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

On what the defense improved on in the second half
“Getting to the ball, making some tackles, and doing our assignment better.”

On what he saw on the interception
“We were in cover two right there, so I just saw the quarterback roll out and then the receiver coming from the other side running the over route. That’s when I made the play. He overthrew the ball and that’s something he shouldn’t do.”

On the tackling tonight from the defense
“I feel like tonight, it wasn’t our best tackling job in the first half. We had to go in and talk about some things. Get that better. Coming out in the second half we made our improvements on that. But it was just our mistakes. It wasn’t them.”

On how the defense has played through the first three games
“I feel like we’re playing well as a team. We all came together. We’re coming to the ball and making plays on the ball. We can do a better job getting more turnovers because we have a lot of opportunities where we can make turnovers so that’s something we can do going forward.”

On adjustments after UNI’s first drive
“It wasn’t adjustments, it was just us. We had to make some tackles, we had to stop making careless mistakes on the tackles. It wasn’t too much that needed to be done, it was just us.”