Official recap
An all-time high crowd of more than 18,000 fans were on hand on a bright, sunshiny spring afternoon for the annual All Sports Day scrimmage. The fans in the stands and those listening to the play-by-play broadcast throughout the state were treated to the biggest offensive explosion in history.
In all, ten records were broken and two others tied as the Reds, boasting the number one units on offense and defense at the close of spring drills, romped past the Whites, 64-21. Powered by the running of Jeff Kinney and Gary Dixon and the pinpoint passing of Jerry Tagge and Steve Runty, the Reds marched to a 44-0 half-time lead.
One of the high points of the day came with 53 seconds left in the half when Joe Blahak broke loose on a 91-yard punt return for a touchdown. That broke the old record by 40 yards.
Of the records broken, eight were team records. Only Blahak's punt return and Al Pieratt's five PAT kicks were new individual marks. With that kind of balance and overall team strength, the 18,000 Big Red fans went home to mark each of the 127 days remaining until the 1971 season opener against Oregon, September 11.
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Reds 64
Whites 21
May 8, 1971
Lincoln, NEReds 13 31 0 20 — 64
Whites 0 0 14 7 — 21
First Quarter
RED — Bill Olds 1 run (PAT no good), 10:22
RED — Jeff Kinney 4 run (Al Pieratt kick), 8:26
Second Quarter
RED — Gary Dixon 2 run (Pieratt kick), 11:18
RED — Al Pieratt 37 field goal, 6:53
RED — Woody Cox 58 pass from Steve Runty (Pieratt kick), 3:10
RED — Joe Blahak 91 punt return (Marv Ebers kick), 0:53
RED — Jerry List 10 pass from Runty (Ebers kick), 0:00
Third Quarter
WHI — Frosty Anderson 37 pass from Dave Humm
(Tom Catlett kick), 13:10
WHI — Brent Longwell 10 pass from Humm
(Bill Allheiligan kick), 5:47
Fourth Quarter
RED — Johnny Rodgers 18 pass from Jerry Tagge
(Pieratt kick), 11:29
RED — Bob Terrio 29 pass interception (Catlett kick), 10:30
WHI — Mike O'Halleran 3 run (Catlett kick), 7:46
RED — Olds 1 run (PAT kick failed), 2:33
WHI RED
First Downs Rushing 7 9
First Downs Passing 9 12
First Downs by Penalties 1 0
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 17 21
Rushing Attempts 47 45
Yards Gained Rushing 147 165
Yards Lost Rushing 42 11
NET YARDS GAINED RUSHING 105 154
Passes Attempted 40 25
Passes Completed 12 18
Passes had Intercepted 1 0
NET YARDS GAINED PASSING 174 343
Plays Rushing and Passing 87 70
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDAGE 279 497
Interceptions 0 1
NET YARDS INTERCEPTIONS RETURNED 0 29
Times Punted 8 3
Punts had Blocked 0 0
PUNTING YARDS (Average) 33 35
PUNT RETURNS (Number-Yards) 1-8 5-131
KICKOFF RETURNS (Number-Yards) 10-254 1-41
PENALTIES (Number-Yards) 5-52 7-45
FUMBLES (Number-Own Lost) 1-1 2-2
WHITES
RUSHING Att. Yds. TD Long
Humm 7 2 0 10
Davis 2 -12 0 3
Damkroger 13 34 0 11
Butts 12 37 0 9
Goeller 1 -1 0 -1
Powell 3 2 0 4
Hughes 1 7 0 7
O'Halleran 8 36 1 9
Totals 47 105 1 11
PASSING Att. Comp. Int. Yds. Long
Humm 30 9 1 168 37
Davis 10 3 0 6 5
Totals 40 12 1 174 37
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD Long
F.Anderson 2 45 1 37
Hughes 2 47 0 24
Linder 1 12 0 12
Butts 2 38 0 22
Hill 1 4 0 4
O'Halleran 1 5 0 5
Longwell 2 26 1 16
Britt 1 -3 0 -3
Totals 12 174 2 37
ALL RETURNS Punts K-offs Ints.
Butts 5—152
Powell 2—33
Hughes 2—45
Britt 1—24
Garson 1—8
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REDS
RUSHING Att. Yds. TD Long
Kinney 8 30 1 6
Olds 6 13 2 6
Tagge 4 -3 0 3
Carstens 6 34 0 12
Dixon 17 49 1 8
Runty 1 12 0 12
Coleman 2 21 0 18
Schmit 1 -2 0 -2
Totals 45 154 4 18
PASSING Att. Comp. Int. Yds. Long
Runty 9 7 0 146 47
Tagge 13 9 0 189 59
Coleman 3 2 0 8 4
Totals 25 18 0 343 59
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD Long
List 3 75 1 47
Rodgers 3 35 1 18
Kinney 3 82 0 59
Cox 4 87 1 58
Lackovic 4 55 0 40
Schmit 1 9 0 9
Totals 18 343 3 59
ALL RETURNS Punts K-offs Ints.
Rodgers 4—40 1—41
Blahak 1—91
Terrio 1—29
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