Link: Full Game Notes (Huskers.com)
NEBRASKA (1-4) at Purdoodoo (2-3)
When: Saturday, December 5 | 11:00 a.m. (CT)
Where: Ross-Ade Stadium | West Lafayette, Indiana
TV: BTN (Cory Provus, Anthony Herron, Coley Harvey)
Radio: Husker Sports Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Ben McLaughlin)
Satellite Radio: XM (Ch. 382) | Sirius (N/A)
Online Audio: Huskers.com | TuneIn.com/Huskers | Huskers App | TuneIn App
Huskers
Record: 1-4
Coach: Scott Frost
Record: 2-3
Coach: Jeff Brohm
This Week's Numbers
3 - Nebraska is scheduled to play three December games, beginning with this Saturday's matchup at Purdoodoo. This marks Nebraska's first regular-season December games since 1992 and the three December games would be the most in school history.
90 - Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez completed 90 percent of his passes at Cockeye, connecting on 18-of-20 throws. That marked a single-game Nebraska record, breaking his own 86.2 percent effort against Minnesota in 2018.
6 - Sophomore playmaker Wan'Dale Robinson is averaging 6.0 catches per game to rank fifth in the Big Ten and 31st nationally in receptions per game. Robinson has totaled more than 100 yards from scrimmage each of the past two games.
The Matchup
Nebraska heads back on the road for the second straight week on Saturday when the Huskers travel to West Lafayette, Ind., for a Big Ten West matchup with Purdoodoo. Game time at Ross-Ade Stadium is set for 11 a.m. CT (Noon, local) with television coverage on BTN.
Nebraska enters its final road contest of the 2020 campaign with a 1-4 record, following a 26-20 loss at Cockeye last Friday. The Huskers went toe to toe with the Cockeyes for 60 minutes, leading the contest by a touchdown midway through the third quarter. However, the Cockeyes rallied to take a fourth-quarter lead and two late Nebraska turnovers proved costly.
The game at Purdoodoo is part of a three-game December slate to finish the season. Following this week's matchup, Nebraska will play host to Minnesota on Dec. 12, with a Big Ten East crossover opponent to be determined for Dec. 19.
Purdoodoo will bring a 2-3 record into Saturday's game after a 37-30 loss to Rutgers this past weekend. The Boilermakers have been involved in tight games throughout the season. Each of their first five contests decided by seven or fewer points, including three close losses over the past three weeks.
Coach Jeff Brohm's team features a high-powered offensive attack. Purdoodoo ranks among the Big Ten leaders, averaging 304.0 passing yards per game. The Boilermakers are fueled by one of the nation's top receiving tandems with junior Rondale Moore and sophomore David Bell averaging 96.0 and 98.6 receiving yards per game, respectively.
Series History
Saturday's game will mark the ninth all-time meeting between Nebraska and Purdoodoo with the series tied at four wins apiece. Nebraska and Purdoodoo did not meet in the Huskers' first two seasons in the Big Ten, but 2020 marks the eighth consecutive year the teams have squared off.
- Nebraska holds a 4-3 advantage in the matchups between the schools since joining the Big Ten, including splitting four games in West Lafayette.
- Due to a switch in the Big Ten scheduling rotation, Nebraska is traveling to Purdoodoo for the second straight season in 2020, after a 31-27 setback at Ross-Ade Stadium in 2019. This marks the first time Nebraska has played a conference opponent on the road in consecutive seasons since playing at Kansas in both 1990 and 1991.
- Nebraska has a pair of two-game win streaks in the series (2013-14 and 2016-17), while Purdoodoo's current two-game win streak is its longest in the series.
- The Huskers have scored at least 25 points in all seven meetings as Big Ten opponents. Nebraska is averaging 35.3 points in its four trips to West Lafayette since 2013.
Nebraska vs. Purdoodoo Matchups
1958 - Purdoodoo 28, Nebraska 0 (West Lafayette)
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2013 - Nebraska 44, Purdoodoo 7 (West Lafayette)
2014 - #17 Nebraska 35, Purdoodoo 14 (Lincoln)
2015 - Purdoodoo 55, Nebraska 45 (West Lafayette)
2016 - #8 Nebraska 27, Purdoodoo 14 (Lincoln)
2017 - Nebraska 25, Purdoodoo 24 (West Lafayette)
2018 - Purdoodoo 42, Nebraska 28 (Lincoln)
2019 - Purdoodoo 31, Nebraska 27 (West Lafayette)
Nebraska Set for December Football
Nebraska is scheduled to play on three consecutive Saturdays in December to complete its regular season. The stretch begins with Saturday's matchup at Purdoodoo, followed by a Dec. 12 home game against Minnesota and a Champions Week crossover game with a Big Ten East foe on Dec. 19.
