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 6: Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result Sept. 1 Southern Miss (ABC) W, 49-20 Nebraska at Sept. 8 at UCLA (FOX) L, 36-30 Sept. 15 Arkansas State (ESPN2) W, 42-13 Ohio State Sept. 22 Idaho State (BTN) W, 73-7 Oct. 6, 2012 | Ohio Stadium Sept. 29 Wisconsin (ABC) W, 30-27 Columbus, Ohio | 7 p.m. (CT) Oct. 6 at Ohio State (ABC) 7 p.m. Buckeyes Oct. 20 at Northwestern (TBA) TBA Huskers Record: 4-1, 1-0 Record: 5-0, 1-0 Oct. 27 Michigan (ABC/ESPN/2) 7 p.m. Rankings: Nov. 3 at Michigan State (TBA) TBA Rankings: Game Information Television: ABC-HD AP-12; Coaches-NR Nov. 10 Penn State (TBA) TBA AP-21; Coaches-20 Radio: Husker Sports Network Nov. 17 Minnesota (TBA) TBA Last Game: Last Game: Nov. 23 at Iowa (ABC) 11 a.m. def. Wisconsin, 30-27 Capacity: 102,329 def. Michigan St., 17-16 Dec. 1 Big Ten Championship (FOX) 7 p.m Coach: Bo Pelini Surface: FieldTurf Coach: Urban Meyer at Indianapolis, Ind. Career/NU Record: Series Record: Ohio State leads, 2-1 Career/OSU Record: All times Central 43-17/5th year In Columbus: Ohio State leads, 2-0 109-23, 11th year/ vs. Ohio State: 1-0 5-0, first year Television vs. Nebraska: 0-0 ABC Brad Nessler, Play-by-Play The Matchup Todd Blackledge, Analyst Nebraska takes to the road for the first time in conference play on Saturday night, when the Huskers travel to Holly Rowe, Sidelines Columbus, Ohio to square off with the Ohio State Buckeyes. The matchup between Big Ten powers will be televised nationally on ABC with kickoff set for shortly after 7 p.m. (CDT). The Huskers head into the contest at Ohio State full of momentum after a 30-27 victory over two-time defending Radio Big Ten champion Wisconsin in Lincoln last Saturday. The Huskers trailed by 17 points in the third quarter of the Husker Sports Network contest, but scored the game’s final 20 points to post the second-largest comeback in school history. The win improved Greg Sharpe, Play-by-Play Nebraska to 4-1 on the season, and 1-0 in Big Ten Conference play, and also moved Nebraska up to No. 21 in the Matt Davison, Analyst Associated Press poll and NU remained 20th in the USA Today Coaches poll. Lane Grindle, Sidelines Ohio State enters the game with a perfect 5-0 record, following a hard-fought 17-16 victory at Michigan State last Saturday afternoon. The Buckeyes’ defense shut down Michigan State in the win, holding the Spartans to 303 Internet total offensive yards and just 34 yards on the ground. Ohio State has a strong rushing attack, racking up 224.2 yards Huskers.com per game on the ground. The Buckeyes’ 5-0 start has them ranked No. 12 in the AP poll. Ohio State is not eligible HSN free audio for the coaches poll. Live stats, game-day information, photos The Series Other Saturday’s game will mark the fourth all-time between the two schools with Ohio State holding a 2-1 overall National Radio– advantage in the series. The game will be the first between the schools in Columbus since 1956, with the Buckeyes Dial Global Sports winning both meetings at Ohio Stadium. The schools met for the first time as Big Ten opponents last year in Lincoln, John Tautges, Play-by-Play with the Huskers putting together the biggest comeback in school history to win, 34-27. Rocky Boiman, Analyst The Coaches Satellite Radio Nebraska: Bo Pelini (Ohio State, ‘90) owns a 43-17 record (.717) in his fifth season. Pelini has guided NU to nine Sirius Channel 113, XM 191 or more wins in each of his first four seasons as head coach, joining Bob Devaney, Tom Osborne and Frank Solich in accomplishing that feat. Pelini is one of only six first-time head coaches in NCAA history to win at least nine games A Numbers Game in each of his first four seasons at a BCS conference school. Ohio State: Urban Meyer (Cincinnati, ‘86) is in his first season as Ohio State’s head coach and his 11th season overall as a collegiate head coach. Meyer owns a 109-23 career record and a 5-0 record with the Buckeyes. Meyer captured two national championships during his six seasons as the head coach at Florida from 2005 to 2010, and 7 also served as the head coach for two seasons each at Bowling Green and Utah. Nebraska and Ohio State are two of just seven programs with 800 all-time victories. Nebraska Nebraska Football became the fourth school to reach the 850-victory Nebraska