The longest active winning streak in college football lives another week.
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streak → live → football
No. 7 Indiana was pushed to the brink by Nebraska, but ended up winning 20-17 on the road Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
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Indiana → push → Stadium
For a while, it looked like Nebraska was going to hand the defending national champions their first loss since the first round of the 2024 College Football Playoff, but a fourth quarter comeback prevented that.
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comeback → look → that
Indiana hadn't even trailed in a game since the 2025 Big Ten Championship Game against Ohio State, eight games ago.
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Indiana → trail → State
The win was Indiana's 27th straight against unranked teams, as Indiana's previous loss to an unranked opponent came Nov. 25, 2023, against Purdue.
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loss → come → Purdue
For Curt Cignetti, he improved to 33-2 as Indiana's head coach.
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he → improve → coach
Indiana quarterback Josh Hoover did just enough in the win, completing 12 of his 22 passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns while wide receiver Nick Marsh was outstanding, catching six passes for 187 yards and two touchdowns.
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Marsh → do → yards
While rallying late, the Indiana offense struggled in the first half.
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offense → rally → half
The Hoosiers ran just 17 plays and managed 115 yards of total offense, scoring their only three points on a 42-yard field goal by Nico Radicic in the first quarter.
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Hoosiers → run → quarter
Nebraska, on the other hand, started fast.
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Nebraska → start → hand
The Huskers opened the scoring with a 28-yard field goal by Kyle Cunanan, capping a 13-play, 66-yard drive to take a 3-0 lead.
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Huskers → open → lead
After Indiana responded with a field goal of its own, the Nebraska offense went to work on another long drive.
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offense → respond → drive
Wide receiver Nyziah Hunter scored on a 10-yard end-around for his first touchdown of the season , putting Nebraska ahead 10-3 after a 10-play, 75-yard drive.
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Hunter → score → drive
The Huskers had an opportunity to add to their lead at the end of the first half, but Cunanan's 40-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right.
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attempt → have → half
Nebraska held the ball for more than 22 minutes in the first half alone.
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Nebraska → hold → half
Indiana received the second-half kickoff and drove into Nebraska territory but was kept out of the end zone and forced to settle for another Radicic field goal, this time from 35 yards, making it 10-6.
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it → receive → yards
After the Indiana field goal, the game turned into a field-position battle.
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game → turn → battle
On the ensuing possession, the Huskers made their first mistake of the game.
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Huskers → ensue → game
Facing third-and-16 from the Indiana 36-yard line, Nebraska quarterback Anthony Colandrea was forced out of the pocket and heaved a pass toward the end zone intended for Hunter.
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Colandrea → face → Hunter
Instead, Indiana defensive back Jamari Sharpe leaped and intercepted the pass at his team's 2-yard line .
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Sharpe → leap → line
However, the Nebraska defense pinned Indiana deep in its own territory, forcing a three-and-out .
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defense → pin → out
After the punt, the Huskers took over at the Indiana 41-yard line.
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Huskers → take → line
The Nebraska offense squandered the opportunity, going three-and-out, but pinned Indiana at its own 1-yard line with an excellent punt.
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offense → squander → punt
As the fourth quarter began, the Hoosiers were forced to punt again after the Nebraska defense kept them pinned deep inside their own territory.
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defense → begin → territory
Then, the floodgates opened.
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floodgates → open → ?
Colandrea finally broke through the Indiana defense with a 39-yard touchdown run on third-and-5.
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Colandrea → break → and-5
On a read-option play, Colandrea kept the ball, picked up the first down, cut back upfield and turned the corner for Nebraska's second touchdown of the game, extending its lead to 17-6.
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Colandrea → keep → 17
Just as the raucous Nebraska crowd erupted after Colandrea's score, Indiana quarterback Josh Hoover connected with wide receiver Nick Marsh on a 75-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the ensuing possession, silencing the Huskers faithful and cutting the deficit to 17-13.
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Hoover → erupt → 17
The Nebraska offense couldn't respond, giving Indiana a chance to take its first lead of the day .
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offense → respond → day
On fourth-and-1 from the Nebraska 44-yard line, the Huskers defense bit on a play-action pass.
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defense → bite → pass
Hoover found a wide-open Marsh for a 44-yard touchdown, giving Indiana a 20-17 lead.
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Hoover → find → lead
Nebraska, sensing the game was slipping away, went for it on fourth-and-9 from its own 44-yard line with just under five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
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minutes → sense → quarter
The gamble failed, as Indiana forced an incompletion and took over on downs, despite Nebraska still having two timeouts and the two-minute warning.
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Nebraska → fail → timeouts
However, the Nebraska defense forced a three-and-out, giving its offense another chance to mount a comeback.
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defense → force → comeback
The Hoosiers defense held firm, forcing another turnover on downs with a sack of Colandrea.
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defense → hold → Colandrea
Nebraska gave the defending national champions a run for their money, but Indiana proved too much to handle.
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Indiana → give → money
Nebraska fell to 5-1 with the loss and will look to bounce back against No. 13 Oregon next week.
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Nebraska → fall → Oregon
Indiana has another big game next week against No. 5 Ohio State at home.
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Indiana → have → home
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