Virginia Tech 35, Nebraska 30

September 27, 2008 :: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Neb.

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Virginia Tech (4-1, 2-0) 99107 35
Nebraska (3-1)73713 30

Final

Kickoff time: 7:12 pm
End of Game: 10:33 pm
Total elapsed time: 3:21
Temperature: 79
Wind: NE 8 MPH
Weather: Clear, Humidity 45%
Attendance: 85,831
Referee: Jeff Flanagan
Umpire: Keith Roden
Linesman: Sam Stephenson
Line judge: Todd Lapenta
Back judge: Virgil Valdez
Field judge: Frank Overcash
Side judge: Angie Bartis
Scoring Summary
First QuarterVTNU
VTSAF08:35Team Safety20
VTTD05:22Darren Evans 1 yd Rush (Dustin Keys Kick)Drive: 3 plays, 5 yds, 1:1690
NUTD03:54McNeill, Mike 32 yd Pass From Ganz, Joe (Henery, Alex Kick)Drive: 3 plays, 68 yds, 1:1497
Second QuarterVTNU
VTFG14:51Dustin Keys 19 yd Field GoalDrive: 10 plays, 54 yds, 3:52127
NUFG10:45Henery, Alex 48 yd Field GoalDrive: 9 plays, 45 yds, 3:561210
VTFG07:10Dustin Keys 38 yd Field GoalDrive: 9 plays, 54 yds, 3:301510
VTFG01:15Dustin Keys 27 yd Field GoalDrive: 9 plays, 66 yds, 4:211810
Third QuarterVTNU
VTFG10:25Dustin Keys 36 yd Field GoalDrive: 9 plays, 61 yds, 4:352110
VTTD06:54Darren Evans 19 yd Rush (Dustin Keys Kick)Drive: 3 plays, 33 yds, 1:102810
NUTD00:04Helu Jr., Roy 12 yd Rush (Henery, Alex Kick)Drive: 12 plays, 75 yds, 6:402817
Fourth QuarterVTNU
NUTD07:52Swift, Nate 88 yd Punt Return (Ganz, Joe Pass Failed)2823
VTTD02:28Tyrod Taylor 2 yd Rush (Dustin Keys Kick)Drive: 11 plays, 80 yds, 5:243523
NUTD01:32Peterson, Todd 17 yd Pass From Ganz, Joe (Henery, Alex Kick)Drive: 4 plays, 80 yds, 0:563530

Team Stats VT NU
FIRST DOWNS 21 14
  Rushing 12 3
  Passing 7 10
  Penalty 2 1
NET YARDS RUSHING 206 55
  Rushing Attempts 55 25
  Average Per Rush 3.7 2.2
  Rushing Touchdowns 3 1
  Yards Gained Rushing 224 79
  Yards Lost Rushing 18 24
NET YARDS PASSING 171 278
  Completions-Attempts-Int 9-15-0 17-26-1
  Average Per Attempt 11.4 10.7
  Average Per Completion 19.0 16.4
  Passing Touchdowns 0 2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 377 333
  Total offense plays 70 51
  Average Gain Per Play 5.4 6.5
Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 3-1
Penalties: Number-Yards 4-30 7-69
PUNTS-YARDS 5-173 5-147
  Average Yards Per Punt 34.6 29.4
  Net Yards Per Punt 17.8 16.8
  Inside 20 3 1
  50+ Yards 0 0
  Touchbacks 0 0
  Fair catch 0 1
Team Stats VT NU
KICKOFFS-YARDS 8-496 6-388
  Average Yards Per Kickoff 62.0 64.7
  Net Yards Per Kickoff 41.1 42.3
  Touchbacks 1 2
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 3-63-0 2-84-1
  Average Per Return 21.0 42.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-94-0 7-147-0
  Average Per Return 23.5 21.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-15-0 0-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-8-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards 0 0
Possession Time 34:44 25:16
  1st Quarter 09:17 05:43
  2nd Quarter 08:05 06:55
  3rd Quarter 05:49 09:11
  4th Quarter 11:33 03:27
Third-Down Conversions 7 of 17 2 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-11 2-4
PAT Kicks 3-3 3-3
Field Goals 4-4 1-1

Virginia Tech Rushing
No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Tyrod Taylor15914871305.8
Darren Evans21753722193.4
Kenny Lewis17588500122.9
Danny Coale101-100-1.0
Team102-200-2.0
Total55224182063303.7
Nebraska Rushing
No. Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg.
Helu Jr., Roy4210211125.3
Ganz, Joe8291118082.3
Lucky, Marlon821417052.1
Castille, Q.3808042.7
TEAM103-300-3.0
Paul, Niles106-600-6.0
Total257924551122.2

Virginia Tech Passing
Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Tyrod Taylor9-15-01710402
Total9-15-01710402
Nebraska Passing
Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Long Sack
Ganz, Joe17-26-12782462
Total17-26-12782462

Virginia Tech Receiving
No. Yds TD Lg
Jarrett Boykin258034
Andre Smith254040
Greg Boone233017
Danny Coale21408
Dyrell Roberts112012
Total9171040
Nebraska Receiving
No. Yds TD Lg
Peterson, Todd460125
McNeill, Mike366132
Swift, Nate358046
Lucky, Marlon338029
Paul, Niles121021
Holt, Menelik120020
Young, Dreu110010
Gilleylen, C.1505
Total17278246

Virginia Tech Punting
No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
Brent Bowden517334.64730
Total517334.64730
Nebraska Punting
No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
Titchener, Dan414736.84110
TEAM100.0000
Total514729.44110

Virginia Tech All Returns
  Punts Kickoffs Interceptions
No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Victor Harris249281161611515
Stephan Virgil1140000000
Kenny Lewis00026041000
Davon Morgan00011818000
Total363284944111515
Nebraska All Returns
  Punts Kickoffs Interceptions
No Yds Lg No Yds Lg No Yds Lg
Paul, Niles1-40612128000
Gilleylen, C.00012626000
Swift, Nate18888000000
Total28488714728000

Virginia Tech All Purpose
Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
Victor Harris0016491580
Kenny Lewis5006000110
Danny Coale-11400013
Tyrod Taylor87000087
Darren Evans72000072
Jarrett Boykin05800058
Andre Smith05400054
Greg Boone03300033
Davon Morgan00180018
Stephan Virgil00014014
Dyrell Roberts01200012
Team-20000-2
Total206171946315549
Nebraska All Purpose
Rush Rcv KR PR IR Total
Paul, Niles-621121-40132
Swift, Nate0580880146
Lucky, Marlon173800055
Gilleylen, C.05260031
McNeill, Mike06600066
Peterson, Todd06000060
Helu Jr., Roy21000021
Holt, Menelik02000020
Ganz, Joe18000018
Young, Dreu01000010
Castille, Q.800008
TEAM-30000-3
Total55278147840564

Virginia Tech Field Goal Attempts
Qtr Time Distance Result
Dustin Keys214:5119Good
Dustin Keys207:1038Good
Dustin Keys201:1527Good
Dustin Keys310:2536Good
Nebraska Field Goal Attempts
Qtr Time Distance Result
Henery, Alex210:4548Good

Virginia Tech Kickoffs
No. Yds TB OB Avg.
Justin Myer84961062.0
Total84961062.0
Nebraska Kickoffs
No. Yds TB OB Avg.
Kunalic, Adi53362067.2
Titchener, Dan1520052.0
Total63882064.7

Virginia Tech Fumbles
No. Lost
None
Nebraska Fumbles
No. Lost
Paul, Niles20
Peterson, Todd11

Virginia Tech Drive Summary
Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed
Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP
1NU4912:27PUNTNU3810:05PUNT5-112:22
1VT4408:30KOVT4206:50PUNT3--21:40
1NU0506:38INTNU0005:22TD3-51:16
1VT4403:43KONU0214:51FG10-543:52
2VT2510:40KONU2107:10FG9-543:30
2VT2405:36PUNTNU1001:15FG9-664:21
3VT2015:00KONU1910:25FG9-614:35
3NU3308:04PUNTNU0006:54TD3-331:10
3VT2300:00KOVT2413:33PUNT3-11:27
4VT1411:22PUNTVT4107:52PUNT5-273:30
4VT2007:52KONU0002:28TD11-805:24
4NU4301:31KONU4000:25PUNT3-31:06
4NU4800:05FUMBVT5000:00HALF1--20:05
Quarter Half Total
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd  
Time of possession09:1708:0505:4911:3317:2217:2234:44
Third Down Conversions1/33/61/22/64/93/87/17
Fourth Down Conversions0/00/00/00/00/00/00/0
Nebraska Drive Summary
Drive Started Drive Ended Consumed
Qtr Spot Time Obtained Spot Time How Lost Pl-Yds TOP
1NU3215:00KONU3612:27PUNT3-42:33
1NU0610:05PUNTNU1408:35SAF3-81:30
1NU1106:50PUNTNU1106:38INT1-00:12
1NU3205:08KOVT0003:54TD3-681:14
2NU2414:41KOVT3110:45FG9-453:56
2NU3907:03KONU3805:36PUNT3--11:27
2NU2601:08KONU2500:00HALF6--11:08
3NU2310:19KONU1308:04PUNT3--102:15
3NU2506:44KOVT0000:04TD12-756:40
4VT4513:33PUNTVT4111:22PUNT3-42:11
4VT0007:52PUNTVT0007:52TD0-00:00
4NU2002:28KOVT0001:32TD4-800:56
4NU1000:25PUNTVT4400:05FUMB2-460:20
Quarter Half Total
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd  
Time of possession05:4306:5509:1103:2712:3812:3825:16
Third Down Conversions0/21/51/30/11/71/42/11
Fourth Down Conversions0/00/01/10/00/01/11/1

