LINCOLN — All red uniforms Saturday. And all Big Red — mostly.
Though Houston Christian scored a third-quarter touchdown to end Nebraska’s shutout streak, that was about the only blemish as the Huskers won 59-7 to improve to 3-0 for the second straight season.
As both teams substituted liberally in the second half — Dylan Raiola threw for two touchdowns before giving way to TJ Lateef then Jalyn Gramstad — names like Conor Booth and Rex Guthrie made an appearance, too.
The only player who didn’t get much action Saturday? Husker punter Archie Wilson — the freshman hasn’t punted since the season-opening win against Cincinnati.
Next up is Michigan in the Big Ten opener for both teams. Kickoff at Memorial Stadium is at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in a CBS televised contest.
Fourth quarter
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Lateef hits Mills for touchdown
There were no Huskies in Cortez Mills Jr.’s area code as TJ Lateef’s deep ball settled into his hands. The entire defense was behind the true freshman. He could have walked into the end zone. It was his first career touchdown catch.
HCU drive stalls near midfield
Twice, Jamir Conn defended passes, and Caleb Benning knifed his way to the line of scrimmage for a tackle as Houston Christian was forced to punt early in the fourth quarter.
Third quarter
Ives punches in another score
Kwinten Ives made the second team offense 2-2 with a four-yard touchdown, putting the Huskers up 52-7. Nebraska had gotten deep into Houston Christian territory after receiver Keelan Smith drew a pass interference penalty the play before.
HCU ends Nebraska’s shutout bid
Jaylen George had a chance to drop Xai’Shaun Edwards for a loss as the running back stretched out a run to the right side. George got his hands on Edwards but couldn’t get him to the ground, spinning him around instead.
So George reversed course and ran horizontally to the suddenly unoccupied left side of the field. He picked up a block and sprinted down the sideline for a 45-yard touchdown, the first points NU has allowed since Week 1 against Cincinnati.
Backups enter the game for Nebraska
The Huskers’ second-unit defense took the field to begin the second half. After a three-and-out, offense followed suit. TJ Lateef lined up in the shotgun with Kwinten Ives next to him on Nebraska’s opening drive.
Ives carried the ball five times for 43 yards on the possession, which ended with Lateef scrambling for a six-yard touchdown.
Halftime: Nebraska 38, Houston Christian 0
Nebraska brings its own energy in lopsided half
Nebraska brought its own energy with another no-doubt half of football to lead Houston Christian 38-0 at halftime Saturday.
So lopsided were the opening two quarters that the Huskers had as many yards on a fumble-return touchdown (29) as HCU mustered overall until its sixth possession with a few minutes until the break. NU is outgaining the FCS visitors 320-52.
Emmett Johnson converted a pair of short touchdown runs as part of a 13-carry, 78-yard rushing effort. Quarterback Dylan Raiola is 15-of-21 passing for 222 yards and scoring tosses to Dane Key and Jacory Barney. Key has four catches for 104 yards.
Nebraska — which last posted consecutive shutouts in October 1997 — is outscoring opponents 106-0 across its most recent six quarters.
Excepting only the end of the opening drive — when the Huskers settled for a 24-yard Kyle Cunanan field goal following a pair of incompletions — Nebraska moved through the HCU defense with ease.
A 40-yard connection between Raiola and Key highlighted that first NU possession as Raiola waited an extra beat in the pocket for Key to make a route break to his left deep across the middle of the field.
NU cruised down a short field on its next chance. A swing pass to Barney produced a 9-yard touchdown — a goal-line block from Key helped pave the way — in Barney’s first receiving score as a Husker.
A three-play, 84-yard Big Red strike followed. A 13-yarder to Heinrich Haarberg, a 17-yard Johnson run and HCU personal foul set up Raiola to Key from 39 yards out. Raiola hit Key on a slant and the senior sprinted the rest of the way for a TD in a third straight game to begin his NU career.
