Nebraska Postgame Notes vs. Iowa

27 –– Senior I-back Imani Cross rushed for a four-yard touchdown in the second quarter and a four-yard touchdown in the third quarter. Cross now has 27 career rushing touchdowns and today marked the seventh multi-touchdown game of his career and his first of 2015. Coming into the game, Cross was the only player in Nebraska history to rush for at least 25 touchdowns in less than 300 career carries. With 19 carries today, Cross now has 26 career rushing touchdowns on 311 carries.

      * Cross finished the day with 55 rushing yards and became the 38th Husker to top 1,500 career rushing yards with 1,544 career yards.

76 –– Junior tight end Cethan Carter caught a career-high-tying four passes for a career-high 76 yards in today’s game, including three receptions of 20 yards or more. Carter’s reception total tied his four catches at Rutgers on Nov. 14, while the yardage total bettered his 63 yards at Illinois earlier this season.

10 – Sophomore place-kicker Drew Brown connected on a 39-yard field goal in the second quarter and a 42-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. The field goals extended Brown’s streak to 10 straight made field goals. Brown improved to 20-of-26 on field goals this season. The 20 field goals are tied for second most field goals in a season for a Husker, matching Brett Maher’s 20 field goals in 2012.

63 –– Nebraska junior receiver Jordan Westerkamp caught two passes for 41 yards. Westerkamp increased his season receptions total to 63 to tie for second on the NU season chart, matching Nate Swift’s receiver-record of 63 receptions in 2008. Westerkamp increased his receiving yardage total to 874 and moved up to third on the NU season list.

      * Westerkamp has now caught a pass in 26 straight games, which is the fourth-longest streak at Nebraska.

3,000 –– Nebraska quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. accounted for 342 yards of total offense. Armstrong increased his season total offensive yardage to 3,180, good for fourth on the NU season chart. Armstrong is the first player in school history with two 3,000-yard total offense seasons, after accumulating 3,400 yards last season.

Other Notes...

* Junior punter Sam Foltz averaged 44.6 yards on five punts in today’s game. Foltz entered the day leading the Big Ten by averaging 44.4 yards per punt. In league games only, Foltz averaged 2.6 yards more than any other Big Ten punter entering today’s game.

* Senior receiver Jamal Turner had a season-high four receptions for 26 yards. His previous season high was two receptions.

* Nebraska held Iowa to 0-of-9 on third-down conversions in the game, including 0-of-5 in the first half.

* The loss dropped Nebraska to 3-2 against ranked Big Ten teams at Memorial Stadium since joining the league in 2011.

* The road team won for the fourth consecutive year in the series. Nebraska holds a 3-2 advantage in the series since joining the Big Ten, with the only home victory a 2011 win at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska holds a 29-14-3 all-time edge in the series.