LINCOLN, Neb. - The Blackshirts are one of seven FBS defense to not allow 400 yards of offense in 10 games this season, but a big problem has been stopping the run.

Penn State enters Saturday’s contest averaging 160 rushing yards per game, which will provide the Huskers a big challenge. Defensive Coordinator John Butler is trying to turn that big challenge into a big opportunity.

“In a game like this, we know and we understand that we have to stop the run - by any means necessary,” Butler said. “If that means I have to ge tout there to make the tackle, I’ll do that.”

“It just will take a killer mindset,” DL Elijah Jeudy said. “We have to live in the back field, make it hard for them to run, make them cut it back inside and protect the perimeter and attack them.”

The Nittany Lions are averaging just over 154 rushing yards per game in their last four outings, including a  245 yard game against Iowa. Meanwhile, Penn State’s pass game sits 15th in the Big Ten against Nebraska’s 3rd ranked pass defense.

DB Ceyair Wright says the success in the pass defense comes from limiting big plays.

“By eliminating big plays you make it so you don’t have huge yardage games,” Wright said. “When you talk about the pas defense, we do a good job as a secondary of being together a lot and meeting at night to go over things so that’s a lot of what goes into that.”

The Huskers and Nittany Lions kick off Saturday at 6:00 p.m. CT on NBC.