Link: Full Game Notes (Huskers.com)
WHEN: Saturday, September 3, 2022 | 2:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, Nebraska
TV: Big Ten Network (Brandon Gaudin, Joshua Perry, Rick Pizzo)
RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Jessica Coody)
Nebraska opens its 2022 home schedule on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers welcome the North Dakota Fighting Hawks to Memorial Stadium. Game time in Lincoln is set for shortly after 2:30 p.m. CT with BTN providing television coverage.
Nebraska heads into the contest with an 0-1 record following a 31-28 season-opening loss against Northwestern last Saturday in the Aer Lingus Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland. Nebraska twice held 11-point leads against the Wildcats, but Northwestern rallied in the second half for the three-point victory. The Nebraska offense showed its explosiveness in the loss, racking up 465 yards, including 355 passing yards.
After opening with a Big Ten Conference game overseas, the Huskers will now settle into their home environment at Memorial Stadium for the next month. The matchup with North Dakota is the first of four straight games in Lincoln. After the UND contest, Nebraska will welcome non-conference opponents Georgia Southern (Sept. 10) and Oklahoma (Sept. 17) to Lincoln before opening its Big Ten home schedule against Indiana on Oct. 1.
North Dakota will be opening its 2021 season on Saturday in Lincoln. The Fighting Hawks posted a 5-6 record last season against one of the nation's most difficult FCS schedules. North Dakota's five FCS losses last season were all by seven or fewer points, with each of the setbacks coming against 2021 FCS playoff participants.
Nebraska and North Dakota have met just one time previously, with the Huskers opening the 1961 season with a 33-0 shutout over North Dakota at Memorial Stadium.
NEBRASKA
Record: 0-1
Last Game: vs. Northwestern (L 28-31)
Streak: Lost 7
Rank: NR
Head Coach: Scott Frost (15-30, 5th year | 34-37 7th year overall)
Record vs. North Dakota (0-0)
NORTH DAKOTA
Record: 0-0 (5-6 in 2021)
Last Game: at South Dakota State (L 21-24 in 2021)
Streak: Lost 1
FCS Rank: NR
Head Coach: Bubba Schweigert (47-40, 9th season | 69-61, 12th season overall)
Record vs. Nebraska (0-0
NUMBERS TO KNOW
14 - Saturday's game marks Nebraska's 14th all-time matchup with a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) opponent. The Huskers have won each of the 13 prior matchups against FCS foes, including a 52-7 win over Fordham last season.
100 - Nebraska had both a 100-yard rusher (Anthony Grant) and 100-yard receiver (Isaiah Garcia-Castenada) in the season opener against Northwestern. That marked the first time the Huskers had both a runner and receiver top the century mark since 2021 against Northwestern.
300 - Quarterback Casey Thompson cracked the 300-yard passing barrier against the Wildcats with 355 yards through the air. His 355-yard outing was the most ever by a Nebraska player in the season opener, bettering Taylor Martinez's 354 yards vs. Southern Miss in 2012.
SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's game is the second all-time meeting between Nebraska and North Dakota. Nebraska defeated North Dakota 33-0 in the 1961 season opener in the only other meeting between the two schools. Nebraska and UND are scheduled to meet again in 2026 in Lincoln.
Saturday's game will mark Nebraska's 14th game all-time against an FCS foe (at time of game), with the Huskers holding a 13-0 record in those contests.
- Nebraska defeated Fordham 52-7 last season in what was its first game against an FCS opponent since 2018.
- All of Nebraska's games against FCS opponents have occurred since 1992, including facing an FCS opponent for five straight seasons from 2010 to 2014.
Nebraska All-Time vs. FCS Opponents (13-0)
2021: Nebraska 52, Fordham 7
2018: Nebraska 45, Bethune-Cookman 9
2014: Nebraska 31, McNeese State 24
2013: Nebraska 59, South Dakota State 20
2012: Nebraska 73, Idaho State 7
2011: Nebraska 40, Tennessee-Chattanooga 7
2010: Nebraska 17, South Dakota State 3
2006: Nebraska 56, Nicholls State 7
2005: Nebraska 25, Maine 7
2004: Nebraska 56, Western Illinois 17
2002: Nebraska 38, McNeese State 14
1995: Nebraska 49, Pacific 7
1994: Nebraska 70, Pacific 21
NEBRASKA HOME OPENER HISTORY
Nebraska opens its seven-game home schedule on Saturday. The Huskers have won three of four home openers under Scott Frost. Overall, the Huskers have been victorious in 34 of their last 36 home openers.
