Link: Full Game Notes (Huskers.com)
WHEN: Saturday, November 20 | 2:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: Camp Randall Stadium | Madison, Wisconsin
TV: ABC (Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Tom Luginbill)
Radio: Huskers Radio Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Jeremiah Sirles, Jessica Coody)
Nebraska
Record: 3-7 (1-6 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Ohio State (L 17-26)
Streak: Lost 4
Rankings: NR
Head Coach: Scott Frost (15-27, 4th year NU | 34-34, 6th year overall)
Frost vs. Wisconsin: 0-2
Wisconsin
Record: 7-3 (5-2 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Northwestern (W 35-7)
Streak: Won 6
Rankings: #19 (AP) / #20 (Coaches)
Head Coach: Paul Chryst (63-22, 7th year at Wisconsin | 82-41, 10th year overall)
Chryst vs. Nebraska: 5-0
This Week's Numbers
5 - Wisconsin enters Saturday's game ranked No. 19 in the Associated Press Poll, which marks Nebraska's fifth game in 2021 against a ranked opponent. Next week's season finale comes against No. 18 Iowa.
100 - Nebraska linebackers Luke Reimer (96) and Nick Henrich (87) are both closing in on 100-tackle seasons. If they were to both reach 100 tackles, Reimer and Henrich would become the first Blackshirt duo to accomplish that feat since 2003 when Barrett Ruud had 149 tackles and Demorrio Williams had 128 stops.
273 - Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez enters the game against Wisconsin needing 273 yards to become Nebraska's all-time leader in total offense. Martinez has 10,418 yards in his career, trailing only Tommy Armstrong Jr. (10,690). Martinez averages 274.2 yards of total offense per game in his four year career
The Matchup
Nebraska makes its final road trip of the season on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers take on 19th-ranked Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium. Game time in Madison is set for shortly after 2:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised by ABC and can also be heard on the Huskers Radio Network.
Nebraska is coming off a bye week and stands at 3-7 overall and 1-6 in Big Ten Conference play. In the Huskers' most recent game, Nebraska fought hard against sixth-ranked Ohio State before falling 26-17, suffering its fourth setback this season against a ranked opponent. Nebraska held the powerful Buckeye offense in check, allowing a season-low point total against the nation's top-ranked scoring offense. Despite its disappointing record, Nebraska continues to remain competitive each week with its seven losses coming by a total of 42 points.
Wisconsin comes into its home finale full of momentum. After a 1-3 start, the Badgers have reeled off six consecutive wins to get to 7-3 overall and 5-2 in Big Ten Conference play. Wisconsin's most recent victory was a 35-7 rout of Northwestern on Saturday in Madison, with the Badger defense holding Northwestern scoreless for the first three quarters. Wisconsin needs two victories to secure a trip to the Big Ten Championship Gmae for the seventh time in the 11-year history of the title game.
The Badgers' success this season has been built on the strength of one of the nation's top defenses. Wisconsin ranks in the top two nationally in all four major defensive statistical categories, including leading the nation in total defense (216.3 ypg) and rushing defense (60.6 ypg). During their six-game win streak the Badgers have allowed just 7.3 points per game.
Series History
Nebraska and Wisconsin meet each year as Big Ten West opponents and will once again compete for the Freedom Trophy, which was first created before the 2014 matchup. The schools have met 14 times overall, with nine of those meetings coming since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011.
- Wisconsin owns a 10-4 advantage in the all-time series, including an 8-1 edge since 2011
- Nebraska has won just once in six trips to Madison and not since joining the Big Ten Conference in 2011
- Nebraska's lone trip to the Big Ten Championship Game came in 2012 as the Legends Division champ. The Huskers were defeated by Wisconsin in Indianapolis in that game.
- Saturday's game will mark the fourth consecutive meeting in which an unranked Nebraska team has faced off against a ranked Badger squad.