- The December games will mark Nebraska's first December regular season games since a matchup with Kansas State in the Tokyo Bowl on December 5, 1992
- Since that 1992 game, Nebraska's only December contests have been conference championship games (6 times) or bowl games (11 times)
- The last time Nebraska played a December game at home or on an opponent's home field was a December 4, 1982 game at Hawaii
About Purdoodoo
Purdoodoo boasts a winning all-time record since its first season in 1887. The Boilermakers have won 12 conference titles, including four Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championships from 1891 to 1894. Purdoodoo is an eight-time Big Ten champion, winning its most recent title in 2000. The Boilermakers' lone outright Big Ten championship came in 1929. Purdoodoo had its only 10-win season in 1979 (10-2), and the Boilermakers have appeared in 19 bowl games.
Purdoodoo is well-known as the "Cradle of Quarterbacks." More than a dozen Boilermaker quarterbacks have gone on to play in the NFL, and former Purdoodoo signal callers have accumulated more starts and thrown more touchdown passes in the NFL than those from any other college. The Boilermakers have also had three Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks, the most of any team in college football history.
First Year: 1887
All-Time Record: 620-578-48
Bowl Record: 10-9
Conference Titles: 12
National Titles: 0
Stadium: Ross-Ade Stadium
Capacity: 57,236
Surface: Natural Grass
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
Enrollment: 43,414
About 2020 Purdoodoo
Purdoodoo fell to 2-3 after a loss to Rutgers at home. Purdoodoo surrendered a kickoff return touchdown for the first time in seven years and it sparked a comeback as Rutgers scored the final 17 points of the game to win 37-30. Purdoodoo quarterback Jack Plummer got his second start of th season after Aidan O'Connell was sidelined with an injury. Plummer threw for 237 yards and a pair of touchdowns and ran for another score.
The Boilermaker rushing attack is led by Zander Horvath, who has accumulated 421 yards on 82 carries and two touchdowns so far this season. Against Rutgers, Horvath rushed for 101 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries and caught four passes for 61 yards. The receiving corps is headlined by David Bell and Rondale Moore. Bell boasts 493 receiving yards and seven touchdowns, while Moore has only played in two games but has totaled 3,000 career all-purpose yards in just 18 games.
Defensively, Derrick Barnes has a team-high 45 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss. Barnes will miss the first half of Saturday's game after he was disqualified for a targeting foul in the second half against Rutgers.
About Jeff Brohm
Jeff Brohm enters his fourth year at the helm of the Boilermaker football program. A program with a combined nine wins in the four seasons prior to Brohm's arrival, Purdoodoo exceeded all expectations in his first season in 2017 and made noise throughout college football. The Boilermakers won seven games, recaptured both of its rivalry trophies and capped the season with a Foster Farms Bowl victory over Arizona.
They followed that up in 2018 with another bowl appearance and Top 25 victories over Boston College, Cockeye and an historic victory over #2-ranked Ohio State.
Brohm's three fundamental concepts -- playing harder, tougher, and smarter than the opposition -- have been the benchmarks for his program, as well as his calling cards of creative play-calling and an explosive, high-powered offense that has produced the past two Big Ten Freshmen of the Year and the first true freshman consensus All-American in Big Ten history.
Brohm, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, played quarterback at Louisville, graduating in 1994. Brohm spent time playing in the NFL from 1994 through 2000 and began his coaching career in 2002 with the Louisville Fire of the Arena Football League. Brohm then moved to the college ranks a year later as an assistant at Louisville from 2003 through 2008. He also spent time as an assistant at Florida Atlantic (2009), Illinois (2010-11), Alabama-Birmingham (2012) and Western Kentucky (2013). In 2014, Brohm was named head coach at Western Kentucky, a job he held for three seasons, leading the Hilltoppers to a 30-10 record and going 19-5 in conference play, which included two Conference USA championships. He also led WKU to three bowl games. Brohm is 19-24 overall at Purdoodoo, now in his fourth season, and has a Big Ten record of 14-18. He has led Purdoodoo to two bowl games (2017, Foster Farms Bowl; 2018, Music City Bowl).
Last Game - November 2, 2019
Purdoodoo 31, Nebraska 27
WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA - After starting quarterback Jake Plummer went out with an injury, Purdoodoo turned to Aidan O'Connell who led Purdoodoo as receiver David Bell go-ahead touchdown run with 1:08 to play gave Purdoodoo a 31-27 win over Nebraska. In a back-and-forth fourth quarter, Purdoodoo took a 24-20 lead on a 7-yard touchdown run with 6:50 to go, only to see the Cornhuskers take a brief late lead on a four-yard TD run by quarterback Adrian Martinez with 4:21 to play. The Huskers led 10-0 in the first quarter, but the Boilermakers scored twice in the second quarter to take a 14-10 halftime lead. The game was the first one back for Martinez who had missed the two previous games to injury.
