Link: Full Game Notes (Huskers.com)
WHEN: Saturday, November 1 | 6:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, Nebraska
TV: NBC (Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, Kathryn Tappen)
RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (Kyle Crooks, Damon Benning, Jessica Coody)
HUSKERS
Record: 6-2 (3-2 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Northwestern (W 28-21)
Streak: Won 1
Rank: AP (NR) | Coaches (RV)
Head Coach: Matt Rhule (18-15, 3rd year NU | 65-58, 10th year overall | 0-1 vs. USC)
TROJANS
Record: 5-2 (3-1 Big Ten)
Last Game: at Notre Dame (L 24-34)
Streak: Lost 1
Rank: AP (#23) | Coaches (RV)
Head Coach: Lincoln Riley (31-16, 4th year USC | 86-26, 9th year overall | 2-0 vs. Nebraska)
THIS WEEK'S NUMBERS
1 - Running back Emmett Johnson has 1,019 yards from scrimmage in eight games this season. He is the only Power Four player with 1,000 yards from scrimmage.
2 - Nebraska ranks second in the nation in passing yards allowed per game at 127.5 yards per game. The Huskers have limited seven of eight opponents to fewer than 160 yards. USC leads the nation in passing offense at 326.1 yards per game.
5 - Nebraska ranks in the top 20 nationally in five special teams categories, including kickoff return average (3rd), punt return average (19th), punt return defense (3rd), kickoff return defense (14th) and blocked kicks (5th).
THE MATCHUP
Nebraska opens its four-game November schedule on Saturday night when the Huskers host the No. 23 USC Trojans in a prime-time battle at Memorial Stadium. Game time is set for shortly after 6:30 p.m. with NBC providing the television coverage. The contest can also be heard on the Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com and the official Huskers App.
Nebraska is 6-2 overall and 3-2 in Big Ten play following a hard-fought 28-21 victory over Northwestern at Memorial Stadium last Saturday. For the third time in the month of October, Nebraska scored the decisive points in the fourth quarter to pick up a Big Ten victory. Nebraska's 6-2 start marks the Huskers' best record through eight games since opening the 2016 season with a 7-1 mark.
USC will head to Lincoln with a 5-2 overall mark, and a 3-1 record in the Big Ten. The Trojans were off last weekend following a 34-24 loss at Notre Dame on Oct. 18. USC has posted Big Ten victories over Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue, with their only loss in league play a two-point setback at Illinois.
The Trojans feature a high-powered offense under Head Coach Lincoln Riley. USC is averaging 530.0 total yards per game and 326.1 passing yards to lead the nation in both categories. USC's average of 42.4 points per game is fifth in the country. Defensively, USC ranks among the nation's top teams in red zone defense and takeaways.
Saturday night's matchup is the second as Big Ten opponents for two of the most iconic brands in college football. USC defeated Nebraska last year in Los Angeles, and the Trojans will be making their first visit to Lincoln since 2007.
SERIES HISTORY
Nebraska and USC will meet for the seventh time on Saturday night in Lincoln and the second time as Big Ten opponents. USC holds a 5-0-1 advantage in the all-time series and has won both meetings played at Memorial Stadium.
- USC is the only team Nebraska has played more than once and not beaten.
- The teams met for the first time as Big Ten foes in Los Angeles last season and are also scheduled to meet at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 2028. Before last season, the previous meeting was in the 2014 Holiday Bowl.
- USC was ranked in the top five in each of the first four meetings between the schools, with Nebraska ranked in three of those four meetings.
- Following a 21-21 tie in 1970, Nebraska went on to win 23 straight games, including back-to-back national championships in 1970 and 1971.
Nebraska vs. USC History
1969: USC 31, Nebraska 21 (Lincoln)
1970: Nebraska 21, USC 21 (Los Angeles)
2006: USC 28, Nebraska 10 (Los Angeles)
2007: USC 49, Nebraska 31 (Lincoln)
2014: USC 45, Nebraska 42 (Holiday Bowl)
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2024: USC 28, Nebraska 20
NEBRASKA-USC MATCHUP FEATURES HISTORIC POWERS
Nebraska and USC have met just six times, but share a history of being among college football's traditional powers.
