Link: Full Game Notes (Huskers.com)
Nebraska (1-0) at Oregon (1-0)
When: September 9, 2017 | 3:30 p.m. (CT)
Where: Autzen Stadium (54,000) | Eugene, Oregon
TV: FOX (Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Bruce Feldman)
Radio: Husker Sports Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Ben McLaughlin)
Satellite Radio: Sirius (Ch. 98) | XM (Ch. 198)
Internet Broadcast: Huskers.com
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Nebraska heads on the road for the first time in 2017 on Saturday, traveling to Eugene, Oregon to take on the Oregon Ducks. Game time for the Big Ten vs. Pac-12 showdown is set for 3:30 p.m. CT with national television coverage on FOX, and radio coverage on the IMG Husker Sports Network.
The Huskers are coming off a 43-36 victory over Arkansas State in the season opener in Lincoln. Nebraska used a balanced offensive attack against the Red Wolves, rolling up better than 200 yards both rushing and passing in the win. The victory marked the 31st time in 32 seasons Nebraska has posted a victory in its season opener.
The trip to Oregon completes a home-and-home series with the Ducks after NU won in Lincoln last season. The game will also be a homecoming of sorts for Head Coach Mike Riley, who is a native of Corvallis, and coached at Oregon State for 14 seasons.
The Ducks are coming off an impressive 77-21 victory over Southern Utah in their season-opener Saturday night. Oregon rolled up 703 yards of total offense in the victory, including 348 rushing yards and 355 yards through the air.
Oregon is under the direction of first-year head coach Willie Taggart, who previously had head coaching stints at Western Kentucky and South Florida before taking over the Ducks.
Series History
Saturday's matchup wraps up a home-and-home series between the schools. Nebraska defeated Oregon 35-32 in Lincoln last season .Nebraska has won five straight games in the series, to gain a 6-1 lead in the series, and has outscored Oregon 241-60 in that five-game win streak.
Saturday's game will mark the first time in the past six meetings that neither team has been nationally ranked. Oregon was No. 22 entering last year's game, and Nebraska was ranked in the four previous meetings.
Nebraska will be playing in the state of Oregon for the first time since a 1952 matchup with Oregon. Since that game in 1952 in Oregon, the Huskers have played games in 29 states as well as Japan.
1952: Nebraska 28, Oregon 13 (Eugene)
1953: Oregon 20, Nebraska 12 (Lincoln)
1971: #2 Nebraska 34, Oregon 7 (Lincoln)
1974: #7 Nebraska 61, Oregon 7 (Lincoln)
1985: #16 Nebraska 63, Oregon 0 (Lincoln)
1986: #4 Nebraska 48, Oregon 14 (Lincoln)
2016: Nebraska 35, #22 Oregon 32 (Lincoln)
Riley Returns to Home State for Matchup with Oregon
Nebraska Head Coach Mike Riley will return to his homestate for Saturday's matchup with Oregon. A native of Corvallis, Riley attended Corvallis High School, before playing collegiately at Alabama.
Riley served two stints as the head coach at Oregon State, totaling 14 years on the Beavers' sideline. He left Oregon State following the 2014 season to take over as the head coach at Nebraska.
During his tenure at Oregon State, Riley's teams battled Oregon each year in a rivalry known as the Civil War.
Riley owns a 5-10 record career record against Oregon, and is 1-0 against the Ducks as the head coach at Nebraska. Riley is 1-6 against the Ducks in Eugene, with the lone win coming in the Beavers' 38-31 double-overtime victory against the #18th-ranked Ducks in 2007. The winning score in that game was a 25-yard touchdown run by James Rodgers, who is now on Riley's staff as Nebraska's director of player development.
Nebraska Has Long History of Battling Pac-12 Foes
Nebraska's meeting with Oregon continues a tradition of playing marquee non-conference games against Pac-12 opponents. Since 1983, Nebraska has played 31 regular season non-conference games against teams that were in the Pac-12 at game time.