Johnson then bagged a 2-yard touchdown on another quick possession that included a 17-yard play-action completion to Key.
The HCU offense committed a penalty on each of its first three drives without a first down. Marques Watson-Trent swarmed quarterback Jake Weir for a six-yard sack to start. Vincent Shavers added a tackle for loss on the next Huskies drive and cornerback Andrew Marshall did on the one after that.
The Blackshirts went from preventing points to scoring some on HCU’s fourth drive. Riley Van Poppel strip-sacked Weir on second-and-3 and 6-foot-7, 265-pound defensive lineman Williams Nwaneri scooped up the football and rumbled in for a 29-yard touchdown to push the lead to 31-0.
Johnson added a 4-yard touchdown from there to increase the advantage. HCU took its first offensive snaps in Nebraska territory inside the final two minutes of the half. The Huskies reached the 34-yard line before a false start, fumbled snap and Dasan McCullough sack pushed them out of field-goal range.
Second quarter
Emmett Johnson gets bulk of first half work
Nebraska running back Emmett Johnson’s day just might be done at halftime because he got a lot of work in the first half. The Husker back had 13 carries for 78 yards and two scores as NU pushed its lead to 38-0. He also had two catches for seven yards in playing the vast majority of NU’s 35-plus snaps in the first half. He had to battle for yards, too — HCU was in no mood to allow easy rush lanes.
It’ll be worth watching to see if Mekhi Nelson, Isaiah Mozee and Ives get the lion’s share of the work in the second half.
Blackshirts go beast mode
Oh boy. Nebraska’s defense gets in on the scoring fun when Riley Van Poppel’s sack forces a fumble that’s recovered — with one hand! — by Williams Nwaneri, who runs it back for a 29-yard touchdown. Not the best ball security on the way into the end zone but, hey — it looked cool. Nwaneri has been a real hit so far this season.
Red zone run game nets a score
Nebraska’s third touchdown of the game — after another ugly HCU drive — was a nine-play 70-yard march punctuated four straight red zone runs. The longest of them was a 10-yard plow job by Kwinten Ives on the “slice” play that created so much damage last week, but Emmett Johnson finished the drive with a two-yard score. The question at this point: Can Nebraska outpace what it did last week vs. Akron?
First quarter
Dylan Raiola rolling, and so is Dane Key
Nebraska’s offense is rolling now, traversing 84 yards in just three plays, aided by a 15-yard facemask penalty on HCU. A 14-yard Raiola pass to Heinrich Haarberg, a patient 17-yard run by Emmett Johnson and a perfectly-executed RPO slant by Raiola resulted in a 39-yard touchdown pass to Dane Key, who outran two defenders to the end zone.
Meanwhile, Houston Christian’s offense hasn’t made much of a dent in NU’s defense. The Huskies are struggling with self-inflicted penalties.
Raiola-to-Barney connection nets first touchdown
Nebraska didn’t squander its red zone trip this time. After starting at the Houston Christian 45, Raiola completed two passes to Barney, a 15-yarder to running back Kwinten Ives and, finally, a nine-yard pitch pass to Barney for NU’s first touchdown of the day. The Huskers’ blocking on the pitch pass was excellent, allowing Barney to bound into the end zone.
Nebraska stalls, but scores first
After Houston Christian won the toss — and deferred to the second half — Nebraska took the opening kickoff, marched inside the Houston Christian 10 with the aid of a 40-yard pass from Dylan Raiola to Dane Key and…stalled inside the red zone again. NU settled for a Kyle Cunanan field goal after a nine-play, 66-yard march.
Jones, Shavers among defensive starters
Defensive back Malcolm Hartzog and linebacker Javin Wright were both listed as questionable on the pregame injury report; neither were listed as starters in the pregame introductions.
Instead, it’s Donovan Jones and Vincent Shavers getting the nod vs. Houston Christian.
