North­western 31
Nebraska 28

Aug. 27, 2022 • 11:30 a.m. Central
Aviva Stadium • Dublin, Ireland • Fox
1st 2nd 3rd 4th  F 
Nebraska 7 7 14 0 28
North­western 3 14 7 7 31 
First quarter
NEB: Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda 32 pass from Casey Thompson (Timmy Bleekrode kick) 12:41
NOR: Adam Stage 35 field goal, 2:13
Second quarter
NEB: Thompson 1 run (Bleekrode kick) 11:59
NOR: Raymond Niro 43 pass from Ryan Hilinski (Stage kick) 10:58
NOR: Donny Navarro 6 pass from Hilinski (Stage kick) 0:25
Third quarter
NEB: Anthony Grant 2 run (Bleekrode kick) 9:37
NEB: Grant 46 run (Bleekrode kick) 9:09
NOR: Cam Porter 3 run (Stage kick) 7:53
Fourth quarter
NOR: Evan Hull 4 run (Stage kick) 11:34

                       NEB       NOR 
FIRST DOWNS ............24        26
  RUSHING ...............4        12
  PASSING ..............16        14
  PENALTY ...............4         0
RUSHES-NET YDS .... 31-111    47-214
NET YARDS PASSING .....355       313
  COMP-ATT-INT ... 25-42-2   27-38-0
TOTAL OFFENSE ..... 73-466    85-527
FUMBLES-LOST ..........1-1       1-1
PENALIZED-YARDS ...... 1-5      8-65
PUNTS-AVERAGE ...... 6-283     6-245
PUNT RETURNS-YDS ..... 0-0       0-0
K.O. RETURNS-YDS .... 3-62      1-18
INTERCEPTIONS-YDS .... 0-0      2-34
POSSESSION TIME .... 25:48     34:12
THIRD-DOWN CONV. .... 9-16      7-17
FOURTH-DOWN CONV. .... 0-0       1-1
RED ZONE SCORES ...... 2-2       4-5
SACKS BY-YARDS ....... 0-0      2-19

RUSHING
  NEB: Grant 19-101, Palmer 2-8, Allen 3-7, Smothers 1-7, Yant 3-5, Thompson 3-minus-18.
  NOR: Hull 22-119, Porter 19-94, Clair 1-6, Hilinski 2-3, TEAM 3-minus-8.

PASSING
  NEB: Thompson 25-42-2 355.
  NOR: Milinski 27-38-0 314,

RECEIVING
  NEB: Garcia-Castaneda 4-120, Palmer 8-68, Vokolek 5-63, Brown 3-32, Belt 2-29, Washington 2-27, Grant 1-16.
  NOR: Washington 8-97, Hull 5-55, Niro 1-41, Gordon 2-39, Tyus 1-34, Navarro 4-29, Kirtz 4-12, Porter 1-5, Gill 1-2.

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Huskers fail opening test in Ireland

The start of 2022 carried the echoes of 2021.

After nine single-digit losses last season — eight by one score — Nebraska turned multiple double-digit leads into deficits and ultimately a 31-28 season-opening loss to Northwestern in Dublin, Ireland.

Nebraska amassed 465 yards of total offense, including 355 yards on 25-of-42 passing by quarterback Casey Thompson in his Husker debut. Northwestern, however, answered with 528 total yards, including 314 on 27-of-38 passing by Ryan Hilinski. The Wildcats also pounded the ball for 214 rushing yards.

Also making debuts for the Big Red, Garcia-Castaneda reeled in four passes for 120 yards and one score while Trey Palmer caught eight passes for 68 yards. Brian Buschini averaged 47.2 yards on six punts, including four that were downed inside the Northwestern 20-yard line.

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2022 schedule
04/09 White 43, Red 39
08/27 @ Northwestern* L 28-31 
09/03 North Dakota W 38-17 
09/10 Georgia Southern L 42-45 
09/17 Oklahoma L 14-49 
10/01 Indiana W 35-21 
10/07 @ Rutgers W 14-13 
10/15 @ Purdue L 37-43 
10/29 Illinois L 9-26 
11/05 Minnesota L 13-20 
11/12 @ Michigan L 3-34 
11/19 Wisconsin L 14-15 
11/25 @ Iowa W 24-17 
*Dublin, Ireland
— 2021 | 2023 —

Commentary

Stryker

Yep, we’ve played this game before, many times. Nebraska can pile up yards, but can’t find the end zone when it really needs to.

Tad Stryker
All Huskers/HuskerMax
Christopherson

Most alarming, the Huskers got beat up front on both sides of the ball.

Brian Christopherson
Husker247
Sipple

A head coach is paid to have a strong handle on his team. I often wonder if Frost does.

Steven Sipple *
On3
Shatel

In the end, these new-look Huskers didn’t handle the adversity. And there they went again.

Tom Shatel *
Omaha World-Herald
Chatelain

Doesn’t matter how many faces change, the product does not.

Dirk Chatelain *
Omaha World-Herald
Myerberg

The loss to Northwestern, like so many others during Frost’s tenure, hit all the same beats as a horror film.

Paul Myerberg
USA Today
Sallee

Those three words — ‘one-score game’ — might as well be considered an offensive phrase in Lincoln.

Barrett Sallee
CBS Sports
Schaefer

Nebraska’s offensive line was get beaten up physically by a team that struggled to stop the run last fall in Memorial Stadium.

Mike Schaefer
Husker247
Just

Truth be told, there’s never one sole reason for a team’s in-game demise. There’s plenty to think about for Nebraska on their 4,000-mile flight.

Amie Just *
Lincoln Journal Star
Vogel

There’s plenty of season left, but this is going to be a mountain to climb. How much can one team really take?

Brandon Vogel *
Hail Varsity
Stukenholtz

Nebraska was out-coached and out-classed in yet another close loss.

Cole Stukenholtz
All Huskers/KLIN
Forde

Fitz has built a career out of being the anti-Frost, maximizing his opportunities instead of minimizing them.

Pat Forde *
Sports Illustrated
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