Last Five Nebraska Home Openers
2021: Nebraska 52, Fordham 7
2020: Nebraska 30, Penn State 23
2019: Nebraska 35, South Alabama 21
2018: Colorado 33, Nebraska 28
2017: Nebraska 43, Arkansas State 36
HUSKERS HIT RARE 300-100-100 COMBO IN OPENER
The Nebraska offense reached a rare milestone in the season opener against Northwestern last Saturday. The Huskers recorded a 300-yard passer with Casey Thompson throwing for 355 yards, a 100-yard rusher in Anthony Grant who had 101 yards and two touchdowns, and a 100-yard receiver with Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda catching four passes for 120 yards and a touchdown.
- Last Saturday's game marked just the eighth time in school history Nebraska has produced a game with a 300-yard passer, 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver
- Three of those eight games have come during Scott Frost's tenure as head coach, most recently in a 42-38 win at Illinois in 2019. Nebraska also accomplished the trifecta in a 2018 matchup against Purdue.
Nebraska Games with a 300-yard passer, 100-yard rusher & 100-yard receiver
2022: vs. Northwestern - Casey Thomson (355), Anthony Grant (101), Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda (120)
2019: at Illinois - Adrian Martinez (328), Adrian Martinez (118), JD Spielman (160)
2018: Purdue - Adrian Martinez (323), Devine Ozigbo (170), JD Spielman (135)
2012: at Northwestern - Taylor Martinez (342), Ameer Abdullah (101), Quincy Enunwa (110)
2010: at Oklahoma State - Taylor Martinez (323), Taylor Martinez (112), Niles Paul (131)
2008: Kansas - Joe Ganz (324), Roy Helu Jr. (115), Nate Swift (111)
2007: Kansas State - Joe Ganz (510), Marlon Lucky (103), Maurice Purify (108)
2007: Ball State - Sam Keller (438), Marlon Lucky (102), Sean Hill (129) & Maurice Purify (108)
ABOUT NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota has fielded a football team since 1892, but did not play in Division I (FCS) until 2008. The Fighting Hawks made the FCS playoffs for the first time in 2016 and returned in 2019 and 2020. North Dakota boasts an all-time winning record and has won nearly 670 games in program history.
The Fighting Hawks have won 27 conference titles (North Central Conference: 1928-31, 1934, 1936-37, 1939, 1958, 1964, 1966, 1971-72, 1974-75, 1979, 1993-95, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005-06; Great West Conference: 2011; Big Sky Conference: 2016; Missouri Valley: 2020). Additionally, North Dakota claimed the 2001 NCAA Division II National Championship.
First Year: 1894
All-Time Record: 668-423-31
Bowl Record: 0-0
Conference Titles: 27
National Titles: 1 (2001 - Division II)
Stadium: Alerus Center
Capacity: 12,283
Surface: AstroTurf
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Enrollment: 13,722
Colors: Kelly Green & White
SCOUTING 2022 NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota kicks off its 2022 season on Saturday. Last season, the Fighting Hawks finished 5-6 and 3-5 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. UND was picked seventh in the annual preseason poll conducted by the MVFC coaches, media and sports information directors.
The Fighting Hawks return their starting quarterback from last season, Tommy Schuster, who led the conference with 2,493 yards through the air and averaged 226.6 yards per game. He accounted for at least one touchdown in 10 of 11 games. The Fighting Hawks also return their top receiver, Bo Belquist, who led the team in both receptions (52) and receiving yards (535), while averaging a team-best 53.3 receiving yards per game. UND will be without their leading offensive lineman, Matt Waletzko, who earned All-America honors from five different publications and was selected in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.
On defense, North Dakota returns Devon Krzanowski, who led UND with 68 tackles, including 35 solo stops. Krzanowski received All-MVFC honorable mention accolades in 2021. The Fighting Hawks will be without their second-leading tackler, linebacker Noah Larson, who graduated following a standout 2021 season.
ABOUT HEAD COACH BUBBA SCHWEIGERT
Bubba Schweigert is in his ninth season at North Dakota and his 12th career season overall as a head coach. He owns a 47-40 record with the Fighting Hawks.
Before taking over as head coach, Schweigert was the defensive coordinator at Southern Illinois (2008-13) and the head coach at Minnesota-Duluth (2004-07). This serves as Schweigert's second stint at UND as he spent 15 years as an assistant coach in Grand Forks (1989-2003), where he was part of eight NCAA playoff teams and six North Central Conference championship squads.
In his first nine years as the head coach, Schweigert has recorded 47 wins including 10 total in the first two seasons in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. He has led the Fighting Hawks to two conference championships in his tenure at UND, winning the Big Sky Conference in 2016 and the Missouri Valley in 2020 and has also made three appearances in the FCS playoffs (2016, 2019, 2020). The 59-year-old Schweigert is an alum of Jamestown College in Jamestown, North Dakota.
