Nebraska Cornhuskers news: Wild stats for Nebraska football, Trey Palmer scores NFL TD, and more

Looking at two wild Nebraska football stats, plus more in our Nebraska Cornhuskers news roundup from the weekend.

It wasn’t a great weekend for Nebraska football as the Cornhuskers were humbled by Colorado on Saturday by the score of 36-14.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers were plagued by four turnovers, three from quarterback Jeff Sims in the first half. It was a disaster and the game wasn’t even competitive for most of the second half.

It’s certainly not how we imagined the Matt Rhule era starting. Outside of a garbage time touchdown, the Nebraska Cornhuskers have 17 points in two games. You aren’t going to win doing that.

Jeff Sims is going to remain the starting quarterback if healthy. Rhule said Saturday he didn’t consider making a change, so I doubt he would, but the Huskers need to get right against Northern Illinois this week.

The Huskers are currently an 11-point favorite according to DraftKings.

In terms of explaining the 0-2 start for Nebraska football. Well, it’s easy when you consider that Nebraska has the worst turnover margin in college football. In fact, dating back to 2004, the Nebraska Cornhuskers are -105 in turnover margin, which is the worst in the Power-5 by a wide margin.

However, in one positive, Nebraska leads the FBS in sacks right now with 11. You wonder how many teams have been winless while leading the nation in sacks?

Former Nebraska Cornhuskers standout Trey Palmer catches first NFL touchdown

Trey Palmer’s NFL debut was a successful one. Not only did the Tampa Bay Bucs upset the Minnesota Vikings, but Palmer caught two passes for eight yards, one of which was a seven-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter that gave the Bucs a 17-10 lead.

TREY PALMER FIRST NFL TD! #ProBigRed pic.twitter.com/9J46yKZbdq

— 247Huskers (@247Huskers) September 10, 2023

Yes, I wish Trey Palmer was still on the Nebraska roster right now, but it’s good to see former Cornhuskers ball out and Palmer has been on a roll to start his NFL career.

Nebraska Cornhuskers sweep another volleyball match

Nebraska volleyball improved to 7-0 on Saturday with a 3-0 sweep of Long Beach State in Lincoln by the scores of 25-18, 25-8, and 25-21. The Huskers notched a .393 hitting percentage in the win and finished with 46 kills and nine blocks.

Freshman Harper Murray continued to shine and led the Huskers with 10 kills. She also contributed with three blocks. Merritt Beason managed nine kills, while Andi Jackson had eight. Jackson and Becca Allick were also solid around the net, notching four blocks each in the win.

The Huskers will be back on the court Tuesday night against Stanford. The match will be on the road at will start at 8 PM CST. Both teams were ranked in the top five last week. The match is set to be shown on ESPN.

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