Nebraska 35
Minnesota 10

Oct. 3, 1970 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Minneapolis, MN
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Nebraska2170735
Minnesota730010
First Quarter
NEB: Johnny Rodgers 6 run (Paul Rogers kick) 10:39
MIN: Ernie Cook 45 run (Louis Clare kick) 7:09
NEB: Jeff Kinney 2 run (Rogers kick) 2:38
NEB: Guy Ingles 14 pass from Joe Orduna (Rogers kick) 1:50 
Second Quarter
MIN: Clare 35 field goal, 9:23
NEB: Jerry Tagge 1 run (Rogers kick) 5:22
Fourth Quarter
NEB: Ingles 3 pass from Tagge (Rogers kick) 13:16

                        NU     MIN
First Downs ........... 27      14
  By rushing ...........17      12
  By passing ........... 8       2
  By penalty ........... 2       0
Rushing, Net ...... 61-240  45-196
Passing, Net ......... 166      74
  Att-Comp-Int ... 29-16-1  18-8-3
Total Offense ..... 90-406  63-270
Punts-average ....... 4-25    4-36
Fumbles-lost ......... 4-1     3-2
Yards penalized ..... 3-25    7-58

RUSHING
NEB: Kinney 21-91; Orduna 14-70; Rodgers 4-27; Tagge 9-25; Schneiss 4-15; Vactor 5-8; Brownson 1-6; Olds 1-2; Hughes 2-(-4)

MIN: Cook 13-72; Mayer 19-59; Curry 8-51; Morgan 4-13; Humeiker 1-1

PASSING
NEB: Tagge 21-12-0 148; Brownson 6-3-1 4; Orduna 1-1-0 14; Schneiss 1-0-0 0

MIN: Morgan 8-4-2 55; Curry 10-4-1 19

RECEIVING
NEB: Ingles 5-59; Rodgers 4-66; Orduna 2-10; Schneiss 1-21; Olds 1-19; Carstens 1-7; List 1-6; Cox 1-(-22)

MIN: Cook 3-14; Marquesen 2-30; Honza 1-19; Buetow 1-6; Mayer 1-5


MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS


kinney (1K)NU BACK OF GAME
Jeff Kinney:
Carried 21 times
for 93 yards, one TD	
	

newton (2K)NU LINEMAN OF GAME
Bob Newton: Led Nebraska line which opened holes for NU backs to net 240 yards rushing and 406 yards total offense

Attendance: 52,287


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Recap

Huskers’ fast start grounds the Gophers

Operating against a stiff wind, Nebraska racked up 21 points and 200-plus yards in the first quarter en route to a 35-10 win at Minnesota.

Johnny Rodgers got the Huskers going with a six-yard run early in the first quarter to cap a 77-yard drive, but Ernie Cook’s 45-yard run pulled Minnesota even, 7-7, midway into the period.

Nebraska stormed back to retake the lead, marching 80 yards in 11 plays, with Jeff Kinney going the last two yards.

ingles (2K)
Ingles

The Huskers made it 21-7 late in the first quarter when Guy Ingles, all alone in the end zone, took a 14-yard “dying quail” pass from I-back Joe Orduna. That score was set up by Joe Blahak’s recovery of a fumbled kickoff on the Gophers’ 34.

The Huskers drove 60 and 59 yards for touchdowns in the second and fourth quarters. Nebraska finished with 406 yards of total offense on 90 plays.

Minnesota coach Murray Warmath said Nebraska “took the ball and rammed it down our throat. It didn’t make much difference whether they went inside, outside or in the air.”

Having now lost to Missouri and Nebraska by similar scores, Warmath declined to handicap the Husker-Tiger showdown that was on tap the following Saturday. “I have a definite opinion on which team is better,” he said, “but I’m not saying.”

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1970 schedule
05/09Reds 23, Whites 3
09/12Wake ForestW 36-12
09/19@ S. CaliforniaT 21-21
09/26ArmyW 28-0
10/03@ MinnesotaW 35-10
10/10MissouriW 21-7
10/17@ KansasW 41-20
10/24Oklahoma St.W 65-31
10/31@ ColoradoW 29-13
11/07@ Iowa St.W 54-29
11/14Kansas St.W 51-13
11/21OklahomaW 28-21
01/01LSUW 17-12
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