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A Big Ten Record Eight Teams Headed for Bowls; Illinois and Ohio State Give Big Ten 17 BCS Berths;

Buckeyes Battle LSU for National Title

Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Michigan • Michigan State • Minnesota • Northwestern • Ohio State • Penn State • Purdue • Wisconsin

2007 CONFERENCE & OVERALL STANDINGS

Conference Games All GamesW-L PCT H A Streak W-L PCT H A N Top 25 Streak

1. Ohio State# 7-1 .875 3-1 4-0 W1 11-1 .917 6-1 5-0 0-0 4-0 W12. Illinois 6-2 .750 3-1 3-1 W3 9-3 .750 5-1 4-1 0-1 3-1 W4

Michigan 6-2 .750 3-1 3-1 L2 8-4 .667 5-3 3-1 0-0 2-1 L24. Wisconsin 5-3 .625 4-0 1-3 W2 9-3 .750 7-0 2-3 0-0 2-1 W25. Penn State 4-4 .500 3-1 1-3 L1 8-4 .667 6-1 2-3 0-0 1-1 L1

Iowa 4-4 .500 3-1 1-3 W3 6-6 .500 4-2 1-4 1-0 1-1 L17. Indiana 3-5 .375 2-2 1-3 W1 7-5 .583 5-2 2-3 0-0 0-1 W1

Michigan State3-5 .375 2-2 1-3 W2 7-5 .583 5-2 2-3 0-0 1-3 W2Purdue 3-5 .375 2-2 1-3 L3 7-5 .583 5-2 2-3 0-0 0-1 L3Northwestern 3-5 .375 2-2 1-3 L1 6-6 .500 4-3 1-3 1-0 1-2 L1

11. Minnesota 0-8 .000 0-4 0-4 L8 1-11 .083 1-6 0-4 0-1 0-3 L10# Big Ten Champion Bowl Teams in Bold

BIG TEN BOWL SCHEDULE

Big Ten Equals Conference Record with Eight Bowl Teams: The Big Ten's eight bowl berths in 2007matches the conference record set following the 2003 campaign. The conference’s eight postseason partici-pants this season include Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue andWisconsin. In addition, 10 of the Big Ten’s 11 programs reached bowl-eligible status for the first time in con-ference history. However, no bowl berths were available for Iowa and Northwestern, two teams that end the2007 campaign at 6-6 overall. The Big Ten qualified seven schools for postseason play after the 1993, 1996,1997, 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2006 seasons. The conference is sending six or more teams to bowl games forthe ninth straight year and 16th time overall. Including the upcoming bowl season, conference programs willhave made 67 bowl appearances over the last decade (1998-2007) and 234 appearances all-time.

Buckeyes Return to National Championship Game: Ohio State will battle LSU in the Bowl ChampionshipSeries (BCS) National Championship game, marking the Buckeyes’ second straight appearance in thenational title contest and third shot at the national crown in the last six years. OSU has split its previous titlegames, knocking off top-ranked Miami (Fla.) in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl and falling to Florida in the 2007 cham-pionship tilt. The Buckeyes will be looking for their eighth national title and the 34th national crown for theBig Ten. The Buckeyes also claimed national crowns in 1970, 1968, 1961, 1957, 1954 and 1942 and theirseven titles ranks second in Big Ten annals to Michigan (11 titles). Other Big Ten programs to win nationalchampionships include Minnesota (6), Illinois (4), Michigan State (4 since joining conference) and Iowa (1).

Rare Company: Ohio State joins Florida State (1999, 2000, 2001) and Oklahoma (2001, 2004, 2005) asjust the third program in the 10-year history of the BCS to make three appearances in the national champi-onship contest. OSU is also the fifth school to earn back-to-back berths in the national title contest, joiningthe Seminoles (three straight appearances from 1999-2001), the Sooners (2004-05), Miami (2002-03) andUSC (2005-06). In addition, the winner of the 2008 game between the Buckeyes and Tigers will become thefirst team to claim a second BCS title.

On the Road Again: Five of the Big Ten’s eight bowl matchups are virtual road games, with conference teams facing schools from the state in which the bowl isplayed. The Big Ten’s “road” bowl contests include Purdue against Central Michigan in the Motor City Bowl (Detroit, Mich.), Penn State versus Texas A&M in the ValeroAlamo Bowl (San Antonio, Texas), Michigan against Florida in the Capital One Bowl (Orlando, Fla.), Illinois versus Southern California in the Rose Bowl (Pasadena,Calif.) and Ohio State against Louisiana State in the BCS National Championship game (New Orleans, La.). Including the upcoming bowl matchups, the Big Ten leadsall conferences with nine “road” bowl games over the last three seasons. Over that same time span (including this season’s games), the ACC and Big 12 rank secondwith four “road” bowl games, followed by the Big East (3), Pac-10 (1) and SEC (1). Last season, the Wolverines faced USC in the Rose Bowl while Iowa battled Texasin the Alamo Bowl. In 2005, the Hawkeyes took on Florida in the Outback Bowl while the Nittany Lions squared off against Florida State in the Orange Bowl.

Big Ten BCS Duos: The Big Ten will send two schools to BCS games for the seventh time in the 10-year history of the sys-tem and the fifth time in the last six seasons. Since the inception of the BCS in 1998, the Big Ten has qualified 17 teams forBCS bowls, more than any other conference. The SEC ranks second with 15 BCS appearances followed by the Big 12 (14),Pac-10 (12), ACC (10) and Big East (10). The Big Ten also sent a pair of squads to BCS games after the following seasons- 1998 (Ohio State, Wisconsin), 1999 (Michigan, Wisconsin), 2002 (Iowa, Ohio State), 2003 (Michigan, Ohio State), 2005(Ohio State, Penn State) and 2006 (Michigan, Ohio State). The Big Ten has won eight BCS games to rate second behindthe SEC (9 victories) and ahead of the Pac-10 (7), Big 12 (5), Big East (5), ACC (1), Mountain West (1) and WAC (1).

BCS Depth: Seven different Big Ten schools have qualified to play in a BCS game, including both Illinois and Ohio Statethis season. The conference’s previous BCS-bowl participants include Iowa, Michigan, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin.The Big Ten’s seven-team BCS contingent is tied for the lead among all conferences along with the Big 12 and Pac-10, fol-lowed by the SEC (six different teams), ACC (five teams) and Big East (four teams).

BIG TEN BOWL BITS

Conference Berths Two TeamsBig Ten 17 7 of 10 yearsSEC 15 5 of 10 yearsBig 12 14 4 of 10 yearsPac-10 12 2 of 10 yearsACC 10 --Big East 10 --Independents 3 --WAC 2 --Mountain West 1 --

ALL-TIME BCS BERTHS

Dec. 26, 2007MOTOR CITY BOWL

PURDUE vs. Central Michigan (8-5)7:30 p.m. EST - ESPN

Dec. 28, 2007CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL

MICHIGAN STATE vs. No. 14 Boston College (10-3)5 p.m. EST - ESPN

Dec. 29, 2007VALERO ALAMO BOWL

PENN STATE vs. Texas A&M (7-5)8 p.m. EST - ESPN

Dec. 31, 2007INSIGHT BOWL

INDIANA vs. Oklahoma State (6-6)6 p.m. EST - NFL Network

Jan. 1, 2008OUTBACK BOWL

No. 18 WISCONSIN vs. No. 16 Tennessee (9-4)11 a.m. EST - ESPN

CAPITAL ONE BOWLMICHIGAN vs. No. 12 Florida (9-3)

1 p.m. EST - ABC

ROSE BOWLNo. 13 ILLINOIS vs. No. 7 USC (10-2)

5:10 p.m. EST - ABC

January 7, 2008BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMENo. 1 OHIO STATE vs. No. 2 LSU (11-2)

8 p.m. EST -- FOX

Rankings: BCS


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BCS Success: Only eight schools have produced multiple wins in BCS gamesand the Big Ten boasts two of those programs in Ohio State and Wisconsin.The Buckeyes are tied with USC for the lead among all programs with identi-cal 4-1 records in BCS action. OSU has posted three triumphs in the FiestaBowl (2002, 2003, 2005) and a Sugar Bowl win (1998). The Badgers are 2-0in BCS matchups with back-to-back Rose Bowl victories following the 1998and 1999 seasons. The other teams to win at least two BCS games includeFlorida (3-1), LSU (3-0), Miami (3-1), Oklahoma (2-3) and Texas (2-0). Illinoiswill be appearing in its second BCS contest after playing in the 2002 SugarBowl. The Illini are now one of 17 schools to appear in multiple BCS games, agroup that includes the Big Ten’s Michigan, Ohio State and Wisconsin.

Buckeyes Earn Automatic BCS Bid: Ohio State collected the Big Ten’s auto-matic BCS berth for the second straight year and the third time since the sys-tem’s inception in 1998. The Buckeyes also earned the automatic bid in 2002and 2006 while posting perfect regular-season marks, winning the nationalchampionship with an undefeated record in 2002. OSU also nabbed an at-large spot in a BCS game in 1998, 2003 and 2005. OSU is one of six Big Tenschools in the 10 years of the BCS to gain automatic qualification joiningIllinois (2001), Michigan (2003, 2004), Penn State (2005), Purdue (2000), andWisconsin (1998, 1999).

Bowl Coaching Breakdown: Four of the Big Ten’s eight bowl coaches this sea-son will be making just their first or second appearance in a postseason gamewhile at a conference institution. Wisconsin’s Bret Bielema has qualified for abowl game in both of his seasons in Madison, while Illinois’ Ron Zook, Indiana’sBill Lynch and Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio will each be making their firstappearance leading a Big Ten school. Zook made two previous bowl trips as thehead coach at Florida, while Lynch and Dantonio each qualified for one priorpostseason game at Ball State and Cincinnati, respectively. The eight Big Tencoaches that have reached bowl games this season sport a combined record of36-29-1 (.553) in bowl games as collegiate head coaches and a mark of 21-17(.553) since they joined the conference. Penn State’s Joe Paterno holds theNCAA record with 22 bowl wins, including an 8-2 mark since joining the Big Ten.Michigan’s Lloyd Carr ranks second with five wins, followed by Ohio State’sJim Tressel (four wins) and Purdue’s Joe Tiller (three wins).

Bowl Rematches: Michigan, Penn State and Wisconsin will all face oppo-nents they previously challenged in postseason action while Purdue will replaya game from earlier this season in its bowl outing. The Wolverines will battleFlorida for just the second time in school annals after the two programs met inthe 2003 Outback Bowl, a 38-30 win for Michigan. The Nittany Lions andTexas A&M will square off in the exact same event after the two teams met inthe 1999 Alamo Bowl, a 24-0 PSU victory. The Badgers will square off againstTennessee for the second time in school history and the first time since the1981 Garden State Bowl, a 28-21 loss for Wisconsin. The Boilermakers’ lastmatchup with Central Michigan is fresh in their memories, a 45-22 victory inWest Lafayette on Sept. 15 to boost Purdue to a 3-0 start this season.

Fresh Faces: Big Ten programs will face unfamiliar foes during the bowl sea-son with five of the eight conference teams battling an opponent for the firsttime in more than a decade. Indiana will face Oklahoma State for just the sec-ond time in school annals after the two programs played in 1930. Wisconsinwill battle Tennessee for the second time in history and first time since 1981.Ohio State will square off against Louisiana State for the third time after thetwo schools played in back-to-back seasons in 1987 and 1988. The bowlopponents for Illinois and Michigan State are a little more familiar. TheSpartans will battle Boston College for the sixth time overall in the first meet-ing since 1995. The Illini have taken on Southern California on 12 occasions,most recently in 1996. In addition to the five fresh faces on the bowl slate,Michigan will challenge Florida for just the second time in school history,although the two teams did meet recently in the 2003 Outback Bowl.

Tough Competition: The Big Ten’s eight-team bowl contingent has built arecord of 66-30 (.688) but will once again face stiff competition in bowl games.The conference’s bowl foes have a combined record of 70-30 (.700) and fiveof the squads already boast nine or more wins -- Boston College (10-3),Florida (9-3), Louisiana State (11-2), Southern California (10-2) andTennessee (9-4). The Big Ten is one of four conferences to face bowl oppo-nents that have combined to win at least 70 percent of their games along withthe SEC (83-27, .755), Pac-10 (52-20, .722) and Big 12 (69-28, .711). TheSEC also tops all conferences with six opponents with nine or more wins, fol-lowed by the Big Ten (5), Pac-10 (5), Big 12 (4), ACC (2) and Big East (1).

Record Non-Conference Success: With the regular season now complete,the Big Ten established a modern era record with 35 non-conference winsprior to bowl play. Big Ten programs produced a record of 35-9 in non-confer-ence outings. The previous conference record for out-of-conference wins was33 triumphs set prior to postseason play last season (33-12) and in 2002 (33-13). The 2006 and 2002 campaigns are two of only three other 12-game sea-sons in conference annals (30-14 in 2003). The Big Ten’s all-time record fornon-conference triumphs occurred when the conference built a 57-3-1 out-of-conference mark in 1905, the sixth straight year with 40 or more non-confer-ence triumphs. Four of the nine schools that defeated Big Ten programs thisyear are taking part in a bowl -- Bowling Green (GMAC), Florida Atlantic (NewOrleans), Missouri (Cotton) and Oregon (Sun).

Landmark Game for PSU: Penn State’s matchup with Texas A&M in theValero Alamo Bowl will mark the 500th overall game for head coach JoePaterno and the 40th bowl game for the Nittany Lions.

Bowl Veterans: The Big Ten boasts three of the 11 programs with 38 or morebowl appearances in Penn State (8th - 40), Michigan (T9th - 39) and OhioState (T9th - 39). The Nittany Lions rank third all-time with 25 bowl triumphswhile the Wolverines and Buckeyes are tied for 13th with 18 victories.

Wolverines’ Bowl Streak: Michigan’s current streak of 33 consecutive bowlsis the longest active streak in the nation.

BIG TEN BOWL BITS, cont.

As the fall term of the 2007-08 school year ended, the Big Ten recognized a total of 175 football student-athletes who have been named to the Academic All-Conference Team, breaking the previous record of 161 Academic All-Big Ten honorees established last season. To be eligible for Academic All-Big Ten selection,student-athletes must be letterwinners in at least their second academic year at their institution and carry a career grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better. Thelist of the 2007 football honorees, with Academic All-America selections in bold, follows: Jon Asamoah, Antonio James, J Leman, Ryan McDonald, Rashard Mendenhall, Martin O'Donnell, Doug Pilcher, Anthony Santella, Marques Wilkins, ILL; TreaBurgess, Ben Chappell, Bruce Hampton, Jammie Kirlew, Joe Kleinsmith, Brad Martin, Alex Perry, Pete Saxon, Josiah Sears, Austin Starr, Kevin Trulock, BrianZematis, IND; Rob Bruggeman, AJ Edds, Bryon Gattas, Brett Greenwood, Mike Humpal, Mike Klinkenborg, Matt Kroul, Bryan Mattison, Gavin McGrath, BrettMorse, Jayme Murphy, Daniel Murray, Anton Narinskiy, Daniel Olszta, Mike Sabers, Adam Shada, Jeff Tarpinian, Julian Vandervelde, IOWA; Jonathan Conover,Will Johnson, Adam Kraus, Jake Long, Chris McLaurin, Zoltan Mesko, Mark Moundros, Tim North, Austin Panter, Max Pollock, MICH; Ryan Allison, Todd Boleski,Andrew Hawken, Travis Key, John Masters, Jon Misch, Kaleb Thornhill, Blair White, MSU; Tony Brinkhaus, Garrett Brown, RJ Buckner, DJ Burris, Steve Davis, EricDecker, Mike Frankberg, John Jakel, Robert McGarry, Todd Meisel, Barrett Moen, Joel Monroe, Steve Moore, Tony Mortenson, Damola Ogundipe, DerrickOnwuachi, Troy Reilly, Marcus Sherels, John Shevlin, Steve Shidell, Jack Simmons, Matt Stommes, Jeff Tow-Arnett, Adam Weber, MINN; C.J. Bachér, Phil Brunner,Corbin Bryant, Kyle Daley, Stefan Demos, Mike Dinard, Dan Dixon, Tim Downing, Adam Hahn, Adam Kadela, Keegan Kennedy, Kurt Mattes, Brendan Mitchell, EricPeterman, Brad Phillips, Ben Rothrauff, Desmond Taylor, Mark Woodsum, NU; Kirk Barton, Bryant Browning, Jim Cordle, Brett Daly, Todd Denlinger, Dan Dye,Marcus Freeman, Larry Grant, Jackson Haas, Brian Hartline, Ross Homan, Dionte Johnson, Dexter Larimore, James Laurinaitis, David Lisko, Ryan Lukens,Dimitrios Makridis, Ryan Pretorius, Brian Robiskie, Jon Skinner, Austin Spitler, Chris Wells, Tyler Whaley, Marcus Williams, OSU; Brett Brackett, Gerald Cadogan,Jason Ganter, Joseph Hughes, Joshua Hull, Jeremy Boone, Kevin Kelly, Justin King, Dennis Landolt, Daniel Lawlor, Sean Lee, Jordan Lyons, Christopher Mauriello,Ross Muir, Jordan Norwood, Mark Rubin, Kevin Suhey, Joseph Toriello, Patrick Weber, PSU; Kyle Adams, Jared Armstrong, Ryan Baker, Dan Bick, Joey Elliott,Jermaine Guynn, Andy Huffman, Aaron Lane, Garret Miller, Zach Smith, Jake Standeford, Chris Summers, Neal Tull, Jason Werner, PUR; Jake Bscherer, GabeCarimi, Andy Crooks, Kirk DeCremer, Allan Evridge, Ryan Flasch, Xavier Harris, Will Hartmann, Casey Hogan, Tyler Holland, Andy Kemp, Ben Landgraf, SeanLewis, Bill Nagy, Chris Pressley, Ben Strickland, Luke Swan, Mickey Turner, Jay Valai, WIS.

RECORD NUMBER OF FOOTBALL ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN SELECTIONS



2007-08 BIG TEN BOWL PREVIEWS

MOTOR CITY BOWL: Purdue will become thesecond Big Ten team to take part in the MotorCity Bowl and will face MAC Champion CentralMichigan in a rematch of a game earlier this sea-son won by the Boilermakers. Purdue will makeits second straight postseason appearance and

10th in 11 seasons under head coach Joe Tiller, after taking part in only fivebowl games prior to his arrival. The Boilermakers are 7-7 all-time in postsea-son action and join Northwestern as Motor City Bowl participants from the BigTen, after the Wildcats were chosen to play in the 2003 event.

CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL: Michigan State returns topostseason action for the first time since 2003 and hasbeen selected to play in the Champs Sports Bowl, whichmeans both teams from the state of Michigan will beplaying bowl games in Orlando, Fla. The Spartans willkick off a week-long celebration of Big Ten football inOrlando when they square off against the ACC's BostonCollege. The two programs have met five times previ-ously, most recently when MSU defeated the Eagles in

1995. Michigan State has made one prior trip to Orlando, edging Florida inwhat was then known as the Citrus Bowl following the 1999 season. Theschool has posted an overall record of 7-10 in bowl games with a mark of 7-9since joining the Big Ten, including victories in two of its last three appear-ances. In his first year as the Spartans mentor, Mark Dantonio is looking toimprove to 2-0 in postseason action after leading Cincinnati to a Fort WorthBowl victory following the 2004 campaign. The Big Ten has produced a recordof 1-2 in this bowl, including a victory by Illinois in 1999 when it was known asthe Micronpc.com Bowl.

VALERO ALAMO BOWL: Penn State will take partin the Valero Alamo Bowl for the second time inschool history in a rematch of the 1999 eventagainst Texas A&M of the Big 12. The Nittany Lionsblanked the Aggies, 24-0, in the 1999 Alamo Bowl,which marked the third meeting between the twoschools. Joe Paterno will make his 34th bowl

appearance at Penn State and boasts 22 victories, both of which stand asNCAA records. Overall, the school has built a 25-12-2 record in postseasonplay, including an 8-2 mark since joining the Big Ten in 1993. The Big Ten hasproduced a 7-6 record in the Valero Alamo Bowl.

INSIGHT BOWL: Indiana ends the Big Ten's longestactive bowl drought by earning a berth in the InsightBowl for the program's first postseason appearancesince 1993. The Hoosiers will challenge Oklahoma Stateof the Big 12 for the second time in school annals, afterthe two programs played to a 7-7 tie in 1930. Headcoach Bill Lynch has boosted Indiana to its first bowltrip since taking part in the 1993 Independence Bowl.

The Hoosiers have produced a 3-5 mark in eight postseason games, includinga victory in this same event in 1991 when it was known as the Copper Bowl.Big Ten teams are 2-1 in the Insight/Copper Bowl, including a triumph byWisconsin in 1996.

OUTBACK BOWL: Wisconsin will take part in theOutback Bowl for the second time in the last fouryears and will play a postseason game in Tampa,Fla., for the fourth time overall. Previously known asthe Hall of Fame Bowl from its inception in 1986through 1995, the Badgers have made four trips tothis bowl game including appearances following the

2004, 1994 and 1984 seasons. This year's Wisconsin team will challengeTennessee out of the SEC, the second all-time meeting between the two pro-grams after playing in the Garden State Bowl in New Jersey at the end of the1981 campaign. Head coach Bret Bielema will make his second straight bowlappearance after guiding the Badgers to a Capital One Bowl triumph last sea-son. Wisconsin will make a program-record sixth straight postseason appear-ance, breaking the previous record of five straight bowl bids set from 1996-2000. The school has played in 18 overall bowl games with a 10-8 record. TheBig Ten has produced a record of 8-10 in the Outback/Hall of Fame Bowl,including victories in three of the last five games by Penn State (2006 sea-son), Iowa (2003 season) and Michigan (2002 season).

CAPITAL ONE BOWL: Michigan will play in theCapital One Bowl for the first time since 2002 in whatwill be the final game in the storied career of headcoach Lloyd Carr, who announced his retirement fol-lowing the regular-season finale. The Wolverines willbe challenged by Florida out of the SEC for the secondtime in school history, after UM defeated the Gators inthe 2003 Outback Bowl. Michigan made three trips to

Orlando over a four-year stretch following the 1998, 2000 and 2001 seasonsto play in this event, which was then known as the Citrus Bowl. The schoolboasts a 2-1 mark in this bowl, including triumphs after the 1998 and 2000campaigns. Michigan will take part in a bowl game for the 33rd straight sea-son, which currently ranks as the longest active streak of bowl appearances inthe country. The Wolverines' 39 bowl bids are tied for the conference lead withOhio State. Michigan is 18-20 overall in bowl games, including a mark of 5-7under Carr, who has led the team to postseason play in each of his 13 sea-sons. Big Ten squads maintain a 9-8 mark in the Capital One Bowl, includingvictories in each of the last three years by Iowa (in 2005) and Wisconsin (in2006 and 2007).

ROSE BOWL: Illinois returns to the Rose Bowl for thefirst time since 1984 and will battle Pac-10 ChampionSouthern California. The two universities have met 12times overall, most recently in 1996, but have neverplayed in a bowl game. Big Ten Coach of the Year RonZook will look to lead the Fighting Illini to their first 10-win season since 2001 after the program collected onlyeight victories the last four seasons combined. Illinois

has played in the "granddaddy of all bowl games" on four occasions with a 3-1mark, including triumphs following the 1946, 1951 and 1963 campaigns. TheIllini will be making their 15th bowl trip overall and first since playing in the2002 Sugar Bowl. The school has posted a 6-8 record in postseason play,including victories in two of its last three appearances. The Big Ten has pro-duced a 29-31 record in the Rose Bowl including a mark of 29-30 against thePac-10.

BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Ohio Stateadvances to the BCS National Championship game forthe second straight year and the third time in the last sixseasons. The Buckeyes completed a perfect season byknocking off top-ranked Miami (Fla.) in the 2003 FiestaBowl to win the national championship before falling toFlorida in last year's national title match. Ohio State willbattle SEC Champion Louisiana State for the national

crown, just the third meeting between the two schools and the first since OSUposted a tie and a win over the Tigers during the 1987 and 1988 regular sea-sons, respectively. The Buckeyes are looking for their eighth national title and34th championship for the Big Ten. OSU returns to New Orleans for postsea-son action for the first time since taking part in back-to-back Sugar Bowls fol-lowing the 1997 and 1998 campaigns. The Big Ten Champions are makingtheir eighth consecutive bowl excursion, including seven straight under headcoach Jim Tressel. The Buckeyes mentor has won four of his last five bowlgames overall, including BCS triumphs in 2003, 2004 and 2006. Ohio State willbe playing in its 39th bowl, which is tied with Michigan for the conference lead,and holds an 18-20 record in postseason play.

The conference office has launched an updated version of the Big Ten footballmedia center on www.bigten.org, which provides a single site for media toaccess information on every Big Ten football program. The Big Ten footballmedia center continues to include downloadable PDFs of media guides for theconference and every school, weekly releases, statistics, player of the weekselections, information on the weekly coaches teleconference (along with linksto the archived audio) and more. The media center also features schedulesbroken down by school and week which will include game notes for bothteams, final stats and game recaps. The Big Ten football media center can beaccessed by going to the primary football page on www.bigten.org and clickingon the "Football Media Center" link on the right-hand side of the page. Thiswebsite is meant for media use only and is password-protected - please con-tact the Big Ten Communications office for access information.

BIG TEN FOOTBALL MEDIA CENTER AT WWW.BIGTEN.ORG

Big Ten Standouts Claim National Honors: The Big Ten has collected three individualawards so far this season, including accolades for a pair of linebackers and an assistantcoach. Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year James Laurinaitis of Ohio State becamethe eighth conference standout to win the Butkus Award, given to the nation’s top line-backer and named after former Illinois All-American Dick Butkus. Laurinaitis is only thesecond Buckeye in school history to win the Butkus Award along with AndyKatzenmoyer, who was honored in 1997. The last Big Ten standout to take home theButkus Award was Penn State’s Paul Posluszny in 2005. Fellow PSU linebacker DanConnor earned the Bednarik Award as the nation’s top defensive player. Connor givesthe Nittany Lions the last three Bednarik Awards after Posluszny was honored followingthe 2005 and 2006 campaigns, becoming only the second two-time winner of the awardalong with current Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald (1995 and 1996). The BigTen has now claimed the Bednarik Award on seven occasions overall. In addition, OhioState defensive coordinator Jim Heacock was honored with the Frank Broyles Award,given to the nation’s top assistant coach. The last Big Ten mentor to take home theBroyles Award was Michigan’s Jim Hermmann in 1997.

More All-Americans Than Any Other Conference: In addition to the individual acco-lades, the Big Ten topped all conferences with 18 players named to the All-America firstor second teams as chosen by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA),Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), Walter CampFootball Foundation and Sporting News. The Pac-10 ranked second to the Big Ten with15 All-Americans on those five first or second teams, followed by the ACC (13), Big 12(13), SEC (13) and Big East (9). Seven Big Ten schools were represented on those fiveAll-America squads, a total that tied for second with the Big 12, behind only the ACC (9teams) and ahead of the Pac-10 (6), Big East (5) and SEC (5).

Everybody’s All-American: The Big Ten’s group of 18 All-Americans chosen by theAFCA, AP, FWAA, Walter Camp and Sporting News included two standouts named toall five first teams -- Michigan offensive lineman Jake Long and Ohio State linebackerJames Laurinaitis. Other first-team honorees were the Illinois pair of linebacker JLeman (AFCA, FWAA) and offensive lineman Martin O’Donnell (AP), Indiana defen-sive lineman Greg Middleton (Sporting News), OSU offensive lineman Kirk Barton(AFCA), Penn State linebacker Dan Connor (Walter Camp) and the Wisconsin duo oftight end Travis Beckum (Walter Camp) and kicker Taylor Mehlhaff (AFCA). Second-team selections included the Hoosiers pair of wideout James Hardy and kicker AustinStarr, the Wolverines trio of linebacker Shawn Crable, running back Mike Hart andwide receiver Mario Manningham, Michigan State defensive lineman Jonal Saint-Dicand the Buckeyes threesome of defensive lineman Vernon Gholston, defensive backMalcolm Jenkins and running back Chris Wells. The complete breakdown of Big TenAll-Americans appears below to the right.

Smart Players: The Big Ten led all conferences with eight student-athletes named tothe ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America football teams. Six of the Big Ten's eighthonorees were chosen for the first team, which also topped all conferences. The Big 12ranked second with four first-team selections. The Academic All-America first-team hon-orees from the Big Ten included Illinois' Ryan McDonald, Indiana's Austin Starr, Iowa'sMike Klinkenborg and Adam Shada, Ohio State's Brian Robiskie and Penn State'sGerald Cadogan. Second team honors went to Illinois' J Leman and Purdue's JaredArmstrong. Klinkenborg and Shada earned their second consecutive first-team acco-lades after being honored last season. To be eligible for Academic All-America honors, astudent-athlete must be in at least his second year of athletic eligibility, be a first team orkey performer and carry a cumulative 3.20 grade point average.