Virginia Tech Defense
Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds Sack/Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blkd QBH
Jason Worilds4372.5/60.5/1-----1
Purnell Sturdivant257--------
Victor Harris4261.0/6---1-15---
Stephan Virgil5-5--1---1-
Orion Martin2241.5/101.5/10---1-1
Kam Chancellor134--------
Brett Warren213--------
Cam Martin123-----1--
Jacob Sykes2-2--------
Matt Reidy112--------
Davon Morgan112--------
Jonas Houseright-22--------
Lorenzo Williams1-1--------
Jake Johnson1-1--------
Demetrius Taylor1-1-------1
Cody Grimm1-1-------1
Justin Myer-11--------
John Graves-11-----1-2
Dorian Porch-11---1-8----
Cordarrow Thompson-11-------1
Team--0--------
Nekos Brown--0-------1
Total2926555.0/222.0/1111-81-15318

Nebraska Defense
Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds Sack/Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds BrUp Blkd QBH
Glenn, Cody21214-------1
Dillard, P.2911--------
Allen, Pierre3691.0/21.0/2------
O'Hanlon, Matt3581.0/2-------
Murillo, A.5271.0/1----1--
Suh, Ndamukong3361.0/1-------
Asante, Larry336--------
Steinkuhler, Ty1560.5/10.5/1------
Potter, Zach1562.0/20.5/1------
Culbert, Major134--------
Thenarse, R.1231.5/2-------
Hagg, Eric1121.0/5-------
Wortman, Tyler-22--------
Lawrence, Blake-22--------
Amukamara, P.-22--------
West, Anthony1-1--------
Murtha, Lydon1-1--------
Cammack, Wes1-1--------
Wald, Mason-11--------
Thorell, Lance-11--------
Sievers, C.-11--------
Castille, Q.-11--------
Total2966959.0/162.0/4--11

