2012 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

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2012 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Logo of the Nebraska athletic teams 2004-
Big Ten Legends Division Champions
Capital One Bowl vs. #6 Georgia, L 31–45
Conference Big Ten Conference
Legends Division
Ranking
Coaches #23
AP #25
2012 record 10–4 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach Bo Pelini (5th year)
Offensive coordinator Tim Beck (2nd year)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator John Papuchis (1st year)
Base defense 4–3 defense
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 81,091)
Seasons
« 2011 2013 »
2012 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Legends Division
#25 Nebraska x   7 1         10 4  
#24 Michigan   6 2         8 5  
#17 Northwestern   5 3         10 3  
Michigan State   3 5         7 6  
Iowa   2 6         4 8  
Minnesota   2 6         6 7  
Leaders Division
#3 Ohio State* x   8 0         12 0  
Penn State*   6 2         8 4  
Wisconsin y$   4 4         8 6  
Purdue   3 5         6 7  
Indiana   2 6         4 8  
Illinois   0 8         2 10  
Championship: Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Ohio State and Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Bo Pelini and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Cornhuskers finished with 10–4 overall, 7–1 Legends, to become Big Ten Legends Division Champions. In the postseason, the team was invited to their first 2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game, where they lost to Wisconsin, and lost to Georgia in the 2013 Capital One Bowl.

The Cornhuskers became known for their comebacks this year, as they came back after trailing by double digits during four conference games. These wins included a 30–27 victory over Wisconsin (Nebraska down 27–10 early in 3rd quarter), Northwestern (down 28–16 with 5 minutes to go), Michigan State (down 24–14 early in 4th quarter), and Penn State (down 20–6 at halftime).

Schedule

[1]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 2:30 PM Southern Miss* #17 Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE ABC/ESPN2 W 49–20   85,425
September 8 6:30 PM at UCLA* #16 Rose BowlPasadena, CA FOX L 30–36   71,530
September 15 11:00 AM Arkansas State* Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE ESPN2 W 42–13   85,290
September 22 2:30 PM Idaho State* #25 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE BTN W 73–7   84,923
September 29 7:00 PM Wisconsindagger #22 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE ABC W 30–27   85,962
October 6 7:00 PM at #12 Ohio State #21 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH ABC L 38–63   106,102
October 20 2:30 PM at Northwestern Ryan FieldEvanston, IL ABC/ESPN2 W 29–28   47,330
October 27 7:00 PM #20 Michigan Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE ESPN2 W 23–9   86,160
November 3 2:30 PM at Michigan State #21 Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, Michigan ABC/ESPN2 W 28–24   73,522
November 10 2:30 PM Penn State #18 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE ABC/ESPN2 W 32–23   85,527
November 17 2:30 PM Minnesota #16 Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE BTN W 38–14   85,330
November 23 11:00 AM at Iowa #17 Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA (Heroes Game) ABC[2] W 13–7   69,805
December 1 7:17 PM vs. Wisconsin #14 Lucas Oil StadiumIndianapolis, IN (Big Ten Championship Game) FOX L 31–70   41,260
January 1 12:00 PM vs. #6 Georgia* #23 Citrus BowlOrlando, FL (Capital One Bowl) ABC L 31-45   59,712
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Roster and coaching staff