Ohio State Claims Third Straight Big Ten Championship: Ohio State became thefirst conference team in more than a decade to claim three straight titles by picking up aroad win over Michigan to earn the 2007 Big Ten Championship and the conference’sautomatic berth into the Bowl Championship Series. The Buckeyes clinched three con-secutive crowns for the first time since posting six straight titles from 1972-77. OSU isalso the first conference program to accomplish the feat since the Wolverines won atleast a share of five consecutive championships from 1988-92. Ohio State claimedback-to-back outright titles for the first time since the 1954 and 1955 campaigns, thefirst conference school to win two straight outright crowns since Michigan in 1991 and1992. OSU now has 32 Big Ten Championships, which ranks second only to the 42



NOTING THE BIG TEN BIG TEN NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS

BIG TEN FINALISTS FOR NATIONAL AWARDS

BIG TEN ALL-AMERICANSJ Leman, LB, ILL AFCA, AP2, FWAA, SN2, WC2Martin O’Donnell, OL, ILL AP1James Hardy, WR, IND AP3, SN2, WC2Greg Middleton, DL, IND AP3, SN1, WC2Austin Starr, PK, IND AP2Shawn Crable, LB, MICH WC2Mike Hart, RB, MICH AP2, WC2Jake Long, OL, MICH AFCA, AP1, FWAA, SN1, WC1Mario Manningham, WR, MICH AP2, WC2Jonal Saint-Dic, DL, MSU WC2Kirk Barton, OL, OSU AFCA, AP3, SN2Vernon Gholston, DL, OSU AP2, SN2, WC2Malcolm Jenkins, DB, OSU AP2, SN2, WC2James Laurinaitis, LB, OSU AFCA, AP1, FWAA, SN1, WC1Chris Wells, RB, OSU SN2Dan Connor, LB, PSU AP1, SN2, WC1Travis Beckum, TE, WIS AP3, WC1, SN2Taylor Mehlhaff, PK, WIS AFCA

AFCA = American Football Coaches Association; AP 1/2/3 = AssociatedPress 1st/2nd/3rd; FWAA = Football Writers Association of America;

SN 1/2 = Sporting News 1st/2nd; WC1/2 = Walter Camp 1st/2ndFIRST TEAM HONOREES IN BOLD

Dan Connor, LB, PSUBednarik Award (Top Defensive Player)

James Laurinaitis, LB, OSUButkus Award (Best Linebacker)

Jim Heacock, OSUFrank Broyles Award (Top Assistant Coach)

Bednarik AwardTop Defensive PlayerJames Laurinaitis, OSU

Dan Connor, PSU

Biletnikoff AwardTop Wide Receiver

Mario Manningham, MICH

Butkus AwardBest Linebacker

James Laurinaitis, OSUDan Connor, PSU

Lou Groza AwardOutstanding Place Kicker

Austin Starr, IND

Ted Hendricks AwardOutstanding Defensive End

Greg Middleton, INDJonal Saint-Dic, MSU

Vernon Gholston, OSUMaurice Evans, PSU

John Mackey AwardOutstanding Tight End

Travis Beckum, WIS

Bronko Nagurski TrophyTop Defensive PlayerJames Laurinaitis, OSU

Rotary Lombardi AwardOutstanding Lineman

Jake Long, MICHJames Laurinaitis, OSU

Lott TrophyDefensive Player of the Year

J Leman, ILLJames Laurinaitis, OSU

Outland TrophyOutstanding Interior Lineman

Jake Long, MICH

Doak Walker AwardOutstanding Running Back

Mike Hart, MICH

FWAA Eddie Robinson AwardTop Head Coach

Ron Zook, ILLJim Tressel, OSU

Frank Broyles AwardTop Assistant Coach

Jim Heacock, OSU

titles earned by the Wolverines. The Buckeyes have won four conference titlesin head coach Jim Tressel’s seven years at the helm and five crowns in thelast decade, splitting the title in 1998, 2002 and 2005. Michigan ranks second toOhio State with four championships in the last 10 years (1998, 2000, 2003,2004), followed by a pair of first-place finishes for Iowa (2002, 2004) andWisconsin (1998, 1999) and one title for Northwestern (2000).

Tressel Joins Rare Coaching Fraternity: After claiming the 2007 Big TenChampionship, Ohio State’s Jim Tressel became the first Buckeyes mentorand just the seventh coach in conference annals to produce four titles in theirfirst seven years on campus. The only other Big Ten head coaches to win atleast four Big Ten titles in their first seven years include Illinois’ Bob Zuppke(four from 1913-19), Michigan’s Harry Kipke (four from 1929-35), BoSchembechler (five from 1969-75) and Fielding Yost (five from 1901-07) andMinnesota’s Bernie Bierman (five from 1932-38) and Henry Williams (four from1900-06). Tressel is also the first coach to lead a team to three straight Big Tentitles since Michigan’s Gary Moeller accomplished the feat in his first three sea-sons from 1990-92. He is only the second Buckeyes’ mentor to win threestraight titles along with the legendary Woody Hayes, who produced threestraight crowns from 1968-70 before winning at least a share of six straighttitles from 1972-77. Tressel rates second among active conference coacheswith four Big Ten Championships behind only Michigan’s Lloyd Carr, who hasclaimed five titles in his 13 years in Ann Arbor.

Special Seasons Across the Big Ten: In addition to Ohio State winning theBig Ten Championship and a record 10 conference teams becoming bowl-eligi-ble, a number of Big Ten programs have produced impressive seasons. Belowis a breakdown of accomplishments from the Big Ten’s eight bowl participants:ILLINOIS: The Fighting Illini have produced nine victories in a season for justthe second time in the last 18 years. Illinois’ 9-3 record marks the most wins forIllinois since earning 10 triumphs on the way to the 2001 Big Ten title. The Illiniwon only eight total games in the previous four seasons combined.INDIANA: The Hoosiers collected seven wins in a season for the first time sinceposting an 8-4 mark in 1993, which marks the most recent bowl trip for IU.MICHIGAN: For the 22nd time in the last 23 seasons, the Wolverines reachedthe eight-win plateau and also produced at least six Big Ten triumphs for the10th time in the last 11 years.MICHIGAN STATE: The Spartans cracked the seven-win barrier for the secondtime in the last eight seasons and earned their first bowl berth since racking upeight wins in 2003 on the way to the Alamo Bowl.OHIO STATE: The Buckeyes compiled double-digit wins for the third straightseason and the fifth time in the last six years. The last time OSU racked upthree or more consecutive campaigns with 10 or more wins was a four-yearstretch from 1995-98. PENN STATE: The Nittany Lions hit the eight-victory mark for the third straightseason, the longest streak of success since posting seven consecutive cam-paigns with eight or more triumphs from 1993-99.PURDUE: The Boilermakers collected at least seven wins for the secondstraight year and the fifth time in the last six seasons.WISCONSIN: The Badgers won at least nine games for the fourth year in arow, the longest streak in school history.

Ten Big Ten Teams Guaranteed to Finish .500 or Better: An unprecedented10 of the 11 Big Ten programs will conclude the 2007 campaign at .500 or bet-ter. A conference-record eight teams will take part in postseason play -- OhioState at 11-1, Illinois and Wisconsin at 9-3, Michigan and Penn State at 8-4 andIndiana, Michigan State and Purdue at 7-5 -- while Iowa and Northwesternwrapped up their seasons with identical 6-6 marks. Prior to this season, the BigTen had never produced 10 teams with records of .500 or better in a singleyear. The conference has ended a season with nine teams at or above .500 onfour occasions -- 1904, 1903, 1901 and 1900. The last season that eight BigTen teams finished at .500 or better was in 1999, the first time that feat hadbeen accomplished since the 1960 campaign.

Big Ten Sets Record with Eight Teams Boasting Seven or More Wins: Forthe first time in Big Ten history, eight different conference teams have producedseven or more victories. The conference has boasted seven schools with sevenor more victories on multiple occasions, most recently in 2005 when seventeams reached that plateau after bowl competition. The Big Ten is tied with theSEC for the conference lead with eight teams at or above the seven-win markthis season, followed by the ACC (7 teams), Big 12 (6), Conference USA (6).

Michigan’s Carr Announces Retirement: Michigan head coach Lloyd Carrannounced his retirement from coaching after 28 seasons with the Wolverineprogram. Carr is second to only Bennie Oosterbaan (31 years; 20 years as anassistant and 11 years as head coach) in years of service in Ann Arbor. He willcoach his 162nd and final game as head coach in the Wolverines' upcomingbowl game and will stay on with the Michigan athletic department as an associ-ate athletics director. As head coach, Carr has compiled a 121-40 overall recordand is currently sixth among all coaches in Big Ten history with a .752 winningpercentage, trailing only Fielding Yost (.833) and Bo Schembechler (.796) ofMichigan, Henry Williams (.786) of Minnesota, Fritz Crisler (.769) of bothMinnesota and Michigan and Woody Hayes (.761) of Ohio State. Carr has ledthe Wolverines to six 10-win seasons and trails only Yost (165-29-10) andSchembechler (194-48-5) in career victories at Michigan. Carr is just the eighthcoach in conference history to claim five or more championships. He has beena part of 13 Big Ten Championship teams during his tenure, eight as an assis-tant and five as head coach (1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2004). Carr led theWolverines to the 1997 national championship, the school's first title in 49years, with a 21-16 victory over Washington State in the 1998 Rose Bowl.

Five Million Fan March: For the third straight season and just the fifth time inBig Ten history, the conference surpassed the five million mark in overall atten-dance with a total of 5,408,019 fans attending 76 contests this year. The BigTen’s attendance in all games ranks as the second-highest total in conferenceannals behind only the 2002 campaign, when 5,499,439 patrons passed



Draddy TrophyNation’s Top Scholar-Athlete

FINALISTSJ Leman, ILL

Mike Klinkenborg, IOWA

Wuerffel TrophyCollege player who best

combines community servicewith academic/athletic

achievement FINALIST

J Leman, ILL

ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans

FIRST TEAMRyan McDonald, ILL

Austin Starr, INDMike Klinkenborg, IOWA

Adam Shada, IOWABrian Robiskie, OSU

Gerald Cadogan, PSUSECOND TEAM

J Leman, ILLJared Armstrong, PUR

BIG TEN PLAYERS ON ACADEMIC AWARDS SCENE

As selected by each institution

Illinois Rashard Mendenhall, RB*Indiana James Hardy, WRIowa Mike Humpal, LB; Albert Young, RBMichigan Mike Hart, RBMichigan State Javon Ringer, RBMinnesota Dom Barber, DBNorthwestern Adam Kadela, LB; Eric Peterman, WROhio State James Laurinaitis, LB; Chris Wells, RB Penn State Dan ConnorPurdue Dustin Keller, TEWisconsin Tyler Donovan, QB; Matt Shaughnessy, DE

* Chicago Tribune Silver Football winner

2007 BIG TEN FOOTBALL MVPS



through the turnstiles. Conference schools averaged 71,158 fans per homecontest this season, the second-highest average trailing only the 2005 season(72,566 per game). The Big Ten also broke the three-million barrier in confer-ence games only with 3,143,908 fans attending 44 contests on the year, anaverage of 71,452 patrons per outing -- the second-highest total and averageattendance numbers in Big Ten history behind only the 2005 numbers(3,175,427 total; 72,169 average). Michigan packed 111,941 fans into MichiganStadium in their regular-season finale on Nov. 17, the second-best attendancein school history behind only the 112,118 patrons who attended the 2003 OhioState matchup.

Most Packed Houses Ever: After producing three more full houses in the finalweekend of regular-season action, the Big Ten set a new conference recordwith 42 sellouts this season. Big Ten schools ended the year with 42 packedhouses in 76 games, breaking the previous high of 39 sellouts established in2004. Indiana produced its first sellout on the year in the regular-season finaleagainst Purdue, which means nine of the conference’s 11 schools have nowfeatured at least one packed house this season. Iowa and Michigan also filledtheir stadiums during the final weekend of regular-season play and sold outevery home game during the 2007 campaign, a feat also accomplished by OhioState, Penn State and Wisconsin.

Nation’s Best Fans: Three Big Ten teams stand atop the NCAA rankings foraverage attendance while six conference programs rate among the top 22 inthe country overall, which ranks second to the SEC (7 of top 22) for the nationallead. Michigan, Penn State and Ohio State rank first, second and third, respec-tively, in both total and average attendance. The Wolverines set an NCAArecord for single-season attendance with 882,115 fans showing up for eighthome outings this year for an average of 110,264 patrons per game. TheNittany Lions ranked second with 762,419 fans in seven home contests(108,917 avg.) while the Buckeyes rated third by welcoming 735,773 patronsfor seven outings (105,110 avg.). Other Big Ten schools to appear among thetop 22 in average attendance are Wisconsin (15th at 81,747), Iowa (21st at70,585) and Michigan State (22nd at 70,540). Only 22 schools broke the 70,000barrier in average attendance this season.

Impressive Careers: Five Big Ten student-athletes taking part in bowl gamesare already among the conference’s top 10 career leaders in various statisticalcategories. Michigan quarterback Chad Henne leads the way by appearing insix different areas, ranking among the top five in career touchdown passes (2ndwith 84), completions (3rd with 803), attempts (4th with 1,348) and yards (5thwith 9,342) and among the top 10 in total offensive plays (6th with 1,524) andyards (7th with 9,051). Joining Henne in the Wolverines backfield is runningback Mike Hart, who ranks fourth among all Big Ten rushers with 983 attemptsand 4,911 yards. With one season left to play, Purdue signal caller CurtisPainter already ranks among the Big Ten’s top 10 in passing attempts (9th with1,215) and completions (9th with 725) and is close to cracking the career chartswith 8,217 passing yards, 1,363 total offensive plays and 8,597 total offensiveyards. Boilermakers wide receiver Dorien Bryant rates among the Big Ten’stop five in receptions (2nd with 287), receiving yards (4th with 3,479) and all-purpose yards (5th with 6,054) while Indiana wideout James Hardy alreadyranks third with 36 career touchdown receptions with one year of eligibilityremaining. The complete list of Big Ten players among or nearing the confer-ence career leaders appears on page 20 of this release.

Big Ten Individual Leaders . . . : With the Big Ten season now complete, theconference crowned new statistical champions for conference games only in allcategories appearing in the records book. Michigan State and Ohio State ledthe way with a pair of statistical champions. For the Spartans, wide receiverDevin Thomas topped the Big Ten with 7.38 receptions per game while runningback Jehuu Caulcrick led the conference with 11.2 points per outing. Thomashauled in 7.38 passes per game to become the first MSU wideout to rank first incatches per contests since 1978, when Kirk Gibson stood atop the charts with3.8 receptions per game. Caulcrick tallied 15 touchdowns in eight conferencegames for an average of 11.2 points per contest. He is the first Spartan to lead

the Big Ten in scoring since kicker Dave Rayner rated first with 10.4 points perouting in 2004 and the first non-kicker from MSU to lead the conference inpoints since running back Sedrick Irvin topped all players with 11.3 points pergame in 1996. For the Buckeyes, running back Chris Wells produced a confer-ence-best 140.2 rushing yards per outing while quarterback Todd Boeckmanranked first with a 143.0 pass efficiency rating in Big Ten games only. Wells isthe first OSU standout to lead the conference in rushing since Keith Byarstopped the charts in back-to-back seasons from 1983-84. Ohio State producedthe Big Ten’s most efficient passer for the third straight year after HeismanTrophy winner Troy Smith stood atop the charts at the end of the 2005 and2006 campaigns. Northwestern quarterback C.J. Bachér led the Big Ten with302.2 yards of total offense per contest, the second Wildcat signal caller to rankfirst in the last three years along with Brett Basanez, who appeared first in2005. Michigan wide receiver Mario Manningham topped the conference with109.8 receiving yards per game, the first Wolverine to rate first in that categorysince Braylon Edwards in 2004. Minnesota punter Justin Kucek averaged aconference-high 43.6 yards per punt to become the first Gopher to lead the wayin punting since Adam Kelly in 1984.

. . . and Team Leaders: In the team statistics, Big Ten Champion Ohio Statedominated the defensive side of the ball by leading the conference in all fourmajor statistical categories -- total, scoring, rushing and passing defense. TheBuckeyes topped the Big Ten by allowing only 236.1 total yards, 12.9 points,66.8 rushing yards and 169.4 passing yards per outing this season. OSU hasnow led the conference in all four major defensive categories twice in the lastthree years after accomplishing the feat in 2005. Prior to the last three seasons,the last Big Ten team to rank first in all four areas was Michigan in 2001. OhioState has now led the Big Ten in scoring defense for three straight years andthe sixth time in the last eight seasons. OSU also continued its dominance inthe category of total defense, leading the way for a third straight season and asixth time in the last eight campaigns. By only allowing 236.1 yards of totaloffense per game, the Buckeyes boasted the stingiest defense since the 1997Michigan team limited offenses to 193.0 yards per contest on the way to anundefeated season and the national championship. OSU also ranked first inrushing and passing defense for the second time in the last three seasons. Onthe offensive side of the ball, Michigan State led the Big Ten with 34.8 pointsand 431.1 yards of total offense per game this season. The last time theSpartans topped the conference in both categories was following the 2004 cam-paign. On the ground, Illinois ranked first with 262.0 rushing yards per game tolead the Big Ten in that category for the first time since 1953. Through the air,Northwestern stood atop the Big Ten charts with 310.6 passing yards per con-test to rank first for the second time in three seasons.

Paterno and Carr in Big Ten Century Club: Entering postseason action, PennState’s Joe Paterno and Michigan’s Lloyd Carr are two of only 12 coacheswith 100 or more wins at a Big Ten school. Both coaches have collected eightwins so far this season to move past current Wisconsin Director of AthleticsBarry Alvarez, whowrapped up his 16-yearcoaching tenure inMadison following the2005 campaign with arecord of 118-73-4.Paterno has built a markof 124-58 since theNittany Lions joined theconference in 1993 torank eighth, just sevenwins shy of Illinois’Robert Zuppke (131-81-13) for seventh place.Carr rates just belowPaterno with a record of121-40 in his 13 sea-sons in Ann Arbor.

Coach, Team Seasons RecordWoody Hayes, OSU 28 205-61-10Amos Alonzo Stagg, CHI* 37 199-94-22Bo Schembechler, MICH 21 194-48-5Fielding Yost, MICH 25 165-29-10Hayden Fry, IOWA 20 143-89-6Henry Williams, MINN 22 136-33-11Robert Zuppke, ILL 29 131-81-13Joe Paterno, PSU* 15th 124-58-0Lloyd Carr, MICH 13th 121-40-0Barry Alvarez, WIS 16 118-73-4John Cooper, OSU 13 111-43-4Duffy Daugherty, MSU 19 109-69-5

* Record while member of Big Ten only

BIG TEN CENTURY CLUB



MOTOR CITY BOWLPURDUE

vs. Central MichiganWednesday, Dec. 26, 2007 • 7:30 p.m. EST • ESPN

Announcers: Dave Pasch, Andre WareDetroit, Mich. - Ford Field (65,000)

Series: Purdue leads 3-0Last Meeting: Sept. 15, 2007: Purdue 45, Central Michigan 22

PURDUE (7-5 overall, 3-5 Big Ten)Coach: Joe Tiller

Career: 121-84-1 (17th year)At Purdue: 82-54 (11th year)

Offense: One-BackRush: Kory Sheets (156-832 yards, 9 TDs)Pass: Curtis Painter (321-515-3,300 yards, 26 TDs) Rec.: Dorien Bryant (82-871 yards, 8 TDs)

Defense: 4-3Tackles: Terrell Vinson (78 tackles) Sacks: Cliff Avril (6-39 yards) Int.: Terrell Vinson (5-34 yards)

Further Information: Contact Purdue SID Tom Schott at (765) 494-3145 or via email at [email protected]

Central Michigan (8-5 overall, 6-1 MAC)Coach: Butch Jones

Career: 8-5 (1st year)At Central Michigan: Same

Offense: MultipleRush: Dan LeFevour (155-1,008, 17 TDs)Pass: Dan LeFevour (338-509-3,360 yards, 23 TDs)Rec: Bryan Anderson (83-1,003 yards, 7 TDs)

Defense: MultipleTackles: Thomas Keith (139 tackles)Sacks: Frank Zombo (7.5-57 yards)Int: Josh Gordy (4-19 yards, 1 TD)

2007 Results:Sept. 1 at Kansas L, 7-52Sept. 8 Toledo W, 52-31Sept. 15 at Purdue L, 22-45Sept. 22 North Dakota State L, 14-44Sept. 29 Northern Illinois W, 35-10Oct. 6 at Ball State W, 50-38Oct. 13 Army W, 47-23Oct. 20 at Clemson L, 14-70Oct. 27 at Kent State W, 41-32Nov. 6 at Western Michigan W, 34-31Nov. 16 Eastern Michigan L, 45-48Nov. 23 at Akron W, 35-32Dec. 1 vs. Miami W, 35-10

Further Information: Contact CMU SID Scott Rex at (989) 774-7323 or via email at [email protected]

CHAMPS SPORTS BOWLMICHIGAN STATE

vs. No. 14 Boston CollegeFriday, Dec. 28, 2007 • 5 p.m. EST • ESPNAnnouncers: Mike Patrick, Todd Blackledge

Orlando, Fla. - Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium (65,438)Series: Boston College leads 3-1-1

Last Meeting: Sept. 30, 1995: Michigan State 25, Boston College 21

MICHIGAN STATE (7-5 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) Coach: Mark Dantonio

Career: 25-22 (4th year)At Michigan State: 7-5 (1st year)

Offense: MultipleRush: Javon Ringer (224-1,346 yards, 6 TDs)Pass: Brian Hoyer (209-340-2,594 yards, 18 TDs)Rec.: Devin Thomas (75-1,226 yards, 8 TDs)

Defense: Multiple 4-3Tackles: Greg Jones (73 tackles) Sacks: Jonal Saint-Dic (10-75 yards)Int.: Otis Wiley (4-77 yards, 1 TD)

Further Information: Contact Michigan State SID John Lewandowski at(517) 355-2271 or via email at [email protected]

Boston College (10-3 overall, 6-2 ACC)Coach: Jeff Jagodzinski

Career: 10-2 (1st year)At Boston College: same

Offense: Pro-style MultipleRush: Andre Callender (199-936 yards, 9 TDs)Pass: Matt Ryan (366-607-4,258 yards, 28 TDs)Rec: Rich Gunnell (58-793 yards, 5 TDs)

Defense: 4-3Tackles: Jamie Silva (115 tackles)Sacks: Alex Albright (8.5-57 yards)Int: Jamie Silva (6-107 yards, 1 TD)

2007 Results:Sept. 1 Wake Forest W, 38-28Sept. 8 North Carolina State W, 37-17Sept. 15 at Georgia Tech W, 24-10Sept. 22 Army W, 37-17Sept. 29 Massachusetts W, 24-14Oct. 6 Bowling Green W, 55-24Oct. 13 at Notre Dame W, 27-14Oct. 25 at Virginia Tech W, 14-10Nov. 3 Florida State L, 17-27Nov. 10 at Maryland L, 35-42Nov. 17 at Clemson W, 20-17Nov. 24 Miami W, 28-14Dec. 1 vs. Virginia Tech L, 16-30

Further Information: Contact Boston College SID Chris Cameron at (617) 552-4903 or via email at [email protected]

BIG TEN BOWL CAPSULES



VALERO ALAMO BOWLPENN STATE

vs. Texas A&MSaturday, Dec. 29, 2007 • 8 p.m. EST • ESPN

Announcers: Chris Fowler, Doug Flutie San Antonio, Texas - Alamodome (65,000)

Series: Penn State leads 2-1Last Meeting: Dec. 28, 1999: Penn State 24, Texas A&M 0 (Alamo Bowl)

PENN STATE (8-4 overall, 4-4 Big Ten) Coach: Joe Paterno

Career: 371-125-3 (42nd year)At Penn State: Same

Offense: MultipleRush: Rodney Kinlaw (222-1,186 yards, 10 TDs) Pass: Anthony Morelli (219-371-2,508 yards, 18 TDs)Rec.: Deon Butler (43-574 yards, 3 TDs)

Defense: MultipleTackles: Dan Connor (136 tackles)Sacks: Maurice Evans (12.5-94 yards)Int: Anthony Scirrotto (3-98 yards)

Further Information: Contact Penn State SID Jeff Nelson at (814) 865-1757/1759 or via email at [email protected]

Texas A&M (7-5 overall, 4-4 Big 12)Coach: Gary Darnell (Interim)

Career: 52-79 (11th year) At Texas A&M: 0-0 (1st game)

Offense: Multiple Pro SetsRush: Stephen McGee (173-858 yards, 5 TDs)Pass: Stephen McGee (192-333-2,147 yards, 16 TDs)Rec: Martellus Bennett (45-541 yards, 4 TDs)

Defense: 4-2-5Tackles: Mark Dodge (108 tackles)Sacks: Cyril Obiozor (3.5-21 yards)Int: Marquis Carpenter (4-43 yards)

2007 Results:Sept. 1 Montana State W, 38-7Sept. 8 Fresno State W, 47-45Sept. 15 Louisiana-Monroe W, 54-14Sept. 20 at Miami L, 17-34Sept. 29 Baylor W, 34-10Oct. 6 Oklahoma State W, 24-23Oct. 13 at Texas Tech L, 7-35Oct. 20 at Nebraska W, 36-14Oct. 27 Kansas L, 11-19Nov. 3 at Oklahoma L, 14-42Nov. 10 at Missouri L, 26-40Nov. 23 Texas W, 38-30

Further Information: Contact Texas A&M SID Alan Cannon at (979) 845-0563 or via email at [email protected]

INSIGHT BOWLINDIANA

vs. Oklahoma StateMonday, Dec. 31, 2007 • 6 p.m. EST • NFL Network

Announcers: Bob Papa, Sterling Sharpe, Mike Mayock, Kim Jones Tempe, Ariz. - Sun Devil Stadium (56,000)

Series: Tied 0-0-1Last Meeting: Oct. 11, 1930: Indiana 7, Oklahoma State 7

INDIANA (7-5 overall, 3-5 Big Ten)Coach: Bill Lynch

Career: 88-72-3 (15th year)At Indiana: 7-5 (1st year)

Offense: MultipleRush: Kellen Lewis (137-653 yards, 8 TDs) Pass: Kellen Lewis (243-399-2,839 yards, 26 TDs) Rec.: James Hardy (74-1,075 yards, 16 TDs)

Defense: 4-3Tackles: Austin Thomas (104 tackles)Sacks: Greg Middleton (16-102 yards)Int.: Tracy Porter (6-137 yards)

Further Information: Contact Indiana SID Jeff Keag at (812) 855-6209 or via email at [email protected]

Oklahoma State (6-6 overall, 4-4 Big 12)Coach: Mike Gundy

Career: 17-19 (3rd year)At Oklahoma State: Same

Offense: SpreadRush: Dantrell Savage (200-1,172 yards, 8 TDs)Pass: Zac Robinson (177-299-2,522 yards, 20 TDs)Rec: Adarius Bowman (61-932 yards, 7 TDs)

Defense: 4-3Tackles: Patrick Lavine (77 tackles)Sacks: Nathan Peterson (6-41 yards)Int: Jacob Lacey (5-62 yards, 1 TD)

2007 Results:Sept. 1 at Georgia L, 14-35Sept. 8 Florida Atlantic W, 42-6Sept. 14 at Troy L, 23-41Sept. 22 Texas Tech W, 49-45Sept. 29 Sam Houston State W, 39-3Oct. 6 at Texas A&M L, 23-24Oct. 13 at Nebraska W, 45-14Oct. 20 Kansas State W, 41-39Nov. 3 Texas L, 35-38Nov. 10 Kansas L, 38-43Nov. 17 at Baylor W, 45-14Nov. 24 at Oklahoma L, 17-49

Further Information: Contact Oklahoma State SID Gavin Lang at (405) 744-3875 or via email at [email protected]




OUTBACK BOWLNo. 18 WISCONSIN

vs. No. 16 TennesseeTuesday, Jan. 1, 2008 • 11 a.m. EST • ESPN

Announcers: Sean McDonough, Chris SpielmanTampa, Fla. - Raymond James Stadium (65,657)

Series: Tennessee leads 1-0Last Meeting: Dec. 13, 1981: Tennessee 28, Wisconsin 21 (Garden State Bowl)

WISCONSIN (9-3 overall, 5-3 Big Ten)Coach: Bret Bielema

Career: 21-4 (2nd year)At Wisconsin: Same

Offense: Multiple one- and two-back setsRush: P.J. Hill (217-1,080 yards, 14 TDs)Pass: Tyler Donovan (179-309-2,452 yards, 16 TDs)Rec.: Travis Beckum (73-960 yards, 6 TDs)

Defense: 4-3Tackles: Jonathan Casillas (86 tackles)Sacks: Kirk Decremer (5.5-35 yards)Int.: Shane Carter (7-92 yards)

Further Information: Contact Wisconsin SID Justin Doherty at (608) 262-1811 or via email at [email protected]

Tennessee (9-4 overall, 6-2 SEC) Coach: Phillip Fulmer

Career: 146-45 (16th year)At Tennessee: Same

Offense: Multiple Rush: Arian Foster (229-1,162 yards, 12 TDs)Pass: Erik Ainge (300-476-3,157, 29 TDs)Rec.: Lucas Taylor (73-1,000 yards, 5 TDs)

Defense: 4-3Tackles: Jerod Mayo (127 tackles)Sacks: Robert Ayers (3-12 yards), Antonio Reynolds (3-18 yards),

