Will Howard had three touchdown passes, including a late go-ahead score, as No. 4 Ohio State rallied to defeat Nebraska 21-17 in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday.Howard’s 9-yard pass to Quinshon Judkins with 6:04 to play gave the Buckeyes (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) the lead after the offense had stalled in the third quarter with 23 total yards and no first downs.Jordan Hancock sealed the win with an interception at the OSU 45 with 1:16 left.Nebraska (5-3, 2-3 Big Ten) had gone ahead 17-14 with 10:47 remaining on a 1-yard run by Dante Dowdell and a two-point conversion catch by Nate Boerkircher.The Cornhuskers went 74 yards in nine plays for their first fourth-quarter lead against a top-5 team since playing Texas in 2009.Despite a perfect half of throwing by Howard, the Buckeyes held just a 14-6 lead after Nebraska’s John Hohl hit a 54-yard field goal as time expired.Hohl also made a 39-yard field goal early in the second quarter to make it 7-3. He entered the game 1 for 5 with a long of 21 yards this season.Howard went 9 for 9 for 167 yards, two touchdowns and a 329.2 quarterback rating in the first half.He opened the scoring with a 40-yard strike to Carnell Tate on a post pattern to complete a 91-yard drive with 29 seconds left in the first quarter.