2013 NEBRASKA FOOTBALL | » Taylor martinez, QB (media, Phil Steele) neBRASKA TeAm SeASOn awardS 2012 HUSKER HONORS » Jeremiah Sirles, OT (coaches, media, Phil Steele) » Team mVP: Taylor martinez NatiOnAl AwardS » daimion Stafford, S (coaches) » Offensive mVP: Taylor martinez » Baker Steinkuhler, dT (coaches, Phil Steele) INTRO Allstate AFCA Good Works Team » defensive mVP: Will compton | » Rex Burkhead, iB (1 of 11; captain) Third Team » Special Teams mVP: Brett maher Burlsworth Trophy » Ameer Abdullah, RB (Phil Steele) » Offensive Scout Team mVP: mike moudy » Spencer long, Ol (Semifinalist: 1 of 10) » ciante evans, dB (Phil Steele) » defensive Scout Team mVP: Thomas Brown Chicago Tribune Silver Football (Big Ten MVP) » Brett maher, P (Phil Steele) » Walk-On of the Year: Justin Blatchford » Taylor martinez, QB (Finalist: 1 of 3) Honorable Mention » lifters of the Year: Justin Jackson & Ameer Abdullah Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award » Ameer Abdullah, RB (media) » Taylor martinez, QB (Watch list: 1 of 34) » Will compton, lB (media) neBRASKA SeniOR awardS Doak Walker Award (Most Outstanding Running Back) » Ben cotton, Te (coaches, media) » guy chamberlin Trophy: Rex Burkhead » Rex Burkhead (Watch list: 1 of 52) » ciante evans, dB (coaches) » Tom novak Award: Sean Fisher John Mackey Award (Most Outstanding Tight End) » Justin Jackson, c (coaches) » cletus Fischer native Son Award: Baker Steinkuhler » Kyler Reed, Te (Watch list: 1 of 33) » Brett maher, P (media) » Bobby Reynolds Award: Sean Fisher THIS IS NEBRASKA » Kyler Reed, Te (media) | Johnny “The Jet” Rodgers Award » Pat clare Award: Justin Jackson (Most Outstanding Returner) » P.J. Smith, S (coaches) » Ameer Abdullah, PR/KR (Semifinalist: 1 of 12) » Baker Steinkuhler, dT (media) neBRASKA ScHOlarshiPS All-Freshman Team Lott Trophy (Defensive IMPACT Player of the Year) » Brook Berringer memorial Scholarship: c.J. Zimmerer » david Santos, lB (BTn) » Baker Steinkuhler, dT (Watch list: 1 of 42) » Jake Young memorial Scholarship: cole Pensick Lou Groza Award (Most Outstanding Place-Kicker) » george Sullivan endowed Scholarship: Sean Fisher COACHES » Brett maher, PK (Watch list: 1 of 30) PlayeR-OF-THe-WeeK HOnors | Manning Award (Best Quarterback) AT&T National Player of the Week neBRASKA SeASOn captainS » Taylor martinez, QB (vs. Southern miss) » Taylor martinez, QB (Watch list: 1 of 25) » Offensive captains: Rex Burkhead & Taylor martinez Lou Groza Award Star of the Week Maxwell Award (College Player of the Year) » defensive captains: Will compton & Baker Steinkuhler » Brett maher, P/PK (vs. Wisconsin) » Rex Burkhead, iB (Watch list: 1 of 65) » Special Teams: Brett maher National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete Award Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week » Rex Burkhead, iB (Finalist: 1 of 15) » Taylor martinez, QB (vs. Southern miss) Outland Trophy (Most Outstanding Interior Lineman) » Taylor martinez, QB (vs. Wisconsin)* » Spencer long, Ol (Watch list: 1 of 71) » Taylor martinez, QB (at northwestern) 2013 HUSKERS » Baker Steinkuhler, dT (Watch list: 1 of 71) » Taylor martinez, QB (at michigan State)* | Paul Hornung Watch List (Nation’s Most Versatile Player) Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week » Ameer Abdullah, iB (Watch list: 1 of 49) » Ameer Abdullah, KR/PR (vs. idaho State) Ray Guy Award (Nation’s Most Outstanding Punter) » Brett maher, P/PK (vs. Wisconsin) » Brett maher, P (Watch list: 1 of 25) » Brett