[Husker] Touchdown = first down?

[Mike Nolan]

> is a touchdown (if it's over 10 yards?) also a first down?
> 
> Somehow this doesn't seem correct.

 From the NCAA Football Statistician's Manual:

SECTION 1—FIRST DOWNS
Article 1. A first down shall be recorded whenever the yardsticks
are ordered forward and/or when a touchdown is scored from scrimmage
(rushing or passing) within a series of downs starting from 10
yards or more from the goal line, or when a dead-ball foul results in
an automatic first down (see Section 1, Article 6).

See web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/Stats_Manuals/Football/2011ez.pdf
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Mike Nolan