Hawkeyes Fills Huskers' Fourth Quarter Rally With Winning Field Placement | Soccer

The Nebraska season ends at 4-8.

The Huskers were led 28-13 in the fourth quarter, but Adrian Martinez scored two goals – including a 98-yard – to tie at 28-28, 3:22 into the end.

It seemed that the Huskers and Hawkeyes were going into overtime. Iowa qualified fourth and eighth in the UN 37, but Kirk Ferentz kept the attack on the field and Nate Stanley hit forward T.J. Hockenson for 10 yards and a first try. Two games later, Recinos hit at 41 yards.

Nebraska struggled to contain the precipitous Iowa attack from the start. The Hawkeyes are traditionally considered a hard, physical team before the race, but they struggled to effectively move the ball to the ground much of the fall, scoring Black Friday No. 11 in the Big Ten in a hasty attack .

Since the first training against NU, however, Iowa has effectively moved the ball.

That, with some timely shots from junior quarterback Nate Stanley, allowed the Hawkeyes to accumulate 252 yards in the first half and score touchdowns on three of their four possessions. The marches, which covered 79, 85 and 85 yards, each took at least 5:23 and allowed the hosts to take advantage over a possession time ranging from 20:49 to 9:11.

Husker's offense, which was working for the second week in a row without dynamic slot machine receiver JD Spielman (left ankle), hit the field to score a touchdown in his first training session, then opted for a goal and scooped after back-to-back bags outout UI defensive ends AJ Epenesa and Anthony Nelson.

Martinez and the Huskers recovered just before the half, scoring 46 yards in just 45 seconds after a 15-yard touchdown run by Toren Young gave Iowa a 21-10 advantage.

The training started with a 22-yard finish for Stanley Morgan and progressed little by little, creating a 51-yard field goal in the breeze for rookie kicker Barret Pickering. He had short hair, but an offsides penalty on Iowa – after two timeouts used to try to shake the Hoovers, originally from Alabama – allowed the Huskers to gain 5 yards. This time, Pickering drilled it for his second game conversion and his 10th consecutive mark from October 13th.

The score was decisive as it allowed NU to return to possession of the ball and to give the visitors a chance to score the goal or to gain possession in the first possession of the second half. .

They could not enjoy it, though. The Huskers started at their 7s after being beaten by running back Maurice Washington, who scored just 4 yards and beat the ball, allowing the Hawkey to start at 44, taking control of the game.

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