joined Johnny Rodgers Hastings, Neb. 57 record 784 yards of total offense. McNeese State: Saw time (2,479 yards) and Nate Swift (2,476 yards) in that club... off the bench against the Cowboys. increased his career receptions total to 138 and moved into CAREER third place on the NU career receptions list... Bell and Jordan Games Played: 16 (4 in 2012; 12 in 2013) Westerkamp combined to become the first Husker duo to Games Started: 1 (1 in 2014) both top 100 receiving yards in a game since Marlon Lucky 2014 GAME BY GAME (IB) and Maurice Purify (WR) achieved the feat at Colorado Florida Atlantic: Saw time off the bench in the season opener. in 2007... Bell and Westerkamp became the first pair of wide McNeese State: Made his first career start in the 31-24 win receivers in Husker history to accomplish the feat. McNeese over the Cowboys. State: Was limited to one catch for 14 yards due to a groin injury... also returned a pair of kickoffs for 56 yards Jake Cotton Offensive Line Alonzo Moore Senior | 6-6 | 305 Wide Receiver Lincoln, Neb. 68 Sophomore | 6-2 | 195 Winnifield, La. 82 CAREER SEASON HIGHS Games Played: 21 (3 in 2011; 5 in 2012; 11 in 2013; 2 in 2014) Catches – 1 vs. McNeese State; Receiving Yards – 11 vs. Games Started: 13 (11 in 2013; 2 in 2014) McNeese State; Receiving TDs – None; Long – None 2014ONORS H CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS Team Captain Year G/GS No. Yards TD 2014 GAME BY GAME 2012 -- Redshirt -- Florida Atlantic: Helped pave the way for Ameer Abdullah to 2013 10/2 6 75 0 rush for a career-high 232 yards, while the Huskers rolled up 2014 2/1 1 11 0 498 rushing yards and 784 yards of total offense. McNeese Totals 12/3 7 86 0 State: Helped the Huskers produce two rushing touchdowns. 2014 GAME BY GAME Florida Atlantic: Saw time off the bench, but didn’t record a catch. McNeese State: Started his first game of the season and caught one pass for 11 yards. Cornhuskers to Watch Sam Cotton Vincent Valentine Tight End Defensive Tackle Sophomore | 6-4 | 250 Sophomore | 6-3 | 325 Lincoln, Neb. 84 Edwardsville, Ill. 98 SEASON HIGHS SEASON HIGHS Catches – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; Receiving Yards – 10 vs. Tackles – 3 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss Florida Atlantic; Receiving TDs – None; Long – 10 vs. – None; QB Hurries – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; PBUs – None; Florida Atlantic Interceptions – None CAREER STATISTICS CAREER RECEIVING STATISTICS Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL Year G/GS No. Yards TD 2012 -- Redshirt -- 2012 -- Redshirt -- 2013 13/6 21 1.0-8 5-14 2013 10/1 3 22 1 2014 2/2 5 0.0-0 0-0 2014 2/0 1 10 0 Totals 15/8 26 1.0-8 5-14 Totals 12/1 4 32 1 2014 GAME BY GAME 2014 GAME BY GAME Florida Atlantic: Started at defensive tackle and made a pair Florida Atlantic: Came off the bench to make one catch for of tackles... notched one of NU’s eight QB hurries on the 10 yards. McNeese State: Saw time off the bench against the afternoon. McNeese State: Started at defensive tackle and Cowboys. made three tackles, all solo stops. Greg McMullen Defensive End Sophomore | 6-3 | 280 Akron, Ohio 90

SEASON HIGHS Tackles – 9 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – 1 vs. McNeese State; Tackles for Loss – 2 vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. McNeese State; QB Hurries – 3 vs. Florida Atlantic; PBUs – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; Interceptions – None CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL 2012 -- Redshirt -- 2013 11/0 16 1.0-10 4-15 2014 2/2 13 1.5-6 4-9 Totals 13/2 29 2.5-16 9-24 2014 GAME BY GAME Florida Atlantic: Made his first career start at Nebraska... totaled four tackles and three of NU’s eight QB hurries... notched a pass break-up and pair of TFL’s for six yards, including a sack for four yards. McNeese State: Was third on the team with nine tackles, including a sack and a pair of TFLs. Jack Gangwish Defensive End Junior | 6-2 | 260 Wood River, Neb. 95

SEASON HIGHS Tackles – 5 vs. McNeese State; Sacks – None; Tackles for Loss – 1 vs. McNeese State; QB Hurries – 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; PBUs – None; Interceptions – None CAREER STATISTICS Year G/GS TT Sacks TFL 2011 -- Redshirt -- 2012 0/0 0 0.0-0 0-0 2013 0/0 0 0.0-0 0-0 2014 2/1 6 0.0-0 1-1 Totals 2/1 6 0.0-0 1-1 2014 GAME BY GAME Florida Atlantic: Came off the bench in his Husker debut, made one tackle and notched a QB hurry. McNeese State: Made a career-high five tackles in his first career start, including a TFL for one yard. 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL 2014 Nebraska Schedule and Results DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE RECORD CONFERENCE TIME ATTEND Aug. 30 Florida Atlantic W 55-7 1-0 0-0 3:20 91,441 Sept. 6 McNeese State W 31-24 2-0 0-0 3:23 91,082 * Big Ten conference game

Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP SCORING 86 31 Points Per Game 43.0 15.5 Points Off Turnovers 0 14 FIRST DOWNS 52 28 Rushing 31 14 Passing 20 12 Penalty 1 2 RUSHING YARDAGE 693 283 Yards gained rushing 712 314 Yards lost rushing 19 31 Rushing Attempts 90 75 Average Per Rush 7.7 3.8 Average Per Game 346.5 141.5 TDs Rushing 7 2 PASSING YARDAGE 528 255 Comp-Att-Int 33-66-1 23-56-1 Average Per Pass 8.0 4.6 Average Per Catch 16.0 11.1 Average Per Game 264.0 127.5 TDs Passing 4 1 TOTAL OFFENSE 1221 538 Total Plays 156 131 Average Per Play 7.8 4.1 Average Per Game 610.5 269.0 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 6-140 7-170 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 9-71 3-19 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 1-0 1-98 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.3 24.3 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.9 6.3 INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 98.0 -LOST 2-0 2-0 PENALTIES-Yards 11-100 9-66 Average Per Game 50.0 33.0 PUNTS-Yards 8-378 17-740 Average Per Punt 47.2 43.5 Net punt average 44.9 38.2 KICKOFFS-Yards 16-1029 7-437 Average Per Kick 64.3 62.4 Net kick average 39.6 38.9 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 29:31 30:29 3RD-DOWN Conversions 12/25 9/32 3rd-Down Pct 48% 28% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 1/2 2/3 4th-Down Pct 50% 67% SACKS BY-Yards 2-11 1-2 MISC YARDS 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 11 4 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 3-3 1-2 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (8-9) 89% (4-5) 80% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (7-9) 78% (3-5) 60% PAT-ATTEMPTS (11-11) 100% (4-4) 100% ATTENDANCE 182523 0 Games/Avg Per Game 2/91262 0/0 Neutral Site Games 0/0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT TOTAL Nebraska 28 24 20 14 - 86 Opponents 14 7 0 10 - 31

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL 2014 Nebraska Individual Statistics RUSHING GP-GS ATT GAIN LOSS NET AVG TD LONG AVG/G FUMBLE RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG Abdullah, Ameer 2-2 38 299 13 286 7.5 2 47 143.0 None Armstrong Jr., Tommy 2-2 18 195 2 193 10.7 2 42 96.5 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Newby, Terrell 2-0 18 116 0 116 6.4 2 43 58.0 Opponents 0 0 0.0 0 0 Cross, Imani 2-0 6 37 4 33 5.5 1 25 16.5 Nelson, Jordan 1-0 5 32 0 32 6.4 0 9 32.0 Fyfe, Ryker 1-0 4 29 0 29 7.2 0 15 29.0 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA PCT 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 LG BLK Nabity, Graham 1-0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 4.0 Brown, Drew 2-2 100.0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 44 0 Total 2 90 712 19 693 7.7 7 47 346.5 Bondi, Mauro 1-1 100.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 45 0 Opponents 2 75 314 31 283 3.8 2 26 141.5 Total 3-3 100.0 0-0 0-0 1-1 2-2 0-0 45 0 Opponents 1-1 50.0 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0

