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LINCOLN, Neb. — Stephen McGee set career highs with 35 carries for 167yards and Jorvorskie Lane rushed for 130 yards and four touchdowns, leadingTexas A&M to a 36-14 victory over Nebraska on Saturday. Texas A&M (6-2, 3-1 Big 12) won for the first time in six visits to Lincolnsince 1955 and spoiled a day of celebration for Cornhusker fans, who welcomedback Tom Osborne as interim athletic director. The Aggies, blown out by Miami and Texas Tech in their two previous roadgames this season, responded after Nebraska (4-4, 1-3) pulled within two pointsand at least temporarily took some heat off their embattled coach, DennisFranchione. A&M opened the third quarter with two 80-yard touchdown drives, with Lanefinishing both for a 30-14 lead. Then its defense held the Huskers scorelessafter they drove inside the 10-yard line. The Huskers now have a three-game losing streak for the third time in fourseasons under coach Bill Callahan, who had the heat ratcheted up with the firingof Steve Pederson, the man who hired him. Many in the crowd of 84,473 wore T-shirts commemorating Osborne’s return tothe athletic department , 10 years after finishing his Hall-of-Fame coachingcareer. The shirts read: “T.O. Tradition. Order.” It was A&M that looked like the Nebraska teams Osborne coached. Using anOsborne staple — the triple option — McGee did a pretty good impersonation ofNebraska 1997 national champion quarterback Scott Frost. Nebraska’s linebackers bit hard on fake handoffs to Lane, allowing McGee topick up big chunks of yardage. McGee ran seven consecutive times on the Aggies’ first series of the secondhalf. Lane then broke off a career-long 31-yard run before scoring from the 2. McGee had runs of 13 and 12 yards on A&M’s next possession, then faked ahandoff to Lane and ran for 6 more to convert a fourth-and-2 at the Nebraska 30.Lane scored four plays later from the 4 to make it 30-14. The Huskers were in position to get back in the game, moving from their 24to the A&M 6, but Sam Keller, not spotting an open Todd Peterson in the back ofthe end zone, scrambled and was thrown for a 3-yard loss on third down. Hisfourth-down pass to Maurice Purify in the end zone was tipped away. Lane’s 1-yard run late in the fourth finished the scoring. McGee completed 13 of 22 passes for 100 yards and a touchdown. Keller was26-of-44 for 275 yards, with Marlon Lucky catching 13 for 125 yards. Nebraska had pulled to within 16-14 late in the second quarter after driving79 yards in nine plays, scoring on Keller’s 10-yard pass to Purify. Texas A&M had led 16-7 after converting a Nebraska turnover into atouchdown. The Aggies appeared to have been stopped at their 35, but Nebraskapunt returner Nate Swift dropped the ball after calling for a fair catch, andA&M’s Corey Gibas recovered at the Nebraska 28. Lane bulled his way for 27 yards on the next play, then ran in for thetouchdown. Texas A&M scored on its first possession, with McGee hitting Earvin Taylorwith a 2-yard rollout pass. Ndamukong Suh blocked Matt Szymanki’s extra-pointtry. The Huskers went up 7-6 on the ensuing series. Keller hit Sean Hill for apair of 13-yard gains, Quentin Castille picked up 13 on a run. Lucky got 13 moreon a screen pass before Castille scored from the 3. The Aggies drove from their 20 to the Nebraska 6, but an offensive passinterference penalty forced them to settle for Szymanki’s 39-yard field goal anda 9-7 lead.
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Author: Alex
Date: October 20, 2007

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