Play-By-Play
1st Quarter
VT won toss and deferred. NU will receive and defend S. goal.
VT ball on VT30, Myer,J kickoff 66 yards to the NU4, Paul, Niles return 28 yards to the NU32 (Sykes,J).
1 and 10 at NU32Ganz, Joe pass complete to Swift, Nate for 3 yards to the NU35 (Sturdivant,P;Worilds,J).
2 and 7 at NU35Castille, Q. rush over left guard for 4 yards to the NU39 (Worilds,J).
3 and 3 at NU39Ganz, Joe rush up middle for 2 yards to the NU41 (Thompson,C;Martin,C).
4 and 1 at NU41PENALTY NU delay of game 5 yards to the NU36.
4 and 6 at NU36Titchener, Dan punt 41 yards to the VT23, Harris,V return 28 yards to the NU49 (Asante, Larry).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 4 yards, TOP 2:33
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 12:27.
1 and 10 at NU49Lewis,K rush up middle for 6 yards to the NU43 (Glenn, Cody;Wortman, Tyler).
2 and 4 at NU43Lewis,K rush over right tackle for 5 yards to the NU38, 1ST DOWN VT (Allen, Pierre).
1 and 10 at NU38Lewis,K rush up middle for 2 yards to the NU36 (Dillard, P.;Potter, Zach).
2 and 8 at NU36Taylor,T pass incomplete to Roberts,D.
3 and 8 at NU36Taylor,T sacked for loss of 2 yards to the NU38 (Allen, Pierre).
4 and 10 at NU38Bowden,B punt 32 yards to the NU6, downed.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 11 yards, TOP 2:22
NEBRASKA drive start at 10:05.
1 and 10 at NU06Lucky, Marlon rush over left guard for 4 yards to the NU10 (Sturdivant,P;Morgan,D).
2 and 6 at NU10Lucky, Marlon rush up middle for 4 yards to the NU14 (Martin,O;Chancellor,K).
3 and 2 at NU14Ganz, Joe pass incomplete to Young, Dreu (Graves,J).
4 and 2 at NU14TEAM punt BLOCKED, recovered by NU TEAM at NU0, Team safety, clock 08:35 (blocked by Virgil,S).
Titchener, Dan kickoff 52 yards to the VT28, Harris,V return 16 yards to the VT44 (Glenn, Cody;Thorell, Lance).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 8 yards, TOP 1:30
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 08:30.
1 and 10 at VT44Taylor,T pass incomplete to Roberts,D (Murillo, A.).
2 and 10 at VT44Lewis,K rush over left guard for no gain to the VT44 (Suh, Ndamukong).
3 and 10 at VT44Taylor,T sacked for loss of 2 yards to the VT42 (Steinkuhler, Ty;Potter, Zach).
4 and 12 at VT42Bowden,B punt 43 yards to the NU15, Paul, Niles return -4 yards to the NU11, fumble by Paul, Niles recovered by NU Murillo, A. at NU11.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, -2 yards, TOP 1:40
NEBRASKA drive start at 06:50.
1 and 10 at NU11Ganz, Joe pass intercepted by Harris,V at the NU20, Harris,V return 15 yards to the NU5 (Murtha, Lydon).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 1 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:12
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 06:38.
1 and Goal at NU05Evans,D rush over right tackle for 3 yards to the NU2 (Glenn, Cody;Dillard, P.).
2 and Goal at NU02Evans,D rush over left guard for 1 yard to the NU1 (Steinkuhler, Ty;Potter, Zach).
3 and Goal at NU01Evans,D rush over right end for 1 yard to the NU0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:22.
Keys,D kick attempt good.
1 and Goal at VT30Myer,J kickoff 63 yards to the NU7, Paul, Niles return to the NU24 (Odom,Q;Grimm,C), PENALTY VT offside defense 5 yards to the VT25, NO PLAY.
Myer,J kickoff 69 yards to the NU6, Gilleylen, C. return 26 yards to the NU32 (Reidy,M).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 5 yards, TOP 1:16
NEBRASKA drive start at 05:08.
1 and 10 at NU32Ganz, Joe pass complete to McNeill, Mike for 27 yards to the VT41, 1ST DOWN NU (Chancellor,K).
1 and 10 at VT41Helu Jr., Roy rush up middle for 9 yards to the VT32 (Virgil,S).
2 and 1 at VT32Ganz, Joe pass complete to McNeill, Mike for 32 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN NU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:54.
Henery, Alex kick attempt good.
Kunalic, Adi kickoff 67 yards to the VT3, Lewis,K return 41 yards to the VT44 (Cammack, Wes).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 68 yards, TOP 1:14
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 03:43.
1 and 10 at VT44PENALTY VT false start (Smith,A) 5 yards to the VT39.
1 and 15 at VT39Taylor,T pass complete to Coale,D for 6 yards to the VT45 (O'Hanlon, Matt).
2 and 9 at VT45Taylor,T pass complete to Coale,D for 8 yards to the NU47 (O'Hanlon, Matt;Glenn, Cody).
3 and 1 at NU47Lewis,K rush over right tackle for 4 yards to the NU43, 1ST DOWN VT (Murillo, A.).
1 and 10 at NU43Taylor,T pass incomplete to Jefferson,K.
2 and 10 at NU43Taylor,T rush up middle for no gain to the NU43.
3 and 10 at NU43Taylor,T pass complete to Smith,A for 40 yards to the NU3, 1ST DOWN VT (Murillo, A.).
1 and Goal at NU03Taylor,T rush over right end for no gain to the NU3, out-of-bounds (Glenn, Cody).
2 and Goal at NU03Timeout Nebraska, clock 00:40.
2 and Goal at NU03Evans,D rush over right tackle for 1 yard to the NU2 (Glenn, Cody;Asante, Larry).
2nd Quarter