Nebraska vs. Wisconsin Big Ten History
2011: #7 Wisconsin 48, #8 Nebraska 17 (Madison)
2012: #22 Nebraska 30, Wisconsin 27 (Lincoln)
2012: Wisconsin 70, #14 Nebraska 31 (Indianapolis)
2014: #22 Wisconsin 59, #11 Nebraska 24 (Madison)
2015: Wisconsin 23, Nebraska 21 (Lincoln)
2016: #11 Wisconsin 23, #7 Nebraska 17 (OT) (Madison)
2017: #9 Wisconsin 38, Nebraska 17 (Lincoln)
2018: #16 Wisconsin 41, Nebraska 24 (Madison)
2019: #15 Wisconsin 37, Nebraska 21 (Lincoln)
2020: (canceled)
About Wisconsin
Wisconsin owns an all-time winning record and the Badgers have played 132 seasons since the start of their program in 1889. A member of the Big Ten Conference since 1896, the Badgers have claimed 14 conference titles, with the most recent coming in 2012.
The Badgers have played in 32 bowl games, including 10 Rose Bowls. In the last full season in 2019, Wisconsin went 10-4, finishing their season at the Rose Bowl with a 27-28 loss against Oregon.
The Badgers have had a winning record in every season under Coach Paul Chryst.
First Year: 1889
All-Time Record: 726-505-53
Bowl Record: 17-15
Conference Titles: 14
National Titles: 1
Stadium: Camp Randall Stadium
Capacity: 80,321
Surface: FieldTurf
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Enrollment: 45,540
School Colors: Cardinal and White
About the 2021 Wisconsin Badgers
No. 19 Wisconsin has won six straight coming into this weekend's contest and ave allowed just 44 total points in that stretch. The Badgers have allowed 6.0 ppg in their last five Big Ten games. Wisconsin is led by true freshman running back Braelon Allen, who has rushed for 834 yards and nine scores. He has six straight 100-yard rushing games, including 173 yards last week against Northwestern. Quarterback Graham Mertz averages 150.5 yards per game and has thrown eight touchdown passes.
Defensively, Wisconsin is led by linebacker Leo Chenal, who has tallied 81 tackles this year including 15 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. Jack Sanborn has added 74 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and three sacks.
2021 Wisconsin Schedule/Results (7-3, 5-2)
Penn State (L 10-16)
Eastern Michigan (W 34-7)
at Notre Dame (L 13-41)
Michigan (L17-38)
at Illinois (W 24-0)
Army (W 20-14)
at Purdue (W 30-13)
Iowa (W 27-7)
at Rutgers (W 52-3)
Northwestern (W 35-7)
Nebraska
at Minnesota
About Coach Paul Chryst
Paul Chryst is in his seventh season at Wisconsin (63-22) and his 10th year as a head coach overall (82-41). A two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year selection, Chryst has guided the Badgers to over 50 wins in his first five seasons as head coach, just the third coach in modern Big Ten history to do so.
Chryst has led Wisconsin to three Big Ten West division titles and holds a 5-1 mark in bowl games.
Prior to being named head coach, Chryst served as the head coach at PIttsburgh, leading the Panthers to three consecutive bowl games.
Chryst served short stints at San Antonio (World League), Wisconsin-Platteville, Ottawa, Illinois State, Saskatchewan (CFL), Oregon State and San Diego (NFL) in various offensive coaching roles. Chryst also served as the offensive coordinator at Wisconsin from 2005 to 2011.
Last Meeting: November 16, 2019
Wisconsin 37, Nebraska 21
LINCOLN - Nebraska running back Dedrick Mills rushed for a career-high 188 yards, but No. 15 Wisconsin held on for a 37-21 victory over the Huskers at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Mills piled up his career-best totals on just 17 carries, averaging 11.1 yards per tote, including a 12-yard touchdown run to open the scoring in the first quarter. Sophomore quarterback Adrian Martinez added 89 yards on the ground despite being sacked four times for 34 yards, as the Huskers totaled 273 rushing yards in the game. Nebraska, which slipped to 4-6 overall and 2-5 in the Big Ten, finished with 493 total yards, including 220 yards on 13-of-23 passing from Martinez against the Badgers.
The visiting Badgers managed 482 total yards, including 204 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries from running back Jonathan Taylor. His total helped Wisconsin roll up 320 yards on the ground. UW quarterback Jack Coan went 13-for-21 through the air for 162 yards with one touchdown.