Pregame
Bring-your-own-energy vibe for Nebraska
A car horn blaring the tune for the words “There is no place like Nebraska” echoed into a quiet morning outside North Stadium. A few fans standing in the parking lot offered a smattering of applause.
Husker game day for Houston Christian week has a bring-your-own-energy vibe on a warm Saturday.
One gauge is pregame fan presence ahead of the 11 a.m. start. The Cornhusker Kickoff event inside the Hawks Center — teeming with red hours before last week’s 6:30 p.m. contest with Akron — drew a slow trickle of visitors. Three HCU supporters wearing blue and orange T-shirts walked around recording video of the setup on their smartphones.
Tailgates were relatively spotty in the parking lots north and east of Memorial Stadium. Coffee was the popular drink of choice.
Nebraska players must provide their own boosts against an FCS program that’s coming off a two-score loss to Eastern Kentucky. No light show this time. Warmer conditions too, with temperatures into the mid-80s by kickoff and low 90s by the second half.
NU coach Matt Rhule walked the sidelines two hours before the game wearing a black T-shirt of boxing star and Omaha native Terence Crawford, who will meet Canelo Alvarez in a late-night mega-fight.
The Huskers — as more than 40-point favorites — are seeking their own knockout punch as they eye their first four-game winning streak since early in the 2016 campaign.
“I want us to be a football place,” Rhule said this week. “Football teams, you put away the people you’re supposed to put away. You don’t let them have life.”
Other pregame observations
» Nebraska players are wearing red home jerseys and red road pants in a game for the first time since a 1986 loss to Oklahoma. The uniforms are part of the “Blood Moon” theme coinciding with the coming Sunday lunar eclipse.
“Those are pretty cool things, the red eclipse,” Rhule said. “The history — you go back to Asia and all across the world — people saw the blood moon, the red moon, the orange moon, whether they thought a wolf was trying to eat the moon or a dragon was trying to eat the moon, it usually means a war is coming.”
» Starting nickel Malcolm Hartzog and linebacker Javin Wright are both listed as questionable in NU’s pregame availability report.
Rhule indicated Hartzog’s limited status could open the door for more snaps from DBs like Donovan Jones and Jamir Conn. Wright could cede snaps to the likes of underclassmen Jacob Bower and Dawson Merritt, among others.
What you need to know
Saturday will be the first matchup between Nebraska and Houston Christian.
The National Weather Service currently projects the forecast to be mostly sunny with a high of 94 degrees. Wind gusts could be as high as 23 mph.
The Huskers are coming off a dominant 68-0 win over Akron — Nebraska’s first shutout since the 2009 Holiday Bowl.
The Huskies are 1-1 so far this season with a 69-0 season-opening win over Arkansas Baptist (NAIA) and a 20-10 loss to Eastern Kentucky last weekend.
Stay tuned for more live updates throughout the game
Photos: Nebraska football hosts Houston Christian
Nebraska’s Dane Key (6) celebrates a touchdown with Nyziah Hunter (13) during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dane Key (6) makes a catch during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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A butterfly perches on a flower as a couple sits on a bench prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Scott Gomel, left, throws a football with his son Phoenix Gomel, right, 9, prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola (15) leads the Huskers onto the field for the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska players run onto the field for the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola (15) goes to hand off the ball during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Emmett Johnson (21) runs the ball during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Kyle Cunanan (91) kicks in a field goal during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Marques Watson-Trent (33) sacks Houston Christian’s Jake Weir (16) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Houston Christian’s Brady Young (35) punts during the first half of a college football game against Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Fans hold up a “Fight Child Brain Cancer” sign during the first half of a college football game between Nebraska and Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Jacory Barney Jr. (2) runs the ball during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Houston Christian’s Jake Weir (16) throws the ball during the first half of a college football game against Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dane Key (6) runs into the end zone to score a touchdown during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola (15) looks to pass the ball during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska players celebrate with teammate Williams Nwaneri (96) after he returned a fumble recovery for a touchdown during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Williams Nwaneri (96) runs the ball in for a touchdown after a fumble recovery during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Kenneth Williams (32) runs with the ball with Houston Christian’s Zayteak McGhee (2) and Houston Christian’s Norey Johnson (15) defending during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Emmett Johnson (21) dives into the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska fans react during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Houston Christian’s Norey Johnson (15) defends Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola (15) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s John Hohl (90) kicks