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UCLA 41
Nebraska 21

Sept. 14, 2013 • 11 a.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE • ABC
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UCLA3728341
Nebraska1470021
1st quarter
NEBR: Enunwa 11 pass from Martinez (Smith kick) 9:45
UCLA: Fairbairn 44 field goal, 7:13
NEBR: Enunwa 14 pass from Martinez (Bondi kick) 0:31
2nd quarter
NEBR: Bell 22 pass from Martinez (Smith kick) 7:12 
UCLA: Perkins 10 run (Fairbairn kick) 0:57
3rd quarter
UCLA: James 3 run (Fairbairn kick), 8:31
UCLA: Evans 24 pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick) 6:02
UCLA: Ruhl 12 pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick) 3:39
UCLA: Iese 3 pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick) 0:26
4th quarter
UCLA: Fairbairn 24 field goal, 1:53
 
                          UCLA      NEBR
FIRST DOWNS ............... 27        21
  Rushing ................. 11         8 
  Passing ..................13        11 
  Penalty .................. 3         2
RUSHES-YARDS (NET) .... 53-210    42-128
PASSING YDS (NET) ........ 294       203
  Att-Comp-Int ....... 25-16-1   35-21-0
TOTAL OFFENSE ......... 78-504    77-331
Fumble Returns-Yds ....... 0-0       0-0
Punt Returns-Yds ........ 2-28       0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yds ...... 0-0      3-35
Int. Returns-Yds ......... 0-0      1-34
Punts (Number-Avg) .... 3-45.3    8-37.8
Fumbles-Lost ............. 3-0       4-1
Penalties-Yards ......... 3-21      8-70
Possession Time ........ 32:09     27:47
Third-Down Conv. ..... 7 of 15   3 of 14
Fourth-Down Conv. ..... 0 of 1    2 of 3
Sacks By: Number-Yds .... 2-15       3-6
 
RUSHING
UCLA: J.Jordon 22-105; B.Hundley 19-61; M.Jones 4-24; P.Perkins 5-22; S.Manfro 2-10; S.Covington 1-minus-12.

NEBR: A.Abdullah 23-98; T.Newby 5-22; I.Cross 3-19; B.Nickens 1-2; T.Martinez 10-minus13.

PASSING
UCLA: C.Phillips 16-24-1-294.
NEBR: T.Martinez 21-35-0-203. 

RECEIVING
UCLA: D.Fuller 4-48; S.Evans 3-97; D.Bell 2-35; J.Payton 2-28; G.Mazzone 1-39; P.Perkins 1-20; P.Ruhl 1-12; T.Duarte 1-12; N.Iese 1-3.

NEBR: K.Bell 6-68; J.Turner 5-23; A.Abdullah 3-50; Q.Enunwa 3-39; T.Newby 1-9; J.Long 1-8; J.Westerkamp 1-4; C.Zimmerer 1-2.

Attendance: 91,471

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Huskers Fall to No. 16 Bruins: In a tale of two halves, Nebraska bolted to a 21-3 lead, but UCLA closed with 38 unanswered points in the final 2½ quarters to leave Memorial Stadium with a 41-21 win.

The Huskers had their 14-game home non­con­ference winning streak snapped, along with their streak of 10 straight home wins.

Nebraska managed 326 total yards but just 130 in the second half.

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2013 schedule
04/06Reds 32, Whites 25
08/31WyomingW 37-34
09/07S. MissW 56-13
09/14UCLAL 21-41
09/21South Dakota St.W 59-20
10/05IllinoisW 39-19
10/12@ PurdueW 44-7
10/26@ MinnesotaL 23-34
11/02NorthwesternW 27-24
11/09@ MichiganW 17-13
11/16Michigan St.L 28-41
11/23@ Penn St.W 23-20
11/29IowaL 17-38
01/01@ GeorgiaW 24-19
Pregame links & info
Avery Moss sacks Brett Hundley

Commentary

Dienhart

The calendar has flipped to 2013, but the act hasn’t changed.

Stryker

Nebraska found a way to fritter away a tremendous amount of momentum in a shockingly short period of time.

HuskerMax
Sipple

Nebraska came ready to play, but far from ready to respond once the tide turned.

Lincoln Journal Star
Callahan

It was the Husker offense that may have been the biggest problem on Saturday.

HuskerOnline
Vogel

It’s the sameness of these losses that’s shocking.

Hail Varsity
Barfknecht

When passion and ire give way to apathy in your ‘money’ sport, you have a problem.

Omaha World-Herald
Shatel

What we saw here Saturday was a microcosm of what this program is right now.

Omaha World-Herald
Hamar

In the second half, the Bruins were the only ones making plays. That includes tackles.

Grand Island Independent
Dalen

The 2013 Huskers’ performance has started out with alarming parallels to 2007.

Corn Nation
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