Ellix Wilson (3-19 yards)Int.: Eric Berry (5-222 yards, 1 TD)

2007 Results:Sept. 1 at California L, 31-45Sept. 8 Southern Mississippi W, 39-19Sept. 15 at Florida L, 20-59Sept. 22 Arkansas State W, 48-27Oct. 6 Georgia W, 35-14Oct. 13 at Mississippi State W, 33-21Oct. 20 at Alabama L, 17-41Oct. 27 South Carolina W, 27-24 (OT)Nov. 3 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 59-7Nov. 10 Arkansas W, 34-13Nov. 17 Vanderbilt W, 25-24Nov. 24 at Kentucky W, 52-50 (4OT)Dec. 1 vs. LSU L, 14-21

Further Information: Contact Tennessee SID John Painter at(865) 974-1097 or via email at [email protected]

CAPITAL ONE BOWLMICHIGAN

vs. No. 12 FloridaTuesday, Jan. 1, 2008 • 1 p.m. EST • ABCAnnouncers: Mike Patrick, Todd Blackledge

Orlando, Fla. - Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium (65,438)Series: Michigan leads 1-0

Last Meeting: Jan. 1, 2003: Michigan 38, Florida 30 (Outback Bowl)

MICHIGAN (8-4 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) Coach: Lloyd Carr

Career: 121-40 (13th year)At Michigan: Same

Offense: MultipleRush: Mike Hart (233-1,232 yards, 12 TDs) Pass: Chad Henne (137-239-1,565 yards, 14 TDs) Rec.: Mario Manningham (67-1,096 yards, 11 TDs)

Defense: SituationalTackles: Shawn Crable (84 tackles)Sacks: Brandon Graham (8.5-54 yards)Int.: Jamar Adams (3-58 yards) and

Brandent Englemon (3-33 yards)

Further Information: Contact Michigan SID Dave Ablauf at (734) 763-4423 or via email at [email protected]

Florida (9-3 overall, 5-3 SEC) Coach: Urban Meyer

Career: 70-15 (7th year)At Florida: 31-7 (3rd year)

Offense: SpreadRush: Tim Tebow (194-838 yards, 22 TDs)Pass: Tim Tebow (217-317-3,132 yards, 29 TDs)Rec.: Percy Harvin (50-781 yards, 3 TDs)

Defense: Multiple 4-3Tackles: Brandon Spikes (118 tackles)Sacks: Derrick Harvey (6.5-41 yards)Int.: Tony Jointer (2-11 yards)

Wondy Pierre-Louis (2-47 yards, 1 TD)

2007 Results:Sept. 1 Western Kentucky W, 49-3Sept. 8 Troy W, 59-31Sept. 15 Tennessee W, 59-20Sept. 22 at Ole Miss W, 30-24Sept. 29 Auburn L, 17-20Oct. 6 at LSU L, 24-28Oct. 20 at Kentucky W, 45-37Oct. 27 vs. Georgia L, 30-42Nov. 3 Vanderbilt W, 49-22Nov. 10 at South Carolina W, 51-31Nov. 17 Florida Atlantic W, 59-20Nov. 24 Florida State W, 45-12

Further Information: Contact Florida SID Steve McClain at(352) 375-4683 x6100 or via email at [email protected]




ROSE BOWLNo. 13 ILLINOIS vs. No. 7 USC

Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008 • 5:10 p.m. EST • ABCAnnouncers: Brent Musburger, Kirk Herbstreit

Pasadena, Calif. - Rose Bowl (92,059)Series: USC leads 10-2

Last Meeting: Sept. 7, 1996: USC 55, Illinois 3

ILLINOIS (9-3 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) Coach: Ron Zook

Career: 36-36 (6th year)At Illinois: 13-22 (3rd year)

Offense: MultipleRush: Rashard Mendenhall (245-1,526 yards, 16 TDs)Pass: Isiah “Juice” Williams (132-232-1,498 yards, 13 TDs)Rec.: Arrelious Benn (49-596 yards, 1 TD)

Defense: Multiple Eight-Man FrontTackles: J Leman (124 tackles)Sacks: Will Davis (9.5-45 yards) Int: Kevin Mitchell (5-1 yard)

Further Information: Contact Illinois SID Cassie Arner at (217) 244-3886 or via email at [email protected]

USC (10-2 overall, 7-2 Pac-10) Coach: Pete Carroll

Career: 75-14 (6th year)At USC: Same

Offense: Multiple Rush: Chauncey Washington (183-894 yards, 9 TDs)Pass: John David Booty (190-303-2,106 yards, 20 TDs)Rec.: Fred Davis (55-794 yards, 7 TDs)

Defense: 4-3Tackles: Rey Maualuga (75 tackles) Sacks: Lawrence Jackson (9.5-59 yards)Int.: Terrell Thomas (4-44 yards)

2007 Results:Sept. 1 Idaho W, 38-10Sept. 15 at Nebraska W, 49-31Sept. 22 Washington State W, 47-14Sept. 29 at Washington W, 27-24Oct. 6 Stanford L, 23-24Oct. 13 Arizona W, 20-13Oct. 20 at Notre Dame W, 38-0Oct. 27 at Oregon L, 17-24Nov. 3 Oregon State W, 24-3Nov. 10 at California W, 24-17Nov. 22 at Arizona State W, 44-24Dec. 1 UCLA W, 24-7

Further Information: Contact USC SID Tim Tessalone at(213) 740-8480 or via email at [email protected]

BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMENo. 1 OHIO STATE vs. No. 2 LSU

Monday, Jan. 7, 2008 • 8 p.m. EST • FOXAnnouncers: Thom Brennaman, Charles Davis

New Orleans, La. - Louisiana Superdome (75,000)Series: Ohio State lead 1-0-1

Last Meeting: Sept. 24, 1988: Ohio State 36, LSU 33

OHIO STATE (11-1 overall, 7-1 Big Ten) Coach: Jim Tressel

Career: 208-72-2 (22nd year)At Ohio State: 73-15 (7th year)

Offense: MultipleRush: Chris Wells (254-1,463 yards, 14 TDs)Pass: Todd Boeckman (175-272-2,164 yards, 23 TDs)Rec.: Brian Robiskie (50-885 yards, 10 TDs)

Defense: 4-3Tackles: James Laurinaitis (103 tackles)Sacks: Vernon Gholston (13-96 yards)Int: Malcolm Jenkins (3-30 yards)

Further Information: Contact Ohio State SID Shelly Poe at (614) 247-7023 or via email at [email protected]

LSU (11-2 overall, 6-2 SEC)Coach: Les Miles

Career: 61-27 (7th year)At LSU: 33-6 (3rd year)

Offense: MultipleRush: Jacob Hester (204-1,107 yards, 11 TDs)Pass: Matt Flynn (183-332-2,233 yards, 17 TDs)Rec: Brandon LaFell (48-641 yards, 3 TDs)

Defense: 4-3Tackles: Craig Steltz (97 tackles)Sacks: Kirston Pittman (6.5-42 yards)Int: Craig Steltz (6-153 yards)

2007 Results:Aug. 30 at Mississippi State W, 45-0Sept. 8 Virginia Tech W, 48-7Sept. 15 Middle Tennessee W, 44-0Sept. 22 South Carolina W, 28-16Sept. 29 at Tulane W, 34-9Oct. 6 Florida W, 28-24Oct. 13 at Kentucky L, 37-43 (3OT)Oct. 20 Auburn W, 30-24Nov. 3 at Alabama W, 41-34Nov. 10 Louisiana Tech W, 58-10Nov. 17 at Ole Miss W, 41-24Nov. 23 Arkansas L, 48-50 (3OT)Dec. 1 vs. Tennessee W, 21-14




2007-08 BOWL SCHEDULE

BIG TEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Big Ten teams have won 33 national championships all-time.

No. Team Years11 Michigan 1901-02-03-04-18-23-32-33-47-48-977 Ohio State 1942-54-57-61-68-70-20026 Minnesota 1934-35-36-40-41-604 Illinois 1914-19-23-274* Michigan State 1955-57-65-661 Iowa 195833 TOTAL

*As a Big Ten member

National Championships prior to Big Ten membership: Michigan State (2; 1951-52), Penn State (2; 1982-86)

Along with the national titles listed to the left, Big Ten teams were also namednational champions on 19 other occasions by other various poll selectors,which are recognized by the NCAA. Additional national championship selec-tions include:

No. Team Years7 Ohio State 1933-44-69-73-74-75-984 Michigan 1910-64-73-853 Iowa 1921-22-602 Chicago 1905-131 Illinois 19511 Purdue 19311 Wisconsin 194219 TOTAL

National Championships prior to Big Ten membership: Penn State (3; 1911-12-69)

Date Bowl / Location Time (TV) Match-UpThu., Dec. 20 San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl/San Diego, Calif. 9 p.m. (ESPN) Utah vs. NavyFri., Dec. 21 R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl/New Orleans, La. 8 p.m. (ESPN2) Memphis vs. Florida AtlanticSat., Dec. 22 Papajohns.com Bowl/Birmingham, Ala. 1 p.m. (ESPN2) Southern Miss vs. CincinnatiSat., Dec. 22 New Mexico Bowl/Albuquerque, N.M. 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Nevada vs. New MexicoSat., Dec. 22 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl/Las Vegas, Nev. 8 p.m. (ESPN) UCLA vs. BYUSun., Dec. 23 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl/Honolulu, Hawaii 8 p.m. (ESPN) Boise State vs. East CarolinaWed., Dec. 26 Motor City Bowl/Detroit, Mich. 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Purdue vs. Central MichiganThu., Dec. 27 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl/San Diego, Calif. 8 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona State vs. TexasFri., Dec. 28 Champs Sports Bowl/Orlando, Fla. 5 p.m. (ESPN) Boston College vs. Michigan StateFri., Dec. 28 Texas Bowl/Houston, Texas 8 p.m. (NFL) TCU vs. HoustonFri., Dec. 28 Emerald Bowl/San Francisco, Calif. 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Maryland vs. Oregon StateSat., Dec. 29 Meineke Car Care Bowl/Charlotte, N.C. 1 p.m. (ESPN) UConn vs. Wake ForestSat., Dec. 29 AutoZone Liberty Bowl/Memphis, Tenn. 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) UCF vs. Mississippi StateSat., Dec. 29 Valero Alamo Bowl/San Antonio, Texas 8 p.m. (ESPN) Penn State vs. Texas A&MSun., Dec. 30 PetroSun Independence Bowl/Shreveport, La. 8 p.m. (ESPN) Alabama vs. ColoradoMon., Dec. 31 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl/Fort Worth, Texas 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) California vs. Air ForceMon., Dec. 31 Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl/Boise, Idaho 2 p.m. (ESPN2) Georgia Tech vs. Fresno StateMon., Dec. 31 Brut Sun Bowl/El Paso, Texas 2 p.m. (CBS) South Florida vs. OregonMon., Dec. 31 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl/Nashville, Tenn. 4 p.m. (ESPN) Kentucky vs. Florida StateMon., Dec. 31 Insight Bowl/Tempe, Ariz. 6 p.m. (NFL) Indiana vs. Oklahoma StateMon., Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl/Atlanta, Ga. 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Clemson vs. AurburnTue., Jan. 1 Outback Bowl/Tampa, Fla. 11 a.m. (ESPN) Wisconsin vs. TennesseeTue., Jan. 1 AT&T Cotton Bowl/Dallas, Texas 11:30 a.m. (FOX) Missouri vs. ArkansasTue., Jan. 1 Konica Minolta Gator Bowl/Jacksonville, Fla. 1 p.m. (CBS) Texas Tech vs. VirginiaTue., Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl/Orlando, Fla. 1 p.m. (ABC) Michigan vs. FloridaTue., Jan. 1 Rose Bowl presented by Citi/Pasadena, Calif. 5:10 p.m. (ABC) Illinois vs. USCTue., Jan. 1 Allstate Sugar Bowl/New Orleans, La. 8:30 p.m. (FOX) Hawaii vs. GeorgiaWed., Jan. 2 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl/Glendale, Ariz. 8 p.m. (FOX) Oklahoma vs. West VirginiaThu., Jan. 3 FedEx Orange Bowl/Miami, Fla. 8 p.m. (FOX) Virginia Tech vs. KansasSat., Jan. 5 International Bowl/Toronto, Ontario (Canada) 12 p.m. (ESPN2) Rutgers vs. Ball StateSun., Jan. 6 GMAC Bowl/Mobile, Ala. 8 p.m. (ESPN) Bowling Green vs. TulsaMon., Jan. 7 Allstate BCS Championship Game/New Orleans, La. 8 p.m. (FOX) LSU vs. Ohio State

All times EST -- Big Ten games and dates in bold



Illinois (6-8)Season Bowl Result Opponent1946 Rose W, 45-14 UCLA1951 Rose W, 40-7 Stanford1963 Rose W, 17-7 Washington1982 Liberty L, 15-21 Alabama1983 Rose L, 9-45 UCLA1985 Peach L, 9-31 Army1988 All-American L, 10-14 Florida1989 Florida Citrus W, 31-21 Virginia1990 Hall of Fame L, 0-30 Clemson1991 Sun L, 3-6 UCLA1992 Holiday L, 17-27 Hawaii1994 Liberty W, 30-0 East Carolina1999 Micronpc.com W, 63-21 Virginia2001 Sugar L, 34-47 LSU

Indiana (3-5)Season Bowl Result Opponent1967 Rose L, 3-14 USC1979 Holiday W, 38-37 Brigham Young1986 All-American L, 13-27 Florida State1987 Peach L, 22-27 Tennessee1988 Liberty W, 31-10 South Carolina1990 Peach L, 23-27 Auburn1991 Copper W, 24-0 Baylor1993 Independence L, 20-45 Virginia Tech

Michigan (18-20)Season Bowl Result Opponent1901 Rose W, 49-0 Stanford1947 Rose W, 49-0 USC1950 Rose W, 14-6 California1964 Rose W, 34-7 Oregon State1969 Rose L, 3-10 USC1971 Rose L, 12-13 Stanford1975 Orange L, 6-14 Oklahoma1976 Rose L, 6-14 USC1977 Rose L, 20-27 Washington1978 Rose L, 10-17 USC1979 Gator L, 15-17 North Carolina1980 Rose W, 23-6 Washington1981 Bluebonnet W, 33-14 UCLA1982 Rose L, 14-24 UCLA1983 Sugar L, 7-9 Auburn1984 Holiday L, 17-24 Brigham Young1985 Fiesta W, 27-23 Nebraska1986 Rose L, 15-22 Arizona State1987 Hall of Fame W, 28-24 Alabama1988 Rose W, 22-14 USC1989 Rose L, 10-17 USC1990 Gator W, 35-3 Mississippi1991 Rose L, 14-34 Washington1992 Rose W, 38-31 Washington1993 Hall of Fame W, 42-7 N.C. State1994 Holiday W, 24-14 Colorado State1995 Alamo L, 20-22 Texas A&M1996 Outback L, 14-17 Alabama1997 Rose W, 21-16 Washington St.1998 Citrus W, 45-31 Arkansas1999 Orange W, 35-34 OT Alabama2000 Citrus W, 31-28 Auburn2001 Citrus L, 17-45 Tennessee2002 Outback W, 38-30 Florida2003 Rose L, 14-28 USC2004 Rose L, 37-38 Texas2005 Alamo L, 28-32 Nebraska2006 Rose L, 18-32 USC

Michigan State (7-10, 7-9*)Season Bowl Result Opponent1938 Orange L, 0-6 Auburn1953 Rose W, 28-20 UCLA1955 Rose W, 17-14 UCLA1965 Rose L, 12-14 UCLA1984 Cherry L, 6-10 Army1985 All-American L, 14-17 Georgia Tech1987 Rose W, 20-17 USC1988 Gator L, 27-34 Georgia1989 Aloha W, 33-13 Hawaii1990 Sun W, 17-16 USC1993 Liberty L, 7-18 Louisville1995 Independence L, 26-45 LSU1996 Sun L, 0-38 Stanford1997 Aloha L, 23-51 Washington1999 Citrus W, 37-34 Florida2001 Silicon Valley W, 44-35 Fresno State2003 Alamo L, 3-17 Nebraska

Ohio State (18-20)Season Bowl Result Opponent1920 Rose L, 0-28 California1949 Rose W, 17-14 California1954 Rose W, 20-7 USC1957 Rose W, 10-7 Oregon1968 Rose W, 27-16 USC1970 Rose L, 17-27 Stanford1972 Rose L, 17-42 USC1973 Rose W, 42-21 USC1974 Rose L, 17-18 USC1975 Rose L, 10-23 UCLA1976 Orange W, 27-10 Colorado1977 Sugar L, 6-35 Alabama1978 Gator L, 15-17 Clemson1979 Rose L, 16-17 USC1980 Fiesta L, 19-31 Penn State1981 Liberty W, 31-28 Navy1982 Holiday W, 47-17 Brigham Young1983 Fiesta W, 28-23 Pittsburgh1984 Rose L, 17-20 USC1985 Florida Citrus W, 10-7 Brigham Young1986 Cotton W, 28-12 Texas A&M1989 Hall of Fame L, 14-31 Auburn1990 Liberty L, 11-23 Air Force1991 Hall of Fame L, 17-24 Syracuse1992 Florida Citrus L, 14-21 Georgia1993 Holiday W, 28-21 Brigham Young1994 Florida Citrus L, 17-24 Alabama1995 Florida Citrus L, 14-20 Tennessee1996 Rose W, 20-17 Arizona State1997 Sugar L, 14-31 Florida State1998 Sugar W, 24-14 Texas A&M2000 Outback L, 7-24 South Carolina2001 Outback L, 28-31 South Carolina2002 Fiesta W, 31-24 2OT Miami (Fla.)2003 Fiesta W, 35-28 Kansas State2004 Alamo W, 33-7 Oklahoma St.2005 Fiesta W, 34-20 Notre Dame2006 BCS Champ. L, 14-41 Florida

Penn State (25-12-2, 8-2*)Season Bowl Result Opponent1922 Rose L, 3-14 USC1947 Cotton T, 13-13 SMU1959 Liberty W, 7-0 Alabama1960 Liberty W, 41-12 Oregon1961 Gator W, 30-15 Georgia Tech1962 Gator L, 7-17 Florida1967 Gator T, 17-17 Florida State1968 Orange W, 15-14 Kansas1969 Orange W, 10-3 Missouri1971 Cotton W, 30-6 Texas1972 Sugar L, 0-14 Oklahoma1973 Orange W, 16-9 LSU1974 Cotton W, 41-20 Baylor

1975 Sugar L, 6-13 Alabama1976 Gator L, 9-20 Notre Dame1977 Fiesta W, 42-30 Arizona State1978 Sugar L, 7-14 Alabama1979 Liberty W, 9-6 Tulane1980 Fiesta W, 31-19 Ohio State1981 Fiesta W, 26-10 USC1982 Sugar W, 27-23 Georgia1983 Aloha W, 13-10 Washington1985 Orange L, 10-25 Oklahoma1986 Fiesta W, 14-10 Miami (Fla.)1987 Florida Citrus L, 10-35 Clemson1989 Holiday W, 50-39 Brigham Young1990 Blockbuster L, 17-24 Florida State1991 Fiesta W, 42-17 Tennessee1992 Blockbuster L, 3-24 Stanford1993 Florida Citrus W, 31-13 Tennessee1994 Rose W, 38-20 Oregon1995 Outback W, 43-14 Auburn1996 Fiesta W, 38-15 Texas1997 Florida Citrus L, 6-21 Florida1998 Outback W, 26-14 Kentucky1999 Alamo W, 24-0 Texas A&M2002 Capital One L, 9-13 Auburn2005 Orange W, 26-23 3OT Florida State2006 Outback W, 20-10 Tennessee

Purdue (7-7)Season Bowl Result Opponent1966 Rose W, 14-13 USC1978 Peach W, 41-21 Georgia Tech1979 Bluebonnet W, 27-22 Tennessee1980 Liberty W, 28-25 Missouri1984 Peach L, 20-27 Virginia1997 Alamo W, 33-20 Oklahoma St.1998 Alamo W, 37-34 Kansas State1999 Outback L, 25-28 OT Georgia2000 Rose L, 24-34 Washington2001 Sun L, 27-33 Washington St.2002 Sun W, 34-24 Washington2003 Capital One L, 27-34 OT Georgia2004 Sun L, 23-27 Arizona State2006 Champs Sport L, 7-24 Maryland

Wisconsin (10-8)Season Bowl Result Opponent1952 Rose L, 0-7 USC1959 Rose L, 8-44 Washington1962 Rose L, 37-42 USC1981 Garden State L, 21-28 Tennessee1982 Independence W, 14-3 Kansas State1984 Hall of Fame L, 19-20 Kentucky1993 Rose W, 21-16 UCLA1994 Hall of Fame W, 34-20 Duke1996 Copper W, 38-10 Utah1997 Outback L, 6-33 Georgia1998 Rose W, 38-31 UCLA1999 Rose W, 17-9 Stanford2000 Sun W, 21-20 UCLA2002 Alamo W, 31-28 OT Colorado2003 Music City L, 14-28 Auburn2004 Outback L, 21-24 Georgia2005 Capital One W, 24-10 Auburn2006 Capital One W, 17-14 Arkansas

* As a Big Ten member

TEAM-BY-TEAM BOWL RESULTS



ALAMO BOWL(San Antonio, Texas) 7-61993 California 37, IOWA 31995 Texas A&M 22, MICHIGAN 201996 IOWA 27, Texas Tech 01997 PURDUE 33, Oklahoma State 201998 PURDUE 37, Kansas State 341999 PENN STATE 24, Texas A&M 02000 Nebraska 66, NORTHWESTERN 172001 IOWA 19, Texas Tech 162002 WISCONSIN 31, Colorado 28, OT2003 Nebraska 17, MICHIGAN STATE 32004 OHIO STATE 33, Oklahoma State 72005 Nebraska 32, MICHIGAN 282006 Texas 26, IOWA 24

BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Site varies) 1-12002 OHIO STATE 31, Miami (Fla.) 24, 2OT

(Fiesta Bowl, Tempe, Ariz.)2006 Florida 41, OHIO STATE 14

(Glendale, Ariz.)

CAPITAL ONE/CITRUS BOWL(Orlando, Fla.) 9-81985 OHIO STATE 10, Brigham Young 71989 ILLINOIS 31, Virginia 211992 Georgia 21, OHIO STATE 141993 PENN STATE 31, Tennessee 131994 Alabama 24, OHIO STATE 171995 Tennessee 20, OHIO STATE 14 1996 Tennessee 48, NORTHWESTERN 281997 Florida 21, PENN STATE 61998 MICHIGAN 45, Arkansas 311999 MICHIGAN STATE 37, Florida 342000 MICHIGAN 31, Auburn 282001 Tennessee 45, MICHIGAN 172002 Auburn 13, PENN STATE 92003 Georgia 34, PURDUE 27, OT2004 IOWA 30, LSU 252005 WISCONSIN 24, Auburn 102006 WISCONSIN 17, Arkansas 14

CHAMPS SPORTS/MICRONPC.COM BOWL(Orlando, Fla.) 1-21999 ILLINOIS 63, Virginia 212000 N.C. State 38, MINNESOTA 302006 Maryland 24, PURDUE 7

INSIGHT/COPPER BOWL(Tempe, Ariz.) 2-11991 INDIANA 24, Baylor 01996 WISCONSIN 38, Utah 102006 Texas Tech 44, MINNESOTA 41, OT

MOTOR CITY BOWL(Detroit, Mich.) 0-12003 Bowling Green 28, NORTHWESTERN 24

OUTBACK/HALL OF FAME BOWL(Tampa, Fla.) 8-101987 MICHIGAN 28, Alabama 241989 Auburn 31, OHIO STATE 141990 Clemson 30, ILLINOIS 01991 Syracuse 24, OHIO STATE 171993 MICHIGAN 42, N.C. State 1994 WISCONSIN 34, Duke 201995 PENN STATE 43, Auburn 141996 Alabama 17, MICHIGAN 141997 Georgia 33, WISCONSIN 61998 PENN STATE 26, Kentucky 141999 Georgia 28, PURDUE 25, OT2000 South Carolina 24, OHIO STATE 72001 South Carolina 31, OHIO STATE 282002 MICHIGAN 38, Florida 30 2003 IOWA 37, Florida 172004 Georgia 24, WISCONSIN 212005 Florida 31, IOWA 242006 PENN STATE 20, Tennessee 10

ROSE BOWL(Pasadena, Calif.) 29-311901 MICHIGAN 49, Stanford 01920 California 28, OHIO STATE 01946 ILLINOIS 45, UCLA 141947 MICHIGAN 49, USC 01948 NORTHWESTERN 20, California 141949 OHIO STATE 17, California 141950 MICHIGAN 14, California 61951 ILLINOIS 40, Stanford 71952 USC 7, WISCONSIN 01953 MICHIGAN STATE 28, UCLA 201954 OHIO STATE 20, USC 71955 MICHIGAN STATE 17, UCLA 141956 IOWA 35, Oregon State 191957 OHIO STATE 10, Oregon 71958 IOWA 38, California 121959 Washington 44, WISCONSIN 81960 Washington 17, MINNESOTA 71961 MINNESOTA 21, UCLA 31962 USC 42, WISCONSIN 371963 ILLINOIS 17, Washington 71964 MICHIGAN 34, Oregon State 71965 UCLA 14, MICHIGAN STATE 121966 PURDUE 14, USC 131967 USC 14, INDIANA 31968 OHIO STATE 27, USC 161969 USC 10, MICHIGAN 31970 Stanford 27, OHIO STATE 171971 Stanford 13, MICHIGAN 12

1972 USC 42, OHIO STATE 171973 OHIO STATE 42, USC 211974 USC 18, OHIO STATE 171975 UCLA 23, OHIO STATE 101976 USC 14, MICHIGAN 61977 Washington 27, MICHIGAN 201978 USC 17, MICHIGAN 101979 USC 17, OHIO STATE 161980 MICHIGAN 23, Washington 61981 Washington 28, IOWA 01982 UCLA 24, MICHIGAN 141983 UCLA 45, ILLINOIS 91984 USC 20, OHIO STATE 171985 UCLA 45, IOWA 281986 Arizona State 22, MICHIGAN 151987 MICHIGAN STATE 20, USC 171988 MICHIGAN 22, USC 141989 USC 17, MICHIGAN 101990 Washington 46, IOWA 341991 Washington 34, MICHIGAN 141992 MICHIGAN 38, Washington 311993 WISCONSIN 21, UCLA 161994 PENN STATE 38, Oregon 201995 USC 41, NORTHWESTERN 321996 OHIO STATE 20, Arizona State 171997 MICHIGAN 21, Washington State 161998 WISCONSIN 38, UCLA 311999 WISCONSIN 17, Stanford 92000 Washington 34, PURDUE 242003 USC 28, MICHIGAN 142004 Texas 38, MICHIGAN 372006 USC 32, MICHIGAN 18

BIG TEN ALL-TIME RESULTS IN THIS SEASON’S BOWL GAMES

MOST RECENT BOWL APPEARANCES BY SCHOOL

School Season Bowl / OutcomeIllinois 2001 Sugar / Lost to LSU, 47-34Indiana 1993 Independence / Lost to Va. Tech, 45-20Iowa 2006 Alamo / Lost to Texas, 26-24Michigan 2006 Rose / Lost to USC, 32-18Michigan State 2003 Alamo / Lost to Nebraska, 17-3Minnesota 2006 Insight / Lost to Texas Tech, 44-41 (OT)Northwestern 2005 Sun / Lost to UCLA, 50-38Ohio State 2006 BCS Championship Game / Lost to Florida, 41-14Penn State 2006 Outback / Defeated Tennessee, 20-10Purdue 2006 Champs Sports / Lost to Maryland, 24-7Wisconsin 2006 Capital One / Defeated Arkansas, 17-14



The Big Ten announced the 2007 All-Conference football teams and individualaward winners on Nov. 19 as selected by the coaches and a media panel.After leading Ohio State to a third straight conference title for the first timesince 1977, linebacker James Laurinaitis was named the Big Ten DefensivePlayer of the Year by both the coaches and media while defensive endVernon Gholston was honored as the Defensive Lineman of the Year by thecoaches. Michigan offensive tackle Jake Long became the first Big Ten stand-out to earn back-to-back Offensive Lineman of the Year laurels since 1996after leading the Wolverines to a second-place finish in the conference stand-ings. Illinois tied Michigan for second in the Big Ten standings and racked upnine overall wins, an improvement of seven triumphs over last season, tosweep the remaining individual honors. The coaches and media selected run-ning back Rashard Mendenhall as the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Yearand chose wide receiver Arrelious Benn as the Freshman of the Year whileRon Zook was the media's pick as the Dave McClain Coach of the Year.

After earning consensus All-America honors last season, Laurinaitis returnedto Columbus to spearhead a Buckeyes defense which led the Big Ten in total,rushing, passing and scoring defense during conference play. The Big Ten'spreseason Defensive Player of the Year boosted the Buckeyes to a thirdstraight championship for the first time since the 1977 season and back-to-back outright titles for the first time since 1954 and 1955. In all games, the jun-ior linebacker led Ohio State with 103 tackles while also collecting 8.5 tacklesfor loss, five sacks, two interceptions and a fumble recovery in 12 games.Laurinaitis is the third Buckeye in the past five years to be named DefensivePlayer of the Year by both the coaches and the media along with A.J. Hawk in2005 and Will Smith in 2003. Laurinaitis, the reigning Nagurski Trophy winneras the nation's top defender, is a finalist for the Butkus Award and NagurskiTrophy and a semifinalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year, Bednarikand Lombardi Awards.

