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Behold the power of special teams. Nebraska returns a kickoff for a touchdown, Penn State misses a 37-yard field goal in overtime, and the Huskers turn what should have been about an eight-point loss (according to the box score below) into a three-point win.
Nebraska 23, Penn State 20 |
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| Nebraska | PSU | Nebraska | PSU | |||
| Close % | 100.0% | STANDARD DOWNS | ||||
| Field Position % | 37.7% | 28.6% | Success Rate | 37.5% | 51.9% | |
| Leverage % | 62.3% | 67.5% | PPP | 0.44 | 0.49 | |
| S&P | 0.813 | 1.011 | ||||
| TOTAL | ||||||
| EqPts | 33.3 | 32.6 | PASSING DOWNS | |||
| Close Success Rate | 35.1% | 41.6% | Success Rate | 31.0% | 20.0% | |
| Close PPP | 0.43 | 0.42 | PPP | 0.43 | 0.28 | |
| Close S&P | 0.784 | 0.839 | S&P | 0.736 | 0.481 | |
| RUSHING | TURNOVERS | |||||
| EqPts | 17.9 | 14.2 | Number | 2 | 1 | |
| Close Success Rate | 35.9% | 48.8% | Turnover Pts | 12.4 | 3.7 | |
| Close PPP | 0.46 | 0.33 | Turnover Pts Margin | -8.7 | +8.7 | |
| Close S&P | 0.819 | 0.819 | ||||
| Line Yards/carry | 2.76 | 3.30 | Q1 S&P | 0.694 | 1.060 | |
| Q2 S&P | 1.215 | 0.509 | ||||
| PASSING | Q3 S&P | 0.477 | 0.784 | |||
| EqPts | 15.4 | 18.4 | Q4 S&P | 0.733 | 1.126 | |
| Close Success Rate | 34.2% | 32.4% | ||||
| Close PPP | 0.41 | 0.54 | 1st Down S&P | 0.952 | 0.840 | |
| Close S&P | 0.748 | 0.865 | 2nd Down S&P | 0.742 | 0.977 | |
| SD/PD Sack Rate | 11.1% / 0.0% | 6.7% / 0.0% | 3rd Down S&P | 0.511 | 0.551 | |
| Projected Pt. Margin: Penn State +8.0 | Actual Pt. Margin: Nebraska +3 | ||||||