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 Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Game 9: Aug. 30 Florida Atlantic (BTN) W, 55-7 Sept. 6 McNeese State (ESPNU) W, 31-24 Nebraska vs. Sept. 13 at Fresno State (CBS Sports Net.) W, 55-19 Sept. 20 Miami (ESPN2) W, 41-31 Purdue Sept. 27 Illinois (HC) (BTN) W, 45-14 Nov. 1, 2014 | Memorial Stadium Boilermakers Oct. 4 at Michigan State (ABC) L, 27-22 Huskers Lincoln, Neb.| 2:30 p.m. Oct. 18 at Northwestern (BTN) W, 38-17 Record: 7-1, 3-1 Record: 3-5, 1-3 Oct. 25 Rutgers (ESPN2) W, 42-24 Rankings: AP–17 Rankings: not ranked Coaches–16 Game Information Last Game: Nov. 1 Purdue (ABC) 2:30 p.m. Television: ABC/ESPN2 lost to Minnesota, 39-38 Nov. 15 at Wisconsin TBA Last Game: Radio: Husker Sports Network Coach: Darrell Hazell Nov. 22 Minnesota TBA def. Rutgers, 42-24 Capacity: 87,000 Nov. 28 at Iowa TBA Coach: Bo Pelini Surface: FieldTurf PU/Career Record: All times Central Career/NU Record: Series Record: Series tied, 1-1 4-16/2nd year; 65-25, 7th year Last Meeting:Nebraska, 44-7, 2013 in West Lafayette 20-26/4th year Television vs. Purdue: 1-0 Special Events: Veteran’s Day Salute vs. Nebraska: 0-1 ABC/ESPN2 Mike Patrick, Play-by-Play The Matchup Ed Cunningham, Analyst Nebraska plays its second consecutive home game on Saturday when Purdue visits Memorial Stadium for the Jeanine Edwards, Sidelines first time. The matchup between the Huskers and Boilermakers is set for 2:30 p.m. CT and will be televised by ABC. The Huskers come into the contest with a 7-1 record, including 3-1 in Big Ten Conference action. The Huskers are Radio tied for the lead with Minnesota in the Big Ten’s West Division at the halfway point in conference play. Husker Sports Network Nebraska is coming off a 42-24 victory over Rutgers last Saturday in Lincoln to improve to 5-0 at home this season. Senior I-back Ameer Abdullah continued to build a record-setting season with 225 rushing yards and a school-record Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play 341 all-purpose yards. The Huskers will enter Saturday’s game ranked 17th in the Associated Press Poll and No. 16 in Matt Davison, Analyst the USA Today Coaches Poll. The first College Football Playoff rankings will be released on Tuesday. Lane Grindle, Sidelines For the second straight week, Nebraska will welcome an opponent to Memorial Stadium for the first time. The Huskers have twice traveled to Purdue, including last year’s 44-7 victory, however this will mark the Boilermakers’ Digital Media first trip to Lincoln. Huskers.com Purdue will come to Lincoln with a 3-5 overall record and a 1-3 mark in Big Ten Conference play. The Boilermakers HSN free audio were idle last weekend after nearly pulling an upset at Minnesota on Oct. 18. Purdue led the Gophers by 11 points in Live stats, game-day information, photos and more the second half, before Minnesota rallied for a 39-38 victory. Purdue has fielded a potent offense in recent weeks, Facebook.com/Huskers averaging 447 yards per game over the last three contests. @Huskers on Twitter @HuskerFBNation The Series Saturday’s matchup will be the first meeting between the two teams at Memorial Stadium and just the third all- Other time in the series. The matchup is tied at one win apiece after the Huskers won 44-7 in West Lafayette last season. Satellite Radio The schools will meet every year as members of the Big Ten’s West Division. Sirius Channel 138, XM 196 The Coaches Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, ‘90) owns a 65-25 record (.722) in his seventh season as head coach. He has 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 65 wins trail only Osborne and Devaney on the NU wins list. Pelini joins Alabama’s Nick Saban as the only head coaches in the nation to win nine or more games each of the past six seasons. Purdue: Darrell Hazell (Muskingum, ‘86) is in his second season as Purdue’s head coach and owns a 4-16 record with the Boilermakers. Hazell served as the head coach at Kent State in 2011 and 2012, guiding the Golden Flashes to a 16-10 record, including 11-2 in 2012. Hazell’s assistant coaching stops included Ohio State, Rutgers and West Virginia. Nebraska Football Nebraska is 872-358-40 