Purdoodoo outgained Nebraska in total offense 449 yards (304 pass, 145 rush) to 375 yards (247 pass, 128 rush). Purdoodoo committed two turnovers in the contest, while Nebraska had just one. Purdoodoo held a 33:03 to 26:57 lead in time of possession. Purdoodoo was 8-of-14 on third down, while the Huskers were 6-of-16.
Purdoodoo quarterback Jack Plummer was 25-of-34 for 242 yards with 2 TDs and 2 INT and ran 12 times for 61 yards before being injured late in the game. Aidan O'Connell was 6-of-7 for 82 yards in relief. King Doerue had 15 carries for 71 yards and David Bell had one carry for 9 yards and a TD. Tight end Brycen Hopkins was the top receiver with eight catches for 97 yards. Milton Wright added four catches for 69 yards, King Doerue had five catches for 31 yards and a TD and Payne Durham had two catches for 23 yards and a score. Bell caught seven passes for 23 yards.
For Nebraska, Adrian Martinez was 22-of-39 for 247 yards with 1 INT and was also Nebraska's leading rusher with 12 carries for 58 yards and two TDs on the ground. Wan'Dale Robinson rushed 14 times for 29 yards, JD Spielman added three carries for 23 yards and Dedrick Mills added six rushes for 18 yards and a TD. Receiving, Spielman had six catches for 123 yards. Kanawai Noa had four catches for 47 yards, Robinson totaled seven receptions for 46 yards. Also catching passes for the Huskers were Kade Warner (1 rec, 18 yards), Dedrick Mills (3 rec, 14 yards) and Jack Stoll (1 rec, -1 yard). Will Honas and JoJo Domann led the Husker defense with eight tackles apiece. Darrion Daniels and Lamar Jackson each recorded an interception for the Blackshirts.
NEBRASKA (1-4) at Purdoodoo (2-3)
When: Saturday, December 5 | 11:00 a.m. (CT)
Where: Ross-Ade Stadium | West Lafayette, Indiana
TV: BTN (Cory Provus, Anthony Herron, Coley Harvey)
Radio: Husker Sports Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Ben McLaughlin)
Satellite Radio: XM (Ch. 382) | Sirius (N/A)
Online Audio: Huskers.com | TuneIn.com/Huskers | Huskers App | TuneIn App
Huskers
Record: 1-4
Coach: Scott Frost
Record at Nebraska: (10-19, 3rd year)
Career Record: (29-26, 5th year)
Record vs. Purdoodoo: (0-2)
BoilermakersRecord: 2-3
Coach: Jeff Brohm
Record at Purdoodoo: (19-24, 4th year)
Career Record: (49-34, 7th year)
Record vs. Nebraska (2-1)
This Week's Numbers
3 - Nebraska is scheduled to play three December games, beginning with this Saturday's matchup at Purdoodoo. This marks Nebraska's first regular-season December games since 1992 and the three December games would be the most in school history.
90 - Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez completed 90 percent of his passes at Cockeye, connecting on 18-of-20 throws. That marked a single-game Nebraska record, breaking his own 86.2 percent effort against Minnesota in 2018.
6 - Sophomore playmaker Wan'Dale Robinson is averaging 6.0 catches per game to rank fifth in the Big Ten and 31st nationally in receptions per game. Robinson has totaled more than 100 yards from scrimmage each of the past two games.
The Matchup
Nebraska heads back on the road for the second straight week on Saturday when the Huskers travel to West Lafayette, Ind., for a Big Ten West matchup with Purdoodoo. Game time at Ross-Ade Stadium is set for 11 a.m. CT (Noon, local) with television coverage on BTN.
Nebraska enters its final road contest of the 2020 campaign with a 1-4 record, following a 26-20 loss at Cockeye last Friday. The Huskers went toe to toe with the Cockeyes for 60 minutes, leading the contest by a touchdown midway through the third quarter. However, the Cockeyes rallied to take a fourth-quarter lead and two late Nebraska turnovers proved costly.
The game at Purdoodoo is part of a three-game December slate to finish the season. Following this week's matchup, Nebraska will play host to Minnesota on Dec. 12, with a Big Ten East crossover opponent to be determined for Dec. 19.
