Official recap
Staging one of the greatest kicking sprees of all time, Nebraska's Paul Rogers literally kicked the Georgia Bulldogs out of the Sun Bowl as the Cornhuskers romped to a 45-6 victory before 31,728 sun-splashed fans.
Rogers set a Nebraska and Big 8 record with four field goals in the first quarter, ranging from 50 down to 32 yards, a fete also good for a Big 8 and Nebraska game record and added to his season and career marks.
The victory, which evened Bob Devaney's Nebraska bowl count to 3-3 and his lifetime mark to 4-3, capped a comeback 9-2 season that included the Big 8 co-championship and a colorful, exciting and victorious visit to hospitable El Paso and Juarez,
Full recap here
OWH STORY & PHOTOS ROGERS' BIG DAY SERIES HISTORY | NU BOWLS SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
FINAL POLLS | HONORS
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Nebraska 45
Georgia 6
Dec. 20, 1969
El Paso, TXNebraska 18 0 14 13 — 45
Georgia 0 0 0 6 — 6
First Quarter
NU UGA
NEB — Rogers (50, field goal) 11:14
NEB — Rogers (32, field goal) 9:40
NEB — Kinney (11, Run); (PAT pass failed) 7:21
NEB — Rogers (42, field goal) 4:54
1NEB — Rogers (37, field goal) 0:14
Third Quarter
NEB — Green (8, pass from Brownson; Rogers kick) 11:30
NEB — Brownson (1, run; Rogers kick) 10:05
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Schneiss (1, run); kick failed 13:06
UGA — Gilbert (6, run); kick failed 6:20
NEB — Tagge (2, run; Rogers kick) 4:10
NU UGA
First Downs Rushing.................. 12 1
First Downs Passing................... 5 9
First Downs by Penalties.............. 0 1
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS.................... 17 11
Number Attempts Rushing.............. 53 40
Yards Gained Rushing................ 224 103
Yards Lost Rushing................... 34 48
NET YARDS GAINED RUSHING............ 190 55
Number Passes Attempted.............. 35 35
Number Passes Completed.............. 18 11
Number Passes Had Intercepted......... 2 6
NET YARDS GAINED PASSING............ 165 130
Number Plays Rushing and Passing..... 88 75
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDAGE............... 355 185
Number Opponents Passes Intercepted... 6 2
NET YARDS INTERCEPTIONS RETURNED..... 68 15
Number Times Punted................... 7 10
Number Punts Had Blocked.............. 0 0
PUNTING AVERAGE, YARDS............. 35.6 42.2
Number Punts Returned................. 3 2
NET YARDS PUNTS RETURNED............. 38 11
Number Kickoffs Returned.............. 1 3
NET YARDS KICKOFFS RETURNED........... 4 75
Number Times Penalized................ 6 3
TOTAL YARDS PENALIZED................ 50 31
Number times Fumbled.................. 1 2
NUMBER OWN FUMBLES LOST............... 0 2
NEBRASKA
RUSHING Att Gain Loss Net
Green 8 46 0 46
Kinney 14 44 0 44
Brownson 5 16 21 5
Frost 3 10 0 10
Schneiss 12 63 0 63
Hughes 4 5 3 2
Tagge 4 37 0 37
Rogers 1 0 1 1
Dvorsak 2 3 9 6
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds
Brownson 18 11 0 109
Tagge 12 6 0 53
Kinney 1 0 1 0
Dvorsak 4 1 1 3
RECEIVING No Yds TD
Ingles 4 55
McFarland 2 25
Frost 1 5
Schneiss 4 38
Kinney 3 22
Green 2 13 1
Hughes 1 4
Harvey 1 3
KICKOFF
RETURNS No Yds
Ingles 1 4 |  |
PUNTING No Avg.
Schneiss 7 35.6
PUNT
RETURNS No Yds
Ingles 3 38
PASS INT. No Yds
Stephenson 1 16
Anderson 1 17
Larson 1 3
Murtaugh 1 31
Morock 1 1
Morell 1 16 |
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GEORGIA
RUSHING Att Gain Loss Net
Gilbert 6 10 8 2
Smiley 11 27 2 25
Paine 13 41 8 33
Hampton 7 20 15 5
Montgomery 1 0 13 13
Shirer 1 0 2 2
Kemp 1 5 0 5
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds
Gilbert 30 10 5 116
Montgomery 1 0 0 0
Hampton 4 1 1 14
RECEIVING No Yds TD
Whittemore 5 68
Smiley 1 10
Hughes 1 11
Paine 1 3
Greene 2 32
Farnsworth 1 6
KICKOFF
RETURNS No Yds
Smiley 2 56
Robinson 1 19 |  |
PUNTING No Avg.
Jones 10 42.2
PUNT
RETURNS No Yds
Swindle 2 11
PASS INT. No Yds
Darby 1 0
Swindle 1 15 |
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