BYU's Mitch Mathews makes the winning catch.

BYU 33
Nebraska 28

Sept. 5, 2015 • 2:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE • ABC
1st2nd3rd4th F 
BYU7170933
Nebraska14014028
1st quarter
NEB: J. Westerkamp 14 pass from T. Armstrong (D. Brown kick) 8:10 
BYU: T. Hill 3 run (T. Samson kick) 2:50
NEB: A. Moore 22 pass from Armstrong (Brown kick) 0:16 
2nd quarter
BYU: Hill 21 run (Samson kick) 13:13
BYU: Samson 41 field goal, 5:42
BYU: M. Mathews 15 pass from Hill (Samson kick) 3:48
3rd quarter
NEB: T. Newby 10 run (Brown kick) 10:39 
NEB: T. Foster 9 pass from Armstrong (Brown kick) 5:31 
4th quarter
NEB: Samson 35 field goal 7:57
BYU: Mathews 42 pass from T. Mangum, 0:00 
 
                             BYU      NEB 
FIRST DOWNS.................. 21       25 
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)....... 26-132   37-126 
PASSING YDS (NET)........... 379      319 
Passes Att-Comp-Int..... 46-28-1  41-24-1 
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YDS...72-511   78-445 
Fumble Returns-Yards........ 0-0      0-0 
Punt Returns-Yards......... 1-11      1-5 
Kickoff Returns-Yds........ 1-19     1-19 
Int. Returns-Yds............ 1-0     1-43 
Punts-Avg)............... 5-51.0   6-44.2 
Fumbles-Lost................ 0-0      1-1 
Penalties-Yards............ 4-30    12-90 
Possession Time........... 27:07    32:53 
3rd-Down Conversions.. ..3 of 14  6 of 13 
4th-Down Conversions..... 2 of 4   0 of 0 
Red-Zone Scores-Chances..... 4-4      3-3 
Sacks By-Yds............... 3-24     3-11

RUSHING
BYU: Hill 9-72, Hine 4-37, Mangum 5-26, Juergens 1-7, Brown 3-1, Carter 4-(-11)

NEB: Newby 10-43, Cross 7-34, Moore 2-24, Wilbon 6-14, Reilly 1-11, Armstrong 9-2, Turner 2-(-2)

PASSING
BYU: Hill 21-34-1-268, 131.80; Mangum 7-11-0-111, 178.40

NEB: Armstrong 24-41-1-319, 143.16

RECEIVING
BYU: Kurtz 5-123, Blackmon 5-43, Houk 4-59, Juergens 4-30, Mathews 3-69, Pearson 3-28, Brown 2-9, Laulu-Pututau 1-10, Henderson 1-8

NEB: Westerkamp 7-107, Reilly 5-70, Moore 3-48, Wilbon 2-28, Turner 2-21, Morgan 2-19, Hovey 2-17, Foster 1-9

Attendance: 89,959

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BYU Spoils Riley’s Debut with Hail Mary: In arguably the most exciting season-opening game in Nebraska football history, BYU quarterback Tanner Mangum’s 42-yard Hail Mary pass to Mitch Mathews as time expired gave the Cougars a 33-28 win.

In a back-and-forth game, the Huskers led 14-7 at the end of the first quarter, but trailed 24-14 at halftime before retaking the lead with two third-quarter touchdowns.

Tommy Armstrong Jr. finished with his second career 300-yard passing game, completed 24-of-41 passes for 319 yards with three touchdowns.

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2015 schedule
04/11Whites 15, Reds 24
09/05BYUL 28-33
09/12South AlabamaW 48-9
09/19@ MiamiL 33-36
09/26S. MissW 36-28
10/03@ IllinoisL 13-14
10/10WisconsinL 21-23
10/17@ MinnesotaW 48-25
10/24NorthwesternL 28-30
10/31@ PurdueL 45-55
11/07Michigan St.W 39-38
11/14@ RutgersW 31-14
11/27IowaL 20-28
12/26UCLAW 37-29
Jordan Westerkamp heads for the end zone in the first quarter.

Commentary

Stryker

Outside of his boss, offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh has the most scrutinized job in Nebraska for the next 90 days.

HuskerMax
Johnson

Biggest gut-punch loss since ... probably Texas 2005.

Sipple

All in all, Nebraska played about how you would expect. You saw flashes of potential, but also evidence of a coaching transition.

Lincoln Journal Star
Chatelain

One second. One play. A day littered with mistakes could’ve been cured with one more BYU incompletion.

Omaha World-Herald
Vogel

How much of Nebraska’s struggles in the run game ... were due to BYU and how much wasn’t?

Hail Varsity
York

A negative finish can transform itself into a positive lesson.

Huskers.com
Shatel

The reality of Riley’s situation came into better focus on Saturday.

Omaha World-Herald
Pernell

I would like to see the coaches continue to incorporate more of the zone-read with Armstrong. ... He needs more than six carries in a game.

Hamar

The Huskers did some good things, but they failed to execute too many times. The last play was just one example of that.

Grand Island Independent
Callahan

Say what you want about Armstrong, he’s gotten better.

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