Nebraska football beats Northern Iowa

From Northern Iowa’s postgame news conference

UNI coach Mark Farley: “We showed a lot of toughness. We should do that when you start rushing the football against Nebraska, or anybody like Nebraska. It’s a standard that you’re rushing against. It’s a standard that you’re rushing against.

Farley on three straight penalties: “ All I know is to have that many penalties, that’s a lot of holding penalties. When you’re rushing the football and doing what they were doing, the same thing, so you can’t judge it until you watch the film to see what actually happened.”

Farley on UNI’s ties to Nebraska: “I think it’s awesome. We got an A.D. from Nebraska, so I can tell that you’ve got a ton of pride out here.

Tight end Lane Pryor: “We marched the field that first drive for sure, but I felt like we moved the ball every drive, we just had critical errors at the wrong time.

What other media outlets are saying:

Dylan Raiola passed for 247 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 23 Nebraska continued its best start since 2016 with a 34-3 win over Northern Iowa on Saturday night.

The Cornhuskers (3-0) came away with points on five of their first six possessions against the Panthers (2-1) of the second-tier Football Championship Subdivision.

Raiola threw for 209 yards in the first half and completed 13 of his first 14 passes, including 11 in a row. He finished 17 of 23 and gave way to Heinrich Haarberg midway through the fourth quarter.

The Huskers led 21-3 at halftime after Raiola sidestepped a pass rusher and found a wide-open Jalen Lloyd for 59 yards and Jacory Barney III ran 10 yards on a reverse for a touchdown on the next play.

Freshman Carter Nelson, the four-star recruit who played eight-man high school football in Ainsworth, Nebraska, scored his first career touchdown on the game’s opening possession when he caught Raiola’s short pass over the middle and took it 24 yards to the end zone. Raiola’s second TD pass went 18 yards to Isaiah Neyor.

— Eric Olson, Associated Press

What the fans and others are saying on Twitter/X:

Nebraska Football: This kid (Dylan Raiola) is something special.

@JamesStevenson: Matt Rhule is the first Nebraska head coach with a winning career record at Nebraska since November 2017.

Amie Just: Is Northern Iowa better than Colorado?

Rex Burkhead: Such an honor and special weekend to be able to celebrate with the family and former teammates.

@essmun: I just want to continue to live in a world where the Huskers win the games they should win.

@KLRojo88: Good win. Defense wasn’t so strong this week but we held them to 3 so I can’t complain. 2nd half was a little disjointed though. 3 and 0 baby!!

@saf2564: Good job #Huskers I’m not sure about everyone else but I’m excited about being 3-0. Are we perfect? No. But I trust Rhule. Go Big Red forever

@halos_flowsion: Good win for the Huskers, maybe a little uglier than i had been hoping for but a win is a win. Excited for next week

Will Compton: We are the team to beat in the Big 10