Official recap |
Nebraska's unrelenting Cornhuskers marched 67 yards into immortality to climax a brilliant Orange Bowl victory, 17-12 over Louisiana State. Trailing 12-10 as the fourth quarter opened — after leading early, 10-0 — Coach Bob Devaney's Huskers passed and ran over and through the defensive titans of the nation for the winning touchdown.
It came with 6:10 gone in the final quarter when Jerry Tagge, the engineering genius of the night, clinched the Most Valuable Back Trophy by plunging over from the one and then extended his arms high over the pile — just to make sure.
With victory came the certainty that Nebraska would be voted No. 1 by AP and almost all of the other pollsters. No. 1 Texas and No. 2 Ohio State both lost their bowl games, leaving the door open to Nebraska.
Full recap here.
VIDEO: TAGGE TD,
WINNING DRIVE, WHOLE GAME
OWH STORY & PHOTOS
MIAMI NEWS: 1, 2, 3, 4, PREGAME
PALM BEACH POST: 1, 2, 3
AP: 1, 2, 3, 4
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR: 1, 2, 3
BOLDING SPORTS RESEARCH
NU BOWLS
SERIES HISTORY | SEASON STATS
NU ROSTER
| FINAL POLLS | HONORS
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Nebraska 17
LSU 12
Jan. 1, 1971
Miami, FLNebraska 10 0 0 7 — 17
LSU 0 3 9 0 — 12
First Quarter
NEB — Rogers 25 yd field goal 2:40
NEB — Orduna 3 yd run (Rogers kick) 2:06
Second Quarter
LSU — Lumpkin 36 yd field goal 0:49
Third Quarter
LSU — Lumpkin 25 yd field goal 11:49
LSU — Coffee 31 yd pass from Lee 0:00
(Lumpkin kick wide)
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Tagge 1 yd run (Rogers kick) 8:50 
ATTENDANCE: 80,699 (Orange Bowl Record)
NEB LSU
First Downs .................. 18 20
By Rushing .................. 12 7
By Passing .................. 6 11
By Penalty .................. 0 2
Rushes-Net yards ......... 48-132 45-51
Yards Gained Rushing ....... 173 158
Yards Lost Rushing ......... 41 107
Long Rushing Play ......... 14 25
Passing net yards ........... 161 227
Att-Comp-Int ........... 28-14-1 32-17-2
Long Passing Play .......... 27 31
Total Offense ............ 76-293 77-278
Int. returns-yards .......... 1-0 2-3
Punts-average ............ 6-37.7 8-32.5
Punt returns-yards ......... 1-3 0-0
Kickoff returns-yards ...... 4-54 3-22
Fumbles-lost ............... 4-3 4-3
Penalties-yards ............ 8-67 4-27
Time of possession ........ 30:06 29:54
1st quarter .............. 9:30 5:30
2nd quarter .............. 4:39 10:21
3rd quarter .............. 6:14 8:46
4th quarter .............. 9:43 5:17
NEBRASKA
RUSHING Att Gain Lss Net Avg Long TD
Kinney 13 33 0 33 2.5 7 0
Orduna 13 63 0 63 4.8 12 1
Brownson 2 9 10 -1 -0.5 9 0
Schneiss 1 0 3 -3 -3.0 -3 0
Rodgers 3 3 3 0 0 3 0
Tagge 16 65 20 45 2.8 14 1
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds Long TD
Tagge 25 12 1 153 27 0
Brownson 3 2 1 8 10 0
RECEIVING No. Yds Long TD
Ingles 2 22 13 0
List 4 63 17 0
Rodgers 4 45 27 0
Schneiss 2 4 6 0
Kinney 2 27 17 0
PUNTING No. Yds Avg. Long
Hughes 6 226 37.7 41
PUNT
RETURNS No Yds Lng
Rodgers 1 3 3
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KICKOFF
RETURNS No Yds Lng
Rodgers 2 34 27
Kinney 1 13 13
Carstens 1 7 7
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MISC. PLAYS Type of Play No. Yds
Terrio Interception 1 0
DEFENSE TACKLES ASSISTS
Murtaugh 9 1
Periard 7 2
Blahak 7 1
Terrio 5 1
Walline 4 2
Jacobson 4 1
Morock 4 0
Harper 3 3
Kosch 3 1
Adkins 3 3
Anderson 2 1
Rodgers 2 0
Olds 1 0
Ingles 1 0
PARTICIPATION
Offense
SE—Ingles, Cox
LT—Newton, Grenfell
LG—Rupert, Wortman
C—Dumler
RG—McGhee, Weber
RT—Winter, C. Johnson
TE—List
QB—Tagge, Brownson
IB—Kinney, Orduna
RHB—Rodgers, Hughes
FB—Schneiss, Carstens, Olds
PUNTER—Hughes
KICKOFF—Rogers
PLACEKICKER—Rogers
Defense
LE—Adkins
LT—Jacobson
MG—Periard, M. Johnson
RT—Walline
RE—Harper, D. Johnson
SLB—Murtaugh
WLB—Terrio, Morell
Mon—Morock, Jennings
LCB—Blahak, Decker
RCB—Anderson
S—Kosch |
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LSU
RUSHING Att Gain Lss Net Avg Long TD
Dantin 20 86 7 79 3.9 25 0
Cantrelle 2 3 0 3 1.5 2 0
Walker 5 30 0 30 6.0 14 0
Lee 9 35 42 -7 -.8 10 0
Jones 8 4 58 -54 -6.8 3 0
Coffee 1 0 12 -12 -12.0 -12 0
PASSING Att Comp Int Yds Long TD
Lee 23 12 0 182 31 1
Jones 9 5 1 45 31 0
RECEIVING No. Yds Long TD
Michaelson 2 19 16 0
Hamilton 9* 146 31 0
Walker 2 6 10 0
Keigley 1 9 9 0
Coffee 2 39 31 1
Kavanaugh 1 8 8 0
*Ties Orange Bowl Record
PUNTING No. Yds Avg. Long
Dickinson 8 260 32.5 45
PUNT
RETURNS No Yds Lng
none
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KICKOFF
RETURNS No Yds Lng
Coffee 2 22 13
Lyons 1 0 0
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MISC. PLAYS Type of Play No. Yds
Norsworthy Interception 2 3
DEFENSE TACKLES ASSISTS
Sage 11 3
Anderson 8 1
Cascio 7 2
Norsworthy 5 3
Burns 5 2
Casanova 5 0
Picou 4 1
Frye 4 0
Estay 4 0
Davis 2 2
Millican 2 1
Smith 1 2
Wood 1 1
Staggs 1 0
Doyle 1 0
McCann 1 0
Hamilton 1 0
Martin 1 0
PARTICIPATION
Offense
SE—Keigley, Coffee
LT—Alexander, Hesselman
LG—Elkins, Daniel, Martin
C—Jaubert
RG—Demarie, McCann
RT—Murray, Wright, Stuart
TE—Michaelson, Kavanaugh, Toms
QB—Lee, Jones
TB—Cantrelle, Dantin
FB—Benglis. Shorey, Walker
SB—Hamilton, LeDoux
PUNTER—Dickinson
KICKOFF—Lumpkin
PLACEKICKER—Lumpkin
Defense
LT—Davis, Doyle
LT—Sage, Weinstein
RT—Estay, King
RE—Millican, Wood
LLB—Anderson, Frye
MLB—Cascio, Smith, Perry
RLB—Picou, Rutland
LCB—Casanova, Lyons
RCB—Earley, Nagle
LS—Norsworthy, Staggs
RS—Burns |
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