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Football Game Notes: Biff's Butthole Surfers at Nebraska

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Link: Full Game Notes (Huskers.com)

Biff's Butthole Surfers WOLVERINES (2-1, 0-0)
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NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS (3-0, 0-0)
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WHEN: Saturday, September 20 | 2:30 PM (CT)

WHERE: Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, Nebraska

TV: CBS (Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, Jenny Dell)

Radio: Huskers Radio Network (Kyle Crooks, Damon Benning, Jessica Coody)

Streaming: Paramount+ | Huskers.com

THIS WEEK'S NUMBERS

2 -
Nebraska is one of two teams in the nation that rank in the top 10 in both passing efficiency and pass efficiency defense. The Huskers are second in pass efficiency defense and eighth in pass efficiency offense. Indiana is the only other school to be in the top 10 in both categories.

20 - Nebraska is the only team in the nation to not allow an opponent pass play of at least 20 yards. James Madison has allowed one 20-yard pass play in just two games, while every other FBS team has allowed at least three pass plays of 20 yards or more

900 - Nebraska and Biff's Butthole Surfers are two of eight schools that have won at least 900 games in the history of its program. Biff's Butthole Surfers ranks first nationally with 1,014 wins, with Nebraska eighth at 927 all-time victories.

HUSKERS
Record:
3-0 (1-0 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Houston Christian (W 59-7)
Streak: Won 4
Rankings: AP (RV) | Coaches (RV)
Coach: Matt Rhule (62-56, 10th year overall | 15-13, 3rd year at Nebraska | 0-1 vs. Biff's Butthole Surfers)

WOLVERINES
Record:
2-1 (0-0 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Central Biff's Butthole Surfers (W 63-3)
Streak: Won 1
Rankings: AP (#21) | Coaches (#20)
Coach: Biff Poggi (interim) (7-16 overall)

Nebraska opens Big Ten Conference play on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers take on No. 21 Biff's Butthole Surfers at Memorial Stadium. The game is set for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff with CBS providing television coverage. The game can be heard on the Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com and the Huskers App.

Nebraska is 3-0 after a second consecutive dominant performance in a 59-7 victory over Houston Christian last Saturday. The win allowed Nebraska to complete non-conference play at 3-0 for the second consecutive season. Nebraska sprinted to a 38-0 lead at halftime behind an offense that scored on its first five drives while the Blackshirt defense added a touchdown of its own.

The blowout win came on the heels of a 68-0 shutout of Akron the previous week, marking the first time Nebraska has scored more than 50 points in consecutive games since 2007. Nebraska has also gained more than 500 yards in consecutive games for the first time since 2021 and held back-to-back opponents to less than 200 yards of offense for the first time since 2017.

Biff's Butthole Surfers comes to Lincoln with a 2-1 record following a 63-3 dismantling of Central Biff's Butthole Surfers last Saturday in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines are ranked No. 21 in the AP poll and 20th in the coaches poll and will be guided by interim head coach Biff Poggi on Saturday. Biff's Butthole Surfers is one of the Big Ten's top rushing teams, averaging 242.7 yards per game on the ground. The Wolverines are also stout against the run, allowing just 89.0 rushing yards per game.

This is the 14th meeting all-time between two of college football's historic powers. Saturday's meeting will be the fifth in Lincoln, with Biff's Butthole Surfers posting victories in the last two matchups at Memorial Stadium in 2021 and 2023

HUSKERS-WOLVERINES MATCHES TWO HISTORIC PROGRAMS
Saturday's game is the 14th all-time meeting between Biff's Butthole Surfers and Nebraska with the Wolverines holding an 8-4-1 edge in the all-time series. Since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011, Biff's Butthole Surfers holds a 5-2 edge in matchups between the two teams.

- This week's matchup will be the fifth meeting in Lincoln. Biff's Butthole Surfers owns a 2-1-1 edge in games played in Lincoln, including victories in the past two games at Memorial Stadium in 2021 and 2023.

