Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Wisconsin Badgers Match Player Stats On Dec 01, 2012

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Dec 2, 2012

Wisconsin 70, No. 13 Nebraska 31: Montee Ball rushed for 202 yards and three touchdowns while James White accounted for five touchdowns as the Badgers rushed for 539 yards in their rout of the Cornhuskers in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.

White rushed for 109 yards and four touchdowns and also passed for one while freshman Melvin Gordon rushed for a team-high 216 yards and another TD for Wisconsin (8-5), which will face Pac-12 Conference champion Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1.

The Badgers opened up a 14-0 advantage 2:03 into the game, getting a 56-yard TD run from Gordon and, eight seconds later, a 29-yard interception return for another score by Marcus Cromartie. Nebraska (10-3) rallied to within 14-10 on a 76-yard touchdown run by Taylor Martinez and field goal from Brett Maher, but White answered with the first of two consecutive touchdown runs.

Ball set an FBS record with his 74th rushing score on the next drive and Wisconsin capped off its 42-point first half when running back White found Sam Arneson in the end zone with two seconds remaining before the break.

The Badgers continued to pound the Huskers into submission in the third quarter as Ball scored from 9 and 57 yards out and White from 68, taking a 63-17 lead into the fourth quarter.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Wisconsin, typically a power-running team content with leaning on Ball, scored on Gordon’s jet-sweep as well as on three “Wildcat” plays from White – a 9- and 1-yard run and a 3-yard pass – in the first half. The Badgers just missed getting another score on a 27-yard throw from wide receiver Jared Abbrederis to quarterback Curt Phillips. … Ball posted his fourth career 200-yard rushing game, 25th 100-yard performance and became only the 17th player in FBS history to eclipse 5,000 yards rushing. … The rushing yards were the most allowed by the Huskers in school history while the 70 points were the most surrendered since a 76-39 loss to Kansas in 2007.