LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KMTV) — After a promising first quarter in the Las Vegas Bowl, the Nebraska football team fell apart, allowing Utah to go on a 37-0 run over the course of three quarters.
The Huskers ultimately losing 44-22.
Utes quarterback Devon Dampier accounted for 458 total yards: 310 in the air, including two touchdowns, and 148 on the ground, including three touchdowns.
Nebraska quarterback TJ Lateef went 15-for-28 for 182 yards and one touchdown, and added 22 yards and one touchdown in the run game.
NU running back Mehki Nelson got the scoring started in the game with a 38-yard touchdown run less than four minutes into the first quarter.
Dampier later responded with a TD run of his own to tie it at 7.
Jacory Barney Jr. gave the Huskers the lead again with 2:20 left in the quarter with an eight-yard touchdown.
It was all Utes the rest of the way before a fourth-quarter TD run from Lateef.
Nebraska finishes the season 7-6 in year three of the Matt Rhule era.
