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Blackshirts Lead NU Past No. 20 Michigan: The Nebraska Blackshirts mustered their best defensive effort of the season, holding Michigan to just 188 total yards and no touchdowns in a 23-9 victory over the No. 20 Wolverines.
In a game controlled by the defenses, Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez engineered the game’s only two touchdown drives in his duel with Michigan dual-threat quarterback Denard Robinson, who left the game with an injury late in the first half.
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COMMENTARY
Sipple
“ Say this for Pelini’s crew: It reflects its coach in that it has plenty of fight.”
Steve Sipple*
Lincoln Journal Star
Seidel
“ If you take the reward of using a running quarterback, you have to accept the other side.”
Jeff Seidel
Detroit Free Press
Shatel
“ You lose players over the course of a season. It’s the replaceable parts that win games and championships.”
Tom Shatel*
Omaha World-Herald
Stryker
“ Lavonte David … was watching from the Husker sidelines, and he must have enjoyed what he saw.”
Tad Stryker
HuskerMax
Callahan
“ Saturday was a nice win for the Huskers, but as we know nothing with this team is guaranteed.”
Sean Callahan
HuskerOnline
Whitney
“ It’s hard to say the Blackshirts deserve anything other than an A+.”
Chris Whitney
KLIN radio
Forgrave
“ Saturday's game was more notable for what it wasn’t – a game that mattered – than what it was.”
Reid Forgrave
FoxSports.com
Vogel
“ The pressure will be even higher next week. And the week after that. And the week after that.”
Brandon Vogel
Hail Varsity
Meinke
“ Make no mistake: Michigan wasn’t firing even when Robinson was in the game.”
Kyle Meinke
MLive.com
Helfand
“ Michigan had no quarterback, no plan, no chance against a Nebraska defense smelling blood in the water.”
Zach Helfand
Michigan Daily
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Nebraska 23
Michigan 9
October 27, 2012 — 7 p.m. CDT
Memorial Stadium, Lincoln | ESPN2 | Get the game on DVD
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1 2 3 4 - Final
Michigan 0 6 3 0 - 9
Nebraska 0 7 9 7 - 23
2nd quarter
NU - Kenny Bell 32 pass from Taylor Martinez 
(Brett Maher kick), 13:17
UM - Brendan Gibbons 52 field goal, 8:21
UM - Gibbons 24 field goal, 2:38
3rd quarter
NU - Maher 19 field goal, 11:48
NU - Maher 51 field goal, 8:41
NU - Maher 31 field goal, 4:43
UM - Gibbons 38 field goal, 0:42
4th quarter
NU - Ameer Abdullah 12 run (Maher kick), 10:19
UM NU
First downs................... 18 20
By rushing.................. 5 10
By passing.................. 7 8
By penalty.................. 6 2
Rushing attempts-Yards (net).. 37-95 41-160
Average Per Rush............ 2.6 3.9
Passing yards (net) .......... 93 166
Comp-Att-Int................ 9-27-3 14-24-1
Average per attempt......... 3.4 6.9
Total offense................. 64-188 65-326
Average gain per play....... 2.9 5.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards............... 3-44 8-104
Punts-Average................. 4-39.8 4-42.2
Net yards per punt.......... 39.8 38.0
Punt returns-Average.......... 2-(-1.5) 0-0.0
Kickoff returns-Average....... 4-23.8 3-24.7
Interceptions-Yds............. 1-0 3-53
Possession time............... 31:36 28:24
Third-down conversions........ 5 of 15 4 of 12
Fourth-down conversions....... 0 of 0 0 of 0
Red-zone scores-Chances....... 2-2 3-3
Touchdowns.................. 0-2 1-3
Field goals................. 2-2 2-3
Sacks by: Number-Yards........ 1-10 2-17
RUSHING
UM: D.Robinson 10-46; F.Toussaint 15-38; J.Gallon 3-17;
R.Bellomy 5-0; V.Smith 4-minus-6.
NU: T.Martinez 14-58; A.Abdullah 24-101; A.Cross 2-4;
TEAM 1-minus-3.
PASSING
UM: D.Robinson 6-11-0-55; R.Bellomy 3-16-3 38.
NU: T.Martinez 14-24-1-166.
RECEIVING
UM: J.Jackson 2-14; V.Smith 2-11; J.Gallon 2-9;
R.Roundtree 1-32; D.Gardner 1-15; J.Kerridge 1-12.
NU: K.Bell 2-51; K.Reed 2-23; B.Cotton 2-21;
Q.Enunwa 2-14; A.Abdullah 2-4; S.Osborne 1-19;
T.Marlowe 1-16; J.Turner 1-12; C.Zimmerer 1-6.
Attendance: 86,160
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