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The Nebraska–Wisconsin football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers and University of Wisconsin Badgers. The winner of the game receives the Freedom Trophy. Wisconsin leads the series 6–4. ==History== The inaugural matchup between the Cornhuskers and Badgers was in 1901 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Badgers won 18–0. After the 1901 game the two football teams would not meet again for 64 years. The dominant Cornhuskers won three games in a row against the Badgers in 1965, 1966 and 1973. Barry Alvarez, the future Wisconsin head coach and athletic director, played linebacker for the Cornhuskers from 1966–68 and during the 1966 meeting between the Cornhuskers and Badgers he intercepted a pass and returned it 25 yards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Barry Alvarez builds Wisconsin Badgers with lessons learned from Nebraska Cornhuskers - ESPN )〕 Alvarez would go on to become head coach for the Badgers in 1990, where he implemented a Nebraska-style offense which relied heavily on run-style offense centered around a powerful offensive line controlling the line of scrimmage. Alvarez stated, "a lot of my philosophy was based upon the foundation I had starting at Nebraska."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Barry Alvarez builds Wisconsin Badgers with lessons learned from Nebraska Cornhuskers - ESPN )〕 The Badgers would not see their next victory until 1974, 73 years after their first win. It wasn't until the Nebraska Cornhuskers left the Big 12 Conference and joined the Big Ten Conference in 2011 that the two programs would meet again across division lines. The Cornhuskers were in the Legends division and the Badgers the Leaders division. The two programs traded home wins with Wisconsin resoundingly defeating the Cornhuskers in their inaugural Big Ten game at Camp Randall in 2011. The Cornhuskers had the second-largest comeback in program history to defeat the Badgers at Memorial Stadium in the 2012 regular season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nebraska Huskers: Big Ten Should Realign Game Versus Wisconsin Badgers )〕 The two met again just over two months later in the 2012 Big Ten Football Championship Game where the unranked Badgers defeated the heavily favored #14 Cornhuskers at Lucas Oil Stadium 70–31.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nebraska Huskers: Big Ten Should Realign Game Versus Wisconsin Badgers )〕 After the Cornhuskers joined the Big Ten in 2011 the significance of the initial matchups coupled with the ensuing scores resulted in the game quickly developing into a budding rivalry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A look at the rivalries: Big Ten )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wisconsin-Nebraska rivalry brewing after 2011 )〕 After the 2012 Big Ten Championship Game, there were calls from Cornhuskers and Badgers alike for the Nebraska-Wisconsin games to be labeled a rivalry game.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nebraska Huskers: Big Ten Should Realign Game Versus Wisconsin Badgers )〕〔http://huskercorner.com/2014/07/31/husker-football-correct-rival-new-trophy/〕 In 2014, the Big Ten Conference re-aligned the divisions geographically into East and West; Nebraska and Wisconsin found themselves in the West division. Prior to the 2014 meeting it was announced by both the Nebraska and Wisconsin athletic departments that the two teams would start playing for the newly created Freedom Trophy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nebraska and Wisconsin will play for Freedom (Trophy) - CollegeFootballTalk )〕 The 2014 game was referred to as a showdown between two Big Ten running back Heisman Trophy candidates; Nebraska's Ameer Abdullah and Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Heisman Watch: Melvin Gordon Ready For Showdown With Ameer Abdullah )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Badgers football: Friends, Heisman hopefuls Melvin Gordon, Ameer Abdullah ready to rumble )〕 The Badgers ended up defeating Nebraska 59–24. During the game, Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon set the FBS single game rushing record with 408 rushing yards. Gordon accomplished this, as well as scoring four rushing touchdowns, in only three quarters of play. The previous mark of 406 yards was set by TCU running back LaDainian Tomlinson and had stood as a record since 1999. However Gordon's record did not last long, as Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine rushed for 427 yards the following week.〔http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24830307/oklahomas-samaje-perine-sets-new-fbs-rushing-record-with-427-yards〕 After the 2014 season ended it was labeled the "Best Emerging College Football Rivalry" by Bleacher Report.〔http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2468978-the-10-best-emerging-college-football-rivalries/page/11〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nebraska–Wisconsin football rivalry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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