Huskers win first game of the season

jkoller@klkntv.com

Nebraska snaps its 10-game losing streak Saturday afternoon with a 53-28 win over Minnesota.

It’s Scott Frost’s first win as Nebraska head coach, the Huskers move to 1-6 on the season.

Quarterback Adrian Martinez threw for 276 yards and rushed for 125 yards, along with four total touchdowns.

Running back Devine Ozigbo rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns, receiver Stanley Morgan Jr. totaled 163 yards through the air and two touchdowns.

Nebraska built a four-touchdown lead in the first half and survived some nervous moments in the second before pulling away to beat Minnesota 53-28 on Saturday, giving Scott Frost his long-awaited first win as Cornhuskers coach and ending a program-record 10-game losing streak.Nebraska built a four-touchdown lead in the first half and survived some nervous moments in the second before pulling away to beat Minnesota 53-28 on Saturday, giving Scott Frost his long-awaited first win as Cornhuskers coach and ending a program-record 10-game losing streak.     

A week after squandering a late 10-point lead at Northwestern and losing in overtime, the Huskers (1-6, 1-4 Big Ten) scored on three of their first four possessions on their way to a 28-0 lead.     

Minnesota made things interesting, though, scoring on three possessions in a row spanning the halves, with backup quarterback Tanner Morgan replacing Zack Annexstad to open the third quarter and leading two straight touchdown drives to pull the Gophers to 28-22.     

Adrian Martinez hit Stanley Morgan Jr. for a 35-yard TD and passed to him again for a 2-point conversion to make it 36-22. The Huskers stopped Minnesota on fourth-and-goal at the 3 and then chewed 7 minutes off the clock before Barrett Pickering kicked a 32-yard field goal to make it a three-possession game with 7:53 left.     

Nebraska rushed for 383 yards and totaled 659. 

Martinez completed 25 of 29 mostly short passes adding up to 276 yards and three TDs.