Devine Ozigbo ran hard and well on the opening drive, a sign of things to come. He churned out 170 yards on 17 carries on the day. The Huskers averaged 6.6 yards per carry against a defense built to stop the run. However, Greg Bell was swallowed up at the line of scrimmage on a fourth-and-1 in the first quarter, as Nebraska was beaten badly at the line of scrimmage. That was an energy zapper.
Adrian Martinez fired a handful of passes over the heads of receivers and a critical fourth-quarter interception as Nebraska was trying to make the game interesting.