2016 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

2016 Nebraska Cornhuskers football

Music City Bowl, L 24–38 vs. Tennessee
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	West Division
2016 record	9–4 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Mike Riley (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Danny Langsdorf (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Mark Banker (2nd year)
Base defense	4-3
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 86,047)
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Big Ten football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
No. 7 Penn State xy$		8	–	1		11	–	3
No. 6 Ohio State x^		8	–	1		11	–	2
No. 10 Michigan		7	–	2		10	–	3
Indiana		4	–	5		6	–	7
Maryland		3	–	6		6	–	7
Michigan State		1	–	8		3	–	9
Rutgers		0	–	9		2	–	10
West Division
No. 9 Wisconsin xy		7	–	2		11	–	3
Iowa		6	–	3		8	–	5
Nebraska		6	–	3		9	–	4
Minnesota		5	–	4		9	–	4
Northwestern		5	–	4		7	–	6
Illinois		2	–	7		3	–	9
Purdue		1	–	8		3	–	9
Championship: Penn State 38, Wisconsin 31
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

2016 Red—White Spring Game

	1	2	3	4	Total
• White	8	8	5	25	46
Red	11	12	10	8	41

Date: April 16, 2016
Location: Lincoln, Nebraska
Game start: 1:06 P.M.
Elapsed time: 2h 22m
Game attendance: 72,992
Game weather: Cloudy w/ 73% humidity, 67°F; wind 11 mph SSE
Television network: BTN2Go