FG SEQUENCE NEBRASKA OPPONENTS Florida Atlantic (44),(45) 45 McNeese State (31) (24) Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

PASSING G-S EFFIC CMP-ATT-INT PCT YDS TD LNG AVG/G Armstrong Jr., Tommy 2-2 142.15 31-60-1 51.7 513 4 63 256.5 Fyfe, Ryker 1-0 43.90 1-4-0 25.0 9 0 9 9.0 TEAM 2-0 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Stanton, Johnny 1-0 150.40 1-1-0 100.0 6 0 6 6.0 Total 2 134.17 33-66-1 50.0 528 4 63 264.0 Opponents 2 81.64 23-56-1 41.1 255 1 40 127.5

PUNTING NO. YDS AVG LONG TB FC I20 50+ BLKD Foltz, Sam 8 378 47.2 61 0 2 4 5 0 RECEIVING G-GS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG AVG/G Total 8 378 47.2 61 0 2 4 5 0 Westerkamp, Jordan 2-2 11 186 16.9 2 40 93.0 Opponents 17 740 43.5 66 1 3 0 3 0 Bell, Kenny 2-1 5 130 26.0 0 63 65.0 Abdullah, Ameer 2-2 4 105 26.2 1 58 52.5 KICKOFFS NO. YDS AVG TB OB RETN NET YDLN Turner, Jamal 2-2 4 37 9.2 0 17 18.5 Bondi, Mauro 16 1029 64.3 9 0 Allen, Taariq 2-0 4 30 7.5 0 14 15.0 Total 16 1029 64.3 9 0 170 39.6 25 Pierson-El, De’Mornay 2-0 2 14 7.0 1 8 7.0 Opponents 7 437 62.4 1 0 140 38.9 26 Moore, Alonzo 2-0 1 11 11.0 0 11 5.5 Cotton, Sam 2-0 1 10 10.0 0 10 5.0 Carter, Cethan 2-2 1 5 5.0 0 5 2.5 Total 2 33 528 16.0 4 63 264.0 Opponents 2 23 255 11.1 1 40 127.5

PUNT RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG Pierson-El, De’Mornay 7 66 9.4 0 25 Bell, Kenny 2 5 2.5 0 3 Total 9 71 7.9 0 25 Opponents 3 19 6.3 0 11

INTERCEPTIONS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG Cooper, Corey 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 1 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents 1 98 98.0 1 98

KICK RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG Bell, Kenny 2 56 28.0 0 35 Pierson-El, De’Mornay 2 36 18.0 0 18 Moore, Alonzo 1 14 14.0 0 14 Abdullah, Ameer 1 34 34.0 0 34 Total 6 140 23.3 0 35 Opponents 7 170 24.3 0 44

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|------PATS ------| SCORING TD FGS KICK RUSH RCV PASS DXP SAF PTS Abdullah, Ameer 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 ALL PURPOSE G RUSH REC PR KOR IR TOT AVG/G Brown, Drew 0 2-2 10-10 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 16 Abdullah, Ameer 2 286 105 0 34 0 425 212.5 Newby, Terrell 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Armstrong Jr., Tommy 2 193 0 0 0 0 193 96.5 Westerkamp, Jordan 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Bell, Kenny 2 0 130 5 56 0 191 95.5 Armstrong Jr., Tommy 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Westerkamp, Jordan 2 0 186 0 0 0 186 93.0 Cross, Imani 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Newby, Terrell 2 116 0 0 0 0 116 58.0 Pierson-El, De’Mornay 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Pierson-El, De’Mornay 2 0 14 66 36 0 116 58.0 Bondi, Mauro 0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 4 Turner, Jamal 2 0 37 0 0 0 37 18.5 Total 11 3-3 11-11 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 86 Cross, Imani 2 33 0 0 0 0 33 16.5 Opponents 4 1-2 4-4 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 31 Nelson, Jordan 1 32 0 0 0 0 32 32.0 Allen, Taariq 2 0 30 0 0 0 30 15.0 Fyfe, Ryker 1 29 0 0 0 0 29 29.0 Moore, Alonzo 2 0 11 0 14 0 25 12.5 Cotton, Sam 2 0 10 0 0 0 10 5.0 Carter, Cethan 2 0 5 0 0 0 5 2.5 Nabity, Graham 1 4 0 0 0 0 4 4.0 Total 2 693 528 71 140 0 1432 716.0 Opponents 2 283 255 19 170 98 825 412.5

TOTAL OFFENSE G PLAYS RUSH PASS TOTAL AVG/G Armstrong Jr., Tommy 2 78 193 513 706 353.0 Abdullah, Ameer 2 38 286 0 286 143.0 Newby, Terrell 2 18 116 0 116 58.0 Fyfe, Ryker 1 8 29 9 38 38.0 Cross, Imani 2 6 33 0 33 16.5 Nelson, Jordan 1 5 32 0 32 32.0 Stanton, Johnny 1 1 0 6 6 6.0 Nabity, Graham 1 1 4 0 4 4.0 Total 2 156 693 528 1221 610.5 Opponents 2 131 283 255 538 269.0

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Defensive Statistics |------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |---PASS DEF---| |-FUMBLES-| BLKD NAME GP-GS SOLO AST TOTAL TFL-YDS NO-YARDS INT-YDS BRUP QBH RCV-YDS FF KICK SAF 25 Gerry, Nate 2-2 9 8 17 3-4 . . 1 1 . 1 . . 13 Anderson, Zaire 2-2 5 10 15 3-4 ...... 52 Banderas, Josh 2-2 3 10 13 1-3 . . . 1 . . . . 90 McMullen, Greg 2-2 7 6 13 4-9 1.5-6 . 1 3 . . . . 41 Santos, David 2-2 5 7 12 1-1 ...... 23 Davie, Daniel 2-2 7 1 8 . . . 1 . . . . . 95 Gangwish, Jack 2-1 4 2 6 1-1 . . . 1 . . . . 6 Cooper, Corey 2-2 3 3 6 . . 1-0 . 1 . . . . 14 Rose, Jonathan 2-0 4 1 5 ...... 28 Cockrell, Byerson 2-0 3 2 5 . . . 1 . . . . . 98 Valentine, Vincent 2-2 . 5 5 . . . . 1 . . . . 43 Roach, Trevor 2-0 4 . 4 1-1 . . 1 1 . . . . 97 Rath, Logan 1-0 1 3 4 1-0 ...... 7 Collins, Maliek 2-2 2 2 4 . . . . 1 . . . . 27 Williams, Kieron 2-0 2 1 3 ...... 2 Kalu, Joshua 2-0 2 1 3 . . . . 1 . . . . 55 Maurice, Kevin 2-0 . 2 2 1-5 0.5-5 ...... 5 Mitchell, Josh 2-2 1 1 2 . . . 3 . . . . . 51 Love, Courtney 2-0 2 . 2 1-1 ...... 13 Hovey, Lane 2-0 1 . 1 ...... 24 Williams, Austin 2-0 . 1 1 ...... 31 Felici, Joey 2-0 . 1 1 ...... 45 Natter, A.J. 1-0 . 1 1 ...... Total 2-0 65 68 133 11-29 2-11 1-0 8 11 . 1 . . Opponents 2-0 85 68 153 7-19 1-2 1-98 6 3 . 1 . .

SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLES S-A/TOT FAU MCNEESE FRESNO MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G Rose, Jonathan 3-1/4 2-0/2 1-1/2 Kalu, Joshua 1-1/1 - 1-1/1 Williams, Kieron 1-1/2 - 1-1/2 Love, Courtney 1-0/1 - 1-0/1 Felici, Joey 0-1/1 - 0-1/1 Hovey, Lane 1-0/1 - 1-0/1

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Individual Game By Game RUSHING NO-YDS/TD FAU MSS F UM ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B!G BOWL Abdullah, Ameer RB 38-286/2 21-232/1 17-54/1 Armstrong Jr., Tommy QB 18-193/2 7-62/1 11-131/1 Newby, Terrell RB 18-116/2 16-107/2 2-9/0 Cross, Imani RB 6-33/1 3-32/1 3-1/0 Nelson, Jordan RB 5-32/0 5-32/0 DNP Fyfe, Ryker QB 4-29/0 4-29/0 DNP Nabity, Graham RB 1-4/0 1-4/0 DNP

RECEIVING NO-YDS/TD FAU MS FS UM ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B!G BOWL Westerkamp, Jordan WR 11-186/2 7-125/1 4-61/1 Bell, Kenny WR 5-130/0 4-116/0 1-14/0 Abdullah, Ameer RB 4-105/1 1-9/0 3-96/1 Turner, Jamal WR 4-37/0 1-9/0 3-28/0 Allen, Taariq WR 4-30/0 1-3/0 3-27/0 Pierson-El, De’Mornay WR 2-14/1 2-14/1 - Moore, Alonzo WR 1-11/0 - 1-11/0 Cotton, Sam TE 1-10/0 1-10/0 - Carter, Cethan TE 1-5/0 - 1-5/0

PASSING #4 Armstrong Jr., Tommy Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic. Florida Atlantic 29 15 0 51.7 271 2 63 0 0 153.0 McNeese State 31 16 1 51.6 242 2 58 1 2 132.0 TOTALS 60 31 1 51.7 513 4 63 1 2 142.2

#17 Fyfe, Ryker Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Florida Atlantic 4 1 0 25.0 9 0 9 0 0 43.9 TOTALS 4 1 0 25.0 9 0 9 0 0 43.9

#5 Stanton, Johnny Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack Yds Effic Florida Atlantic 1 1 0 100.0 6 0 6 0 0 150.4 TOTALS 1 1 0 100.0 6 0 6 0 0 150.4

PUNT RETURNS NO-YDS/TD FAU MS FS UM ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B!G BOWL Pierson-El, De’Mornay 7-66 2-14 5-52 Bell, Kenny 2-5 2-5 -

KICK RETURNS NO-YDS/TD FAU MS FS UM ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B!G BOWL Bell, Kenny 2-56 - 2-56 Pierson-El, De’Mornay 2-36 - 2-36 Abdullah, Ameer 1-34 - 1-34 Moore, Alonzo 1-14 1-14 -

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Defense Game By Game TOTAL TACKLES UA-A TOT FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL Gerry, Nate, DB 9-8 17 3-1 6-7 Anderson, Zaire LB 5-10 15 3-4 2-6 McMullen, Greg DE 7-6 13 1-3 6-3 Banderas, Josh LB 3-10 13 0-3 3-7 Santos, David LB 5-7 12 2-4 3-3 Davie, Daniel DB 7-1 8 5-0 2-1 Cooper, Corey, DB 3-3 6 - 3-3 Gangwish, Jack DE 4-2 6 0-1 4-1 Cockrell, Byerson DB 3-2 5 2-1 1-1 Rose, Jonathan DB 4-1 5 3-0 1-1 Valentine, Vincent DL 0-5 5 0-2 0-3 Roach, Trevor LB 4-0 4 4-0 - Rath, Logan DL 1-3 4 1-3 DNP Collins, Maliek DT 2-2 4 0-1 2-1 Williams, Kieron DB 2-1 3 1-0 1-1 Kalu, Joshua DB 2-1 3 1-0 1-1 Mitchell, Josh DB 1-1 2 - 1-1 Love, Courtney LB 2-0 2 1-0 1-0 Maurice, Kevin DL 0-2 2 0-1 0-1 Felici, Joey DB 0-1 1 - 0-1 Hovey, Lane LB 1-0 1 - 1-0 Natter, A.J. DE 0-1 1 0-1 DNP Williams, Austin LB 0-1 1 0-1 -

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Defense Game By Game TACKLES FOR LOSS UA-A TOT FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL McMullen, Greg DE 1-3 4 2-6 2-3 Anderson, Zaire LB 1-2 3 1-4 2-0 Gerry, Nate DB 0-3 3 1-1 2-3 Gangwish, Jack DE 1-0 1 - 1-1 Banderas, Josh LB 0-1 1 - 1-3 Love, Courtney LB 1-0 1 1-1 - Santos, David LB 0-1 1 1-1 - Rath, Logan DL 0-1 1 1-0 DNP Roach, Trevor LB 1-0 1 1-1 - Maurice, Kevin DL 0-1 1 1-5 -

SACKS UA-A TOT FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL McMullen, Greg DE 1-1 1.5 0.5-4 1.0-2 Maurice, Kevin DL 0-1 0.5 0.5-5 -

INT RETURNS NO-YDS FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL Cooper, Corey 1-0 - 1-0

FUMBLES RECOVERED NO-YDS FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL None 0 - -

FORCED FUMBLES NO FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL Gerry, Nate 1 1 -

FUMBLE RETURNS NO-YDS FAU MS S F MIAMI ILL MSU NW RUT PUR WIS MINN IOWA B1G BOWL None 0 - -

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Nebraska Team Game By Game |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| TOTAL DATE OPPONENT NO. YDS TD LG NO. YDS TD LG CMP-ATT-INT YDS TD LG NO YDS TD LG NO YDS TD LG OFF. Aug. 30, 2014 Florida Atlantic 57 498 5 47 17 286 2 63 17-35-0 286 2 63 1 14 0 14 4 19 0 15 784 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 33 195 2 42 16 242 2 58 16-31-1 242 2 58 5 126 0 35 5 52 0 25 437 Totals 90 693 7 47 33 528 4 63 33-66-1 528 4 63 6 140 0 35 9 71 0 25 1221 Opponent 75 283 2 26 23 255 1 40 23-56-1 255 1 40 7 170 0 44 3 19 0 11 538

|------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 Aug. 30, 2014 Florida Atlantic 27 26 53 6.0-19 1.0-9 1 0-0 0-0 8 5 0 7-7 0 0 0 55 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 38 42 80 5.0-10 1.0-2 0 0-0 1-0 3 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 31 Totals 65 68 133 11.0-29 2.0-11 1 0-0 1-0 11 8 0 11-11 0 0 0 86 Opponent 85 68 153 7.0-19 1.0-2 1 0-0 1-98 3 6 0 4-4 0 0 0 31

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| DATE OPPONENT NO YDS AVG LONG BLKD TB FC 50+ I20 ATT-MADE LG BLKD NO YDS AVG TB OB Aug. 30, 2014 Florida Atlantic 2 71 35.5 40 0 0 1 0 0 2-2 45 0 10 650 65.0 7 0 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 6 307 51.2 61 0 0 1 5 4 1-1 31 0 6 379 63.2 2 0 Totals 8 378 47.2 61 0 0 2 5 4 3-3 45 0 16 1029 64.3 9 0 Opponent 17 740 43.5 66 0 1 3 3 0 2-1 24 0 7 437 62.4 1 0

Opponent Team Game By Game |---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| TOTAL DATE OPPONENT NO. YDS TD LG NO. YDS TD LG CMP-ATT-INT YDS TD LG NO YDS TD LG NO YDS TD LG OFF. Aug. 30, 2014 Florida Atlantic 30 105 0 14 11 95 1 20 11-30-0 95 1 20 3 105 0 44 0 0 0 0 200 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 45 178 2 26 12 160 0 40 12-26-1 160 0 40 4 65 0 24 3 19 0 11 338 Opponent totals 75 283 2 26 23 255 1 40 23-56-1 255 1 40 7 170 0 44 3 19 0 11 538 Nebraska 90 693 7 47 33 528 4 63 33-66-1 528 4 63 6 140 0 35 9 71 0 25 1221

|------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 Aug. 30, 2014 Florida Atlantic 56 26 82 0.0-0 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 29 42 71 7.0-19 1.0-2 1 0-0 1-98 0 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 24 Opponent totals 85 68 153 7.0-19 1.0-2 1 0-0 1-98 3 6 0 4-4 0 0 0 31 Nebraska 65 68 133 11.0-29 2.0-11 1 0-0 1-0 11 8 0 11-11 0 0 0 86

