Iowa 13
Nebraska 10

Nov. 29, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. Central
Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA • NBC
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First quarter
NEB: Hohl 31 field goal, 7:28
Second quarter
NEB: Dowdell 1 run (Hohl kick) 0:38
Third quarter
IOW: Stevens 20 field goal, 4:30
Fourth quarter
IOW: K.Johnson 72 pass from Stratton (Stevens kick) 14:44
IOW: Stevens 53 field goal, 0:00

                        NEB       IOW
FIRST DOWNS ............ 20         5
  RUSHING .............. 10         2
  PASSING ............... 9         3
  PENALTY ............... 1         0
RUSHES-NET YDS ..... 43-144     26-49
NET YARDS PASSING ..... 190       115
  COMP-ATT-INT .... 22-33-0    8-15-0
TOTAL OFFENSE ...... 76-334    41-164
FUMBLES-LOST .......... 5-2       1-0
PENALIZED-YDS ........ 4-20      1-15
PUNTS-AVERAGE ........ 7-35      9-40
PUNT RETURNS-YDS ...... 1-0      1-25
K.O. RETURNS-YDS ..... 2-36      2-56
INTERCEPTIONS-YDS ..... 0-0       0-0
POSSESSION TIME ..... 39:01     20:59
THIRD-DOWN CONV. ..... 8-17      0-10
FOURTH-DOWN CONV. ..... 0-0       0-0
RED ZONE SCORES ....... 2-3       1-1
SACKS BY-YDS .......... 1-6      4-21

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Miscues cost Huskers in latest heartbreaker against Iowa

A strip-sack of Dylan Raiola in the final half-minute set up Iowa’s game-winning field goal as time expired, and the Huskers lost to Iowa in heartbreaking fashion for the second year in a row.

A pair of special teams miscues by the Huskers in the third quarter let the Hawkeyes back into the game after a 10-0 first half. First came a bad snap on a short field goal try that would have put Nebraska up 13-0. Then a muffed punt gave Iowa the ball at the Nebraska 4, setting up an Iowa field goal that made it a 10-3 game.

Entering the fourth quarter, Nebraska had a 267-65 edge in total offense and yet led by just a touchdown.

That’s when Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson finally broke loose. On the first play of the fourth period, he took a swing pass in the backfield, broke several tackles along the right sideline and outran all pursuers for a 72-yard, game-tying touchdown.

Nebraska’s best threat the rest of the way came on an 11-play drive that ended in a punt from the Iowa 40 on fourth-and-8 with 3½ minutes remaining.

During the first 30 minutes, the Huskers owned advantages of 182-20 in total yards and 10-1 in first downs, but Iowa trailed by only three points most of the way thanks largely to a more effective punting game.

Nebraska scored on its opening possession, driving 64 yards to the Iowa 13 before settling for John Hohl’s 31-yard field goal. The Huskers got little else done offensively on their next four possessions but then put together a 12-play, 74-yard touchdown drive to close out the half. With defensive lineman Ty Robinson brought in to help block, Dante Dowdell scored on a 1-yard run 38 seconds before intermission.

That would prove to be the last score of the game for the Huskers, and the Hawkeyes would win on a walk-off field goal for the fourth time in the last seven games in the series.

The Huskers finish the regular season at 6-6 and now await word of their bowl destination.

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04/27White 25, Red 21
08/31UTEPW 40-7
09/07ColoradoW 28-10
09/14North­ern IowaW 34-3
09/20IllinoisL 24-31
09/28@ PurdueW 28-10
10/05RutgersW 14-7
10/19@ IndianaL 7-56
10/26@ Ohio Stat­eL 17-21
11/02UCLAL 20-27
11/16@ South­ern CalL 20-28
11/23WisconsinW 44-25
11/29@ IowaL 10-13
12/28Boston CollegeW 20-15

Commentary

Stryker

Nebraska had opportunities to put this one away, but the Huskers couldn’t close the deal.

Tad Stryker
HuskerMax/SI
Stukenholtz

If you looked up ‘quint­essential Kirk Ferentz wins’ in a dictionary, I can’t imagine there are many better examples than this one.

Cole Stukenholtz
Huskermax/SI
Shatel

Of all the gut punches, this will be the most maddening of all. This time, Nebraska appeared to have the talent and execution and physicality to win.

Tom Shatel *
Omaha World-Herald
Rubek

The Hawkeyes know what it takes to win and have perfected it while Nebraska still has ways to go to even come close.

Anthony Rubek
McKewon

Same story. New script. More pain.

Sam McKewon *
Omaha World-Herald
Sherman

In the end, when it always matters for Nebraska against Iowa, the Huskers fell short again.

Mitch Sherman *
The Athletic
Leistikow

If not for the heroics of Kaleb Johnson, the Hawkeyes could’ve gotten run out of their own building.

Chad Leistikow *
Des Moines Register
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