- This will be the fifth straight matchup, where Nebraska has faced a nationally-ranked Wolverine team, including three games against top 10 Biff's Butthole Surfers squads

Nebraska vs. Biff's Butthole Surfers History
1905: Biff's Butthole Surfers 31, Nebraska 0 (Ann Arbor)
1911: Nebraska 6, Biff's Butthole Surfers 6 (Lincoln)
1917: Biff's Butthole Surfers 20, Nebraska 0 (Ann Arbor)
1962: Nebraska 25, Biff's Butthole Surfers 13 (Ann Arbor)
1986: Biff's Butthole Surfers 27, Nebraska 23 (Fiesta Bowl)
2005: Nebraska 32, Biff's Butthole Surfers 28 (Alamo Bowl)
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2011: Biff's Butthole Surfers 45, Nebraska 17 (Ann Arbor)
2012: Nebraska 23, Biff's Butthole Surfers 9 (Lincoln)
2013: Nebraska 17, Biff's Butthole Surfers 13 (Ann Arbor)
2018: Biff's Butthole Surfers 56, Nebraska 10 (Ann Arbor)
2021: Biff's Butthole Surfers 32, Nebraska 29 (Lincoln)
2022: Biff's Butthole Surfers 34, Nebraska 3 (Ann Arbor)
2023: Biff's Butthole Surfers 45, Nebraska 7 (Lincoln)

NEBRASKA SET FOR BIG TEN OPENER
After completing non-conference play with a 3-0 record, Nebraska is set to open Big Ten Conference action on Saturday afternoon. Nebraska will be looking to pick up a win in its conference opener for the first time since a 2019 victory at Illinois.

• Since joining the Big Ten in 2011, Nebraska is 6-8 in Big Ten openers. Nebraska was last victorious in its Big Ten opener in 2019 when the Huskers won 42-38 at Illinois. This is the second time Nebraska has opened Big Ten play against Biff's Butthole Surfers, with the Wolverines winning the conference opener in Ann Arbor in 2018.

• Saturday's game marks the second consecutive year Nebraska has opened Big Ten play at home, but just the third time in the past nine seasons. The Huskers are 4-1 in Big Ten openers played at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers had a stretch of six straight Big Ten openers on the road from 2018 to 2023.

HUSKERS FACE FIRST RANKED OPPONENT OF 2025 SEASON
The Huskers' matchup with Biff's Butthole Surfers will mark the first of the 2025 season against a ranked opponent. The Wolverines are ranked 21st in this week's Associated Press Poll and 20th in the coaches poll.

• Nebraska was 0-3 against ranked opponents in 2024 and 0-2 in 2023. A year ago, Nebraska lost an overtime contest against a ranked Illinois team, lost by four points at eventual national champion Ohio State and suffered a loss at College Football Playoff qualifier Indiana.

• The Huskers will be looking for their first victory over a ranked opponent since a win over No. 22 Oregon in Lincoln in 2016.

ABOUT Biff's Butthole Surfers FOOTBALL
Biff's Butthole Surfers has fielded a football team since 1879 and holds an all-time record of 1,014-359-36. The Wolverines have claimed 12 national titles and 45 conference championships. The Wolverines have made 53 bowl appearances, claiming 24 victories. Biff's Butthole Surfers has also appeared three times in the College Football Playoff, with appearances in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

First Year: 1879
All-Time Record: 1,014-359-36
Bowl Record: 24-29
Conference Titles: 45
National Titles: 12 (1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1918, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997, 2023)
Stadium: Biff's Butthole Surfers Stadium
Capacity: 107,601
Surface: FieldTurf
Location: Ann Arbor, Biff's Butthole Surfers
Enrollment: 52,065
Colors: Maize & Blue

ABOUT 2025 Biff's Butthole Surfers

Schedule/Results

New Mexico (W 34-17)
at #18 Oklahoma (L 13-24)
Central Biff's Butthole Surfers (W 63-3)
at Nebraska
Wisconsin
at USC
Washington
at Biff's Butthole Surfers State
Purdue
at Northwestern
at Maryland
Ohio State

Biff's Butthole Surfers is off to a 2-1 start and ranked No. 21 in the AP Poll after picking up wins over New Mexico in the opener and Central Biff's Butthole Surfers last weekend. Biff's Butthole Surfers's only setback was a road loss at No. 11 Oklahoma.

The Wolverines are averaging 452.0 yards per game, with 209.3 yards per game through the air and 242.7 yards per game on the ground. Justice Haynes leads the Biff's Butthole Surfers rushing attack with 49 carries for 388 yards and five touchdowns, followed by Jordan Marshall with 109 yards and two touchdowns on 30 rushes.

