College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Northwestern 30, Nebraska 28
When: 12:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, October 24, 2015
Where: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Attendance: 89493
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Northwestern 7 10 3 10 30
Nebraska 5 7 7 9 28
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:26
Nebraska   FG  Nebraska 3 - Northwestern 0
Drew Brown 43 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 8:45
Northwestern   TD  Nebraska 3 - Northwestern 7
Clayton Thorson 1 yd. run (Jack Mitchell kick)
1st Quarter - 5:19
Nebraska   S  Nebraska 5 - Northwestern 7
Clayton Thorson sacked in end zone by Ross Dzuris for a safety
2nd Quarter - 7:17
Northwestern   TD  Nebraska 5 - Northwestern 14
Nick VanHoose 72 yd. interception return (Jack Mitchell kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:07
Nebraska   TD  Nebraska 12 - Northwestern 14
Brandon Reilly 10 yd. pass from Tommy Armstrong Jr. (Drew Brown kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Northwestern   FG  Nebraska 12 - Northwestern 17
Jack Mitchell 28 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 8:59
Nebraska   TD  Nebraska 19 - Northwestern 17
Tommy Armstrong Jr. 4 yd. run (Drew Brown kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:18
Northwestern   FG  Nebraska 19 - Northwestern 20
Jack Mitchell 18 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:55
Nebraska   FG  Nebraska 22 - Northwestern 20
Drew Brown 48 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:53
Northwestern   TD  Nebraska 22 - Northwestern 27
Dan Vitale 37 yd. pass from Clayton Thorson (Jack Mitchell kick)
4th Quarter - 7:27
Northwestern   FG  Nebraska 22 - Northwestern 30
Jack Mitchell 27 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 4:23
Nebraska   TD  Nebraska 28 - Northwestern 30
Tommy Armstrong Jr. 3 yd. run (pass failed)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Northwestern Nebraska
W‑L 6 - 2 - 0 3 - 5 - 0
Conference 2 - 2 - 0 1 - 3 - 0
Team Stats
  Northwestern Nebraska
Score 30 28
1st Downs 15 22
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-13
38%
9-for-20
45%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0%
1-for-1
100%
Total Yards 333 373
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 28-156 38-82
Average/Rush 5.6 2.2
Passing
Comp-Att 13-28 24-48
Passing Yards 177 291
Average/Pass Play 5.9 5.8
Penalties-Yards 5-58 6-64
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Time of Possession 21:02 38:58
PLAYER STATS
Northwestern (6 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Thorson 13/28 177 1 0
Nebraska (3 - 5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Armstrong Jr. 24/48 291 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
C. Thorson 9 126 14.0 1
J. Jackson 14 40 2.9 0
S. Vault 2 2 1.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
T. Newby 16 52 3.2 0
I. Cross 7 14 2.0 0
T. Armstrong Jr. 12 13 1.1 2
A. Janovich 2 4 2.0 0
D. Pierson-El 1 -1 -1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
D. Vitale 5 55 11.0 1
J. Jackson 2 55 27.5 0
M. McHugh 1 22 22.0 0
A. Carr 1 15 15.0 0
G. Dickerson 1 14 14.0 0
S. Vault 2 12 6.0 0
J. Roberts 1 4 4.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Westerkamp 5 92 18.4 0
B. Reilly 4 83 20.8 1
D. Pierson-El 5 31 6.2 0
J. Turner 1 20 20.0 0
T. Newby 3 18 6.0 0
C. Carter 2 17 8.5 0
L. Hovey 1 15 15.0 0
A. Moore 1 7 7.0 0
S. Morgan Jr. 1 6 6.0 0
I. Cross 1 2 2.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
N. VanHoose 1 72 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Lowry 2.0 18.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
N. Gerry 1.0 9.0
R. Dzuris 0.5 2.0
J. Gangwish 0.5 2.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Lowry 6.0 29.0
T. Henry 1.0 9.0
D. Smith 1.0 2.0
A. Walker 1.0 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
R. Dzuris 2.0 3.0
N. Gerry 1.0 9.0
J. Gangwish 1.0 2.0
M. Collins 1.0 1.0
M. Rose-Ivey 1.0 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles