Minnesota 54

Nebraska 21

Nov. 11, 2017 - 11:01 a.m. Central

TCF Bank Stadium | Minneapolis, MN | FS1

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Nebraska	7	7	0	7	21
Minnesota	14	16	10	14	54

1st quarter
MN: Smith 100 kickoff return (Carpenter kick) 14:47
NU: Wilbon 1 run (Brown kick) 8:57
MN: Croft 3 run (Carpenter kick) 3:08
2nd quarter
MN: Croft 73 run (PAT failed) 11:42
MN: McCrary 11 run (Carpenter kick) 6:40
NU: Hoppes 14 pass from Lee (Brown kick) 2:50 
MN: Carpenter 36 field goal, 0:04
3rd quarter
MN: McCrary 9 run (Carpenter kick) 5:06
MN: Carpenter 30 field goal, 1:13
4th quarter
NU: Ozigbo 1 run (Brown kick) 10:17
MN: Croft 1 run (Carpenter kick) 7:05
MN: McCraary 43 run (Carpenter kick) 3:21

                            NU       MN
FIRST DOWNS................ 20       24
  Rushing................... 5       17
  Passing.................. 13        5
  Penalty................... 2        2
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 33-69   45-409
PASSING YDS (NET)......... 311      105
  Att-Comp-Int. .......36-25-0   16-9-0
TOTAL OFFENSE ......... 69-380   61-514
Fumble Returns-Yards...... 0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards........ 0-0      0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yds..... 8-162    4-157
Int. Returns-Yards........ 0-0      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)..... 3-39.0   1-41.0
Fumbles-Lost.............. 1-0      1-0
Penalties-Yards.......... 4-54     3-35
Possession Time......... 31:05    28:55
Third-Down Conv. ..... 5 of 14   5 of 9
Fourth-Down Conv. ..... 2 of 6   1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances... 3-5      6-6
Sacks By: Number-Yards... 1-14     6-41

RUSHING
NU: Ozigbo 10-37; Wilbon 10-28; McNitt 1-2; Pierson-El 1-2; O'Brien 11-0. 

MN: Croft 10-183; Smith 24-134; McCrary 10-93; TEAM 1-minus 1.

PASSING
NU: Lee 13-18-0-174; O'Brien 12-18-0-137.
MN: Croft 9-15-0-105; TEAM 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING
NU: Spielman 9-141; Morgan 4-37; Hoppes 4-33; Pierson-El 3-63; Stoll 2-21; Ozigbo 1-12; Lindsey 1-6; Wilbon 1-minus 2.

MN: Johnson 3-57; Howard 3-29; McCrary 2-9; Smith 1-10.

Attendance: 39,933

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Spielman’s Record Day Comes in Husker Loss: Minnesota returned the opening kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, an early omen for how this day would go for Nebraska.

Gopher quarterback Demry Croft ran 10 times for 183 yards and three touchdowns, the Gophers rushed for 409 yards, and Minnesota defeated Nebraska 54-21.

As disappointing the outcome, the Huskers had some bright spots, mostly on offense.

Redshirt freshman receiver JD Spielman caught nine passes for 141 yards. Playing in his hometown of Minneapolis, Spielman increased his season receiving totals to 49 receptions and 734 yards to set Nebraska freshman records in both categories.

Junior quarterback Tanner Lee went 13-of-18 passing for 174 yards for Nebraska but fell ill at halftime with what coach Mike Riley said was an impact migraine. Redshirt freshman Patrick O’Brien replaced Lee in the second half and went 12-of-18 for 137 yards.

Full Huskers.com recap