3 and Goal at NU02Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.
3 and Goal at NU02Taylor,T pass incomplete to Boone,G.
4 and Goal at NU02Keys,D field goal attempt from 19 GOOD, clock 14:51.
Myer,J kickoff 53 yards to the NU17, Paul, Niles return 7 yards to the NU24 (Williams,L).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 10 plays, 54 yards, TOP 3:52
NEBRASKA drive start at 14:41.
1 and 10 at NU24Ganz, Joe pass complete to Gilleylen, C. for 5 yards to the NU29 (Virgil,S).
2 and 5 at NU29Ganz, Joe pass complete to Lucky, Marlon for 10 yards to the NU39, 1ST DOWN NU (Morgan,D).
1 and 10 at NU39Paul, Niles rush over right end for loss of 6 yards to the NU33, fumble by Paul, Niles recovered by NU Paul, Niles at NU33 (Harris,V), PENALTY NU holding declined.
2 and 16 at NU33Ganz, Joe rush over left end for 6 yards to the NU39 (Warren,Br).
3 and 10 at NU39Ganz, Joe pass complete to Lucky, Marlon for 29 yards to the VT32, 1ST DOWN NU, out-of-bounds.
1 and 10 at VT32Lucky, Marlon rush over right end for 1 yard to the VT31 (Sturdivant,P).
2 and 9 at VT31Ganz, Joe pass incomplete to Teafatiller, H., QB hurry by Martin,O.
3 and 9 at VT31Ganz, Joe pass incomplete to McNeill, Mike (Martin,C).
4 and 9 at VT31Henery, Alex field goal attempt from 48 GOOD, clock 10:45.
Kunalic, Adi kickoff 63 yards to the VT7, Morgan,D return 18 yards to the VT25.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 45 yards, TOP 3:56
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 10:40.
1 and 10 at VT25Taylor,T pass complete to Smith,A for 14 yards to the VT39, 1ST DOWN VT.
1 and 10 at VT39Lewis,K rush over left end for 9 yards to the VT48 (Asante, Larry;Dillard, P.).
2 and 1 at VT48Evans,D rush up middle for 5 yards to the NU47, 1ST DOWN VT (Potter, Zach;Asante, Larry).
1 and 10 at NU47Lewis,K rush up middle for 12 yards to the NU35, 1ST DOWN VT (Asante, Larry).
1 and 10 at NU35Lewis,K rush over left end for 12 yards to the NU23, 1ST DOWN VT (Glenn, Cody;Amukamara, P.).
1 and 10 at NU23Lewis,K rush over left guard for no gain to the NU23 (Suh, Ndamukong).
2 and 10 at NU23Evans,D rush over left end for 1 yard to the NU22 (Lawrence, Blake;Dillard, P.).
3 and 9 at NU22Taylor,T rush over right end for 1 yard to the NU21, out-of-bounds (Dillard, P.).
4 and 8 at NU21Keys,D field goal attempt from 38 GOOD, clock 07:10.
Myer,J kickoff 56 yards to the NU14, Paul, Niles return 25 yards to the NU39 (Sykes,J).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 54 yards, TOP 3:30
NEBRASKA drive start at 07:03.
1 and 10 at NU39Helu Jr., Roy rush over left end for no gain to the NU39 (Worilds,J).
2 and 10 at NU39Ganz, Joe rush over right end for 4 yards to the NU43, out-of-bounds.
3 and 6 at NU43Ganz, Joe pass incomplete to Swift, Nate, PENALTY NU illegal forward pass (Ganz, Joe) 5 yards to the NU38.
4th and 11.
4 and 11 at NU38Titchener, Dan punt 38 yards to the VT24, fair catch by Harris,V.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, -1 yards, TOP 1:27
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 05:36.
1 and 10 at VT24Taylor,T pass complete to Boykin,J for 34 yards to the NU42, 1ST DOWN VT (Asante, Larry).
1 and 10 at NU42Evans,D rush up middle for 1 yard to the NU41 (Lawrence, Blake;Allen, Pierre).
2 and 9 at NU41Taylor,T rush over right end for 8 yards to the NU33, out-of-bounds.
3 and 1 at NU33Evans,D rush up middle for 2 yards to the NU31, 1ST DOWN VT (O'Hanlon, Matt;Allen, Pierre).
1 and 10 at NU31Taylor,T pass complete to Boykin,J for 24 yards to the NU7, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds (Dillard, P.).
1 and Goal at NU07Evans,D rush up middle for 2 yards to the NU5 (Glenn, Cody), PENALTY VT illegal formation 5 yards to the NU12, NO PLAY.
1 and Goal at NU12Evans,D rush up middle for 4 yards to the NU8 (West, Anthony).
2 and Goal at NU08Timeout Nebraska, clock 02:15.
2 and Goal at NU08Lewis,K rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the NU9 (Thenarse, R.).
3 and Goal at NU09Coale,D rush over left end for loss of 1 yard to the NU10 (Thenarse, R.;Potter, Zach).
4 and Goal at NU10Timeout Nebraska, clock 01:20.
4 and Goal at NU10Keys,D field goal attempt from 27 GOOD, clock 01:15.
Myer,J kickoff 62 yards to the NU8, Paul, Niles return 18 yards to the NU26 (Houseright,J;Reidy,M).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 66 yards, TOP 4:21
NEBRASKA drive start at 01:08.
1 and 10 at NU26Ganz, Joe pass complete to Lucky, Marlon for loss of 1 yard to the NU25 (Worilds,J).
2 and 11 at NU25Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 01:03.
2 and 11 at NU25Ganz, Joe pass incomplete to Lucky, Marlon.
3 and 11 at NU25Ganz, Joe pass incomplete to Lucky, Marlon (Martin,O).
4 and 11 at NU25Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 00:53.
4 and 11 at NU25Titchener, Dan punt 53 yards to the VT22, Harris,V return to the VT22, PENALTY VT personal foul (Virgil,S) 15 yards to the NU40, 1ST DOWN NU, NO PLAY.
