Cam Taylor-Britt goes high to break up a long pass late in the game.

Nebraska 37
Purdue 27

Dec. 5, 2020 • 11 a.m. Central
Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN • BTN
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Nebraska17107337
Purdue3107727
First quarter
NEB: Mills 1 run (Culp kick) 12:30
NEB: Martinez 13 run (Culp kick) 10:04
NEB: Culp 25 field goal, 5:59
PUR: Dellinger 45 field goal, 1:02
Second quarter
NEB: Culp 49 field goal, 12:22
PUR: Doerue 20 pass from Plummer (Dellinger kick) 10:04
NEB: Liewer 10 pass from Martinez (Culp kick) 6:13
PUR: Dellinger 27 field goal, 0:00
Third quarter
NEB: Martinez 1 run (Culp kick) 10:05
PUR: Durham 20 pass from Plummer (Dellinger kick) 1:29
Fourth quarter
PUR: Bell 89 pass from Plummer (Dellinger kick) 12:16
NEB: Culp 32 field goal, 7:04

                            NEB      PUR
FIRST DOWNS................. 20       19
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)...... 40-111    17--2
PASSING YDS (NET).......... 253      334
  Att-Comp-Int......... 31-24-0  47-33-0
TOTAL OFFENSE .......... 71-364   64-332
Fumble Returns-Yds......... 0-0      0-0
Punt Returns-Yds.......... 2-66     2-12
Kickoff Returns-Yds....... 2-38    4-116
Int. Returns-Yds........... 0-0      0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)...... 4-30.2   6-26.8
Fumbles-Lost............... 1-0      1-0
Penalties-Yds............ 9-107   11-126
Possession Time.......... 33:49    26:11
Third-Down Conv. ...... 6 of 15  3 of 13
Fourth-Down Conv. ...... 0 of 1   1 of 3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.... 6-6      3-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards.... 3-21      1-6

RUSHING
NEB: Mills, Dedrick 16-60; Martinez, A. 13-45; Robinson, W. 2-5; Johnson, R. 1-4; McCaffrey, Luke 4-4; Jewett, Cooper 1-2; TEAM 3-minus 9.

PUR: Zander Horvath 7-21; Rondale Moore 1-7; King Doerue 3-2; Eric Miller 1-minus 9; Jack Plummer 5-minus 23.

PASSING
NEB: Martinez, A. 23-30-0-242; McCaffrey, Luke 1-1-0-11.

PUR: Jack Plummer 33-47-0-334.

RECEIVING
NEB: Robinson, W. 9-114; Falck, Levi 5-39; Betts, Zavier 5-36; Vokolek, Travis 2-15; Allen, Austin 1-37; Liewer, Wyatt 1-10; Johnson, R. 1-2.

PUR: Rondale Moore 13-78; David Bell 10-132; Zander Horvath 4-38; Milton Wright 3-24; Jackson Anthrop 1-22; Payne Durham 1-20; King Doerue 1-20.
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FANALYTIX

Huskers start fast, hold off Boilers’ rally

Nebraska got off to a great start on the road, then made enough plays down the stretch to earn a 37-27 win over Purdue.

Nebraska got contributions in all three phases of the game to improve to 2-4 on the season while dropping Purdue to 2-4. The Huskers jumped out to a quick 17-0 lead less than 10 minutes into the game, sparked by an opening defensive stop followed by a blocked punt.

The punt, blocked by Levi Falck, was recovered by Simon Otte at the Purdue 1, setting up a one-yard Dedrick Mills touchdown on Nebraska’s first offensive play of the game to give the Big Red a 7-0 lead.

The Blackshirts came through with a quick three-and-out on Purdue’s second offensive possession, and Cam Taylor-Britt’s 27-yard punt return combined with a 15-yard Purdue penalty set the offense up with 1st-and-10 at the Boilermaker 17. Three plays later, Adrian Martinez battled to the end zone from 13 yards out to give Nebraska a 14-0 lead less than five minutes into the game.

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2020 schedule
10/24@ Ohio St.L 17-52
11/07@ NorthwesternL 13-21
11/14Penn St.W 30-23
11/21IllinoisL 23-41
11/27@ IowaL 20-26
12/05@ PurdueW 37-27
12/12MinnesotaL 17-24
12/18@ RutgersW 28-21
Dedrick Mills had 60 yards rushing.

Commentary

Stryker

By showing a bit of mental toughness, the Big Red gave itself an opportunity to stay out of the Big Ten West basement this season. Baby steps.

Tad Stryker
HuskerMax
Shatel

This was a Husker team that fans have wanted to see all along. And it was there all along.

Tom Shatel
Omaha World-Herald
Sipple

Say what you want about the aesthetics of this particular Nebraska win. However, the Huskers did come to play.

Steven M. Sipple
Lincoln Journal Star
Christopherson

You know this team's flaws, but it needed this bowl of chicken soup, as the Huskers made the most out of the parts they had.

Brian Christopherson
Husker247
Callahan

The key stat of the day for Nebraska's offense was they had no interceptions or lost fumbles.

Sean Callahan
HuskerOnline
Peterson

Nebraska’s offense is starting to hum in ways it hasn’t this year.

Derek Peterson
Hail Varsity
Vogel

Nebraska held Purdue to 3-of-13 on third down, a hint of strength in what had been the Huskers’ biggest weakness to this point.

Brandon Vogel
Hail Varsity
Wirt

Early leads, while nice, aren’t necessarily safe with a Nebraska team still learning how to put opponents to bed.

Landon Wirt
Daily Nebraskan
Chatelain

Appreciate Nebraska football for what it is: a three-hour circus of unpredictable skits, roughly 30 seconds apart.

Dirk Chatelain
Omaha World-Herald
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