- Nebraska and USC both rank in the top 10 in all-time victories with the Huskers eighth at 930 victories, and USC in 10th with 886 all-time wins
- Nebraska has won five total national championships in its history, including four AP crowns and four coaches poll titles. USC has captured five AP titles and five coaches poll crowns.
- The Huskers and Trojans both rank in the top 10 in numerous other categories, including bowl appearances (USC 57 | Nebraska 54), Heisman winners (USC 7 | Nebraska 3), most weeks ranked in the AP Poll (USC 822 | Nebraska 733) and weeks ranked No. 1 in the AP Pol (USC 91 | Nebraska 70)
HUSKERS SET TO SHINE UNDER THE LIGHTS
Nebraska's prime-time matchup with USC is the Huskers' second evening kickoff at Memorial Stadium this season. Nebraska defeated Akron 68-0 in the home opener on Sept. 6.
- Nebraska has a strong history of success in night games in Lincoln. The Huskers are 53-11 in home night games at Memorial Stadium, including the win over Akron earlier this season.
- Saturday's matchup with USC is the Huskers' first November night game at Memorial Stadium since a victory over Minnesota on Nov. 12, 2016.
- Saturday's prime-time matchup will also feature a full stadium Blackout at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers will wear black jersey, black pants and white helmets with a black N and stripes.
ABOUT USC
The University of Southern California has fielded a football team since 1888 and the Trojans have tallied nearly 890 wins as a program. USC has claimed 11 national championships and 37 conference titles.
The Trojans have made 56 bowl game appearances, claiming 36 wins. USC's last bowl game appearance came last season when the Trojans took on Texas A&M in the Las Vegas Bowl. USC came away with a 35-31 win over the Aggies.
First Year: 1888
All-Time Record: 887-376-54
Bowl Record: 36-20
Conference Titles: 37
National TItles: 11 (1928, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004)
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 71,349
Surface: Natural Grass
Location: Los Angeles, California
Enrollment: 47,000
Colors: Cardinal & Gold
ABOUT 2025 USC FOOTBALL
Schedule/Results
Missouri State (W 73-13)
Georgia Southern (W 59-20)
at Purdue (W 33-17)
Michigan State (W 45-31)
at Illinois (L 32-34)
Michigan (W 31-13)
at Notre Dame (L 24-34)
at Nebraska
Northwestern
Cockeye
at Oregon
UCLA
USC has a 5-2 overall record and a 3-1 mark in Big Ten play with conference victories over Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan this season.
The Trojans are averaging 530 yards per game, with 326.1 yards per game through the air and 230.9 yards per game on the ground. Waymond Jordan leads the USC rushing attack with 88 carries for 576 yards and five scores followed by King Miller with 380 yards and three touchdowns on 47 rushes.
In the passing game, Jayden Maiava has completed 145-of-213 passes for 2,180 yards with 15 touchdowns and four interceptions. Makai Lemon has a team-high 48 receptions for 758 yards and six scores, followed by Ja'kobi Lane with 24 grabs for 424 yards and a trio of touchdowns.
Defensively, the Trojans are allowing 23.1 points per game and 365 yards per game. Eric Gentry leads the USC defense with 48 tackles, seven tackles for loss and three sacks. Kameryn Crawford has seven tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and 18 tackles, while Bishop Fitzgerald has snagged a team-best five interceptions on the year.
ABOUT LINCOLN RILEY
Lincoln Riley is in his fourth season at the helm of USC after spending five seasons as the head coach at Oklahoma.
Riley has developed three of the last eight Heisman Trophy winners and is the only head coach to coach three Heisman winning quarterbacks. He is also the only coach to have three players selected No. 1 overall in the NFL's common draft era.
In his first season with the Trojans in 2022, Riley led USC to a seven-win turnaround while appearing in the Pac-12 Championship game and the Cotton Bowl.
Riley posted a 55-10 overall record in his five years at Oklahoma, leading the Sooners to four Big 12 titles and four New Year's Six bowls with three College Football Playoff appearances.
Riley began his coaching career at Texas Tech (2003-09), before coaching the quarterbacks and serving as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach at East Carolina (2010-14). Riley worked two seasons with the Sooners as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2015 and 2016 before becoming the head coach.