1 and 10 at NU40Ganz, Joe sacked for loss of 2 yards to the NU38 (Worilds,J;Martin,O).
2 and 12 at NU38Ganz, Joe pass incomplete to Holt, Menelik (Porch,D), PENALTY NU holding (Hickman, Jacob) 10 yards to the NU28, NO PLAY.
2 and 22 at NU28Ganz, Joe pass incomplete to Peterson, Todd.
3 and 22 at NU28TEAM rush for loss of 3 yards to the NU25.
4 and 25 at NU25End of half, clock 00:00.
3rd Quarter
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, -1 yards, TOP 1:08
Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, NU ball on NU30, Kunalic, Adi kickoff 70 yards to the VT0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, -1 yards, TOP 1:08
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 15:00.
1 and 10 at VT20Taylor,T pass complete to Boone,G for 17 yards to the VT37, 1ST DOWN VT (Amukamara, P.;Culbert, Major).
1 and 10 at VT37Lewis,K rush over right end for 4 yards to the VT41 (Dillard, P.;Culbert, Major).
2 and 6 at VT41Lewis,K rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the VT40 (Potter, Zach).
3 and 7 at VT40Taylor,T pass complete to Boone,G for 16 yards to the NU44, 1ST DOWN VT (Culbert, Major).
1 and 10 at NU44Taylor,T rush over right end for 30 yards to the NU14, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds (O'Hanlon, Matt).
1 and 10 at NU14Lewis,K rush over right end for loss of 1 yard to the NU15 (Murillo, A.).
2 and 11 at NU15Lewis,K rush up middle for loss of 5 yards to the NU20 (Hagg, Eric).
3 and 16 at NU20Taylor,T rush over right end for 1 yard to the NU19 (Hagg, Eric;O'Hanlon, Matt).
4 and 15 at NU19Keys,D field goal attempt from 36 GOOD, clock 10:25.
Myer,J kickoff 67 yards to the NU3, Paul, Niles return 20 yards to the NU23 (Johnson,J).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 61 yards, TOP 4:35
NEBRASKA drive start at 10:19.
1 and 10 at NU23Lucky, Marlon rush over left guard for 3 yards to the NU26 (Harris,V;Martin,C).
2 and 7 at NU26Lucky, Marlon rush over left guard for loss of 4 yards to the NU22 (Worilds,J).
3 and 11 at NU22Ganz, Joe sacked for loss of 9 yards to the NU13 (Martin,O).
4 and 20 at NU13Titchener, Dan punt 41 yards to the VT46, Harris,V return 21 yards to the NU33 (Dillard, P.;Thenarse, R.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, -10 yards, TOP 2:15
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 08:04.
1 and 10 at NU33Evans,D rush over right tackle for 5 yards to the NU28 (Wortman, Tyler;Sievers, C.).
2 and 5 at NU28Evans,D rush up middle for 9 yards to the NU19, 1ST DOWN VT (Glenn, Cody;O'Hanlon, Matt).
1 and 10 at NU19Evans,D rush over right end for 19 yards to the NU0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 06:54.
Keys,D kick attempt good.
Myer,J kickoff 68 yards to the NU2, Paul, Niles return 23 yards to the NU25 (Houseright,J;Myer,J).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 33 yards, TOP 1:10
NEBRASKA drive start at 06:44.
1 and 10 at NU25Ganz, Joe pass complete to McNeill, Mike for 7 yards to the NU32 (Warren,Br).
2 and 3 at NU32Ganz, Joe pass complete to Peterson, Todd for 4 yards to the NU36, 1ST DOWN NU (Chancellor,K;Warren,Br).
1 and 10 at NU36Ganz, Joe pass complete to Young, Dreu for 10 yards to the NU46, 1ST DOWN NU (Virgil,S).
1 and 10 at NU46Lucky, Marlon rush over right tackle for 3 yards to the NU49 (Martin,O).
2 and 7 at NU49Lucky, Marlon rush up middle for 5 yards to the VT46 (Sturdivant,P;Graves,J).
3 and 2 at VT46Lucky, Marlon rush up middle for 1 yard to the VT45 (Sturdivant,P).
4 and 1 at VT45Castille, Q. rush up middle for 1 yard to the VT44, 1ST DOWN NU (Sturdivant,P;Chancellor,K).
1 and 10 at VT44Castille, Q. rush over right tackle for 3 yards to the VT41 (Sturdivant,P;Harris,V).
2 and 7 at VT41Ganz, Joe rush up middle for 1 yard to the VT40 (Taylor,D).
3 and 6 at VT40Timeout Nebraska, clock 01:16.
3 and 6 at VT40Ganz, Joe rush over left end for 8 yards to the VT32, 1ST DOWN NU, out-of-bounds (Martin,C).
1 and 10 at VT32Ganz, Joe pass complete to Holt, Menelik for 20 yards to the VT12, 1ST DOWN NU (Harris,V).
1 and 10 at VT12Helu Jr., Roy rush over right end for 12 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN NU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:04.
Henery, Alex kick attempt good.
Kunalic, Adi kickoff 66 yards to the VT4, Lewis,K return 19 yards to the VT23 (Wald, Mason;Castille, Q.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 6:40
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:00.
4th Quarter
1 and 10 at VT23Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
1 and 10 at VT23Lewis,K rush over left tackle for no gain to the VT23 (Glenn, Cody).
2 and 10 at VT23Taylor,T pass incomplete to Roberts,D.
3 and 10 at VT23Taylor,T rush over right end for 1 yard to the VT24 (Steinkuhler, Ty).
4 and 9 at VT24Bowden,B punt 21 yards to the VT45, out-of-bounds.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 1 yards, TOP 1:27
NEBRASKA drive start at 13:33.
1 and 10 at VT45Helu Jr., Roy rush up middle for no gain to the VT45 (Porch,D;Worilds,J).