- Nebraska is 23-8 against the Pac-12 in regular season games since 1983, including 3-0 against Oregon. Additionally in the regular season since 1983, NU is 6-1 vs. Arizona State, 5-3 vs. UCLA, 2-0 vs. California, 4-2 vs Washington, 2-0 vs. Oregon State, 1-0 vs. Washington State and 0-2 vs. USC. Nebraska is 49-18-2 all-time against current Pac-12 member Colorado, a Husker foe in the Big Seven, Big Eight and Big 12 Conferences.
- Nebraska has also played five bowl games against Pac-12 teams in that time period, going 2-3 in those games
- Nebraska played at least one non-conference game against a Pac-12 foe for 17 straight seasons from 1983 to 1999
- Nebraska head coach Mike Riley is 2-0 against Pac-12 foes while at Nebraska. The Huskers defeated Oregon last season in Lincoln and posted a win over UCLA in the 2015 Foster Farms Bowl in Santa Clara, California.
- Nebraska has six games on its future schedules against Pac-12 opponents. The Huskers are set to meet Colorado four times between 2018 and 2024, beginning with a Sept. 8, 2018 matchup at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska will play Arizona in 2028 and 2031.
Huskers Look for Success in 2017 Road Opener
Nebraska will open its 2017 road schedule on Saturday afternoon at Autzen Stadium. This marks Nebraska's only non-league road game, before four Big Ten road games later this season.
Riley is 1-1 in road openers at Nebraska. The Huskers defeated Northwestern last season in Evanston, after losing in overtime at Miami in 2015.
Nebraska is 14-6 in its past 20 road openers dating back to 1997.
About Oregon Football
Oregon posted its 640th win last Saturday. The Ducks, who have won 12 conference titles, have been one of the nation's top programs this century. Oregon boasts a 171-39 record since 2000, ranking sixth nationally in wins and winning percentage. The Ducks played in the BCS National Championship Game in 2010 and participated in the inaugural College Football Playoff in 2014, falling to Ohio State in the National Championship Game. Oregon received votes in last week's AP poll as the Ducks look to extend their streak to 20 consecutive seasons earning a top-25 ranking in at least one weekly poll.
First Season: 1894
Conference Titles: 12
Bowl Record: 13-17
All-Time Record: 640-489-46
National Titles: 0
Stadium: Autzen Stadium (54,000)
Oregon won its 20th consecutive home non-conference game with a 77-21 victory over Southern Utah last Saturday in Willie Taggart's Duck debut. The 77 points were the most by an FBS team this weekend and were the most points scored by Oregon in the modern era (post-World War II).
Oregon racked up 703 yards of total offense last Saturday, trailing only Missouri for the highest total nationally. The Ducks featured a balanced offense, totaling more than 300 yards rushing and passing, joining Clemson and Oklahoma State as the only teams in the country to both rush and pass for over 300 yards. Defensively, Oregon limited Southern Utah to 365 yards, including 99 yards on the ground.
Individually, Royce Freeman accounted for 200 yards of total offense, carrying the ball 23 times for 150 yards while adding four catches for 50 yards. Freeman ranks seventh all-time in Pac-12 history with 4,296 career rushing yards, the most of any active FBS player. He also scored four rushing touchdowns last week, increasing his career total to 52 total touchdowns, six shy of the Oregon record. Kani Benoit was also dynamic in the rushing game, gaining 107 yards on only seven carries, three of which went for touchdowns.
About Willie Taggart
Career Record: 41-45 (8th year)
Oregon Record: 1-0 (1st year)
vs. Nebraska (0-1)
Willie Taggart is a graduate of Western Kentucky University where he was a four-year starting quarterback (1994-1998). After his playing days at WKU, Taggart began his coaching career as a receivers coach at WKU (1999), then became the QB coach in 2000. From 2001-02, Taggart served as Co-offensive coordinator at Western Kentucky and then also served as assistant head coach from 2003-2006. Taggart left WKU to become the RB coach at Stanford from 2007 through 2009. In 2010 Taggart returned to his alma mater to become the Hilltopper's head coach, serving in that capacity from 2010 to 2012. Taggart moved on to South Florida to be the Bulls' head coach from 2013 through 2016 and then was named head coach at Oregon in 2017. Taggart compiled a record of 16-20 at Western Kentucky, 24-25 at South Florida and is now 1-0 at Oregon.
