NEBRASKA FOOTBALL FIVE-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS • MOST WINS IN THE NATION LAST 40, 50 & 60 YEARS FRESNO STATE 0-0 GAME 1: NEBRASKA VS. FRESNO STATE 1 NEBRASKA 0-0 SEPT. 3, 2016 • 7 P.M. (CT) Sept. 3 • 7 p.m. (BTN) MEMORIAL STADIUM Lincoln, Neb. • Memorial Stadium LINCOLN, NEB. NEBRASKA FRESNO STATE WYOMING 0-0 CAPACITY: 86,047 2 CORNHUSKERS SURFACE: FIELDTURF BULLDOGS NEBRASKA 0-0 Sept. 10 • 11 a.m. (ESPN2) • Record: 0-0 (0-0, Big Ten) • Record: 0-0 (0-0, Mt. West) Lincoln, Neb. • Memorial Stadium • Last Year: 6-7 (3-5, Big Ten) • Last Year: 3-9 (2-6, Mt. West) • Rankings: Receiving Votes • Rankings: Not ranked #24 OREGON 0-0 • Series: Nebraska, 2-0 • Coach: Tim DeRuyter 3 NEBRASKA 0-0 • Coach: Mike Riley • At Fresno St.: 29-23 (5th year) BTN Sept. 17 • 2:30 p.m. (ABC) • At Nebraska: 6-7 (2nd year) Joe Beninati, Play-by-Play • Career: same Lincoln, Neb. • Memorial Stadium • Career: 99-87 (16th year) Glen Mason, Analyst • vs. Nebraska: 0-1 • vs. Fresno State: 0-1 Damon Benning, Sidelines NEBRASKA 0-0 4 NORTHWESTERN 0-0 THE MATCHUP HUSKER RADIO Sept. 24 • 6:30 p.m. (BTN) Nebraska opens the 2016 season on Greg Sharpe Evanston, Ill. • Ryan Field 100 Saturday night with a non-conference Matt Davison ILLINOIS 0-0 Nebraska Head Coach matchup against Fresno State at Brenden Stai 5 Mike Riley enters the Memorial Stadium. The game is set NEBRASKA 0-0 NATIONAL SIMULCASTS season with 99 career for national television on BTN, with Oct. 1 • 2:30 p.m. (TBA) • Sirius: 81 • XM: 81 coaching victories in kickoff set for shortly after 7 p.m. CT. Lincoln, Neb. • Memorial Stadium the collegiate ranks. A NEBRASKA 0-0 win over Fresno State The game with the Bulldogs opens Nebraska's second season under Head 6 would give Riley his Coach Mike Riley. The Huskers return 16 starters from last year's team that INDIANA 0-0 100th career college capped the season with a victory over UCLA in the Foster Farms Bowl. Oct. 15 • 2:30 p.m. (TBA) coaching victory. Bloomington, Ind. • Memorial Stadium The Huskers have ample experience on both sides of the ball, returning a four-year starter at quarterback, multiple offensive skill position players and PURDUE 0-0 a strong core of experience on defense. While the Huskers are unranked 7 NEBRASKA 0-0 29 heading into the season, Nebraska did receive votes in both the USA Today Oct. 22 • TBA (TBA) and Associated Press preseason polls. Lincoln, Neb. • Memorial Stadium Nebraska has won Fresno State posted a 3-9 record last season, including a 2-6 mark in the NEBRASKA 0-0 29 consecutive Mountain West Conference. Coach Tim DeRuyter is in his fifth season 8 games against WISCONSIN 0-0 as the Bulldogs' head coach and welcomes back 10 returning starters. current members of Oct. 29 • 6 p.m. (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) the Mountain West Madison, Wis. • Camp Randall Stadium The matchup with Fresno State completes a three-game series between Conference. The the two schools. The Huskers defeated Fresno State in Lincoln in 2011, NEBRASKA 0-0 Huskers are 34-2 all- before winning on the road in Fresno in 2014. The three games in the series 9 time against Mountain #6 OHIO STATE 0-0 are the only meetings in school history between the Huskers and Bulldogs. West schools. Nov. 5 • 7 p.m. (ABC/ESPN/ESPN2) Columbus, Ohio • Ohio Stadium NEBRASKA FOOTBALL TOP 10 • Nebraska is 880-368-40 all-time, one of only 10 schools with 800 wins. MINNESOTA 0-0 10 • The Cornhuskers rank fourth all-time with their 880 victories. NEBRASKA 0-0 27 Nov. 12 • 6:30 p.m. (BTN) • Nebraska has won five national titles (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997). Lincoln, Neb. • Memorial Stadium Nebraska will honor • The Huskers have won 46 conference championships. MARYLAND 0-0 the memory of Sam • Nebraska’s 52 all-time bowl appearances rank third nationally. 11 Foltz throughout the NEBRASKA 0-0 season. The Huskers • Three Huskers have won the Heisman Trophy (Rodgers, Rozier, Crouch). Nov. 19 • (TBA) (TBA) will wear No. 27 decals • Nebraska’s 107 football Academic All-Americans lead the nation. Lincoln, Neb. • Memorial Stadium on their helmets • The Huskers have 110 first-team All-Americans in school history. NEBRASKA 0-0 throughout 2016. Foltz 12 wore No. 27 for the • Nebraska football is the only team in any sport in NCAA history to total #17 IOWA 0-0 past three seasons as 100 athletic and academic All-Americans. Nov. 25 • TBA (TBA) Nebraska's starting Iowa City, Iowa • Kinnick Stadium punter, and was killed • Memorial Stadium