RILEY vs. NEBRASKA
Saturday's matchup is the third all-time for Riley against the Big Red. Riley recorded a 28-20 win over the Huskers in Los Angeles last season, and defeated the Huskers while at Oklahoma in 2021.
LAST MEETING: NOVEMBER 16, 2024
Los Angeles, California
USC 28, Nebraska 20
Nebraska drove down to the Trojans’ 14-yard line in the final seconds but couldn’t reach the end zone, as the Huskers suffered a 28-20 setback at USC on Saturday afternoon at the L.A. Coliseum.
The Huskers slipped to 5-5 overall and 2-5 in the Big Ten, while USC improved to 5-5 and 3-5 in the conference.
Dylan Raiola completed 27-of-38 passes for 191 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Emmett Johnson led the NU rushing attack with 10 carries for 55 yards, followed by Dante Dowdell with eight carries for 52 yards. Jahmal Banks hauled in five receptions for 55 yards, while Johnson had seven catches for 36 yards and a touchdown.
Jayden Maiava was 25-of-35 passing for USC with 259 yards, three scores and an interception. Woody Marks had 146 yards on the ground on 19 carries, while Duce Robinson tallied four receptions for 90 yards and a touchdown.
The Blackshirts began the scoring in LA on Saturday when Maiava’s pass was intercepted on USC’s second drive of the afternoon by Ceyair Wright, who returned it 45 yards down the sideline to give the Huskers a 7-0 lead with 11:08 remaining in the first quarter.
Wright’s interception for a touchdown was Nebraska’s third pick-6 of the season, joining a touchdown from Tommi Hill against Colorado and John Bullock’s pick-6 at Purdue. The three interceptions for a touchdown are the most for Nebraska since the Big Red had four interceptions for touchdowns in 2013.
USC evened the game at seven with a nine-play, 65-yard scoring drive on the ensuing possession, capped off with a six-yard touchdown pass from Maiava to Zachariah Branch with 5:04 left in the opening quarter.
Maiava led the Trojan offense 86 yards down the field in eight plays to give USC a 14-7 advantage after its second consecutive scoring drive, highlighted by Maiava’s 12-yard scoring pass to Kyron Hudson with 13:05 left in the first half.
The Husker offense immediately responded with a score of their own, marching 75 yards in nine plays while converting two third downs to lock the game at 14. Dylan Raiola connected with Banks for 16 yards on 3rd-and-4 near midfield for the Huskers’ first third-down conversion on the drive.
Raiola extended the drive with an 11-yard pass to Janiran Bonner on 3rd-and-10 from USC’s 40-yard line, which was immediately followed by a 29-yard touchdown pass from Raiola to Johnson for the first career receiving score for the sophomore running back with 9:21 remaining in the first half.
Nebraska grabbed its second lead of the afternoon after John Hohl’s 29-yard field goal gave the Huskers a 17-14 lead with 9:37 left in the third quarter.
The Big Red’s three-point lead lasted just over two minutes, as the Trojans answered immediately with a five-play scoring drive that ended with a 48-yard scoring reception by Robinson.
The Blackshirts forced their second turnover of the afternoon when Mikai Gbayor recovered Ty Robinson’s strip sack of Maiava on the USC 16-yard line with 4:10 left in the third quarter.
The Nebraska offense couldn’t capitalize with a go-ahead score, but a 30-yard field goal by Hohl brought the Big Red within 21-20 late in the third quarter.
The Huskers’ special teams unit blocked its second field goal of the season when Wright blocked a 27-yard field goal attempt by Michael Lantz to keep it 21-20 with 12:58 left in the game.
On the ensuing possession, the Trojans used a 13-play, 84-yard scoring drive that ended with a two-yard scoring run by Maiava to grow the lead to 28-20 with 2:45 remaining.
Trailing by eight with 2:45 left on their own 25-yard line, the NU offense drove down to USC’s 14-yard line after Jaylen Lloyd pulled in a 24-yard reception with five seconds remaining. A false start pushed the Big Red back five yards, while Raiola’s final attempt on the last play of the game was picked off in the end zone as time expired.
Bullock led the NU defense with seven tackles and a pass breakup, followed by Isaac Gifford, Malcom Hartzog Jr. and DeShon Singleton with six tackles apiece.