Taggart is 0-1 in his career against Nebraska after his Hilltoppers fell to Nebraska 49-10 in the opening game of the 2010 season.
Last Year: Nebraska 35, Oregon 32 (Sept. 17, 2016)
Tommy Armstrong took off on a quarterback draw, made two tacklers miss and scored a 34-yard touchdown with 2:29 left to lift Nebraska to a 35-32 win over No. 22 Oregon in Lincoln. The Huskers came back from a 20-7 deficit late in the second quarter to give second-year head coach Mike Riley a long-awaited win over Oregon. The Ducks, playing without star running back Royce Freeman, made it to midfield on their last possession, but failed to convert on a crucial fourth down. Freeman injured his right leg on the Ducks' second series of the game. The Ducks were penalized 13 times for 126 yards in the contest, and Nebraska had 166 of its 228 rushing yards in the second half. Oregon outgained Nebraska in total yardage 482 (146 pass, 336 rush) to 428 (200 pass, 228 rush). Nebraska committed one turnover in the game while the Ducks had none. Nebraska held the ball for nearly 10 more minutes than the Ducks, 35:05 to 24:55. Individually, Tommy Armstrong was 17-of-33 for 200 yards with 3 TD passes and also rushed 16 times for 95 yards and a TD in the win. Devine Ozigbio also carried the ball 21 times for 95 yards and a score in the win while Terrell Newby totaled seven carries for 42 yards and Tre Bryant added one carry for four yards. Cethan Carter was the leading receiver with five catches for 48 yards. Jordan Westerkamp hauled in three passes for 39 yards and 2 TDs. For Oregon, Dakota Prukop was 14-of-23 for 146 yards and also rushed 20 times for 97 yards. Kani Benoit replaced Royce Freeman and led the Ducks on the ground with 6 carries for 100 yards and a TD. Tony Brooks-James also added seven carries for 37 yards and three rushing touchdowns. Charles Nelson was the top receiver for Oregon with eight catches for 80 yards.
Nebraska (1-0) at Oregon (1-0)
When: September 9, 2017 | 3:30 p.m. (CT)
Where: Autzen Stadium (54,000) | Eugene, Oregon
TV: FOX (Joe Davis, Brady Quinn, Bruce Feldman)
Radio: Husker Sports Network (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Ben McLaughlin)
Satellite Radio: Sirius (Ch. 98) | XM (Ch. 198)
Internet Broadcast: Huskers.com
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Nebraska heads on the road for the first time in 2017 on Saturday, traveling to Eugene, Oregon to take on the Oregon Ducks. Game time for the Big Ten vs. Pac-12 showdown is set for 3:30 p.m. CT with national television coverage on FOX, and radio coverage on the IMG Husker Sports Network.
The Huskers are coming off a 43-36 victory over Arkansas State in the season opener in Lincoln. Nebraska used a balanced offensive attack against the Red Wolves, rolling up better than 200 yards both rushing and passing in the win. The victory marked the 31st time in 32 seasons Nebraska has posted a victory in its season opener.
The trip to Oregon completes a home-and-home series with the Ducks after NU won in Lincoln last season. The game will also be a homecoming of sorts for Head Coach Mike Riley, who is a native of Corvallis, and coached at Oregon State for 14 seasons.
The Ducks are coming off an impressive 77-21 victory over Southern Utah in their season-opener Saturday night. Oregon rolled up 703 yards of total offense in the victory, including 348 rushing yards and 355 yards through the air.
Oregon is under the direction of first-year head coach Willie Taggart, who previously had head coaching stints at Western Kentucky and South Florida before taking over the Ducks.
Series History
Saturday's matchup wraps up a home-and-home series between the schools. Nebraska defeated Oregon 35-32 in Lincoln last season .Nebraska has won five straight games in the series, to gain a 6-1 lead in the series, and has outscored Oregon 241-60 in that five-game win streak.
Saturday's game will mark the first time in the past six meetings that neither team has been nationally ranked. Oregon was No. 22 entering last year's game, and Nebraska was ranked in the four previous meetings.