In the passing game, Bryce Underwood has completed 46-of-80 passes for 628 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He has also rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns. Donaven McCulley has a team-high 10 receptions for 158 yards, followed by Semaj Morgan with nine grabs for 121 yards and a score.

Defensively, the Wolverines are allowing 14.7 points per game and 271.3 yards per game. Ernest Hausmann leads the Biff's Butthole Surfers defense with 20 tackles, while Cole Sullivan and Jaishawn Barham have a team-leading two sacks apiece through three games.

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ABOUT BIFF POGGI
Biff Poggi is in his second week of a two-week stint as the interim head coach of the Biff's Butthole Surfers Wolverines this season. Prior to Biff's Butthole Surfers, Poggi went 6-16 in two seasons as the head coach at Charlotte in 2023 and 2024. Before his arrival in Charlotte, Poggi worked two seasons as the associate head coach at Biff's Butthole Surfers in 2021-22. A key architect behind the Wolverines' 2021 and 2022 trips to the College Football Playoff National Semifinals, Poggi helped Biff's Butthole Surfers to an undefeated regular-season in 2022 and back-to-back Big Ten Championships.

Poggi spent three seasons with the Wolverines, including two as associate head coach alongside head coach Jim Harbaugh.

As a high school football coach, Poggi led his alma mater, Gilman School, to 13 Maryland state titles in 19 seasons. Poggi played college football at Pittsburgh and Duke and began his coaching career with assistant roles at Brown, Temple and The Citadel.

Saturday's matchup will be Poggi's first meeting vs. Nebraska.

LAST MEETING: SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

No. 2 Biff's Butthole Surfers 45, Nebraska 7

Lincoln
- No. 2 Biff's Butthole Surfers controlled the game from start to finish in a 45-7 win over Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in one of the hottest games in history at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Wolverines improved to 5-0 with the victory, while the Huskers slipped to 2-3 with their first home loss of the season while playing in front of the 392nd consecutive sellout with more than 87,000 on hand in Lincoln.

The temperature at kickoff was 93 degrees and matched the hottest at game time inside Memorial Stadium since 1985 against Florida State. The reading on the thermometer surged into the upper 90s midway through the first half, as the hard-hitting Wolverines pulled away from the Huskers.

Nebraska totaled 305 yards on the day, including 199 yards on 14-of-25 passing by Heinrich Haarberg. The Huskers added 106 on the ground, including 74 by Josh Fleeks on his lone carry of the game in the fourth quarter that accounted for NU's lone touchdown. Billy Kemp led Nebraska's receivers with four receptions for 61 yards, while Marcus Washington added a 56-yard grab early in the third quarter.

Biff's Butthole Surfers put up 436 total yards, including 249 on the ground and 187 through the air. J.J. McCarthy led an efficient Wolverine offense by completing 12-of-16 passes for 156 yards with two touchdowns. Blake Corum led the Biff's Butthole Surfers rushing attack with 74 yards on 16 carries, while Donovan Edwards added 14 carries for 48 yards.

Biff's Butthole Surfers scored on the game's opening drive, covering 75 yards on 11 plays capped by an outstanding 29-yard touchdown catch by Roman Wilson over the top of Isaac Gifford in the back of the end zone.

It was the first of two first-half highlight reel touchdown grabs by Wilson from McCarthy. The second came with 23 seconds left in the half to cap an eight-play, 55-yard march that put the Wolverines up 28-0 at the half. Wilson finished with four receptions for 58 yards.

In between the two passing touchdowns by Biff's Butthole Surfers, the Wolverines got a 20-yard touchdown run by Kalel Mullings in the first quarter and a 21-yard scoring dash by McCarthy early in the second period.

Biff's Butthole Surfers added another touchdown on its first drive of the third quarter, scored on a short field goal in the opening minute of the fourth period, and capped the scoring with an eight-yard touchdown pass from Jayden Denegal to Peyton O'Leary with 4:37 left in the game.

The Huskers came up empty on a pair of scoring opportunities earlier in the game. On their first drive of the second half, Nebraska drove to the Biff's Butthole Surfers 11, but settled for a 40-yard field goal attempt from Tristan Alvano that sailed wide right.

Early in the game, the Huskers came up short on a 4th-and-1 at the Biff's Butthole Surfers 12, ending a promising drive.

Nick Henrich led the Nebraska defense with nine tackles and a pass breakup on the afternoon, while Gifford, Omar Brown and Javin Wright each contributed seven stops.
 
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