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| DATE OPPONENT NO YDS AVG LONG BLKD TB FC 50+ I20 ATT-MADE LG BLKD NO YDS AVG TB OB Aug. 30, 2014 Florida Atlantic 9 425 47.2 66 0 1 2 3 0 1-0 0 0 2 130 65.0 1 0 Sept. 6, 2014 McNeese State 8 315 39.4 45 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 24 0 5 307 61.4 0 0 Opponent totals 17 740 43.5 66 0 1 3 3 0 2-1 24 0 7 437 62.4 1 0 Nebraska 8 378 47.2 61 0 0 2 5 4 3-3 45 0 16 1029 64.3 9 0

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Team Comparison OPPONENT SCORE 1ST DNS (RUN/PASS/PEN.) RUSHING PASSING PASS YDS TOTAL OFFENSE RET YDS T/O Florida Atlantic 55-7 35/13 (24/7; 11/5; 0/1) 57-498/30-105 17-35-0/11-30-0 286/95 92-784/60-200 33/105 0/0 McNeese State 31-24 17/15 (7/7; 9/7; 1/1) 33-195/45-178 16-31-1/12-26-1 242/160 64-437/71-338 178/182 1/1 Totals 86-31 52/28 (31/14; 20/12; 1/2) 90-693/75-283 33-66-1/23-56-1 528/255 156-1221/131-538 211/287 1/1

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OPPONENT 3RD DOWN 4TH DOWN TIME POSS MARGIN YDS/RUSH YDS/PASS YDS/PLAY PUNTING PENLTIES Florida Atlantic 8-12/4-15 0-0/0-1 33:55/26:05 7:50 8.7/3.5 8.2/3.2 8.5/3.3 2-35.5/9-47.2 6-60/3-22 McNeese State 4-13/5-17 1-2/2-2 25:08/34:52 -9:44 5.9/4.0 7.8/6.2 6.8/4.8 6-51.2/8-39.4 5-40/6-44 Totals 12-25/9-32 1-2/2-3 59:03/60:57 -1:54 7.7/3.8 8.0/4.6 7.8/4.1 8-47.2/17-43.5 100/66 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 Aug. 30 Florida Atlantic W, 55-7 5 5 35 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sept. 6 McNeese State W 31-24 4 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 9 8 52 7 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 of 9 (88.9%)

OPPONENT 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 Aug. 30 Florida Atlantic W 55-7 2 1 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Sept. 6 McNeese State W 31-24 3 3 17 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 5 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 of 5 (80.0%)

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OPPONENT LONG PLAYS (10; 1 RUNS; 4 PASSES; 5 RETURNS) Miscellaneous Numbers YARDS OPPONENT PLAY RESULT LONG SEASON PLAYS (20 OR MORE YARDS) 98 McNeese State IR (Sam) Touchdown HUSKER LONG PLAYS OPPONENT LONG PLAYS 44 Florida Atlantic KOR (Whitehead) 1st-10 RUSH PASS RET. TOTAL RUSH PASS RET. TOTAL 40 Florida Atlantic KOR (Whitehead) 1st-10 Florida Atlantic 5 4 0 9 0 1 3 4 McNeese State 3 3 4 10 1 3 2 6 40 McNeese State Pass (Sams-Shelby) 1st-10 Totals 8 7 4 19 1 4 5 10 32 McNeese State Pass (Bolfing-Bennett) 1st-10 27 McNeese State Pass (Bolfing-Hetrick) 1st-10 26 McNeese State Run (Sams) 1st-10 21 Florida Atlantic KOR (Whitehead) 1st-10 21 McNeese State KOR (Holmes) 1st-10 20 Florida Atlantic Pass (Johnson-Whitehead) Touchdown

DRIVE SUPERLATIVES Nebraska Opponent Most Yards (Result) 86 vs. FAU (TD) 88 vs. McNeese State (FG) Most Plays (Result) 13 vs. FAU (TD) 14 vs. McNeese State (FG) Most Time (Result) 5:41 vs. FAU (TD) 6:34 vs. FAU (Downs) NEBRASKA LONG PLAYS (19; 8 RUNS; 7 PASSES; 4 RETURNS) YARDS OPPONENT PLAY RESULT 63 Florida Atlantic Pass (Armstrong-Bell) 1st-Goal 58 McNeese State Pass (Armstrong-Abdullah) Touchdown 47 Florida Atlantic Run (Abdullah) Touchdown 43 Florida Atlantic Run (Newby) 1st-10 42 McNeese State Run (Armstrong) 1st-10 40 McNeese State Pass (Armstrong-Westerkamp) Touchdown 36 Florida Atlantic Pass (Armstrong-Westerkamp) Touchdown 35 McNeese State KOR (Bell) 1st-10 34 McNeese State KOR (Abdullah) 1st-10 34 McNeese State Run (Armstrong) 1st-10 33 Florida Atlantic Pass (Armstrong-Westerkamp) 1st-10 29 Florida Atlantic Pass (Armstrong-Bell) 1st-10 27 Florida Atlantic Run (Abdullah) 1st-10 27 McNeese State Pass (Armstrong-Abdullah) 1st-10 25 Florida Atlantic Run (Cross) 1st-Goal 25 Florida Atlantic Run (Abdullah) 1st-10 25 McNeese State PR (Pierson-El) 1st-10 24 McNeese State Run (Armstrong) 1st-10 21 McNeese State KOR (Bell) 1st-10

GAME-OPENING DRIVES [----- Nebraska ----- ] [----- Opponent ----- ] Opponent Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Florida Atlantic 7 4 86 7 5 75 McNeese State 0 0 4 7 3 47

SECOND HALF-OPENING DRIVES [----- Nebraska ----- ] [----- Opponent ----- ] Opponent Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Pts. 1st Dwn Yds Florida Atlantic 7 5 78 0 0 2 McNeese State 0 0 9 0 0 2

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SCORING DRIVES OPPONENT SCORING DRIVES Scoring [---Time---] [--Plays--] [-----Drive-----] Game Drives Total Avg. Total Avg. 5 or less 1 or 0 Opponent Plays Yds Time Score Qtr./Time Play Florida Atlantic 9 27:33 3:03 72 8.00 2 0 Florida Atlantic 11 75 4:23 7-7 1st/4:56 Whitehead 20 yd. pass from Johnson McNeese State 10 47 4:36 0-7 1st/8:26 Milton 9 yd. run McNeese St. 5 11:19 2:15 32 6.40 2 0 McNeese State 0 0 0:00 14-14 2nd/10:08 Sam 98 yd. interception return Fresno St. McNeese State 12 83 4:59 21-24 4th/13:45 Bolfing 1 yd. run Miami McNeese State 14 88 6:06 24-24 4th/4:21 Kjellsten 24 yd. kick Illinois Michigan St. Northwestern Rutgers Purdue Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa

Totals 14 38:52 2:39 104 7.43 2 2 Opponents 5 20:04 4:09 43 8.60 0 0 NEBRASKA SCORING DRIVES [-----Drive-----] Opponent Plays Yds Time Score Qtr./Time Play Florida Atlantic 13 86 5:41 7-0 1st/9:19 Armstrong Jr. 5-yd. run Florida Atlantic 9 75 3:34 14-7 1st/1:22 Westerkamp 36-yd. pass from Armstrong Florida Atlantic 9 49 2:30 17-7 2nd/12:18 Brown 44-yd. FG Florida Atlantic 4 72 1:38 24-7 2nd/6:29 Abdullah 47-yd. run Florida Atlantic 7 66 2:19 31-7 2nd/2:30 Cross 3-yd. run Florida Atlantic 10 78 3:41 38-7 3rd/10:18 Newby 2-yd. run Florida Atlantic 3 80 1:10 45-7 3rd/6:41 Pierson-El 8-yd. pass from Armstrong Florida Atlantic 9 42 3:09 48-7 3rd/3:09 Bondi 45-yd. FG Florida Atlantic 8 71 3:51 55-7 4th/13:20 Newby 1-yd. run McNeese State 6 73 1:37 7-7 1st/6:44 Westerkamp 40-yd. pass from Armstrong McNeese State 6 67 2:10 14-7 1st/3:00 Abdullah 2-yd. run McNeese State 12 82 4:16 21-14 2nd/5:47 Armstrong 1-yd. run McNeese State 5 33 2:22 24-14 3rd/3:51 Brown 31-yd.FG NEBRASKA POINTS OFF TURNOVERS McNeese State 3 62 0:54 31-24 4th/0:20 Abdullah 58-yd. pass from Armstrong Game TOs Gained TDs FG-FGA Pts. (NU Fumbles/Lost, INT) Florida Atlantic 0 (1/0 F/L, 0 INT) 0 0-0 0 0 (1/0 F/L, 0 INT) McNeese State 1 (1/0 F/L 1 INT) 0 0-0 0 1 (1/0 F/L, 1 INT) Fresno State Miami Illinois Michigan State Northwestern Rutgers Purdue Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Totals 1 (2/0 F/L, 1 INT) 0 0-0 0 1 (2/0 F/L, 1 INT) Opponents 1 (2/0 F/L, 1 INT) 1 0-0 7 1 (2/0 F/L, 1 INT) STARTING FIELD POSITION* NU Avg. Start Opp. Avg. Start NU lead (yards/drives/in 20/past 50) (yards/drives/in 20/past 50) Florida Atlantic 26.2 (341/13/2/0) 26.9 (350/13/0/0) -0.7 McNeese State 36.4 (473/14/2/1) 20.1 (261/13/6/1) 16.3 Fresno State Miami Illinois Michigan State Northwestern Rutgers Purdue Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Totals 30.1 (814/27/4/1) 23.5 (611/26/6/1) 6.6 *does not include drives with time of 0:00 (ie, defensive and special teams touchdowns, end of half turnovers, overtime, etc.) PENALTY NUMBERS NU Pen.-Yds. Opp. Pen.-Yds Florida Atlantic 6-60 3-22 McNeese State 5-40 6-44 Fresno State Miami Illinois Michigan State Northwestern Rutgers Purdue Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Totals (Avg/Penalty) 11-100 (9.1) 9-66 (7.3) Avg/G 5.5-50 4.5-33.0

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Individual Career/Season Superlatives SEASON AND CAREER, MOST PASSING YARDS SEASON AND CAREER, LONGEST PASS Player 2014 Career 2014 Career Tommy Armstrong Jr. 271 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 63 vs. Florida Atlantic (Bell) Same Ryker Fife 9 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 9 vs. Florida Atlantic (Turner) Same Johnny Stanton IV 6 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 6 vs. Florida Atlantic (Pierson-El) *-Indicates touchdown pass SEASON AND CAREER, MOST RECEIVING YARDS SEASON AND CAREER, LONGEST CATCH Player 2014 Career 2014 Career Ameer Abdullah 96 vs. McNeese State Same 58* vs. McNeese State (Armstrong) Same Taariq Allen 27 vs. McNeese State Same 14 vs. McNeese State Same Kenny Bell 116 vs. Florida Atlantic 136 vs. Minnesota, 2012 63 vs. Florida Atlantic (Armstrong) 74 at Ohio State, 2012 (Martinez) Sam Burtch 86 vs. Michigan State, 2013 32* vs. Michigan State, 2013 (Armstrong) Cethan Carter 5 vs. McNeese State 43 vs. South Dakota State, 2013 5 vs. McNeese State 26 vs. South Dakota St., 2013 (Kellogg) Sam Cotton 10 vs. Florida Atlantic 17 vs. Illinois, 2013 10 vs. Florida Atlantic (Armstrong) 17 vs. Illinois, 2013 (Armstrong) Imani Cross -1 vs. Wyoming, 2013 -1 vs. Wyoming, 2013 (Martinez) Trey Foster 9 at Purdue, 2013 9 at Purdue, 2013 (Kellogg) Andy Janovich 8 vs. Idaho State, 2012 8 vs. Idaho State, 2012 (Kellogg) Alonzo Moore 11 vs. McNeese State 43 vs. Northwestern, 2013 11 vs. McNeese State (Armstrong) 19 vs. South Dakota State, 2013 (Kellogg) Terrell Newby 9 vs. UCLA, 2013 9 vs. UCLA, 2013 (Martinez) De’Mornay Pierson-EL 14 vs. Florida Atlantic same 8 vs. Florida Atlantic (Armstrong) Same Brandon Reilly 19 at Penn State, 2013 10 at Penn State, 2013 (Kellogg) Jamal Turner 28 vs. McNeese State 84 at Wisconsin, 2011 17 vs. McNeese State (McNeese St.) 43 vs. Fresno State, 2011 (Martinez) Jordan Westercamp 125 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 40* vs. McNeese State (Armstrong) 49* vs. Northwestern (Kellogg) Indicates touchdown scored

SEASON AND CAREER, MOST RUSHING YARDS SEASON AND CAREER, LONGEST RUN Player 2014 Career 2014 Career Ameer Abdullah 232 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 47 vs. Florida Atlantic 62 vs. Wyoming, 2013 Tommy Armstrong Jr. 131 vs. McNeese State Same 42 vs. McNeese State Same Kenny Bell 82 at Minnesota, 2011 82* at Minnesota, 2011 Imani Cross 32 vs. Florida Atlantic 105 vs. Wyoming, 2013 25 vs. Florida Atlantic 51* vs. Michigan State, 2013 Ryker Fyfe 29 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 15 vs. Florida Atlantic Same Andy Janovich 6 vs. Idaho State, 2012 3 vs. Idaho State, 2012 Graham Nabity 4 vs. Florida Atlantic 14 vs. South Dakota State, 2013 4 vs. Florida Atlantic 6 vs. Southern Miss; vs. SDSU, 2013 Jordan Nelson 32 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 9 vs. Florida Atlantic Same Terrell Newby 107 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 43 vs. Florida Atlantic Same Jamal Turner 6 at UCLA, 2012 6 at UCLA, 2012 Jordan Westerkamp 7 vs. South Dakota State, 2013 7 vs. South Dakota State,2013 *Indicates touchdown scored

SEASON AND CAREER, MOST TACKLES, TFLS AND SACKS Player Tackles (2014) Career TFL (2014) Career Sacks (2014) Career Zaire Anderson 8 vs. McNeese State 11 at Minnesota, 2013 2 vs. McNeese State 2 3x, last vs. McNeese State None 2 at Michigan, 2013 Josh Banderas 10 vs. McNeese State 11 vs. UCLA, 2013 1 vs. McNeese State 2 vs. UCLA, 2013 None 1 vs. UCLA, 2013 at Purdue, ‘13 Byerson Cockrell 3 vs. Florida Atlantic Same None Same None Same Maliek Collins 3 vs. McNeese State 3, 3x last vs. McNeese State None 1 vs. Southern Miss, 2013 None 1 vs. Southern Miss, 2013 Corey Cooper 6 vs. McNeese State 12 vs. UCLA, 2013 None 1 7x, last vs. Michigan State, 2013 None 1 vs. SDSU; vs. Northwestern, 2013 Daniel Davie 5 vs. Florida Atlantic Same None Same None Same Joey Felici 1 vs. McNeese State Same None Same None Same Jack Gangwish 5 vs. McNeese State Same None Same None Same Nate Gerry 13 vs. McNeese State Same 2 vs. McNeese State Same None Same Randy Gregory None 8 4x, last at Penn State, 2013 None 3 at Michigan, 2013 None 3.0 at Michigan, 2013 Lane Hovey 2 vs. McNeese State Same None Same None Same Charles Jackson None 3 vs. Wyoming. 2013 None Same None Same Josh Kalu 2 vs. McNeese State Same None Sme None Same Courtney Love 1 vs. FAU; vs. McNeese State Same None Same None Same Greg McMullen 9 vs. McNeese State Same 2 vs. FAU; vs. McNeese State 2, 3x, last vs. McNeese State 1 vs. McNeese State 1 at Purdue, 2013; vs. McNeese State Josh Mitchell 2 vs. McNeese State 8 vs. Wisconsin, 2012 None 3 vs. Southern Miss, 2013 None 1 vs. Southern Miss, 2012 Kevin Maurice 1 vs. FAU; vs. McNeese State 1 4x, last vs. McNeese State 1 vs. Florida Atlantic same 0.5 vs. Florida Atlantic same A.J. Natter 1 vs. Florida Atlantic Same None Same None Same Logan Rath 4 vs. Florida Atlantic Same 1 vs. Florida Atlantic Same None Same Trevor Roach 4 vs. Florida Atlantic 7 vs. Chattanooga, 2011 1 vs. Florida Atlantic 2 vs. Chattanooga, 2011 None 0.5 vs. Idaho State, 2012 Michael Rose 11 vs. Illinois, 2013 1 vs. Illinois, 2013 None Same Jonathan Rose 3 vs. Florida Atlantic Same None same None Same David Santos 6 vs. FAU; vs. McNeese State 13 at Minnesota, 2013 1 vs. Florida Atlantic 2 at Michigan, 2013 None 1 vs. SDSU; at Penn State, 2013 Kevin Williams None 2 vs. Idaho State, 2012 None 1 vs. Idaho State, 2012 None Same Kieron Williams 2 vs. McNeese State Same None Same None Sams Vincent Valentine 3 vs. McNeese State 4 vs. Wyoming, 2013 None 1 vs. UCLA, 2013 None Same Austin Williams 1 vs. Florida Atlantic 1 at Penn State, 2013 None same None Same