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Scoring summary

1	Red	Terrell Newby 23-yard run	Red 1–0

1	Red	Devine Ozigbo 22-yard run	Red 2–0

1	Red	Three consecutive first downs	Red 3–0

1	Red	Terrell Newby 1-yard touchdown run (Drew Brown kick)	Red 10–0

1	White	Three and out	Red 10–2

1	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 10–3

1	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 10–4

1	White	Stop before 40 yard line (forced punt)	Red 10–5

1	White	Three and out	Red 10–7

1	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 10–8

1	Red	Fourth down conversion	Red 11–8

2	White	Red team (Drew Brown) missed 50 yard field goal, hit crossbar	Red 11–11

2	Red	Tommy Armstrong Jr. 44-yard run	Red 12–11

2	Red	Mikale Wilbon 6-yard touchdown run (Drew Brown kick)	Red 19–11

2	White	Freedom Akinmoladun and Carlos Davis sack of Ryker Fyfe	Red 19–13

2	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 19–14

2	Red	Ryker Fyfe 25-yard pass to Sam Cotton	Red 20–14

2	White	Fourth down stop	Red 20–16

2	Red	Drew Brown 47-yard field goal	Red 23–16

3	Red	Three consecutive first downs	Red 24–16

3	Red	Tommy Armstrong Jr. 37-yard touchdown run	Red 31–16

3	White	Three and out	Red 31–18

3	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 31–19

3	Red	Ryker Fyfe 22-yard pass to Wyatt Mazour	Red 32–19

3	White	Fourth down stop	Red 32–21

3	Red	Three consecutive first downs	Red 33–21

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 33–23

4	White	Joel Lopez sack of Patrick O'Brien	Red 33–25

4	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 33–26

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 33–28

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 33–30

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 33–30

4	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 33–31

4	White	Three and out	Tied 33–33

4	Red	Fourth down conversion	Red 34–33

4	Red	Austin Rose 23-yard run	Red 35–33

4	Red	Austin Rose 7-yard touchdown run	Red 41–33

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 41–35

4	White	Three and out	Red 41–38

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 41–40

4	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Tied 41–41

4	White	Kyle Kasun interception as time expired	White 46–41

Scoring summary

1	Red	Terrell Newby 23-yard run	Red 1–0

1	Red	Devine Ozigbo 22-yard run	Red 2–0

1	Red	Three consecutive first downs	Red 3–0

1	Red	Terrell Newby 1-yard touchdown run (Drew Brown kick)	Red 10–0

1	White	Three and out	Red 10–2

1	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 10–3

1	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 10–4

1	White	Stop before 40 yard line (forced punt)	Red 10–5

1	White	Three and out	Red 10–7

1	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 10–8

1	Red	Fourth down conversion	Red 11–8

2	White	Red team (Drew Brown) missed 50 yard field goal, hit crossbar	Red 11–11

2	Red	Tommy Armstrong Jr. 44-yard run	Red 12–11

2	Red	Mikale Wilbon 6-yard touchdown run (Drew Brown kick)	Red 19–11

2	White	Freedom Akinmoladun and Carlos Davis sack of Ryker Fyfe	Red 19–13

2	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 19–14

2	Red	Ryker Fyfe 25-yard pass to Sam Cotton	Red 20–14

2	White	Fourth down stop	Red 20–16

2	Red	Drew Brown 47-yard field goal	Red 23–16

3	Red	Three consecutive first downs	Red 24–16

3	Red	Tommy Armstrong Jr. 37-yard touchdown run	Red 31–16

3	White	Three and out	Red 31–18

3	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 31–19

3	Red	Ryker Fyfe 22-yard pass to Wyatt Mazour	Red 32–19

3	White	Fourth down stop	Red 32–21

3	Red	Three consecutive first downs	Red 33–21

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 33–23

4	White	Joel Lopez sack of Patrick O'Brien	Red 33–25

4	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 33–26

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 33–28

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 33–30

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 33–30

4	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Red 33–31

4	White	Three and out	Tied 33–33

4	Red	Fourth down conversion	Red 34–33

4	Red	Austin Rose 23-yard run	Red 35–33

4	Red	Austin Rose 7-yard touchdown run	Red 41–33

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 41–35

4	White	Three and out	Red 41–38

4	White	Fourth down stop	Red 41–40

4	White	Stop before 40-yard line (forced punt)	Tied 41–41

4	White	Kyle Kasun interception as time expired	White 46–41

Fresno State at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fresno State	0	10	0	0	10
• Nebraska	7	7	7	22	43

Date: September 3
Location: Memorial Stadium
Lincoln, NE
Game start: 7:00 p.m. CDT
Elapsed time: 3:26
Game attendance: 90,013
Game weather: Overcast, 69 degrees, Wind SSE @ 16 mph
Referee: Michael Cannon
TV announcers (BTN): Joe Beninati, Glen Mason, Damon Benning

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Scoring summary

1	0:43	Nebraska	Devine Ozigbo 1-yard run (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 7–0

2	12:34	Nebraska	Devine Ozigbo 6-yard run (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 14–0

2	5:38	Fresno State	Aaron Peck 7-yard pass from Chason Virgil (Kody Kroening kick)	Nebraska 14–7

2	0:00	Fresno State	Kody Kroening 26-yard field goal	Nebraska 14–10

3	9:59	Nebraska	Tommy Armstrong 9-yard run (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 21–10

4	14:51	Nebraska	Alonzo Moore 57-yard pass from Tommy Armstrong (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 28–10

4	9:50	Nebraska	Tommy Armstrong 4-yard run (Zach Darlington 2-pt rush)	Nebraska 36–10

4	4:20	Nebraska	Tre Bryant 3-yard run (Spencer Lindsay kick)	Nebraska 43–10

Scoring summary

1	0:43	Nebraska	Devine Ozigbo 1-yard run (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 7–0

2	12:34	Nebraska	Devine Ozigbo 6-yard run (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 14–0

2	5:38	Fresno State	Aaron Peck 7-yard pass from Chason Virgil (Kody Kroening kick)	Nebraska 14–7

2	0:00	Fresno State	Kody Kroening 26-yard field goal	Nebraska 14–10

3	9:59	Nebraska	Tommy Armstrong 9-yard run (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 21–10

4	14:51	Nebraska	Alonzo Moore 57-yard pass from Tommy Armstrong (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 28–10

