Nebraska at UCLA, Nov. 8, 2025, Rose Bowl
• With tonight’s win, Nebraska improved to 8-7 all-time against UCLA, winning for the third time in seven tries on the Bruins’ home field.
• The win gave Nebraska a 7-3 record, which is the Huskers’ best 10-game record since opening 8-2 in 2016.
• Nebraska matched last year’s win total (7), and Matt Rhule has matched or increased his team’s win total from the previous season in every year of his college coaching career.
• All-America candidate running back Emmett Johnson rushed 28 times for 129 yards and had 103 receiving yards on three receptions including a pair of TD catches to account for 232 yards from scrimmage. Tonight’s game marks the first time in school history a Nebraska running back has had 100 rushing yards and 100 receiving yards in the same game.
• Johnson’s 103 receiving yards were a career high and marked the first 100-yard receiving game by a Husker running back since Rahmir Johnson had 105 yards against Michigan in 2021.
• Johnson’s 56-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter was a career-long bettering his 29-yard touchdown catch at USC last season. Johnson increased his career receptions total to 82, making him the third Husker in school history with more than 80 career receptions, joining Jeff Kinney (82) and Marlon Lucky (135).
• Johnson had TD catches of 56 and 40 yards, and his two receiving touchdowns in the game tie the NU running back school record also held Ahman Green and Cory Ross.
• With his 129 rushing yards, Johnson increased his season total to 1,131 rushing yards, the most by a Husker since Ameer Abdullah rushed for 1,611 yards in 2014.
• Johnson has rushed for 100 yards in three consecutive games and six times overall this season. He is the first Husker to have three consecutive 100-yard rushing games since Anthony Grant rushed for more than 100 yards in each of the first three games of the 2022 season. Johnson is the first Husker to have three consecutive 100-yard rushing games in Big Ten play since Devine Ozigbo in 2017.
• Johnson had 28 carries after rushing 27 times against Northwestern two weeks ago and 29 against USC last week. He is the first Husker to have 25 or more carries in three consecutive games since Ahman Green in the final three games of the 1997 season.
• Johnson scored three touchdowns in the game (one rushing, two receiving) giving him 14 touchdowns this season, the most by a Husker since Ameer Abdullah scored 22 touchdowns in 2014.
• True freshman quarterback TJ Lateef completed 13-of-15 passes for 205 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed five times for 31 yards, while guiding Nebraska to touchdowns on its first four drives of the game.
• Lateef completed his first 11 passes of the game, including three TD passes in his first eight attempts.
• Lateef is just the fifth true freshman quarterback to start for Nebraska since 1950. The other members of that group are Tommie Frazier (1992), Cody Green (2009), Adrian Martinez (2018) and Dylan Raiola (2024). Lateef joins Frazier and Green in making their first start in a conference road game and leading the Huskers to a victory.
• Sophomore receiver Jacory Barney Jr. opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter. It was Barney’s fourth touchdown reception of the season and his first in the past six games.
• Barney had four receptions in the game to give him 92, making him only the fourth Husker to have 90 or more receptions in his first two seasons at Nebraska, joining JD Spielman (121), Maurice Purify (91) and Wan’Dale Robinson (91).
• Senior safety DeShon Singleton tallied a career-high 11 tackles, bettering his previous high of 10 last season at Ohio State. It was his fifth game this season with at least six tackles. Singleton added a TFL stop on 4th down stop in the second quarter and added a PBU and a quarterback hurry.
• Redshirt freshman safety Rex Guthrie had six tackles to increase his season total to 53. He is only the fourth Husker freshman to record 50 tackles since freshman regained eligibility in 1972. The other members of that group are Michael Rose-Ivey (66 tackles in 2013), Dedrick Young II (61 in 2015) and Ernest Hausmann (54 in 2022).
• Redshirt freshman defensive end Williams Nwaneri had a six-yard sack in the second quarter, giving him a team-leading 2.5 sacks in 2025.
• Sophomore Keona Davis had an eight-yard sack, giving him 1.5 sacks this season. Davis finished the game with a career-high seven tackles, topping his previous career high of six tackles at Minnesota.
• Ceyair Wright had four tackles in the game, with his fourth stop marking the 100th tackle of his career.
• After limiting UCLA to 348 yards, Nebraska has held each of its first 10 opponents to fewer than 400 total yards. The last time the Huskers held their first 10 opponents to fewer than 400 total yards was 2009 (first 11 opponents).
