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Football

Nebraska Postgame Notes

Nebraska Notes
vs. Oklahoma
Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005
OU 31, NU 24

 

  • Today’s loss dropped <?xml:namespace prefix="u1"?><?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Nebraska to 5-3 overall and 2-3 in Big 12 Conference play. Oklahoma defeated Nebraska for the second straight time and improved its advantage in the overall series to 42-37-3. <?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>
  • Nebraska redshirt freshman wide receiver Nate Swift topped the 100-yard receiving mark for the second consecutive game. Swift caught nine passes for 116 yards against Oklahoma after making nine catches for 135 yards against Missouri last Saturday. Swift is the first Nebraska player to post back-to-back 100-yard receiving games since Irving Fryar accomplished the feat against Minnesota (2 catches, 138 yards) and UCLA (6, 100) in 1983.
  • Swift caught nine passes for  116 yards and two touchdowns in today’s game. The two touchdowns were a career high, while the nine receptions tied his career high. Swift has now caught 28 passes in five Big 12 Conference games, after not having a reception in the Huskers’ first three games. Swift has three games with five or more catches (Iowa State, Missouri, Oklahoma). 
  • Nebraska sophomore MIKE linebacker Corey McKeon recorded eight tackles in today’s game, including two tackles for loss, totaling 11 yards. McKeon leads the Huskers with 68 total tackles, including 15 tackles for loss, totaling 71 yards, the third-most tackles for loss total ever for a Nebraska linebacker, trailing the linebacker record 21 TFL by Demorrio Williams in 2003 and 18 TFL by Barrett Ruud last season.
  • Nebraska junior defensive end Adam Carriker recorded a six-yard sack in today’s game, marking his team-leading eighth sack of the season. Nebraska finished the day with one sack, marking the first time this season Nebraska has not had at least four sacks in a game. The Huskers entered the game with a nation-leading 38 sacks.
  • Nebraska senior I-back Cory Ross connected with redshirt freshman Nate Swift for an 18-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter. The touchdown pass was the first of Ross’ career and was the first touchdown pass thrown by a non-quarterback at Nebraska since Mike Stuntz threw a 63-yard touchdown pass to Eric Crouch in a 20-10 Husker victory over Oklahoma on Oct. 27, 2001.
  • Nebraska freshman place-kicker Jordan Congdon connected on a 40-yard field goal in the second quarter of today’s game, marking his seventh straight made field goal of the season. Congdon has connected on 13-of-16 field goal attempts this season. Congdon’s 13 field goals are tied for seventh on the Husker single-season list, and just one field goal shy of the freshman record of 14 field goals shared by David Dyches (2003) and Josh Brown (1999).
  • Nebraska senior I-back Cory Ross caught four passes in today’s game and is tied for the team lead with 28 receptions this season. Ross’ 28 receptions are the most by a Nebraska back since Jeff Kinney’s running back record 41 receptions in 1969. Ross now has 56 career receptions, trailing only Kinney’s 82 receptions among Nebraska running backs.
  • Nebraska freshman defensive end Barry Turner blocked a second-quarter Oklahoma field goal attempt, marking Nebraska’s fourth blocked field goal of the season and its fifth blocked kick overall. Turner and fellow freshman Zach Potter combined to block a field goal against Pitt, while Adam Ickes blocked field goals against both Pitt and Texas Tech. Nebraska’s fifth blocked kick came last week when Daniel Bullocks blocked a punt at Missouri.
  • Nebraska junior quarterback Zac Taylor passed for 249 yards in today’s game, completing 25-of-45 passes. Taylor now has 1,757 yards passing this season, moving him into fifth place on the Nebraska single-season passing list. Taylor is 243 yards from posting the fifth 2,000-yard passing season in school history and 317 yards from the NU single-season record of 2,074 yards set by Dave Humm in 1972.
  • Taylor threw touchdown passes to Terrence Nunn and Nate Swift in today’s game, marking his fifth straight game with two touchdown passes. 
  • Today’s loss marked the Huskers’ second straight home loss, coupled with a 34-31 setback against Texas Tech on Oct. 8. This marks the first time Nebraska has lost back-to-back home games since dropping the 1984 season finale against Oklahoma and the 1985 home opener against FloridaState. Today’s loss handed Nebraska back-to-back home losses in the same season for the first time since the 1968 season.
  • Oklahoma’s victory ended a six-game Nebraska winning streak against the Sooners in Lincoln and marked Oklahoma’s second straight win in the series. This marks the first time Oklahoma has defeated Nebraska in consecutive meetings since winning four straight against the Huskers from 1984 to 1987, including three victories in Lincoln.