The hunt for bowl eligibility will remain a battle for at least another 30 minutes.

Nebraska Football and USC are tied 14-14 at the half. The Huskers are looking for that elusive sixth win, while the Trojans must win two of their final three games to become bowl eligible.

NU got on the board first with a pick-6 from Ceyair Wright. The former Trojan grew up and attended high school near the LA Coliseum.

However, USC’s offense got going after that interception. After starting 2-for-7, new starting quarterback Jayden Maiava completed his next nine passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns.

Nebraska answered with a nine-play, 75-yard touchdown drive. Emmett Johnson caught a pass from Dylan Raiola and outpaced his defender to the rim and took the ball down the field for the score.

Neither team did much in the way of productivity during the final 9:21. USC punted the ball three times, while Nebraska threw an interception, punted once and ran the clock into halftime.

Raiola completed 12 of 18 passes for 105 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Through the first five games of the year, Raiola has a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 9 to 1. Over the last four and a half, that ratio is 2:7.

Nebraska ran for just 33 yards in the first half, led by 25 yards from Emmett Johnson.

Maiava has thrown from 131 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. The Trojans have up to 85 rushing yards, 55 of which come from Woody Marks.

Nebraska will have the ball to start the third quarter.

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