• With tonight’s win, Nebraska improved to 8-7 all-time against UCLA, winning for the third time in seven tries on the Bruins’ home field.
• The win gave Nebraska a 7-3 record, which is the Huskers’ best 10-game record since opening 8-2 in 2016.
• Nebraska matched last year’s win total (7), and Matt Rhule has matched or increased his team’s win total from the previous season in every year of his college coaching career.
• All-America candidate running back Emmett Johnson rushed 28 times for 129 yards and had 103 receiving yards on three receptions including a pair of TD catches to account for 232 yards from scrimmage. Tonight’s game marks the first time in school history a Nebraska running back has had 100 rushing yards and 100 receiving yards in the same game.
• Johnson’s 103 receiving yards were a career high and marked the first 100-yard receiving game by a Husker running back since Rahmir Johnson had 105 yards against Michigan in 2021.
• Johnson’s 56-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter was a career-long bettering his 29-yard touchdown catch at USC last season. Johnson increased his career receptions total to 82, making him the third Husker in school history with more than 80 career receptions, joining Jeff Kinney (82) and Marlon Lucky (135).
• Johnson had TD catches of 56 and 40 yards, and his two receiving touchdowns in the game tie the NU running back school record also held Ahman Green and Cory Ross.
• With his 129 rushing yards, Johnson increased his season total to 1,131 rushing yards, the most by a Husker since Ameer Abdullah rushed for 1,611 yards in 2014.
• Johnson has rushed for 100 yards in three consecutive games and six times overall this season. He is the first Husker to have three consecutive 100-yard rushing games since Anthony Grant rushed for more than 100 yards in each of the first three games of the 2022 season. Johnson is the first Husker to have three consecutive 100-yard rushing games in Big Ten play since Devine Ozigbo in 2017.
• Johnson had 28 carries after rushing 27 times against Northwestern two weeks ago and 29 against USC last week. He is the first Husker to have 25 or more carries in three consecutive games since Ahman Green in the final three games of the 1997 season.
• Johnson scored three touchdowns in the game (one rushing, two receiving) giving him 14 touchdowns this season, the most by a Husker since Ameer Abdullah scored 22 touchdowns in 2014.
• True freshman quarterback TJ Lateef completed 13-of-15 passes for 205 yards and three touchdowns. He also rushed five times for 31 yards, while guiding Nebraska to touchdowns on its first four drives of the game.
• Lateef completed his first 11 passes of the game, including three TD passes in his first eight attempts.
• Lateef is just the fifth true freshman quarterback to start for Nebraska since 1950. The other members of that group are Tommie Frazier (1992), Cody Green (2009), Adrian Martinez (2018) and Dylan Raiola (2024). Lateef joins Frazier and Green in making their first start in a conference road game and leading the Huskers to a victory.
• Sophomore receiver Jacory Barney Jr. opened the scoring with a 2-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter. It was Barney’s fourth touchdown reception of the season and his first in the past six games.
• Barney had four receptions in the game to give him 92, making him only the fourth Husker to have 90 or more receptions in his first two seasons at Nebraska, joining JD Spielman (121), Maurice Purify (91) and Wan’Dale Robinson (91).
• Senior safety DeShon Singleton tallied a career-high 11 tackles, bettering his previous high of 10 last season at Ohio State. It was his fifth game this season with at least six tackles. Singleton added a TFL stop on 4th down stop in the second quarter and added a PBU and a quarterback hurry.
• Redshirt freshman safety Rex Guthrie had six tackles to increase his season total to 53. He is only the fourth Husker freshman to record 50 tackles since freshman regained eligibility in 1972. The other members of that group are Michael Rose-Ivey (66 tackles in 2013), Dedrick Young II (61 in 2015) and Ernest Hausmann (54 in 2022).
• Redshirt freshman defensive end Williams Nwaneri had a six-yard sack in the second quarter, giving him a team-leading 2.5 sacks in 2025.
• Sophomore Keona Davis had an eight-yard sack, giving him 1.5 sacks this season. Davis finished the game with a career-high seven tackles, topping his previous career high of six tackles at Minnesota.
• Ceyair Wright had four tackles in the game, with his fourth stop marking the 100th tackle of his career.
• After limiting UCLA to 348 yards, Nebraska has held each of its first 10 opponents to fewer than 400 total yards. The last time the Huskers held their first 10 opponents to fewer than 400 total yards was 2009 (first 11 opponents).