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WHEN: Saturday, November 1 | 6:30 PM (CT)
WHERE: Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, Nebraska
TV: NBC (Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge, Kathryn Tappen)
RADIO: Huskers Radio Network (Kyle Crooks, Damon Benning, Jessica Coody)
HUSKERS
Record: 6-2 (3-2 Big Ten)
Last Game: vs. Northwestern (W 28-21)
Streak: Won 1
Rank: AP (NR) | Coaches (RV)
Head Coach: Matt Rhule (18-15, 3rd year NU | 65-58, 10th year overall | 0-1 vs. USC)
TROJANS
Record: 5-2 (3-1 Big Ten)
Last Game: at Notre Dame (L 24-34)
Streak: Lost 1
Rank: AP (#23) | Coaches (RV)
Head Coach: Lincoln Riley (31-16, 4th year USC | 86-26, 9th year overall | 2-0 vs. Nebraska)
THIS WEEK'S NUMBERS
1 - Running back Emmett Johnson has 1,019 yards from scrimmage in eight games this season. He is the only Power Four player with 1,000 yards from scrimmage.
2 - Nebraska ranks second in the nation in passing yards allowed per game at 127.5 yards per game. The Huskers have limited seven of eight opponents to fewer than 160 yards. USC leads the nation in passing offense at 326.1 yards per game.
5 - Nebraska ranks in the top 20 nationally in five special teams categories, including kickoff return average (3rd), punt return average (19th), punt return defense (3rd), kickoff return defense (14th) and blocked kicks (5th).
THE MATCHUP
Nebraska opens its four-game November schedule on Saturday night when the Huskers host the No. 23 USC Trojans in a prime-time battle at Memorial Stadium. Game time is set for shortly after 6:30 p.m. with NBC providing the television coverage. The contest can also be heard on the Huskers Radio Network, Huskers.com and the official Huskers App.
Nebraska is 6-2 overall and 3-2 in Big Ten play following a hard-fought 28-21 victory over Northwestern at Memorial Stadium last Saturday. For the third time in the month of October, Nebraska scored the decisive points in the fourth quarter to pick up a Big Ten victory. Nebraska's 6-2 start marks the Huskers' best record through eight games since opening the 2016 season with a 7-1 mark.
USC will head to Lincoln with a 5-2 overall mark, and a 3-1 record in the Big Ten. The Trojans were off last weekend following a 34-24 loss at Notre Dame on Oct. 18. USC has posted Big Ten victories over Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue, with their only loss in league play a two-point setback at Illinois.
The Trojans feature a high-powered offense under Head Coach Lincoln Riley. USC is averaging 530.0 total yards per game and 326.1 passing yards to lead the nation in both categories. USC's average of 42.4 points per game is fifth in the country. Defensively, USC ranks among the nation's top teams in red zone defense and takeaways.
Saturday night's matchup is the second as Big Ten opponents for two of the most iconic brands in college football. USC defeated Nebraska last year in Los Angeles, and the Trojans will be making their first visit to Lincoln since 2007.
SERIES HISTORY
Nebraska and USC will meet for the seventh time on Saturday night in Lincoln and the second time as Big Ten opponents. USC holds a 5-0-1 advantage in the all-time series and has won both meetings played at Memorial Stadium.
- USC is the only team Nebraska has played more than once and not beaten.
- The teams met for the first time as Big Ten foes in Los Angeles last season and are also scheduled to meet at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 2028. Before last season, the previous meeting was in the 2014 Holiday Bowl.
- USC was ranked in the top five in each of the first four meetings between the schools, with Nebraska ranked in three of those four meetings.
- Following a 21-21 tie in 1970, Nebraska went on to win 23 straight games, including back-to-back national championships in 1970 and 1971.
Nebraska vs. USC History
1969: USC 31, Nebraska 21 (Lincoln)
1970: Nebraska 21, USC 21 (Los Angeles)
2006: USC 28, Nebraska 10 (Los Angeles)
2007: USC 49, Nebraska 31 (Lincoln)
2014: USC 45, Nebraska 42 (Holiday Bowl)
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2024: USC 28, Nebraska 20
NEBRASKA-USC MATCHUP FEATURES HISTORIC POWERS
Nebraska and USC have met just six times, but share a history of being among college football's traditional powers.