Although Wisconsin won by two scores, Nebraska finished with more total yards but missed three golden opportunities to score in the second half. Early in the third quarter, Nebraska had 1st-and-10 at the UW 24, before taking a long sack. The Huskers gained back the 21 yards lost on the play, setting up a 41-yard field goal attempt. However NU missed the field goal.
In the fourth quarter, Nebraska's final two drives entered the Wisconsin red zone before the Huskers were stopped on downs at the UW 17 with 10:52 left. On NU's final drive, the Huskers moved all the way to the UW 4, but were stopped at the goal line on 4th down with 2:11 on the clock.
Both teams committed a turnover in the game that was converted to points by the opposing offenses, but one the biggest differences in the game came on special teams, including Badger Aron Cruickshank's 89-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to tie the game 7-7 with 5:16 left in the opening quarter.
The two teams went to the second quarter tied at 7-7 before the Badgers took their first lead on Collin Larsh's 31-yard field goal with 11:22 left in the half. Nebraska answered with a five-play, 73-yard drive capped by Martinez's two-yard touchdown run with 9:32 left to give the Huskers a 14-10 lead.
Wisconsin answered with a five-play drive of its own capped by Coan's 55-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Taylor to put the Badgers back in front at 17-14. UW gained more momentum on Nebraska's next offensive play, when Martinez's pass was tipped at the line of scrimmage and intercepted by Jack Sanborn to set the Badgers up at the Big Red 21. Three plays later, Jonathan Taylor pounded his way in from one yard out to take a 24-14 lead.
Larsh added a 24-yard field goal for the Badgers with 11 seconds left in the half to take a 27-14 lead to the halftime locker room. It grew to 34-14 on Jonathan Taylor's 11-yard touchdown run with 4:50 left in the third quarter to cap a run of 24 straight points for Wisconsin.
But the Huskers continued to fight, flying 75 yards in four plays, culminating with Martinez's 23-yard touchdown strike to a wide open JD Spielman with 3:19 left in the third to pull within 34-21.
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WHEN: Saturday, November 20 | 2:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: Camp Randall Stadium | Madison, Wisconsin
TV: ABC (Dave Pasch, Dusty Dvoracek, Tom Luginbill)
Radio: Huskers Radio Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Jeremiah Sirles, Jessica Coody)
Nebraska
Record: 3-7 (1-6 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Ohio State (L 17-26)
Streak: Lost 4
Rankings: NR
Head Coach: Scott Frost (15-27, 4th year NU | 34-34, 6th year overall)
Frost vs. Wisconsin: 0-2
Wisconsin
Record: 7-3 (5-2 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Northwestern (W 35-7)
Streak: Won 6
Rankings: #19 (AP) / #20 (Coaches)
Head Coach: Paul Chryst (63-22, 7th year at Wisconsin | 82-41, 10th year overall)
Chryst vs. Nebraska: 5-0
This Week's Numbers
5 - Wisconsin enters Saturday's game ranked No. 19 in the Associated Press Poll, which marks Nebraska's fifth game in 2021 against a ranked opponent. Next week's season finale comes against No. 18 Iowa.
100 - Nebraska linebackers Luke Reimer (96) and Nick Henrich (87) are both closing in on 100-tackle seasons. If they were to both reach 100 tackles, Reimer and Henrich would become the first Blackshirt duo to accomplish that feat since 2003 when Barrett Ruud had 149 tackles and Demorrio Williams had 128 stops.
273 - Nebraska quarterback Adrian Martinez enters the game against Wisconsin needing 273 yards to become Nebraska's all-time leader in total offense. Martinez has 10,418 yards in his career, trailing only Tommy Armstrong Jr. (10,690). Martinez averages 274.2 yards of total offense per game in his four year career
The Matchup
Nebraska makes its final road trip of the season on Saturday afternoon when the Huskers take on 19th-ranked Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium. Game time in Madison is set for shortly after 2:30 p.m. CT. The game will be televised by ABC and can also be heard on the Huskers Radio Network.
