Nebraska 20, Baylor 10
Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009
Floyd Casey Stadium
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? Nebraska improved to 11-1 all-time against Baylor with today’s victory, including a 4-0 mark in Waco. Nebraska has won the past 10 meetings between the teams.
? The win gave Nebraska a 17-1 all-time record in games played on Halloween, and ended NU’s three-game losing streak in the state of Texas (2007 Cotton Bowl, 2007 at Texas, 2008 at Texas Tech).
? Nebraska true freshman quarterback Cody Green made his first career start in today’s game. Green is the first true freshman quarterback to start for Nebraska since Tommie Frazier started the final seven games in 1992. Frazier made his first career start in a 34-24 Nebraska win at Missouri on Oct. 24, 1992. Frazier and Green are the only true freshman quarterbacks to start for Nebraska.
? Green completed 12-of-21 passes for 128 yards and had an interception. He also rushed for 43 yards on eight carries.
? True freshman running back Dontrayevous Robinson rushed 13 times for 61 yards and a touchdown in the game. Robinson’s one-yard TD run in the second quarter was his second touchdown of the season. His 23-yard run in the first quarter was a season-long rush for Robinson.
? Nebraska sophomore defensive tackle Jared Crick finished the game with five sacks for 24 yards. The five sacks are a Nebraska school record, bettering the mark of four sacks previously accomplished five times, most recently by Mike Rucker against Texas Tech on Oct. 19, 1996.
? Crick had seven tackles for loss (28 yards) to tie the school record for TFLs in a game set originally by Jim Skow against Missouri in 1985. Crick now has a team-high 8.5 sacks on the season and has 13 tackles for loss. He had more TFLs in today’s game than in his first seven games this year.
? Crick had 13 total tackles and added a pass breakup. His total tackles was a career high, bettering his previous best of eight tackles earlier this year vs. Iowa State.
? Nebraska true freshman Eric Martin blocked a punt following Baylor’s opening drive. Redshirt freshman Justin Blatchford returned the block 25 yards for a touchdown, marking the first blocked punt return for a touchdown by Nebraska since Adam Ickes returned a punt for a score against Missouri in Lincoln in 2004. Andrew Shanle blocked the punt vs. Mizzou.
? Nebraska senior defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh finished the game with five tackles, including three tackles for loss. Today’s game marked his 12th straight game with at least one tackle for loss and the 18th time in the past 19 games he has had at least one tackle behind the line of scrimmage.
? Suh’s tackle for loss today pushed his career total to 46, moving him up to third on the NU career tackles for loss list. His 1.0 sack moved him into seventh place on the NU career list as he now has 17.5 career sacks. He has 5.0 sacks on the year while adding 13 tackles for loss in 2009. Suh added two quarterback hurries today to give him 14 on the season.
? Nebraska junior place-kicker Alex Henery connected on a 45-yard field goal in the first quarter, followed by a 22-yarder in the second quarter. Henery has now connected on 24 consecutive field goals from inside 50 yards. Henery has three games this season with two or more field goals (VT, ULL) and eight multiple field goal games in his career.
? Henery has made 11-of-13 field goals this season and 37-of-42 in his career.
? Junior defensive backs Dejon Gomes and Prince Amukamara each intercepted a Baylor pass in the first half. The two are tied for the team lead with two each. Gomes’ first interception came in the fourth quarter at Missouri, while Amukamara had a pick against Florida Atlantic.
? Junior wide receiver Niles Paul caught a 45-yard pass in the second quarter to set up a Nebraska touchdown. The 45-yard catch was the fifth of 20 yards or longer for Paul this season. He finished the day with 85 all-purpose yards.
? Nebraska was a plus-1 in turnover margin in today’s game. In five wins this season the Huskers are plus-8, while the Huskers are -12 in turnover margin in their three losses.
? The Nebraska defense allowed a season-low tying 222 total yards against Baylor, marking the seventh straight opponent NU has limited to fewer than 280 yards. Nebraska has also held four straight conference foes to less than 300 yards for the first time since 1996.
? The Blackshirt defense allowed Baylor 10 points in the game. The Huskers have limited six of eight opponents to 16 or fewer points and have allowed just 90 points through eight games. Nebraska has allowed just eight offensive touchdowns in eight games, including only three passing touchdowns.
? Baylor picked up just 54 rushing yards on 32 carries to mark the seventh time in its last 10 games NU has allowed 102 or fewer rushing yards. The Bears averaged just 1.7 yards per carry, the sixth straight opponent to average fewer than 3.0 yards per rush against NU. Nebraska has not allowed a rush of longer than 23 yards in Big 12 play.
? Nebraska set a season-high with 7.0 sacks for 30 yards, bettering the mark of 5.0 sacks for 42 yards vs. Texas Tech. Nebraska has four games with at least four sacks this season and has 25 sacks on the season.
? Nebraska opened a 20-0 halftime lead today before Baylor posted a third-quarter field goal. Today’s game marked the first time in eight games against BCS Conference foes that Nebraska scored first. The last time NU had scored first against a BCS foe was last season against Kansas.
? Tight end Kyler Reed had a career-long 22-yard reception in the first quarter.
? Today’s game captains were junior I-back Roy Helu Jr., senior defensive end Barry Turner, junior place-kicker Adi Kunalic and sophomore defensive back Anthony Blue.