maher, P/PK (vs. michigan) » Brett maher, P/PK (vs. Penn State) REVIEW Rotary Lombardi Award (College Lineman of the Year) | » Spencer long, Ol (Watch list: 1 of 145) Big Ten Freshman Player of the Week » Baker Steinkuhler, dT (Watch list: 1 of 145) » imani cross, iB (vs. idaho State) Senior Bowl Watch List » david Santos, lB (vs. michigan)* » Rex Burkhead, iB (1 of 309) *co-player of the week 2012 Captains: Martinez, Compton, Maher, Pelini, » Will compton, lB (1 of 309) Steinkuhler and Burkhead. » Ben cotton, Te (1 of 309) RECORDS | » Sean Fisher, lB (1 of 309) » Brett maher, P/PK (1 of 309) » cameron meredith, de (1 of 309) COSIDA ACADEMIC HONORS » Kyler Reed, Te (1 of 309) Capital One/CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District VII First Team » daimion Stafford, S (1 of 309) » Rex Burkhead, IB » Rex Burkhead, IB » Baker Steinkuhler, dT (1 of 309) Capital One/CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-American » Jake long, Te HISTORY HISTORY | Ted Hendricks Award (Nation’s Best Defensive End) » Sean Fisher, LB » Sean Fisher, LB » cameron meredith, de (Watch list: 1 of 40) » Spencer long, Ol Walter Camp Award (Most Outstanding Player) » Rex Burkhead, iB (Watch list: 1 of 50) AcAdemic All-Big Ten (28) Name Yr.^ Major Hometown All-AmeRicA HOnors Taariq Allen Fr. early care & education Weston, mass. Second Team Kenny Anderson gr. Business Administration Omaha, neb. » Spencer long, Og (Associated Press, Walter camp) Justin Blatchford Sr. nutrition, exercise & Health Science Ponca, neb. Third Team Rex Burkhead Sr. History Plano, Texas » Spencer long, Og (Phil Steele) Sam Burtch So. mathematics education murdock, neb. ADMINISTRATION | Brandon chapek Sr. Biological Sciences/Pre-dentistry Wahoo, neb. Big Ten PlayeR-OF-THe-YeAR HOnors Will compton gr. Business Administration Bonne Terre, mo. Bakken-Andersen co-Kicker of the Year Ben cotton gr. Business Administration Ames, iowa » Brett Maher Jake cotton Jr. communication Studies lincoln, neb. MEDIA Nebraska’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree Taylor dixon Sr. Fisheries & Wildlife Wauneta, neb. | » Rex Burkhead Tyler evans Jr. Biological Sciences/Psychology/Pre-med Waverly, neb. Sean Fisher* Sr. Business Administration/Pre-medicine Omaha, neb. All-Big Ten HOnors micah Kreikemeier Sr. civil engineering West Point, neb. First Team Jake long Sr. Biological Sciences/Pre-medicine elkhorn, neb. » Kenny Bell, WR (BTn, cBS, eSPn, Phil Steele) Spencer long Sr. Biological Sciences/Pre-medicine elkhorn, neb. » ciante evans, dB (cBS, eSPn) conor mcdermott Sr. economics/Finance Omaha, neb. » Spencer long, Og (coaches, media, BTn, cBS, eSPn, Josh mitchell Jr. communication Studies corona, calif. Phil Steele) mike moudy Jr. Speech & english education castle Rock, colo. » Brett maher, PK (media, Phil Steele) mark Pelini Jr. History/mathematics Youngstown, Ohio » eric martin, de (media, BTn) givens Price So. Business Administration Houston, Texas » Taylor martinez, QB (coaches) Brent Qvale Sr. nutrition, exercise & Health Science Williston, n.d. » daimion Stafford, S (media, BTn, eSPn, Phil Steele) Ryne Reeves So. economics/Finance crete, neb. Second Team Wil Richards Jr. Business Administration lee’s Summit, mo. » Ameer Abdullah, RB (coaches) Trevor Roach Jr. Finance/management elkhorn, neb. » Ameer Abdullah, PR (Phil Steele) Baker Steinkuhler gr. Business Administration lincoln, neb. » Kenny Bell, WR (coaches, media) Zach Sterup Jr. economics/Finance