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 438 wins, 26 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. GAME 9 VS. PURDUE 1 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL 2014 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL HUSKERS.COM Nebraska-Rutgers Stat Wrap Noting Game 8...Nebraska 42, Rutgers 24 Team Stats RU NU 4 Nebraska senior I-back Ameer Abdullah rushed 19 times for 225 yards and three touchdowns. Abdullah’s 225 First Downs 15 21 rushing yards marked his fourth 200-yard rushing game of the season–all at Memorial Stadium. His four 200-yard Rushes-Yards 38-143 41-292 rushing games this season ties the Nebraska season record, matching Mike Rozier’s four 200-yard rushing games in Passes 12-26-1 14-22-1 1983. Abdullah has five career 200-yard rushing games. Passing Yards 205 163 Total Offense 348 455 4 In addition to his 225 rushing yards, Abdullah totaled 26 receiving yards and 90 kick return yards for a school- 3rd-Down Conversions 4-of-12 8-of-13 record 341 all-purpose yards. The previous record was 321 all-purpose yards by Roy Helu Jr. against Missouri in 2010. Turnovers 1 2 Abdullah has the only two 300-yard all-purpose yardage games in the nation this season, including his 313 all-purpose Penalties 4-26 5-35 Time of Possession 30:32 29:28 yards against Miami on Sept. 20. NU Rushing Leaders 4 Abdullah’s 53-yard touchdown run in the second quarter marked his fourth play from scrimmage of better than Ameer Abdullah–19 carries, 225 yards, 3 TD 50 yards this season, including three runs (57 vs. Fresno State, 50 vs. Northwestern, 53 vs. Rutgers) and one reception Terrell Newby–10 carries, 30 yards (58 vs. McNeese State). With his three rushing touchdowns, Abdullah has recorded five straight games with multiple NU Passing Leader rushing touchdowns. He added runs of 48 and 49 yards later in the game. Tommy Armstrong Jr.–14-22-1, 163 yards, 2 TD NU Receiving Leader 4 Abdullah’s three touchdowns give him 37 career rushing touchdowns, moving him into fifth place on the NU career Kenny Bell–6 receptions, 63 yards rushing touchdowns list, passing Tommie Frazier’s 36 career rushing touchdowns. Abdullah has 45 overall career Jordan Westerkamp–3 receptions, 40 yards, TD touchdowns, tying him with Ahman Green for third on the Nebraska all-time list. His 19 touchdowns this season are NU Defensive Leaders Zaire Anderson–6 UT, 5 AT, 11 TT, TFL, PBU tied for fifth on the Nebraska single-season chart and just three touchdowns from the No. 2 spot on the list. Maliek Collins–UT, 6 AT, 7 TT, 3-8 TFL, Sack, 3 QB hurries 4 Abdullah increased his career all-purpose yardage total to 6,604, and moved from fourth to second place on the Randy Gregory–2 UT, 3 AT, 5 TT, 1-12 sack, 2 hurries, blocked FG Big Ten’s career all-purpose yardage list. He moved past Anthony Thompson (Indiana, 6,466 yards) and Ohio State’s NU Special Teams Leader Ameer Abdullah–2 kickoff returns, 90 yards, long-76 Archie Griffin (6,559 yards). Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne is the career Big Ten leader with 7,429 career all-purpose yards. 4 Senior receiver Kenny Bell caught six passes for 63 yards. Bell now has 167 career receptions, setting a new Nebraska 2014 Big Ten Standings school record, bettering the 166 catches by Nate Swift from 2005 to 2008. Bell now has 2,473 career receiving yards West Division to move within six yards of Johnny Rodgers’ school record of 2,479 career receiving yards. Records Team Big Ten Overall Next Game 4 Bell has caught a pass in 23 straight games since not catching a pass at Iowa in 2012. The 23-game streak is tied for Nebraska 3-1 7-1 Purdue the third-longest in school history, matching his own 23-game streak prior to not having a catch at Iowa two seasons Minnesota 3-1 6-2 Iowa 11/8 ago. Bell has had at least one catch in 46 of the last 47 games. Iowa 2-1 5-2 Northwestern Wisconsin 2-1 5-2 at Rutgers 4 Nebraska senior linebacker Zaire Anderson tied a career-high with 11 tackles. He also had 11 tackles at Minnesota Northwestern 2-2 3-4 at Iowa in 2013. Illinois 1-3 4-4 at Ohio State Purdue 1-3 3-5 at Nebraska 4 Sophomore defensive tackle Maliek Collins had a career-high seven tackles, bettering his previous high of four tackles at Fresno State.