Nebraska sets attendance mark for Pelini's first spring game

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Joe Ganz has thrown two touchdown passes to lead the Red squad to a 24-14 victory over the Whites in Nebraska's spring football game -- Bo Pelini's first as the Cornhuskers' new coach.

Ganz hit Curenski Gilleylen with a 77-yarder and Marcus Mendoza with a 24-yarder Saturday.

The crowd of 80,149 was a Nebraska record for a spring game and the second largest in college football history behind the 92,000 that showed up at Alabama last spring.

For all the pageantry, the action on the field was controlled. The quarterbacks wore green jerseys, making them off-limits for contact. Pelini coached on the field rather than on the sideline, and a running clock was used in the second half.

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