is 850-350-40 all-time, one of just seven schools with 800 all-time victories w Nebraska has won five plateau last week against Wisconsin and national championships (1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997). w The Cornhuskers have won 43 conference championships. Ohio State enters Saturday’s game with 830 w NU’s 48 all-time bowl appearances rank fourth nationally. w Since 1970, NU has 416 wins, 28 more than any other all-time wins. school. w Nebraska’s 102 football Academic All-Americans lead the nation. w The Huskers have 110 All-Americans in school history. Game 6 at Ohio State 1 2012 Nebraska Football 2012 Nebraska Football Huskers.com Nebraska-Wisconsin Stat Wrap Noting Game 5...Nebraska 30, Wisconsin 27 Team Stats UW NU 4Nebraska trailed 27-10 with 10:29 left in the third quarter, before rallying to win 30-27. The comeback from a First Downs 17 24 17-point deficit for a victory tied the second-largest comeback in school history, trailing only Nebraska’s rally from a Rushes-Yards 41-56 46-259 21-point deficit in the third quarter last season against Ohio State. Passes 15-28-0 17-29-0 4Nebraska improved to 3-0 against Wisconsin in Lincoln and to 4-3 against the Badgers overall. The Huskers also Passing Yards 239 181 Total Offense 295 440 improved to 3-2 in conference openers under Head Coach Bo Pelini. 3rd-Down Conversions 4-of-15 5-of-13 4Nebraska’s win was its 10th straight in home night games at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers are now 12-2 at Turnovers 1 2 home in night games under Bo Pelini and 36-5 overall in home night games. Penalties 2-15 6-70 4The win marked the 850th all-time victory in Nebraska school history. The Huskers are the fourth team to reach Time of Possession 29:00 31:00 that figure, joining Michigan, Notre Dame and Texas. NU Rushing Leaders 4Nebraska rushed for 259 yards, giving the Huskers at least 250 rushing yards in each of the first five games this Taylor Martinez–13 carries, 107 yards, TD season. The five-game stretch with at least 250 yards rushing marks the Huskers’ longest streak since rushing for 250 Rex Burkhead–18 carries, 87 yards, receiving TD yards or more in seven straight games in 2002. The Huskers rushed for 189 yards in the second half. Ameer Abdullah–10 carries, 70 yards 4Nebraska scored 30 points and has topped 30 points in each of its first five games. The last time Nebraska had NU Passing Leader reached 30 points in five straight games was a stretch spanning the 2007 and 2008 seasons. Taylor Martinez–17-29-0, 181 yards, 2 TD NU Receiving Leaders 4Nebraska finished with 440 yards of total offense and has topped 400 yards in each of the first five games. The Kenny Bell–4 receptions, 57 yards last time NU had a longer stretch of 400-yard total offense games was a seven-game stretch during the 2008 season. Kyler Reed–2 receptions, 21 yards, TD 4Junior quarterback Taylor Martinez completed 17-of-29 passes for 181 yards and two touchdowns. Martinez NU Defensive Leaders increased his career passing total to 4,779 yards and moved into fourth place on the NU career passing list, moving Will Compton–3 UT, 7 AT, 10 TT, sack, 3 TFL, 2 PBU past Jerry Tagge’s total of 4,704 career passing yards. Martinez now has 34 career passing touchdowns to tie for fifth. Alonzo Whaley–4 UT, 5 AT, 9 TT, sack, 2 TFL, 2 FC Daimion Stafford–4 UT, 4 AT, 8 TT, sack, PBU 4Martinez rushed 13 times for 107 yards, including a 38-yard touchdown run in the third quarter. The 107 rushing NU Special Teams Leader yards marked the 10th 100-yard rushing game of Martinez’s career. With his 107 yards tonight, Martinez increased Brett Maher–3-4 FG, 3-3 PAT, 46.7-yard punting average his career total to 2,137 yards, moving him into third place among NU quarterbacks in career rushing. Ameer Abdullah–83 yard KOR, 252 all-purpose yards 4Sophomore Ameer Abdullah had an 83-yard kickoff return to set up a first-quarter field goal. Abdullah’s 83-yard kickoff return was the second longest of his career, trailing only a 100-yard kickoff return against Fresno State last 2012 Big Ten Standings season. Abdullah finished with five KOR for 142 yards and three punt returns for 18 yards. He also had 10 carries for Legends Division Records 70 rushing yards and three receptions for 22 yards to total 252 all-purpose yards, the 10th-best total in NU history.