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WHEN: Saturday, September 3, 2022 | 2:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, Nebraska
TV: Big Ten Network (Brandon Gaudin, Joshua Perry, Rick Pizzo)
RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Jessica Coody)
Nebraska opens its 2022 home schedule on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers welcome the North Dakota Fighting Hawks to Memorial Stadium. Game time in Lincoln is set for shortly after 2:30 p.m. CT with BTN providing television coverage.
Nebraska heads into the contest with an 0-1 record following a 31-28 season-opening loss against Northwestern last Saturday in the Aer Lingus Football Classic in Dublin, Ireland. Nebraska twice held 11-point leads against the Wildcats, but Northwestern rallied in the second half for the three-point victory. The Nebraska offense showed its explosiveness in the loss, racking up 465 yards, including 355 passing yards.
After opening with a Big Ten Conference game overseas, the Huskers will now settle into their home environment at Memorial Stadium for the next month. The matchup with North Dakota is the first of four straight games in Lincoln. After the UND contest, Nebraska will welcome non-conference opponents Georgia Southern (Sept. 10) and Oklahoma (Sept. 17) to Lincoln before opening its Big Ten home schedule against Indiana on Oct. 1.
North Dakota will be opening its 2021 season on Saturday in Lincoln. The Fighting Hawks posted a 5-6 record last season against one of the nation's most difficult FCS schedules. North Dakota's five FCS losses last season were all by seven or fewer points, with each of the setbacks coming against 2021 FCS playoff participants.
Nebraska and North Dakota have met just one time previously, with the Huskers opening the 1961 season with a 33-0 shutout over North Dakota at Memorial Stadium.
NEBRASKA
Record: 0-1
Last Game: vs. Northwestern (L 28-31)
Streak: Lost 7
Rank: NR
Head Coach: Scott Frost (15-30, 5th year | 34-37 7th year overall)
Record vs. North Dakota (0-0)
NORTH DAKOTA
Record: 0-0 (5-6 in 2021)
Last Game: at South Dakota State (L 21-24 in 2021)
Streak: Lost 1
FCS Rank: NR
Head Coach: Bubba Schweigert (47-40, 9th season | 69-61, 12th season overall)
Record vs. Nebraska (0-0
NUMBERS TO KNOW
14 - Saturday's game marks Nebraska's 14th all-time matchup with a Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) opponent. The Huskers have won each of the 13 prior matchups against FCS foes, including a 52-7 win over Fordham last season.
100 - Nebraska had both a 100-yard rusher (Anthony Grant) and 100-yard receiver (Isaiah Garcia-Castenada) in the season opener against Northwestern. That marked the first time the Huskers had both a runner and receiver top the century mark since 2021 against Northwestern.
300 - Quarterback Casey Thompson cracked the 300-yard passing barrier against the Wildcats with 355 yards through the air. His 355-yard outing was the most ever by a Nebraska player in the season opener, bettering Taylor Martinez's 354 yards vs. Southern Miss in 2012.
SERIES HISTORY
Saturday's game is the second all-time meeting between Nebraska and North Dakota. Nebraska defeated North Dakota 33-0 in the 1961 season opener in the only other meeting between the two schools. Nebraska and UND are scheduled to meet again in 2026 in Lincoln.
Saturday's game will mark Nebraska's 14th game all-time against an FCS foe (at time of game), with the Huskers holding a 13-0 record in those contests.
- Nebraska defeated Fordham 52-7 last season in what was its first game against an FCS opponent since 2018.
- All of Nebraska's games against FCS opponents have occurred since 1992, including facing an FCS opponent for five straight seasons from 2010 to 2014.
Nebraska All-Time vs. FCS Opponents (13-0)
2021: Nebraska 52, Fordham 7
2018: Nebraska 45, Bethune-Cookman 9
2014: Nebraska 31, McNeese State 24
2013: Nebraska 59, South Dakota State 20
2012: Nebraska 73, Idaho State 7
2011: Nebraska 40, Tennessee-Chattanooga 7
2010: Nebraska 17, South Dakota State 3
2006: Nebraska 56, Nicholls State 7
2005: Nebraska 25, Maine 7
2004: Nebraska 56, Western Illinois 17
2002: Nebraska 38, McNeese State 14
1995: Nebraska 49, Pacific 7
1994: Nebraska 70, Pacific 21
NEBRASKA HOME OPENER HISTORY
Nebraska opens its seven-game home schedule on Saturday. The Huskers have won three of four home openers under Scott Frost. Overall, the Huskers have been victorious in 34 of their last 36 home openers.