Hastings, neb. » Will compton, lB (coaches, Phil Steele) david Sutton So. Business Administration/marketing lincoln, neb. » Brett maher, PK (coaches) c.J. Zimmerer So. criminology & criminal Justice Omaha, neb. » Brett maher, P (coaches) ^year represents academic standing; *4.0 GPA » eric martin, de (coaches, Phil Steele) / / / / / / / / / /// // 144 \\\ \\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ HUSKERS.COM | 2012 NEBRASKA SCHEDULE AND RESUlts INTRO Date Opponent Result Score Record Conference Time Attend Sept. 1, 2012 Southern miss W 49-20 1-0 0-0 3:13 85,425 | Sept. 8, 2012 at no. 22 UclA l 30-36 1-1 0-0 3:40 71,530 THIS IS NEBRASKA Sept. 15, 2012 Arkansas State W 42-13 2-1 0-0 3:13 85,290 Sept. 22, 2012 idaho State W 73-7 3-1 0-0 2:42 84,923 Sept. 29, 2012 Wisconsin* W 30-27 4-1 1-0 3:28 85,962 Oct. 6, 2012 at no. 12 Ohio State * L 38-63 4-2 1-1 3:33 106,102 Oct. 20, 2012 at northwestern * W 29-28 5-2 2-1 3:39 47,330 Oct. 27, 2012 no. 20 michigan * W 23-9 6-2 3-1 3:15 86,160 nov. 3, 2012 at michigan State * W 28-24 7-2 4-1 3:52 73,522 nov. 10, 2012 Penn State * W 32-23 8-2 5-1 3:33 85,527 nov. 17, 2012 minnesota * W 38-14 9-2 6-1 3:14 85,330 nov. 23, 2012 at iowa * W 13-7 10-2 7-1 3:05 69,805 | dec. 1, 2012 vs. Wisconsin # l 31-70 10-3 7-1 3:28 41,260 COACHES Jan. 1, 2013 vs. no. 6 georgia ^ l 31-45 10-4 7-1 3:33 59,712 * Big Ten conference game; # - Big Ten Championship Game; ^ Capital One Bowl SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total nebraska 144 113 129 101 - 487 | Opponents 100 125 79 82 - 386 2013 HUSKERS TEAM Statistics INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE Statistics TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP RUSHING G/GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G SCORING 487 386 Abdullah, Ameer 14/7 226 1,193 56 1,137 5.0 8 45 81.2 | Points Per game 34.8 27.6 martinez, Taylor 14/14 195 1,317 298 1,019 5.2 10 92 72.8 REVIEW FIRST DOWNS 330 253 Burkhead, Rex 8/7 98 685 10 675 6.9 5 73 84.4 Rushing 180 116 Heard, Braylon 12/0 52 357 9 348 6.7 3 27 29.0 Passing 121 107 cross, imani 14/0 55 329 5 324 5.9 7 44 23.1 Penalty 29 30 marrow, mike 9/2 10 31 1 30 3.0 0 7 3.3 | RUSHING YARDAGE 3,547 2,695 Zimmerer, c.J. 14/1 4 18 0 18 4.5 0 6 1.3 RECORDS Yards gained rushing 3,953 2,974 Bell, Kenny 14/14 2 8 0 8 4.0 0 7 0.6 Yards lost rushing 406 279 Janovich, Andy 11/2 3 6 0 6 2.0 0 3 0.5 Rushing Attempts 662 566 Turner, Jamal 14/4 4 6 5 1 0.2 0 6 0.1 Average Per Rush 5.4 4.8 marsh, Bronson 2/0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.5 Average Per game 253.4 192.5 Kellogg iii, Ron 4/0 2 2 5 -3 -1.5 0 2 -0.8 Tds Rushing 33 26 Team 12/0 10 0 17 -17 -1.7 0 0 -1.4 | PASSING YARDAGE 2,904 2,354 Total 14 662 3,953 406 3,547 5.4 33 92 253.4 HISTORY comp-Att-int 233-378-13 187-397-13 Opponents 14 566 2,974 279 2,695 4.8 26 80 192.5 Average Per Pass 7.7 5.9 Average Per catch 12.5 12.6 PASSING G/GS Effic Comp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Average Per game 207.4 168.1 martinez, Taylor 14/14 141.59 228-368-12 62.0 2,871 23 74 205.1 | Tds Passing 24 18 Kellogg iii, Ron 4/0 79.42 4-9-1 44.4 22 1 8 5.5 ADMINISTRATION TOTAL OFFENSE 6,451 5,049 Burkhead, Rex 8/7 192.40 1-1-0 100.0 11 0 11 1.4 Total Plays 1,040 963 Total 14 140.25 233-378-13 61.6 2,904 24 74 207.4 Average Per Play 6.2 5.2 Opponents 14 105.32 187-397-13 47.1 2,354 18 87 168.1 Average Per game 460.8 360.6 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 42-908 33-680 RECEIVING G/GS No.