2 and 10 at VT45Ganz, Joe rush over right end for no gain to the VT45, out-of-bounds, PENALTY NU holding 10 yards to the NU45, NO PLAY.
2 and 20 at NU45Ganz, Joe pass complete to Peterson, Todd for 14 yards to the VT41 (Virgil,S).
3 and 6 at VT41Ganz, Joe pass incomplete to Holt, Menelik.
4 and 6 at VT41Titchener, Dan punt 27 yards to the VT14, out-of-bounds.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 4 yards, TOP 2:11
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 11:22.
1 and 10 at VT14Evans,D rush over right tackle for loss of 1 yard to the VT13 (Suh, Ndamukong).
2 and 11 at VT13Taylor,T rush over right end for 20 yards to the VT33, 1ST DOWN VT (Murillo, A.).
1 and 10 at VT33Taylor,T rush up middle for 4 yards to the VT37 (Suh, Ndamukong;Allen, Pierre).
2 and 6 at VT37Lewis,K rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT40 (Steinkuhler, Ty;Glenn, Cody).
3 and 3 at VT40Lewis,K rush over right tackle for 1 yard to the VT41 (Glenn, Cody;Suh, Ndamukong).
4 and 2 at VT41Bowden,B punt 47 yards to the NU12, Swift, Nate return 88 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 07:52.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 27 yards, TOP 3:30
Ganz, Joe pass attempt failed.
Kunalic, Adi kickoff 70 yards to the VT0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 0 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:00
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 07:52.
1 and 10 at VT20Taylor,T pass incomplete to Roberts,D, QB hurry by Glenn, Cody.
2 and 10 at VT20Taylor,T rush over left end for 18 yards to the VT38, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds.
1 and 10 at VT38Evans,D rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT41 (Steinkuhler, Ty;Allen, Pierre).
2 and 7 at VT41Taylor,T rush over left end for 4 yards to the VT45 (O'Hanlon, Matt;Allen, Pierre).
3 and 3 at VT45Taylor,T pass complete to Roberts,D for 12 yards to the NU43, 1ST DOWN VT (Dillard, P.;Murillo, A.).
1 and 10 at NU43Evans,D rush over left tackle for 1 yard to the NU42 (Steinkuhler, Ty;Suh, Ndamukong).
2 and 9 at NU42Evans,D rush up middle for 5 yards to the NU37 (Allen, Pierre;Dillard, P.).
3 and 4 at NU37Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 04:13.
3 and 4 at NU37Taylor,T rush over right end for 2 yards to the NU35 (Allen, Pierre), PENALTY NU personal foul (Suh, Ndamukong) 15 yards to the NU20, 1ST DOWN VT.
1st and 10.
1 and 10 at NU20PENALTY NU unsportsmanlike conduct 9 yards to the NU11, 1ST DOWN VT.
1 and 10 at NU11Evans,D rush over right tackle for 6 yards to the NU5 (Murillo, A.;Glenn, Cody).
2 and 4 at NU05Evans,D rush over right end for 3 yards to the NU2 (Murillo, A.).
3 and 1 at NU02Taylor,T rush for 2 yards to the NU0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:28.
Keys,D kick attempt good.
PENALTY NU personal foul (Suh, Ndamukong) 15 yards to the VT45, Myer,J kickoff 55 yards to the NU0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 11 plays, 80 yards, TOP 5:24
NEBRASKA drive start at 02:28.
1 and 10 at NU20Ganz, Joe pass complete to Swift, Nate for 9 yards to the NU29 (Harris,V).
2 and 1 at NU29Ganz, Joe pass complete to Swift, Nate for 46 yards to the VT25, 1ST DOWN NU (Grimm,C).
1 and 10 at VT25Ganz, Joe rush over right end for 8 yards to the VT17 (Harris,V).
2 and 2 at VT17Ganz, Joe pass complete to Peterson, Todd for 17 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN NU, TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:32.
Henery, Alex kick attempt good.
Henery, Alex kickoff 13 yards to the NU43, on-side kick, recovered by VT on NU43.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 80 yards, TOP 0:56
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 01:31.
1 and 10 at NU43Evans,D rush over right tackle for 3 yards to the NU40 (Glenn, Cody;Culbert, Major).
2 and 7 at NU40Evans,D rush over right tackle for 2 yards to the NU38 (Glenn, Cody;Dillard, P.).
3 and 5 at NU38Timeout Nebraska, clock 00:43.
3 and 5 at NU38Evans,D rush over left end for loss of 2 yards to the NU40 (O'Hanlon, Matt).
4 and 7 at NU40Timeout Nebraska, clock 00:38.
4 and 7 at NU40Bowden,B punt 30 yards to the NU10, downed.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 3 yards, TOP 1:06
NEBRASKA drive start at 00:25.
1 and 10 at NU10Ganz, Joe pass complete to Paul, Niles for 21 yards to the NU31, 1ST DOWN NU.
1 and 10 at NU31Ganz, Joe pass complete to Peterson, Todd for 25 yards to the VT44, fumble forced by Virgil,S, fumble by Peterson, Todd recovered by VT Porch,D at VT44, Porch,D for 8 yards to the NU48.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, 46 yards, TOP 0:20
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:05, VT ball on NU48.
1 and 10 at NU48Team rush for loss of 2 yards to the 50 yardline.
2 and 12 at VT50End of game, clock 00:00.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 1 plays, -2 yards, TOP 0:05

