Official recap
Pepped by a 97-yard drive and two TDs in the final quarter, the Reds whipped the Whites, 23-3, in the All Sports Day spring football windup at Memorial Stadium. Ironically, it was the final game on the famed turf before AstroTurf went down — and it was a rain-drenched quagmire.
Sloppy footing made efficiency uncommon, but the Reds — who boasted the top performers of the spring — rammed to a 9-0 halftime lead and then broke the game open in the final quarter after the Whites had pulled up, 9-3, and drove to the three.
Taking over after a heavy rush spoiled a fourth down pass, the Jerry Tagge-skippered Reds rolled 97-yards to score, mixing some fine running by Jeff Kinney and a long pass from Tagge to Guy Ingles.
Dan Schneiss bowled the final yard to ice the game with 4:24 left, but the Reds weren't through yet.
Soph Chuck Osberg flipped a left-hand 40-yard strike to Frosh Frosty Anderson with 2:50 left in the game for the final TD of the muddy day.
An unofficial record crowd of 13,000 took in the proceedings.
SPRING-GAME HISTORY
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Reds 23
Whites 3
May 9, 1970
Lincoln, NEWhites 0 0 3 0 — 3
Reds 3 6 0 14 — 23
First Quarter
RED — Daryl While (36, field goal) 8:57
Second Quarter
RED — Jeff Kinney (2, run); PAT blocked 1:39
Third Quarter
WHI — Paul Rogers (22, field goal) 11:00
Fourth Quarter
RED — Dan Schneiss (1, run); White kick 4:24
RED — Frosty Anderson (40, pass from Chuck Osberg);
White kick 2:50
White Red
First Downs Rushing ................. 3 6
First Downs Passing ................. 6 10
First Downs by Penalties ............ 3 0
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS .................. 12 16
Number Attempts Rushing ............ 33 49
Yards Gained Rushing ............... 39 142
Yards Lost Rushing ................. 75 37
NET YARDS GAINED RUSHING ........... 36 105
Number Passes Completed ............ 36 32
Number Passes Completed ............ 13 12
Number Passes Had Intercepted ....... 6 1
NET YARDS GAINED PASSING .......... 125 189
Number Plays Rushing and Passing ... 69 81
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDAGE .............. 89 294
Number Interceptions ................ 2 6
NET YARDS INTERCEPTIONS RETURNED .... 0 74
Number Times Punted ................. 6 5
Number Punts Had Blocked ............ 1 0
PUNTING AVERAGE, YARDS ............. 39 40
Number Punts Returned ............... 3 3
NET YARDS PUNTS RETURNED ........... 64 28
Number Kickoffs Returned ............ 5 1
NET YARDS KICKOFFS RETURNED ........ 84 13
Number Times Penalized .............. 2 6
TOTAL YARDS PENALIZED .............. 10 83
Number Times Fumbled ................ 1 2
NUMBER OWN FUMBLES LOST ............. 0 0
WHITE
Net
RUSHING Att Yards TD Long
Goeller 10 13 0 5
Tagge 6 -40 0 3
Carstens 5 0 0 2
Olds 4 10 0 4
Harris 1 0 0 0
Linder 1 9 0 9
Jones 2 -19 0 0
Hughes 1 -1 0 0
Brownson 1 -8 0 0
Schmidt 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 36 0 9
PASSING Att-Comp-Int Yds TD Long
Brownson 3-1-0 11 0 11
Jones 8-3-0 23 0 14
Tagge 18-7-4 72 0 21
Linder 7-2-2 19 0 12
TOTALS 36-13-6 125 0 21
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD Long
Didur 3 35 0 15
Cox 7 72 0 14
Olds 1 6 0 6
Goeller 1 10 0 10
Harvey 1 2 0 2
TOTALS 13 125 0 15
PUNTING No. Yards Avg. Long
Longwell 5 189 38 44
Hughes 1 45 45 45
TOTALS 6 234 39 45
Team-Bad snap 36
RETURNS Punts Kickoffs Ints.
Kusch 1—21
Harris 2—36
Rodgers 2—43 2—32
Jennings 1—0
Terrio 1—0
Goeller 1—16
TOTALS 3—64 5—84 2—0
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RED
Net
RUSHING Att Yards TD Long
Kinney 20 69 1 15
Schneiss 13 33 1 4
Powell 3 4 0 3
Brownson 2 -17 0 0
Rodgers 1 1 0 1
Runty 5 14 0 22
Tagge 2 -3 0 0
Stinner 3 4 0 2
TOTALS 49 105 2 22
PASSING Att-Comp-Int Yds TD Long
Tagge 10-6-0 92 0 28
Runty 2-0-0 0 0 0
Brownson 19-5-1 57 0 21
Osberg 1-1-0 40 1 40
TOTALS 32-12-1 189 1 40
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD Long
Kinney 3 33 0 20
Ingles 2 35 0 19
Anderson 3 55 1 40
Schultz 1 21 0 21
Schneiss 1 5 0 5
Rodgers 2 40 0 28
TOTALS 12 189 1 40
PUNTING No. Yards Avg. Long
Schneiss 2 68 34 38
Hughes 2 90 45 54
Longwell 1 42 42 42
TOTALS 5 200 40 54
Team—Blocked 15
RETURNS Punts Kickoffs Ints.
Rodgers
Ingles 3—28
Hacias 1—14
Hauge 1— 2
Anderson 1—21
Robinson 1— 5
Morock 1— 0
Peetz 1—32
Kinney 1—13
TOTALS 3—28 1—13 6—74
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