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Nebraska Statistical Highs and Lows NEBRASKA TOTALS HIGHS LOWS Points Scored 55 vs. Florida Atlantic 31 vs. McNeese State First Downs 35 vs. Florida Atlantic 17 vs. McNeese State Rushing Attempts 57 vs. Florida Atlantic 33 vs. McNeese State Rushing Yards 498 vs. Florida Atlantic 195 vs. McNeese State Passes Attempted 35 vs. Florida Atlantic 35 vs. Florida Atlantic Passes Completed 17 vs. Florida Atlantic 17 vs. Florida Atlantic Had Intercepted 1 vs. McNeese State 0 vs. Florida Atlantic Passing Yards 286 vs. Florida Atlantic 242 vs. McNeese State Total Plays 92 vs. Florida Atlantic 64 vs. McNeese State Total Yards 784 vs. Florida Atlantic 437 vs. McNeese State Possession Time 33:05 vs. Florida Atlantic 25:08 vs. McNeese State Fumbles 1 vs. Florida Atlantic 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State Fumbles Lost 0 vs. Florida Atlantic 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State Turnovers 1 vs. McNeese State 0 vs. Florida Atlantic Turnover Margin 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State Penalties 6 vs. Florida Atlantic 6 vs. Florida Atlantic Yards Penalized 60 vs. Florida Atlantic 40 vs. McNeese State Sacks By-Yards Lost 1-9 vs. Florida Atlantic; 1-2 vs. McNeese State 1-9 vs. Florida Atlantic; 1-2 vs. McNeese State Team Tackles for Loss-Yards 6-19 vs. Florida Atlantic 5-10 vs. McNeese State OPPONENT TOTALS HIGHS LOWS Points Scored 24 vs. McNeese State 7 vs. Florida Atlantic First Downs 15 vs. McNeese State 13 vs. Florida Atlantic Rushing Attempts 45 vs. McNeese State 30 vs. Florida Atlantic Rushing Yards 178 vs. McNeese State 105 vs. Florida Atlantic Passes Attempted 30 vs. Florida Atlantic 26 vs. McNeese State Passes Completed 12 vs. McNeese State 11 vs. Florida Atlantic Had Intercepted 1 vs. McNeese State 0 vs. Florida Atlantic Passing Yards 160 vs. McNeese State 95 vs. Florida Atlantic Total Plays 71 vs. McNeese State 60 vs. Florida Atlantic Total Yards 338 vs. McNeese State 200 vs. Florida Atlantic Possession Time 34:52 vs. McNeese State 26:05 vs. Florida Atlantic Fumbles 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State 1 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State Fumbles Lost 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State Turnovers 1 vs. McNeese State 0 vs. Florida Atlantic Turnover Margin 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State 0 vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State Penalties 6 vs. McNeese State 3 vs. Florida Atlantic Yards Penalized 44 vs. McNeese State 22 vs. Florida Atlantic Sacks By-Yards Lost 1-2 vs. McNeese State 0-0 vs. Florida Atlantic Team Tackles for Loss-Yards 7-19 vs. McNeese State 0-0 vs. Florida Atlantic NEBRASKA INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Most Rushing Attempts...... 21; Ameer Abdullah vs. Florida Atlantic Most Net Rushing Yards...... 232; Ameer Abdullah vs. Florida Atlantic Most Rushing TDs...... 2; Terrell Newby vs. Florida Atlantic Longest TD Run...... 47; Ameer Abdullah vs. Florida Atlantic Longest Run, No TD...... 43; Terrell Newby vs. Florida Atlantic Most Pass Attempts...... 31; Tommy Armstrong Jr. vs. McNeese State Most Completed Passes...... 31; Tommy Armstrong Jr. vs. McNeese State Most Passing Yards...... 271; Tommy Armstrong Jr. vs. Florida Atlantic Most Passing TDs...... 2; Tommy Armstrong Jr. vs. Florida Atlantic; vs. McNeese State Longest TD Pass...... 58; Tommy Armstrong Jr. to Ameer Abdullah vs. McNeese State Longest Pass, No TD...... 63; Tommy Armstrong Jr. to Kenny Bell vs. Florida Atlantic Most Pass Receptions...... 7; Jordan Westerkamp vs. Florida Atlantic Most Receiving Yards...... 125; Jordan Westerkamp vs. Florida Atlantic Most TD Receptions...... 1; Jordan Westerkamp vs. Florida Atlantic; De’Mornay Pierson-El vs. Florida Atlantic Most Total Offense Attempts...... 48; Tommy Armstrong Jr. vs. McNeese State (17 rush, 31 passes) Most Total Offense Yards...... 373; Tommy Armstrong Jr. vs. McNeese State Most All-Purpose Attempts...... 22; Ameer Abdullah vs. Florida Atlantic (21 rushes, 1 catch) Most All-Purpose Yards...... 241; Ameer Abdullah vs. Florida Atlantic Most Touchdowns Scored...... 2; Terrell Newby vs. Florida Atlantic Most Field Goals Attempted...... 1; Drew Brown vs. Florida Atlantic, vs. McNeese State; Mauro Bondi vs. Florida Atlantic Most Field Goals Made...... 1; Drew Brown vs. Florida Atlantic. vs. McNeese State; Mauro Bondi vs. Florida Atlantic Longest Field Goal Made...... 45; Mauro Bondi vs. Florida Atlantic Longest Field Goal Attempted...... 45; Mauro Bondi vs. Florida Atlantic Most Interceptions...... 1; Corey Cooper vs. McNeese State Longest Interception TD Return...... None Longest Interception Return, No TD...... 0; Corey Cooper vs. McNeese State Longest Fumble TD Return...... None Longest Fumble Return, No TD...... None Longest Punt Return, TD...... None Longest Punt Return, No TD...... 25; De’Mornay Pierson-El vs. McNeese State Most Punt Return Yardage...... 52; De’Mornay Pierson-El vs. McNeese State (5 returns) Longest Kickoff Return, TD...... None Longest Kickoff Return, No TD...... 35; Kenny Bell vs. McNeese State Most Kickoff Return Yardage...... 56; Alonzo Moore (2 return) Most Punts...... 6; Sam Foltz vs. McNeese State (51.2 avg.) Highest Punting Average...... 51.2; Sam Foltz vs. McNeese State (6 punts) Longest Punt...... 62; Sam Foltz vs. McNeese State