Participation

Virginia Tech Starters
PosNo.Offense
QB5Tyrod Taylor
TE8Greg Boone
FL11Dyrell Roberts
SE19Danny Coale
TB20Kenny Lewis
C58Ryan Shuman
RT62Blake DeChristopher
LG67Nick Marshman
RG70Sergio Render
LT77Ed Wang
TE88Andre Smith
PosNo.Defense
CB1Victor Harris
S2Davon Morgan
DE6Jason Worilds
FS17Kam Chancellor
CB22Stephan Virgil
LB33Brett Warren
LB41Cam Martin
LB45Purnell Sturdivant
DE90Orion Martin
DT91John Graves
DT95Cordarrow Thompson
Nebraska Starters
PosNo.Offense
IB5Lucky, Marlon
QB12Ganz, Joe
WR17Peterson, Todd
WR18Holt, Menelik
TE44McNeill, Mike
LG61Huff, Mike
LT65Smith, Mike
C67Hickman, Jacob
RG70Slauson, Matt
RT76Murtha, Lydon
WR87Swift, Nate
PosNo.Defense
SS4Asante, Larry
LCB6Murillo, A.
CB21Amukamara, P.
FS33O'Hanlon, Matt
LB34Glenn, Cody
DT43Steinkuhler, Ty
LB52Dillard, P.
LB53Wortman, Tyler
NT93Suh, Ndamukong
DE95Allen, Pierre
DE98Potter, Zach

Virginia Tech: 3-Ike Whitaker, 9-Cris Hill, 14-Lorenzo Williams, 15-Eddie Whitley, 18-Sam Wheeler, 21-Rashad Carmichael, 23-Matt Reidy, 24-Dorian Porch, 25-Josh Oglesby, 26-Cody Grimm, 27-Jahre Cheeseman, 29-Dustin Keys, 32-Darren Evans, 35-Dustin Pickle, 36-Jake Johnson, 37-Jacob Sykes, 38-Quillie Odom, 42-Kenny Jefferson, 44-Devin Perez, 47-Nekos Brown, 48-Justin Myer, 50-Collin Carroll, 56-Demetrius Taylor, 81-Jarrett Boykin, 82-Steven Friday, 86-Chris Drager, 87-Prince Parker, 89-Jonas Houseright, 94-Mark Muncey, 97-Brent Bowden.

Nebraska: 2-Culbert, Major, 3-Thenarse, R., 5A-West, Anthony, 8D-O'Leary, T.J., 10-Helu Jr., Roy, 11-Gilleylen, C., 15-Dennard, A., 19-Castille, Q., 20-Kunalic, Adi, 22-Wald, Mason, 23-Thorell, Lance, 24-Paul, Niles, 28-Hagg, Eric, 30-Hays, Mike, 35-Holt, Matt, 36-Lawson, Thomas, 37-Wesch, Jake, 40-Lawrence, Blake, 41-Grove, Thomas, 49-Young, Dreu, 68-Williams, Keith, 72-Burkes, J., 78-Jones, Marcel, 80-Hill, Ryan, 82-Cammack, Wes, 88-Sievers, C., 89-Teafatiller, H., 90-Henery, Alex, 97-Titchener, Dan.