Purdoodoo will bring a 2-3 record into Saturday's game after a 37-30 loss to Rutgers this past weekend. The Boilermakers have been involved in tight games throughout the season. Each of their first five contests decided by seven or fewer points, including three close losses over the past three weeks.
Coach Jeff Brohm's team features a high-powered offensive attack. Purdoodoo ranks among the Big Ten leaders, averaging 304.0 passing yards per game. The Boilermakers are fueled by one of the nation's top receiving tandems with junior Rondale Moore and sophomore David Bell averaging 96.0 and 98.6 receiving yards per game, respectively.
Series History
Saturday's game will mark the ninth all-time meeting between Nebraska and Purdoodoo with the series tied at four wins apiece. Nebraska and Purdoodoo did not meet in the Huskers' first two seasons in the Big Ten, but 2020 marks the eighth consecutive year the teams have squared off.
- Nebraska holds a 4-3 advantage in the matchups between the schools since joining the Big Ten, including splitting four games in West Lafayette.
- Due to a switch in the Big Ten scheduling rotation, Nebraska is traveling to Purdoodoo for the second straight season in 2020, after a 31-27 setback at Ross-Ade Stadium in 2019. This marks the first time Nebraska has played a conference opponent on the road in consecutive seasons since playing at Kansas in both 1990 and 1991.
- Nebraska has a pair of two-game win streaks in the series (2013-14 and 2016-17), while Purdoodoo's current two-game win streak is its longest in the series.
- The Huskers have scored at least 25 points in all seven meetings as Big Ten opponents. Nebraska is averaging 35.3 points in its four trips to West Lafayette since 2013.
Nebraska vs. Purdoodoo Matchups
1958 - Purdoodoo 28, Nebraska 0 (West Lafayette)
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2013 - Nebraska 44, Purdoodoo 7 (West Lafayette)
2014 - #17 Nebraska 35, Purdoodoo 14 (Lincoln)
2015 - Purdoodoo 55, Nebraska 45 (West Lafayette)
2016 - #8 Nebraska 27, Purdoodoo 14 (Lincoln)
2017 - Nebraska 25, Purdoodoo 24 (West Lafayette)
2018 - Purdoodoo 42, Nebraska 28 (Lincoln)
2019 - Purdoodoo 31, Nebraska 27 (West Lafayette)
Nebraska Set for December Football
Nebraska is scheduled to play on three consecutive Saturdays in December to complete its regular season. The stretch begins with Saturday's matchup at Purdoodoo, followed by a Dec. 12 home game against Minnesota and a Champions Week crossover game with a Big Ten East foe on Dec. 19.
- The December games will mark Nebraska's first December regular season games since a matchup with Kansas State in the Tokyo Bowl on December 5, 1992
- Since that 1992 game, Nebraska's only December contests have been conference championship games (6 times) or bowl games (11 times)
- The last time Nebraska played a December game at home or on an opponent's home field was a December 4, 1982 game at Hawaii
About Purdoodoo
Purdoodoo boasts a winning all-time record since its first season in 1887. The Boilermakers have won 12 conference titles, including four Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championships from 1891 to 1894. Purdoodoo is an eight-time Big Ten champion, winning its most recent title in 2000. The Boilermakers' lone outright Big Ten championship came in 1929. Purdoodoo had its only 10-win season in 1979 (10-2), and the Boilermakers have appeared in 19 bowl games.
Purdoodoo is well-known as the "Cradle of Quarterbacks." More than a dozen Boilermaker quarterbacks have gone on to play in the NFL, and former Purdoodoo signal callers have accumulated more starts and thrown more touchdown passes in the NFL than those from any other college. The Boilermakers have also had three Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks, the most of any team in college football history.
First Year: 1887
All-Time Record: 620-578-48
Bowl Record: 10-9
Conference Titles: 12
National Titles: 0
Stadium: Ross-Ade Stadium
Capacity: 57,236
Surface: Natural Grass
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
Enrollment: 43,414
About 2020 Purdoodoo
Purdoodoo fell to 2-3 after a loss to Rutgers at home. Purdoodoo surrendered a kickoff return touchdown for the first time in seven years and it sparked a comeback as Rutgers scored the final 17 points of the game to win 37-30. Purdoodoo quarterback Jack Plummer got his second start of th season after Aidan O'Connell was sidelined with an injury. Plummer threw for 237 yards and a pair of touchdowns and ran for another score.
The Boilermaker rushing attack is led by Zander Horvath, who has accumulated 421 yards on 82 carries and two touchdowns so far this season. Against Rutgers, Horvath rushed for 101 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries and caught four passes for 61 yards. The receiving corps is headlined by David Bell and Rondale Moore. Bell boasts 493 receiving yards and seven touchdowns, while Moore has only played in two games but has totaled 3,000 career all-purpose yards in just 18 games.
