After coming up with a huge win on the road last week, the Husker football team had a big letdown Saturday against Texas Tech, losing 31-10.
The Huskers were their own worst enemy on Saturday, as the majority of the 12 penalties whistled against Nebraska came on offense, some of those coming at very inopportune moments.
As if that wasn't enough, the Husker offense simply did not show up on Saturday, racking up just 295 yards and never really getting into a groove until it was way too late.
The play of the game came early, when Niles Paul failed to catch a lateral pass from Zac Lee. While the Huskers assumed the ball was incomplete, no whistle blew and Texas Tech's Daniel Howard picked up the ball and ran 82 yards for a touchdown, giving the Red Raiders a 14-0 lead.
Nebraska's offense didn't find the end zone until early in the fourth quarter Khiry Cooper caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Cory Green, who replaced Lee a couple of times during the second half. Nebraska trailed 24-10 with 8:40 to go and still had a chance to come back, but the Red Raiders responded with a methodical nine-play, 54-yard drive that ended in the final score of the game and put things out of reach.
The Huskers are 4-2 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12 North Division, tied with Kansas and Colorado for second place, one-half game behind 2-1 Kansas State. Nebraska will look to get back in the win column this Saturday, as they play host to Iowa State in an 11:30 a.m. matchup at Memorial Stadium.
Iowa State, which rarely wins in Memorial Stadium, is coming in with some confidence after winning their first conference road game in more than two years, beating Baylor over the weekend. You can be a part of the action as the Huskers take on the Cyclones with tickets from Ticket Express -- where no Husker home football game is ever sold out.
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