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Nebraska 27, Washington 14 September 20 Husky Stadium
Nebraska's powerful rushing attack proved to be too much against a Washington defense that entered the game as the nation's best versus the run. The Huskers' option attack piled up 384 yards rushing, with Ahman Green and Joel Makovicka leading the way with 129 yards rushing apiece, in a 27-14 Husker victory.
After Washington missed a field goal on the opening drive, Nebraska QB Scott Frost ran for 34 and 30-yard scores in the first quarter to give the Huskers the early lead. Green upped the Husker lead to 21-0 midway through the second quarter with a four-yard touchdown run. Frost finished the day with 97 yards rushing. The Huskers amassed 250 yards of total offense in the first half while the Huskies managed 203.
Washington took a big hit when sophomore quarterback Brock Huard was knocked out of the game after spraining his ankle in the opening quarter. True freshman Marques Tuiasosopo took over and tossed scoring passes to Cam Cleeland and Mike Reed to close the margin to 21-14 with 2:49 to play in the third quarter. Following an unsuccessful onside kickoff by Washington, Nebraska added two field goals to provide the final margin.
Husky receiver Jerome Pathon became the first receiver in UW history to record three consecutive 100-yard receiving games, posting a career-high of 195 yards on five receptions. It marked the third best single-game receiving performance in Washington history. He had receptions of 54 and 45 yards to set up Husky touchdowns.
Tuiasosopo finished the game with 270 passing yards and two touchdown passes, in addition to 12 rushing yards. Washington was held to 43 yards rushing by a stingy Nebraska defense.
Defensively, senior safety Tony Parrish recorded 17 tackles while Nigel Burton added 11.
Scoring SummaryNebraska (3-0) 14 7 0 6 -- 27 Washington (2-1) 0 7 7 0 -- 14First Quarter
NU: Scott Frost 34-yard run (K. Brown kick), 7:28 left. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yard, TOP 2:18. NU: Frost 30-yard run (Brown kick), 1:51 left. Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards, TOP 4:05.Second Quarter
NU: Ahman Green 4-yard run (Brown kick), 7:20 left. Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards, TOP 2:17. UW: Cameron Cleeland 12-yard pass from Marques Tuiasosospo (Randy Jones kick), 1:38 left. Drive: 4 plays, 62 yards, TOP0:53.Third Quarter
UW: Mike Reed 2-yard pass from Tuiasosopo (Jones kick), 2:49 left. Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards, TOP 3:47.Fourth Quarter
NU: Brown 20-yard field goal, 12:45 left. Drive: 13 plays, 76 yards, TOP 3:47. NU: Brown 31-yard field goal, 2:25 left. Drive: 12 plays, 81 yards, TOP 5:52.Team Statistics
NU UW
First Downs 23 14
Rushing 20 4
Passing 3 9
Penalty 0 1
Rushing Attempts 66 28
Yards Gained Rushing 407 69
Yards Lost Rushing 23 26
Net Yards Rushing 384 43
Net Yards Passing 88 299
Passes Attempted 15 30
Passes Completed 8 16
Had Intercepted 0 0
Total Offensive Plays 81 58
Total Net Yards 472 342
Average Gain Per Play 5.8 5.9
Fumbles: No. -- Lost 2-0 0-0
Penalties: No. -- Yards 9-60 6-47
Punts -- Yards 4-169 7-244
Avg. Per Punt 42.3 34.9
Punt Returns: No. -- Yards 0-0 1-10
Kickoff Returns: No.-- Yards 2-39 4-99
Interceptions: No. -- Yards 0-0 0-0
Possession Time 34:31 25:29
Third-Down Conversions 8-18 2-11
Fourth-Down Conversions 2-3 0-1
Sacks By: No. -- Yards 4-19 2-6
Washington
RUSHING ATT GAIN LOST NET TD LG
Rashaan Shehee 11 32 4 28 0 12
Marques Tuiasosopo 11 27 15 12 0 14
Maurice Shaw 5 10 0 10 0 4
Brock Huard 1 0 -7 -7 0 -7
Totals 28 69 26 43 0 14
PASSING ATT COMP INT YDS TD LG
Marques Tuiasosopo 22 12 0 270 2 54
Brock Huard 8 4 0 29 0 19
Totals 30 16 0 299 2 54
RECEIVING NO. YDS TD LG
Jerome Pathon 5 195 0 54
Rashaan Shehee 4 18 0 8
Cameron Cleeland 3 42 1 15
Fred Coleman 2 37 0 31
Joe Jarzynka 1 5 0 5
Mike Reed 1 2 1 2
Totals 16 299 2 54
PUNTING NO. YDS AVG. LG
Sean O'Laughlin 7 244 34.9 54
RETURNS PR KO INTS
Joe Jarzynka 1-10 3-68 --
Jerome Pathon -- 1-31 --
DEFENSE UT AT TOT TFL QBS FC-R
Tony Parrish 11 6 17 0-0 0-0 0-0
Nigel Burton 5 6 11 0-0 0-0 0-0
Lester Towns 6 2 8 1-8 0-0 0-0
Marques Hairston 5 3 8 0-0 0-0 0-0
Chris Campbell 5 2 7 2-3 1-1 1-0
Nebraska
RUSHING ATT GAIN LOST NET TD LG
Makovicka 12 129 0 129 0 43
Ahman Green 29 129 0 129 1 15
Scott Frost 18 112 15 97 2 34
Buckhalter 5 34 0 34 0 25
Retzlaff 1 0 8 -8 0 -8
Totals 66 407 23 384 3 43
PASSING ATT COMP INT YDS TD LG
Scott Frost 15 8 0 88 0 35
RECEIVING NO. YDS TD LG
L. Brown 2 38 0 35
Wiggins 2 24 0 21
Davison 1 14 0 14
Buckhalter 1 7 0 7
Cheatham 1 7 0 7
Ahman Green 1 -2 0 -2
Totals 8 88 0 35
PUNTING NO. YDS AVG. LG
Kosch 4 169 42.3 52
RETURNS PR KO INTS
Walker -- 1-26 --
S. Jackson -- 1-13 --
DEFENSE UT AT TOT TFL QBS FC-R
Foreman 6 1 7 1-3 1-3 0-0
McFarlin 3 3 6 0-0 0-0 0-0
M. Brown 5 0 5 0-0 0-0 0-0
Kelsay 3 1 4 1-7 1-7 0-0
Peter 1 3 4 0-0 0-0 0-0
