2004 Nebraska-Baylor football postgame notes

Courtesy of Nebraska Athletics

  • Nebraska improved to 4-2 with today’s victory over Baylor. The Huskers also moved to 2-1 in Big 12 play with today’s win. Nebraska has won eight of nine games in the all-time series and owns a 6-1 record against Baylor in Lincoln.
  • Baylor’s touchdown with 11:36 remaining in the third quarter marked Baylor’s first touchdown at Memorial Stadium in 16 quarters. The Bears were shut out in their three previous trips to Lincoln and had not reached the end zone since the third quarter of a 31-10 Nebraska win in 1977.
  • Sophomore quarterback Joe Dailey completed 13 of 20 passes for a career-high 342 yards and five touchdowns in today’s game. Dailey completed 7-of-11 first-half passes for 192 yards and four touchdowns, marking the second time this season Dailey has thrown for four touchdown passes before halftime (also against Western Illinois). Dailey has now thrown for 14 touchdowns this season.
  • Dailey’s 342 passing yards in today’s game set a new school record, bettering the 297 yards by Dave Humm vs. Wisconsin on Sept. 29, 1973. Humm completed 25-of-36 passes in the game.
  • Dailey threw for five touchdown passes in today’s game, tying the school record of five by Steve Taylor in 1987 vs. UCLA and Eric Crouch vs. Iowa in 2000.
  • Junior I-back Cory Ross caught a 74-yard touchdown pass from Dailey in the second quarter to extend Nebraska’s lead to 17-3. The 74-yard catch was the longest by a Husker back since Craig Johnson had a 78-yard catch for a touchdown at Kansas on Nov. 4, 1978, the longest reception ever by a Nebraska back.
  • In addition to 77 receiving yards, Ross rushed for 51 yards and had two punt returns for 145 all-purpose yards in today’s game. Ross had 196 all-purpose yards earlier this season against Southern Miss.
  • The 74-yard touchdown pass from Dailey to Ross tied the longest pass play of Dailey’s career, matching his 74-yard touchdown pass to Mark LeFlore last week at Texas Tech.
  • Dailey completed an 18-yard touchdown pass to Steve Kriewald in the first quarter to give Nebraska a 7-3 advantage in the first quarter. Kriewald’s touchdown reception was the first touchdown catch by a Nebraska fullback since Lance Lewis caught a 15-yard touchdown pass at Iowa State in 1992. The 18-yard catch was also a career-long for Kriewald.
  • Wide receiver Isaiah Fluellen caught touchdown passes on consecutive plays at the end of the second quarter, the first a 27-yarder while the second was a 45-yard TD from Dailey with five seconds remaining in the half. The two touchdown catches were the first two receptions of the season for Fluellen. It also marked the second consecutive year Fluellen has converted his first reception of the season into a touchdown. Last fall, Fluellen caught a 43-yard pass for a touchdown at Southern Miss on his first career reception.
  • Freshman Brandon Jackson had a 59-yard kickoff return in the third quarter, the longest by Nebraska this season. Jackson had established a team season-long earlier in the game with a 40-yard first-quarter kickoff return. Jackson finished the game with five kickoff returns for 158 yards, the most since Josh Davis established a school record with seven returns for 186 yards at Kansas State in 2002.
  • Jackson rushed 18 times for 89 yards in today’s game, setting a new career rushing high for the freshman. Jackson had 79 yards in the season opener against Western Illinois. Jackson’s two-yard touchdown run in the third quarter was the first of his Nebraska career. Jackson tallied 247 all-purpose yards in today’s game, the 10th-highest total in school history.
  • Dailey completed passes to seven different receivers in today’s game, including four receivers with at least 60 yards.
  • Junior strong safety Daniel Bullocks picked off a fourth-quarter Baylor pass, his team-leading fourth interception of the season. Bullocks has returned his four interceptions for a total of 178 yards, an average of 44.5 yards per return. Each of his four interception returns have covered at least 38 yards.
  • The Nebraska defense had two takeaways in today’s game, while the Husker offense did not commit a turnover for the first time this season.
  • Defensive end Jay Moore recorded his team-leading third sack of the season in today’s game. Moore also caused and recovered a fumble on the sack, and Nebraska converted with a touchdown one play later to give the Huskers a 31-3 halftime edge.
  • Baylor rushed for 100 yards in today’s game, marking the second time this season a Husker opponent has reached the 100-yard plateau on the ground, joining the 105 yards by Kansas two weeks ago.
  • The time of possession at halftime was a even at 15:00 for each team.
  • Nebraska’s 59 points today was its most since scoring 66 points in the 2000 Alamo Bowl against Northwestern. The 59 points also ties Nebraska’s most in the nine-game series with Baylor, matching Nebraska’s total in a 59-0 win in Lincoln in 2000. Baylor’s 27 points were its most in nine games against Nebraska.
  • Nebraska travels to Kansas State next Saturday with the contest at KSU Stadium set for a 1:10 p.m. kickoff. There will be no television coverage of the game. Kansas State dropped to 2-4 and 0-3 in the Big 12 with today’s 31-21 loss to second-ranked Oklahoma in Manhattan.