Nebraska 38
Texas A&M 31

Oct. 26, 2002 • 6:07 p.m. Central
Kyle Field •College Station, TX • TBS
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Nebraska7771738
Texas A&M14710031

1st Quarter
NEB: D Diedrick 12 run (J Brown kick) 12:09
A&M: T Thomas 12 punt-block return (T Pegram kick 2:25
A&M: JWeber 10 pass from D Long (T Pegram kick) 0:20
2nd Quarter
NEB: D Horne 2 run (J Brown kick) 7:44
A&M: G Porter 2 pass from D Long (T Pegram kick) 0:16
3rd Quarter
A&M: T Pegram 33 field goal, 11:08
A&M: B Jones 66 fumble return 7:43
NEB: D Horne 21 run (J Brown kick) 6:39
4th Quarter
NEB: D Horne 11 run (J Brown kick) 13:20
NEB: D Horne 6 run  (J Brown kick) 11:01
NEB: J Brown 42 field goal, 5:59
   
                            NEB      A&M
FIRST DOWNS................. 28       15
  Rushing................... 23        5
  Passing.................... 5        9
  Penalty.................... 0        1
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 73-381    24-53
PASSING YDS (NET).......... 116      269
  Att-Comp-Int.......... 12-7-0  37-20-2
TOTAL OFFENSE .......... 85-497   61-322
Fumble Returns-Yards....... 0-0     2-66
Punt Returns-Yards........ 3-50     2-35
Kickoff Returns-Yards.... 5-105     3-71
Int. Returns-Yards........ 2--6      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)...... 3-33.7   5-33.0
Fumbles-Lost............... 4-2      0-0
Penalties-Yards........... 7-65     6-38
Possession Time.......... 33:50    26:10
Third-Down Conv. ......... 8/16     5/14
Fourth-Down Conv. ......... 3/3      0/0
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.... 4-4      3-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards.... 2-18      0-0

RUSHING
NEB: Lord 30-159, Horne 24-128, Diedrick 15-85, Davies 3-14, Team 1-minus 5.

A&M: Johnson 1-17, Farmer 9-16, Long 7-13, Webb 5-6, Fleming 2-1.

PASSING
NEB: Lord 7-12-116-0.
A&M: Long 20-37-269-2.

RECEIVING
NEB: Thomas 4-59, Pilkington 2-52, LeFlore 1-5.

A&M: Murphy 5-75, Porter 4-59, Taylor 3-59, Webb 3-37, Johnson 3-28, Joseph 1-8, Patrick 1-3.

Attendance: 81,054

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Down by 17, Huskers rally past Aggies

Powered by a running game that rolled for 381 yards, Nebraska rallied from a 17-point second-half deficit for a 38-31 victory over Texas A&M.

Jammal Lord and David Horne each rushed for more than 100 yards as the Huskers registered their first road win of the season.

Things looked bleak for the Huskers after Byron Jones’ 66-yard fumble return gave the Aggies a 31-14 lead midway through the third quarter. But Nebraska responded immediately by driving 68 yards in just three plays, capped by Horne’s 21-yard touchdown run on a fake reverse to trim the deficit to 31-21.

Less than two minutes into the fourth quarter, Horne added another scoring scamper to make it a 31-28 game. The 13-play, 81-yard drive included two fourth-down conversions, one of them a high-stakes fourth-and-1 at NU’s own 28.

A 15-yard quarterback sack by Demorrio Williams ruined the Aggies’ subsequent possession, a three-and-out that ended with a 14-yard punt. That put Nebraska in prime position at the Aggies’ 35, and Horne scored his fourth TD six plays later to give Nebraska a 35-31 lead with 11:01 left.

Three plays after the ensuing kickoff, the Huskers got the ball back on a Pat Ricketts interception, which led to a Josh Brown field goal that boosted NU’s lead to 38-31.

Nearly six minutes remained, and the Aggies tried to mount a comeback of their own. A 35-yard pass play helped get them to the NU 9, but heavy pressure from rush end Demoine Adams forced a bad throw on first-and-goal by A&M’s Dustin Long. Husker safety Philip Bland made a diving interception of the ball in the end zone with 2:23 left to seal the win.

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2002 schedule
04/20Red 17, White 7
08/24Arizona St.W 48-10
08/31Troy St.W 31-16
09/07Utah St.W 44-13
09/14@ Penn St.L 7-40
09/28@ Iowa St.L 14-36
10/05McNeese St.W 38-14
10/12MissouriW 24-13
10/19@ Oklahoma St.L 21-24
10/26@ Texas A&MW 38-31
11/02TexasL 24-27
11/09KansasW 45-7
11/16@ Kansas St.L 13-49
11/29ColoradoL 13-28
12/27Ole MissL 23-27

Commentary

Colonel Mustard

Frank saved his job, there is no other clever way to put it.


Colonel Mustard
HuskerMax
Shatel

It’s been a down year for pancakes. But the big dogs ate on Saturday night.

Tom Shatel
Omaha World-Herald
Hamar

That fourth-down call may have saved the season. It certainly showed that Solich and company won’t go down without a fight.

Bob Hamar
Grand Island Independent
McKeever

Credit the warrior Lord, who ran 30 times, for keeping Slocum and the A&M defense on their heels all night.

Curt McKeever
Lincoln Journal Star
Red Clad Loon

The biggest reason Nebraska won is firmly grounded in The Pipeline. It was a Miltdown out there.

Red Clad Loon
The Pond
Diehl

These Nebraska Cornhuskers are going down swinging. In the process, they’re going to knock some people out.

David Diehl
Daily Nebraskan
Lopez

An era ended Saturday night. The Wrecking Crew coughed, sputtered and broke down

John P. Lopez
Houston Chronicle
Premeaux

Why did Nebraska choose this week to turn back into Nebraska? And where has the Wrecking Crew gone?

Robert Premeaux
Bryan-College Station Eagle
Zwerneman

A&M’s run defense, which led the Big 12 going into the game, is on the ropes following its performance against Nebraska’s option attack.

Brent Zwerneman
San Antonio Express-News
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