Nebraska beats North Dakota 34-7
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Nebraska beat North Dakota 34-7. Share this game
We had Nebraska favored. It won.
Top comment in the game thread
I'm mid-poop but I hear our fight song playing from the living room. Good for us
How it swung
Before kickoff, our ratings gave Nebraska an 87% chance, and the closing betting line (Nebraska was a 27.5-point favorite) put it at 99%.
Nebraska led by 14 after the first quarter and by 17 at the half.
Favored the whole way: Nebraska never fell below 96%.
North Dakota never had better than a 3% chance.
Nebraska 34-7 North Dakota
Nebraska wonMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.North Dakota 7-34 NebraskaNorth Dakota lostMove across the chart, or tap a numbered swing, to see any play.No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
No single play moved the chance by 20 points.
What fans said, play by play
The line in bold above each quote is written by our model from the thread’s comments and the play-by-play.
- Q1 10:31Colandrea runs for a touchdown as Nebraska fans praise his mobility
Raiola definitely aint doing that
r/CFB game threadRaiola would have been sacked for a loss there
r/CFB game thread - Q1 6:48Nebraska fans mock Barney's punt return and discuss upcoming conference challenges
Barney's gonna get sent to the Shadow Realm one of these days with those punt returns
r/CFB game thread - Q1 1:30Nebraska fans celebrate Jamal Rule's touchdown run extending the lead to 14-0Quoted at the top of the page.
Granted the level of competition, but we haven't looked this efficient in a while.
r/CFB game thread - Q2 2:33Fans mock the broadcast's excessive commercials and political ads
All that money but no sense to get Invisalign
r/CFB game thread - Q3 13:57Rule rushes 55 yards for touchdown, extending Nebraska lead to 24-7
We should have called that touchdown play every drive in the first half.
r/CFB game thread - Q3 6:24Nebraska fans debate holding penalty rules and Matt Rhule's strategy after Kaminski incomplete
Did they just drop the holding penalty in college football?
r/CFB game thread
How to read this chart
Starts from the pregame line (Nebraska -27.5), at 97% for Nebraska (the play-by-play feed's kickoff number, moved to match the line; our model's and the betting line's own numbers are in “The betting line, and the fans”). Dots are the biggest swings; ticks under the chart are scores. The gray band is r/CFB game-thread activity, its loudest stretches in gold. A gold diamond marks a play fans were reacting to.Watch the plays
The bar and the arrow show Nebraska’s chance to win after each play; the logo is the team the play helped.
- Q1, 10:31Colandrea 10-yd TD runNebraska goes ahead 7-0Q1, 10:31 · Nebraska 7, North Dakota 07-0score after the play7-0score after the play▶Watch from this playCFB ON FOX
- Q2, 5:44Kaminski sacked for a 11-yd lossQ2, 5:44 · Nebraska 14, North Dakota 014-0score after the play14-0score after the play▶Watch from this playCFB ON FOX
- Q3, 13:57Rule 55-yd TD runNebraska leads 24-0Q3, 13:57 · Nebraska 24, North Dakota 024-0score after the play24-0score after the play▶Watch from this playCFB ON FOX
- Q3, 13:45Kaminski sacked for a 9-yd lossQ3, 13:45 · Nebraska 24, North Dakota 024-0score after the play24-0score after the play▶Watch from this playCFB ON FOX
- Q3, 12:36Kaminski sacked for a 9-yd lossQ3, 12:36 · Nebraska 24, North Dakota 024-0score after the play24-0score after the play▶Watch from this playCFB ON FOX
- Q3, 8:48Kaminski sacked for a 9-yd lossQ3, 8:48 · Nebraska 24, North Dakota 024-0score after the play24-0score after the play▶Watch from this playCFB ON FOX
- Q3, 5:49Kaminski 7-yd TD pass to Goodloecuts it to 24-7Q3, 5:49 · Nebraska 24, North Dakota 724-7score after the play24-7score after the play▶Watch from this playCFB ON FOX
Every drive
Nebraska scored on 6 of its 10 drives; North Dakota on 1 of its 11.
Nebraska’s drives are teal, North Dakota’s amber. A line runs from where a drive started to where it ended; a filled dot means it scored.
“I'm mid-poop but I hear our fight song playing from the living room. Good for us”
How fans reacted
Steady
The loudest stretch came in the first quarter.
The jump was steady; the crowd was quiet.
