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Nebraska, Purdue miss four field goals in scoreless first half

Some ugly football between Nebraska and Purdue

There was an ugly 30 minutes of football on Saturday in West Lafayette, Indiana, as Purdue played host to Nebraska.

The teams went to the break scoreless, thanks in part to three missed field goals by the Cornhuskers and one by Purdue.

Incredibly, there were no turnovers. However, there were 12 penalties.

Nebraska woke up in the second half, scoring four touchdowns in a span of about 13 minutes bridging the third and fourth quarters en route to the Big Ten win.

Illinois wins as Nebraska fails to convert fourth-and-29 in overtime

Illinois scored easily in OT and smothered Nebraska to seal the victory

Illinois went into Nebraska for a Big Ten game on Friday and upset the Cornhuskers, 31-24 in overtime.

The Illini scored easily on their overtime drive after Nebraska opted to play defense when it won the coin toss.

The Cornhuskers had no such luck on their chance to extend the game.

Quarterback Dylan Raiola was sacked multiple times and the Cornhuskers also were called for a penalty.

After they were supposed to start the drive at the Illinois 25, which became the 30 after a penalty, Nebraska wound up looking at a third-and-42.

Yes, folks, third-42.

The Cornhusker completed a pass for 13 yards but Illinois sacked Dylan Raiola again on fourth-and-29 to seal the Big Ten upset.

The play-by-play of Nebraska’s disastrous overtime drive:

Result Play
Sack 4th & 29 ILL 44(0:00 – 5th) D.Raiola steps back to pass. Sacked at NEB 46 for -10 yards (D.Rosiek).
+13 YD 3rd & 42 NEB 43(0:00 – 5th) D.Raiola pass complete. Catch made by J.Banks for 13 yards. Pushed out of bounds by ILL at ILL 44.
Penalty 2nd & 24 ILL 39(0:00 – 5th) D.Raiola steps back to pass. Sacked at NEB 43 for -18 yards (D.Briggs). PENALTY on NEB-D.Raiola Intentional Grounding 18 yards accepted.
Sack 1st & 15 ILL 30(0:00 – 5th) D.Raiola steps back to pass. Sacked at ILL 39 for -9 yards (A.Bryant).

Illinois almost was its worst enemy on the third-down play in OT a Fighting Illini defender appeared to hit a Cornhusker late and out of bounds but a flag was not thrown.