The Northwestern Wildcats fell 24-13 to the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Ryan Field on Saturday night, despite forcing two Cornhusker fumbles at the goal line that turned into touchbacks. The loss dropped Northwestern to 1-3 on the season, with a tough October schedule and a bunch of road games upcoming.
Pat Fitzgerald
- Fitz was, predictably, upset with his team’s performance after a mistake-riddled evening: “Obviously a disappointing loss. The reoccuring theme is the self-inflicted wounds, the missed field goals, missed extra points and missed tackles.”
- On the defensive miscues which allowed Nebraska to gain over 500 yards: “There weren’t a whole lot of plays that we couldn’t have stopped.