Nebraska Football
Postgame Quotes vs. Northern Iowa
Sept. 14, 2024 (Lincoln, Neb.)
Nebraska 34, Northern Iowa 3

On tonight’s performance
“I’m happy with a win and a solid win at that. The defense, we didn’t really play to our standard in the first half. I think everyone thought that. We came out in the second half and we picked it up and what we were doing. We felt a lot better about what we were doing. But in that first half, it wasn’t up to our standard.”   

On the first drive and what UNI did to throw the defense
“It was more our end, not doing our job. We weren’t tackling well. We have a lot of things to fix. Glad we saw it now. They threw a lot of good plays at us and knew what they were doing.”

On only giving up three points
“Got to be happy with that and a fourth quarter shutout. The guys behind us came in and they finished the job. Three points on the board. You can’t just be mad at yourself, and you’ve got to look at the good things. Obviously there’s always things to fix and that’s what we’re going to do.”

On first three games and the short week ahead
“These first three games have been great. We played the pass a lot in those first two. UNI came in here and ran 12-person out. Ran the ball at us. We need to see that before we get into Big Ten play. They came in with the Big Ten offense and we needed to see that.”