Huskers Top Scarlet Knights 28-21

Nebraska’s Cornhusker Football team closed their regular season with a second half surge to outlast the Rutgers Scarlet Knights 28-21 at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, N.J. Friday night. The game was played in chilly conditions, with a 23 degree temperature at kickoff in a stadium filled with snow from a recent winter storm in New Jersey.

A banged-up Huskers squad squared off against an even more banged-up Scarlet Knights team coming off an overtime win against Maryland last week. Nebraska transfer and Rutgers starting quarterback Noah Vedral sustained an ankle injury in the victory over the Terra...