Official recap
Rebuilding Nebraska was really an unknown quantity against favored Washington in the 1967 opener, but the Cornhuskers pulled off a 17-7 victory in rousing fashion before 57,481 fans.
Recovering a fumbled punt in the first quarter, the Huskers drove 33 yards to score in nine plays. The next time they got the ball, rookie quarterback Frank Patrick — with the aid of a 31-yard pass to Dennis Morrison — took the Scarlets 43 yards to score in another nine plays.
But the Huskies weren't stunned by a 14-0 deficit and three plays after the kickoff, quarterback Tom Sparlin tore through Nebraska's vaunted defense 48 yards for a TD.
Bill Bomberger's 20-yard field goal just before the half wound up the scoring.
SERIES HISTORY
SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
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Nebraska 17
Washington 7
Sept. 16, 1967
Seattle, WANebraska 0 17 0 0 — 17
Washington 0 7 0 0 — 7
Second Quarter
NU — Dick Davis 1 run
(Bill Bomberger kick), 12:52
NU — Frank Patrick 1 run (Bomberger kick), 9:09
UW — Tom Sparlin 48 run (Martin kick), 8:07
NU — Bomberger 20 field goal, 0:26
NU UW
First downs ....... 19 8
Rushing net .......209 120
Passing net ....... 92 69
Att-Comp-Int.. 26-9-0 15-5-2
Total offense .... 301 189
Punts ......... 7-31.7 6-36.5
Yards penalized ... 73 75
Fumbles lost ....... 3 1
RUSHING
NEBR: Gregory 19-63; Orduna 13-60, Davis, 13-45;
Green 5-17; Patrick 8-15; Penney 2-7; Ziegler 1-2;
Yannon 1-0.
WASH: Sparlin 11-47; Wea 9-38; Cope 5-15;
Verti 3-12; McCabe 6-6; Wojciechowski 2-4;
Manke 1-(-2).
PASSING
NEBR: Patrick 9/24, 92 Yds; Fierro 0/2, 0 Yds
WASH: Sparlin 5/15, 69 Yds.
RECEIVING
NEBR: Morrison 4-65; Davis 3-4; Penney 1-13;
Richnafsky 1-10.
WASH: Cope 3-43; Wea 1-17; Wood 1-9.
PUNTING
NEBR: Stephenson 7-31.7
WASH: Martin 6-36.5
Attendance: 57,481
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