Cody Glenn returned to action with a flourish Saturday night, not to mention a fumble.

He redeemed himself by scoring the game-winning touchdown in overtime, a 1-yard burst off tackle to give Nebraska a 39-32 win against Kansas.

“It felt good to be back out there and being able to hit people,” the sophomore I-back said.

After a long injury delay in the third quarter, Glenn carried five straight times, thundering for gains of 11, 4, 8 and 9 yards.

On his fifth carry, however, Glenn absorbed a hit from linebacker Joe Mortensen. Glenn fumbled as he stretched for extra yardage, and cornerback Aqib Talib recovered at the Kansas 49-yard line.

The Jayhawks made the Huskers pay with a nine-play, 43-yard drive that ended in a field goal to cut the deficit to 24-19.

Glenn, after gaining 135 yards on 24 carries in the first two games this season, didn’t carry the ball against either Southern California or Troy, sitting out last week’s Troy game with a hamstring injury. He returned to practice Tuesday.

“It felt good; there were no problems,” he said.

Of his touchdown run, he said, “Anyone could’ve scored on that. The offensive line told me to follow them, and I did. Even if there were three guys there, I was going to get in.”

ZAC ON THE ATTACK: Husker quarterback Zac Taylor had the three longest plays of his NU career, with TD passes of 75, 78 and 75 yards. In the past two weeks, he has 10 completions of 20 yards or longer.

HARDY'S BIG NIGHT: Wide receiver Frantz Hardy made three catches for 159 yards, making touchdown grabs that covered 78 and 75 yards. It was the most receiving yards by a Husker since Matt Davison had 167 in October of 1998 at Texas A&M. Frantz becomes the first player in school history to have two games of at least 150 yards receiving, as he recorded 152 against Maine in the 2005 season opener.

WORKING OVERTIME: Nebraska improved to 5-0 in overtime games since the format was adopted a decade ago, scoring touchdowns on all six of its overtime possessions. NU defeated Missouri in 1997, Colorado in 1999, Notre Dame in 2000 and Iowa State in two extra periods last season.

BIG-PLAY NUNN: Wideout Terrence Nunn caught three passes for 98 yards, including a 75-yard TD on the game’s second play. He moved into fourth on Nebraska’s career receptions chart with 76, passing Guy Ingles, who had 74 from 1968-70. Nunn stands eight receptions behind third-place Jeff Kinney.

GRIXBY GETS CHANCE: Husker cornerback Cortney Grixby returned his first punt of the season, bolting 9 yards early in the second half. He began this season with a hard cast on his left hand to protect a broken thumb. Last season, he averaged 10.4 yards on 32 returns.

WASHINGTON IS 'FINE': The Jayhawks had a scare when senior linebacker Eric Washington  was taken off the field in the third quarter on a stretcher.

“He is doing well. It was scary for a moment there. He briefly lost consciousness and he didn’t have feeling in his extremeties,” Mangino said. “The report that I got is that he’s fine and he has feeling back in his extremeties and it will be a total recovery.”

Mangino said the injury to Washington caused some worry.

“These kids are very close. That’s one of the reasons why we are able to get better as we go along. Our kids have a genuine care and love among each other. They were a little shook up,” Mangino said. “I just tried to get a little bit of information so I could tell them when he was OK to relieve them of a little bit of a burden.”

CAREER-BEST DAYS: Kansas receivers Dexton Fields and Derek Fine both established career highs in receiving yards in the game. Fields caught eight passes for 108 yards and Fine had five receptions for 84 yards. Brian Murph led the Jayhawks with eight catches for 129 yards.

Jayhawk punter Kyle Tucker had a season-long punt of 60 yards and twice placed punts inside the 20-yard line. He has accomplished that nine times this year.