Gholston led the Big Ten with 10.0 sacks during conference play to becomethe fifth Buckeye to nab Defensive Lineman of the Year laurels and the firstsince Smith was honored in 2003. In all games, the junior defensive endranked second in the conference and sixth nationally with 13.0 sacks to equalthe school single-season record set by Mike Vrabel in 1995, when he won thefirst of two straight Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year awards. Gholstonwas part of a pass-rushing unit which tied for second in the Big Ten and fourthnationally with 42 sacks on the season. OSU currently tops the country in allgames by allowing only 10.7 points, 225.2 yards of total offense and 148.2yards of passing offense per game while ranking third nationally by giving uponly 77.1 rushing yards per outing.

Long becomes just the fourth standout in conference history to collect back-to-back Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year accolades, a prestigious groupthat includes Ohio State's Orlando Pace (1995-96) and Korey Stringer (1993-94) and Michigan State's Tony Mandarich (1987-88). The senior offensivetackle gives the Wolverines three Offensive Lineman of the Year awards in thelast four seasons, as David Baas was honored in 2004. Other Big TenOffensive Lineman of the Year honorees from Michigan include guard SteveHutchinson (2000) and tackles Jon Jansen (1998) and Greg Skrepenak(1991).

Mendenhall shattered the Illinois school single-season records for rushingyards and touchdowns to become the first Fighting Illini standout to be namedBig Ten Offensive Player of the Year. The junior running back led the Big Tenwith 1,526 rushing yards in all games this season to surpass the school's sin-gle-season record of 1,330 yards set by Antoineo Harris in 2002. Mendenhall

added 16 rushing scores to break the previous program-high of 15 touch-downs established by Howard Griffith in 1990. Illinois ranked sixth in the coun-try with 266.2 rushing yards per contest. In conference games only, the Illiniled the Big Ten in rushing for the first time since 1953 with 262.0 yards perouting. Mendenhall is a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award, given to thenation's top player, and the Doak Walker Award, earned by the country's toprunning back.

Benn becomes Illinois' first offensive player to earn Freshman of the Yearaccolades and the second Illini to be so honored along with defensive endSimeon Rice, who picked up the award from the media only in 1992. Thefreshman wide receiver leads the team with 49 receptions and 596 receivingyards and 235 kickoff return yards, including a 90-yard touchdown sprintagainst Penn State. Benn has established new Illinois freshman records inboth receptions and receiving yards, breaking the previous high of 511 yardsby Brandon Lloyd in 1999 and 43 catches by Ty Douthard in 1993.

In his third-year in Champaign, Zook became the fourth Illinois mentor to earnBig Ten Coach of the Year honors after guiding the program to a seven-winimprovement over last season, the largest turnaround in the nation. After win-ning only two games last year, Zook led the Fighting Illini to a second-placefinish in the Big Ten and a 9-3 overall record, the school's first season withnine or more triumphs since producing 10 victories in 2001. In fact, Illinois'nine wins this season surpasses the program's combined total of eight victo-ries over the last four seasons. Zook's seven-win improvement over a yearago leads the country, followed by current five-win improvements for Air Force,Connecticut and Kansas. Zook joins former Illini mentors Ron Turner (2001),John Mackovic (1988, 1989) and Mike White (1983) as Big Ten Coach of theYear honorees.

Overall, there are 21 individuals repeating as members of the All-Big Ten firstor second team from a year ago, including seven first-team selections from2006 who are on this year's first team - Illinois' J Leman, Michigan's AdamKraus, Long and Mario Manningham, Ohio State's Malcolm Jenkins andLaurinaitis and Wisconsin's Jack Ikegwuonu.

The conference office also announced honorees from each team for the BigTen Sportsmanship Award. The student-athletes chosen are individuals whohave distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. Inaddition, the student-athletes must be in good academic standing and havedemonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.Honorees for football are Leman of Illinois, Josiah Sears of Indiana, TomBusch of Iowa, Chad Henne of Michigan, Javon Ringer of Michigan State,Amir Pinnix of Minnesota, Tonjua (T.J.) Jones of Northwestern, BrianHartline of Ohio State, Anthony Morelli of Penn State, Jaycen Taylor ofPurdue and Luke Swan of Wisconsin. These 11 student-athletes are now can-didates for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award, as the conference office willhonor one male and one female student-athlete from each institution at theend of the school year.

A complete listing of the 2007 All-Big Ten Teams and individual honors follows.

BIG TEN ANNOUNCES 2007 FOOTBALL ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS AND INDIVIDUAL HONORS

Ohio State's Laurinaitis and Gholston Named Defensive Player and Lineman of the Year, respectively; Illinois' Mendenhall, Benn and Zook Sweep Offensive Player, Freshman and Coach of the Year Honors;

Michigan's Long Repeats as Offensive Lineman of the Year



2007 All-Big Ten Conference Football TeamAs selected by CONFERENCE COACHES

(Players in ALL CAPS have 2008 eligibility)

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE SECOND TEAMChad Henne, Michigan Quarterback KELLEN LEWIS, IndianaRASHARD MENDENHALL, Illinois Running Back Mike Hart, MichiganCHRIS "BEANIE" WELLS, Ohio State Running Back JAVON RINGER, Michigan StateJAMES HARDY, Indiana Receiver DEVIN THOMAS, Michigan StateMARIO MANNINGHAM, Michigan Receiver Dorien Bryant, PurdueA.Q. SHIPLEY, Penn State Center RYAN MCDONALD, IllinoisMartin O'Donnell, Illinois Guard RICH OHRNBERGER, Penn StateAdam Kraus, Michigan Guard KRAIG URBIK, WisconsinJake Long, Michigan Tackle XAVIER FULTON, IllinoisKirk Barton, Ohio State Tackle ALEX BOONE, Ohio StateTRAVIS BECKUM, Wisconsin Tight End Dustin Keller, PurdueTaylor Mehlhaff, Wisconsin Kicker AUSTIN STARR, Indiana

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE SECOND TEAMGREG MIDDLETON, Indiana Line TERRANCE TAYLOR, MichiganMITCH KING, Iowa Line Jonal Saint-Dic, Michigan StateVERNON GHOLSTON, Ohio State Line Cliff Avril, PurdueMAURICE EVANS, Penn State Line MATT SHAUGHNESSY, WisconsinJ Leman, Illinois Linebacker Shawn Crable, MichiganJAMES LAURINAITIS, Ohio State Linebacker MARCUS FREEMAN, Ohio StateDan Connor, Penn State Linebacker SEAN LEE, Penn StateVONTAE DAVIS, Illinois Defensive Back Tracy Porter, Indiana MALCOLM JENKINS, Ohio State Defensive Back Charles Godfrey, IowaJUSTIN KING, Penn State Defensive Back Jamar Adams, MichiganJACK IKEGWUONU, Wisconsin Defensive Back Dominique Barber, MinnesotaJEREMY BOONE, Penn State Punter Ken DeBauche, Wisconsin

HONORABLE MENTION: ILLINOIS: WILL DAVIS, Kevin Mitchell, Chris Norwell, Jason Reda, ISIAH "JUICE" WILLIAMS; INDIANA: JohnSandberg; IOWA: RYAN DONAHUE, RAFAEL EUBANKS, Mike Humpal, Ken Iwebema, Bryan Mattison, SETH OLSEN, Albert Young; MICHI-GAN: JUSTIN BOREN, Brandent Englemon, Morgan Trent; MICHIGAN STATE: Ervin Baldwin, Jehuu Caulcrick, Kellen Davis; MINNESOTA:JUSTIN KUCEK; NORTHWESTERN: JOHN GILL, Adam Kadela, Trevor Rees, TYRELL SUTTON; OHIO STATE: TODD BOECKMAN, KURTCOLEMAN, BRIAN ROBISKIE, ANDERSON RUSSELL, A.J. TRAPASSO, DONALD WASHINGTON; PENN STATE: GERALD CADOGAN, JOSHGAINES, ANTHONY SCIRROTTO; PURDUE: ANTHONY HEYGOOD, CURTIS PAINTER, SEAN SESTER, Terrell Vinson; WISCONSIN: SHANECARTER, JONATHAN CASILLAS, Marcus Coleman, Tyler Donovan, Nick Hayden, Paul Hubbard.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: RASHARD MENDENHALL, IllinoisOFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR: Jake Long, MichiganDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JAMES LAURINAITIS, Ohio StateDEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE YEAR: VERNON GHOLSTON, Ohio StateFRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: ARRELIOUS BENN, Illinois

Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honorees: J Leman, ILL; Josiah Sears, IND; Tom Busch, IOWA; Chad Henne, MICH; JAVON RINGER, MSU;Amir Pinnix, MINN; Tonjua (T.J.) Jones, NU; BRIAN HARTLINE, OSU; Anthony Morelli, PSU; JAYCEN TAYLOR, PUR; Luke Swan, WIS.



2007 All-Big Ten Conference Football TeamAs selected by CONFERENCE MEDIA

(Players in ALL CAPS have 2008 eligibility)

FIRST TEAM OFFENSE SECOND TEAMTODD BOECKMAN, Ohio State Quarterback KELLEN LEWIS, IndianaRASHARD MENDENHALL, Illinois Running Back Mike Hart, MichiganCHRIS "BEANIE" WELLS, Ohio State Running Back JAVON RINGER, Michigan StateJAMES HARDY, Indiana Receiver DEVIN THOMAS, Michigan StateMARIO MANNINGHAM, Michigan Receiver Dorien Bryant, PurdueMarcus Coleman, Wisconsin Center RYAN MCDONALD, IllinoisMartin O'Donnell, Illinois Guard RICH OHRNBERGER, Penn StateAdam Kraus, Michigan Guard KRAIG URBIK, WisconsinJake Long, Michigan Tackle Pete Clifford, Michigan StateKirk Barton, Ohio State Tackle ALEX BOONE, Ohio StateTRAVIS BECKUM, Wisconsin Tight End Dustin Keller, PurdueAUSTIN STARR, Indiana Kicker Taylor Mehlhaff, Wisconsin

FIRST TEAM DEFENSE SECOND TEAMGREG MIDDLETON, Indiana Line WILL DAVIS, IllinoisJonal Saint-Dic, Michigan State Line MITCH KING, IowaVERNON GHOLSTON, Ohio State Line Bryan Mattison, IowaMAURICE EVANS, Penn State Line MATT SHAUGHNESSY, WisconsinJ Leman, Illinois Linebacker Mike Humpal, IowaJAMES LAURINAITIS, Ohio State Linebacker Shawn Crable, MichiganDan Connor, Penn State Linebacker SEAN LEE, Penn StateTracy Porter, Indiana Defensive Back VONTAE DAVIS, IllinoisMALCOLM JENKINS, Ohio State Defensive Back Jamar Adams, MichiganJUSTIN KING, Penn State Defensive Back Dominique Barber, MinnesotaJACK IKEGWUONU, Wisconsin Defensive Back Terrell Vinson, PurdueJEREMY BOONE, Penn State Punter JUSTIN KUCEK, Minnesota

HONORABLE MENTION: ILLINOIS: XAVIER FULTON, Kevin Mitchell, Chris Norwell, Jason Reda, ISIAH "JUICE" WILLIAMS; INDIANA: JohnSandberg, AUSTIN THOMAS; IOWA: RYAN DONAHUE, Charles Godfrey, Mike Klinkenborg, MATT KROUL, Adam Shada, Albert Young; MICHI-GAN: JUSTIN BOREN, Brandent Englemon, Chris Graham, Tim Jamison, Will Johnson, TERRANCE TAYLOR; MICHIGAN STATE: ErvinBaldwin, Kellen Davis, BRIAN HOYER, Travis Key; MINNESOTA: Tony Brinkhaus, Steve Shidell; NORTHWESTERN: C.J. BACHÉR, JOHNGILL, Adam Kadela, Trevor Rees; OHIO STATE: KURT COLEMAN, MARCUS FREEMAN, RYAN PRETORIUS, BRIAN ROBISKIE, ANDERSONRUSSELL, A.J. TRAPASSO; PENN STATE: GERALD CADOGAN, JOSH GAINES, KEVIN KELLY, Rodney Kinlaw, ANTHONY SCIRROTTO,A.Q. SHIPLEY; PURDUE: Cliff Avril, Jordan Grimes, CURTIS PAINTER, Robbie Powell, SEAN SESTER; WISCONSIN: SHANE CARTER,JONATHAN CASILLAS, Ken DeBauche, Tyler Donovan, Nick Hayden, P.J. HILL.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: RASHARD MENDENHALL, IllinoisDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: JAMES LAURINAITIS, Ohio StateFRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: ARRELIOUS BENN, IllinoisDAVE McCLAIN COACH OF THE YEAR: Ron Zook, Illinois



(Number in parenthesis indicates total times that aBig Ten team will face an opponent from conference.)

Colonial Athletic Assoc. (1) 1-0Northeastern (1) 1-0

ACC (2) 0-1*Boston College (1) 0-0Duke (1) 0-1

Big 12 (4) 0-2Iowa State (1) 0-1Missouri (1) 0-1*Oklahoma State (1) 0-0*Texas A&M (1) 0-0

Big East (3) 3-0Pittsburgh (1) 1-0Syracuse (2) 2-0

Conference USA (1) 1-0UAB (1) 1-0

Gateway (3) 3-0Indiana State (1) 1-0Western Illinois (1) 1-0Youngstown State (1) 1-0

Great West (1) 0-1North Dakota State (1) 0-1

Mid-American (19) 16-2Akron (2) 2-0Ball State (2) 2-0Bowling Green (2) 1-1Buffalo (1) 1-0*Central Michigan (2) 1-0Eastern Michigan (2) 2-0Kent State (1) 1-0Miami (Ohio) (1) 1-0Northern Illinois (2) 2-0Temple (1) 1-0Toledo (1) 1-0Western Michigan (2) 1-1

Mountain West (1) 1-0UNLV (1) 1-0

Ohio Valley (1) 1-0Eastern Illinois (1) 1-0

Pac-10 (4) 2-1Oregon (1) 0-1*USC (1) 0-0Washington (1) 1-0Washington State (1) 1-0

SEC (3) 0-0*Florida (1) 0-0*LSU (1) 0-0*Tennessee (1) 0-0

Southern (2) 1-1Appalachian State (1) 0-1The Citadel (1) 1-0

Sun Belt (2) 1-1Florida Atlantic (1) 0-1Florida International (1) 1-0

WAC (1) 1-0Nevada (1) 1-0

Independent (4) 4-0Notre Dame (4) 4-0

Total (44) 35-9 (.795)Bowl (8) 0-0* indicates bowl opponent

(Record in all games played while a member of the Big Ten; 10-year minimum)

Coach, Team Yrs Seasons Record PCTFielding Yost, MICH 25 1901-23, 1925-26 165-29-10 .833Bo Schembechler, MICH 21 1969-89 194-48-5 .796Henry Williams, MINN 22 1900-21 136-33-11 .786Fritz Crisler, MINN-MICH 12 1930-31, 1938-47 81-23-4 .769Woody Hayes, OSU 28 1951-78 205-61-10 .761Lloyd Carr, MICH 13th 1995- 121-40-0 .752Bernie Bierman, MINN 16 1932-41, 1945-50 93-35-6 .716John Cooper, OSU 13 1988-2000 111-43-4 .715John Wilce, OSU 16 1913-28 78-33-9 .688Joe Paterno, PSU 15th 1993- 124-58-0 .681Jack Mollenkopf, PUR 14 1956-69 84-39-9 .670Amos Alonzo Stagg, CHI 37 1896-32 199-94-22 .667Bennie Oosterbaan, MICH 11 1948-58 63-33-4 .650Barry Alvarez, WIS 16 1990-2005 118-73-4 .615Hayden Fry, IOWA 20 1979-98 143-89-6 .613Robert Zuppke, ILL 29 1913-41 131-81-13 .611Duffy Daugherty, MSU 19 1954-72 109-69-5 .609Joe Tiller, PUR 11th 1997- 82-54-0 .603Glenn Thistlewaite, NU-WIS 10 1922-26, 1927-31 47-33-4 .583Bo McMillan, IND 14 1934-47 63-48-11 .561Bump Elliott, MICH 10 1959-68 51-42-2 .547George Perles, MSU 12 1983-94 73-61-4 .544Milt Bruhn, WIS 11 1956-66 52-45-6 .534Ray Elliott, ILL 18 1942-59 83-73-11 .530Glen Mason, MINN 10 1997-2006 64-57-0 .529Murray Warmath, MINN 18 1954-71 86-78-7 .528Pappy Waldorf, NU 12 1935-46 49-45-7 .520

Current Coaches Nearing 10th Year:Kirk Ferentz, IOWA 9th 1999- 61-49 .555

Coach, School Career (Yrs) At School (Yrs) Big Ten OnlyRon Zook, ILL 36-36 (6th) 13-22 (3rd) 7-17Bill Lynch, IND 88-72-3 (15th) 7-5 (1st) 3-5Kirk Ferentz, IOWA 73-70 (12th) 61-49 (9th) 38-34Lloyd Carr, MICH 121-40 (13th) 121-40 (13th) 81-23Mark Dantonio, MSU 25-22 (4th) 7-5 (1st) 3-5Tim Brewster, MINN 1-11 (1st) 1-11 (1st) 0-8Pat Fitzgerald, NU 10-14 (2nd) 10-14 (2nd) 5-11Jim Tressel, OSU 208-72-2 (22nd) 73-15 (7th) 45-11Joe Paterno, PSU 371-125-3 (42nd) 371-125-3 (42nd) 73-47Joe Tiller, PUR 121-84-1 (17th) 82-54 (11th) 51-37Bret Bielema, WIS 21-4 (2nd) 21-4 (2nd) 12-4

BIG TEN COACHES TOP WINNING RECORDS - ALL-TIME

BIG TEN COACHING RECORDS

BIG TEN NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS IN 2007-08

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Team (1st Place) Rec. PTS Prev.1. Ohio State (50) 11-1 1578 3 2. LSU (11) 11-2 1519 5 3. Oklahoma (1) 11-2 1423 9 4. Georgia (1) 10-2 1421 4 5. Virginia Tech (1) 11-2 1380 6 6. USC 10-2 1346 8 7. Missouri 11-2 1195 1 8. Kansas 11-1 1164 7 9. Florida 9-3 1071 10 10. Hawaii (1) 12-0 1050 11 11. West Virginia 10-2 1040 2 12. Arizona State 10-2 939 13 13. Illinois 9-3 797 15 14. Boston College 10-3 668 12 15. Clemson 9-3 614 16 16. Tennessee 9-4 554 14 17. Texas 9-3 517 17 18. Wisconsin 9-3 447 19 19. Brigham Young 10-2 439 21 20. Cincinnati 9-3 394 20 21. Virginia 9-3 344 22 22. Auburn 8-4 264 23 23. South Florida 9-3 246 25 24. Boise State 10-2 221 24 25. Arkansas 8-4 173 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Texas Tech 137, UCF35, Connecticut 31, Oregon 30, Oregon State 30,Michigan 26, Air Force 17, Kentucky 13, PennState 1, Wake Forest 1.

ASSOCIATED PRESS -- DEC. 2

Team (1st Place) Rec. PTS Prev.1. Ohio State (46) 11-1 1469 3 2. LSU (11) 11-2 1418 7 3. Oklahoma (2) 11-2 1331 8 4. Georgia 10-2 1277 4 5. Virginia Tech 11-2 1242 5 6. USC 10-2 1227 9 7. Missouri 11-2 1104 2 8. Kansas 11-1 1099 5 9. West Virginia 10-2 1010 1 10. Hawaii (1) 12-0 994 10 11. Arizona State 10-2 900 13 12. Florida 9-3 890 11 13. Illinois 9-3 747 14 14. Boston College 10-3 617 12 15. Wisconsin 9-3 594 16 16. Clemson 9-3 567 17 17. Texas 9-3 498 18 18. Tennessee 9-4 480 15 19. Brigham Young 10-2 462 19 20. Virginia 9-3 332 21 21. Auburn 8-4 289 21 22. Boise State 10-2 246 23 23. Cincinnati 9-3 215 24 24. Arkansas 8-4 137 25 25. South Florida 9-3 115 NR

Others Receiving Votes: Texas Tech 52, UCF 51,Connecticut 23, Oregon State 23, Penn State23, Michigan 22, Air Force 20, Oregon 9, Utah6, Wake Forest 4, Michigan State 3, Houston 3,Tulsa 1.

USA TODAY -- DEC. 2

Team (1st Place) Rec. PTS Prev.1. Ohio State (98) 11-1 2,813 32. LSU (7) 11-2 2,630 53. Oklahoma (6) 11-2 2,520 84. Georgia (1) 10-2 2,469 45. USC 10-2 2,346 96. Virginia Tech (1) 11-2 2,345 77. Missouri 11-2 2,117 18. Kansas 11-1 2,092 69. West Virginia 10-2 1,924 210. Hawaii (1) 12-0 1,903 1011. Florida 9-3 1,786 1112. Arizona State 10-2 1,628 1313. Illinois 9-3 1,400 1414. Boston College 10-3 1,124 1215. Wisconsin 9-3 1,079 1616. Clemson 9-3 1,041 1817. Texas 9-3 983 1718. BYU 10-2 912 2019. Tennessee 9-4 870 1520. Cincinnati 9-3 580 2121. Virginia 9-3 551 2322. Boise State 10-2 541 2223. Auburn 8-4 448 2424. South Florida 9-3 362 2525. Arkansas 8-4 129 NR

Other teams receiving votes: Oregon 125; AirForce 75; Texas Tech 72; Connecticut 52;Oregon State 39; Central Florida 38; Michigan35; Penn State 11; Kentucky 3; Navy 3; WakeForest 2; Bowling Green 1; Pittsburgh 1

HARRIS INTERACTIVE -- DEC. 2

2007 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RANKINGS - FINAL

Harris % of USA Today % of Computer % of BCS Prev.Rank Team Rank Votes Rank Votes Rank Points Avg. Rank1. Ohio State (11-1) 1 0.9870 1 0.9793 3 0.910 0.9588 32. LSU (11-2) 2 0.9228 2 0.9453 2 0.950 0.9394 73. Virginia Tech (11-2) 6 0.8228 5 0.8280 1 0.960 0.8703 64. Oklahoma (11-2) 3 0.8842 3 0.8873 T-6 0.800 0.8572 95. Georgia (10-2) 4 0.8663 4 0.8513 T-6 0.800 0.8392 46. Missouri (11-2) 7 0.7428 7 0.7360 4 0.850 0.7763 17. USC (10-2) 5 0.8232 6 0.8180 9 0.650 0.7637 88. Kansas (11-1) 8 0.7340 8 0.7327 5 0.810 0.7589 59. West Virginia (10-2) 9 0.6751 9 0.6733 10 0.640 0.6628 210. Hawaii (12-0) 10 0.6677 10 0.6627 12 0.610 0.6468 1211. Arizona State (10-2) 12 0.5712 11 0.6000 8 0.690 0.6204 1312. Florida (9-3) 11 0.6267 12 0.5933 11 0.620 0.6133 1013. Illinois (9-3) 13 0.4912 13 0.4980 16 0.390 0.4597 1514. Boston College (10-3) 14 0.3944 14 0.4113 13 0.570 0.4586 1115. Clemson (9-3) 16 0.3653 16 0.3780 15 0.410 0.3844 1616. Tennessee (9-4) 19 0.3053 18 0.3200 17 0.350 0.3251 1417. BYU (10-2) 18 0.3200 19 0.3080 19 0.280 0.3027 1918. Wisconsin (9-3) 15 0.3786 15 0.3960 24 0.100 0.2915 1819. Texas (9-3) 17 0.3449 17 0.3320 25 0.080 0.2523 2020. Virginia (9-3) 21 0.1933 20 0.2213 18 0.290 0.2349 2221. South Florida (9-3) 24 0.1270 25 0.0767 14 0.430 0.2112 2122. Cincinnati (9-3) 20 0.2035 23 0.1433 T-20 0.190 0.1789 2323. Auburn (8-4) 23 0.1572 21 0.1927 23 0.120 0.1566 2424. Boise State (10-2) 22 0.1898 22 0.1640 NR 0.000 0.1179 2525. Connecticut (9-3) 29 0.0182 T-28 0.0153 T-20 0.190 0.0745 NR

EXPLANATION: To derive a team’s poll percentages in the Harris Interactive and USA Today polls, each team’s point total is divided by a maximum 2850 possi-ble points in the Harris Interactive Poll and 1500 possible points in the USA Today Poll. Teams are assigned an inverse point total (25 for No. 1, 24 for No. 2,etc.) for each of their respective computer poll rankings to determine the overall computer component. The highest and lowest ranking for each team is dropped,and the sum total of the remaining four rankings is divided by 100 (the maximum possible points). This figure produces a Computer Rankings Percentage. Thesix computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin and Peter Wolfe. Each computer rankingaccounts for schedule strength within its formula. The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive and USA Today Polls,and Computer rankings. The highest BCS Average receives the No. 1 ranking, the second highest receives No. 2, and so forth.



Sept. 3O: Jehuu Caulcrick, MSU: In just one half, averaged 9.3 yards per carry andscored a career-best four TDs against UAB; Racked up 93 yards on 10 carries andhis four TDs tied for the second-best single-game total in school history.O: Tyler Donovan, WIS: Set career highs with 19 completions, 29 attempts andthree TDs while compiling 284 passing yards and a rushing score vs. Washington St. D: Sean Lee, PSU: In less than three quarters, totaled seven tackles (all solo), aforced fumble, a PBU and two TFLs, including a sack, in a shutout over FloridaInternational, PSU’s third shutout in the last six games.S: Dorien Bryant, PUR: Returned a pair of kickoffs for 151 yards, including a 91-yard TD, in a road win at Toledo.

Sept. 10O: Adam Weber, MINN: Set Minnesota freshman records with 368 yards of totaloffense and four passing touchdown to lead Gophers to a triple-overtime victoryover Miami (Ohio); Completed 26-of-40 passes (65.0 pct) for 271 yards with fourTDs while adding 16 rushes for 97 yards and another TD.O: Curtis Painter, PUR: Set or matched career highs with 38 completions, 49attempts, 77.6 completion percentage and six TD passes while compiling 348passing yards in win over Eastern Illinois; Six passing scores equaled a schoolrecord and matched the second-highest single-game total in Big Ten history.D: Dan Connor, PSU: Game-high 12 tackles (eight solo), a PBU and 2.5 TFLs,including an 11-yard sack, to help hold Notre Dame to three offensive points.S: Kenny Iwebema, IOWA: Equaled his own school record by blocking two fieldgoals in a shutout victory over Syracuse.

Sept. 17O: Kellen Lewis, IND: Accounted for five touchdowns in victory over Akron andrushed for a career-high 199 yards, the third-best performance by an IU QB inschool history; Completed 19 of 24 passes (79.2 pct.) for 137 yards and three TDs.D: Jonal Saint-Dic, MSU: Totaled five tackles (three solo), two forced fumbles andthree TFLs (-13 yards), including two sacks (-11 yards), in 17-13 win over Pittsburgh.D: James Laurinaitis, OSU: Led Buckeyes with eight tackles (four solo) in a roadtriumph at Washington and added a five-yard sack and two interceptions, bothdeep in OSU territory to halt potential scoring drives for the hosts.S: David Gilreath, WIS: Totaled 148 return yards in win over The Citadel, includ-ing 75 yards on three kickoffs and 73 yards on four punts.

Sept. 24O: Rashard Mendenhall, ILL: Career-high 214 rushing yards on 27 carries (7.9avg.) with a rushing and receiving TD in win at Indiana.D: Will Davis, ILL: Compiled seven tackles (five solo) and a forced fumble atIndiana while adding five TFLs (-22 yards) and four sacks (-18 yards), both careerhighs and the second-best totals in school history.D: Jamar Adams, MICH: Equaled career-best with eight tackles (two solo) andrecorded five pass breakups, the second-best effort in program history; ThreePBUs came in the fourth quarter, two on PSU’s last two offensive plays.S: Ken DeBauche, WIS: Punted eight times for 381 yards (47.6 avg.) vs. Iowa,including two placed inside the 20-yard line and five of 47 yards or more.

Oct. 1O: Kellen Lewis, IND: Completed 73 percent of his passes (19-of-26) for a career-best 322 yards in win at Iowa with three touchdown strikes, including one to him-self after he picked up a fumble and sprinted 71 yards for a score. O: P.J. Hill, WIS: Rambled for 155 yards on 34 carries (4.6 avg.) and two TDs in avictory over previously-unbeaten Michigan State.D: Shawn Crable, MICH: Equaled career-high with 10 tackles (eight solo) and seta career-best with five TFLs (-15 yards), the second-best single-game effort inschool history, while adding a fumble forced and recovered at NU.S: Arrelious Benn, ILL: After falling behind 3-0 to nationally-ranked PSU, returnedthe ensuing kickoff 90 yards for first career TD for a lead the Illini would not relin-quish; Totaled 183 all-purpose yards and added a receiving score.