Nebraska is coming off a bye week and stands at 3-7 overall and 1-6 in Big Ten Conference play. In the Huskers' most recent game, Nebraska fought hard against sixth-ranked Ohio State before falling 26-17, suffering its fourth setback this season against a ranked opponent. Nebraska held the powerful Buckeye offense in check, allowing a season-low point total against the nation's top-ranked scoring offense. Despite its disappointing record, Nebraska continues to remain competitive each week with its seven losses coming by a total of 42 points.
Wisconsin comes into its home finale full of momentum. After a 1-3 start, the Badgers have reeled off six consecutive wins to get to 7-3 overall and 5-2 in Big Ten Conference play. Wisconsin's most recent victory was a 35-7 rout of Northwestern on Saturday in Madison, with the Badger defense holding Northwestern scoreless for the first three quarters. Wisconsin needs two victories to secure a trip to the Big Ten Championship Gmae for the seventh time in the 11-year history of the title game.
The Badgers' success this season has been built on the strength of one of the nation's top defenses. Wisconsin ranks in the top two nationally in all four major defensive statistical categories, including leading the nation in total defense (216.3 ypg) and rushing defense (60.6 ypg). During their six-game win streak the Badgers have allowed just 7.3 points per game.
Series History
Nebraska and Wisconsin meet each year as Big Ten West opponents and will once again compete for the Freedom Trophy, which was first created before the 2014 matchup. The schools have met 14 times overall, with nine of those meetings coming since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011.
- Wisconsin owns a 10-4 advantage in the all-time series, including an 8-1 edge since 2011
- Nebraska has won just once in six trips to Madison and not since joining the Big Ten Conference in 2011
- Nebraska's lone trip to the Big Ten Championship Game came in 2012 as the Legends Division champ. The Huskers were defeated by Wisconsin in Indianapolis in that game.
- Saturday's game will mark the fourth consecutive meeting in which an unranked Nebraska team has faced off against a ranked Badger squad.
Nebraska vs. Wisconsin Big Ten History
2011: #7 Wisconsin 48, #8 Nebraska 17 (Madison)
2012: #22 Nebraska 30, Wisconsin 27 (Lincoln)
2012: Wisconsin 70, #14 Nebraska 31 (Indianapolis)
2014: #22 Wisconsin 59, #11 Nebraska 24 (Madison)
2015: Wisconsin 23, Nebraska 21 (Lincoln)
2016: #11 Wisconsin 23, #7 Nebraska 17 (OT) (Madison)
2017: #9 Wisconsin 38, Nebraska 17 (Lincoln)
2018: #16 Wisconsin 41, Nebraska 24 (Madison)
2019: #15 Wisconsin 37, Nebraska 21 (Lincoln)
2020: (canceled)
About Wisconsin
Wisconsin owns an all-time winning record and the Badgers have played 132 seasons since the start of their program in 1889. A member of the Big Ten Conference since 1896, the Badgers have claimed 14 conference titles, with the most recent coming in 2012.
The Badgers have played in 32 bowl games, including 10 Rose Bowls. In the last full season in 2019, Wisconsin went 10-4, finishing their season at the Rose Bowl with a 27-28 loss against Oregon.
The Badgers have had a winning record in every season under Coach Paul Chryst.
First Year: 1889
All-Time Record: 726-505-53
Bowl Record: 17-15
Conference Titles: 14
National Titles: 1
Stadium: Camp Randall Stadium
Capacity: 80,321
Surface: FieldTurf
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Enrollment: 45,540
School Colors: Cardinal and White
About the 2021 Wisconsin Badgers
No. 19 Wisconsin has won six straight coming into this weekend's contest and ave allowed just 44 total points in that stretch. The Badgers have allowed 6.0 ppg in their last five Big Ten games. Wisconsin is led by true freshman running back Braelon Allen, who has rushed for 834 yards and nine scores. He has six straight 100-yard rushing games, including 173 yards last week against Northwestern. Quarterback Graham Mertz averages 150.5 yards per game and has thrown eight touchdown passes.
Defensively, Wisconsin is led by linebacker Leo Chenal, who has tallied 81 tackles this year including 15 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. Jack Sanborn has added 74 tackles, 13 tackles for loss and three sacks.
