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Nebraska defeats Purdue 31-14 in a college football game. Nebraska's Heinrich Haarberg throws a 73-yard touchdown pass to Jaylen Lloyd. Nebraska's Quinton Newsome returns a blocked field goal for a touchdown. Nebraska's Elijah Jeudy blocks the field goal. Purdue's Kydran Jenkins forces a fumble and returns it for a touchdown. Nebraska is now 5-3 and one win away from bowl eligibility.
Final from Memorial Stadium: Nebraska 31, Purdue 14. The Huskers are 5-3 and one win from bowl eligibility. They’ve won three consecutive games for the first time since 2016. The progress is real.
Nebraska opted to go on fourth-and-1 with Jeff Sims after it executed the punt -- and Purdue was penalized for movement at the line. Sims fumbled. LB Kydran Jenkins forced it, recovered it and returned it 55 yards for a touchdown. Two-point conversion makes it 24-14.
Nebraska drills a 55-yard FG to pad its lead. Nebraska 24, Purdue 0 12:23 remaining in the game.
Both teams continue to land their punches. Arkansas lads 77-74 with 22.5 seconds remaining after a free throw from Tramon Mark. Purdue ball out of a timeout.
To the fourth quarter, Nebraska leads Purdue 21-0. The Boilermakers will face a fourth-and-1 at midfield to begin the final 15 minutes.
Purdue leads 69-66 after two free throws from Braden Smith. Arkansas hasn't made a FG in the last 4:41, and 37.1 seconds remain. Muss calls timeout.
Purdue will be heading to the free throw line trying to complete an and-one when we come out of the U-4 timeout. Arkansas leads 63-61. This one has lived up to all the hype.
Elijah Jeudy got the block on the FG. Quinton Newsome grabbed it and returned it 68 yards for the TD, and was high-fiving Tommi Hill for the final 15 yards. Nebraska goes up 21-0 on Purdue in the third quarter. The vibes are good inside Memorial Stadium.
Astounding how much the Nebraska defense can take on. Fumble puts it on its own 13-yard line. Then: 4-yard run, incompletion, sack. Blocked field goal for a touchdown after that. #Huskers 21-0, 12:02 3Q.
Disaster for Purdue. After MJ Sherman and Jimari Butler team to sack Hudson Card on third down following the Nebraska turnover, the Huskers get a field-goal block by Elijah Jeudy. Quinton Newsome takes it 68 yards to the house. Nebraska leads 21-0.
Trevon Brazile gets fouled on a 3-pointer and will shoot Arkansas' first free throws of the game with 11:24 remaining in the second half. Purdue is 8-for-13 from the line.
First half in the books in Lincoln: Nebraska 14, Purdue 0 Purdue has 103 yards of offense, netting 3.3 ypp with a lost fumble and INT. Purdue has 21 points in its last 10 quarters.
HALF: Arkansas 31, Purdue 26. El Ellis with 7 to lead the Hogs, while Braden Smith has 8 for Purdue. Teams combined for 19 turnovers. Purdue had zero assists. Zach Edey and Davonte Davis both battled through foul trouble. Feels like a regular season game.
Nebraska gets the ball and takes a shot. Haarberg finds a wiiiiiide open Jaylen Lloyd for a 73-yard touchdown. #Huskers follow a 15-play, 8:52 TD drive with a 1-play, 11-second strike. NU 14-0, 8:54 2Q.
Heinrich Haarberg hits Jaylen Lloyd for 73 yards and a touchdown on the first play after the interception. He could not have been more wide open. Nebraska leads Purdue 14-0.
All tied 22-22 at the U-4. The Arkansas front court isn't providing much on offense, but those guys are battling against a physical Purdue team on the other end. Fortunately, the backcourt has picked up the slack in the scoring department.
One of Nebraska's best offensive drives of the season: 15 plays, 87 yards across 8 minutes, 52 seconds. Heinrich Haarberg to Thomas Fidone for the 1-yard touchdown pass to finish. Nebraska 7, Purdue 0, 10:43 2Q.
Nebraska goes 87 yards in 15 plays, scoring on Heinrich Haarberg's sidearm throw to Thomas Fidone on second-and-goal from the 1. Huskers lead Purdue 7-0 at 10:43 of the second quarter.
Total yardage after a scoreless first quarter in Lincoln: Nebraska 65, Purdue 58. For the Huskers, 63 of those yards have come on the current possession.
One quarter in the books: Purdue and Nebraska have combined for 123 yards, 5 first downs, 2 turnovers and 0 points.
123 total yards in a 50-minute scoreless first quarter between Nebraska and Purdue.
Purdue leads 10-5 at the U-16. Arkansas looks a little too jacked up with four early turnovers and some sloppy play in transition.
Nebraska opens out of sync on offense. A holding call against Justin Evans-Jenkins, on first down, dropped deep ball by Jaidyn Doss on second down and a sack off Heinrich Haarberg on third down. Buschini's punt gets a nice roll to the Purdue 37.
Purdue goes on fourth-and-11 at the 33. Hudson Card throws for Deion Burks in the end zone. He had a half-step on Malcolm Hartzog, but the ball was overthrown. Nebraska will take over at its 33, wiping out the impact of the turnover on the opening kickoff.