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Notes: Robinson shows why he’s ‘one of our best’; Blackshirts stout against the run; Mills makes return | Football



A halted train: Nebraska held Purdue to minus-2 rushing yards on the day, an eye-popping number.

Sure, the Boilermakers only ran it 17 times, but it was still the first time the Blackshirts have held a team to negative rushing yards overall since a minus-21 outing against Michigan in 2013.

The Huskers have stacked their two best performances against the rush the past two weeks. Iowa managed just 129 on Nov. 27, which was the defense’s best outing before Saturday.

According to NU officials, it’s the sixth-fewest rushing yards Nebraska has ever allowed in a road game.

Money down improvement: While we’re on the subject of defensive improvements, Nebraska has also been dramatically better on third downs the past two weeks.

Eight days after holding Iowa to 4-of-14, Nebraska yielded just three to the Boilermakers in 13 chances. The two late stops clearly had a big impact, but perhaps most impressive was a late second-quarter sequence when Purdue had a second-and-1 and the Blackshirts stopped running back Zander Horvath for no gain, no gain and then minus-1 on fourth-and-2.

“We knew what was coming, and that obviously helped us out,” senior defensive lineman Ben Stille said. “Up front we felt like we had an advantage, for sure. … It definitely shows the improvement we’ve made over the past years.”



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