the ball during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska players celebrate as Nebraska’s Dane Key (18) runs into the end zone for a touchdown as during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Houston Christian’s Norey Johnson (15) tackles Nebraska’s Kwinten Ives (28) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Houston Christian’s Jake Weir (16) hands the ball of to Houston Christian’s Xai’Shaun Edwards (24) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska fans put their hands up as Nebraska’s John Hohl (90) kicks a field goal during the first half of a college football game against Houston Christian at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Kwinten Ives (28) runs with the ball over Houston Christian’s Xavier Toliver (1) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Riley Van Poppel (5) and Nebraska’s Vincent Shavers Jr. (9) tackle Houston Christian’s Xai’Shaun Edwards (24) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Marques Watson-Trent (33) sacks Houston Christian’s Jake Weir (16) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dane Key (6) turns upfield after a catch as Houston Christian’s Thio Georges (8) pursues during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dane Key (6) is tackled by Houston Christian’s Thio Georges (8) pursues during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola (15) celebrates a touchdown by Dane Key (6) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule complains to the officials during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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The Nebraska marching band performs during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Houston Christian’s Rodney Dansby (6) pursues Nebraska’s Jacory Barney Jr. (2) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Kade Pietrzak (93) pressures Houston Christian’s Jake Weir (16) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule walks across the field prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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A young fan runs the 40-yard dash at the Cornhusker Kickoff prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola and teammates arrive prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Luke Lindenmeyer (44) high-fives fans as sthe team arrives prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule and the Huskers prior to a college football game against Houston Christian in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Fans weait to be allowed in prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Players wait for the start of the Legacy Walk prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. They are wearing shirts honoring Terence “Bud” Crawford before his upcoming fight against Canelo Alvarez .
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A tractor sprays the field prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule walks across the field prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. He is wearing a shirt honoring Terence “Bud” Crawford before his upcoming fight against Canelo Alvarez .
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Fans walk across the bridge to go to Memorial Stadium prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Carson Montgomery looks up at memorial stadium prior to a college football game between the Nebraska Huskers and the Houston Christian Huskies in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule throws the bones after a fumble recovery for a touchdown by Nebraska’s Williams Nwaneri (96) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Cheer leaders stand on the field during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dane Key (6) gets tackled by Houston Christian’s Thio Georges (8) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Marques Watson-Trent (33) sacks Houston Christian’s Jake Weir (16) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Marques Watson-Trent (33) celebrates Wirth Nebraska’s Andrew Marshall (10) after getting a stop during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola (15) looks to the official after a flag was thrown during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dane Key (6) celebrates with /n3o/ after Nebraska’s Dane Key (6) scored a touchdown during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Houston Christian’s Adrian Green (9) runs the ball during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Houston Christian’s Jake Weir (16) throws the ball during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule celebrates with Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola (15) after a touchdown during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule celebrates with Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola (15) after a touchdown during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Caleb Benning (28) disrupts a pass thrown to Houston Christian’s Adrian Green (9) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Houston Christian special team attempts to stop a field goal during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska’s Dasan McCullough (15) sacks Houston Christian’s Jake Weir (16) during the first half of a college football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025.
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Nebraska didn’t squander its red zone trip this time. After starting at the Houston Christian 45, Raiola completed two passes to Barney, a 15-yarder to running back Kwinten Ives and, finally, a nine-yard pitch pass to Barney for NU’s first touchdown of the day. The Huskers’ blocking on the pitch pass was excellent, allowing Barney to bound into the end zone.
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