Nebraska
-Marks the second straight year Nebraska has opened conference play with a Thursday night game on the road. The Cornhuskers defeated Missouri in Columbia in 2009 on its way to the North crown.
-Nebraska owns a commanding 77-15-2 all-time record in the series between the schools, including a 34-7-2 edge in Manhattan.
-The Huskers have won the past five meetings and won each of the last four matchups by at least two touchdowns.
-The team has won five consecutive road games since a 16-15 loss to Virginia Tech last season. Nebraska has also won five straight Big 12 Conference road games.
-Rushed for 205 yards against South Dakota State, marking the fourth straight game to open the season with at least 200 rushing yards.
-Won 33 of their 35 conference-opening games since 1975. The Cornhuskers are 8-6 in Big 12 road openers since the formation of the league.
-Nebraska is 5-0 in Thursday night ESPN games since first appearing in the series in 1993. All five of those victories have been on the road.
-Quarterback Taylor Martinez is averaging 7.66 yards per play, the fourth-best yards per play average in the nation.
-Reached the end zone 22 times in four games, with the average length of those 22 touchdown plays being 29 yards.
Kansas State
-Returned 15 starters from a 2009 team that went 6-6 in Bill Snyder’s first season back as head coach.
-First-team All-Big 12 running back Daniel Thomas leads the Wildcat offense with 157 rushing yards per game, the fourth-best average in the NCAA.
-Through four games, Kansas State is averaging 216 yards a contest on the ground.
-Of the previous nine 4-0 starts, Snyder’s Wildcats have averaged 10.2 wins a season during those stretches. The last time the team opened the season 5-0 was in 2000 when it began the season with six straight wins.
-The Wildcats have had 15 previous mid-season bye weeks under Snyder and have turned it into an 11-4 record.
-Kansas State is 45-26 against the Northern Division since 1996, which is second to only Nebraska over that span.
-Since the inception of the Big 12 Conference, K-State is 27-20 in October under Snyder.
-Team is 9-7-1 at home against ranked teams since 1993.
-Forced seven turnovers while committing five of their own. Over the last nine games, K-State has forced 22 turnovers while committing just 12 (+10).
-Marks the second straight year Nebraska has opened conference play with a Thursday night game on the road. The Cornhuskers defeated Missouri in Columbia in 2009 on its way to the North crown.
-Nebraska owns a commanding 77-15-2 all-time record in the series between the schools, including a 34-7-2 edge in Manhattan.
-The Huskers have won the past five meetings and won each of the last four matchups by at least two touchdowns.
-The team has won five consecutive road games since a 16-15 loss to Virginia Tech last season. Nebraska has also won five straight Big 12 Conference road games.
-Rushed for 205 yards against South Dakota State, marking the fourth straight game to open the season with at least 200 rushing yards.
-Won 33 of their 35 conference-opening games since 1975. The Cornhuskers are 8-6 in Big 12 road openers since the formation of the league.
-Nebraska is 5-0 in Thursday night ESPN games since first appearing in the series in 1993. All five of those victories have been on the road.
-Quarterback Taylor Martinez is averaging 7.66 yards per play, the fourth-best yards per play average in the nation.
-Reached the end zone 22 times in four games, with the average length of those 22 touchdown plays being 29 yards.
Kansas State
-Returned 15 starters from a 2009 team that went 6-6 in Bill Snyder’s first season back as head coach.
-First-team All-Big 12 running back Daniel Thomas leads the Wildcat offense with 157 rushing yards per game, the fourth-best average in the NCAA.
-Through four games, Kansas State is averaging 216 yards a contest on the ground.
-Of the previous nine 4-0 starts, Snyder’s Wildcats have averaged 10.2 wins a season during those stretches. The last time the team opened the season 5-0 was in 2000 when it began the season with six straight wins.
-The Wildcats have had 15 previous mid-season bye weeks under Snyder and have turned it into an 11-4 record.
-Kansas State is 45-26 against the Northern Division since 1996, which is second to only Nebraska over that span.
-Since the inception of the Big 12 Conference, K-State is 27-20 in October under Snyder.
-Team is 9-7-1 at home against ranked teams since 1993.
-Forced seven turnovers while committing five of their own. Over the last nine games, K-State has forced 22 turnovers while committing just 12 (+10).