It’s been said that a handful of plays were the difference between a Nebraska win and loss this season: the Illinois scoop-n-score, Michigan State’s punt return or failing to score from the one yard line at Minnesota.
That wasn’t the case against Purdue. But eight plays turned the tide from a game that Nebraska could have won into a game into the Huskers sixth loss of the season.
Go back just before halftime, when the Blackshirts stopped Purdue’s Zander Horvath on fourth and one with 20 seconds left.
Play #1: Adrian Martinez finds Samori Toure wide open, but the ball bounces off of Toure’s finger tips.