Nebraska fans react to meltdown loss against Iowa

As much as things change, they stay the same. For the second straight year, the Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 13-10 with a game-winning field goal as time expired.

Nebraska had a 10-0 halftime lead off of a 31-yard field goal by John Hohl and a Dante Dowdell touchdown run. However, the Cornhuskers would make familiar mistakes in the second half that gave Iowa the victory.

A bad long snap contributed to Hohl’s missed 34-yard field goal, and a fumbled punt gave the Hawkeyes the ball in the red zone and allowed them to kick a field goal of their own. The defense allowed Kaleb Johnson to catch a screen pass, which he took 72 yards for a game-tying touchdown.

The game’s biggest play came with 16 seconds left; Dylan Raiola was stripped and sacked by Max Llewellyn, which allowed Drew Stevens to kick a game-winning field goal.

The Husker defense held the Hawkeyes to 164 yards of total offense and five first downs, the fewest yards and first downs allowed by the Blackshirts in a Big Ten Conference game.

Quarterback Dylan Raiola finished the game 22-of-32 passing for 190 yards. He ends the regular season with 2,595 yards, 22 yards short of Adrian Martinez’s freshman passing record of 2,617 yards in 2018.

Ty Robinson helped the defense with three tackles, a tackle for loss, and a quarterback hurry. He finished the regular season with 6.0 sacks and 11.0 TFLs.

Nebraska leads the all-time series between the two teams 30-22-3. Iowa, however, owns a 10-4 series lead since the Huskers joined the Big Ten Conference.

Nebraska falls to 6-6 overall and 3-6 in the conference. The Hawkeyes improve to 8-4 and 6-3 in the league. The Huskers will now wait to see where they will play for their bowl game.

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