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL Nebraska Statistical Highs and Lows NEBRASKA INDIVIDUAL HIGHS....(CONTINUED) Most Total Tackles...... 13; Nate Gerry vs. McNeese State (6 solo, 7 asst.) Most Solo Tackles...... 6; Nate Gerry and Greg McMullen vs. McNeese State Most Tackles for Loss...... 2; Greg McMullen vs. Florida Atlantic (6 yards), vs. McNeese State (3 yards); Nate Gerry vs. McNeese State (3 yards), Zaire Anderson (0 yards) Most Yards Lost...... 6; Greg McMullen vs. Florida Atlantic (2 TFL) Most Quarterback Sacks...... 1.0; Greg McMullen vs. McNeese State (2 yards) Most Yards Lost...... 5; Kevin Maurice (0.5 sacks) Most Pass Breakups...... 2; Josh Mitchell vs. Florida Atlantic Most Blocked Field Goals...... None Most Blocked Punts...... None Most Blocked PAT...... None OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL HIGHS Most Yards Rushing...... 77; Jay Warren (Florida Atlantic) Most Rushing Attempts...... 19; Kelvin Bennett (McNeese State) Most Yards Passing...... 101; Tyler Bolfing (McNeese State) Most Passing Attempts...... 18; Greg Hankerson (Florida Atlantic) Most Pass Completions...... 9; Tyler Bolfing (McNeese State) Most Pass Receptions...... 5; Lucky Whitehead (Florida Atlantic) Most Yards Receiving...... 47; Kent Shelby (McNeese State) OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL LONGEST PLAYS Rush...... 26; Daniel Sams (McNeese State) Pass...... 40; Kent Shelby from Daniel Sams (McNeese State) Field Goal...... 24; Alex Kjellsten (McNeese State) Punt Return...... 11; Nate Holmes (McNeese State) Kickoff Return...... 44; Lucky Whitehead (Florida Atlantic) Fumble Return...... None Interception Return...... 98*; Aaron Sam (McNeese State) Punt...... 66; Dalton Schomp (Florida Atlantic)

Nebraska Starting Lineups HUSKER OFFENSIVE STARTERS GAME-BY-GAME Opponent WR WR TE RT RG C LG LT QB IB FB PK Florida Atlantic Bell Turner Carter Price Moudy Pelini J. Cotton Lewis Armstrong Abdullah Westerkamp# Brown McNeese State Bell Turner Carter Sterup Moudy Pelini J. Cotton Lewis Armstrong Abdullah Westerkamp# Brown

#-opened in three wide receiver formation; %-NU opened in a four-receiver set (three receivers and a tight end); ^-NU opened in two tight end set HUSKER DEFENSIVE STARTERS GAME-BY-GAME Opponent DE DT DT DE BUCK MIKE WILL LCB FS SS RCB P Florida Atlantic McMullen Valentine Collins Gregory Santos Banderas Anderson Mitchell Gerry Cooper Davie Foltz Florida Atlantic McMullen Valentine Collins Gangwish Santos Banderas Anderson Mitchell Gerry Cooper Davie Foltz

* - NU opened with nickel package # - NU opened with dime packages; %-NU opened with five defensive linemen; @-NU opened with three safties; !-NU opened with 3 defensive ends Overall Participation PLAYER (GAMES): Armstrong Jr., Tommy (2/2); Abdullah, Ameer (2/2); Allen, Taariq (2/-); Anderson, Zaire (2/2); Bailey, Christian (2/-); Banderas, Josh (2/2); Bell, Kenny (2/1); Bondi, Mauro (2/-); Brown, Drew (2/-); Carter, Cethan (2/2); Cockrell, Byerson (2/-); Collins, Maliek (2/2); Cooper, Corey (2/2); Cotton, Jake (2/2); Cotton, Sam (2/-); Cross, Imani (2/-); Davie, Daniel (2/2); Faulkenberry, Josh (2/-); Felici, Joey (2/-); Finnin, Matt (2/-); Foltz, Sam (2/-); Foster, Trey (1/-); Fyfe, Ryker (1/-); Gangwish, Jack (2/1); Gerry, Nate (2/2); Gladney, Kevin (2/-); Gregory, Randy (1/1); Hahn, Sam (1/-); Hannon, Zach (2/-); Hart, Greg (1/-); Hovey, Lane (2/-); Janovich, Andy (2/-); Jones, Chris (2/-); Johnson Jr., Dwayne (1/-); Kalu, Josh (3/-); Keels, Joe (1/-); Knevel, David (1/-); Kondolo, Chongo (2/-); Lewis, Alex (2/2); Love, Courtney (2/-); Maurice, Kevin (2/-); McMullen, Greg (2/2); Mitchell, Josh (2/2); Moore, Alonzo (2/1); Moudy, Mike (2/2); Nabity, Graham (1/-); Natter, A.J. (1/-); Nelson, Jordan (1/-); Newby, Marcus (2/-); Newby, Terrell (2/-); Pelini, Mark (2/2); Pierson-El, De’Mornay (2/-); Price, Givens (2/1); Rath, Logan (1/-); Reeves, Ryne (2/-); Roach, Trevor (2/-); Rose, Jonathan (2/-); Santos, David (2/2); Simpson, Brad (2/-); Singleton, D.J. (2/-); Stanton, Johnny (1/-); Sterup, Zach (1/1); Sutton, David (2/-); Turner, Jamal (2/2); Utter, Dylan (2/-); Valentine, Vincent (2/2); Weber, Chris (2/-); Westerkamp, Jordan (2/2); Williams, Austin (2/-); Williams, Kevin (1/-); Williams, Kieron (2/-)

HUSKERS.COM 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL

Game 1 No. 22 Nebraska 55, Florida Atlantic 7 Game 2 No. 19 Nebraska 31, McNeese State 24 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Florida Atlantic 7 0 0 0 7 McNeese State 7 7 0 10 24 No. 22 Nebraska 14 17 17 7 55 No. 19 Nebraska 14 7 3 7 31

