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Nebraska 38
New Mexico St. 7
Sept. 13, 2008 — 6:10 p.m., FSN PPV
Memorial Stadium, Lincoln | Order the game on DVD

                    1   2   3   4   - Final 
New Mexico State    0   0   0   7   -   7
Nebraska            7  14  14   3   -  38

1st quarter
NEB - M. Lucky 8 run (A. Henery kick), 0:13
2nd quarter
NEB - J. 20 pass from Lucky (Henery kick), 12:52
NEB - Ganz 33 run (Henery kick), 7:11
3rd quarter
NEB - Lucky 1 run (Henery kick), 12:01
NEB - M. McNeill 35 pass from Ganz (Henery kick), 5:01
4th quarter
NMS - M. Colston 3 run (K. Hughes kick), 12:31
NEB - Henery 19 FG, 8:15

                                    NMS      NEB
FIRST DOWNS...................       19       28
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   32-114   44-330
PASSING YDS (NET).............      225      223
Passes Att-Comp-Int...........  39-19-2  24-18-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   71-339   68-553
Fumble Returns-Yards..........     1-48      0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............      1-0      1-5
Kickoff Returns-Yards.........    6-129     2-29
Interception Returns-Yards....      0-0     2-78
Punts (Number-Avg)............   5-36.8   1-39.0
Fumbles-Lost..................      3-0      2-1
Penalties-Yards...............     7-50     7-41
Possession Time...............    28:54    31:06
Third-Down Conversions........  7 of 17  5 of 10
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 1   0 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      1-4      4-7
Sacks By: Number-Yards........      0-0     3-23

RUSHING

NMS: Colston, Marque 8-45; Diaz, Spencer 7-39; Neiman, Wes 3-30; Glynn, Tonny 3-6; Perez, Brandon 3-5; McDermott, J.J. 2-4; Roberts, Donava 1-2; Holbrook, Chase 5-minus 17.

NEB: Lucky, Marlon 15-103; Castille, Q. 10-75; Ganz, Joe 5-69; Mendoza, Marcus 3-33; Helu Jr., Roy 7-32; Swift, Nate 1-16; Peterson, Todd 1-2; Witt, Patrick 2-0.

PASSING

NMS: Holbrook, Chase 15-30-2-142; McDermott, J.J. 4-8-0-83; Neiman, Wes 0-1-0-0.

NEB: Ganz, Joe 13-17-0-158; Witt, Patrick 3-4-0-40; Lee, Zac 1-2-0-5; Lucky, Marlon 1-1-0-20.

RECEIVING

NMS: Williams, Chris 4-42; Neiman, Wes 4-36; Harris, A.J. 4-27; Fleming, Julius 2-60; Anderson, M. 2-32; McDaniel, Doug 1-21; Colston, Marque 1-5; Buckley, K. 1-2.

NEB: Peterson, Todd 4-34; Teafatiller, H. 3-27; Lucky, Marlon 3-21; McNeill, Mike 2-57; Castille, Q. 1-23; Ganz, Joe 1-20; Helu Jr., Roy 1-16; Paul, Niles 1-10; Swift, Nate 1-10; Cammack, Wes 1-5.

Attendance: 84,821