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THE BATTALION
The University of Nebraska scored
24 unanswered points to finish the game
as the Cornhuskers handed Texas A&M
its third home loss of the season
Saturday, 38-31.
After building a 17-point lead halfway
through the third quarter, the A&M offense
failed to score again and the Cornhuskers
picked off two passes from sophomore
quarterback Dustin Long in the final 10
minutes of the game to close the gap and
cam their first road win of the season.
“So many things happened in the sec
ond half,” said Nebraska head coach
Frank Solich. “It was an unbelievable half
of football. The interception by Philip
Bland in the end zone is as big as it gets. I
am as happy as can be for this program.
When things go well you get a lot of pats
on the back.”
The Cornhuskers opened the game with
an 80-yard drive for a touchdown, marking
the first time this season that A&M has not
made the first score of the ballgame.
The touchdown was set up by a 41-
yard run by NU quarterback Jammal Lord
moving the ball to the A&M 12-yard line
and setting up a 12-yard rush by senior
Dahrran Diedrick on the next play.
Nebraska continued to rush the ball
against the Wrecking Crew, which had
entered the game as the Big 12’s top rush
ing defense and allowing only 76.9 yards
per game. The Cornhuskers racked up 381
yards, the second greatest ever allowed by
an Aggie defense in a game.
“The way the game unfolded allowed
us to get in the power running game,”
Solich said. “It came down to getting key
first downs and keeping the drives going.
They say you can't run the ball on these
guys but we had to make it work.”
The Aggies got on the board with 2:25
remaining in the first quarter when 12th
man walk-on sophomore Anthony
Squillante blocked a punt from
Nebraska’s Kyle Larson at the Comhusker
25-yard line.
The block was picked up and advanced
12 yards for a touchdown by A&M soph
omore Terrence Thomas to even the score
at seven.
Nebraska took the ball following the
Aggie touchdown and on second down,
Diedrich fumbled a pitch from Lord on an
option left, setting up Aggie senior line
backer Jarrod Penright with the fumble
recovery at the Nebraska 6-yard line.
The fumble was one of four on the
game for Nebraska, which lost two to the
Aggie defense.
The A&M offense had trouble
throughout the game trying to establish a
balanced attack. While Long passed for
269 yards, the team managed only 53
rushing yards on 24 rushes.
“(Nebraska) played a lot of guys in the
box today, and that kind of limited our
rushing ability,” said A&M head coach
R.C. Slocum. “We knew coming into the
game we would probably have to make
some plays passing the ball to take advan
tage of what they gave us.”
Sophomore Byron Jones recovered a
See Nebraska on page 10
JOHN C. LIVAS • THE BATTALION
Aggie senior defensive back Sammy Davis gets a stiffarm as he attempts to stop NU’s
quarterback Jammal Lord in Saturday’s game. Lord rushed for 159 yards in the game.
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known as the Wrecking Crew,
looked like anything but itself
Saturday night, allowing 381 yards of
rushing on 73 plays. The defense had
not allowed a single 100-yard rusher in
20 straight regular season games dating
back to 2000.
That streak was the only thing the
defense wrecked on Saturday, allowing
Nebraska quarterback Jammal Lord and
running back David Home to pass the
100-yard mark.
“To tell you the truth I don’t know
what was going on out there,” said
A&M senior linebacker Brian Gamble.
“They picked it up in the second half,
made some adjustments and started
making some plays.”
With, 7:43 left in the third quarter,
the Aggies looked like they were on
their way to earning some respect and
keeping their Big 12 title hopes alive.
After sophomore defensive back
Byron Jones ran back a fumble for a 66-
yard touchdown run, there were very
few people that thought the game was in
jeopardy. A&M led the Buskers 31-14
and things were looking good.
But then again, this is Texas A&M
football and apparently no lead is ever
safe at Kyle Field; not this year, not
with this defense.
“I felt very comfortable when Byron
(Jones) scored,” Gamble said. “It was a
big momentum shift for us, but maybe
we were a little winded after that play
and then we had to go right back out on
the field.”
On the ensuing drive, Nebraska
needed just three plays to drive the ball
68 yards. All of a sudden, the 86,000
fans in attendance had a flashback to
the last time the Aggies played at Kyle
Field against Texas Tech and the
defense allowed the Red Raiders to
come back from a 24-point deficit to
win in overtime.
Their fears would be confirmed as
the Huskers scored 24 unanswered
points to take a 38-31 lead and never
looked back.
“It’s disappointing that we’ve lost
three games at home,” said A&M head
coach R.C. Slocum. “We were disap
pointed with the play of our defense, in
the second half we did not play well.”
The loss was the third at Kyle Field
this season and No. 1 Oklahoma is
coming to town in two weeks.
If the Wrecking Crew does not find a
way to close out games, the Aggies
could end up losing four games at home
this season. A&M had only lost four
games at home in the last 11 seasons
combined prior to the 2002 campaign.
On Friday, many around the country
were wondering if Nebraska would
make a bowl game this year. On Sunday,
many people in College Station were
wondering if Aggies might be sitting at
home this bowl season instead.
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