Nebraska will be playing in the state of Oregon for the first time since a 1952 matchup with Oregon. Since that game in 1952 in Oregon, the Huskers have played games in 29 states as well as Japan.
1952: Nebraska 28, Oregon 13 (Eugene)
1953: Oregon 20, Nebraska 12 (Lincoln)
1971: #2 Nebraska 34, Oregon 7 (Lincoln)
1974: #7 Nebraska 61, Oregon 7 (Lincoln)
1985: #16 Nebraska 63, Oregon 0 (Lincoln)
1986: #4 Nebraska 48, Oregon 14 (Lincoln)
2016: Nebraska 35, #22 Oregon 32 (Lincoln)
Riley Returns to Home State for Matchup with Oregon
Nebraska Head Coach Mike Riley will return to his homestate for Saturday's matchup with Oregon. A native of Corvallis, Riley attended Corvallis High School, before playing collegiately at Alabama.
Riley served two stints as the head coach at Oregon State, totaling 14 years on the Beavers' sideline. He left Oregon State following the 2014 season to take over as the head coach at Nebraska.
During his tenure at Oregon State, Riley's teams battled Oregon each year in a rivalry known as the Civil War.
Riley owns a 5-10 record career record against Oregon, and is 1-0 against the Ducks as the head coach at Nebraska. Riley is 1-6 against the Ducks in Eugene, with the lone win coming in the Beavers' 38-31 double-overtime victory against the #18th-ranked Ducks in 2007. The winning score in that game was a 25-yard touchdown run by James Rodgers, who is now on Riley's staff as Nebraska's director of player development.
Nebraska Has Long History of Battling Pac-12 Foes
Nebraska's meeting with Oregon continues a tradition of playing marquee non-conference games against Pac-12 opponents. Since 1983, Nebraska has played 31 regular season non-conference games against teams that were in the Pac-12 at game time.
- Nebraska is 23-8 against the Pac-12 in regular season games since 1983, including 3-0 against Oregon. Additionally in the regular season since 1983, NU is 6-1 vs. Arizona State, 5-3 vs. UCLA, 2-0 vs. California, 4-2 vs Washington, 2-0 vs. Oregon State, 1-0 vs. Washington State and 0-2 vs. USC. Nebraska is 49-18-2 all-time against current Pac-12 member Colorado, a Husker foe in the Big Seven, Big Eight and Big 12 Conferences.
- Nebraska has also played five bowl games against Pac-12 teams in that time period, going 2-3 in those games
- Nebraska played at least one non-conference game against a Pac-12 foe for 17 straight seasons from 1983 to 1999
- Nebraska head coach Mike Riley is 2-0 against Pac-12 foes while at Nebraska. The Huskers defeated Oregon last season in Lincoln and posted a win over UCLA in the 2015 Foster Farms Bowl in Santa Clara, California.
- Nebraska has six games on its future schedules against Pac-12 opponents. The Huskers are set to meet Colorado four times between 2018 and 2024, beginning with a Sept. 8, 2018 matchup at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska will play Arizona in 2028 and 2031.
Huskers Look for Success in 2017 Road Opener
Nebraska will open its 2017 road schedule on Saturday afternoon at Autzen Stadium. This marks Nebraska's only non-league road game, before four Big Ten road games later this season.
Riley is 1-1 in road openers at Nebraska. The Huskers defeated Northwestern last season in Evanston, after losing in overtime at Miami in 2015.
Nebraska is 14-6 in its past 20 road openers dating back to 1997.
About Oregon Football
Oregon posted its 640th win last Saturday. The Ducks, who have won 12 conference titles, have been one of the nation's top programs this century. Oregon boasts a 171-39 record since 2000, ranking sixth nationally in wins and winning percentage. The Ducks played in the BCS National Championship Game in 2010 and participated in the inaugural College Football Playoff in 2014, falling to Ohio State in the National Championship Game. Oregon received votes in last week's AP poll as the Ducks look to extend their streak to 20 consecutive seasons earning a top-25 ranking in at least one weekly poll.
