Michigan 32
Nebraska 29

Oct. 9, 2021 • 6:44 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE • ABC
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Second quarter
UM: Moody 35 field goal, 9:52
UM: Moody 21 field goal, 3:19
UM: Haskins 3 run (Moody kick) 0:09
Third quarter
NU: Allen 46 pass from Martinez (Culp kick) 12:49
UM: Haskins 3 run (pass failed) 3:36
NU: Johnson 41 pass from Martinez (Culp kick) 1:24
NU: Falck 13 pass from Martinez (Martinez run) 0:52
Fourth quarter
UM: Corum 29 run (Moody kick) 11:21
NU: Martinez 5 run (Culp kick) 7:08
UM: Moody 31 field goal, 3:00
UM: Moody 39 field goal, 1:24

                           UM       NU
First Downs .............. 26       19
  Rushing ................ 12        5
  Passing ................ 12       12
  Penalty ................  2        2
Rushes-Net Yds ....... 42-204   32-140
Net Yards Passing ....... 255      291
  Comp-Att-Int ...... 22-39-1  18-28-1
Total Offense ........ 81-459   60-431
Fumbles-Lost ............ 1-0      2-1
Penalized-Yards ........ 6-55     6-47
Punts-Avg ............ 4-50.8   4-47.5
  Net/Punt ............. 50.8     44.5
Punt Returns-Avg ..... 2--4.0    0-0.0
Int. Returns-Yds ........ 1-0     1-20
Fumble Returns-Yds ..... 1-19      0-0
KO Returns-Avg ....... 3-19.0      0-0
Possession Time ....... 34:24    25:36
3rd Down Conv. ......... 6/15     3/11
4th Down Conv. .......... 0/0      1/3
Red-Zone Scoring ........ 6/6      2/3
Sacks-Yards ..............1-2     1-13

RUSHING
UM: Haskins 21-123; Corum 13-89; McCarthy 3-10; Edwards 1-3; TEAM 2-minus-6; McNamara 2-minus-15.

NU: Johnson 17-67; Martinez 8-38; Toure 1-16; Yant 1-14; Falck 1-6; Betts 1-minus-1. 

PASSING 
UM: McNamara 22-38-1 255; McCarthy 0-1-0 0.

NU: Martinez 18-28-1 291.

RECEIVING
UM: Baldwin 6-64; Sainristil 2-52; Corum 5-37; Johnson 4-37; Schoonmaker 2-29; All 2-26; Honigford 1-10.

NU: Johnson 6-105; Allen 2-59; Martin 2-39; Toure 3-37; Falck 3-31; Manning 2-20.

Attendance: 87,380
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Scott Frost has some words for an official in the second quarter. | Kenny Larabee

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Huskers lose another heartbreaker

In a hard-hitting, four-quarter battle, a late Nebraska fumble and the short field goal by Michigan that followed produced a narrow 32-29 margin for the No. 9 Wolverines to escape from Memorial Stadium.

Trailing 29-26, Michigan’s Jake Moody kicked his third field goal of the night from 31 yards out to tie game with three minutes left.

Nebraska took over, and on 3rd-and-1 from the NU 34, Martinez crossed the 35 and advanced to the 37. But he was stood up and stripped of the ball by Wolverine linebacker Brad Hawkins, who returned the fumble 19 yards to the Michigan 18.

The Blackshirts refused to break. Nebraska pushed the Wolverines back three yards, forcing Moody to boot his fourth field goal of the game, this time from 39 yards, to give Michigan a 32-29 lead.

Nebraska still had time to strike, taking over with 1:28 left and no timeouts. Martinez quickly hooked up with Samori Toure for a 25-yard gain to midfield. But the Huskers could push no farther, as Michigan forced a turnover on downs to end Nebraska’s hopes of an upset

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2021 schedule
05/01White 21, Red 20
08/28@ IllinoisL 22-30
09/04FordhamW 52-7
09/11BuffaloW 28-3
09/18@ OklahomaL 16-23
09/25@ Michigan St.L 20-23
10/02Northwestern*W 56-7
10/09MichiganL 29-32
10/16@ MinnesotaL 23-30
10/30PurdueL 23-28
11/06Ohio St.L 17-26
11/20@ WisconsinL 28-35
11/26IowaL 21-28
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Commentary

Stryker

The Huskers are on the brink. That can be exhilarating, or it can be emotionally exhausting.

Tad Stryker
HuskerMax/All Huskers
Henry

Plenty of fanbases claim they don’t get the calls, but Nebraska might have a real case over the years. The head coach, though, won’t go there.

Kaleb Henry
KLIN/All Huskers
Vogel

Nebraska played even with No. 9 Michigan. In a vacuum, that looks pretty good. In context, it stings like hell. One of these days, Nebraska has to win one of these, right?

Brandon Vogel
Hail Varsity
Callahan

This team is close, but the results in these games continue to be the same.

Sean Callahan
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Wirt

Somehow, some way, in a different way than the other ways, the Huskers failed to find a way to come out on top.

Landon Wirt
Daily Nebraskan
Sipple

Nebraska could’ve changed the conversation with a win on this night. But the conversation will in many ways stay the same.

Steven M. Sipple *
Lincoln Journal Star
Shatel

Big plays were hard to come by. But Frost and Martinez found them.

Tom Shatel *
Omaha World-Herald
Chatelain

This is why you care. For classic nights like Nebraska-Michigan. But the Huskers keep coming up short. Devastatingly short.

Dirk Chatelain *
Omaha World-Herald
McKewon

There’s not much excuse for the Big Ten’s officiating work Saturday night.

Sam McKewon *
Omaha World-Herald
Windsor

These Wolverines have made it so that we can’t turn away. Nor should we.

Shawn Windsor *
Detroit Free Press
Niyo

Even after getting run through the spin cycle for much of the second half, it was Michigan’s defense that made arguably the biggest play.

John Niyo *
Detroit News
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