Oct. 8O: C.J. Bachér, NU: Shattered school record with 520 passing yards, the fifth-bestperformance in Big Ten history, while equaling program best with five TD passes in48-41 OT win at MSU; Completed 79.2 percent of his passes (38-of-48), includinga 12-yard scoring strike to win the game in overtime. D: Chimdi Chekwa, OSU: Racked up a career-best 10 tackles, all solo, with apass breakup to lead a dominating defensive effort that limited Purdue to four rush-ing yards, 272 total yards and a single touchdown.S: Austin Starr, IND: Equaled a school record with four field goals in win overMinnesota, including kicks of 47, 43, 33 and 25 yards.

Oct. 15O: Javon Ringer, MSU: Averaged 7.0 yards per carry to set career highs with 203rushing yards and 29 attempts while adding two TDs in a win over Indiana. O: C.J. Bachér, NU: Led NU to a double-OT victory over Minnesota by completing41-of-58 passes (70.7 pct.) for 470 yards and four passing TDs while adding arushing score; Rallied hosts from a 21-point deficit, capped by a TD pass on fourth-and-goal with eight seconds left to force the extra sessions. D: Mike Humpal, IOWA: Registered career highs with 18 tackles (five solo) and2.5 TFLs, including first career sack, while recovering a fumble to lead an Iowadefense which limited Illinois to only two field goals in a 10-6 victory.S: Brian Hartline, OSU: Three punt returns for 95 yards against Kent State, includ-ing breaking a school record with a 90-yard scoring sprint.

Oct. 22O: Chris Wells, OSU: Set career highs with 31 attempts and 221 rushing yards,one of the top-10 performances in school annals, with a TD vs. MSU. O: Dorien Bryant, PUR: Set a career-high with 167 receiving yards, hauling in nineballs (18.6 avg.) and two TDs in a win over Iowa.D: Maurice Evans, PSU: Established career highs with 4.5 TFLs (-38 yards), 3.5sacks (-36 yards) and two forced fumbles while adding six tackles (five solo), apass breakup and a fumble recovery at Indiana.S: A.J. Trapasso, OSU: Recorded five punts for 217 yards (43.4 avg.), includingthree inside the 20 and a long of 58 yards, against Michigan State..Oct. 29O: Todd Boeckman, OSU: Completed 73.1 percent of his pass attempts (19-of-26)for 253 yards and three touchdowns in a road triumph over Penn State, whichentered the game ranked among the top 10 in scoring and total defense.D: DeAndre Levy, WIS: Racked up eight tackles (seven solo), one sack (-3 yards),one PBU and one fumble forced and recovered while helping Wisconsin holdIndiana to only three points.S: Ryan Donohue, IOWA: Averaged 51.6 yards per punt with eight boots for 413yards; Recorded four over 50 yards, including a career-long 82-yarder, the second-longest punt in school annals and the longest for Iowa since 1962.

Nov. 5O: Chad Henne, MICH: Equaled school record with four TD passes, including twoin the fourth-quarter to rally Michigan from a 10-point deficit for a win at MichiganState; Completed 18-of-33 passes (54.5 pct.) for 211 yards.D: James Laurinaitis, OSU: Career-high 19 tackles (nine solo), a fumble recoveryand two TFLs (-9 yards), including a seven-yard sack vs. Wisconsin.D: Sean Lee, PSU: Collected a game-high 12 tackles (seven solo), one PBU, twoforced fumbles and a fumble recovery against Purdue, including a fumble forcedand recovered at the goal line to thwart a potential scoring drive.S: Jason Reda, ILL: Connected on all three of his field goal attempts, includingboots of 51, 47 and 37 yards, and five PATs in victory at Minnesota.

Nov. 12O: Juice Williams, ILL: Threw a career-high four TD passes and added 70 rushingyards to lead Illinois to a victory at top-ranked Ohio State, the Illini’s first win over aNo. 1 team since 1956; Completed 12-of-22 passes (54.4 pct.) for 140 yards.D: Dan Connor, PSU: Equaled career best with 18 tackles (11 solo) and added1.5 sacks (-7 yards) in shutout of Temple.D: Matt Shaughnessy, WIS: Totaled seven tackles (four solo) and 2.5 TFLs (-26 yards), including 1.5 sacks (-23 yards), in a victory over Michigan. S: James Bailey, IND: Amassed a career-high 161 yards on four kickoff returns(40.3 avg.), including a 91-yard TD, at Northwestern.

Nov. 19O: Chris Wells, OSU: Career-high 222 yards on 39 carries (5.7 avg.) with twoTDs, including a career-long 62-yarder, to lead OSU to a third straight Big Tentitle with a victory at Michigan.O: Zach Brown, WIS: True freshman set career highs with 250 yards on 29 car-ries (8.6 avg.) with two TDs at Minnesota; Fourth-most rushing yards by a froshin Wisconsin annals. D: Vernon Gholston, OSU: Equaled a career-high with four TFLs (-21 yards),including three sacks (-20 yards) -- part of a five-tackle performance to lead anOSU defense that limited Michigan to three points to clinch the Big Ten title.S: Austin Starr, IND: Connected on a game-winning career-long 49-yard field goalwith 30 seconds left to boost Indiana past Purdue for the first time since 2001; Alsohit a 42-yarder to set a school record with 19 field goals on the season.

2007 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK



CURRENT PLAYERS AMONG CAREER LISTS CURRENT PLAYERS AMONG SINGLE-SEASON LISTS

Passing Touchdowns90 Brees, PUR 1997-0084 Henne, MICH 2004-74 Long, IOWA 1981-85

Passing Yards11,792 Brees, PUR 1997-0010,580 Basanez, NU 2002-0510,461 Long, IOWA 1981-859,946 Herrmann, PUR 1977-809,342 Henne, MICH 2004-9,337 Orton, PUR 2001-049,254 Navarre, MICH 2000-038,932 Smoker, MSU 2000-038,725 Trudeau, ILL 1981, '83-858,722 Kittner, ILL 1998-01

8,217 Painter, PUR 2005-

Passing Attempts1,678 Brees, PUR 1997-001,584 Basanez, NU 2002-051,366 Navarre, MICH 2000-031,348 Henne, MICH 2004-1,336 Orton, PUR 2001-041,309 Hermann, PUR 1977-801,264 Kittner, ILL 1998-011,245 Trudeau, ILL 1981-851,215 Painter, PUR 2005-1,203 Long, IOWA 1981-85

Passing Completions1,026 Brees, PUR 1997-00913 Basanez, NU 2002-05803 Henne, MICH 2004-797 Trudeau, ILL 1981-85786 Orton, PUR 2001-04782 Long, IOWA 1981-85772 Herrmann, PUR 1977-80765 Navarre, MICH 2000-03725 Painter, PUR 2005-685 Smoker, MSU 2000-03682 Kittner, ILL 1998-01

Total Offensive Plays1,975 Basanez, NU 2002-051,931 Brees, PUR 1997-001,917 Randle El, IND 1998-011,614 Williams, NU 1990-931,607 Orton, PUR 2001-041,524 Henne, MICH 2004-1,514 Navarre, MICH 2000-031,464 Schlichter, OSU 1978-811,460 Herrmann, PUR 1977-80

Kittner, ILL 1998-011,418 Trudeau, ILL 1981, '83-85


Total Offensive Yards12,692 Brees, PUR 1997-0011,576 Basanez, NU 2002-0511,364 Randle El, IND 1998-0110,254 Long, IOWA 1981-859,653 Orton, PUR 2001-049,134 Herrmann, PUR 1977-809,051 Henne, MICH 2004-8,995 Navarre, MICH 2000-038,880 Kittner, ILL 1998-018,850 Schlichter, OSU 1978-818,714 Smoker, MSU 2000-03


Receptions325 Stubblefield, PUR 2001-04287 Bryant, PUR 2004-266 Standeford, PUR 2000-03

Receiving Yards3,788 Standeford, PUR 2000-033,629 Stubblefield, PUR 2001-043,541 Edwards, MICH 2001-043,479 Bryant, PUR 2004-3,468 Evans, WIS 1999-033,392 Williams, ILL 1983-853,310 Bates, NU 1995-983,139 Engram, PSU 1991-953,076 Carter, MICH 1979-823,029 Alford, PUR 1994-972,992 Rison, MSU 1985-88

2,690 Hardy, IND 2005-2,434 Wheelwright, MINN 2004-2,232 Manningham, MICH 2005-

Receiving Touchdowns39 Edwards, MICH 2001-0437 Carter, MICH 1979-8236 Hardy, IND 2005-34 Boston, OSU 1996-9833 Engram, PSU 1991-9532 Howard, MICH 1989-9131 Alford, PUR 1994-97

Johnson, MINN 1998-0130 Butcher, IND 1967-6927 Multiple Players26 Wheelwright, MINN 2004-

Manningham, MICH 2005-

Rushing Attempts1,220 Dayne, WIS 1996-991,161 Thompson, IND 1986-891,082 White, MSU 1984-87983 Hart, MICH 2004-953 Anderson, NU 1998-01

Rushing Yards7,125 Dayne, WIS 1996-995,589 Griffin, OSU 1972-755,299 Thompson, IND 1986-894,911 Hart, MICH 2004-4,887 White, MSU 1984-87

Rushing Touchdowns71 Dayne, WIS 1996-9968 Thompson, IND 1986-8956 Johnson, OSU 1973-7655 Thomas, MICH 1997-0047 Wheatley, MICH 1991-9446 Byars, OSU 1982-8544 Marek, WIS 1972-75

George, OSU 1992-9543 White, MSU 1984-8742 Davis, WIS 2001-04

39 Hart, MICH 2004-

All-Purpose Yards7,429 Dayne, Wisconsin 1996-99 6,559 Griffin, Ohio State 1972-75 6,466 Thompson, Indiana 1986-89 6,201 Morris, Michigan 1984-87 6,054 Bryant, PUR 2004-6,000 Thomas, Michigan 1997-2000 5,852 Williams, Wisconsin 2002-05 5,799 Carter, Michigan 1979-82 5,609 Breaston, Michigan 2003-06 5,488 Hart, MICH 2004-

Rushing Touchdowns26 Thompson, IND 1988

Carter, PSU 199425 Johnson, OSU 197524 Thompson, IND 1989

George, OSU 199523 Anderson, NU 200022 Byars, OSU 1984

Calhoun, WIS 200521 Dayne, WIS 1996

Caulcrick, MSU 2007

Passing Attempts569 Brees, PUR 1998554 Brees, PUR 1999530 Painter, PUR 2006521 Bachér, NU 2007515 Painter, PUR 2007512 Brees, PUR 2000505 Eason, ILL 1982501 Trudeau, ILL 1985497 Basanez, NU 2005488 Smoker, MSU 2003

Passing Completions361 Brees, PUR 1998337 Brees, PUR 1999322 Trudeau, ILL 1985321 Painter, PUR 2007318 Bachér, NU 2007315 Painter, PUR 2006314 Basanez, NU 2005313 Eason, ILL 1982309 Brees, PUR 2000302 Smoker, MSU 2003

Passing Yards3,985 Painter, PUR 20063,983 Brees, PUR 19983,909 Brees, PUR 19993,671 Eason, ILL 19823,668 Brees, PUR 20003,656 Bachér, NU 20073,651 Everett, PUR 19853,622 Basanez, NU 20053,395 Smoker, MSU 20033,378 Hartlieb, IOWA 1988

3,300 Painter, PUR 2007

Passing Touchdowns39 Brees, PUR 199831 Orton, PUR 200430 Smith, OSU 200629 Hoying, OSU 199527 Long, IOWA 1985

Kittner, ILL 200126 Brees, PUR 2000

Banks, IOWA 2002Painter, PUR 2007Lewis, IND 2007

24 Weber, MINN 200723 Boeckman, OSU 2007

Total Offense - Plays638 Brees, PUR 1998633 Brees, PUR 1999610 Basanez, NU 2005607 Brees, PUR 2000

Bachér, NU 2007606 Painter, PUR 2006595 Weber, MINN 2007579 Kustok, NU 2001564 Painter, PUR 2007551 Smoker, MSU 2003

Total Offense - Yards4,189 Brees, PUR 20004,176 Brees, PUR 19984,092 Painter, PUR 20064,086 Brees, PUR 19994,045 Basanez, NU 20053,687 Bachér, NU 20073,672 Eason, ILL 19823,589 Everett, PUR 19853,530 Hartlieb, IOWA 19883,512 Weber, MINN 20073,492 Lewis, IND 2007

Receiving Touchdowns19 Howard, MICH 199117 Glenn, OSU 199516 Stubblefield, PUR 2004

Hardy, IND 200715 Edwards, MICH 200414 Multiple Players

11 Manningham, MICH 200710 Robiskie, OSU 2007

Sacks22 Burke, WIS 199818.5 Williams, MINN 199718 Smith, IOWA 199116 Bethea, MSU 1977

Rice, ILL 1994Riley, MINN 1999Middleton, IND 2007

15 Poloskey, ILL 1991Colvin, PUR 1998Peterson, MSU 1999Haynes, PSU 2002

13.0 Gholston, OSU 200712.5 Evans, PSU 2007

Tackles for Loss31 Burke, WIS 199830 Peterson, MSU 199929 Brown, PSU 199928 Zgonina, PUR 199226.5 Spencer, PUR 2006

Crable, MICH 200726 Messner, MICH 1988

Vrabel, OSU 1995Dailey, NU 1997Foote, MICH 2001

25 Turner, PUR 1978Babineaux, IOWA 2004

21.5 Evans, PSU 2007

Punts86 Donahue, IOWA 200785 Masar, ILL 1971

Holsclaw, IOWA 197884 Standring, NU 199982 Sander, OSU 200381 Larsen, ILL 199580 Simmons, MINN 197779 Kidd, NU 1981

McCarthy, PUR 1988Sutter, NU 1991Bradley, IOWA 2003

Punting Yards3,553 Sander, OSU 20033,533 Donahue, IOWA 20073,434 Mojsiejenko, MSU 19823,404 Standring, NU 19993,397 Mojsiejenko, MSU 19843,308 Montgomery, MSU 19853,306 Larsen, ILL 19953,303 Slaton, PUR 20033,296 Kidd, NU 19813,280 Stachowitz, MSU 1980



OVERALL CONFERENCEDate Games Total Average SO Games Total Average SOSept. 1 8 571,444 71,431 4 --- --- --- ---Sept. 8 9 625,830 69,537 4 --- --- --- ---Sept. 15 7 482,581 68,940 3 --- --- --- ---Sept. 22 5 381,308 76,262 3 5 381,308 76,262 3Sept. 29 6 367,292 61,215 4 5 302,042 60,408 3Oct. 6 6 439,328 73,221 4 5 330,913 66,183 3Oct. 13 6 493,041 82,174 4 5 387,990 77,598 3Oct. 20 6 406,710 67,785 3 4 261,739 65,435 2Oct. 27 6 485,290 80,882 4 5 429,712 85,942 4Nov. 3 6 401,959 66,993 3 5 367,553 73,511 3Nov. 10 5 334,486 66,897 3 5 334,486 66,897 3Nov. 17 6 418,750 69,792 3 5 348,165 69,633 2Totals: 76 5,408,019 71,158 42 44 3,143,908 71,452 26

2007 WEEK-BY-WEEK ATTENDANCE

42 Michigan 1898-01c-02-03c-04c-06c-18c-22c-23c-25-26c-30c-31c-32c-33c-43c-47-48-49c-50-64-69c-71-72c-73c-74c-76c-77c-78c-80-82-86c-88-89-90c-91-92-97-98c-00c-03-04c

32 Ohio State 1916-17-20-35c-39-42-44-49c-54-55-57-61-68-69c-70-72c-73c-74c-75-76c-77c-79-81c-84-86c-93c-96c-98c-02c-05c-06-0718 Minnesota 1900c-03c-04c-06c-09-10c-11-15c-27c-33c-34-35c-37-38-40-41-60c-67c15 Illinois 1910c-14-15c-18c-19-23c-27c-28-46-51-53c-63-83-90c-0111 Iowa 1900c-21-22c-56-58-60c-81c-85-90c-02c-04c11 Wisconsin 1896-97-01c-06c-12-52c-59-62-93c-98c-998 Northwestern 1903c-26c-30c-31c-36-95-96c-00c8 Purdue 1918c-29-31c-32c-43c-52c-67c-00c7 Chicago 1899-05-07-08-13-22c-246 Michigan State 1953c-65-66-78c-87-90c2 Indiana 1945-67c2 Penn State 1994-05c

c - co-championship

ALL-TIME BIG TEN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

Illinois - Cassie [email protected]

Phone: (217) 333-1391

Indiana - Jeff [email protected]

Phone: (812) 855-9399

Iowa - Phil [email protected]: (319) 335-9411

Michigan - Dave Ablauf [email protected]

Phone: (734) 763-1381

Michigan State - John Lewandowski

[email protected]: (517) 355-2271

Minnesota - Garry [email protected]

Phone: (612) 625-4090

Northwestern - Mike [email protected]: (847) 491-7503

Ohio State - Shelly [email protected]

Phone: (614) 247-7023

Penn State - Jeff [email protected]

Phone: (814) 865-1757

Purdue - Tom [email protected]

Phone: (765) 494-3202

Wisconsin - Justin [email protected]: (608) 262-1811

BIG TEN FOOTBALL CONTACTS NO PLAYS FOR 2007

Each year, two Big Ten teams do not meet. Here is the breakdownof “no-plays” for 2007:

Team Does not playIllinois Michigan State, PurdueIndiana Michigan, Ohio StateIowa Michigan, Ohio StateMichigan Indiana, IowaMichigan State Illinois, MinnesotaMinnesota Michigan State, Penn StateNorthwestern Penn State, WisconsinOhio State Indiana, IowaPenn State Minnesota, NorthwesternPurdue Illinois, WisconsinWisconsin Northwestern, Purdue



Date Score Opponent AttendanceSept. 1 L, 34-40 vs. Missouri [1] 62,352Sept. 8 W, 21-0 Western Illinois 48,301Sept. 15 W, 41-20 at Syracuse 34,188Sept. 22 W, 27-14 at Indiana 34,707Sept. 29 W, 27-20 No. 21/19/19 Penn State 57,078Oct. 6 W, 31-26 No. 5/5/5 Wisconsin 57,078Oct. 13 L, 6-10 at Iowa 70,585Oct. 20 L, 17-27 No. 24/-/25 Michigan 57,078Oct. 27 W, 28-17 Ball State 55,578Nov. 3 W, 44-17 at Minnesota 46,604Nov. 10 W, 28-21 at No. 1/1/1 Ohio State 105,453Nov. 17 W, 41-22 Northwestern 54,116Jan. 1 vs. No. 6/6/5 USC

Rose Bowl[1] at St. Louis, Mo.

Date Score Opponent AttendanceSept. 1 W, 55-7 Indiana State 34,715Sept. 8 W, 37-27 at Western Michigan 32,129Sept. 15 W, 41-24 Akron 31,196Sept. 22 L, 14-27 Illinois 34,707Sept. 29 W, 38-20 at Iowa 70,585Oct. 6 W, 40-20 Minnesota 32,009Oct. 13 L, 27-52 at Michigan State 73,449Oct. 20 L, 31-36 Penn State 41,251Oct. 27 L, 3-33 at No. -/25/- Wisconsin 81,324Nov. 3 W, 38-20 Ball State 34,406Nov. 10 L, 28-31 at Northwestern 20,466Nov. 17 W, 27-24 Purdue 50,741Dec. 31 vs. Oklahoma State

Insight Bowl

Date Score Opponent AttendanceSept. 1 W, 16-3 vs. Northern Illinois [1] 61,500Sept. 8 W, 35-0 Syracuse 70,585Sept. 15 L, 13-15 at Iowa State 49,516Sept. 22 L, 13-17 at No. 9/7 Wisconsin 82,630Sept. 29 L, 20-38 Indiana 70,585Oct. 6 L, 7-27 at Penn State 108,951Oct. 13 W, 10-6 No. 18/19/19 Illinois 70,585Oct. 20 L, 6-31 at Purdue 58,123Oct. 27 W, 34-27 Michigan State (2OT) 70,585Nov. 3 W, 28-17 at Northwestern 30,173Nov. 10 W, 21-16 Minnesota 70,585Nov. 17 L, 19-28 Western Michigan 70,585

[1] at Chicago

Date Score Opponent AttendanceSept. 1 L, 32-34 Appalachian State 109,218Sept. 8 L, 7-39 Oregon 109,733Sept. 15 W, 38-0 Notre Dame 111,178Sept. 22 W, 14-9 No. 10/10 Penn State 111,310Sept. 29 W, 28-16 at Northwestern 40,604Oct. 6 W, 33-22 Eastern Michigan 108,415Oct. 13 W, 48-21 No. -/24/24 Purdue 110,888Oct. 20 W, 27-17 at Illinois 57,078Oct. 27 W, 34-10 Minnesota 109,432Nov. 3 W, 28-24 at Michigan State 77,009Nov. 10 L, 21-37 at Wisconsin 82,352Nov. 17 L, 3-14 No. 7/7/7 Ohio State 111,941Jan. 1 vs. No. 9/12/11 Florida

Capital One Bowl

Date Score Opponent AttendanceSept. 1 W, 55-18 Alabama-Birmingham 67,796Sept. 8 W, 28-17 Bowling Green 67,276Sept. 15 W, 17-13 Pittsburgh 68,620Sept. 22 W, 31-14 at Notre Dame 80,795Sept. 29 L, 34-37 at No. 9/9/9 Wisconsin 82,164Oct. 6 L, 41-48 Northwestern (OT) 67,378Oct. 13 W, 52-27 Indiana 73,449Oct. 20 L, 17-24 at No. 1/1/1 Ohio State 105,287Oct. 27 L, 27-34 at Iowa (2OT) 70,585Nov. 3 L, 24-28 No. 15/14/15 Michigan 77,009Nov. 10 W, 48-31 at Purdue 55,630Nov. 17 W, 35-31 No. -/22/25 Penn State 72,251Dec. 28 vs. No. 14/14/14 Boston College

Champs Sports Bowl

Date Score Opponent AttendanceSept. 1 L, 31-32 Bowling Green (OT) 49,253Sept. 8 W, 41-35 Miami (Ohio) (3OT) 45,383Sept. 15 L, 39-42 vs. Florida Atlantic [1] 10,759Sept. 22 L, 31-45 Purdue 47,483Sept. 29 L, 7-30 No. 8/8/7 Ohio State 51,611Oct. 6 L, 20-40 at Indiana 32,009Oct. 13 L, 48-49 at Northwestern (2OT) 23,314Oct. 20 L, 21-27 North Dakota State 63,088Oct. 27 L, 10-34 at No. 19/21/21 Michigan 109,432Nov. 3 L, 17-44 Illinois 46,604Nov. 10 L, 16-21 at Iowa 70,585Nov. 17 L, 34-41 No. 24/24/23 Wisconsin 59,116

[1] at Miami, Fla.

Date Score Opponent AttendanceSept. 1 W, 27-0 Northeastern 16,199Sept. 8 W, 36-31 Nevada 17,653Sept. 15 L, 14-20 Duke 23,716Sept. 22 L, 7-58 at No. 8/9 Ohio State 105,178Sept. 29 L, 16-28 Michigan 40,604Oct. 6 W, 48-41 at No. -/-/25 Michigan St. (OT) 67,378Oct. 13 W, 49-48 Minnesota (2OT) 23,314Oct. 19 W, 26-14 vs. Eastern Mich. [1] 10,000Oct. 27 L, 17-35 at Purdue 58,237Nov. 3 L, 17-28 Iowa 30,173Nov. 10 W, 31-28 Indiana 20,466Nov. 17 L, 22-41 at No. 20/21/20 Illinois 54,116

[1] at Detroit, Mich.

Date Score Opponent AttendanceSept. 1 W, 38-6 Youngstown State 105,038Sept. 8 W, 20-2 Akron 104,317Sept. 15 W, 33-14 at Washington 74,927Sept. 22 W, 58-7 Northwestern 105,178Sept. 29 W, 30-7 at Minnesota 51,611Oct. 6 W, 23-7 at No. 23/20/20 Purdue 65,497Oct. 13 W, 48-3 Kent State 105,051Oct. 20 W, 24-17 Michigan State 105,287Oct. 27 W, 37-17 at No. 24/22/22 Penn State 110,134Nov. 3 W, 38-17 No. -/19/21 Wisconsin 105,449Nov. 10 L, 21-28 Illinois 105,453Nov. 17 W, 14-3 at No. 23/23/22 Michigan 111,941Jan. 7 vs. No. 2/2/2 LSU

BCS National Championship Game

Date Score Opponent AttendanceSept. 1 W, 59-0 Florida International 107,678Sept. 8 W, 31-10 Notre Dame 110,078Sept. 15 W, 45-24 Buffalo 107,506Sept. 22 L, 9-14 at Michigan 111,310Sept. 29 L, 20-27 at Illinois 57,078Oct. 6 W, 27-7 Iowa 108,951Oct. 13 W, 38-7 No. 19/15/15 Wisconsin 109,754Oct. 20 W, 36-31 at Indiana 41,251Oct. 27 L, 17-37 No. 1/1/1 Ohio State 110,134Nov. 3 W, 26-19 Purdue 108,318Nov. 10 W, 31-0 at Temple 69,029Nov. 17 L, 31-35 at Michigan State 72,251Dec. 29 vs. Texas A&M

Valero Alamo Bowl

Date Score Opponent AttendanceSept. 1 W, 52-24 at Toledo 26,100Sept. 8 W, 52-6 Eastern Illinois 52,504Sept. 15 W, 45-22 Central Michigan 60,038Sept. 22 W, 45-31 at Minnesota 47,483Sept. 29 W, 33-19 Notre Dame 65,250Oct. 6 L, 7-23 No. 4/4/4 Ohio State 65,497Oct. 13 L, 21-48 at Michigan 110,888Oct. 20 W, 31-6 Iowa 58,123Oct. 27 W, 35-17 Northwestern 58,237Nov. 3 L, 19-26 at Penn State 108,318Nov. 10 L, 31-48 Michigan State 55,630Nov. 17 L, 24-27 at Indiana 50,741Dec. 26 vs. Central Michigan

Motor City Bowl

Date Score Opponent AttendanceSept. 1 W, 42-21 Washington State 81,547Sept. 8 W, 20-13 at UNLV 38,250Sept. 15 W, 45-31 The Citadel 80,327Sept. 22 W, 17-13 Iowa 82,630Sept. 29 W, 37-34 No. -/23/25 Michigan State 82,164Oct. 6 L, 26-31 at Illinois 57,078Oct. 13 L, 7-38 at Penn State 109,754Oct. 20 W, 44-3 Northern Illinois 81,883Oct. 27 W, 33-3 Indiana 81,324Nov. 3 L, 17-38 at No. 1/1/1 Ohio State 105,449Nov. 10 W, 37-21 No. 13/13/15 Michigan 82,352Nov. 17 W, 41-34 at Minnesota 59,116Jan. 1 vs. No. 16/18/19 Tennessee

Outback Bowl

Rankings: AP/USA Today/HarrisNOTE: Harris Poll first released on Sept. 23

ILLINOIS (9-3 Overall, 6-2 Big Ten)

INDIANA (7-5 Overall, 3-5 Big Ten)

IOWA (6-6 Overall, 4-4 Big Ten)

MICHIGAN (8-4 Overall, 6-2 Big Ten)

MICHIGAN STATE (7-5 Overall, 3-5 Big Ten)

MINNESOTA (1-11 Overall, 0-8 Big Ten)

NORTHWESTERN (6-6 Overall, 3-5 Big Ten)

OHIO STATE (11-1 Overall, 7-1 Big Ten)Big Ten Champion

PENN STATE (8-4 Overall, 4-4 Big Ten)

PURDUE (7-5 Overall, 3-5 Big Ten)

WISCONSIN (9-3 Overall, 5-3 Big Ten)

Individual Statistics Through games of Dec 11, 2007

RUSHING Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G Long INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD Int/G Long---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------1. Hart, Mike (6)..... MICH SR 9 233 1232 5.3 12 136.9 61 1. Carter,Shane (T4).... WIS SO 12 7 92 0 0.58 372. Mendenhall,Rashard(8)ILL JR 12 245 1526 6.2 16 127.2 64 2. Porter, Tracy (T10). IND SR 12 6 137 0 0.50 493. Wells, Chris (11)... OSU SO 12 254 1463 5.8 14 121.9 62 3. Vinson,Terrell (T24) PUR SR 12 5 34 0 0.42 264. Ringer, Javon (21).. MSU JR 12 224 1346 6.0 6 112.2 80 Godfrey,Charles (T24)IOWA SR 12 5 33 0 0.42 255. Hill,PJ (23)........ WIS SO 10 217 1080 5.0 14 108.0 72 Mitchell, Kevin (T24)ILL SR 12 5 1 0 0.42 16. Kinlaw, Rodney...... PSU SR 12 222 1186 5.3 10 98.8 38 6. Davis,Vontae........ ILL SO 11 4 0 0 0.36 07. Young, Albert....... IOWA SR 12 206 968 4.7 6 80.7 29 7. Wiley, Otis......... MSU JR 12 4 77 1 0.33 548. Sheets,Kory......... PUR SR 12 156 832 5.3 9 69.3 59 8. Phillips, Chris..... IND JR 11 3 58 1 0.27 589. Caulcrick, Jehuu.... MSU SR 12 207 813 3.9 21 67.8 42 9. Scirrotto, Anthony.. PSU JR 12 3 98 0 0.25 5310.Williams,Isiah...... ILL SO 12 150 774 5.2 7 64.5 24 Theret, Kyle........ MINN FR 12 3 72 0 0.25 34