Box score
Nebraska 34, North Dakota 7
North Dakota covered +27.5 by 0.5. The total, 41, stayed under 56.5.
| Team totals | North Dakota | Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| Total yards | 205 | 493 |
| Passing | 9 of 19, 106 yds | 18 of 26, 216 yds |
| Rushing | 36 for 99 yds | 45 for 277 yds |
| First downs | 10 | 22 |
| Third down | 1 of 12 | 7 of 15 |
| Fourth down | 3 of 5 | 2 of 2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties | 1 for 5 yds | 4 for 45 yds |
| Time of possession | 24:15 | 35:45 |
North Dakota leaders
- Passing Jerry Kaminski 9 of 18, 106 yds, 1 TD
- Rushing Matt Lawson 7 for 34 yds; Charles Langama 8 for 27 yds
- Receiving Deng Deng 4 for 59 yds; Watson Hafer 1 for 18 yds
Nebraska leaders
- Passing Anthony Colandrea 15 of 21, 195 yds, 1 TD
- Rushing Jamal Rule 15 for 119 yds, 2 TD; Mekhi Nelson 9 for 54 yds
- Receiving Kwazi Gilmer 3 for 42 yds; Jacory Barney Jr. 2 for 35 yds
No rain through the game
74° at kickoff · no rain recorded
September game-day temperatures at Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)
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Where this weather comes from
Measured at Lincoln airport, 3.1 miles away. Rain is NOAA's radar-and-gauge estimate at the stadium and wind is an airport reading; neither is measured on the field. Game times come from the play-by-play, good to a minute or two. Source: National Weather Service, through the Iowa Environmental Mesonet; rain radar from NOAA MRMS, through Iowa State University. Field direction from OpenStreetMap contributors.Before kickoff
Recent games, the series and the betting line below are as they stood going in; the season profile is the season so far.
Recent games
Last three games
North Dakota · 3-0
Rated 123rd in our preseason ratings, 124th now.
Three straight wins — but still hunting a ranked opponent.
Last two games
Nebraska · 2-0
Rated 40th in our preseason ratings, 37th now.
Two straight wins — but still hunting a ranked opponent.
Week by week
Nebraska
- Wk 1Wvs Ohio49-21
- Wk 2Wvs Bowling Green56-7
North Dakota
- Wk 1Wvs Long Island University42-21
- Wk 1Wvs St. Thomas (MN)62-26
- Wk 2Wat Portland State47-23
Power rating by week
Nebraska is rated 8.8 points ahead as of week 2. Our power rating by week; higher is better.
The series
Nebraska leads the series 2-0
2 meetings since 1961 · Nebraska has won the last 2
- 2022Nebraska 38-17
- 1961Nebraska 33-0
Each line is Nebraska’s chance to win through that meeting. Older meetings have no play by play, so no line.
Line, fans and home field
The betting line, and the fans
Our model and the betting line don’t fully agree on Nebraska’s chances here.
Nebraska favored by 27.5 · Total 56.5
How games like this usually go
Nebraska by 27.5, and it went to form
Half of games8 in 10 gamesThis game
The band is where a favorite’s chance ran in the 411 games since 2025 with a favorite of 21.5 points or more.
The market
The spread moved 3 points toward Nebraska.
The total rose 5 points.
Spread: −24.5 → −27.5 · Total: 51.5 → 56.5
The books’ cut: 3.7%, the margin built into the odds
Weather at kickoff
Warm and dry. Feels like 73° at kickoff.
North Dakota at Nebraska · Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026 · Memorial Stadium, Lincoln
- 73°feels like at kickoff
- Dryno rain at kickoff
- 100weather score, Ideal
- Tiedfor the best of the day's 8 kickoff times
At kickoff, Sept. 19, 2026.
Weather score: 0 to 100, higher is better, for the first 3 hours and 20 minutes of the game. Ideal is 100, Comfortable 90 to 99, Mixed 75 to 89, Rough 50 to 74, Harsh under 50.
Kickoff times that Saturday
Games in this time zone used 8 kickoff times that day, local time (kickoffs within 30 minutes of each other count as one). This game, ringed, was tied for the best of the day's eight kickoff times. At Memorial Stadium that day, a 1 pm kickoff would have scored 88, against 100 at 6:30 pm.
- 11 am: 94, Comfortable
- 11:45 am: 92, Comfortable
- 1 pm: 88, Mixed
- 2:30 pm: 91, Comfortable
- 3:30 pm: 95, Comfortable
- 6 pm: 100, Ideal
- 6:30 pm: 100, Ideal (this game)
- 7 pm: 97, Comfortable
Weather score at each kickoff time.
Tap a dot to read that kickoff time.
At kickoff, Sept. 19, 2026. Wind is not drawn here; gusts are in each score.
Home field
Nebraska is worth +5.2 points (±3.9) more at home than on the road since 2018 — top third of FBS, 69th percentile.
47% at home, 28% on the road against FBS opponents (24-27 home, 11-29 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads -0.2 at home vs. away over 97 games — inside the ±5.9 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 490 miles to get here.