Week 4
Scholarship offers:
CB Josh Howe, Lexington, KY, #819 (#56 CB), 61+, 15 ath prep, 82 fit score.
CB Herb Myers, Sidney, OH, #136 (#13 CB), 75+, 58 ath prep, 85 fit score.
S Korey Orta, Gaston, IN, #715 (#42 S), 72+, 19 ath prep, 92 fit score.
S Vinny Blumer, Chicago Heights, IL, #638 (#35 S), 51 ath prep, 94 fit score.
Nebraska (0-1) at #16 Indiana (2-0) (-11)
We score right away on the opening drive to go ahead
7-0 after 4:15. Horoszowski sacks the Cornhusker QB on their first offensive play and forces a fumble, which is recovered by Cox on the Nebraska 8. Kaplan goes in for the score, and it's
14-0, Indiana! The Cornhuskers run one play for -1 yds before attempting a pass which is intercepted by Whalen and returned 17 yds for a TD -
21-0, Indiana, and the Nebraska team is shocked to its core by this early domination by the Hoosiers! Next time the Huskers has the ball they can run a couple of plays, but their offensive line is very porous - and they are fumbling it again on a Cabrera sack - the defender recovers the ball himself on the 3-yd line.
Vallery passes to Wittich for the score and
28-0 at 7:20 in the first quarter. Nebraska complete a 30-yd pass and seems to have settled somewhat in a rhythm. We stop them at midfield through consecutive sacks, however. The punt is fielded on our own 7, from where we go 93 yds and finish the drive with a 17-yd TD pass to Bell.
35-0 at 11:03 in the 2nd quarter. We have already pulled Vallery and are letting Gaines take some snaps. Nebraska complete two passes for 30 and 26 yds and suddenly threaten to score - but a sack where the offense loses 17 yds force them to settle for a 31-yd FG and
35-3 at 3:24 in the second quarter. Wittich gets some long runs to set up a Cash FG as time expires in the first half.
38-3, Indiana, and we have 16 first downs, 88 rushing yds and 143 passing yds. The Cornhuskers have 4 first downs, -46 rushing yds and 124 passing yds.
Nebraska's string of bad luck continues - they fumble the opening kickoff in the second half, and the Hoosiers' Rison recovers on their 6-yd line. Gaines find Shannon for a 6-yd TD pass and we're leading
45-3. Our next drive is for 72 yds and ends with 3rd-string RB England running in from 1 yds out.
52-3 at 6:41 in the 3rd. Nebraska get another FG at 6:03 in the 4th quarter, making the score
52-6. Niklos, the 2nd-string RB, is relishing the opportunity he has today to get lots of carries - and scores on a 15-yd run off left tackle.
59-6, Indiana, with 0:29 left to play.
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Indiana Individual Statistics
Rushing Att Yards Avg Long TD Stufd Sackd
41 Niklos 16 84 5.2 15 1 1 0
21 Wittich 16 88 5.5 24 0 3 0
Passing Att Comp Yards Yd/Att Long TD Int
14 Gaines 15 9 94 6.2 21 1 0
13 Vallery 13 10 119 9.1 22 3 0
Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
8 Bertram 4 61 15.2 30 22 0
4 Baker 3 41 13.6 4 21 0
Defense Tackle Assist Sack Int IntYds IntTD
20 Sample 7 0 0.0 0 0 0
99 Cabrera 4 0 1.0 0 0 0
45 Kitchens 4 2 0.0 0 0 0
Injuries
T Les Carter, questionable, stretched knee ligament, 7 weeks.
RB Archie Niklos, probable, concussion, 5 weeks.
Results
California 65, Illinois 14.
Iowa 23, BYU 14.
Notre Dame 45, Michigan 14.
Michigan State 31, San Diego State 24.
Baylor 44, Minnesota 21.
Colorado State 35, Purdue 14.
Wisconsin 40, East Carolina 13.
Next week:
Bye week.