PASSING AVG/GAME Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G PASS EFFICIENCY Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Eff.------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------1. Bacher, C.J (10).... NU JR 12 521 318 19 61.0 3656 19 304.7 1. Boeckman, Todd (13). OSU JR 12 272 175 12 64.3 2164 23 150.22. Painter,Curtis (18). PUR SR 12 515 321 9 62.3 3300 26 275.0 2. Hoyer, Brian........ MSU JR 12 340 209 7 61.5 2594 18 138.93. Weber, Adam......... MINN FR 12 449 258 19 57.5 2895 24 241.2 3. Lewis, Kellen....... IND SO 12 399 243 10 60.9 2839 26 137.24. Lewis, Kellen....... IND SO 12 399 243 10 60.9 2839 26 236.6 4. Donovan,Tyler....... WIS SR 12 309 179 10 57.9 2452 16 135.25. Hoyer, Brian........ MSU JR 12 340 209 7 61.5 2594 18 216.2 5. Painter,Curtis...... PUR SR 12 515 321 9 62.3 3300 26 129.36. Morelli, Anthony.... PSU SR 12 371 219 9 59.0 2508 18 209.0 6. Morelli, Anthony.... PSU SR 12 371 219 9 59.0 2508 18 127.07. Donovan,Tyler....... WIS SR 12 309 179 10 57.9 2452 16 204.3 7. Henne, Chad......... MICH SR 9 239 137 7 57.3 1565 14 125.88. Christensen, Jake... IOWA SO 12 370 198 6 53.5 2269 17 189.1 8. Bacher, C.J......... NU JR 12 521 318 19 61.0 3656 19 124.79. Boeckman, Todd...... OSU JR 12 272 175 12 64.3 2164 23 180.3 9. Williams,Isiah...... ILL SO 12 232 132 10 56.9 1498 13 121.010.Henne, Chad......... MICH SR 9 239 137 7 57.3 1565 14 173.9 10.Weber, Adam......... MINN FR 12 449 258 19 57.5 2895 24 120.8

TOTAL OFFENSE Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G PUNT RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg Long-------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------1. Bacher, C.J (12).... NU JR 12 31 3656 607 3687 307.2 1. Gilreath,David (10). WIS FR 12 23 343 0 14.9 562. Weber, Adam (20).... MINN FR 12 617 2895 595 3512 292.7 2. Hartline, Brian (20) OSU SO 12 19 220 1 11.6 903. Lewis, Kellen (22).. IND SO 12 653 2839 536 3492 291.0 3. Williams,Derrick (24)PSU JR 12 22 246 1 11.2 784. Painter,Curtis...... PUR SR 12 -14 3300 564 3286 273.8 4. Porter, Tracy....... IND SR 12 23 254 0 11.0 715. Donovan,Tyler....... WIS SR 12 259 2452 412 2711 225.9 5. Mathews, Greg....... MICH SO 12 28 224 0 8.0 296. Morelli, Anthony.... PSU SR 12 -14 2508 418 2494 207.8 6. Sandeman, Colin..... IOWA FR 11 12 92 0 7.7 357. Hoyer, Brian........ MSU JR 12 -113 2594 385 2481 206.8 7. Hudson, Kyle........ ILL JR 11 17 128 0 7.5 348. Williams,Isiah...... ILL SO 12 774 1498 382 2272 189.3 8. Small, Ray.......... OSU SO 10 21 153 0 7.3 219. Christensen, Jake... IOWA SO 12 0 2269 469 2269 189.1 9. Howell, Harold...... MINN FR 10 15 72 0 4.8 1410.Boeckman, Todd...... OSU JR 12 70 2164 319 2234 186.2 10.Love, Terry......... MSU SR 12 22 105 0 4.8 18

RECEPTIONS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Rec/G Long KICK RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg Long---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------1. Bryant,Dorien (18).. PUR SR 12 82 871 8 10.6 6.83 53 1. Bryant,Dorien. (15). PUR SR 12 33 941 2 28.5 982. Thomas, Devin....... MSU JR 12 75 1226 8 16.3 6.25 80 2. Thomas, Devin (18).. MSU JR 12 34 957 0 28.1 703. Hardy, James........ IND JR 12 74 1075 16 14.5 6.17 79 3. Wallace, A.J (24)... PSU SO 12 21 566 1 27.0 974. Manningham, Mario... MICH JR 11 67 1096 11 16.4 6.09 97 4. Bailey, James (25).. IND JR 11 16 430 1 26.9 915. Beckum,Travis....... WIS JR 12 73 960 6 13.2 6.08 46 5. Johnson-Koulianos, D IOWA FR 12 22 521 0 23.7 656. Decker, Eric........ MINN SO 12 67 909 9 13.6 5.58 59 6. Thigpen, Marcus..... IND JR 11 16 377 0 23.6 537. Wheelwright, Ernie.. MINN SR 12 66 775 9 11.7 5.50 46 7. Howell, Harold...... MINN FR 10 30 693 0 23.1 51 Peterman, Eric...... NU JR 12 66 744 3 11.3 5.50 70 8. Gilreath,David...... WIS FR 12 39 875 0 22.4 569. Keller,Dustin....... PUR SR 12 61 731 6 12.0 5.08 80 9. Sherels, Marcus..... MINN SO 9 17 364 0 21.4 3710.Arrington, Adrian... MICH SR 12 58 729 6 12.6 4.83 39 10.Chaney, Jr., Paul... IOWA FR 9 13 234 0 18.0 33

RECEIVE YDS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Yds/G Long PUNTING Team Cl G Punts Yds Avg Long---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------1. Thomas, Devin(9).... MSU JR 12 75 1226 8 16.3 102.2 80 1. Kucek, Justin (25).. MINN JR 12 62 2645 42.7 612. Manningham,Mario (11)MICH JR 11 67 1096 11 16.4 99.6 97 2. Boone, Jeremy....... PSU SO 12 54 2281 42.2 703. Hardy, James (21)... IND JR 12 74 1075 16 14.5 89.6 79 3. Debauche,Ken........ WIS SR 12 52 2144 41.2 584. Beckum,Travis....... WIS JR 12 73 960 6 13.2 80.0 46 4. Donahue, Ryan....... IOWA FR 12 86 3533 41.1 825. Decker, Eric........ MINN SO 12 67 909 9 13.6 75.8 59 5. Mesko, Zoltan....... MICH JR 12 68 2787 41.0 686. Robiskie, Brian..... OSU JR 12 50 885 10 17.7 73.8 68 6. Trapasso, A.J....... OSU JR 12 50 2049 41.0 637. Bryant,Dorien....... PUR SR 12 82 871 8 10.6 72.6 53 7. Armstrong,Jared..... PUR SR 12 62 2521 40.7 578. Wheelwright, Ernie.. MINN SR 12 66 775 9 11.7 64.6 46 8. Demos, Stefan....... NU FR 12 54 2168 40.1 569. Peterman, Eric...... NU JR 12 66 744 3 11.3 62.0 70 9. Bates, Aaron........ MSU FR 12 63 2490 39.5 6710.Keller,Dustin....... PUR SR 12 61 731 6 12.0 60.9 80 10.Hines, Michael...... IND SR 12 54 2119 39.2 60

ALL PURPOSE Team Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G SCORING Team Cl G TD XPT FG 2XP Pts Pts/G----------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------1. Thomas, Devin (6)... MSU JR 12 177 1226 10 957 2370 197.5 1. Caulcrick, Jehuu (T6)MSU SR 12 21 0 0 0 126 10.52. Bryant,Dorien (17).. PUR SR 12 85 871 59 941 1956 163.0 2. Mendenhall,Rashard(T18)ILLJR 12 18 0 0 0 108 9.03. Mendenhall,Rashard(25)ILL JR 12 1526 259 0 0 1785 148.8 Hill,PJ (T18)....... WIS SO 10 15 0 0 0 90 9.04. Hart, Mike.......... MICH SR 9 1232 43 0 0 1275 141.7 4. Kelly, Kevin........ PSU JR 12 1 41 19 0 104 8.75. Ringer, Javon....... MSU JR 12 1346 278 0 0 1624 135.3 5. Starr, Austin....... IND JR 12 0 45 19 0 102 8.56. Wells, Chris........ OSU SO 12 1463 21 0 0 1484 123.7 6. Mehlhaff,Taylor..... WIS SR 12 0 40 20 0 100 8.37. Hill,PJ............. WIS SO 10 1080 89 0 0 1169 116.9 7. Hart, Mike.......... MICH SR 9 12 0 0 0 72 8.08. Kinlaw, Rodney...... PSU SR 12 1186 124 0 18 1328 110.7 Hardy, James........ IND JR 12 16 0 0 0 96 8.09. Manningham, Mario... MICH JR 11 66 1096 0 0 1162 105.6 Pretorius, Ryan..... OSU JR 12 0 45 17 0 96 8.010.Gilreath,David...... WIS FR 12 24 10 343 875 1252 104.3 10.Summers,Chris....... PUR SO 12 0 50 15 0 95 7.9


SCORING (TDs) Team Cl G TD Rush Pass Ret PAT Pts Pts/G FIELD GOALS Team Cl G FG FGA Pct. FG/G------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------1. Caulcrick, Jehuu.... MSU SR 12 21 21 0 0 0 126 10.5 1. Mehlhaff,Taylor (T13)WIS SR 12 20 24 83.3 1.672. Mendenhall, Rashard..ILL JR 12 18 16 2 0 0 108 9.0 2. Starr, Austin (T19). IND JR 12 19 21 90.5 1.58 Hill,PJ............. WIS SO 10 15 14 1 0 0 90 9.0 Kelly, Kevin (T19).. PSU JR 12 19 24 79.2 1.584. Hardy, James........ IND JR 12 16 0 16 0 0 96 8.0 4. Pretorius, Ryan..... OSU JR 12 17 21 81.0 1.42 Hart, Mike.......... MICH SR 9 12 12 0 0 0 72 8.0 5. Reda,Jason.......... ILL SR 12 15 16 93.8 1.256. Wells, Chris........ OSU SO 12 14 14 0 0 0 84 7.0 Summers,Chris....... PUR SO 12 15 19 78.9 1.257. Manningham, Mario... MICH JR 11 11 0 11 0 0 66 6.0 7. Swenson, Brett...... MSU SO 12 13 20 65.0 1.088. Sheets,Kory......... PUR SR 12 11 9 2 0 0 66 5.5 8. Villarreal, Amado... NU SR 12 12 18 66.7 1.009. Kinlaw, Rodney...... PSU SR 12 10 10 0 0 0 60 5.0 9. Monroe, Joel........ MINN JR 12 7 9 77.8 0.58 Robiskie, Brian..... OSU JR 12 10 0 10 0 0 60 5.0 Murray, Daniel...... IOWA FR 12 7 10 70.0 0.58

SCORING (KICK) Team Cl G PATs FGs Pts Pts/G FIELD GOAL PCT Team Cl G FG FGA Long Pct.------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------1. Starr, Austin....... IND JR 12 45-45 19-21 102 8.5 1. Reda,Jason.......... ILL SR 12 15 16 51 93.82. Mehlhaff,Taylor..... WIS SR 12 40-41 20-24 100 8.3 2. Starr, Austin....... IND JR 12 19 21 49 90.53. Kelly, Kevin........ PSU JR 12 41-42 19-24 98 8.2 3. Mehlhaff,Taylor..... WIS SR 12 20 24 51 83.34. Pretorius, Ryan..... OSU JR 12 45-46 17-21 96 8.0 4. Pretorius, Ryan..... OSU JR 12 17 21 50 81.05. Summers,Chris....... PUR SO 12 50-50 15-19 95 7.9 5. Kelly, Kevin........ PSU JR 12 19 24 53 79.26. Swenson, Brett...... MSU SO 12 52-53 13-20 91 7.6 6. Summers,Chris....... PUR SO 12 15 19 50 78.97. Reda,Jason.......... ILL SR 12 42-43 15-16 87 7.2 7. Villarreal, Amado... NU SR 12 12 18 49 66.78. Villarreal, Amado... NU SR 12 36-37 12-18 72 6.0 8. Swenson, Brett...... MSU SO 12 13 20 46 65.09. Monroe, Joel........ MINN JR 12 28-28 7-9 49 4.110.Murray, Daniel...... IOWA FR 12 16-18 7-10 37 3.1

PAT KICKING PCT Team Cl G Made Att Pct. --------------------------------------------------- 1. Summers,Chris....... PUR SO 12 50 50 100.0 Starr, Austin....... IND JR 12 45 45 100.0 Monroe, Joel........ MINN JR 12 28 28 100.0 4. Swenson, Brett...... MSU SO 12 52 53 98.1 5. Pretorius, Ryan..... OSU JR 12 45 46 97.8 6. Reda,Jason.......... ILL SR 12 42 43 97.7 7. Kelly, Kevin........ PSU JR 12 41 42 97.6 8. Mehlhaff,Taylor..... WIS SR 12 40 41 97.6 9. Villarreal, Amado... NU SR 12 36 37 97.3


TACKLES (All positions) SACKS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/GPlayer Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G Sack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Middleton, Greg (1). IND SO 12 DL 15 2 102 16.0 1.331. Connor, Dan (7)..... PSU SR 12 66 70 136 11.3 6.5 2. Gholston, Vernon (4) OSU JR 12 DL 13 0 96 13.0 1.082. Kadela, Adam (T21).. NU SR 12 53 72 125 10.4 1.0 3. Evans, Maurice (5).. PSU SO 12 12 1 94 12.5 1.043. Lee, Sean (T23)..... PSU JR 12 50 74 124 10.3 3.5 4. Saint-Dic,Jonal (T16)MSU SR 12 DL 10 0 75 10.0 0.83 Leman, J (T23)...... ILL SR 12 LB 65 59 124 10.3 2.5 5. Davis, Will (T18)... ILL JR 12 DL 8 3 45 9.5 0.795. Humpal, Mike (T25).. IOWA SR 12 LB 46 77 123 10.2 1.0 6. Mattison, Bryan (T24)IOWA SR 12 DE 8 2 54 9.0 0.756. Klinkenborg, Mike... IOWA SR 9 LB 32 47 79 8.8 1.0 7. Graham, Brandon..... MICH SO 12 DE 7 3 54 8.5 0.717. Thomas, Austin...... IND SO 12 60 44 104 8.7 0.0 8. Baldwin, Ervin...... MSU SR 12 DE 7 1 56 7.5 0.628. Laurinaitis, James.. OSU JR 12 LB 39 64 103 8.6 5.0 Crable, Shawn....... MICH SR 12 6 3 38 7.5 0.629. Barber, Dominique... MINN SR 12 DB 71 29 100 8.3 1.0 10.Connor, Dan......... PSU SR 12 6 1 50 6.5 0.5410.Patterson, Will..... IND SO 12 LB 57 42 99 8.2 2.011.Freeman, Marcus..... OSU JR 12 LB 60 35 95 7.9 1.5 TACKLES FOR LOSS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G12.McClurg, Adam....... IND SR 12 LB 47 47 94 7.8 1.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------13.Graham, Chris....... MICH SR 11 LB 42 41 83 7.5 1.0 1. Crable, Shawn (2)... MICH SR 12 21 11 77 26.5 2.2114.Casillas,Jonath..... WIS JR 12 LB 48 38 86 7.2 1.0 2. Evans, Maurice (6).. PSU SO 12 20 3 117 21.5 1.7915.Crable, Shawn....... MICH SR 12 51 33 84 7.0 7.5 3. Baldwin, Ervin (T15) MSU SR 12 DE 14 7 74 17.5 1.4616.Adams, Jamar........ MICH SR 12 32 51 83 6.9 0.0 4. Middleton, Greg (T17)IND SO 12 DL 15 4 105 17.0 1.42 Steele, Antonio..... ILL SR 12 LB 36 47 83 6.9 0.0 5. Shaughnessy,Matt(T21)WIS JR 12 DL 14 4 77 16.0 1.3318.Englemon, Brandent.. MICH SR 12 50 30 80 6.7 1.0 6. Saint-Dic, Jonal.... MSU SR 12 DL 13 3 85 14.5 1.21 Edds, A.J........... IOWA SO 12 LB 29 51 80 6.7 0.0 King, Mitch......... IOWA JR 12 DL 11 7 77 14.5 1.2120.Vinson,Terrell...... PUR SR 12 CB 59 19 78 6.5 2.0 Gholston, Vernon.... OSU JR 12 DL 14 1 98 14.5 1.2121.Harrison, Justin.... ILL SR 12 DB 51 25 76 6.3 0.0 Avril,Cliff......... PUR SR 12 DE 14 1 55 14.5 1.2122.Porter, Tracy....... IND SR 12 CB 55 20 75 6.2 1.0 10.Connor, Dan......... PSU SR 12 11 6 61 14.0 1.1723.Shada, Adam......... IOWA SR 9 DB 42 14 56 6.2 1.024.Kroul, Matt......... IOWA JR 12 DL 23 51 74 6.2 0.0 FUMBLES FORCED Team Cl G Num Avg/G25.Jones, Greg......... MSU FR 12 LB 35 38 73 6.1 3.5 ----------------------------------------------26.Davis-Clark, Kendell MSU JR 12 CB 44 28 72 6.0 4.0 1. Saint-Dic, Jonal (1) MSU SR 12 8 0.6727.Heygood,Anthony..... PUR SR 12 LB 44 26 70 5.8 1.0 2. Crable, Shawn (T6).. MICH SR 12 4 0.33 Hightower, Deon..... MINN JR 12 LB 53 17 70 5.8 0.0 Mattison, Bryan (T6) IOWA SR 12 4 0.3329.Polk, Nick.......... IND SO 12 45 24 69 5.8 0.0 4. Kwateng, Prince (T23)NU JR 11 3 0.2730.Davis,Vontae........ ILL SO 11 DB 43 20 63 5.7 0.0 5. Heygood,Anthony..... PUR SR 12 3 0.2531.Scott,Justin........ PUR SR 12 56 11 67 5.6 1.0 Sanders, Justin..... ILL SR 12 3 0.25 Ferguson,Josh....... PUR SR 12 LB 39 28 67 5.6 0.0 Lee, Sean........... PSU JR 12 3 0.25 Keglar,Stanford..... PUR SR 12 LB 37 30 67 5.6 0.0 Patterson, Will..... IND SO 12 3 0.2534.Key, Travis......... MSU SR 12 42 24 66 5.5 0.0 Avril,Cliff......... PUR SR 12 3 0.25 Sherels, Mike....... MINN SR 10 LB 37 18 55 5.5 2.5 Evans, Maurice...... PSU SO 12 3 0.2536.Godfrey, Charles.... IOWA SR 12 DB 42 23 65 5.4 0.0 Sargeant, Lydell.... PSU JR 12 42 23 65 5.4 0.0 FUMBLES RCVD Team Cl G Num Avg/G Ezeh, Obi........... MICH SO 12 LB 31 34 65 5.4 2.0 ---------------------------------------------- Mitchell, Kevin..... ILL SR 12 DB 33 32 65 5.4 0.0 1. Avril,Cliff......... PUR SR 12 3 0.2540.Battle, Deante...... NU SR 12 36 28 64 5.3 1.0 Barber, Dominique... MINN SR 12 3 0.25 Levy,Deandre........ WIS JR 12 LB 43 21 64 5.3 3.0 Norwell, Chris...... ILL SR 12 3 0.2542.Shevlin, John....... MINN SR 12 LB 35 28 63 5.2 0.0 Patterson, Will..... IND SO 12 3 0.2543.Gordon, Eric........ MSU FR 11 LB 27 30 57 5.2 1.0 Lee, Sean........... PSU JR 12 3 0.25 Warrick, Nehemiah... MSU SR 11 25 32 57 5.2 0.0 6. Taylor, Phillip..... PSU SO 11 2 0.1845.Hodge,Elijah........ WIS SO 12 LB 25 36 61 5.1 0.5 7. Key, Travis......... MSU SR 12 2 0.17 Mattison, Bryan..... IOWA SR 12 DE 27 34 61 5.1 9.0 Levy,Deandre........ WIS JR 12 2 0.1747.Bick,Dan............ PUR SR 12 LB 39 20 59 4.9 4.0 Graham, Brandon..... MICH SO 12 2 0.17 Thornhill, Kaleb.... MSU SR 12 LB 23 36 59 4.9 2.0 Shevlin, John....... MINN SR 12 2 0.1749.Davis, Steve........ MINN JR 11 LB 29 25 54 4.9 0.550.Russell, Anderson... OSU SO 12 35 23 58 4.8 3.0 PASSES DEFENDED Team Cl G Brup Int Total Avg/G -------------------------------------------------------- 1. King, Justin (T12).. PSU JR 12 15 2 17 1.42 2. Ikegwuonu,Jack (T17) WIS JR 12 15 1 16 1.33 Vinson,Terrell (T17) PUR SR 12 11 5 16 1.33 Mitchell, Kevin (T17)ILL SR 12 11 5 16 1.33 5. Godfrey, Charles.... IOWA SR 12 9 5 14 1.17 6. Davis,Vontae........ ILL SO 11 8 4 12 1.09 7. Adams, Jamar........ MICH SR 12 10 3 13 1.08 8. Harris, Jamal....... MINN SR 12 10 2 12 1.00 9. Chekwa, Chimdi...... OSU FR 12 9 1 10 0.83 Porter, Tracy....... IND SR 12 4 6 10 0.83

Team Statistics Through games of Dec 11, 2007

SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G-------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------1. Michigan State (24). 12 53 52 0 0 13 0 409 34.1 1. Illinois (5)........ 12 558 3194 5.7 27 266.22. Purdue.............. 12 50 50 0 0 15 0 395 32.9 2. Wisconsin (19)...... 12 546 2418 4.4 28 201.53. Ohio State.......... 12 48 45 0 0 17 0 384 32.0 3. Ohio State (20)..... 12 524 2415 4.6 20 201.24. Indiana............. 12 46 46 0 0 19 0 379 31.6 4. Michigan State (22). 12 541 2404 4.4 29 200.35. Penn State.......... 12 45 43 0 0 19 0 370 30.8 5. Penn State.......... 12 487 2249 4.6 25 187.46. Wisconsin........... 12 44 40 1 0 20 0 366 30.5 6. Michigan............ 12 493 1993 4.0 18 166.17. Illinois............ 12 43 42 0 0 15 0 345 28.8 7. Minnesota........... 12 433 1941 4.5 15 161.88. Minnesota........... 12 42 37 1 0 8 0 315 26.2 8. Indiana............. 12 442 1867 4.2 16 155.69. Michigan............ 12 40 37 0 0 12 0 313 26.1 9. Purdue.............. 12 386 1633 4.2 19 136.110.Northwestern........ 12 39 36 1 0 12 1 310 25.8 10.Iowa................ 12 438 1515 3.5 11 126.211.Iowa................ 12 28 24 0 0 10 0 222 18.5 11.Northwestern........ 12 398 1437 3.6 17 119.8

SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G-------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------1. Ohio State (1)...... 12 15 15 0 0 7 1 128 10.7 1. Ohio State (3)...... 12 377 925 2.5 2 77.12. Penn State (8)...... 12 25 25 0 0 12 0 211 17.6 2. Penn State (6)...... 12 411 1055 2.6 7 87.93. Iowa (T13).......... 12 24 21 0 0 20 0 225 18.8 3. Illinois (23)....... 12 419 1374 3.3 8 114.54. Illinois (19)....... 12 28 25 1 0 13 0 234 19.5 4. Iowa................ 12 454 1464 3.2 11 122.05. Michigan (23)....... 12 27 24 2 1 17 0 243 20.2 5. Michigan State...... 12 419 1609 3.8 19 134.16. Wisconsin........... 12 34 34 0 0 14 0 280 23.3 6. Wisconsin........... 12 394 1677 4.3 15 139.87. Purdue.............. 12 35 31 1 0 18 0 297 24.8 7. Purdue.............. 12 443 1793 4.0 19 149.48. Indiana............. 12 41 36 0 0 13 0 321 26.8 8. Michigan............ 12 473 1809 3.8 15 150.89. Michigan State...... 12 39 38 0 0 16 1 322 26.8 9. Indiana............. 12 500 1865 3.7 20 155.410.Northwestern........ 12 52 48 0 0 4 0 372 31.0 10.Northwestern........ 12 456 2005 4.4 26 167.111.Minnesota........... 12 55 51 1 0 19 0 440 36.7 11.Minnesota........... 12 483 2752 5.7 25 229.3

PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------1. Northwestern (11)... 12 529 322 19 60.9 3695 7.0 20 307.9 1. Northwestern........ 12 1437 3695 927 5132 5.5 37 427.72. Purdue (17)......... 12 540 334 11 61.9 3447 6.4 27 287.2 2. Michigan State...... 12 2404 2711 898 5115 5.7 48 426.23. Minnesota........... 12 454 262 19 57.7 2949 6.5 25 245.8 3. Purdue.............. 12 1633 3447 926 5080 5.5 46 423.34. Indiana............. 12 402 244 11 60.7 2853 7.1 26 237.8 Illinois............ 12 3194 1886 845 5080 6.0 41 423.35. Michigan State...... 12 357 218 7 61.1 2711 7.6 19 225.9 5. Wisconsin........... 12 2418 2549 868 4967 5.7 44 413.96. Wisconsin........... 12 322 185 10 57.5 2549 7.9 16 212.4 6. Minnesota........... 12 1941 2949 887 4890 5.5 40 407.57. Penn State.......... 12 384 225 9 58.6 2539 6.6 18 211.6 7. Penn State.......... 12 2249 2539 871 4788 5.5 43 399.08. Michigan............ 12 384 200 12 52.1 2489 6.5 22 207.4 8. Ohio State.......... 12 2415 2350 827 4765 5.8 44 397.19. Ohio State.......... 12 303 195 12 64.4 2350 7.8 24 195.8 9. Indiana............. 12 1867 2853 844 4720 5.6 42 393.310.Iowa................ 12 376 199 7 52.9 2281 6.1 17 190.1 10.Michigan............ 12 1993 2489 877 4482 5.1 40 373.511.Illinois............ 12 287 160 13 55.7 1886 6.6 14 157.2 11.Iowa................ 12 1515 2281 814 3796 4.7 28 316.3

PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------1. Ohio State (1)...... 12 379 197 10 52.0 1778 4.7 9 148.2 1. Ohio State (1)...... 12 925 1778 756 2703 3.6 11 225.22. Michigan (T7)....... 12 359 199 14 55.4 2156 6.0 11 179.7 2. Penn State (9)...... 12 1055 2624 817 3679 4.5 21 306.63. Wisconsin........... 12 384 211 12 54.9 2528 6.6 19 210.7 3. Michigan (24)....... 12 1809 2156 832 3965 4.8 26 330.44. Michigan State...... 12 376 224 11 59.6 2607 6.9 19 217.2 4. Wisconsin........... 12 1677 2528 778 4205 5.4 34 350.45. Penn State.......... 12 406 237 10 58.4 2624 6.5 14 218.7 5. Iowa................ 12 1464 2750 880 4214 4.8 24 351.26. Iowa................ 12 426 247 14 58.0 2750 6.5 13 229.2 6. Michigan State...... 12 1609 2607 795 4216 5.3 38 351.37. Purdue.............. 12 476 274 14 57.6 2831 5.9 15 235.9 7. Illinois............ 12 1374 2891 860 4265 5.0 25 355.48. Indiana............. 12 435 265 18 60.9 2866 6.6 18 238.8 8. Purdue.............. 12 1793 2831 919 4624 5.0 34 385.39. Illinois............ 12 441 258 16 58.5 2891 6.6 17 240.9 9. Indiana............. 12 1865 2866 935 4731 5.1 38 394.210.Northwestern........ 12 390 245 9 62.8 2921 7.5 24 243.4 10.Northwestern........ 12 2005 2921 846 4926 5.8 50 410.511.Minnesota........... 12 430 275 7 64.0 3472 8.1 28 289.3 11.Minnesota........... 12 2752 3472 913 6224 6.8 53 518.7

KICKOFF RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg PUNT RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------1. Purdue (7).......... 12 51 1286 3 25.2 1. Wisconsin (23)...... 12 33 411 0 12.52. Michigan State (10). 12 48 1183 0 24.6 2. Indiana............. 12 23 254 0 11.03. Minnesota (23)...... 12 61 1418 1 23.2 3. Penn State.......... 12 25 270 1 10.84. Indiana............. 12 44 1005 1 22.8 4. Iowa................ 12 29 307 0 10.65. Northwestern........ 12 54 1208 1 22.4 5. Ohio State.......... 12 52 463 1 8.96. Penn State.......... 12 39 835 1 21.4 6. Michigan............ 12 35 261 0 7.57. Iowa................ 12 43 862 0 20.0 7. Illinois............ 12 24 173 1 7.28. Wisconsin........... 12 52 1002 0 19.3 8. Northwestern........ 12 19 120 0 6.39. Illinois............ 12 37 694 1 18.8 9. Purdue.............. 12 17 107 0 6.310.Michigan............ 12 40 733 0 18.3 10.Minnesota........... 12 20 107 0 5.311.Ohio State.......... 12 27 476 0 17.6 11.Michigan State...... 12 26 118 0 4.5


