2012 CornHUSKE r F o o T BALL Nebraska Media Relations w One Memorial Stadium w Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 w Phone: (402) 472-2263 w [email protected] 2012 Nebraska Schedule Game 8: Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Sept. 1 Southern Miss (ABC) W, 49-20 Nebraska vs. Sept. 8 at UCLA (FOX) L, 36-30 Sept. 15 Arkansas State (ESPN2) W, 42-13 Michigan Sept. 22 Idaho State (BTN) W, 73-7 Oct. 27, 2012 | Memorial Stadium Sept. 29 Wisconsin (ABC) W, 30-27 Oct. 6 at Ohio State (ABC) L, 63-38 Lincoln, Neb. | 7 p.m. (CT) Oct. 20 at Northwestern (ABC) W, 29-28 Huskers Wolverines Oct. 27 Michigan (ESPN2) 7 p.m. Record: 5-2, 2-1 Game Information Record: 5-2, 3-0 Nov. 3 at Michigan State (TBA) TBA Rankings: Television: ESPN2 Rankings: Nov. 10 Penn State (TBA) TBA AP-NR; Coaches-NR Radio: Husker Sports Network AP-20; Coaches-20 Nov. 17 Minnesota (TBA) TBA Last Game: Capacity: 81,091 (323rd Consecutive Sellout) Last Game: Nov. 23 at Iowa (ABC) 11 a.m. def. Northwestern, 29-28 Surface: FieldTurf def. Michigan St. 12-10 Dec. 1 Big Ten Championship (FOX) 7 p.m Coach: Bo Pelini Series Record: Michigan leads, 4-2-1 Coach: Brady Hoke at Indianapolis, Ind. Career/NU Record: In Lincoln: Series tied, 0-0-1 Career/UM Record: All times Central 44-18/5th year Special Events: 50th Anniversary of Sellout Streak at 63-54/10th year/ Television vs. Michigan: 0-1 Memorial Stadium; Red Cross Day 16-4/2nd year ESPN2 The Matchup Mark Jones, Play-by-Play Two of the most storied programs in college football history will meet in a key Big Ten Legends Division showdown, Brock Huard, Analyst as Nebraska plays host to Michigan Saturday night at Memorial Stadium. The game will be televised nationally on Jessica Mendoza, Sidelines ESPN2, with kickoff set for shortly after 7 p.m. CT. The meeting is the second between the two schools as members of the Big Ten Conference and just the second Radio meeting all-time between the two schools in Lincoln. In fact, the Wolverines will be making their first-ever appearance Husker Sports Network at Memorial Stadium as the only other meeting in Lincoln occurred 101 years ago in 1911. Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play Nebraska comes into the contest at 5-2, including a 2-1 mark in Big Ten play, following a dramatic, 29-28 comeback Matt Davison, Analyst win at Northwestern on Saturday. Nebraska trailed by 12 points in the fourth quarter before rallying with two late Lane Grindle, Sidelines touchdown drives to tie the largest fourth-quarter comeback in school history. Michigan is currently atop the Legends Division standings at 3-0 in the Big Ten and 5-2 overall, with its only losses Internet against a pair of top-five teams in Alabama and Notre Dame. Like Nebraska, Michigan comes into the game after Huskers.com a dramatic win, using a field goal in the final seconds to defeat Michigan State, 12-10, on Saturday in Ann Arbor. HSN free audio Michigan has been particularly impressive on defense in Big Ten play, allowing just 7.7 points per game. The recent Live stats, game-day information, photos surge has put Michigan back in the national rankings at No. 20 in both the AP and USA Today Coaches polls. In addition to adding another great matchup to the history of Memorial Stadium, Saturday’s game will also serve Other as a celebration of 50 years of consecutive sellouts at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers’ sellout streak, which will reach 323 games on Saturday night, began on Nov. 3, 1962 against Missouri. National Radio-ESPN Radio Bill Rosinski, Play-by-Play The Series David Norrie, Analyst Saturday’s game is the eighth meeting between the two schools, with Michigan holding a 4-2-1 overall edge in the Joe Schad, Sidelines series. At least one of the teams has been nationally ranked in each of the past four matchups, including this week’s game. Satellite Radio Sirius Channel 113, XM 200 The Coaches Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, ‘90) owns a 44-18 record (.710) in his fifth season. Pelini has guided NU to nine or more wins in each of his first four seasons as head coach, joining Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne and Frank Solich in A Numbers Game accomplishing that feat. Pelini is one of only six first-time head coaches in NCAA history to win at least nine games in each of his first four seasons at a BCS conference school. Michigan: Brady Hoke (Ball State, ‘82) is