The Northwestern Wildcats will hit the road in week ten to battle the Nebraska Cornhuskers in a Big Ten conference NCAA college football game on Saturday afternoon.

Start time from Nebraska is set for 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by Big Ten Network.


The betting odds from this college football game have the home side Nebraska Cornhuskers favored by -7 ½ points with a total lined at 58 ½ points.

Northwestern has lost four straight to fall to 4-4 on the season after a 17-10 road defeat last week to the Iowa Hawkeyes as a +3 ½ point betting underdog. The game total finished at under 53 ½ points. The Wildcats overcame the 10-0 first half lead to force the overtime.

Their offense generated 329 yards with 225 rushing for over four yards an attempt. Kain Colter hit on 11 of 14 passes for 104 yards and a touchdown. The team had two turnovers and forced one away from the Hawkeyes. On the defensive side Northwestern gave up just 305 yards to the Iowa offense with 136 to their run game for under 3 ½ yards per rushing attempt.

Nebraska had their three game winning streak snapped in a 34-23 road defeat last week to the Minnesota Golden Gophers as a -10 ½ point betting favorite. The game total landed over 52 ½ points. The Cornhuskers blew a 10-0 early first quarter lead.

They gained 328 yards with 189 running for over 6 yards per carry. Taylor Martinez completed 16 of 20 throws for 139 yards with a touchdown and three picks. Ameer Abdullah had 19 rushes for 165 yards. The Cornhuskers has trouble sustaining drives converting 4 of 12 on third down. The team had two turnovers and took none away from the Golden Gophers. Nebraska allowed the Minnesota offense to tally up 430 yards with 271 rushing for 5 yards per carry average.