PUNTING G No. Yards Avg Ret Yds Avg Net/P PASS EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Pct Int Yds TD Effic---------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------1. Penn State (6)...... 12 55 2316 42.1 17 102 1.9 40.3 1. Ohio State (14)..... 12 303 195 .644 12 2350 24 147.72. Iowa ............... 12 87 3551 40.8 20 121 1.4 39.4 2. Michigan State (23). 12 357 218 .611 7 2711 19 138.53. Ohio State.......... 12 51 2062 40.4 18 82 1.6 38.8 3. Indiana............. 12 402 244 .607 11 2853 26 136.24. Michigan............ 12 69 2829 41.0 27 170 2.5 38.5 4. Wisconsin........... 12 322 185 .575 10 2549 16 134.15. Purdue.............. 12 62 2521 40.7 24 169 2.7 37.9 5. Purdue.............. 12 540 334 .619 11 3447 27 127.96. Wisconsin........... 12 52 2144 41.2 27 178 3.4 37.8 6. Penn State.......... 12 384 225 .586 9 2539 18 124.97. Northwestern........ 12 55 2168 39.4 21 103 1.9 37.5 7. Northwestern........ 12 529 322 .609 19 3695 20 124.88. Michigan State...... 12 64 2490 38.9 18 137 2.1 36.8 8. Minnesota........... 12 454 262 .577 19 2949 25 122.19. Minnesota........... 12 63 2645 42.0 25 365 5.8 36.2 9. Michigan............ 12 384 200 .521 12 2489 22 119.210.Indiana............. 12 56 2119 37.8 23 132 2.4 35.5 10.Illinois............ 12 287 160 .557 13 1886 14 118.011.Illinois............ 12 59 2181 37.0 18 158 2.7 34.3 11.Iowa................ 12 376 199 .529 7 2281 17 115.1

|--Gained--||---Lost---| PASS DEF EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD EfficTURNOVER MARGIN G Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Mar Per/G ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ohio State (1)...... 12 379 197 10 52.0 1778 9 93.91. Iowa (20)........... 12 7 14 21 6 7 13 +8 0.67 2. Michigan (13)....... 12 359 199 14 55.4 2156 11 108.22. Michigan............ 12 15 14 29 11 12 23 +6 0.50 3. Purdue (23)......... 12 476 274 14 57.6 2831 15 112.03. Michigan State...... 12 7 11 18 6 7 13 +5 0.42 4. Iowa................ 12 426 247 14 58.0 2750 13 115.74. Purdue.............. 12 13 14 27 12 11 23 +4 0.33 5. Illinois............ 12 441 258 16 58.5 2891 17 119.05. Illinois............ 12 8 16 24 10 13 23 +1 0.08 6. Penn State.......... 12 406 237 10 58.4 2624 14 119.1 Penn State.......... 12 15 10 25 15 9 24 +1 0.08 7. Wisconsin........... 12 384 211 12 54.9 2528 19 120.37. Indiana............. 12 11 18 29 18 11 29 +0 0.00 8. Indiana............. 12 435 265 18 60.9 2866 18 121.68. Wisconsin........... 12 6 12 18 9 10 19 -1 -0.08 9. Michigan State...... 12 376 224 11 59.6 2607 19 128.6 Ohio State.......... 12 8 10 18 7 12 19 -1 -0.08 10.Northwestern........ 12 390 245 9 62.8 2921 24 141.410.Northwestern........ 12 7 9 16 6 19 25 -9 -0.75 11.Minnesota........... 12 430 275 7 64.0 3472 28 150.011.Minnesota........... 12 7 7 14 10 19 29 -15 -1.25

FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total 3RD-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct----------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------1. Purdue.............. 12 96 165 27 288 1. Ohio State (12)..... 12 81 170 47.62. Northwestern........ 12 77 175 29 281 2. Penn State (17)..... 12 83 178 46.63. Penn State.......... 12 128 127 11 266 3. Northwestern (20)... 12 87 190 45.84. Minnesota........... 12 122 125 12 259 4. Wisconsin (25)...... 12 79 176 44.95. Illinois............ 12 162 84 12 258 5. Illinois............ 12 74 167 44.36. Wisconsin........... 12 120 119 15 254 6. Minnesota........... 12 78 183 42.67. Michigan............ 12 107 119 25 251 7. Indiana............. 12 72 171 42.1 Ohio State.......... 12 131 104 16 251 8. Michigan State...... 12 77 185 41.69. Michigan State...... 12 117 122 9 248 9. Michigan............ 12 79 190 41.610.Indiana............. 12 93 126 25 244 10.Purdue.............. 12 75 187 40.111.Iowa................ 12 88 103 12 203 11.Iowa................ 12 59 187 31.6

OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct----------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------1. Ohio State.......... 12 68 77 10 155 1. Ohio State (8)...... 12 58 189 30.72. Michigan............ 12 102 97 11 210 2. Michigan State...... 12 61 176 34.73. Penn State.......... 12 69 128 14 211 3. Penn State.......... 12 67 186 36.04. Wisconsin........... 12 91 111 13 215 4. Michigan............ 12 68 185 36.85. Michigan State...... 12 83 116 19 218 5. Wisconsin........... 12 62 168 36.96. Iowa................ 12 90 119 18 227 6. Purdue.............. 12 73 196 37.27. Illinois............ 12 89 130 16 235 7. Illinois............ 12 70 186 37.68. Purdue.............. 12 102 135 16 253 8. Iowa................ 12 80 201 39.8 Northwestern........ 12 103 138 12 253 9. Indiana............. 12 80 194 41.210.Indiana............. 12 112 141 16 269 10.Northwestern........ 12 71 166 42.811.Minnesota........... 12 130 142 17 289 11.Minnesota........... 12 81 183 44.3

SACKS BY G Sacks Yards SACKS AGAINST G Sacks Yards--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------1. Penn State (2)...... 12 45 311 1. Illinois (T5)....... 12 11 772. Ohio State (T3)..... 12 42 270 2. Minnesota (T9)...... 12 13 88 Indiana (T3)........ 12 42 280 3. Ohio State (T14).... 12 14 1004. Illinois (T12)...... 12 38 257 4. Penn State.......... 12 20 1315. Michigan State (T12) 12 37 263 5. Purdue.............. 12 23 1596. Michigan............ 12 32 213 6. Michigan............ 12 25 1917. Wisconsin........... 12 28 199 7. Wisconsin........... 12 30 2098. Iowa................ 12 27 197 Indiana............. 12 30 2209. Purdue.............. 12 24 177 Michigan State...... 12 30 19310.Northwestern........ 12 18 115 10.Northwestern........ 12 32 21811.Minnesota........... 12 11 94 11.Iowa................ 12 46 271


PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------1. Penn State (3)...... 12 56 431 35.9 1. Illinois............ 12 15 16 .9382. Ohio State (7)...... 12 65 491 40.9 2. Indiana............. 12 19 21 .9053. Minnesota (8)....... 12 67 502 41.8 3. Wisconsin........... 12 20 24 .8334. Michigan (11)....... 12 58 515 42.9 4. Ohio State.......... 12 17 21 .8105. Wisconsin (25)...... 12 71 561 46.8 5. Penn State.......... 12 19 24 .7926. Northwestern........ 12 59 563 46.9 6. Purdue.............. 12 15 19 .7897. Illinois............ 12 58 570 47.5 7. Northwestern........ 12 12 18 .6678. Purdue.............. 12 71 584 48.7 8. Michigan State...... 12 13 20 .6509. Iowa................ 12 67 611 50.9 9. Michigan............ 12 12 19 .63210.Michigan State...... 12 64 614 51.2 10.Iowa................ 12 10 16 .62511.Indiana............. 12 65 629 52.4 11.Minnesota........... 12 8 13 .615

OPPONENT PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------1. Indiana............. 12 74 711 59.2 1. Purdue.............. 12 50 50 1.0002. Northwestern........ 12 77 670 55.8 Indiana............. 12 46 46 1.0003. Purdue.............. 12 74 622 51.8 Minnesota........... 12 37 37 1.0004. Michigan............ 12 66 583 48.6 4. Michigan State...... 12 52 53 .9815. Wisconsin........... 12 64 557 46.4 5. Ohio State.......... 12 45 46 .9786. Penn State.......... 12 64 551 45.9 6. Illinois............ 12 42 43 .9777. Michigan State...... 12 67 520 43.3 7. Michigan............ 12 37 38 .9748. Minnesota........... 12 62 509 42.4 8. Northwestern........ 12 36 37 .9739. Iowa................ 12 61 487 40.6 9. Penn State.......... 12 43 45 .95610.Illinois............ 12 64 485 40.4 10.Wisconsin........... 12 40 42 .95211.Ohio State.......... 12 49 447 37.2 11.Iowa................ 12 24 28 .857

4TH-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct TIME OF POSSESSION G Total Time Avg/G------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------1. Illinois (1)........ 12 6 7 85.7 1. Wisconsin (2)....... 12 406:00 33:502. Penn State (4)...... 12 9 12 75.0 2. Ohio State (6)...... 12 387:41 32:183. Ohio State (T19).... 12 7 11 63.6 3. Michigan State (14). 12 380:59 31:444. Michigan State (T23) 12 10 16 62.5 4. Northwestern........ 12 372:44 31:035. Indiana............. 12 9 15 60.0 5. Penn State.......... 12 371:34 30:57 Wisconsin........... 12 9 15 60.0 6. Purdue.............. 12 360:02 30:007. Purdue.............. 12 10 17 58.8 7. Illinois............ 12 358:53 29:548. Iowa................ 12 8 16 50.0 8. Michigan............ 12 355:22 29:369. Minnesota........... 12 10 23 43.5 9. Iowa................ 12 345:21 28:4610.Northwestern........ 12 7 18 38.9 10.Minnesota........... 12 341:28 28:2711.Michigan............ 12 5 14 35.7 11.Indiana............. 12 336:57 28:04

OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards Avg Retn TB NetAvg------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------1. Penn State ......... 12 6 15 40.0 1. Wisconsin........... 12 73 4867 66.7 932 25 47.12. Wisconsin........... 12 6 14 42.9 2. Minnesota........... 12 55 3622 65.9 824 11 46.93. Illinois............ 12 10 23 43.5 3. Ohio State.......... 12 77 4988 64.8 1244 18 43.94. Northwestern........ 12 9 19 47.4 4. Illinois............ 12 69 4260 61.7 1134 6 43.65. Michigan............ 12 6 12 50.0 5. Iowa................ 12 47 2857 60.8 674 7 43.56. Michigan State...... 12 8 15 53.3 6. Michigan State...... 12 76 4817 63.4 1433 9 42.2 Purdue.............. 12 16 30 53.3 7. Indiana............. 12 77 4823 62.6 1324 15 41.58. Ohio State.......... 12 8 14 57.1 8. Michigan............ 12 64 3918 61.2 1121 10 40.69. Iowa................ 12 8 13 61.5 9. Penn State.......... 12 73 4709 64.5 1402 19 40.110.Indiana............. 12 14 21 66.7 10.Northwestern........ 12 58 3358 57.9 1039 6 37.911.Minnesota........... 12 11 15 73.3 11.Purdue.............. 12 74 3988 53.9 1145 4 37.3

RED ZONE OFFENSE G RedZone Percent TDs R/P FG-AT Fumb/Int/Downs/Other--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Penn State.......... 12 51-57 89.5 33 22/11 18-19 2/ 2/ 1/ 02. Michigan State...... 12 47-54 87.0 38 25/13 9-12 1/ 1/ 2/ 0 Purdue.............. 12 47-54 87.0 35 16/19 12-14 3/ 0/ 2/ 04. Ohio State.......... 12 38-44 86.4 28 14/14 10-13 1/ 1/ 0/ 15. Wisconsin........... 12 51-60 85.0 36 25/11 15-17 2/ 1/ 0/ 46. Illinois............ 12 31-37 83.8 26 20/6 5-5 1/ 3/ 0/ 27. Indiana............. 12 38-46 82.6 27 13/14 11-13 2/ 3/ 1/ 08. Minnesota........... 12 32-39 82.1 26 13/13 6-6 2/ 1/ 4/ 09. Michigan............ 12 37-46 80.4 28 14/14 9-14 0/ 1/ 1/ 210.Iowa................ 12 30-38 78.9 23 10/13 7-11 1/ 1/ 1/ 111.Northwestern........ 12 40-52 76.9 31 16/15 9-13 1/ 2/ 4/ 1


RED ZONE DEFENSE G RedZone Percent TDs R/P FG-AT Fumb/Int/Downs/Other--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Iowa................ 12 26-38 68.4 15 10/5 11-15 1/ 3/ 2/ 22. Penn State.......... 12 24-35 68.6 16 6/10 8-12 3/ 1/ 2/ 13. Illinois............ 12 29-39 74.4 19 7/12 10-12 1/ 5/ 2/ 04. Ohio State.......... 12 13-17 76.5 8 2/6 5-6 0/ 2/ 1/ 05. Northwestern........ 12 37-48 77.1 35 22/13 2-5 3/ 2/ 2/ 16. Indiana............. 12 42-51 82.4 32 19/13 10-13 0/ 5/ 1/ 07. Purdue.............. 12 38-46 82.6 26 16/10 12-15 0/ 2/ 3/ 08. Minnesota........... 12 49-59 83.1 36 19/17 13-18 1/ 2/ 0/ 29. Michigan............ 12 33-38 86.8 19 13/6 14-15 2/ 0/ 1/ 110.Michigan State...... 12 33-37 89.2 24 14/10 9-11 0/ 0/ 2/ 011.Wisconsin........... 12 31-34 91.2 22 11/11 9-11 0/ 0/ 1/ 0

Individual Statistics Through games of Dec 11, 2007 (Conference games)

RUSHING Team Cl G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G Long INTERCEPTIONS Team Cl G Int Yds TD Int/G Long---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------1. Wells, Chris........ OSU SO 8 190 1122 5.9 11 140.2 62 1. Porter, Tracy....... IND SR 8 5 88 0 0.62 362. Mendenhall, Rashard. ILL JR 8 167 1015 6.1 8 126.9 64 2. Davis,Vontae........ ILL SO 7 4 0 0 0.57 03. Ringer, Javon....... MSU JR 8 143 947 6.6 5 118.4 80 3. Mitchell, Kevin..... ILL SR 8 4 1 0 0.50 14. Kinlaw, Rodney...... PSU SR 8 155 774 5.0 7 96.8 38 4. Theret, Kyle........ MINN FR 8 3 72 0 0.38 345. Hill,PJ............. WIS SO 6 120 497 4.1 6 82.8 30 Vinson,Terrell...... PUR SR 8 3 28 0 0.38 266. Young, Albert....... IOWA SR 8 141 644 4.6 5 80.5 29 Godfrey, Charles.... IOWA SR 8 3 8 0 0.38 47. Williams,Isiah...... ILL SO 8 106 558 5.3 3 69.8 24 Carter,Shane........ WIS SO 8 3 7 0 0.38 58. Brown,Zach.......... WIS FR 7 97 486 5.0 5 69.4 64 8. Steib, Desi......... MINN SR 6 2 11 0 0.33 119. Caulcrick, Jehuu.... MSU SR 8 142 513 3.6 15 64.1 22 9. Adams, SirDarean.... MSU SR 7 2 75 0 0.29 3810.Sheets,Kory......... PUR SR 8 88 428 4.9 5 53.5 59 10.Wiley, Otis......... MSU JR 8 2 54 1 0.25 54

PASSING AVG/GAME Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Avg/G PASS EFFICIENCY Team Cl G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD Eff.------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------1. Bacher, C.J......... NU JR 8 355 220 16 62.0 2457 14 307.1 1. Boeckman, Todd...... OSU JR 8 185 117 10 63.2 1406 15 143.02. Painter,Curtis...... PUR SR 8 360 218 7 60.6 2096 11 262.0 2. Hoyer, Brian........ MSU JR 8 242 153 4 63.2 1825 11 138.33. Weber, Adam......... MINN FR 8 309 176 11 57.0 1939 13 242.4 3. Henne, Chad......... MICH SR 6 153 89 3 58.2 965 11 131.04. Lewis, Kellen....... IND SO 8 279 170 6 60.9 1842 13 230.2 4. Donovan,Tyler....... WIS SR 8 215 121 9 56.3 1738 9 129.65. Hoyer, Brian........ MSU JR 8 242 153 4 63.2 1825 11 228.1 5. Lewis, Kellen....... IND SO 8 279 170 6 60.9 1842 13 127.56. Donovan,Tyler....... WIS SR 8 215 121 9 56.3 1738 9 217.2 6. Williams,Isiah...... ILL SO 8 166 94 7 56.6 1074 12 126.47. Morelli, Anthony.... PSU SR 8 251 142 7 56.6 1620 7 202.5 7. Bacher, C.J......... NU JR 8 355 220 16 62.0 2457 14 124.18. Christensen, Jake... IOWA SO 8 249 131 3 52.6 1491 9 186.4 8. Weber, Adam......... MINN FR 8 309 176 11 57.0 1939 13 116.49. Boeckman, Todd...... OSU JR 8 185 117 10 63.2 1406 15 175.8 9. Painter,Curtis...... PUR SR 8 360 218 7 60.6 2096 11 115.710.Henne, Chad......... MICH SR 6 153 89 3 58.2 965 11 160.8 10.Morelli, Anthony.... PSU SR 8 251 142 7 56.6 1620 7 114.4

TOTAL OFFENSE Team Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G PUNT RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg Long-------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------1. Bacher, C.J......... NU JR 8 -39 2457 415 2418 302.2 1. Gilreath,David...... WIS FR 8 12 157 0 13.1 562. Weber, Adam......... MINN FR 8 379 1939 402 2318 289.8 2. Porter, Tracy....... IND SR 8 14 147 0 10.5 713. Lewis, Kellen....... IND SO 8 284 1842 364 2126 265.8 3. Mathews, Greg....... MICH SO 8 22 183 0 8.3 294. Painter,Curtis...... PUR SR 8 -2 2096 399 2094 261.8 4. Hartline, Brian..... OSU SO 8 15 113 0 7.5 215. Donovan,Tyler....... WIS SR 8 175 1738 293 1913 239.1 5. Small, Ray.......... OSU SO 8 20 143 0 7.2 216. Hoyer, Brian........ MSU JR 8 -75 1825 273 1750 218.8 6. Williams, Derri..... PSU JR 8 14 97 0 6.9 237. Williams,Isiah...... ILL SO 8 558 1074 272 1632 204.0 7. Peterman, Eric...... NU JR 8 10 66 0 6.6 148. Morelli, Anthony.... PSU SR 8 11 1620 283 1631 203.9 8. Sandeman, Colin..... IOWA FR 7 7 46 0 6.6 169. Boeckman, Todd...... OSU JR 8 87 1406 224 1493 186.6 9. Love, Terry......... MSU SR 8 16 52 0 3.2 1610.Christensen, Jake... IOWA SO 8 -32 1491 322 1459 182.4 10.Bryant,Dorien....... PUR SR 8 10 20 0 2.0 11

RECEPTIONS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Rec/G Long KICK RETURN AVG Team Cl G Ret Yds TD Avg Long---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------1. Thomas, Devin....... MSU JR 8 59 856 5 14.5 7.38 80 1. Bailey, James....... IND JR 7 14 400 1 28.6 912. Hardy, James........ IND JR 8 56 714 9 12.8 7.00 51 2. Thomas, Devin....... MSU JR 8 23 623 0 27.1 703. Manningham, Mario... MICH JR 8 54 878 10 16.3 6.75 97 3. Thigpen, Marcus..... IND JR 7 11 274 0 24.9 53 Bryant,Dorien....... PUR SR 8 54 571 6 10.6 6.75 34 4. Bryant,Dorien....... PUR SR 8 24 597 1 24.9 985. Beckum,Travis....... WIS JR 8 53 760 5 14.3 6.62 46 5. Wallace, A.J........ PSU SO 8 17 417 1 24.5 97 Wheelwright, Ernie.. MINN SR 8 53 618 4 11.7 6.62 46 6. Johnson-Koulianos, D IOWA FR 8 17 400 0 23.5 517. Peterman, Eric...... NU JR 8 51 541 3 10.6 6.38 70 7. Gilreath,David...... WIS FR 8 29 625 0 21.6 568. Keller,Dustin....... PUR SR 8 45 450 1 10.0 5.62 31 8. Howell, Harold...... MINN FR 6 20 425 0 21.2 519. Orton,Greg.......... PUR JR 8 43 420 0 9.8 5.38 44 9. Sherels, Marcus..... MINN SO 7 13 267 0 20.5 3510.Decker, Eric........ MINN SO 8 40 520 6 13.0 5.00 42 10.Chaney, Jr., Paul... IOWA FR 8 9 179 0 19.9 33

RECEIVE YDS/GAME Team Cl G Rec Yds TD Avg/C Yds/G Long PUNTING Team Cl G Punts Yds Avg Long---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------1. Manningham, Mario... MICH JR 8 54 878 10 16.3 109.8 97 1. Kucek, Justin....... MINN JR 8 44 1918 43.6 612. Thomas, Devin....... MSU JR 8 59 856 5 14.5 107.0 80 2. Debauche,Ken........ WIS SR 8 40 1718 43.0 583. Beckum,Travis....... WIS JR 8 53 760 5 14.3 95.0 46 3. Donahue, Ryan....... IOWA FR 8 62 2632 42.5 824. Hardy, James........ IND JR 8 56 714 9 12.8 89.2 51 4. Boone, Jeremy....... PSU SO 8 38 1575 41.4 705. Wheelwright, Ernie.. MINN SR 8 53 618 4 11.7 77.2 46 5. Armstrong,Jared..... PUR SR 8 46 1906 41.4 576. Bryant,Dorien....... PUR SR 8 54 571 6 10.6 71.4 34 6. Demos, Stefan....... NU FR 8 39 1600 41.0 567. Peterman, Eric...... NU JR 8 51 541 3 10.6 67.6 70 7. Trapasso, A.J....... OSU JR 8 37 1509 40.8 618. Decker, Eric........ MINN SO 8 40 520 6 13.0 65.0 42 8. Mesko, Zoltan....... MICH JR 8 52 2108 40.5 689. Robiskie, Brian..... OSU JR 8 29 501 8 17.3 62.6 52 9. Hines, Michael...... IND SR 8 39 1551 39.8 6010.Arrington, Adrian... MICH SR 8 40 491 3 12.3 61.4 39 10.Bates, Aaron........ MSU FR 8 43 1700 39.5 67

ALL PURPOSE Team Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G SCORING Team Cl G TD XPT FG 2XP Pts Pts/G----------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------1. Thomas, Devin....... MSU JR 8 144 856 10 623 1633 204.1 1. Caulcrick, Jehuu.... MSU SR 8 15 0 0 0 90 11.22. Bryant,Dorien....... PUR SR 8 34 571 20 597 1222 152.8 2. Kelly, Kevin........ PSU JR 8 1 21 15 0 72 9.03. Mendenhall, Rashard. ILL JR 8 1015 164 0 0 1179 147.4 3. Wells, Chris........ OSU SO 8 11 0 0 0 66 8.24. Ringer, Javon....... MSU JR 8 947 207 0 0 1154 144.2 4. Reda,Jason.......... ILL SR 8 0 26 13 0 65 8.15. Wells, Chris........ OSU SO 8 1122 14 0 0 1136 142.0 Mehlhaff,Taylor..... WIS SR 8 0 23 14 0 65 8.16. Manningham, Mario... MICH JR 8 41 878 0 0 919 114.9 6. Swenson, Brett...... MSU SO 8 0 35 9 0 62 7.87. Kinlaw, Rodney...... PSU SR 8 774 45 0 0 819 102.4 7. Manningham, Mario... MICH JR 8 10 0 0 0 60 7.58. Thigpen, Marcus..... IND JR 7 315 111 0 274 700 100.0 Mendenhall, Rashard. ILL JR 8 10 0 0 0 60 7.59. Gilreath,David...... WIS FR 8 7 10 157 625 799 99.9 9. Pretorius, Ryan..... OSU JR 8 0 29 10 0 59 7.410.Johnson-Koulianos, D IOWA FR 8 13 372 0 400 785 98.1 10.Starr, Austin....... IND JR 8 0 25 11 0 58 7.2


SCORING (TDs) Team Cl G TD Rush Pass Ret PAT Pts Pts/G FIELD GOALS Team Cl G FG FGA Pct. FG/G------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------1. Caulcrick, Jehuu.... MSU SR 8 15 15 0 0 0 90 11.2 1. Kelly, Kevin........ PSU JR 8 15 18 83.3 1.882. Wells, Chris........ OSU SO 8 11 11 0 0 0 66 8.2 2. Mehlhaff,Taylor..... WIS SR 8 14 18 77.8 1.753. Manningham, Mario... MICH JR 8 10 0 10 0 0 60 7.5 3. Reda,Jason.......... ILL SR 8 13 14 92.9 1.62 Mendenhall, Rashard. ILL JR 8 10 8 2 0 0 60 7.5 4. Starr, Austin....... IND JR 8 11 12 91.7 1.385. Hardy, James........ IND JR 8 9 0 9 0 0 54 6.8 5. Pretorius, Ryan..... OSU JR 8 10 12 83.3 1.256. Robiskie, Brian..... OSU JR 8 8 0 8 0 0 48 6.0 6. Lopata, K.C......... MICH SR 6 7 8 87.5 1.17 Hill,PJ............. WIS SO 6 6 6 0 0 0 36 6.0 7. Swenson, Brett...... MSU SO 8 9 13 69.2 1.128. Bryant,Dorien....... PUR SR 8 7 0 6 1 0 42 5.2 8. Summers,Chris....... PUR SO 8 8 11 72.7 1.00 Sheets,Kory......... PUR SR 8 7 5 2 0 0 42 5.2 9. Murray, Daniel...... IOWA FR 8 7 10 70.0 0.88 Kinlaw, Rodney...... PSU SR 8 7 7 0 0 0 42 5.2 10.Monroe, Joel........ MINN JR 8 6 8 75.0 0.75

SCORING (KICK) Team Cl G PATs FGs Pts Pts/G FIELD GOAL PCT Team Cl G FG FGA Long Pct.------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------1. Kelly, Kevin........ PSU JR 8 21-22 15-18 66 8.2 1. Reda,Jason.......... ILL SR 8 13 14 51 92.92. Mehlhaff,Taylor..... WIS SR 8 23-24 14-18 65 8.1 2. Starr, Austin....... IND JR 8 11 12 49 91.7 Reda,Jason.......... ILL SR 8 26-26 13-14 65 8.1 3. Lopata, K.C......... MICH SR 6 7 8 42 87.54. Swenson, Brett...... MSU SO 8 35-36 9-13 62 7.8 4. Kelly, Kevin........ PSU JR 8 15 18 53 83.35. Pretorius, Ryan..... OSU JR 8 29-30 10-12 59 7.4 Pretorius, Ryan..... OSU JR 8 10 12 50 83.36. Starr, Austin....... IND JR 8 25-25 11-12 58 7.2 6. Mehlhaff,Taylor..... WIS SR 8 14 18 47 77.87. Lopata, K.C......... MICH SR 6 20-20 7-8 41 6.8 7. Monroe, Joel........ MINN JR 8 6 8 54 75.08. Summers,Chris....... PUR SO 8 27-27 8-11 51 6.4 8. Summers,Chris....... PUR SO 8 8 11 50 72.79. Villarreal, Amado... NU SR 8 25-26 6-12 43 5.4 9. Murray, Daniel...... IOWA FR 8 7 10 47 70.010.Monroe, Joel........ MINN JR 8 21-21 6-8 39 4.9 10.Swenson, Brett...... MSU SO 8 9 13 46 69.2

PAT KICKING PCT Team Cl G Made Att Pct. --------------------------------------------------- 1. Summers,Chris....... PUR SO 8 27 27 100.0 Reda,Jason.......... ILL SR 8 26 26 100.0 Starr, Austin....... IND JR 8 25 25 100.0 Monroe, Joel........ MINN JR 8 21 21 100.0 Lopata, K.C......... MICH SR 6 20 20 100.0 6. Swenson, Brett...... MSU SO 8 35 36 97.2 7. Pretorius, Ryan..... OSU JR 8 29 30 96.7 8. Villarreal, Amado... NU SR 8 25 26 96.2 9. Mehlhaff,Taylor..... WIS SR 8 23 24 95.8 10.Kelly, Kevin........ PSU JR 8 21 22 95.5