2021 Wisconsin Schedule/Results (7-3, 5-2)
Penn State (L 10-16)
Eastern Michigan (W 34-7)
at Notre Dame (L 13-41)
Michigan (L17-38)
at Illinois (W 24-0)
Army (W 20-14)
at Purdue (W 30-13)
Iowa (W 27-7)
at Rutgers (W 52-3)
Northwestern (W 35-7)
Nebraska
at Minnesota
About Coach Paul Chryst
Paul Chryst is in his seventh season at Wisconsin (63-22) and his 10th year as a head coach overall (82-41). A two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year selection, Chryst has guided the Badgers to over 50 wins in his first five seasons as head coach, just the third coach in modern Big Ten history to do so.
Chryst has led Wisconsin to three Big Ten West division titles and holds a 5-1 mark in bowl games.
Prior to being named head coach, Chryst served as the head coach at PIttsburgh, leading the Panthers to three consecutive bowl games.
Chryst served short stints at San Antonio (World League), Wisconsin-Platteville, Ottawa, Illinois State, Saskatchewan (CFL), Oregon State and San Diego (NFL) in various offensive coaching roles. Chryst also served as the offensive coordinator at Wisconsin from 2005 to 2011.
Last Meeting: November 16, 2019
Wisconsin 37, Nebraska 21
LINCOLN - Nebraska running back Dedrick Mills rushed for a career-high 188 yards, but No. 15 Wisconsin held on for a 37-21 victory over the Huskers at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Mills piled up his career-best totals on just 17 carries, averaging 11.1 yards per tote, including a 12-yard touchdown run to open the scoring in the first quarter. Sophomore quarterback Adrian Martinez added 89 yards on the ground despite being sacked four times for 34 yards, as the Huskers totaled 273 rushing yards in the game. Nebraska, which slipped to 4-6 overall and 2-5 in the Big Ten, finished with 493 total yards, including 220 yards on 13-of-23 passing from Martinez against the Badgers.
The visiting Badgers managed 482 total yards, including 204 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries from running back Jonathan Taylor. His total helped Wisconsin roll up 320 yards on the ground. UW quarterback Jack Coan went 13-for-21 through the air for 162 yards with one touchdown.
Although Wisconsin won by two scores, Nebraska finished with more total yards but missed three golden opportunities to score in the second half. Early in the third quarter, Nebraska had 1st-and-10 at the UW 24, before taking a long sack. The Huskers gained back the 21 yards lost on the play, setting up a 41-yard field goal attempt. However NU missed the field goal.
In the fourth quarter, Nebraska's final two drives entered the Wisconsin red zone before the Huskers were stopped on downs at the UW 17 with 10:52 left. On NU's final drive, the Huskers moved all the way to the UW 4, but were stopped at the goal line on 4th down with 2:11 on the clock.
Both teams committed a turnover in the game that was converted to points by the opposing offenses, but one the biggest differences in the game came on special teams, including Badger Aron Cruickshank's 89-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to tie the game 7-7 with 5:16 left in the opening quarter.
The two teams went to the second quarter tied at 7-7 before the Badgers took their first lead on Collin Larsh's 31-yard field goal with 11:22 left in the half. Nebraska answered with a five-play, 73-yard drive capped by Martinez's two-yard touchdown run with 9:32 left to give the Huskers a 14-10 lead.
Wisconsin answered with a five-play drive of its own capped by Coan's 55-yard touchdown pass to A.J. Taylor to put the Badgers back in front at 17-14. UW gained more momentum on Nebraska's next offensive play, when Martinez's pass was tipped at the line of scrimmage and intercepted by Jack Sanborn to set the Badgers up at the Big Red 21. Three plays later, Jonathan Taylor pounded his way in from one yard out to take a 24-14 lead.
Larsh added a 24-yard field goal for the Badgers with 11 seconds left in the half to take a 27-14 lead to the halftime locker room. It grew to 34-14 on Jonathan Taylor's 11-yard touchdown run with 4:50 left in the third quarter to cap a run of 24 straight points for Wisconsin.
But the Huskers continued to fight, flying 75 yards in four plays, culminating with Martinez's 23-yard touchdown strike to a wide open JD Spielman with 3:19 left in the third to pull within 34-21.