- Nebraska and USC both rank in the top 10 in all-time victories with the Huskers eighth at 930 victories, and USC in 10th with 886 all-time wins
- Nebraska has won five total national championships in its history, including four AP crowns and four coaches poll titles. USC has captured five AP titles and five coaches poll crowns.
- The Huskers and Trojans both rank in the top 10 in numerous other categories, including bowl appearances (USC 57 | Nebraska 54), Heisman winners (USC 7 | Nebraska 3), most weeks ranked in the AP Poll (USC 822 | Nebraska 733) and weeks ranked No. 1 in the AP Pol (USC 91 | Nebraska 70)
HUSKERS SET TO SHINE UNDER THE LIGHTS
Nebraska's prime-time matchup with USC is the Huskers' second evening kickoff at Memorial Stadium this season. Nebraska defeated Akron 68-0 in the home opener on Sept. 6.
- Nebraska has a strong history of success in night games in Lincoln. The Huskers are 53-11 in home night games at Memorial Stadium, including the win over Akron earlier this season.
- Saturday's matchup with USC is the Huskers' first November night game at Memorial Stadium since a victory over Minnesota on Nov. 12, 2016.
- Saturday's prime-time matchup will also feature a full stadium Blackout at Memorial Stadium. The Huskers will wear black jersey, black pants and white helmets with a black N and stripes.
ABOUT USC
The University of Southern California has fielded a football team since 1888 and the Trojans have tallied nearly 890 wins as a program. USC has claimed 11 national championships and 37 conference titles.
The Trojans have made 56 bowl game appearances, claiming 36 wins. USC's last bowl game appearance came last season when the Trojans took on Texas A&M in the Las Vegas Bowl. USC came away with a 35-31 win over the Aggies.
First Year: 1888
All-Time Record: 887-376-54
Bowl Record: 36-20
Conference Titles: 37
National TItles: 11 (1928, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004)
Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 71,349
Surface: Natural Grass
Location: Los Angeles, California
Enrollment: 47,000
Colors: Cardinal & Gold
ABOUT 2025 USC FOOTBALL
Schedule/Results
Missouri State (W 73-13)
Georgia Southern (W 59-20)
at Purdue (W 33-17)
Michigan State (W 45-31)
at Illinois (L 32-34)
Michigan (W 31-13)
at Notre Dame (L 24-34)
at Nebraska
Northwestern
Cockeye
at Oregon
UCLA
USC has a 5-2 overall record and a 3-1 mark in Big Ten play with conference victories over Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan this season.
The Trojans are averaging 530 yards per game, with 326.1 yards per game through the air and 230.9 yards per game on the ground. Waymond Jordan leads the USC rushing attack with 88 carries for 576 yards and five scores followed by King Miller with 380 yards and three touchdowns on 47 rushes.
In the passing game, Jayden Maiava has completed 145-of-213 passes for 2,180 yards with 15 touchdowns and four interceptions. Makai Lemon has a team-high 48 receptions for 758 yards and six scores, followed by Ja'kobi Lane with 24 grabs for 424 yards and a trio of touchdowns.
Defensively, the Trojans are allowing 23.1 points per game and 365 yards per game. Eric Gentry leads the USC defense with 48 tackles, seven tackles for loss and three sacks. Kameryn Crawford has seven tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and 18 tackles, while Bishop Fitzgerald has snagged a team-best five interceptions on the year.
ABOUT LINCOLN RILEY
Lincoln Riley is in his fourth season at the helm of USC after spending five seasons as the head coach at Oklahoma.
Riley has developed three of the last eight Heisman Trophy winners and is the only head coach to coach three Heisman winning quarterbacks. He is also the only coach to have three players selected No. 1 overall in the NFL's common draft era.
In his first season with the Trojans in 2022, Riley led USC to a seven-win turnaround while appearing in the Pac-12 Championship game and the Cotton Bowl.
Riley posted a 55-10 overall record in his five years at Oklahoma, leading the Sooners to four Big 12 titles and four New Year's Six bowls with three College Football Playoff appearances.
Riley began his coaching career at Texas Tech (2003-09), before coaching the quarterbacks and serving as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach at East Carolina (2010-14). Riley worked two seasons with the Sooners as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2015 and 2016 before becoming the head coach.
