UNI made it look like they didn't know how to play the game until the third quarter. "Luckily, my team didn't give up and kept trying. You could really tell how badly these players want to keep on winning" Coach Pelini said.
Most all of UNI's fans filed out in the third quarter when UNI went down 35-0 with only 2:48 left in the third quarter. Those remaining, saw one hell of a comeback!
UNI scored four touchdowns in 2:43 in the third quarter to bring them back within a touchdown going into the fourth quarter.
"At the end of the third quarter I told my team, look at what we've done. We've come back from being 35 points down in the second half to only being down by one touchdown with a full fourth quarter to go. That really pumped them up and they wanted to go out there and win that game" Pelini said. And it looked like UNI was going to do the unthinkable. With 3:29 left in the game, UNI's freshman halfback Steve Jackson ran the ball for a one yard touchdown to tie the game. Unfortunately, it's UNI's Special Teams that needs some help and work. They allowed an 89 kick return for a touchdown by LSU and that eventually led up to the game ender for UNI. With :05 left, UNI QB Steve Larkins would call a play instead of spiking the ball to stop the clock. The play led to an incomplete pass and time expired. UNI loses a close one to #16 LSU 35-42. It would be the third greatest game of Coach Pelini's career.
UNI falls to 3-1 overall and 2-1 in the SEC Conference.