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Another Big Red Rally: Nebraska rallied from 10 points down in the final eight minutes to knock off Michigan State, 28-24, at Spartan Stadium.
Junior quarterback Taylor Martinez lofted a heavenly pass to the left side of the end zone for sophomore wide receiver Jamal Turner from five yards out with six ticks left on the clock. The touchdown capped NU's third double-digit second-half comeback in four Big Ten victories.
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COMMENTARY
Stryker
“ The breaks have a way of evening up, and they did once again late in the game.”
Tad Stryker
HuskerMax
Whitney
“ It remains to be seen whether the magic will run out, but for now it’s working.”
Chris Whitney
KLIN radio
Sipple
“ These Huskers make you crazy. They make you angry. They make you shout for joy.”
Steve Sipple*
Lincoln Journal Star
Shatel
“ There was no warrior greater than Martinez, who is brave of heart and short of memory.”
Tom Shatel*
Omaha World-Herald
Couch
“ Like so many times this fall, the Spartans left it too much to chance.”
Graham Couch*
Lansing State Journal
Vogel
“ When you stretch young men to their limits, strange things happen.”
Brandon Vogel
Hail Varsity
Hamar
“ We should know this about Martinez by now. The kid doesn’t panic.”
Bob Hamar
Grand Island Independent
Callahan
“ It was one for the ages – one that could define this season.”
Sean Callahan
HuskerOnline
Chatelain
“ We’ve learned the past month not to expect the Huskers’ best until they absolutely need it.”
Dirk Chatelain*
Omaha World-Herald
Niyo
“ If you’re still wondering why Michigan State is stuck at .500 ... this game was full of answers.”
John Niyo
Detroit News
Sharp
“ Spare me the nonsense about how the officials robbed them again.”
Drew Sharp
Detroit Free Press
York
“ This was a true celebration, and [Jamal] Turner was right in the middle of it.”
Randy York
Huskers.com
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Nebraska 28
Michigan St. 24
Nov. 3, 2012 — 2:30 p.m. CDT
Spartan Stadium, East Lansing | ABC/ESPN2 | Game on DVD
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1 2 3 4 - Final
Nebraska 7 7 0 14 - 28
Michigan State 7 7 3 7 - 24
1st quarter
MSU - Le'Veon Bell 11 run (Dan Conroy kick), 4:28
NEB - Ameer Abdullah 2 pass from Taylor Martinez 
(Brett Maher kick) 2:07
MSU - Tony Lippett 46 pass from Andrew Maxwell
(Conroy kick) 6:56
NEB - Martinez 71 run (Maher kick) 3:11
3rd quarter
MSU - Conroy 25 field goal, 10:21
4th quarter
MSU - Le'Veon Bell 1 run (Conroy kick), 14:20
NEB - Martinez 35 run (Maher kick) 7:02
NEB - Jamal Turner 5 pass from Martinez (Maher kick) 0:06
NEB MSU
FIRST DOWNS................... 23 19
By rushing.................. 12 8
By passing.................. 7 7
By penalty.................. 4 4
Net yards rushing............. 40-313 43-238
Average Per Rush............ 7.8 5.5
Net yards passing............. 160 123
Comp-Att-Int................ 16-36-3 9-27-0
Total offense................. 76-473 70-361
Average gain per play....... 6.2 5.2
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards............... 9-72 9-100
Punts-Average................. 4-37.2 7-46.6
Net yards per punt.......... 34.8 38.0
Punt returns-Average.......... 3-6.7 1-10.0
Average per return.......... 6.7 10.0
Kickoff returns-Average....... 1-7.0 3-6.0
Interception returns-Yds...... 0-0 3-53
Fumble returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Possession time............... 28:28 31:32
Third-down conversions........ 6 of 14 6 of 15
Fourth-down conversions....... 2 of 3 0 of 0
Red-zone scores-Chances....... 2-4 3-3
Touchdowns.................. 2-4 2-3
Field goals................. 0-4 1-3
Sacks by: Number-Yards........ 0-0 2-29
RUSHING
NEB: T.Martinez 17-205; A.Abdullah 22-110;
J.Turner 1-minus-2.
MSU: L.Bell 36-188; N.Hill 2-30; B.Fowler 3-14;
A.Maxwell 2-6.
PASSING
NEB: T.Martinez 16-36-3-160.
MSU: A.Maxwell 9-27-0-123.
RECEIVING
NEB: K.Bell 5-31; Q.Enunwa 3-37; K.Reed 2-41;
J.Turner 2-24; T.Marlowe 1-15; B.Cotton 1-6;
J.Long 1-4; A.Abdullah 1-2.
MSU: B.Fowler 3-28; K.Mumphery 2-15; T.Lippett 1-46;
L.Thomas 1-17; D.Sims 1-10; A.Burbridge 1-7.
Attendance: 73,522
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