RILEY vs. NEBRASKA
Saturday's matchup is the third all-time for Riley against the Big Red. Riley recorded a 28-20 win over the Huskers in Los Angeles last season, and defeated the Huskers while at Oklahoma in 2021.
LAST MEETING: NOVEMBER 16, 2024
Los Angeles, California
USC 28, Nebraska 20
Nebraska drove down to the Trojans’ 14-yard line in the final seconds but couldn’t reach the end zone, as the Huskers suffered a 28-20 setback at USC on Saturday afternoon at the L.A. Coliseum.
The Huskers slipped to 5-5 overall and 2-5 in the Big Ten, while USC improved to 5-5 and 3-5 in the conference.
Dylan Raiola completed 27-of-38 passes for 191 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Emmett Johnson led the NU rushing attack with 10 carries for 55 yards, followed by Dante Dowdell with eight carries for 52 yards. Jahmal Banks hauled in five receptions for 55 yards, while Johnson had seven catches for 36 yards and a touchdown.
Jayden Maiava was 25-of-35 passing for USC with 259 yards, three scores and an interception. Woody Marks had 146 yards on the ground on 19 carries, while Duce Robinson tallied four receptions for 90 yards and a touchdown.
The Blackshirts began the scoring in LA on Saturday when Maiava’s pass was intercepted on USC’s second drive of the afternoon by Ceyair Wright, who returned it 45 yards down the sideline to give the Huskers a 7-0 lead with 11:08 remaining in the first quarter.
Wright’s interception for a touchdown was Nebraska’s third pick-6 of the season, joining a touchdown from Tommi Hill against Colorado and John Bullock’s pick-6 at Purdue. The three interceptions for a touchdown are the most for Nebraska since the Big Red had four interceptions for touchdowns in 2013.
USC evened the game at seven with a nine-play, 65-yard scoring drive on the ensuing possession, capped off with a six-yard touchdown pass from Maiava to Zachariah Branch with 5:04 left in the opening quarter.
Maiava led the Trojan offense 86 yards down the field in eight plays to give USC a 14-7 advantage after its second consecutive scoring drive, highlighted by Maiava’s 12-yard scoring pass to Kyron Hudson with 13:05 left in the first half.
The Husker offense immediately responded with a score of their own, marching 75 yards in nine plays while converting two third downs to lock the game at 14. Dylan Raiola connected with Banks for 16 yards on 3rd-and-4 near midfield for the Huskers’ first third-down conversion on the drive.
Raiola extended the drive with an 11-yard pass to Janiran Bonner on 3rd-and-10 from USC’s 40-yard line, which was immediately followed by a 29-yard touchdown pass from Raiola to Johnson for the first career receiving score for the sophomore running back with 9:21 remaining in the first half.
Nebraska grabbed its second lead of the afternoon after John Hohl’s 29-yard field goal gave the Huskers a 17-14 lead with 9:37 left in the third quarter.
The Big Red’s three-point lead lasted just over two minutes, as the Trojans answered immediately with a five-play scoring drive that ended with a 48-yard scoring reception by Robinson.
The Blackshirts forced their second turnover of the afternoon when Mikai Gbayor recovered Ty Robinson’s strip sack of Maiava on the USC 16-yard line with 4:10 left in the third quarter.
The Nebraska offense couldn’t capitalize with a go-ahead score, but a 30-yard field goal by Hohl brought the Big Red within 21-20 late in the third quarter.
The Huskers’ special teams unit blocked its second field goal of the season when Wright blocked a 27-yard field goal attempt by Michael Lantz to keep it 21-20 with 12:58 left in the game.
On the ensuing possession, the Trojans used a 13-play, 84-yard scoring drive that ended with a two-yard scoring run by Maiava to grow the lead to 28-20 with 2:45 remaining.
Trailing by eight with 2:45 left on their own 25-yard line, the NU offense drove down to USC’s 14-yard line after Jaylen Lloyd pulled in a 24-yard reception with five seconds remaining. A false start pushed the Big Red back five yards, while Raiola’s final attempt on the last play of the game was picked off in the end zone as time expired.
Bullock led the NU defense with seven tackles and a pass breakup, followed by Isaac Gifford, Malcom Hartzog Jr. and DeShon Singleton with six tackles apiece.
