2019 BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - AUGUST 26 Primary Contact: Adam Augustine, Director, Communications • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 151 • E-mail: [email protected] • Cell: 608-215-4391 • Twitter: @B1Gfootball Secondary Contact: Megan Rowley, Assistant Director, Communications • Office: 847-696-1010 ext. 129 • E-mail: [email protected] • Cell: 630-272-2038 2019 CONFERENCE & OVERALL STANDINGS WEEK 1 SCHEDULE EAST DIVISION THURSDAY, AUG. 29 South Dakota State at MINNESOTA Conference Games All Games 9 p.m. | FS1 W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk Indiana 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 FRIDAY, AUG. 30 Maryland 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L4 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L4 Tulsa at MICHIGAN STATE Michigan 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L2 7 p.m. | FS1 Michigan State 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Ohio State 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W4 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W6 WISCONSIN at South Florida Penn State 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W3 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 7 p.m. | ESPN Rutgers 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L11 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L11 Massachusetts at RUTGERS WEST DIVISION 7:15 p.m. | BTN Conference Games All Games W-L PCT H A Div. Strk W-L PCT H A N Strk PURDUE at Nevada Illinois 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L3 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L3 9:30 p.m. | CBSSN Iowa 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W3 Minnesota 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W2 SATURDAY, AUG. 31 Nebraska 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Akron at ILLINOIS Northwestern 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W7 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 Noon | BTN Purdue 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 Wisconsin 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 L1 0-0 --- 0-0 0-0 0-0 W1 INDIANA vs. Ball State (at Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis, Ind.) Noon | CBSSN BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. Howard at MARYLAND • The 124th season of Big Ten football will commence this weekend as 14 teams open the 2019 campaign. Noon | BTN Minnesota will be the first conference school to make its debut on Thursday, opening at home against South Dakota State at 9 p.m. ET on FS1. Michigan State, Rutgers and Wisconsin will each open the season on Friday, as the Spartans host Tulsa and the Badgers travel to South Florida, while the Scarlet Knights, South Alabama at NEBRASKA who won college football’s inaugural game against Princeton in 1869, will help kick off college football’s Noon| ESPN 150th season by welcoming Massachusetts. The remaining 10 schools will begin the 2019 campaign on Saturday. The complete opening weekend schedule appears to the right. Florida Atlantic at OHIO STATE Noon | FOX • The first Saturday of the season will feature a neutral site contest between Indiana and Ball State. The Hoosiers will face the Cardinals at noon at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the site of this year’s Big Ten Idaho at PENN STATE Football Championship Game. 3:30 p.m. | BTN • The 2019 campaign will feature 44 All-Big Ten honorees (12 first-team, 14 second-team, 18 third-team) NORTHWESTERN at Stanford and 65 honorable mention selections from last season. 4 p.m. | FOX • The winners of five of the Big Ten’s 14 regular-season individual awards from last season will also hit the field again this fall. Purdue wide receiver/return specialist Rondale Moore was named both the Miami (Ohio) at IOWA Thompson-Randle El Freshman of the Year and the Richter-Howard Receiver of the Year in 2018, while 7:30 p.m. | FS1 Wisconsin running back Jonathan Taylor was chosen as the Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year. Michigan State’s Kenny Willekes was tabbed the Smith-Brown Defensive Lineman of the Year, and Middle Tennessee State at MICHIGAN Michigan’s Will Hart was named the Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year. 7:30 p.m. | BTN • The Big Ten will continue to feature the largest bowl lineup in conference history. This season, the Big All times Eastern Ten’s bowl lineup will be highlighted by 16 potential bowl destinations in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, Tennessee and Texas. • Counting conference and non-conference contests, every Big Ten team will face at least six teams that played in a bowl game last season. Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin lead FOLLOW THE BIG TEN the way with eight such contests, followed by Iowa, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern and Rutgers The Big Ten football page on bigten.org will feature with seven apiece. notes, recaps, statistics, standings and more. You can also keep track of Big Ten football in real time by following • Twelve Big Ten teams will square off against at least one non-conference team that participated in a the conference on Twitter @B1Gfootball and @BigTen or bowl game last season, with 21 of all 42 non-conference games featuring opponents coming off bowl trips. Michigan and Purdue will each face bowl teams in all three of their 2019 non-conference contests, becoming a fan of the Big Ten Conference on Facebook to while Maryland, Michigan State and Penn State will each play two bowl opponents outside the conference receive exclusive updates. schedule. /BigTenConference • Ohio State was crowned the 2018 Big Ten Champion after its 45-24 win over Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship Game. It was the Buckeyes’ 37th Big Ten title and second in as many years. @B1Gfootball @BigTen • Michigan, Ohio State and Northwestern will look to repeat as division champions this season, as the Wildcats finished 8-1 to win the West Division for the first time and the Buckeyes and Wolverines finished tied atop the East Division standings at 8-1 in conference play. @bigtenconf BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten Academic Alliance is an academic consortium of all 14 Big Ten universities, which is widely considered to be the model for effective and voluntary collaboration among top research universities. BIG TEN FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE - WEEK 1 2 BIG TEN FOOTBALL 2019-20 BIG TEN MEDIA CONTACTS BOWL DESTINATIONS EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION Quick Lane Bowl Indiana Illinois Dec. 26, 2019 Jeff Keag Kent Brown [email protected] [email protected] 8 p.m. ET, ESPN Phone: (812) 855-6209 Derek Neal Detroit, Mich. [email protected] Ford Field Maryland Phone: (217) 333-1391 Dustin Semonavick Big Ten vs. ACC/Notre Dame [email protected] Iowa Steve Roe New Era Pinstripe Bowl Michigan [email protected] Dec. 27, 2019 David Ablauf Phone: (319) 335-9411 [email protected] 3:20 p.m. ET, ESPN Chad Shepard Minnesota Bronx, N.Y. [email protected] Paul Rovnak Yankee Stadium Phone: (734) 764-6456 [email protected] Phone: (612) 625-9379 Big Ten vs. ACC/Notre Dame Michigan State Ryan Tibbitts Ben Phlegar [email protected] San Diego County Credit Union [email protected] Holiday Bowl Phone: (517) 355-2271 Nebraska Keith Mann Dec. 27, 2019 Ohio State [email protected] 8 p.m. ET, FS1 Jerry Emig Phone: (402) 472-2263 San Diego, Calif. [email protected] Matt Smith Phone: (614) 688-0343 [email protected] SDCCU Stadium Phone: (402) 770-5926 Big Ten vs. Pac-12 Penn State Kristina Petersen Northwestern SERVPRO First Responder Bowl [email protected] Paul Kennedy Phone: (814) 865-1757 [email protected] Dec. 30, 2019 Phone: (847) 467-2028 12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Rutgers Dallas, Texas Hasim Phillips Purdue [email protected] Matt Rector Cotton Bowl Stadium Phone: (732) 445-6069 [email protected] Big Ten vs. Big 12/Conference USA Jimmy Gill Phone: (765) 494-3196 [email protected] Franklin American Mortgage Wisconsin Brian Lucas Music City Bowl [email protected] Dec. 30, 2019 Phone: (608) 263-5052 4 p.m. ET, ESPN Brian Mason [email protected] Nashville, Tenn. Nissan Stadium Big Ten or ACC/Notre Dame vs. SEC BIG TEN COACHING RECORDS RedBox Bowl Coach, School Career (Yrs) At School (Yrs) Big Ten Only Dec. 30, 2019 EAST DIVISION 4 p.m. ET, FOX Tom Allen, IND 10-15 (3rd) 10-15 (3rd) 4-14 Santa Clara, Calif. Michael Locksley, MD 3-31 (5th) 1-5 (2nd) 1-5 Levi’s Stadium Big Ten vs. Pac-12 Jim Harbaugh, MICH 96-41 (12th) 38-14 (5th) 26-9 Mark Dantonio, MSU 125-68 (16th) 107-51 (13th) 65-34 VRBO Citrus Bowl Ryan Day, OSU 3-0 (2nd) 3-0 (2nd) 1-0 Jan. 1, 2020 James Franklin, PSU 69-36 (9th) 45-21 (6th) 26-13 1 p.m. ET, ABC Chris Ash, RU 7-29 (4th) 7-29 (4th) 3-24 Orlando, Fla. Camping World Stadium WEST DIVISION Big Ten vs. SEC Lovie Smith, ILL 9-27 (4th) 9-27 (4th) 4-23 Kirk Ferentz, IOWA 164-122 (24th) 152-101 (21st) 91-72 Outback Bowl P.J.