Nebraska struggled to stop anything in a 38-31 loss to Indiana on Saturday afternoon. Things started well for the Huskers, but went downhill in the second quarter and then again after halftime.

How do the grades look? Probably about what you’d expect.

Nebraska ran the ball really well on Saturday, utilizing the legs of both quarterbacks that played and also the talent of Wan’Dale Robinson. Nebraska rolled up 220 yards and three touchdowns on the day. Early on the Huskers seemed to have plenty of success on the edges of the field, getting the Hoosiers chasing sideways. That set up some tempo runs between the tackles. Both Noah Vedral and Luke McCaffrey did a nice job getting outside on designed runs, and it’s apparent McCaffrey has a lot of natural ability for the Huskers to use going forward. Rushing offense: A

You’d be forgiven if you didn’t know the Huskers threw for 294 yards on Saturday. While it seemed much of the success was on the ground, Nebraska found some things through the air as well, as Vedral, McCaffrey only had a combined three incompletions on the day. The Huskers did have some problems though. Namely, Vedral missed an open Kade Warner down the seam of the field early in the second quarter. The very next play he was sacked and fumbled, which set the Hoosiers up for a touchdown and to take the lead. Nebraska was able to complete a lot of passes, but needed to get vertical more. Nebraska did have success doing it, but rarely took shots down field on Saturday for some reason. Kanawai Noa caught Nebraska’s only passing touchdown, but he also fumbled a massively important possession away in the fourth quarter. Passing offense: B

Nebraska gave up only 104 yards rushing, but this feels like a misnomer. The Hoosiers were having so much success throwing the ball, and could easily use the passing to set up things like a run game would, that it’s hard to give the Huskers too much credit. The quarterback run game was a problem again, and the Huskers couldn’t stop it when they knew it was coming. Particularly when Stevie Scott busted through late and the Huskers couldn’t get off the field. Rushing defense: C

Where does one begin to assess how bad Nebraska’s pass defense was on Saturday? Peyton Ramsey dropped back 40 times and was sacked twice. He had only 13 incompletions on the day. The lone interception came as a result of a bobbled pass. Indiana continually attacked Nebraska’s linebackers and safeties throughout the day. When the coverage was good Nebraska’s pass rush couldn’t get home. When the pass rush was solid, Nebraska’s linebackers were caught in traffic as the Hoosiers ran crosses all day long. Nebraska gave up 351yards and two scores on the day. Passing defense: F

Nebraska’s special teams were again poor on Saturday. There was a missed field goal, a kick off out of bounds, a shanked punt and the Hoosiers largely had great field position. Conversely Indiana downed Nebraska inside its own 10-yard line and finished with all three punts inside the 20. That’s a huge field position win and it all mattered. Special teams: F