has been sold out every game since Nov. 3, 1962, a in an auto accident on streak of 348 consecutive sellouts (including Fresno State). BIG TEN CONFERENCE July 23. No Husker will 13 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME wear No. 27 this year. Dec. 3 • 7:17 p.m. (FOX) Indianapolis, Ind. • Lucas Oil Stadium 2016 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL GAME NOTES PAGE 3 NEBRASKA-FRESNO STATE SERIES RILEY AIMS FOR WIN #100 Rank Nebraska Head Coach Mike Riley is going for his Date Site NU/FSU Result Score 100th win as a collegiate head coach in Saturday 9/10/2011 Lincoln 10/-- W 42-29 night's contest. Riley won 93 games in 14 seasons 9/13/2014 Fresno --/-- W 55-19 at Oregon State and had six victories in his first • Saturday's meeting will complete a three-game year at Nebraska in 2015. series between Nebraska and Fresno State, BIG TEN STANDINGS WEST DIVISION including two matchups at Memorial Stadium. • Riley is looking to become the 22nd active FBS head coach to record his 100th career victory Place Team Overall Big Ten • All-American Ameer Abdullah scored his first (Note: Virginia's Bronco Mendenhall also has 1. Illinois 0-0 0-0 career touchdown in the 2011 matchup with 99 wins.) Iowa 0-0 0-0 Fresno State, returning a kickoff 100 yards for Minnesota 0-0 0-0 • All 99 of Riley's victories have come while a touchdown to give NU a nine-point fourth- Nebraska 0-0 0-0 coaching in a Power Five Conference. Riley is quarter lead. Abdullah set a single-game record Northwestern 0-0 0-0 bidding to become the 10th active coach to for kickoff return yards in the 42-29 victory. Purdue 0-0 0-0 win 100 games at a Power Five Conference Wisconsin 0-0 0-0 school. • Tommy Armstrong Jr. accounted for 325 yards EAST DIVISION of total offense in the 2014 win at Fresno State, ACTIVE COACHES WITH 100 WINS AT Place Team Overall Big Ten throwing for 260 yards and three touchdowns, POWER FIVE CONFERENCE SCHOOLS 1. Indiana 0-0 0-0 while rushing for 65 yards. Coach, Current School Career Wins Maryland 0-0 0-0 Bill Snyder, Kansas State 193 Michigan 0-0 0-0 • De'Mornay Pierson-El totaled 150 yards on five Nick Saban, Alabama 182 Michigan State 0-0 0-0 Bob Stoops, Oklahoma 179 punt returns at Fresno in 2014, including an Ohio State 0-0 0-0 86-yard punt return for a touchdown. Mark Richt, Miami 145 Les Miles, LSU 140 Penn State 0-0 0-0 Kirk Ferentz, Iowa 127 Rutgers 0-0 0-0 HUSKERS VS. MOUNTAIN WEST Urban Meyer, Florida 115 Nebraska owns an impressive 34-2 all-time Tommy Tuberville, Cincinnati 113 BIG TEN CONFERENCE record against current members of the Mountain Mike Leach, Washington State 105 PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEES West Conference. Entering this week's game Mike Riley, Nebraska 99 Note: Win totals reflect only wins at Power Five Game Offense Defense Sp. Teams Frosh with Fresno State, Nebraska has won its past 29 schools. FSU matchups against Mountain West schools, most WYO recently its 55-19 win at Fresno State in 2014. 2016 HUSKERS LED BY VETERANS ORE NW The 2016 Huskers will be one of the more veteran Nebraska plays back-to-back games to open the ILL teams in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska season against Mountain West teams, hosting IND returns a total of 16 starters from last year’s team, Wyoming in Lincoln on Sept. 10. PUR and the 2016 squad features11 players who have WIS double-figure career start totals entering the LAST 5 GAMES VS. MOUNTAIN WEST OSU season. The leaders of that group include four Date Opponent Result UM players who have made more than 20 starts in 9-13-14 at Fresno State W, 55-19 MARY their Nebraska careers. 8-31-13 Wyoming W, 37-34 IOWA 9-24-11 at Wyoming W, 38-14 Bold indicates winner 9-10-11 Fresno State W, 42-29 MOST EXPERIENCED HUSKER STARTERS 9-6-08 San Jose State W, 35-12 Player, Pos. Career Starts Tommy Armstrong Jr., QB 33 2016 HUSKER HONORS NEBRASKA LOOKS TO EXTEND Nathan Gerry, S 29 Tommy Armstrong Jr., QB Drew Brown, PK 26 PRIME-TIME HOME DOMINANCE • Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Cethan Carter, TE 24 • Maxwell Award Watch List Memorial Stadium is always a tough environment • Davey O'Brien Quarterback Award Watch List for visiting teams in Lincoln. That is never more FIRST-TIME STARTERS SET TO • Johnny Unitas Award Watch List true than in night games at Memorial Stadium. HIT THE FIELD ON SATURDAY • Manning Award Watch List The Huskers have won 17 straight home While the Huskers return several players with Drew Brown, PK night games in Lincoln.