First Season: 1894
Conference Titles: 12
Bowl Record: 13-17
All-Time Record: 640-489-46
National Titles: 0
Stadium: Autzen Stadium (54,000)
Oregon won its 20th consecutive home non-conference game with a 77-21 victory over Southern Utah last Saturday in Willie Taggart's Duck debut. The 77 points were the most by an FBS team this weekend and were the most points scored by Oregon in the modern era (post-World War II).
Oregon racked up 703 yards of total offense last Saturday, trailing only Missouri for the highest total nationally. The Ducks featured a balanced offense, totaling more than 300 yards rushing and passing, joining Clemson and Oklahoma State as the only teams in the country to both rush and pass for over 300 yards. Defensively, Oregon limited Southern Utah to 365 yards, including 99 yards on the ground.
Individually, Royce Freeman accounted for 200 yards of total offense, carrying the ball 23 times for 150 yards while adding four catches for 50 yards. Freeman ranks seventh all-time in Pac-12 history with 4,296 career rushing yards, the most of any active FBS player. He also scored four rushing touchdowns last week, increasing his career total to 52 total touchdowns, six shy of the Oregon record. Kani Benoit was also dynamic in the rushing game, gaining 107 yards on only seven carries, three of which went for touchdowns.
About Willie Taggart
Career Record: 41-45 (8th year)
Oregon Record: 1-0 (1st year)
vs. Nebraska (0-1)
Willie Taggart is a graduate of Western Kentucky University where he was a four-year starting quarterback (1994-1998). After his playing days at WKU, Taggart began his coaching career as a receivers coach at WKU (1999), then became the QB coach in 2000. From 2001-02, Taggart served as Co-offensive coordinator at Western Kentucky and then also served as assistant head coach from 2003-2006. Taggart left WKU to become the RB coach at Stanford from 2007 through 2009. In 2010 Taggart returned to his alma mater to become the Hilltopper's head coach, serving in that capacity from 2010 to 2012. Taggart moved on to South Florida to be the Bulls' head coach from 2013 through 2016 and then was named head coach at Oregon in 2017. Taggart compiled a record of 16-20 at Western Kentucky, 24-25 at South Florida and is now 1-0 at Oregon.
Taggart is 0-1 in his career against Nebraska after his Hilltoppers fell to Nebraska 49-10 in the opening game of the 2010 season.
Last Year: Nebraska 35, Oregon 32 (Sept. 17, 2016)
Tommy Armstrong took off on a quarterback draw, made two tacklers miss and scored a 34-yard touchdown with 2:29 left to lift Nebraska to a 35-32 win over No. 22 Oregon in Lincoln. The Huskers came back from a 20-7 deficit late in the second quarter to give second-year head coach Mike Riley a long-awaited win over Oregon. The Ducks, playing without star running back Royce Freeman, made it to midfield on their last possession, but failed to convert on a crucial fourth down. Freeman injured his right leg on the Ducks' second series of the game. The Ducks were penalized 13 times for 126 yards in the contest, and Nebraska had 166 of its 228 rushing yards in the second half. Oregon outgained Nebraska in total yardage 482 (146 pass, 336 rush) to 428 (200 pass, 228 rush). Nebraska committed one turnover in the game while the Ducks had none. Nebraska held the ball for nearly 10 more minutes than the Ducks, 35:05 to 24:55. Individually, Tommy Armstrong was 17-of-33 for 200 yards with 3 TD passes and also rushed 16 times for 95 yards and a TD in the win. Devine Ozigbio also carried the ball 21 times for 95 yards and a score in the win while Terrell Newby totaled seven carries for 42 yards and Tre Bryant added one carry for four yards. Cethan Carter was the leading receiver with five catches for 48 yards. Jordan Westerkamp hauled in three passes for 39 yards and 2 TDs. For Oregon, Dakota Prukop was 14-of-23 for 146 yards and also rushed 20 times for 97 yards. Kani Benoit replaced Royce Freeman and led the Ducks on the ground with 6 carries for 100 yards and a TD. Tony Brooks-James also added seven carries for 37 yards and three rushing touchdowns. Charles Nelson was the top receiver for Oregon with eight catches for 80 yards.
