Wildcats’ four-game winning streak comes to an end
Emmett Johnson scored the tie-breaking touchdown on a 4-yard run with 2:44 left, and Nebraska ended Northwestern’s four-game winning streak with a 28-21 victory Saturday to become bowl eligible for the second straight season.
The Cornhuskers (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) bounced back from a loss at Minnesota last week, but not before some anxious moments after they squandered a 15-point lead.
“Our guys showed tremendous resolve,” Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said. “Any time you had that third quarter we had and you let them back in the game, that could be ‘Here we go again.’ The first two years I was here, it would have been like that.”
Dylan Raiola converted four third-down passes on the winning 13-play, 64-yard drive that chewed 6:27 off the clock. The Wildcats (5-3, 3-2) turned the ball over on downs, and Nebraska ran out the clock.
“Today I thought was his best game as far as poise and presence,” Rhule said. “We went down and won the game on offense. That was a situational clinic, and it all starts with the quarterback.”
Johnson had a career-high 27 carries and finished with 124 yards as Nebraska leaned into the run game after Minnesota sacked Raiola nine times.
