The Husker defense limited Indiana to 79 yards and three first downs in the second half, leading Nebraska to a 35-21 over Indiana at Memorial Stadium on Saturday night.
Playing in front of the NCAA-record 386th consecutive sellout in Lincoln with 86,804 fans in attendance, Anthony Grant carried the ball 32 times for 136 yards to become the first Husker with four 100-yard rushing games in a season since Devine Ozigbo had five 100-yard games in 2018.
The Husker offense totaled 385 yards, with 270 yards through the air and 115 yards on the ground. Casey Thompson completed 18-of-27 passes for 270 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Trey Palmer pulled in eight catches for 157 yards and a touchdown, followed by Oliver Martin with three receptions for 65 yards and a score.
The Big Red held the Hoosiers to 290 yards, with 223 passing yards and 67 yards on the ground. Isaac Gifford was one of four Huskers with a team-high five tackles, while adding two tackles for loss. Quinton Newsome, Luke Reimer and Nick Henrich added five tackles apiece. Reimer snagged an interception while Garrett Nelson and Ty Robinson garnered two sacks and one sack, respectively.
Nebraska forced a three-and-out to open the game, before racing 72 yards in just three plays capped by Thompson’s 34-yard touchdown strike to Martin to put the Huskers up 7-0 just 1:43 into the game.
Indiana got on the board for the first time early in the second quarter on Myles Jackson’s fumble recovery in the endzone on Louis Moore’s strip-sack of Chubba…
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