LINCOLN, Neb. — Emmett Johnson scored the tie-breaking touchdown on a 4-yard run with 2:44 left, and Nebraska ended Northwestern's four-game winning streak with a 28-21 victory Saturday to become bowl eligible for the second straight season.

The Cornhuskers (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) bounced back from a loss at Minnesota last week, but not before some anxious moments after they squandered a 15-point lead.

“Our guys showed tremendous resolve,” Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said. “Any time you had that third quarter we had and you let them back in the game, that could be ‘Here we go again.' The first two years I was here, it would have been like that."

Dylan Raiola converted four third-down passes on the winning 13-play, 64-yard drive that chewed 6:27 off the clock. The Wildcats (5-3, 3-2) turned the

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