Joe Dailey threw for a school record-tying five touchdowns and recorded Nebraska's first 300-yard passing day as the Huskers defeated Baylor 59-27 Saturday in Lincoln.

The Huskers (4-2, 2-1 Big 12), beaten 70-10 at Texas Tech last week, scored on five of six possessions after Baylor (2-4, 0-3) took an early 3-0 lead. After Dailey threw TD passes of 18 yards to Steve Kriewald and 74 yards to Cory Ross, he and Isaiah Fluellen hooked up for scoring passes of 27 and 45 yards in the last 1:21 of the half to give the Huskers a 31-3 lead. Dailey's fifth TD pass, a 31-yarder to Grant Mulkey early in the fourth quarter, all but ended Baylor's comeback hopes after the Bears pulled within two touchdowns. "It was about digging deep and playing hard," said Dailey. "That was embarrassing last week. You don't want to go through that or feel that. At the same time, sometimes you have to go through that to understand what effort has to be put forth in order to be successful in the Big 12." Dailey completed 13-of-20 passes for 342 yards, breaking the single-game record of 297 yards by Dave Humm against Wisconsin in 1973. "It's just a number in the book to me. To be honest with you, it doesn't matter to me. I've got a lot more things to accomplish in my time here."

Brandon Jackson led Nebraska rushers with a career-high 89 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries. Baylor's Dane King threw for a career-high 281 yards, hitting 23-of-38 passes with one interception and two touchdowns. Marques Roberts caught seven balls for 99 yards and Marcus Venus six for 53 yards. Nebraska had no turnovers after committing seven against Texas Tech and a total of 23 in its first five games.

Huskers coach Bill Callahan was conservative with his West Coast offense early in the game. The Huskers kept the ball on the ground on 20 of their first 24 plays from scrimmage. Dailey's first two touchdown passes were on short flips to running backs coming out of the backfield. Dailey started looking downfield in the middle of the second quarter. He hit Fluellen in stride at the goal line on their first touchdown hookup. Then, after Fluellen put 5 yards between himself and the nearest Baylor defender, Dailey lofted a perfect ball for a touchdown five seconds before the half.

Baylor forced Nebraska to go three-and-out on the game's first series, then the Bears drove 58 yards before Kenny Webb kicked a 29-yard field goal. The field goal marked the first time in four games between the teams that Baylor scored. The Bears scored three touchdowns in the third quarter to cut Nebraska's lead to 38-24. Paul Mosley, who led Baylor with 56 yards on 15 carries, ran in from a yard out and King threw touchdown passes of 8 yards to Dominique Zeigler and 1 yard to Roberts. Jackson scored on a 1-yard run on the first play of the fourth quarter to restore Nebraska's three-touchdown lead.

Nebraska piled up 511 yards after generating just 292 against Texas Tech. "I'm proud to say these guys are a resilient group, and they are exhibiting signs of coming of age," said Callahan.

Baylor is 0-34 all-time in Big 12 road games.

Nebraska-Baylor by the numbers:

Nebraska 7 24 7 21 - 59

Baylor 3 0 21 3 - 27

First Quarter

BU: FG Webb 29 yards, 8:01

NU: Kriewald 18-yard pass from Dailey (DeAngelis kick), 3:35

Second Quarter

NU: FG DeAngelis 21yards, 11:28

NU: Ross 74-yard pass from Dailey (DeAngelis kick), 5:56

NU: Fluellen 27-yard pass from Dailey (DeAngelis kick), 1:21

NU: Fluellen 45-yard pass from Dailey (DeAngelis kick), 0:05

Third Quarter

BU: Mosley 1-yard run (Webb kick), 11:36

BU: Zeigler 8-yard pass from King (Webb kick), 8:18

NU: Jackson 2-yard run (DeAngelis kick), 6:34

BU: Roberts 1-yard pass from King (Webb kick), 2:11

Fourth Quarter

NU: Jackson 1-yard run (DeAngelis kick), 14:58

BU: FG Webb 39 yards, 11:38

NU: Mulkey 31-yard pass from Dailey (DeAngelis kick), 9:10

NU: Ross 7-yard run (DeAngelis kick), 7:55

A: 77,881

BU / Neb:

First downs 22 / 19

Rushes-yards 38-100 / 42-169

Passing 300 / 342

Comp-Att-Int 25-40-1 / 13-20-0

Return Yards 4 / 61

Punts-Avg. 5-40 / 3-45

Fumbles-Lost 3-1 / 2-0

Penalties-Yards 8-50 / 7-47

Time of Possession 32:11 / 27:49

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

Baylor: Mosley 15-56, Krieg 14-41, Parks 2-11, Evans 1-2, Team 2-minus 3

Nebraska: Jackson 18-89, Ross 14-51, Green 8-34, Nunn 1-2, Dailey 1-minus 7

PASSING

Baylor: King 23-38-1 281, Bell 2-2-0 19

Nebraska: Dailey 13-20-0 342

RECEIVING

Baylor: Roberts 7-99, Venus 6-53, Shelton 3-46, Zeigler 2-33, Evans 2-32, Mosley 2-14, Golden 1-12, Krieg 1-12, Miller 1-minus 1

Nebraska: Mulkey 3-75, Ross 2-77, Fluellen 2-72, Herian 2-60, LeFlore 2-27, Kriewald 1-18, Nunn 1-13