Aaron Murray threw five touchdown passes to set a Georgia bowl record, including two in the fourth quarter, as the sixth-ranked Bulldogs beat No. 23 Nebraska 45-31 in the Capital One Bowl on Tuesday.
 
     Murray shook off a pair of first-half interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, and passed for 427 yards - also a Bulldogs' bowl record - against the nation's top-ranked passing defense.
 
     Georgia (12-2) reached 12 wins for the third time in school history.
 
     Nebraska (10-4) lost its third consecutive bowl game, and finished the two season with two straight woeful defensive performances. The Cornhuskers lost the Big Ten championship game 70-31.
 
     The Cornhuskers led 24-23 at the half, but committed two of their three turnovers in the final 30 minutes.

The loss marked Nebraska’s third straight bowl loss and dropped Nebraska to 24-25 all-time in bowl games, including a 3-3 record under Head Coach Bo Pelini.

Junior quarterback Taylor Martinez, made his Nebraska record 39th career start at quarterback, completing 16-of-27 passes for 204 yards and two touchdowns in the game. With his two passing touchdowns Martinez has 23 passing touchdowns this season, the third-most in a season in NU history. Martinez has accounted for 33 touchdowns this season, setting a Nebraska season record, surpassing Gerry Gdowski’s 32 touchdowns in 1989.
 
Martinez finished his junior season with 2,871 passing yards, good for the third-highest season total in school history.
 
Martinez also rushed for 46 yards in the game to finish with 1,019 rushing yards this season. He became only the fourth Husker quarterback to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
 
Martinez accounted for 250 yards of total offense in the game to increase his season total offense to 3,890 to set a Nebraska season record for total offense in a season. The previous record was held by Joe Ganz who accounted for 3,826 yards of total offense in 2008.
Senior I-back Rex Burkhead rushed 24 times for a season-high 140 yards, including a two-yard TD run in the third quarter. The game was Burkhead’s third 100-yard rushing effort of the season and the 14th of his career. The 14 career 100-yard rushing games ties for the sixth-most in Nebraska history. With his 140 yards, Burkhead increased his career rushing total to 3,329 yards. Burkhead finishes his Nebraska career fifth on the NU rushing list.

With his 140 rushing yards  Burkhead finished his career with 357 rushing yards in four career bowl games, the most in Nebraska history. He eclipsed the previous record of 349 yards by Dan Alexander from 1998 to 2000. Burkhead’s 24 carries gave him 76 rushing attempts in his bowl career, the most in Nebraska history.

Georgia’s 591 yards of total offense were the most Nebraska has allowed in a bowl game, eclipsing the previous high of 518 yards by Alabama in the 1966 Orange Bowl. The Bulldogs’ 45 points also tied for the most in Husker bowl history, matching the 45 points Georgia Tech scored in the 1991 Citrus Bowl.