B1G Digits: OSU, Hawkeyes in exclusive 12-0 club

Welcome to our last of 13 editions of Big Ten Numbers.

We laughed, we cried. And that was just watching the Maryland-Rutgers game.

On with the digits:

0 —

Iowa beat Nebraska 28-20 despite failing to succeed on any of its nine third-down conversion attempts.

1 —

Maryland and Rutgers had one Big Ten win apiece. Maryland's was at Rutgers Saturday, 46-41.

2 —

Iowa joined Ohio State as the only Big Ten teams to ever go 12-0 in the regular-season. The Buckeyes did it in 2002, 2006, 2012 and 2013.

3 —

Of Northwestern's four 10-win seasons, Pat Fitzgerald has been part of three. One was as a Wildcat player, the others as their coach in 2012 and 2015.

4 —

Wisconsin played four redshirt freshmen on the offensive line in its 31-21 win at Minnesota.

5 —

Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska stayed stuck on five wins after this weekend's games. But there will be at least two 5-7 teams in bowls this year, and perhaps more.

7 —

Indiana has ended a streak of seven seasons without a bowl game by virtue of going 6-6 thanks to its 54-36 win at Purdue.

7 —

Nebraska's streak of seven straight winning seasons is over. Bo Pelini's seven Cornhuskers teams either went 9-4 or 10-4. His 2015 Youngstown State team went 5-6. The Penguins lost one game by two points, lost two games by three points apiece, and lost another game in overtime.

8 —

Michigan's longest rush in its 42-13 loss to Ohio State was eight yards.

11 —

Ohio State has won 11 of its last 12 games against Michigan.

12 —

Wisconsin has won its last 12 games against Minnesota.

14 —

Iowa and Michigan State are tied for the Big Ten lead in turnover margin with +14.

16 —

Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong was intercepted four times by Iowa to raise his season-total to 16. Michigan State's Connor Cook has thrown 18 picks over the last three seasons. Iowa's C.J. Beathard has three INTs in 12 games this season.

18 —

Penn State had just 18 fewer yards than Michigan State, but lost by 39 points to the Spartans, 55-16.

24 —

Cook has 24 touchdown passes for the second-straight year.

44 —

Iowa took just 44 offensive snaps at Nebraska, the second-lowest total for an FBS winning team this season according to @ESPNStatsInfo.

61 —

There were 61 first-downs in the Indiana-Purdue game. The Hoosiers had 31, the Boilermakers 30.

106 —

Nebraska had 106 punt-return yards this season. The Huskers' De'Mornay Pierson-El had 134 against Iowa last year.

199 —

Wisconsin had 199 first-half rushing yards at Minnesota on the way to 257 total. The Badgers rushed for minus-26 yards against Northwestern the week before.

350 —

Ohio State had 350 more yards against Michigan (482) than it gained against Michigan State (132) the previous week.

422 —

Maryland's Brandon Ross rushed for 422 yards over his final two games.

1929 —

Before Jim Harbaugh was beaten at Michigan Stadium Saturday by Ohio State, no first-year Michigan coach had lost at home to the Buckeyes since Harry Kipke in 1929. Kipke made amends by compiling a 31-1-3 record over the next four years.

33,514 —

That was the announced crowd at Soldier Field for the Northwestern-Illinois game, which Illinois had moved from its Memorial Stadium home in Champaign.

75,000

— Indiana Coach Kevin Wilson gets a $75,000 bonus for the Hoosiers going to a bowl game.

150,000

— Mike Riley will get a $150,000 bonus if Nebraska gets a bowl invitation with a 5-7 mark.

250,000

— Iowa Coach Kirk Ferentz will get a $250,000 bonus for the Hawkeyes going unbeaten in the regular-season.

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