Lincoln (Aug. 30) --- Ameer Abdullah sprinted for a career-high Lincoln (Sept. 6) --- Ameer Adbullah turned a short 232 yards, while Kenny Bell and Jordan Westerkamp each added pass from Tommy Armstrong Jr. into a 58-yard touchdown 100-yard receiving games, as No. 22 Nebraska rolled to a 55-7 with 20 seconds left, lifting No. 19 Nebraska to a 31-24 win victory over Florida Atlantic. The Husker offense enjoyed a record-setting day with a pair over McNeese State. of 100-yard rushers and a pair of 100-yard receivers in the same The Cornhuskers were facing a 3rd-and-6 with the game game. Abdullah finished the day with 21 carries for 232 yards tied against the FCS power when Armstrong, who finished and a touchdown. Terrell Newby added his first career 100-yard 16-for-31 for 242 yards and two touchdowns through the game, crossing the plateau with 16 carries for 107 yards and two air, hit Abdullah, who turned the short pass into a highlight touchdowns. reel play. Until the catch, Abdullah was limited to just 54 Bell added his fourth career 100-yard receiving game with four yards and one rushing touchdown on 17 carries. However, catches for 116 yards, while Westerkamp added his second career he added three receptions out of the backfield for a career- 100-yard game with career highs of seven catches for 125 yards and high 98 yards. a touchdown. Armstrong led the Husker rushing attack with a career- The Huskers finished with a Big Ten record 784 total yards, high 131 yards and a touchdown on just 11 carries to lead a including 498 rushing and 286 passing. Tommy Armstrong Jr. Nebraska ground game that finished with 195 yards. completed 15-of-29 passes for 271 and two touchdowns, while McNeese State finished with 338 total yards, but it was adding seven carries for 62 yards and another score to finish with 333 yards of total offense. a 98-yard interception return for a touchdown in the second The Huskers dominated offensively in the first half, scoring on each of their first five possessions to quarter by Aaron Sam that set the tone for the game. The take a commanding 31-7 halftime lead. Armstrong put the Huskers on the board first with his five-yard Huskers were at the MSU 9-yard line looking to extend a 14-7 lead. touchdown run to cap Nebraska’s eight-play, 86-yard opening drive of the season. The Owls answered with a touchdown drive of their own, capped by Jaquez Johnson’s 20-yard McNeese State took an early 7-0 lead on a Derrick Milton nine-yard first-quarter run. Armstrong and touchdown pass to Lucky Whitehead with 4:56 left in the first. That would be the only score allowed by the Huskers answered on the ensuing drive with a 40-yard touchdown strike to Jordan Westerkamp with the Blackshirts, as Nebraska limited FAU to 200 yards of total offense. During one stretch, the Huskers 6:44 left in the opening period. Westerkamp finished his day with four receptions for 61 yards. forced seven consecutive 3-and-outs. After a defensive stop by the Blackshirts, NU headed to the second quarter with a 14-7 lead following Armstrong led NU on another first-quarter touchdown march, as NU went 75 yards in nine plays, a two-yard Abdullah. The defense kept the Cowboys at bay again and Nebraska sprinted into the red zone capped by Westerkamp’s 36-yard TD grab. The Huskers added freshman place-kicker Drew Brown’s first on a long run by Armstrong, before he threw his first interception of the season to tie the score at 14. career field goal, a 44-yarder, with 12:18 left in the half to push the margin to 17-7. Despite the major momentum swing, Armstrong and the Huskers responded with a 12-play, 82- After the Blackshirts held on their next possession, Abdullah cruised over the 100-yard rushing mark yard drive capped by his one-yard touchdown plunge to take a 21-14 lead to the halftime locker room. for the 18th time in his career before breaking off a 47-yard scoring jaunt. Another defensive stop set up Nebraska pushed the lead to 24-14 in the third quarter on Drew Brown’s 31-yard field goal a seven-play, 66-yard drive capped by a punishing three-yard touchdown run by Imani Cross with 2:30 left McNeese State refused to fold, answering with a one-yard touchdown run by Tyler Bolfing to cap a to push the Big Red lead to 31-7. The Huskers scored on each of their first five drives. 12-play, 83-yard drive and pull the Cowboys within 24-21. Nebraska put the game out of reach, scoring on their first four possessions of the second half, Nebraska’s offense continued to struggle in the fourth quarter, and the Cowboys capitalized to tie the including two scoring runs by Newby. score on Alex Kjellsten’s 24-yard field goal with 4:21 left, capping a 14-play 88-yard drive. SCORING SUMMARY Following Abdullah’s 58-yard dash, the Cowboys started deep in their own territory with 14 seconds 1st 09:19 NEB Armstrong Jr. 5 yd run (Brown kick) left and Corey Cooper intercepted Bolfing on the final play of the game to seal a Nebraska victory. 1st 04:56 FAU Whitehead 20 yd pass from Johnson (Joseph kick) 1st 01:22 NEB Westerkamp 36 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick) SCORING SUMMARY 2nd 12:18 NEB Brown 44 yd field goal 1st 06:44 NEB Westerkamp 40 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick) 2nd 06:29 NEB Abdullah 47 yd run (Brown kick) 1st 03:00 NEB Abdullah 2 yd run (Brown kick) 2nd 02:30 NEB Cross 3 yd run (Brown kick) 2nd 10:08 MCN Sam 98 yd interception return (Kjellsten kick) 3rd 10:18 NEB Newby 2 yd run (Brown kick) 2nd 05:47 NEB Armstrong Jr. 1 yd run (Brown kick) 3rd 06:41 NEB Pierson-El 8 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick) 3rd 03:51 NEB Brown 31 yd field goal 3rd 03:09 NEB Bondi 45 yd field goal 4th 13:45 MCN Bolfing 1 yd run (Kjellsten kick) 4th 13:20 NEB Newby 1 yd run (Bondi kick) 4th 04:21 MCN Kjellsten 24 yd field goal 4th 00:20 NEB Abdullah 58 yd pass from Armstrong Jr. (Brown kick)

TEAM STATISTICS FAU NEB TEAM STATISTICS MCNEESE NEB FIRST DOWNS 13 35 FIRST DOWNS 15 17 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 30-105 57-498 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 45-178 33-195 PASSING YDS (NET) 95 286 PASSING YDS (NET) 160 242 Passes Att-Comp-Int 30-11-0 35-17-0 Passes Att-Comp-Int 26-12-1 31-16-1 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 60-200 92-784 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 71-338 64-437 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 4-19 Punt Returns-Yards 3-19 5-52 Kickoff Returns-Yards 3-105 1-14 Kickoff Returns-Yards 4-65 5-126 Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards 1-98 1-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 9-47.2 2-35.5 Punts (Number-Avg) 8-39.4 6-51.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-22 6-60 Penalties-Yards 6-44 5-40 Possession Time 26:05 33:55 Possession Time 34:52 25:08 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 15 8 of 12 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 17 4 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 0 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 5-5S Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 3-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 1-9 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-2 2-2 RUSHING: FAU- Warren, Jay 14-77; Johnson, Jaquez 4-19; Bussey, Henry 1-5; Hankerson, Greg 6-4; RUSHING: McNeese-Sams, Daniel 10-74; Bennett, Kelvin 19-53; Holmes, Nate 3-23; Milton, Derrick Moore, Tony 4-3; Whitehead, Lucky 1-minus-3. Nebraska-Abdullah, Ameer 21-232; Newby, Terrell 6-18; Thomas, Khalil 1-9; Celestie, Ernest 1-3; Bolfing, Tyler 3-3; Long, Dylan 2-minus-5. Nebraska 16-107; Armstrong Jr., Tommy 7-62; Nelson, Jordan 5-32; Cross, Imani 3-32; Fyfe, Ryker 4-29; Nabity, Armstrong Jr., Tommy 11-131; Abdullah, Ameer 17-54; Newby, Terrell 2-9; Cross, Imani 3-1. Graham 1-4. PASSING: McNeese-Bolfing, Tyler 9-17-1-101; Sams, Daniel 3-9-0-59. Nebraska- Armstrong Jr., Tommy PASSING: FAU-Hankerson, Greg 5-18-0-34; Johnson, Jaquez 6-12-0-61. Nebraska- Armstrong Jr., Tommy 16-31-1-242. 15-29-0-271; Fyfe, Ryker 1-4-0-9; TEAM 0-1-0-0; Stanton, Johnny 1-1-0-6. RECEIVING: McNeese-Shelby, Kent 2-47; Bennett, Kelvin 2-35; Celestie, Ernest 2-20; Hetrick, Zach 1-27; RECEIVING: FAU-Whitehead, Luck 5-40; Deleon, Alex 2-18; Moore, Tony 1-15; Harrop, Michael 1-12; Holmes, Nate 1-12; Bush, David 1-6; Milton, Derrick 1-5; McGilvery, Jereon 1-5; Long, Dylan 1-3. Moise, Derek 1-10; Johnson, Jaquez 1-0.Nebraska-Westerkamp, Jordan 7-125; Bell, Kenny 4-116; Nebraska-Westerkamp, Jordan 4-61; Abdullah, Ameer 3-96; Turner, Jamal 3-28; Allen, Taariq 3-27; Bell, Pierson-El, De’Mornay 2-14; Cotton, Sam 1-10; Turner, Jamal 1-9; Abdullah, Ameer 1-9; Allen, Taariq 1-3. Kenny 1-14; Moore, Alonzo 1-11; Carter, Cethan 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS: FAU-None. Nebraska-None INTERCEPTIONS: McNeese-Sam, Aaron 1-98. Nebraska-Cooper, Corey 1-0 FUMBLES: FAU-Warren, Jay 1-0. Nebraska-Bell, Kenny 1-0. FUMBLES: McNeese-Bolfing, Tyler 1-0. Nebraska-Armstrong Jr., Tommy 1-0. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): FAU- None Nebraska- Maurice, Kevin 0.5-5; McMullen, Greg 0.5-4. SACKS (Sacks-Yds): McNeese- Hill, Dominique 1-2. Nebraska-McMullen, Greg 1-2 TACKLE LEADER (UA-A): FAU-Parms, Damian 8-1; Kirk, Andrae 5-4; Relf, Robert 5-4. Nebraska-Anderson, TACKLE LEADER (UA-A): McNeese-Ellefsen, Everett 4-3; Sam, Aaron 3-4; Spikes, Brent 1-6. Nebraska- Zaire 3-4 Gerry, Nate 6-7 HUSKERS.COM