| Series Info: Nebraska and Troy State have never played each other. This is Troy State's first year in Division I-A football. Troy State was the Division I-AA Champion in 1996, 1999 and 2000. Appalachian State ended their season in the I-AA playoffs 33-30...they finished 9-3. Prediction: Nebraska pounded the ball down TCU's throat last week racking up 335 yards on the ground alone. Diedrick had 186 of those yards himself. This is Troy State's first game playing in Divivion I-A and it won't be pretty for them. Expect Nebraska to keep it on the ground for 90% of the game on their way to an easy win. Diedrick should have another 100+ rushing yards and Crouch should break the 100 yard mark as well. Nebraska 50 Troy State 14 |
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| Nebraska 73 Troy State 9 |
| Troy State 0 0 3 6 - 9 Nebraska 14 14 24 21 - 73 NU Diedrick 1 run (Brown kick) NU Davies 4 run (Brown kick) NU Crouch 26 run (Brown kick) NU Wistrom 16 pass from Crouch (Brown kick) NU Crouch 71 run (Brown kick) NU Crouch 13 run (Brown kick) NU Brown 37 FG TSU Boteler 42 FG NU Lord 72 run NU Diedrick 83 run NU Groce 62 punt return NU Chrisman 5 run TSU Skipper 8 pass from Nutter (kick failed) TSU NU Total Yards 261 590 Rushing Yards 21 558 Passing Yards 240 32 First Downs 14 16 3rd Down Completion 3-6 4-16 Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-1 Time of Possession 13:01 14:59 Nebraska stats: RUSHING: Diedrick 14-158 (2 TDs), Crouch 13 - 230 (3 TD's), Grixby 1--4, Davies 6-23, Collins 4-48, Lord 3-88 (1 TD), Chrisman 1-5 (1 TD), Kastl 2-10 PASSING: Crouch 2-5-32-1 RECEIVING: Wistron 1-16, Cornelson 1-16 SACKS: Slechta 2, Kelsay 1, Burrow 1, Vedral 1 INT's: Craver 1 NOTES: Crouch was named NCAA offensive player of the week with his impressive 230 yards, 3 rushing TD's, 1 passing TD performance. He's back in the Heisman hunt. |
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