With the win, the Huskers posted a perfect 7-0 record at home this
year, their first undefeated home slate since the
2001 season.

Nebraska notched its fifth
consecutive victory to improve to 9-2 overall and 6-1 in the Big Ten. The
Huskers registered their fifth straight nine-win season under Head Coach Bo
Pelini and moved a win away from clinching the Big Ten Legends Division title.
NU closes its regular season at Iowa in the Heroes Game on Friday, Nov. 23 at 11
a.m. That game will be televised nationally by ABC.

Minnesota, which slipped
to 6-5 overall and 2-5 in the Big Ten with the loss, was all but shut down by
Nebraska's Blackshirt defense through three quarters. The Blackshirts shut out
Minnesota for three-and-half quarters, before the Gophers scored on a short
touchdown run after gaining a short field midway through the fourth quarter.
Minnesota added a second touchdown to capitalize on a fumbled hand-off between
Ron Kellogg III and Braylon Heard at the NU 6.

Through the first three
quarters, Minnesota managed just 102 total yards, including just 43 rushing
yards on 19 carries. NU also held Gopher quarterback Philip Nelson to just
8-of-20 passing for 59 yards.

The Blackshirts also
intercepted a pair of Nelson passes, with the first coming from senior safety
Daimion Stafford - his team-leading third of the year - and the second coming
from Stanley Jean-Baptiste, who took his pick to the house with a 48-yard return
for a touchdown. Jean-Baptiste's interception return put the Huskers up 38-0
with 1:12 left in the third quarter.

While the defense
dominated, Taylor Martinez, Kenny Bell and the rest of the Nebraska offense
marched up and down the field throughout the first three quarters. Martinez
completed 21-of-29 passes for 308 yards on the day, his third 300-yard passing
day on the seaosn and the fourth of his
career. His favorite target was Bell, as the sophomore wide
receiver hauled in a career-high nine catches for a career-high 137 yards with
two touchdowns.

Sophomore wide receiver
Jamal Turner added a career-high six receptions for 83 yards, while junior wide
receiver Quincy Enunwa added four catches for 65 yards.

Martinez, who entered the
game needing just 19 yards to set Nebraska's career record for passing yards,
shattered the mark and became the first 6,000-yard career passer in school
history. The junior from Corona, Calif., closed the day with 6,140 career
passing yards. He added 22 yards rushing to close the day with 330 yards of
total offense.

Sophomore I-back Ameer
Abdullah set a milestone of his own, leading the Huskers with 18 carries for 79
yards. Abdullah went over 1,000 yards for the season, finishing the day with
1,021 yards on the year.

Martinez, Bell and
Abdullah rested during the fourth quarter, along with many other Husker
starters.

On a day when Nebraska
celebrated and honored retiring athletic director and Hall of Fame coach Tom
Osborne, senior place-kicker Brett Maher opened the scoring for NU with his
39-yard field on the Huskers' opening drive.

Following a Blackshirt
stop, Martinez capped an eight-play, 85-yard drive by connecting with Bell on a
36-yard touchdown strike to put the Huskers up 10-0 with 6:05 left in the
opening quarter.

In the second quarter,
freshman I-back Imani Cross added a pair of short touchdown blasts to extend
NU's lead to 24-0. The Huskers also executed well in the two-minute drill late
in the half, driving all the way to the Gopher goal line before a third plunge
attempt into the end zone by Cross was denied as time expired to end the
half.

The Huskers continued to
control play in the third quarter, as Martinez hooked up with Bell again for a
30-yard touchdown pass to give NU a 31-0 lead with 8:57 left in the quarter.
Jean-Baptiste's 48-yard interception return capped Nebraska's scoring for the
game with 1:12 left in the third quarter.

Nebraska finished the day
with with 444 yards of total offense, including 133 rushing and 311 passing.
Minnesota picked up 75 of its 177 total yards in the fourth quarter as the
Huskers substituted freely on Senior Day at Memorial
Stadium.

Scoring Summary

Final: No. 16 Nebraska 38, Minnesota 14
Saturday, Nov. 17,
2012
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, Neb.)

First Quarter
(NEB, 10-0)
NEB - 11:49 - Brett Maher 39 FG - 7 plays, 53 yards,
3:11 (NEB, 3-0)
NEB - 6:05 - Kenny Bell 36 pass (Maher kick) - 8 plays, 85
yards, 3:40 (NEB, 10-0)

Second Quarter
(NEB, 24-0)
NEB - 7:47 - Imani Cross 3 run (Maher kick) - 5 plays,
63 yards, 1:55 (NEB, 17-0)
NEB - 4:22 - Cross 1 run (Maher kick) - 5 plays,
34 yards, 2:19 (NEB, 24-0)

Third Quarter
(NEB, 38-0)
NEB - 8:57 - Bell 30 pass from Martinez (Maher kick) - 5
plays, 74 yards, 2:24 (NEB, 31-0)
NEB - 1:12 - Stanley Jean-Baptiste 48 INT
return (Maher kick) - (NEB, 38-0)

Fourth Quarter
(NEB, 38-14)
MINN - 7:39 - MarQueis Gray 1 run (Jordan Wettstein
kick) - 5 plays, 58 yards, 1:56 (NEB, 38-7)
MINN - 2:59 - Gray 6 run
(Wettstein kick) - 1 play, 6 yards, 0:05 (NEB, 38-14)

Final: No. 16 Nebraska 38, Minnesota
14
Attendance: 85,330
Time of Game:
3:14
Game Start: 2:43 p.m. (central)