2012 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
IB 8 Ameer Abdullah So
WR 7 Taariq Allen RFr
QB 4 Tommy Armstrong, Jr. Fr
OL 70 Nick Ash Jr
WR 80 Kenny Bell So
TE 83 Jared Blum Fr
QB 9 Tyson Broekemeier RFr
IB 22 Rex Burkhead (C) Sr
WR 46 Sam Burtch RFr
QB 15 Brion Carnes So
OL 51 Brandon Chapek Jr
OL 77 Seung Hoon Choi Sr
WR 43 Cole Chvatal Fr
FB 34 Carson Collins Fr
TE 81 Ben Cotton Sr
OL 68 Jake Cotton So
TE 84 Sam Cotton Fr
OL 67 Scott Criss Jr
IB 32 Imani Cross Fr
WR 87 Taylor Dixon Sr
WR 18 Quincy Enunwa Jr
WR 88 Tyler Evans So
WR 27 Sam Foltz Fr
TE 42 Trey Foster Fr
IB 23 King Frazier Fr
QB 17 Ryker Fyfe Fr
IB/CB 5 Braylon Heard So
WR 45 Lane Hovey Fr
WR 85 KC Hyland Sr
OL 72 Justin Jackson Sr
FB 35 Andy Janovich Fr
OL 50 Garret Johns Fr
QB 12 Ron Kellogg III Jr
OL 53 Adam Kucera RFr
IB 24 Murat Kuzu RFr
OL 75 Chris Long RFr
TE 41 Jake Long Jr
OL 61 Spencer Long Jr
WR 6 Tim Marlowe Sr
FB 19 Mike Marrow Jr
QB 14 Bronson Marsh RFr
QB 3 Taylor Martinez (C) Jr
TE 89 Conor McDermott Sr
OL 74 Mike Moudy So
IB 29 Graham Nabity Fr
IB 39 Jordan Nelson Fr
OL 69 Brodrick Nickens Jr
WR 21 Steven Osborne Sr
OL 54 Robby Painter Fr
OL 56 Mark Pelini So
OL 62 Cole Pensick Jr
OL 78 Givens Price RFr
OL 76 Brent Qvale Jr
TE 25 Kyler Reed Sr
OL 65 Ryne Reeves RFr
WR 44 Brandon Reilly Fr
TE 36 Eddie Ridder RFr
OL 63 Andrew Rodriguez Jr
OL 59 Will Sailors RFr
OL 71 Jeremiah Sirles Jr
OL 57 Zach Sterup RFr
FB 38 Graham Stoddard Sr
TE 86 David Sutton RFr
OL 79 Brandon Thompson Sr
OL 55 Paul Thurston Fr
WR 10 Jamal Turner So
OL 66 Dylan Utter Fr
WR 1 Jordan Westerkamp Fr
OL 58 Corey Whitaker Fr
QB 16 Evan Williams Fr
WR 82 Tyler Wullenwaber So
WR 30 Richard Wynne Jr. RFr
FB 31 C.J. Zimmerer Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 33 Jared Afalava Fr
DB 18 LeRoy Alexander Fr
DT 70 Kenny Anderson Sr
LB 8 Zaire Anderson Jr
DE 9 Jason Ankrah Jr
DE 47 Walker Ashburn So
CB 2 Antonio Bell Sr
S 39 Justin Blatchford Sr
LB 28 Thomas Brown Fr
DE 7 Joseph Carter Sr
LB 51 Will Compton (C) Sr
S 6 Corey Cooper So
DT 96 Aaron Curry Fr
CB 23 Daniel Davie RFr
CB 31 Jase Dean Sr
DE 88 Ross Dzuris Fr
CB 17 Ciante Evans Jr
CB 25 Joey Felici So
LB 42 Sean Fisher Sr
CB 30 Derek Foster So
LB 38 Aaron Gabriel Fr
LB 95 Jack Gangwish RFr
CB 11 Andrew Green Jr
DT 99 Jay Guy So
CB 21 Charles Jackson Fr
S 1 Harvey Jackson So
CB 29 Seth Jameson Jr
CB 16 Stanley Jean-Baptiste Jr
LB 44 Micah Kreikemeier Sr
LB 49 Matt Manninger Sr
DE 46 Eric Martin Sr
LB 54 Mitch McCann Fr
DE 90 Greg McMullen Fr
DE 34 Cameron Meredith Sr
CB 32 Greg Milliken Fr
CB 10 Josh Mitchell So
DB 2 Alonzo Moore Fr
DE 94 Avery Moss Fr
DT 48 Tobi Okuyemi So
S 12 Courtney Osborne Sr
DT 57 Todd Peat Jr. RFr
LB 40 Max Pirman RFr
DT 53 Thad Randle Jr
S 19 Wil Richards Jr
CB 26 Anthony Ridder RFr
LB 43 Trevor Roach So
DT 97 Chase Rome So
CB 14 Jonathan Rose So
LB 15 Michael Rose Fr
LB 41 David Santos RFr
CB 4 Mohammed Seisay Jr
LB 56 Brad Simpson Fr
S 13 P.J. Smith Sr
S 3 Daimion Stafford Sr
LB 59 Colby Starkebaum Jr
DT 55 Baker Steinkuhler (C) Sr
DT 61 Jeff Uher So
DT 98 Vincent Valentine Fr
DE 91 Donovan Vestal So
CB 26 Yusef Wade So
LB 45 Alonzo Whaley Sr
DB 24 Austin Williams So
DT 92 Kevin Williams RFr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
PK 37 Mauro Bondi So
PK 91 Colin Clare Fr
PK 95 Spencer Lindsay Fr
P/PK 96 Brett Maher (C) Sr
LS 92 P.J. Mangieri Sr
LS 97 Joseph Rotherham RFr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Tim Beck
       2nd season as OC/QB coach
       5th year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: UCF
  • John Papuchis
       1st season as DC coach
       5th year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Virginia Tech
  • Ron Brown
       2nd season as RB coach
       22nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Brown
  • Barney Cotton
       5th season as AHC/OL coach
       6th year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Nebraska
  • Ross Els
       2nd season as LB coach
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Nebraska-Omaha
  • Rich Fisher
       2nd season as WR coach
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Colorado
  • John Garrison
       2nd season as OL/TE coach
       2nd year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Nebraska
  • Terry Joseph
       1st season as Sec coach
       1st year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Northwestern State
  • Rick Kaczenski
       1st season as DL coach
       1st year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Notre Dame
  • James Dobson
       5th season as S&C coach
       5th year at Nebraska
       Alma mater: Wisconsin

