Nebraska beats LSU to win the Gator Bowl 21-16. The Huskers put up 437 yards in the game but turned it over 3 times, twice in the red zone. NU ran 51 times for 227 yards and 3 TD and threw 16 of 25 for 210 yards and 0 TD. 10 of 15 on 3rd down and 2 of 2 on 4th down.
James Walker threw 15 of 22 for 202 and 2 INT, Seth Mack threw 1 of 3 for 8 yards. Walker added 11 rushes for 50 yards and a TD and Mack 5 for 18 and a TD. TE Thomas McBride embraced his new role as a FB running 15 times for 78 yards and catching 5 passes for 49 yards, leading the team in both rushing and receiving. HB Herbert Poland ran 10 times for just 32 yards and a TD in his final game at Nebraska.
NU utilized some new option looks on offense in this game in preparation for next season, but most of the under center stuff was garbage. I few good plays to the TE/FB but that's it. LSU was in a weird defense, it was 3-4 but with guys all over the place. Was making reads hard but that was also just tough to run in general.