Full Scott Frost press conference after Northwestern vs. Nebraska football game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Saturday, October 02, 2021. The Huskers won the game 56-7.
Just after 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, fans settled in for what many thought would be another close game between Nebraska and Northwestern.
On Nebraska’s first play, wide receiver Samori Toure caught a 70-yard pass from Adrian Martinez that took Nebraska to the 5-yard line.
Two plays later, Martinez scored, and Nebraska’s best game on offense of the season was off and rolling in a 56-7 rout.
Nebraska exploded for a season-best 657 yards.
It was a coming-out party for Toure and Husker wide receivers — Oliver Martin, Zavier Betts, Oliver Martin, Toure and company.
In the third quarter, four minutes apart, Betts and Toure scored touchdowns that put the Huskers up 49-7.
Nebraska finished with 15 receptions for 230 yards. Toure had two catches for 108 yards, the third 100-yard game for the Montana transfer.
On that first big play, Martinez escaped pressure. Then Toure made a great adjustment to make the catch. He not only caught it but turned it into a 70-yard play.
“That was just an individual play to me,” coach Scott Frost said. “Probably just as easily could have been picked off, and he went up and got the ball. When you’ve got good players, that happens. … Good receivers go get the ball even if they’re covered, and some of those things started showing up tonight.”
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