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 4, 2012

Game notes

Southern Miss

Southern Miss Golden Eagles at #17 Nebraska Cornhuskers
1 2 3 4 Total
Southern Miss 7 10 0 3 20
#17 Nebraska 14 14 14 7 49
NebraskaSouthernMiss2012.jpg

The Huskers started the 2012 football season off with a home win against Southern Miss. The Huskers are now 3–1 against the Golden Eagles with the only loss being from the last time these teams faced each other in 2004. This game started a three game home-away-home series with additional meetings in 2013 and 2015. The 2013 meeting was scheduled to be played at Southern Miss, but the game was moved to Lincoln as an attempt to earn more money. Southern Miss also thought about scheduling the game in New Orleans or Kansas City before deciding to give Nebraska an eighth home game in 2013.

UCLA

#16 Nebraska Cornhuskers at UCLA Bruins
1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Nebraska 14 10 3 3 30
UCLA 7 17 3 9 36

The Huskers went on the road for the first time in their second game of the season to face UCLA in Pasadena, California. The two teams have faced each other previously ten times, with the Huskers having six wins to UCLA’s four coming into the game. The last time these teams faced each other was in Lincoln in 1994 where the Huskers defeated UCLA 49–21. This game started a home and home series that will be concluded during the 2013 season. With this win UCLA is 4–2 at home against the Cornhuskers.

Arkansas State

Arkansas State Red Wolves at Nebraska Cornhuskers
1 2 3 4 Total
Arkansas State 0 3 10 0 13
Nebraska 14 14 0 14 42
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
  • Game start: 11:01 a.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:13
  • Game attendance: 85,920
  • Game weather: Sunny, 67°F, Wind S@5mph
  • Referee: Mike Cannon
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Beth Mowins, Joey Galloway, Lewis Johnson

The third game of the season brought the Huskers home to Lincoln to face Arkansas State, led by head coach Gus Malzahn, for the second time in history. The Huskers defeated the Red Wolves in 2009 with a score of 38–9. During the first half of the game Pelini began feeling ill. At halftime he was sent to a local hospital for a series of precautionary tests that ultimately revealed no major health concerns. Defensive coordinator John Papuchis took over head coaching duties in the second half in Pelini's absence.[6]

Idaho State

Idaho State Bengals at #25 Nebraska Corhuskers
1 2 3 4 Total
Idaho State 0 0 0 7 7
#25 Nebraska 35 10 21 7 73
  • Date: September 22
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
  • Game start: 2:42 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:17
  • Game attendance: 84,923
  • Game weather: Sunny, 59°F, Wind NE@8mph
  • Referee: Dave Witvoet
  • TV announcers (BTN): Tom Werme, Kelly Stouffer, Damon Benning

The fourth and final game before conference play paired the Huskers against Idaho St. for their first meeting in history. The Bengals are from the Big Sky Conference.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers at Nebraska Cornhuskers
1 2 3 4 Total
Wisconsin 14 6 7 0 27
#22 Nebraska 3 7 17 3 30
  • Date: September 29
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
  • Game start: 7:12 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:28
  • Game attendance: 85,962
  • Game weather: Clear, 73°F, Wind SSE@0-9mph
  • Referee: Bill LeMonnier
  • TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe
WisconsinatNebraska2012.jpg

Nebraska began its second season of Big Ten conference play with a home game against Wisconsin, the team that defeated them 48–17 in their first Big Ten conference game in 2011. The all-time series coming into the game was tied 3–3 with Nebraska having last hosted Wisconsin in 1973. This game also was marked as "The Quick and The Red" as both schools went against tradition and wore alternate uniforms created by Adidas. Nebraska wore a black helmet, normally white, an all red uniform with black stripes on both shoulders and down the side of the leg, and a black "N" on the front instead of the number. Wisconsin wore a red helmet, normally white, with a traditional "W" on it, all white uniform, shoulders covered in red, red stripes down side of legs with a red "W" where the numbers normally are.[9]

Ohio State

#21 Nebraska Cornhuskers at #12 Ohio State Buckeyes
1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Nebraska 14 10 7 7 38
• #12 Ohio State 7 28 14 14 63
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio
  • Game start: 7:13 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:33
  • Game attendance: 106,102
  • Game weather: Partly cloudy, 52°F, Wind NW@9mph
  • Referee: Todd Geerlings
  • TV announcers (ABC): Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe

The Huskers traveled to Columbus to face Ohio State, who are playing their first season under new head coach Urban Meyer. In 2011, Nebraska defeated the Buckeyes 34–27 on the strength of a historic second-half comeback after being down 27–6. This game marked the Husker's first visit to Columbus since 1956.

