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After ‘spitting and sputtering’ early, Huskers score on seven straight drives, roll past Fordham, 52-7 | Football



That was part of a streak in which the Huskers scored on six straight trips and turned a 7-7 game into a blowout.

In fact, after two punts in their first three chances, Nebraska had eight straight drives that covered at least 50 yards – seven scores and a lost fumble from No. 2 quarterback Logan Smothers in the fourth quarter – before taking a knee on the final snap of the afternoon.

Other observations from Saturday

Toure has Martinez’s trust

Martinez clearly has a lot of confidence throwing the ball to senior wide receiver Samori Toure.

He targeted the senior transfer from Montana 11 times and Toure finished with eight catches for 133 yards. He also took three option pitches for 35 yards and a third-quarter touchdown.

Toure can line up all over the field, but he does good work out of the slot and proved to be a big-play threat over the middle.

On Saturday, Nebraska worked a lot of players at receiver but operated without junior Oliver Martin, who led the Huskers in receiving against Illinois.

Markese Stepp looks like NU’s best back

He blew a pass-protection assignment against Illinois last week and came out on some passing downs Saturday against Fordham, but Stepp, the USC transfer, appears to be the Huskers’ most natural runner, too.



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