Tre Bryant rumbles for some of his 192 yards.

Nebraska 43
Arkansas St. 36

Sept. 2, 2017 • 7 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE • BTN
1st2nd3rd4th F 
Arkansas St.141201036
Nebraska17107943
1st quarter
NU: Drew Brown 21 field goal, 9:52
AS: Blaise Taylor 63 punt return (Sawyer Williams kick) 5:07
NU: JD Spielman 99 kickoff return (Brown kick) 4:53 Video
AS: Chris Murray 29 pass from Justice Hansen (Williams kick) 2:12
NU: Stanley Morgan Jr. 44 pass from Tanner Lee (Brown kick) 0:32 Video
2nd quarter
NU: Mikale Wilbon 7 run (Brown kick) 9:57 Video
AS: Safety, Kyle Wilson tackled Tre Bryant in end zone, 7:00
AS: Blake Mack 3 pass from Hansen (Williams kick) 3:45
NU: Brown 41 field goal, 1:02
AS: Williams 39 field goal, 0:00
3rd quarter
NU: Bryant 1 run (Brown kick) 11:14
4th quarter
NU: De'Mornay Pierson-El 8 pass from Lee (Brown kick) 12:25 Video
AS: Williams 31 field goal, 9:27
NU: Safety, holding in end zone, 5:52
AS: Kendrick Edwards 3 pass from Hansen (Williams kick) 0:47

                          AS       NU
FIRST DOWNS ............. 32       25
  Rushing ...............  5       10 
  Passing ............... 25       14 
  Penalty ................ 2        1
RUSHES-YARDS (NET) ... 21-82   38-225
PASSING YDS (NET) ...... 415      238
  Att-Comp-Int ..... 68-46-2  32-19-0
TOTAL OFFENSE ....... 89-497   70-463
Fumble Returns-Yds ..... 0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards .... 1-63      1-1
Kickoff Returns-Yds ... 3-62    2-114
Int. Returns-Yds ....... 0-0      2-0
Punts (Number-Avg) .. 5-39.6   5-42.4
Fumbles-Lost ........... 2-0      1-0
Penalties-Yards ....... 9-63     8-75
Possession Time ...... 27:33    29:38
Third-Down Conv. ... 7 of 13  7 of 14
Fourth-Down Conv. ... 0 of 0   0 of 0

RUSHING
AS: Wand 12-69, Jones 4-14, Murray 1-2, Hansen 4-minus-3.

NU: Bryant 31-192; Pierson-El, 2-23, Wilbon, 2-15, Morgan 2-1, McNitt 1-0, T.Lee 1-minus-7.

PASSING
AS: Hansen 46-68-2 415.
NU: T.Lee 19-32-0 238.

RECEIVING
AS: Murray 9-90, Edwards 8-100, Booker 7-72, Bayless 7-42, Mack 5-50, Paschal 3-23, McInnis 3-22, Wand 2-15, Jones 2-1.

NU: Morgan 5-102, Hoppes, 3-40, Lindsey 3-14, Wilbon 3-7, Spielman 2-44, Pierson-El 2-20, McNitt 1-11.

Attendance: 90,171

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Bryant, Lee Help Huskers Past Red Wolves: Sophomore I-back Tre Bryant erupted for a career-high 192 yards to help carry Nebraska to a 43-36 win over Arkansas State.

Bryant’s big night in his first career start helped make a winner of quarterback Tanner Lee in his Husker debut. Lee completed 19 of 32 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns.

Nebraska still had to find a way to survive in the closing seconds against a high-flying Arkansas State passing attack. Justice Hansen tied the Nebraska individual opponent passing record by completing 46 throws.

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2017 schedule
04/15Reds 55, Whites 7
09/02Arkansas St.W 43-36
09/09@ OregonL 35-42
09/16N. IllinoisL 17-21
09/23RutgersW 27-17
09/29@ IllinoisW 28-6
10/07WisconsinL 17-38
10/14Ohio St.L 14-56
10/28@ PurdueW 25-24
11/04NorthwesternL 24-31
11/11@ MinnesotaL 21-54
11/18@ Penn St.L 44-56
11/24IowaL 14-56
Pregame links & info
Joshua Kalu intercepts a fourth-quarter pass.

Commentary

Christopherson

The inability of Husker defenders to get off blocks was a major issue.

Huskers Illustrated
Keeler

The Red Wolves countered Diaco’s heat up the gut by playing pitch and catch with abandon on the perimeter.

Land of 10
Sipple

[Fans] surely expected much more from a band of defenders that seemed to buy in to Diaco’s scheme.

Lincoln Journal Star
Hamar

The Red Wolves ... had a chance partially because the Huskers didn’t have that killer instinct they will need.

Grand Island Independent
Shatel

Diaco is not a miracle worker. There are no magic wands or solutions when you are teaching a new scheme.

Omaha World-Herald
Chatelain

If opening night dishes this kind of stress, will anyone make it to November?

Omaha World-Herald
Washut

For a defense that showed so many flashes of potential this offseason, Saturday night proved to be quite the reality check.

HuskerOnline
Callahan

The lack of pass rush and pressure by the defense was a real concern.

HuskerOnline
Stryker

The Huskers generated almost no pass rush against a Red Wolf offensive line that entered the game with a combined two starts to its credit.

HuskerMax
Vogel

Sometimes in today’s football, especially against an uber-spread team like Arkansas State, this is what winning defense looks like. It’s not always pretty.

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