Northwestern

Nebraska Cornhuskers at Northwestern Wildcats
1 2 3 4 Total
Nebraska 3 7 6 13 29
Northwestern 7 7 7 7 28

Nebraska came into the game leading the all time series 3 wins to 2 losses. This game was the Huskers first game in Evanston since 1931.

Michigan

#20 Michigan Wolverines at Nebraska Cornhuskers
1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Michigan 0 6 3 0 9
Nebraska 0 7 9 7 23
  • Date: October 27
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
  • Game start: 7:01 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:15
  • Game attendance: 86,160
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 41°F, Wind SW@13mph
  • Referee: Dan Capron
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Jones, Brock Huard, Jessica Mendoza

Michigan came into the game leading the all time series at 4–2–1. This was the Wolverine's first trip to Lincoln since a 6–6 tie in 1911.

Michigan State

#21 Nebraska Cornhuskers at Michigan State Spartans
1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Nebraska 7 7 0 14 28
Michigan State 7 7 3 7 24

Nebraska came into the game having never lost to the Spartans, leading the all time series 6–0. This was the Huskers first visit to East Lansing since spoiling Nick Saban's first game, a 50–10 Nebraska win in 1995.

Penn State

Penn State Nittany Lions at #18 Nebraska Cornhuskers
1 2 3 4 Total
Penn State 7 13 3 0 23
#18 Nebraska 3 3 14 12 32
  • Date: November 10
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
  • Game start: 2:35 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:33
  • Game attendance: 85,527
  • Game weather: Sunny, 76°F, Wind S@11-35mph
  • Referee: John O'Neill
  • TV announcers (ABC/ESPN2): Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Quint Kessenich

This was Penn State's first trip to Lincoln since 2003 where the all time series between the two coming into the game was 7–6, with Nebraska having the advantage.

Minnesota

Minnesota Golden Gophers at #16 Nebraska Cornhuskers
1 2 3 4 Total
Minnesota 0 0 0 14 14
#16 Nebraska 10 14 14 0 38
  • Date: November 17
  • Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
  • Game start: 2:43 p.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:14
  • Game attendance: 85,330
  • Game weather: Sunny, 62°F, Wind S@14-28mph
  • Referee: Alex Camp
  • TV announcers (BTN): Eric Collins, Derek Rackley
Celebrating Tom Osborne during pre-game

The Golden Gophers lead the all time series 29–21–2, but have not won a game in Lincoln since 1960. The last Minnesota team to play at Nebraska was the victim of a 56–0 loss in 1990. The win ensured Nebraska's first unbeaten home season since 2001.

Iowa

#17 Nebraska Cornhuskers at Iowa Hawkeyes
1 2 3 4 Total
#17 Nebraska 3 0 10 0 13
Iowa 7 0 0 0 7
  • Date: November 23
  • Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Game start: 11:07 a.m. CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:05
  • Game attendance: 69,805
  • Game weather: Mostly Sunny, 31°F, Wind NW@26mph
  • Referee: Dan Capron
  • TV announcers (ABC): Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, Jeannine Edwards

Nebraska leads the all-time series 27–12–3. The last Husker team to visit Iowa City opened the 1999 season with a 42–7 victory.

Wisconsin (Big Ten Championship Game)

#14 Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. Wisconsin Badgers
1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Nebraska 10 0 7 14 31
Wisconsin 21 21 21 7 70
  • Date: December 1
  • Location: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN
  • Game start: 8:20 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:28
  • Game attendance: 41,260
  • Game weather: Indoors
  • Referee: John O'Neill
  • TV announcers (FOX): Gus Johnson, Charles Davis, Julie Alexandria, Petros Papadakis

This game marked Nebraska's first appearance in the Big Ten Championship game. Nebraska's last appearance in a conference championship game was in 2010 their last season in the Big XII conference. Nebraska defeated Wisconsin 30–27 in the regular season. Wisconsin won the game and received the conference berth in the 2013 Rose Bowl.

Capital One Bowl

#23 Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. #6 Georgia Bulldogs
1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Georgia 16 7 8 14 45
#23 Nebraska 14 10 7 0 31

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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP 17 16 RV 25 22 21 RV RV RV 21 18 16 17 14 23 25 
Coaches' 16 14 24 22 20 20 RV RV RV 21 16 14 14 13 21 23 
Harris Not released RV RV RV 21 16 14 14 13 18 Not released 
BCS Not released NR NR 20 16 14 14 12 16 Not released


References

  1. Nebraska Cornhuskers Schedule - 2012, Huskers.com, Retrieved January 5, 2012
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