TACKLES (All positions) SACKS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/GPlayer Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G Sack -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gholston, Vernon.... OSU JR 8 DL 10 0 82 10.0 1.251. Humpal, Mike........ IOWA SR 8 LB 37 57 94 11.8 1.0 2. Evans, Maurice...... PSU SO 8 9 1 69 9.5 1.192. Lee, Sean........... PSU JR 8 33 58 91 11.4 1.5 3. Middleton, Greg..... IND SO 8 DL 8 2 59 9.0 1.123. Connor, Dan......... PSU SR 8 35 54 89 11.1 2.0 4. Davis, Will......... ILL JR 8 DL 6 2 33 7.0 0.884. Kadela, Adam........ NU SR 8 39 48 87 10.9 0.0 5. Baldwin, Ervin...... MSU SR 8 DE 6 0 45 6.0 0.755. Thomas, Austin...... IND SO 8 43 39 82 10.2 0.0 Mattison, Bryan..... IOWA SR 8 DE 5 2 43 6.0 0.756. Laurinaitis, James.. OSU JR 8 LB 28 49 77 9.6 3.0 7. Bright,Eugene....... PUR SR 8 DE 5 0 22 5.0 0.62 Patterson, Will..... IND SO 8 LB 44 33 77 9.6 0.5 8. Hayden,Nick......... WIS SR 8 DL 4 1 33 4.5 0.568. Freeman, Marcus..... OSU JR 8 LB 49 26 75 9.4 1.5 9. Saint-Dic, Jonal.... MSU SR 8 DL 4 0 30 4.0 0.509. Leman, J............ ILL SR 8 LB 39 35 74 9.2 0.0 Grant, Larry........ OSU SR 8 LB 4 0 28 4.0 0.5010.McClurg, Adam....... IND SR 8 LB 31 35 66 8.2 1.511.Adams, Jamar........ MICH SR 8 21 44 65 8.1 0.0 TACKLES FOR LOSS Team Cl G Pos Solo Ast Yds Total Avg/G12.Casillas,Jonath..... WIS JR 8 LB 39 24 63 7.9 1.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------13.Graham, Chris....... MICH SR 8 LB 31 31 62 7.8 1.0 1. Evans, Maurice...... PSU SO 8 16 3 91 17.5 2.19 Barber, Dominique... MINN SR 8 DB 41 21 62 7.8 1.0 2. Crable, Shawn....... MICH SR 8 13 7 47 16.5 2.0615.Steele, Antonio..... ILL SR 8 LB 27 30 57 7.1 0.0 3. Baldwin, Ervin...... MSU SR 8 DE 11 3 56 12.5 1.5616.Englemon, Brandent.. MICH SR 8 31 24 55 6.9 0.0 4. Shaughnessy,Ma...... WIS JR 8 DL 10 4 57 12.0 1.50 Porter, Tracy....... IND SR 8 CB 39 16 55 6.9 1.0 5. Gholston, Vernon.... OSU JR 8 DL 11 0 83 11.0 1.38 Crable, Shawn....... MICH SR 8 31 24 55 6.9 4.0 6. Middleton, Greg..... IND SO 8 DL 8 4 62 10.0 1.2519.Polk, Nick.......... IND SO 8 34 20 54 6.8 0.0 7. Avril,Cliff......... PUR SR 8 DE 9 1 35 9.5 1.19 Harrison, Justin.... ILL SR 8 DB 35 19 54 6.8 0.0 8. Davis, Will......... ILL JR 8 DL 7 4 39 9.0 1.1221.Ezeh, Obi........... MICH SO 8 LB 24 29 53 6.6 2.0 9. Heygood,Anthony..... PUR SR 8 LB 8 1 24 8.5 1.06 Edds, A.J........... IOWA SO 8 LB 16 37 53 6.6 0.0 10.Connor, Dan......... PSU SR 8 6 4 21 8.0 1.0023.Kroul, Matt......... IOWA JR 8 DL 15 37 52 6.5 0.0 Jones, Greg......... MSU FR 8 LB 21 31 52 6.5 1.0 FUMBLES FORCED Team Cl G Num Avg/G25.Vinson,Terrell...... PUR SR 8 CB 36 14 50 6.2 1.0 ----------------------------------------------26.Shada, Adam......... IOWA SR 6 DB 29 8 37 6.2 0.0 1. Kwateng, Prince..... NU JR 7 3 0.4327.Sargeant, Lydell.... PSU JR 8 33 16 49 6.1 0.0 2. Avril,Cliff......... PUR SR 8 3 0.38 Warrick, Nehemiah... MSU SR 8 20 29 49 6.1 0.0 Crable, Shawn....... MICH SR 8 3 0.3829.Scott,Justin........ PUR SR 8 41 7 48 6.0 1.0 Mattison, Bryan..... IOWA SR 8 3 0.3830.Heygood,Anthony..... PUR SR 8 LB 32 15 47 5.9 1.0 Saint-Dic, Jonal.... MSU SR 8 3 0.38 Shevlin, John....... MINN SR 8 LB 26 21 47 5.9 0.0 Evans, Maurice...... PSU SO 8 3 0.38 Godfrey, Charles.... IOWA SR 8 DB 30 17 47 5.9 0.0 Patterson, Will..... IND SO 8 3 0.38 Majors, Leslie...... IND SR 8 CB 29 18 47 5.9 0.0 8. Ngene, David........ NU SR 7 2 0.2934.Davis-Clark, Kendell MSU JR 8 CB 29 17 46 5.8 2.0 9. Graham, Brandon..... MICH SO 8 2 0.2535.Levy,Deandre........ WIS JR 8 LB 31 14 45 5.6 2.0 Humpal, Mike........ IOWA SR 8 2 0.2536.Hightower, Deon..... MINN JR 8 LB 34 10 44 5.5 0.037.Davis,Vontae........ ILL SO 7 DB 28 9 37 5.3 0.0 FUMBLES RCVD Team Cl G Num Avg/G38.Scirrotto, Anthony.. PSU JR 8 17 25 42 5.2 0.0 ---------------------------------------------- Thornhill, Kaleb.... MSU SR 8 LB 18 24 42 5.2 1.0 1. Norwell, Chris...... ILL SR 8 3 0.38 Taylor, Terrance.... MICH JR 8 DT 17 25 42 5.2 1.5 2. Barber, Dominique... MINN SR 8 2 0.25 Phillips, Brad...... NU SO 8 25 17 42 5.2 0.0 Graham, Brandon..... MICH SO 8 2 0.2542.Key, Travis......... MSU SR 8 29 12 41 5.1 0.0 Key, Travis......... MSU SR 8 2 0.25 Shaughnessy,Ma...... WIS JR 8 DL 28 13 41 5.1 3.0 Wallace, A.J........ PSU SO 8 2 0.25 Mattison, Bryan..... IOWA SR 8 DE 19 22 41 5.1 6.0 Levy,Deandre........ WIS JR 8 2 0.2545.Greenwood, Brett.... IOWA FR 8 DB 22 18 40 5.0 0.0 Lee, Sean........... PSU JR 8 2 0.25 Baldwin, Ervin...... MSU SR 8 DE 18 22 40 5.0 6.0 Magee,Alex.......... PUR JR 8 2 0.25 Battle, Deante...... NU SR 8 23 17 40 5.0 0.0 Avril,Cliff......... PUR SR 8 2 0.2548.Johnson, Geno....... IND JR 8 LB 26 13 39 4.9 1.0 Shevlin, John....... MINN SR 8 2 0.25 Fletcher, Bradley... IOWA JR 8 DB 27 12 39 4.9 0.0 Keglar,Stanford..... PUR SR 8 LB 23 16 39 4.9 0.0 PASSES DEFENDED Team Cl G Brup Int Total Avg/G -------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ikegwuonu,Jack...... WIS JR 8 13 1 14 1.75 2. Adams, Jamar........ MICH SR 8 10 2 12 1.50 King, Justin........ PSU JR 8 11 1 12 1.50 Mitchell, Kevin..... ILL SR 8 8 4 12 1.50 5. Godfrey, Charles.... IOWA SR 8 8 3 11 1.38 6. Davis,Vontae........ ILL SO 7 4 4 8 1.14 7. Vinson,Terrell...... PUR SR 8 6 3 9 1.12 Chekwa, Chimdi...... OSU FR 8 8 1 9 1.12 9. Porter, Tracy....... IND SR 8 3 5 8 1.00 10.Greenwood, Brett.... IOWA FR 8 5 2 7 0.88

Team Statistics Through games of Dec 11, 2007 (Conference games)

SCORING OFFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING OFFENSE G Att Yds Avg TD Yds/G-------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------1. Michigan State...... 8 36 35 0 0 9 0 278 34.8 1. Illinois............ 8 369 2096 5.7 13 262.02. Ohio State.......... 8 31 29 0 0 10 0 245 30.6 2. Ohio State.......... 8 360 1671 4.6 14 208.93. Illinois............ 8 26 26 0 0 13 0 221 27.6 3. Michigan State...... 8 352 1601 4.5 21 200.14. Wisconsin........... 8 25 23 0 0 14 0 215 26.9 4. Penn State.......... 8 313 1456 4.7 15 182.05. Purdue.............. 8 27 27 0 0 8 0 213 26.6 5. Wisconsin........... 8 358 1442 4.0 16 180.26. Indiana............. 8 25 25 0 0 11 0 208 26.0 6. Minnesota........... 8 274 1129 4.1 10 141.17. Northwestern........ 8 27 25 1 0 6 0 207 25.9 7. Michigan............ 8 311 1059 3.4 10 132.48. Penn State.......... 8 23 21 0 0 15 0 204 25.5 8. Indiana............. 8 258 983 3.8 10 122.99. Michigan............ 8 26 26 0 0 7 0 203 25.4 9. Iowa................ 8 285 884 3.1 8 110.510.Minnesota........... 8 24 21 0 0 6 0 183 22.9 10.Purdue.............. 8 235 869 3.7 12 108.611.Iowa................ 8 17 16 0 0 7 0 139 17.4 11.Northwestern........ 8 255 777 3.0 10 97.1

SCORING DEFENSE G TD XP 2XP DXP FG Saf Pts Avg RUSHING DEFENSE G Rushes Yards Avg. TD Yds/G-------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------1. Ohio State.......... 8 13 13 0 0 4 0 103 12.9 1. Ohio State.......... 8 242 534 2.2 1 66.82. Michigan............ 8 16 16 0 0 12 0 148 18.5 2. Illinois............ 8 280 990 3.5 7 123.83. Illinois............ 8 19 17 1 0 8 0 157 19.6 3. Penn State.......... 8 296 998 3.4 6 124.84. Penn State.......... 8 21 21 0 0 10 0 177 22.1 4. Iowa................ 8 329 1154 3.5 11 144.25. Iowa................ 8 21 20 0 0 11 0 179 22.4 5. Michigan............ 8 309 1189 3.8 11 148.66. Wisconsin........... 8 26 26 0 0 10 0 212 26.5 6. Michigan State...... 8 289 1226 4.2 15 153.27. Purdue.............. 8 26 25 0 0 15 0 226 28.2 7. Wisconsin........... 8 281 1362 4.8 13 170.28. Indiana............. 8 31 27 0 0 10 0 243 30.4 8. Purdue.............. 8 319 1388 4.4 15 173.59. Michigan State...... 8 33 32 0 0 10 0 260 32.5 9. Northwestern........ 8 320 1542 4.8 22 192.810.Minnesota........... 8 38 37 0 0 13 0 304 38.0 10.Indiana............. 8 368 1602 4.4 17 200.211.Northwestern........ 8 43 40 0 0 3 0 307 38.4 11.Minnesota........... 8 337 1982 5.9 21 247.8

PASS OFFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Yds/G------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------1. Northwestern........ 8 360 222 16 61.7 2485 6.9 15 310.6 1. Michigan State...... 8 1601 1848 598 3449 5.8 32 431.12. Purdue.............. 8 380 230 7 60.5 2236 5.9 12 279.5 2. Illinois............ 8 2096 1172 555 3268 5.9 25 408.53. Minnesota........... 8 313 179 11 57.2 1973 6.3 13 246.6 3. Northwestern........ 8 777 2485 615 3262 5.3 25 407.84. Michigan State...... 8 246 154 4 62.6 1848 7.5 11 231.0 4. Wisconsin........... 8 1442 1797 583 3239 5.6 25 404.95. Indiana............. 8 281 170 7 60.5 1842 6.6 13 230.2 5. Purdue.............. 8 869 2236 615 3105 5.0 24 388.16. Wisconsin........... 8 225 124 9 55.1 1797 8.0 9 224.6 6. Ohio State.......... 8 1671 1432 551 3103 5.6 29 387.97. Michigan............ 8 263 138 7 52.5 1741 6.6 16 217.6 7. Minnesota........... 8 1129 1973 587 3102 5.3 23 387.88. Penn State.......... 8 261 146 7 55.9 1633 6.3 7 204.1 8. Penn State.......... 8 1456 1633 574 3089 5.4 22 386.19. Iowa................ 8 249 131 3 52.6 1491 6.0 9 186.4 9. Indiana............. 8 983 1842 539 2825 5.2 23 353.110.Ohio State.......... 8 191 120 10 62.8 1432 7.5 15 179.0 10.Michigan............ 8 1059 1741 574 2800 4.9 26 350.011.Illinois............ 8 186 103 8 55.4 1172 6.3 12 146.5 11.Iowa................ 8 884 1491 534 2375 4.4 17 296.9

PASS DEFENSE G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds Avg TD Yds/G TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plys Yards Avg TD Yds/G------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------1. Ohio State.......... 8 276 145 6 52.5 1355 4.9 8 169.4 1. Ohio State.......... 8 534 1355 518 1889 3.6 9 236.12. Michigan............ 8 252 134 8 53.2 1382 5.5 4 172.8 2. Michigan............ 8 1189 1382 561 2571 4.6 15 321.43. Wisconsin........... 8 260 136 7 52.3 1733 6.7 13 216.6 3. Penn State.......... 8 998 1786 560 2784 5.0 18 348.04. Purdue.............. 8 288 166 9 57.6 1783 6.2 10 222.9 4. Illinois............ 8 990 2071 584 3061 5.2 19 382.65. Penn State.......... 8 264 153 8 58.0 1786 6.8 12 223.2 5. Iowa................ 8 1154 1933 619 3087 5.0 21 385.96. Indiana............. 8 269 170 11 63.2 1787 6.6 12 223.4 6. Wisconsin........... 8 1362 1733 541 3095 5.7 26 386.97. Northwestern........ 8 252 157 5 62.3 1905 7.6 19 238.1 7. Michigan State...... 8 1226 1927 535 3153 5.9 32 394.18. Michigan State...... 8 246 151 6 61.4 1927 7.8 17 240.9 8. Purdue.............. 8 1388 1783 607 3171 5.2 25 396.49. Iowa................ 8 290 167 10 57.6 1933 6.7 10 241.6 9. Indiana............. 8 1602 1787 637 3389 5.3 29 423.610.Minnesota........... 8 254 163 5 64.2 1988 7.8 15 248.5 10.Northwestern........ 8 1542 1905 572 3447 6.0 41 430.911.Illinois............ 8 304 175 14 57.6 2071 6.8 12 258.9 11.Minnesota........... 8 1982 1988 591 3970 6.7 36 496.2

KICKOFF RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg PUNT RETURNS G Ret Yds TD Avg------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------1. Indiana............. 8 32 781 1 24.4 1. Wisconsin........... 8 15 169 0 11.32. Michigan State...... 8 35 810 0 23.1 2. Indiana............. 8 14 147 0 10.53. Purdue.............. 8 36 832 2 23.1 3. Michigan............ 8 23 184 0 8.04. Northwestern........ 8 43 956 1 22.2 4. Ohio State.......... 8 36 264 0 7.35. Iowa................ 8 30 644 0 21.5 5. Northwestern........ 8 15 108 0 7.26. Minnesota........... 8 39 802 0 20.6 6. Iowa................ 8 12 85 0 7.17. Penn State.......... 8 31 633 1 20.4 7. Penn State.......... 8 14 97 0 6.98. Illinois............ 8 23 458 1 19.9 8. Minnesota........... 8 9 41 0 4.69. Wisconsin........... 8 37 708 0 19.1 9. Illinois............ 8 11 47 0 4.310.Michigan............ 8 26 463 0 17.8 10.Michigan State...... 8 18 62 0 3.411.Ohio State.......... 8 20 325 0 16.2 11.Purdue.............. 8 12 27 0 2.2


PUNTING G No. Yards Avg Ret Yds Avg Net/P PASS EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Pct Int Yds TD Effic---------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------1. Iowa................ 8 63 2650 42.1 14 66 1.0 41.0 1. Ohio State.......... 8 191 120 .628 10 1432 15 141.32. Penn State.......... 8 39 1610 41.3 10 28 0.7 40.6 2. Michigan State...... 8 246 154 .626 4 1848 11 137.23. Wisconsin........... 8 40 1718 43.0 23 148 3.7 39.2 3. Wisconsin........... 8 225 124 .551 9 1797 9 127.44. Ohio State.......... 8 37 1509 40.8 14 65 1.8 39.0 4. Indiana............. 8 281 170 .605 7 1842 13 125.85. Michigan............ 8 53 2150 40.6 19 103 1.9 38.6 5. Northwestern........ 8 360 222 .617 16 2485 15 124.56. Purdue.............. 8 46 1906 41.4 21 141 3.1 38.4 6. Michigan............ 8 263 138 .525 7 1741 16 122.87. Northwestern........ 8 40 1600 40.0 15 96 2.4 37.6 7. Illinois............ 8 186 103 .554 8 1172 12 121.08. Minnesota........... 8 44 1918 43.6 20 302 6.9 36.7 8. Minnesota........... 8 313 179 .572 11 1973 13 116.89. Michigan State...... 8 44 1700 38.6 13 98 2.2 36.4 9. Purdue.............. 8 380 230 .605 7 2236 12 116.710.Illinois............ 8 36 1343 37.3 11 73 2.0 35.3 10.Iowa................ 8 249 131 .526 3 1491 9 112.411.Indiana............. 8 41 1551 37.8 19 111 2.7 35.1 11.Penn State.......... 8 261 146 .559 7 1633 7 112.0

|--Gained--||---Lost---| PASS DEF EFFICIENCY G Att Cmp Int Pct. Yds TD EfficTURNOVER MARGIN G Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Mar Per/G ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Michigan............ 8 252 134 8 53.2 1382 4 98.11. Iowa................ 8 6 10 16 4 3 7 +9 1.12 2. Ohio State.......... 8 276 145 6 52.5 1355 8 99.02. Illinois............ 8 6 14 20 5 8 13 +7 0.88 3. Purdue.............. 8 288 166 9 57.6 1783 10 114.93. Purdue.............. 8 9 9 18 6 7 13 +5 0.62 4. Iowa................ 8 290 167 10 57.6 1933 10 118.14. Michigan............ 8 9 8 17 6 7 13 +4 0.50 5. Illinois............ 8 304 175 14 57.6 2071 12 118.65. Michigan State...... 8 4 6 10 4 4 8 +2 0.25 6. Wisconsin........... 8 260 136 7 52.3 1733 13 119.46. Penn State.......... 8 8 8 16 8 7 15 +1 0.12 7. Penn State.......... 8 264 153 8 58.0 1786 12 123.77. Ohio State.......... 8 5 6 11 3 10 13 -2 -0.25 8. Indiana............. 8 269 170 11 63.2 1787 12 125.58. Wisconsin........... 8 6 7 13 7 9 16 -3 -0.38 9. Michigan State...... 8 246 151 6 61.4 1927 17 145.19. Indiana............. 8 6 11 17 15 7 22 -5 -0.62 10.Minnesota........... 8 254 163 5 64.2 1988 15 145.510.Minnesota........... 8 5 5 10 5 11 16 -6 -0.75 11.Northwestern........ 8 252 157 5 62.3 1905 19 146.711.Northwestern........ 8 4 5 9 5 16 21 -12 -1.50

FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total 3RD-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct----------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------1. Northwestern........ 8 44 120 17 181 1. Ohio State.......... 8 55 116 47.42. Penn State.......... 8 81 84 8 173 2. Northwestern........ 8 61 131 46.63. Purdue.............. 8 54 104 14 172 3. Illinois............ 8 52 112 46.44. Wisconsin........... 8 75 81 12 168 4. Penn State.......... 8 49 119 41.25. Illinois............ 8 109 51 6 166 5. Indiana............. 8 45 111 40.56. Ohio State.......... 8 94 62 9 165 6. Wisconsin........... 8 47 118 39.87. Michigan State...... 8 72 85 5 162 7. Purdue.............. 8 52 131 39.78. Minnesota........... 8 77 76 8 161 8. Michigan State...... 8 50 126 39.79. Michigan............ 8 58 83 18 159 9. Michigan............ 8 48 126 38.110.Indiana............. 8 49 90 14 153 10.Minnesota........... 8 46 123 37.411.Iowa................ 8 55 62 9 126 11.Iowa................ 8 35 126 27.8

OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct----------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------1. Ohio State.......... 8 40 59 7 106 1. Ohio State.......... 8 40 127 31.52. Michigan............ 8 65 64 8 137 2. Michigan............ 8 42 127 33.13. Wisconsin........... 8 71 74 9 154 3. Wisconsin........... 8 42 115 36.54. Michigan State...... 8 62 80 15 157 4. Michigan State...... 8 43 112 38.45. Penn State.......... 8 57 92 10 159 5. Illinois............ 8 46 117 39.36. Iowa................ 8 70 84 15 169 6. Indiana............. 8 53 126 42.17. Northwestern........ 8 77 87 9 173 7. Purdue.............. 8 55 128 43.0 Illinois............ 8 67 93 13 173 8. Penn State.......... 8 55 124 44.49. Purdue.............. 8 79 87 13 179 9. Northwestern........ 8 49 110 44.510.Minnesota........... 8 91 84 12 187 10.Iowa................ 8 60 134 44.811.Indiana............. 8 89 94 9 192 11.Minnesota........... 8 55 119 46.2

SACKS BY G Sacks Yards SACKS AGAINST G Sacks Yards--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------1. Ohio State.......... 8 30 195 1. Illinois............ 8 5 272. Illinois............ 8 27 186 2. Ohio State.......... 8 9 633. Penn State.......... 8 24 157 3. Minnesota........... 8 11 774. Indiana............. 8 23 148 4. Penn State.......... 8 14 865. Wisconsin........... 8 20 138 5. Michigan............ 8 19 1436. Iowa................ 8 18 132 Purdue.............. 8 19 1287. Michigan State...... 8 16 114 7. Michigan State...... 8 21 137 Purdue.............. 8 16 118 8. Northwestern........ 8 23 1649. Michigan............ 8 15 99 9. Wisconsin........... 8 25 17510.Northwestern........ 8 12 69 10.Indiana............. 8 27 21111.Minnesota........... 8 7 55 11.Iowa................ 8 35 200


PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------1. Penn State.......... 8 39 292 36.5 1. Illinois............ 8 13 14 .9292. Michigan............ 8 32 299 37.4 2. Indiana............. 8 11 12 .9173. Ohio State.......... 8 39 308 38.5 3. Penn State.......... 8 15 18 .833 Northwestern........ 8 33 308 38.5 Ohio State.......... 8 10 12 .8335. Indiana............. 8 34 328 41.0 5. Wisconsin........... 8 14 18 .7786. Minnesota........... 8 43 347 43.4 6. Minnesota........... 8 6 8 .7507. Illinois............ 8 35 365 45.6 7. Purdue.............. 8 8 11 .7278. Wisconsin........... 8 50 403 50.4 8. Michigan State...... 8 9 13 .6929. Purdue.............. 8 48 407 50.9 9. Michigan............ 8 7 11 .63610.Michigan State...... 8 43 408 51.0 Iowa................ 8 7 11 .63611.Iowa................ 8 48 419 52.4 11.Northwestern........ 8 6 12 .500

OPPONENT PENALTIES G No Yds Avg/G PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------1. Northwestern........ 8 48 442 55.2 1. Purdue.............. 8 27 27 1.0002. Michigan............ 8 44 413 51.6 Michigan............ 8 26 26 1.0003. Indiana............. 8 39 382 47.8 Illinois............ 8 26 26 1.0004. Wisconsin........... 8 39 363 45.4 Indiana............. 8 25 25 1.0005. Michigan State...... 8 44 360 45.0 Minnesota........... 8 21 21 1.0006. Penn State.......... 8 38 358 44.8 6. Michigan State...... 8 35 36 .9727. Iowa................ 8 42 336 42.0 7. Ohio State.......... 8 29 30 .9678. Purdue.............. 8 42 324 40.5 8. Northwestern........ 8 25 26 .9629. Ohio State.......... 8 32 305 38.1 9. Wisconsin........... 8 23 24 .95810.Illinois............ 8 39 304 38.0 10.Iowa................ 8 16 17 .94111.Minnesota........... 8 37 297 37.1 11.Penn State.......... 8 21 23 .913

4TH-DN CONVERSIONS G Conv Att Pct TIME OF POSSESSION G Total Time Avg/G------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------1. Illinois............ 8 4 5 80.0 1. Wisconsin........... 8 265:39 33:122. Penn State.......... 8 7 10 70.0 2. Ohio State.......... 8 258:50 32:213. Michigan State...... 8 7 11 63.6 3. Michigan State...... 8 253:50 31:434. Purdue.............. 8 8 14 57.1 4. Northwestern........ 8 245:52 30:445. Ohio State.......... 8 5 9 55.6 5. Penn State.......... 8 245:08 30:38 Wisconsin........... 8 5 9 55.6 6. Illinois............ 8 236:56 29:37 Indiana............. 8 5 9 55.6 7. Purdue.............. 8 236:28 29:338. Michigan............ 8 4 8 50.0 8. Michigan............ 8 232:49 29:06 Iowa................ 8 6 12 50.0 9. Minnesota........... 8 227:01 28:2210.Minnesota........... 8 9 21 42.9 10.Iowa................ 8 223:05 27:5311.Northwestern........ 8 3 8 37.5 11.Indiana............. 8 214:22 26:47

OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv Att Pct KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards Avg Retn TB NetAvg------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------1. Penn State.......... 8 3 8 37.5 1. Wisconsin........... 8 45 2991 66.5 544 17 46.82. Illinois............ 8 7 17 41.2 2. Minnesota........... 8 34 2242 65.9 598 5 45.43. Michigan State...... 8 4 9 44.4 3. Ohio State.......... 8 49 3221 65.7 815 12 44.2 Northwestern........ 8 4 9 44.4 4. Illinois............ 8 46 2819 61.3 764 2 43.8 Michigan............ 8 4 9 44.4 5. Iowa................ 8 29 1754 60.5 368 6 43.7 Wisconsin........... 8 4 9 44.4 6. Michigan State...... 8 51 3225 63.2 949 6 42.37. Ohio State.......... 8 5 11 45.5 7. Indiana............. 8 44 2730 62.0 733 8 41.88. Iowa................ 8 5 9 55.6 8. Michigan............ 8 41 2458 60.0 678 7 40.09. Purdue.............. 8 9 12 75.0 9. Purdue.............. 8 40 2167 54.2 531 4 38.910.Indiana............. 8 10 13 76.9 10.Penn State.......... 8 43 2759 64.2 824 15 38.011.Minnesota........... 8 8 10 80.0 11.Northwestern........ 8 36 2011 55.9 608 3 37.3

RED ZONE OFFENSE G RedZone Percent TDs R/P FG-AT Fumb/Int/Downs/Other--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Michigan State...... 8 31-32 96.9 25 18/7 6-6 0/ 0/ 1/ 02. Penn State.......... 8 30-34 88.2 16 13/3 14-14 1/ 2/ 1/ 03. Illinois............ 8 20-23 87.0 16 10/6 4-4 0/ 3/ 0/ 04. Wisconsin........... 8 33-39 84.6 23 16/7 10-12 1/ 1/ 0/ 25. Purdue.............. 8 25-30 83.3 19 10/9 6-8 1/ 0/ 2/ 06. Indiana............. 8 19-23 82.6 15 7/8 4-5 1/ 2/ 0/ 0 Iowa................ 8 19-23 82.6 14 7/7 5-7 1/ 1/ 0/ 0 Minnesota........... 8 19-23 82.6 15 9/6 4-4 0/ 1/ 3/ 09. Ohio State.......... 8 21-26 80.8 17 9/8 4-6 1/ 1/ 0/ 110.Michigan............ 8 24-30 80.0 18 8/10 6-9 0/ 1/ 0/ 211.Northwestern........ 8 24-33 72.7 20 9/11 4-8 1/ 2/ 1/ 1


RED ZONE DEFENSE G RedZone Percent TDs R/P FG-AT Fumb/Int/Downs/Other--------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Iowa................ 8 18-25 72.0 14 10/4 4-4 1/ 2/ 2/ 22. Illinois............ 8 22-30 73.3 15 6/9 7-7 1/ 5/ 2/ 03. Penn State.......... 8 19-24 79.2 13 5/8 6-8 2/ 0/ 0/ 14. Northwestern........ 8 31-38 81.6 30 19/11 1-4 1/ 1/ 1/ 15. Indiana............. 8 33-40 82.5 26 16/10 7-10 0/ 4/ 0/ 06. Ohio State.......... 8 10-12 83.3 7 1/6 3-3 0/ 1/ 1/ 07. Michigan State...... 8 26-30 86.7 20 11/9 6-8 0/ 0/ 2/ 08. Minnesota........... 8 35-40 87.5 28 17/11 7-10 1/ 0/ 0/ 19. Wisconsin........... 8 20-22 90.9 14 9/5 6-8 0/ 0/ 0/ 010.Michigan............ 8 22-24 91.7 12 9/3 10-10 1/ 0/ 0/ 111.Purdue.............. 8 29-31 93.5 19 13/6 10-11 0/ 1/ 0/ 0

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