First quarter
NU: J Davies 42 run (J Brown kick) 7:52
Second quarter
NU: Crouch 9 run (J Brown kick) 12:03
BU: Sepulveda recovered fumble in end zone (Andino kick) 6:48
Third quarter
NU: Crouch 1 run (J Brown kick) 2:00
Fourth quarter
NU: Diedrick 8 run (J Brown kick) 9:54
NU: Crouch 4 run (J Brown kick) 8:07
NU: J Davies 22 run (DeAngelis kick) 2:41
NU: J Davis 13 run (DeAngelis run failed) 0:21
NUBU
First downs 31 14
Rushed-yards 73-641 33-29
Passing yards 47 158
Comp-Att-Int 4-9-0 15-43-3
Total offense 82-688 76-187
Sacked-yards lost 0-0 5-43
Return yards 84 20
Punts 4-42.5 13-38.3
Fumbles-lost 7-5 4-1
Penalties-yards 4-32 4-43
Time of possession 32:54 27:06
Third-Down Conv. 8 of 14 4 of 19
Fourth-Down Conv. 0 of 2 0 of 0
RUSHING
NU: T Collins 13-165, Diedrick 20-137, Crouch 18-132, Judd Davies 12-119, Cornelson 1-36, J Davis 2-25, Grixby 3-15, Kriewald 3-10, Lord 1-2.
BU: Golden 12-32, Cicero 6-21, Ricks 5-3, M Barnett 2-3, Lagway 1-0, Team 1-minus 11, Zachary 6-minus 19.
PASSING
NU: Crouch 4-9-0-47.
BU: Cicero 14-35-2-145, Zachary 1-5-0-13, Tomcheck 0-3-1-0.
RECEIVING
NU: T Collins 2-14, W Thomas 1-18, Wistrom 1-15.
BU: R Quiroga 4-34, M Roberts 3-49, R Harrington 3-25, Newhouse 2-29, Krieg 2-12, Fuller 1-9.
Attendance: 38,102
Four Cornhuskers topped 100 yards rushing, tying an NCAA record, as No. 4 Nebraska overcome five turnovers in sloppy conditions for a 48-7 road victory over Baylor.
Thunder Collins rushed for 165 yards, Dahrran Diedrick for 137, Eric Crouch for 132 and Judd Davies for 119 as Nebraska (7-0, 3-0 Big 12) rolled up 641 yards on the ground.
The Cornhuskers had seven fumbles, including a dropped ball in the end zone by Crouch that Baylor recovered for its only touchdown.
Because of the turnovers, Nebraska led just 14-7 in the third quarter before Crouch’s second touchdown helped ensure the Cornhuskers’ 40th consecutive winning season, second to Notre Dame’s NCAA-record 42-year run.
The Cornhuskers broke the game open with four fourth-quarter scores.
Rain fell during much of the first half and play was suspended for 36 minutes in the second quarter because of lightning.
Baylor (2-3, 0-3) has lost 24 consecutive Big 12 games dating to 1998. Unlike last year when Nebraska led 38-0 in the first quarter of a 59-0 rout, the Cornhuskers struggled to hold onto the ball in the chilly and wet conditions.
Fullback Davies gave the Huskers a 7-0 lead with a 42-yard burst off left tackle. Once in the secondary, he pushed off safety Derrick Cash with a stiff-arm on the 15. Crouch’s first TD, a 9-yard run, made it 14-0 in the second.
Despite churning up huge chunks of yardage on the ground, Nebraska kept hurting itself with turnovers.
Nebraska lost four fumbles in the first half, including two by Crouch, and was stopped twice on fourth-and-1, once inside the Baylor 5.
Baylor’s offense, however, made little use of its chances. The Bears rank last in the league in total offense and managed just 31 yards in the first half while the game was still close.
The Bears finally got a break in the second quarter when a punt pinned Nebraska on its 1. At that point, two lightning strikes cracked through the sky and the game officials sent the teams to the locker room for 36 minutes.
Once play resumed, Crouch coughed up the ball in his own end zone and Baylor’s Stephen Sepulveda fell on it to make it 14-7 at halftime.
Crouch and the Huskers finally got untracked in the third with an 11-play, 88-yard drive capped by the quarterback’s 1-yard TD run that made it 21-7. Diedrick started the fourth-quarter scoring parade with an 8-yard scoring run
Nebraska tied an NCAA record for most 100-yard rushers in a game, matching the four by Arizona State in 1951, Texas in 1969, Alabama in 1973 and Army in 1984. NU’s previous school record was three rushers with 100-plus yards set vs. Arizona State in 1988 and Kansas in 2000.
Crouch’s three touchdowns sent him past Tommie Frazier for most total-offense TDs in Nebraska history with 80. Frazier is the Baylor running backs coach.
Crouch already owns the NCAA Division I-A record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with 54.
Greg Cicero led the Bears with 14-of-35 passing for 145 yards with two interceptions.
Colonel Mustard