in his second season as the head coach at Michigan and his 10th season 2 overall as a collegiate head coach. Hoke has guided the Wolverines to a 16-4 record in two seasons, including an Saturday’s game will mark the second game 11-2 mark and a Sugar Bowl victory last season. Hoke previously served as the head coach at Ball State and San Diego State before taking over in Ann Arbor. in college football history featuring a pair of quarterbacks with 5,000 career passing yards and Nebraska Football 2,000 career rushing yards. Taylor Martinez and Nebraska is 851-351-40 all-time, one of just seven schools with 800 all-time victories w Nebraska has won five Denard Robinson are two of just 18 players in NCAA national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997). w The Cornhuskers have won 43 conference championships. history to reach those offensive totals. The only w NU’s 48 all-time bowl appearances rank fourth nationally. w Since 1970, NU has 417 wins, 26 more than any other previous such meeting came in 2005 and featured school. w Nebraska’s 102 football Academic All-Americans lead the nation. w The Huskers have 110 All-Americans Texas’ Vince Young and Missouri’s Brad Smith. in school history. Game 8 vs. Michigan 1 2012 Nebraska Football 2012 Nebraska Football Huskers.com Nebraska-Northwestern Stat Wrap Noting Game 7...Nebraska 29, Northwestern 28 Team Stats NU NW 4Nebraska overcame a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to rally for a 29-28 win. The comeback tied for the largest First Downs 26 14 fourth quarter comeback in school history (also 12 points at Missouri in 2009 and in 1966 at Colorado). With the win, Rushes-Yards 44-201 38-180 Nebraska snapped a four-game losing streak away from Lincoln and improved to 5-1 following a bye week under Bo Passes 27-39-0 16-37-0 Pelini. The Huskers’ win also gave them a 4-2 lead in the all-time series with Northwestern. Passing Yards 342 121 Total Offense 543 301 4Nebraska rushed for 201 yards, marking the seventh straight game to open the season with at least 200 rushing 3rd-Down Conversions 3-of-14 5-of-20 yards. This marks the first time Nebraska has rushed for 200 or more yards in each of the first seven games of the Turnovers 3 0 season since 2000. The Huskers improved to 29-4 under Bo Pelini when rushing for 200 yards. Penalties 8-62 5-45 Time of Possession 32:25 27:35 4Nebraska finished with 543 yards of total offense and has topped 400 yards in each of the first seven games of the season. The last time Nebraska topped 400 yards in seven straight games was a seven-game stretch during the 2008 NU Rushing Leaders season. This marks the first time Nebraska has topped 400 yards of offense in each of the first seven games of the Ameer Abdullah–19 carries, 101 yards Taylor Martinez–18 carries, 65 yards, TD season since the 1997 team reached that plateau in all 13 games. NU Passing Leader 4Nebraska was held to 29 points, ending a streak of six straight 30-point games to open the season. The six-game Taylor Martinez–27-39-0, 342 yards, 3 TD 30-point streak was Nebraska’s longest to open a season since 1995. It was also NU’s longest 30-point streak at any NU Receiving Leaders point since a seven-game stretch including the final three games of 2007 and the first four games in 2008. Quincy Enunwa–6 receptions, 110 yards Kenny Bell–6 receptions, 77 yards, TD 4Junior quarterback Taylor Martinez passed for 342 yards, 12 shy of his career high set in the season opener Jamal Turner–3 receptions, 56 yards against Southern Miss. It was Martinez’s third career 300-yard passing game and second of the season. The 342 NU Defensive Leaders yards pushed his career passing total to 5,335 yards. Martinez is the fourth player in school history with 5,000 career P.J. Smith–5 UT, 3 AT, 8 TT, 1-4 TFL, PBU passing yards and his total of 5,335 career passing yards moved him into second place on the Nebraska career Cameron Meredith–3 UT, 2 AT, 5 TT, 1-2 sack passing list, moving past Dave Humm (5,035 yards) and Joe Ganz (5,125 yards). Stanley Jean-Baptiste–2 UT, 5 PBU NU Special Teams Leader 4Martinez became the 18th player in FBS history with 5,000 career passing yards and 2,000 career rushing yards Brett Maher–42.2 punting average, 5 inside 20 and just the seventh player to reach that milestone before their senior season. 2012 Big Ten Standings 4Martinez also rushed for 65 yards in the game to account for 407 yards of total offense.