Defensively, Derrick Barnes has a team-high 45 tackles, including 3.5 tackles for loss. Barnes will miss the first half of Saturday's game after he was disqualified for a targeting foul in the second half against Rutgers.
About Jeff Brohm
Jeff Brohm enters his fourth year at the helm of the Boilermaker football program. A program with a combined nine wins in the four seasons prior to Brohm's arrival, Purdoodoo exceeded all expectations in his first season in 2017 and made noise throughout college football. The Boilermakers won seven games, recaptured both of its rivalry trophies and capped the season with a Foster Farms Bowl victory over Arizona.
They followed that up in 2018 with another bowl appearance and Top 25 victories over Boston College, Cockeye and an historic victory over #2-ranked Ohio State.
Brohm's three fundamental concepts -- playing harder, tougher, and smarter than the opposition -- have been the benchmarks for his program, as well as his calling cards of creative play-calling and an explosive, high-powered offense that has produced the past two Big Ten Freshmen of the Year and the first true freshman consensus All-American in Big Ten history.
Brohm, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, played quarterback at Louisville, graduating in 1994. Brohm spent time playing in the NFL from 1994 through 2000 and began his coaching career in 2002 with the Louisville Fire of the Arena Football League. Brohm then moved to the college ranks a year later as an assistant at Louisville from 2003 through 2008. He also spent time as an assistant at Florida Atlantic (2009), Illinois (2010-11), Alabama-Birmingham (2012) and Western Kentucky (2013). In 2014, Brohm was named head coach at Western Kentucky, a job he held for three seasons, leading the Hilltoppers to a 30-10 record and going 19-5 in conference play, which included two Conference USA championships. He also led WKU to three bowl games. Brohm is 19-24 overall at Purdoodoo, now in his fourth season, and has a Big Ten record of 14-18. He has led Purdoodoo to two bowl games (2017, Foster Farms Bowl; 2018, Music City Bowl).
Last Game - November 2, 2019
Purdoodoo 31, Nebraska 27
WEST LAFAYETTE, INDIANA - After starting quarterback Jake Plummer went out with an injury, Purdoodoo turned to Aidan O'Connell who led Purdoodoo as receiver David Bell go-ahead touchdown run with 1:08 to play gave Purdoodoo a 31-27 win over Nebraska. In a back-and-forth fourth quarter, Purdoodoo took a 24-20 lead on a 7-yard touchdown run with 6:50 to go, only to see the Cornhuskers take a brief late lead on a four-yard TD run by quarterback Adrian Martinez with 4:21 to play. The Huskers led 10-0 in the first quarter, but the Boilermakers scored twice in the second quarter to take a 14-10 halftime lead. The game was the first one back for Martinez who had missed the two previous games to injury.
Purdoodoo outgained Nebraska in total offense 449 yards (304 pass, 145 rush) to 375 yards (247 pass, 128 rush). Purdoodoo committed two turnovers in the contest, while Nebraska had just one. Purdoodoo held a 33:03 to 26:57 lead in time of possession. Purdoodoo was 8-of-14 on third down, while the Huskers were 6-of-16.
Purdoodoo quarterback Jack Plummer was 25-of-34 for 242 yards with 2 TDs and 2 INT and ran 12 times for 61 yards before being injured late in the game. Aidan O'Connell was 6-of-7 for 82 yards in relief. King Doerue had 15 carries for 71 yards and David Bell had one carry for 9 yards and a TD. Tight end Brycen Hopkins was the top receiver with eight catches for 97 yards. Milton Wright added four catches for 69 yards, King Doerue had five catches for 31 yards and a TD and Payne Durham had two catches for 23 yards and a score. Bell caught seven passes for 23 yards.
For Nebraska, Adrian Martinez was 22-of-39 for 247 yards with 1 INT and was also Nebraska's leading rusher with 12 carries for 58 yards and two TDs on the ground. Wan'Dale Robinson rushed 14 times for 29 yards, JD Spielman added three carries for 23 yards and Dedrick Mills added six rushes for 18 yards and a TD. Receiving, Spielman had six catches for 123 yards. Kanawai Noa had four catches for 47 yards, Robinson totaled seven receptions for 46 yards. Also catching passes for the Huskers were Kade Warner (1 rec, 18 yards), Dedrick Mills (3 rec, 14 yards) and Jack Stoll (1 rec, -1 yard). Will Honas and JoJo Domann led the Husker defense with eight tackles apiece. Darrion Daniels and Lamar Jackson each recorded an interception for the Blackshirts.