The first season under coach Mike Riley at Nebraska veered off the rails only once, really, on Halloween at Purdue, as the Cornhuskers surrendered 55 points and fell behind by 26 in the second half to a team that has won just one other Big Ten game over a three-year span.
The remaining highs and lows of 2015 classify as byproducts of upheaval and transition. But pieced together, the moments create an ugly picture, with six losses in this 5-7 season by eight points or fewer.
Nebraska lost four times in its first six games in the final 10 seconds of regulation or overtime.