Kenny Larabee, KLIN
Nebraska running back Emmett Johnson races 36 yards for a fourth-quarter touchdown.

Nebraska 34
North­ern Iowa 3

Sept. 14, 2024 • 6:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE • BTN
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First quarter
NEB: Nelson 24 pass from Raiola (Alvano kick) 11:40
UNI: Palmer 31 field goal, 1:32
Second quarter
NEB: Neyor 18 pass from Raiola (Alvano kick) 13:04
NEB: Barney 10 run (Alvano kick) 6:51
Third quarter
NEB: Alvano 31 field goal, 6:17
NEB: Alvano 21 field goal, 0:43
Fourth quarter
NEB: E.Johnson 36 run (Alvano kick) 4:31

                         UNI       NEB
FIRST DOWNS ............. 18        19
  RUSHING ................ 6         6
  PASSING ................ 9        11
  PENALTY ................ 3         2
RUSHES-NET YARDS .... 39-139    22-142
NET YARDS PASSING ...... 162       281
  COMP-ATT-INT ..... 16-32-1   20-26-1
TOTAL OFFENSE ....... 71-301    48-423
FUMBLES-LOST ........... 0-0       0-0
PENALIZED-YARDS ....... 9-95      4-44
PUNTS-AVERAGE ......... 4-34       0-0
PUNT RETURNS-YDS ....... 0-0       1-2
K.O. RETURNS-YDS ...... 3-42       0-0
INTERCEPTIONS-YDS ...... 1-0      1-15
POSSESSION TIME ...... 38:07     21:53
THIRD-DOWN CONV. ...... 6-16       4-7
FOURTH-DOWN CONV. ...... 2-4       0-1
RED ZONE SCORES ........ 1-2       4-4
SACKS BY-YARDS ......... 0-0       1-1

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Panthers show pluck, but Huskers roll

Northern Iowa clearly didn’t come to Lincoln just to collect a check.

The Panthers from the FCS ranks gave Nebraska a physical game, particularly with their clock-eating, run-heavy offense. But three first-half touchdowns — each one scored by a first-year Nebraska player — had the Huskers comfortably ahead for most of the evening.

Nebraska started things off with a 75-yard drive on the game’s opening possession, capped by an 18-yard touchdown pass from Dylan Raiola to Carter Nelson. UNI answered with a 10-minute drive that led to a field goal, which turned out to be the Panthers’ only points of the game.

An 18-yard TD pass from Raiola to Isaiah Neyor and a touchdown run of 10 yards by Jacory Barney had the Huskers up 21-3 at halftime. After a pair of Tristan Alvano field goals in the third quarter, Emmett Johnson capped the Huskers’ night with a 36-yard touchdown run in the game’s final five minutes.

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Commentary

Stryker

When you don’t shoot yourself in the foot, things seem a lot more normal, and Nebraska is thriving on normality to open Matt Rhule’s second season.

Tad Stryker
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Christopherson

Not an uncomfortable win by any means for Nebraska, though I sense the Blackshirts won't love some parts of ‘Tell The Truth’ film session.

Brian Christopherson
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Stukenholtz

You can be boring when you win. That muscle memory within this program has been long gone for some time, but Rhule is building it back up.

Cole Stukenholtz
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Shatel

This looks like a Nebraska team built to win Big Ten games. That certainly hasn’t always been the case.

Tom Shatel *
Omaha World-Herald
Rubek

Nebraska’s offense showed out in a game where its defense wasn’t up to standards.

Anthony Rubek
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Callahan

Raiola’s presence makes games like this much more comfortable if you are a Husker fan.

Seat Callahan
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Just

What a place to be in. Off to one of the best starts by the Blackshirts this millennium, and yet, they’re not yet at their standard.

Amy Just *
Lincoln Journal Star
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