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COVERAGE
Stats & recap
Huskers Rally to Nip Lions: Nebraska trailed 20-6 at halftime before outscoring Penn State 26-3 in the second half on its way to a 32-23 victory.
Taylor Martinez’s five-yard strike to Jamal Turner with 10:57 left gave the Huskers their first lead, 27-23. Martinez’s 56-yard pass to Kyler Reed helped set up the toss to Turner, and also put Reed over the 1,000-yard receiving mark for his career.
Martinez and I-back Ameer Abdullah both finished with 100-plus yards rushing.
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COMMENTARY
Stryker
“ Nebraska found a way to keep its momentum moving toward Indianapolis.”
Tad Stryker
Huskers.com
Vogel
“ Home field has to mean something and, when Nebraska’s needed it most this season, it has.”
Brandon Vogel
Hail Varsity
Flounders
“ The game came down to Lehman’s fumble. Or maybe it was Lehman’s touchdown that was not called.”
Bob Flounders
Harrisburg Patriot-News
Jones
“ The lack of an overturn was inexplicable.”
David Jones
Harrisburg Patriot-News
Shatel
“ Put it on a T-shirt, Nittany fans. We’ll hang it in a frame next to the Crooked Sideline shirts from 1982.”
Tom Shatel*
Omaha World-Herald
Barfknecht
“ McGloin’s reaction will feed the black helicopter crowd.”
Lee Barfknecht*
Omaha World-Herald
Hamar
“ Ho hum. Another game, another comeback.”
Bob Hamar
Grand Island Independent
Chatelain
“ There’s something wonderfully old-school about executing the same play over and over and over.”
Dirk Chatelain*
Omaha World-Herald
Sipple
“ Pelini's team came out swinging – and landing haymakers – immediately in the second half.”
Steve Sipple*
Lincoln Journal Star
Whitney
“ The Huskers looked like a different team in the final 30 minutes.”
Chris Whitney*
KLIN radio
Callahan
“ You could play the next 100 years of Nebraska football and not see a string of comebacks like this.”
Sean Callahan
HuskerOnline
Rudel
“ Even if Lehman had been awarded a touchdown, Nebraska still had plenty of time to rev up its high-powered offense.”
Neil Rudel
Altoona Mirror
York
“ Once they can clean up some of their messes, there’s no telling how good they might be.”
Randy York
Huskers.com
Fegely
“ Should Penn State leave the Big Ten? ... After seeing the Nebraska game, something has to change.”
Zachary Fegely
Harrisburg Patriot-News
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Nebraska 32
Penn State 23
Nov. 10, 2012 — 2:30 p.m. CST
Memorial Stadium, Lincoln | ABC/ESPN2 | Game on DVD
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1 2 3 4 - Final
Penn State 7 13 3 0 - 23
Nebraska 3 3 14 12 - 32
1st quarter
PSU - Zach Zwinak 50 run (Sam Ficken kick) 13:14 
NEB - Maher 32 field goal, 6:17
2nd quarter
NEB - Maher 27 field goal, 12:29
PSU - Ficken 27 field goal, 6:58
PSU - Jesse James 10 pass from Matt McGloin
(Ficken kick) 2:42
PSU - Ficken 38 field goal, 1:08
3rd quarter
NEB - Imani Cross 1 run (Maher kick) 11:48
NEB - Cross 2 run (Maher kick) 9:37
PSU - Ficken 35 field goal, 6:01
4th quarter
NEB - Jamal Turner 5 pass from Taylor Martinez
(Maher kick) 10:57
NEB - Safety, intentional grounding in end zone, 5:02
NEB - Maher 33 field goal, 0:23
PSU NEB
FIRST DOWNS................... 18 21
By rushing ................. 4 15
By passing ................. 12 5
By penalty ................. 2 1
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 34-151 57-267
Average Per Rush ........... 4.4 4.7
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 240 171
Att-Comp-Int................ 37-18-1 20-12-0
Average Per Attempt......... 6.5 8.6
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 71-391 77-438
Average Gain Per Play ...... 5.5 5.7
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 2-20 1-1
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 2-46 1-22
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 1-22
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 3-47.7 5-41.0
Net Yards Per Punt ......... 47.3 33.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 3-2 2-2
Penalties-Yards............... 8-80 7-55
Possession Time............... 25:41 34:19
Third-Down Conversions........ 6 of 15 9 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 0 of 0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 4-6 6-7
Touchdowns ................. 1-6 3-7
Field goals ................ 3-6 3-7
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-9 3-14
RUSHING
PSU: Z.Zwinak 21-141; M.Zordich 6-12; M.McGloin 6-minus 1;
B.Belton 1-minus 1.
NEB: A.Abdullah 31-116; T.Martinez 15-104; B.Heard 3-25;
I.Cross 8-22.
PASSING
PSU: M.McGloin 18-37-1-240.
NEB: T.Martinez 12-20-0-171.
RECEIVING
PSU: A.Robinson 6-97; M.Lehman 3-32; Z.Zwinak 2-37;
J.James 2-21; A.Kenney 2-15; B.Moseby-Felder 1-23;
K.Carter 1-12; M.Zordich 1-3.
NEB: A.Abdullah 4-29; K.Reed 2-60; J.Turner 2-35;
K.Bell 2-31; B.Cotton 1-18; Q.Enunwa 1-minus 2.
Attendance: 85,527
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Justin Blatchford hurries Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin in the first half.
Bruce Thorson
US PRESSWIRE
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