Nebraska football falls to Colorado 36-14

The Huskers faced a daunting task this week, travel out to Boulder, Colorado for a showdown against the Prime Time No. 22 Buffaloes. After blowing a 10-3 lead to Minnesota in week one, Nebraska once again suffered from its mistakes, resulting in a 36-14 loss.

The offensive struggles continued for Nebraska, despite moving up and down the field multiple times. Instead, it produced three fumbles, an interception and a missed field goal. This resulted in Colorado scoring 16 points off turnovers, which added to the 20 points given up by the Nebraska defense.

The Nebraska run game put up a solid performance, finishing with 222 total yards and having three different players rush for over 60 yards. But in the air, there were just 119 yards, 106 of those by Jeff Sims, who also had the three fumbles and interception.

Sims did rush for a touchdown on the first second-half drive, making it 13-7. But the offense couldn’t produce another touchdown drive until it was 36-7 with less than a minute to go.

Meanwhile, for Colorado, Shedeur Sanders put together another big game. Though he struggled in the first half, outside of Nebraska’s turnovers, he and the Buffaloes aerial game got things going in the second half. Sanders finished with 393 passing yards and two touchdowns. He also had a rushing touchdown but finished with -16 yards on the ground.

Nebraska’s defense did come in fighting, even producing eight total sacks. But with the Husker offense not picking up steam and making costly mistakes, the defense caved in enough for Colorado to pull away.

Nebraska falls to 0-2 on the season for the first time since 2020. The team returns to Lincoln for its home opener against Northern Illinois next Saturday. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. and can be viewed on Fox Sports 1.

Sims hits Boerkircher for a 17-yard gain and a first downSims botches the snap, Colorado recoversHunter with the diving grab, first down ColoradoLenhardt gets his second sack of the daySanders scrambles for a loss of two, fourth and long for ColoradoErvin. Jr breaks out a big gain for NebraskaKemp lays out for a big reception, first down NebraskaMistimed snap, Nebraska fumbles but recovers, fourth downAlvano’s kick is no good, score remains 0-0 in BoulderSims fumbles again, Colorado recovers in the redzoneColorado gets on the board, Nebraska trails 3-0Sims throws a pick, Colorado takes over inside the 35Colorado’s in the endzone, Nebraska trails 10-0Hunter gets a big gain for ColoradoAnother field goal for Colorado, 13-0 at halftimeHunter with another big gain for Colorado to start the second halfHouse call for Sims, Nebraska gets on the board, trails 13-7Buffaloes respond, goes up 20-7Edwards gets the jump ballEdwards with another big play for ColoradoHusker defense with the big redzone stop on third downColorado extends the lead to 23-7 with the field goalAnother fumble, another turnoverDawson punches it in for Colorado, two-point conversion no goodSims goes down, Haarberg and Purdy come inWeaver with the big gain for ColoradoSanders takes it in himself, 36-7 Colorado

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