Last Five Nebraska Home Openers
2021: Nebraska 52, Fordham 7
2020: Nebraska 30, Penn State 23
2019: Nebraska 35, South Alabama 21
2018: Colorado 33, Nebraska 28
2017: Nebraska 43, Arkansas State 36
HUSKERS HIT RARE 300-100-100 COMBO IN OPENER
The Nebraska offense reached a rare milestone in the season opener against Northwestern last Saturday. The Huskers recorded a 300-yard passer with Casey Thompson throwing for 355 yards, a 100-yard rusher in Anthony Grant who had 101 yards and two touchdowns, and a 100-yard receiver with Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda catching four passes for 120 yards and a touchdown.
- Last Saturday's game marked just the eighth time in school history Nebraska has produced a game with a 300-yard passer, 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver
- Three of those eight games have come during Scott Frost's tenure as head coach, most recently in a 42-38 win at Illinois in 2019. Nebraska also accomplished the trifecta in a 2018 matchup against Purdue.
Nebraska Games with a 300-yard passer, 100-yard rusher & 100-yard receiver
2022: vs. Northwestern - Casey Thomson (355), Anthony Grant (101), Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda (120)
2019: at Illinois - Adrian Martinez (328), Adrian Martinez (118), JD Spielman (160)
2018: Purdue - Adrian Martinez (323), Devine Ozigbo (170), JD Spielman (135)
2012: at Northwestern - Taylor Martinez (342), Ameer Abdullah (101), Quincy Enunwa (110)
2010: at Oklahoma State - Taylor Martinez (323), Taylor Martinez (112), Niles Paul (131)
2008: Kansas - Joe Ganz (324), Roy Helu Jr. (115), Nate Swift (111)
2007: Kansas State - Joe Ganz (510), Marlon Lucky (103), Maurice Purify (108)
2007: Ball State - Sam Keller (438), Marlon Lucky (102), Sean Hill (129) & Maurice Purify (108)
ABOUT NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota has fielded a football team since 1892, but did not play in Division I (FCS) until 2008. The Fighting Hawks made the FCS playoffs for the first time in 2016 and returned in 2019 and 2020. North Dakota boasts an all-time winning record and has won nearly 670 games in program history.
The Fighting Hawks have won 27 conference titles (North Central Conference: 1928-31, 1934, 1936-37, 1939, 1958, 1964, 1966, 1971-72, 1974-75, 1979, 1993-95, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005-06; Great West Conference: 2011; Big Sky Conference: 2016; Missouri Valley: 2020). Additionally, North Dakota claimed the 2001 NCAA Division II National Championship.
First Year: 1894
All-Time Record: 668-423-31
Bowl Record: 0-0
Conference Titles: 27
National Titles: 1 (2001 - Division II)
Stadium: Alerus Center
Capacity: 12,283
Surface: AstroTurf
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Enrollment: 13,722
Colors: Kelly Green & White
SCOUTING 2022 NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota kicks off its 2022 season on Saturday. Last season, the Fighting Hawks finished 5-6 and 3-5 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. UND was picked seventh in the annual preseason poll conducted by the MVFC coaches, media and sports information directors.
The Fighting Hawks return their starting quarterback from last season, Tommy Schuster, who led the conference with 2,493 yards through the air and averaged 226.6 yards per game. He accounted for at least one touchdown in 10 of 11 games. The Fighting Hawks also return their top receiver, Bo Belquist, who led the team in both receptions (52) and receiving yards (535), while averaging a team-best 53.3 receiving yards per game. UND will be without their leading offensive lineman, Matt Waletzko, who earned All-America honors from five different publications and was selected in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys.
On defense, North Dakota returns Devon Krzanowski, who led UND with 68 tackles, including 35 solo stops. Krzanowski received All-MVFC honorable mention accolades in 2021. The Fighting Hawks will be without their second-leading tackler, linebacker Noah Larson, who graduated following a standout 2021 season.
ABOUT HEAD COACH BUBBA SCHWEIGERT
Bubba Schweigert is in his ninth season at North Dakota and his 12th career season overall as a head coach. He owns a 47-40 record with the Fighting Hawks.
Before taking over as head coach, Schweigert was the defensive coordinator at Southern Illinois (2008-13) and the head coach at Minnesota-Duluth (2004-07). This serves as Schweigert's second stint at UND as he spent 15 years as an assistant coach in Grand Forks (1989-2003), where he was part of eight NCAA playoff teams and six North Central Conference championship squads.
In his first nine years as the head coach, Schweigert has recorded 47 wins including 10 total in the first two seasons in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. He has led the Fighting Hawks to two conference championships in his tenure at UND, winning the Big Sky Conference in 2016 and the Missouri Valley in 2020 and has also made three appearances in the FCS playoffs (2016, 2019, 2020). The 59-year-old Schweigert is an alum of Jamestown College in Jamestown, North Dakota.
