Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Georgia Bulldogs Match Player Stats On Jan 01, 2014

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Jan 1, 2014

Nebraska 24, No. 24 Georgia 19: Tommy Armstrong Jr. found Quincy Enunwa down the left sideline for a bowl-record 99-yard touchdown as the Cornhuskers held on to defeat the Bulldogs in the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla.

Enunwa had four receptions for 129 yards and scored twice while Ameer Abdullah rushed for 122 yards and another score for Nebraska (9-4), which avenged a New Year’s Day loss to Georgia in the Capital One Bowl last season. Armstrong went 6-of-14 for 163 yards, helping coach Bo Pelini extend his streak of nine-win seasons to six.

Todd Gurley continued to fight through a nagging ankle injury, pacing the Bulldogs (8-5) with 86 yards rushing, a career-high 97 yards receiving and a touchdown. Huston Mason, in his second start following the season-ending knee injury to Aaron Murray, threw for 320 yards while Marshall Morgan added four field goals – both personal bests – for Georgia.

After Morgan broke a scoreless draw early in the second quarter, the Cornhuskers got on the board with a 5-yard touchdown catch from Enunwa six plays after Reggie Davis muffed a punt in Nebraska territory. Abdullah capitalized on another short field following Josh Mitchell’s interception of Hutson Mason early in the third quarter when he ran it in from a yard out to stake the Cornhuskers to a 17-9 lead.

Following Morgan’s fourth field goal, Georgia had Nebraska backed up against its own goal line after a fumbled snap by Armstrong, but the freshman quarterback heaved a third-and-14 throw to Enunwa around midfield and he took it the rest of the way. Gurley scored on a 25-yard catch on the first play of the fourth quarter for the Bulldogs’ only touchdown, but Georgia’s offense turned the ball over on downs inside the Cornhuskers 20 on its final two drives.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Enunwa’s 99-yard TD catch gave him 12 for the season, breaking the school record previously held by Johnny Rodgers in 1971. … The previous long pass play in Gator Bowl history was a 95-yard touchdown from Oklahoma’s Ronnie Fletcher to Ben Hart in 1965. … The Bulldogs fell to 2-1-1 all-time in the Gator Bowl.