‘I thought tonight was the night,’ says Scott Frost, and it’s hard to blame him after NU’s 32-29 loss to Michigan | Football

Deontai Williams delivered on Michigan’s next possession, late in the third quarter.

The sixth-year senior safety intercepted Cade McNamara on his 32nd pass attempt of the night. One play later, Levi Falck hauled in a touchdown pass out of the backfield for a resurgent Nebraska offense, which was shut out in the first half but stormed to 22 points in the third quarter to put Jim Harbaugh’s team behind on the scoreboard for the first time all season.

That lasted 4:31. Talented Michigan running back Blake Corum finally got loose and rolled to a 29-yard touchdown at the end of a 10-play, 75-yard drive that put the Wolverines back in front 26-22 with 11:21 remaining in the game.

With both defenses worn down after a slugfest early, the Huskers went right back down the field and scored again to retake the lead on Martinez’s touchdown run. That drive included a 30-yard strike to Oliver Martin, a 24-yard run by Johnson and a ball in traffic over the middle from Martinez to Allen.

Nebraska got 43 yards on its first snap of the night but then just 90 for the rest of the first half against a physical, fast Wolverines defense. In the second half, the Huskers gashed Michigan for 298 yards.

“We made a few adjustments that I think helped,” Frost said. “We needed to be running a little bit of the (wrinkles) to our option plays because the base stuff, they weren’t giving us the pull and the ability for Adrian to get on the perimeter. So, we had to kind of manufacture that, popped a few things in the run game. Thought there was a great job by (offensive coordinator Matt) Lubick scheming a couple things up that gave us big plays.”