Regular season ·

Nebraska beat Michigan State

No. 6 Michigan State8-138
Nebraska4-639Final
Sat, Nov 7 · Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Neb. · Crowd 90,094 · 49°

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

Nebraska beat No. 6 Michigan State by 1 point.

Michigan State was No. 6 in the AP poll before the game; Nebraska was not ranked.

How the lead changed

Nebraska took the lead for good with 0:17 left in the 4th quarter, Nebraska 39, Michigan State 38.

Big moments

  1. 1st quarter, 7:10
    Field goal

    Nebraska scored. Nebraska 3, Michigan State 0.

  2. 2nd quarter, 4:21
    Field goal

    Nebraska scored. Nebraska 13, Michigan State 10.

  3. 2nd quarter, 0:17
    Touchdown pass of 18 yards

    Michigan State scored. Michigan State 17, Nebraska 13.

  4. 3rd quarter, 12:31
    Rushing touchdown of 1 yard

    Nebraska scored. Nebraska 20, Michigan State 17.

  5. 3rd quarter, 9:13
    Touchdown pass of 33 yards

    Michigan State scored. Michigan State 24, Nebraska 20.

  6. 4th quarter, 0:17
    Touchdown pass of 30 yards

    Nebraska scored. Nebraska 39, Michigan State 38.

Scores that changed who was leading, from the play-by-play record.

What happened next

  1. Michigan State went from No. 6 to No. 14 in the next AP poll.

  2. Nebraska's next game: W 31-14 at Rutgers, Nov 14

    7 days later

  3. Michigan State's next game: W 24-7 vs Maryland, Nov 14

    7 days later

  4. The teams' next meeting after Nov 7, 2015: Nebraska 9, Michigan State 6, Nov 17, 2018

    about 3 years later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN.

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