Nebraska Runs for 277 Yards Against North Dakota
Fifteen carries, 119 yards, two touchdowns. Jamal Rule did not even need a full workload to lead Nebraska past North Dakota 34-7, and the Huskers are 3-0 on the season.
Nebraska scored on its first scoring play, a 10-yard Anthony Colandrea run with 10:31 left in the first quarter, and added a 3-yard Rule run with 54 seconds left in the quarter for 14-0. Kyle Cunanan kicked a 32-yard field goal with 36 seconds left in the half and it was 17-0 at the break. North Dakota, 0-1 after this one, had not scored by then and would not until 5:49 of the third quarter.
Rule put it away right after halftime. His 55-yard run came just over a minute into the third quarter, with 13:57 left on the clock, and made it 24-0. North Dakota got on the board at 5:49 of that quarter, Jerry Kaminski hitting Caleb Goodloe from 7 yards, and that closed the gap to 24-7. Colandrea then threw a 5-yard touchdown to Quinn Clark at 14:55 of the fourth, and Cunanan added a 40-yard field goal with 1:51 left for the final 34-7.
The Cornhuskers finished with 493 yards, 277 on the ground and 216 through the air, sacked North Dakota five times and never turned the ball over. Nebraska was never tied and never behind in the game, and North Dakota's one touchdown was the only thing between the Huskers and a shutout.
For fantasy purposes it was Rule's day at 29.4 on only 15 carries, with Colandrea close behind at 21.7 on one touchdown pass and one touchdown run.