Martinez hands off to Abdullah.

Minnesota 34
Nebraska 23

Oct. 26, 2013 • 11 a.m. Central
TCF Bank Stadium •Minneapolis, MN • ESPN
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Nebraska1037323
Minnesota71010734
1st quarter
NEB: Imani Cross 2 run (Pat Smith kick) 12:26
NEB: Smith 45 field goal, 7:06
MIN: Mitch Leidner 1 run (Chris Hawthorne kick) 0:18
2nd quarter
MIN: Derrick Engel 33 pass from Philip Nelson (Hawthorne kick) 6:21
MIN: Hawthorne 26 field goal, 3:01
NEB: Smith 42 field goal, 0:03
3rd quarter
MIN: Nelson 1 run (Hawthorne kick) 9:01
MIN: Hawthorne 45 field goal 2:33
NEB: Sam Cotton 3 pass from Taylor Martinez (Smith kick), 0:14
4th quarter
NEB: Smith 38 field goal, 9:26
MIN: Nelson 1 run (Hawthorne kick) 0:48

                           NEB        MIN
FIRST DOWNS................ 17         23
  Rushing ................. 10         16 
  Passing .................. 5          7 
  Penalty .................. 2          0 
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)..... 30-189     54-271
PASSING YDS (NET)......... 139        159
  Att-Comp-Int........ 30-16-1     17-8-0
TOTAL OFFENSE.........  60-328     71-430
Fumble Returns-Yds........ 0-0        0-0
Punt Returns-Yds......... 3-17        2-9
Kickoff Returns-Yds..... 6-133       1-15
Int. Returns-Yds.......... 0-0        1-8
Punts (Number-Avg)..... 5-42.6     5-35.0
Fumbles-Lost.............. 2-1        0-0
Penalties-Yards.......... 3-21       3-35
Possession Time......... 24:23      35:37
Third-Down Conv. ..... 4 of 12    5 of 13
Fourth-Down Conv. ..... 0 of 0     1 of 1
Sacks By-Yards............ 1-1       4-27

RUSHING
NEB: A.Abdullah 19-165; T.Martinez 8-16; Q.Enunwa 1-4; I.Cross 2-4.

MIN: D.Cobb 31-138; P.Nelson 8-55; D.Jones 4-42; I.Fruechte 2-13; D.Kirkwood 3-12; D.Engel 1-11; M.Leidner 4-2; Team 1-minus 2.

PASSING
NEB: T.Martinez 16-30-1-139.
MIN: P.Nelson 7-15-0-152; M.Leidner 1-2-0-7.

RECEIVING
NEB: Q.Enunwa 3-46; K.Bell 3-45; J.Westerkamp 3-7; A.Abdullah 3-6; J.Turner 2-19; A.Moore 1-13; S.Cotton, 1-3.

MIN: D.Goodger 3-68; D.Engel 2-40; M.Henry 1-20; M.Williams 1-20; Cobb, David 1-11.

Attendance: 49,995

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Huskers Fall at Minnesota:Nebraska’s 16-game winning streak against Minnesota ended with a 34-23 loss to the Golden Gophers at TCF Bank Stadium.

Taylor Martinez played for the first time since the UCLA game in mid-September and led NU to scores on its first two drives. But Minnesota, relying on a strong running game, scored the next 17 points and never trailed after that.

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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
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Commentary

Stryker

The national sports media has come to expect this from Nebraska.

HuskerMax
Johnson

Nebraska’s bell-cow receiving tandem repeatedly put catchable balls on the turf.

Callahan

Something about the offense was just missing. There was no tempo or rhythm.

HuskerOnline
Sipple

If you’re a Nebraska fan, you’re right to expect more from Bo Pelini’s program.

Lincoln Journal Star
Vogel

The gist [of the book on Nebraska] is this: Make the Huskers uncomfortable.

Hail Varsity
Husker Mike

Other than being unable to block, catch, and tackle, Nebraska had a decent game against Minnesota.

Dienhart

To say that the Cornhuskers are at a crossroads would be a massive under­state­ment. The loss ... was the nadir of the program under Pelini.

Chatelain

Shawn Eichorst had better be ready for big decisions.

Omaha World-Herald
Hamar

What Minnesota did to the Huskers was Big Ten football at its best.

Grand Island Independent
Shatel

The sound you heard is the clock starting on Pelini’s time in Lincoln.

Omaha World-Herald
Ruesse

These were the new Gophers, the ones that said, ‘Let’s draw up some wild stuff and actually use it.’

Minneapolis Star Tribune
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