4	9:50	Nebraska	Tommy Armstrong 4-yard run (Zach Darlington 2-pt rush)	Nebraska 36–10

4	4:20	Nebraska	Tre Bryant 3-yard run (Spencer Lindsay kick)	Nebraska 43–10

Wyoming at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wyoming	0	7	10	0	17
• Nebraska	7	10	7	28	52

Date: September 10
Location: Memorial Stadium
Lincoln, NE
Game start: 11:00 a.m. CDT
Elapsed time: 3:25
Game attendance: 89,895
Game weather: Clear, Sunny, 62 degrees, Wind W/NW @ 8 mph
Referee: Don Willard
TV announcers (ESPN2): Anish Shroff, Kelly Stouffer, Paul Carcaterra

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Scoring summary

1	6:12	Nebraska	Tommy Armstrong 7-yard run (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 7–0

2	9:03	Nebraska	Drew Brown 29-yard field goal	Nebraska 10–0

2	5:57	Nebraska	Alonzo Moore 63-yard pass from Tommy Armstrong (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 17–0

2	0:08	Wyoming	Tanner Gentry 35-yard pass from Josh Allen (Cooper Rothe kick)	Nebraska 17–7

3	11:08	Wyoming	Cooper Rothe 27-yard field goal	Nebraska 17–10

3	4:48	Nebraska	Kieron Williams 23-yard interception return (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 24–10

3	1:35	Wyoming	Brian Hill 1-yard run (Cooper Rothe kick)	Nebraska 24–17

4	13:11	Nebraska	Jordan Westerkamp 34-yard pass from Tommy Armstrong (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 31–17

4	12:59	Nebraska	Devine Ozigbo 1-yard run (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 38–17

4	7:28	Nebraska	Jordan Westerkamp 9-yard pass from Tommy Armstrong (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 45–17

4	5:15	Nebraska	Gabe Rahn 35-yard pass from Ryker Fyfe (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 52–17

Scoring summary

1	6:12	Nebraska	Tommy Armstrong 7-yard run (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 7–0

2	9:03	Nebraska	Drew Brown 29-yard field goal	Nebraska 10–0

2	5:57	Nebraska	Alonzo Moore 63-yard pass from Tommy Armstrong (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 17–0

2	0:08	Wyoming	Tanner Gentry 35-yard pass from Josh Allen (Cooper Rothe kick)	Nebraska 17–7

3	11:08	Wyoming	Cooper Rothe 27-yard field goal	Nebraska 17–10

3	4:48	Nebraska	Kieron Williams 23-yard interception return (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 24–10

3	1:35	Wyoming	Brian Hill 1-yard run (Cooper Rothe kick)	Nebraska 24–17

4	13:11	Nebraska	Jordan Westerkamp 34-yard pass from Tommy Armstrong (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 31–17

4	12:59	Nebraska	Devine Ozigbo 1-yard run (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 38–17

4	7:28	Nebraska	Jordan Westerkamp 9-yard pass from Tommy Armstrong (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 45–17

4	5:15	Nebraska	Gabe Rahn 35-yard pass from Ryker Fyfe (Drew Brown kick)	Nebraska 52–17

Oregon at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Oregon	8	12	6	6	32
• Nebraska	7	7	14	7	35

Date: September 17
Location: Memorial Stadium
Lincoln, NE
Game start: 2:30 p.m. CDT
Elapsed time: 3:37
Game attendance: 90,414
Game weather: Sunny, Clear, 79 degrees, Wind NW @ 8 mph
Referee: Terry Leyden
TV announcers (ABC): Bob Wischusen, Brock Huard, Allison Williams

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Scoring summary

1	8:19	Oregon	James Brooks 20-yard run (Charles Nelson rush)	Oregon 8–0

1	2:05	Nebraska	Jordan Westerkamp 22-yard pass from Tommy Armstrong (Drew Brown kick)	Oregon 8–7

2	5:56	Oregon	James Brooks 2-yard run (Charles Nelson pass failed)	Oregon 14–7