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FBS college football / FINAL / Sat Sep 12, 2026 6:00 PM CT

Nebraska rolls past Bowling Green 56-7

Anthony Colandrea threw four touchdown passes before halftime and the Cornhuskers totaled 546 yards.

Final
Bowling Green Falcons7
Nebraska Cornhuskers56
WHERE IT TURNED

Nebraska beat Bowling Green 56-7 on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, with Anthony Colandrea throwing four touchdown passes before halftime.

Colandrea hit Jacory Barney Jr. from 35 yards at 7:34 of the first quarter and Kwazi Gilmer from 12 yards at 0:32. Gilmer's 4-yard catch at 8:36 of the second, Jamal Rule's 59-yard run at 5:16 and a 32-yard Barney catch at 1:54 made it 35-0 at halftime. Neither team scored in the third quarter. Jay Kastantin's 19-yard pass to Leo Kemp at 14:53 of the fourth got Bowling Green on the board, and Nebraska answered with Isaiah Mozee's 7-yard run at 10:30, a 25-yard fumble recovery by Derek Wacker at 9:29 and TJ Lateef's 6-yard pass to Kwinten Ives at 1:18.

Colandrea completed 20 of 24 for 222 yards with four touchdowns and an interception. Barney caught 8 passes for 115 yards, and Rule ran 8 times for 88 yards. Nebraska totaled 546 yards, 264 of them rushing, with 28 first downs, and converted 5 of 8 third downs. Kastantin was 10 of 16 for 84 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Bowling Green; Nakai Amachree ran 13 times for 53 yards. The Falcons gained 169 yards, converted 2 of 12 third downs and turned the ball over twice. Attendance was 86,193.

Reporting source: ESPN public site API (game summary) Captured Sep 14, 2026, 3:19 AM UTC

SELECTED SOURCE GAMEBOOK LEADERS

Names of the game.

Passing yards

Jay Kastantin

Bowling Green Falcons · 10/16, 84 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rushing yards

Nakai Amachree

Bowling Green Falcons · 13 CAR, 53 YDS

Receiving yards

Leo Kemp

Bowling Green Falcons · 1 REC, 19 YDS, 1 TD

Sacks

Myles Bradley

Bowling Green Falcons · 1

Passing yards

Anthony Colandrea

Nebraska Cornhuskers · 20/24, 222 YDS, 4 TD, 1 INT

Rushing yards

Jamal Rule

Nebraska Cornhuskers · 8 CAR, 88 YDS, 1 TD

Receiving yards

Jacory Barney Jr.

Nebraska Cornhuskers · 8 REC, 115 YDS, 2 TD

Sacks

Malcolm Simpson

Nebraska Cornhuskers · 1

SOURCE GAMEBOOK

The final ledger.

Open period scoring and team statistics
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Bowling Green Falcons00077
Nebraska Cornhuskers142102156

Team statistics

StatisticBowling Green FalconsNebraska Cornhuskers
First downs928
Net passing yards84282
Time of possession28:1931:41
Rushing yards85264
Third-down efficiency2-125-8
Total yards169546
Turnovers21