EVANSTON, Ill. — Somehow, someway, Northwestern beat Nebraska Saturday.
In a game that Nebraska (0-6, 0-4 Big Ten) appeared to have won several times, a game with kicking miscues, turnovers and big plays on both sides, Northwestern (3-3, 3-1 Big Ten), found a way. With 2:02 to play trailing by seven at its own one-yard-line with no timeouts, Clayton Thorson and Northwestern led a near-perfect drive to tie the game at 31 and send the game to overtime with 12 seconds to play.
In overtime, Nebraska fumbled a bad snap on fourth down, which led to an Adrian Martinez interception in the end zone.