Official recap
Nebraska's Black Shirts went on a record rampage and the offense waltzed on a Field Day as the Cornhuskers blasted Kansas, 55-0.
It was Nebraska's 25th straight without a defeat and the Black Shirts' second straight Big 8 shutout.
So potent was the NU defense that Kansas was held to a record minus-42 yards rushing and only 56 yards of total offense.
Meanwhile, Nebraska's offense went on a swinging spree. The Huskers rushed for 411 yards and had a 538-56 bulge on the Jayhawks.
Jeff Kinney scored TDs on runs of one and 66 yards, Johnny Rogers caught a 37-yard TD pass and ran 13 yards for another, QBs Jerry Tagge and Van Brownson each plunged for a score, and Gary Dixon got his fourth TD of the season.
The capper came when Pat Fischer — the fifth family member to play for the Cornhuskers (son of Coach Cletus Fischer) — intercepted a Jayhawk pass and returned it 14 yards to score.
H'MAX NOTES: The Jayhawks' initial first down didn't come until the third quarter. … Defensive plays -- a Bob Terrio interception and a forced fumble by Dick Rupert -- set up two of the Huskers' first-half touchdowns.
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Nebraska 55
Kansas 0
Oct. 16, 1971
Lincoln, NE
Kansas 0 0 0 0 — 0
Nebraska 14 14 13 14 — 55
First Quarter
NEB — Jeff Kinney 1 run (Rich Sanger kick) 7:50
NEB — Gary Dixon 1 run (Sanger kick) 2:40
Second Quarter
NEB — Jerry Tagge 1 run (Sanger kick) 4:19
NEB — Johnny Rodgers 37 pass from Tagge
(Sanger kick) 1:33
Third Quarter
NEB — Kinney 66 run (Sanger kick) 10:58
NEB — Rodgers 13 run (kick failed) 5:57
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Van Brownson 1 run (Sanger kick) 2:15
NEB — Pat Fischer 14 pass interception
(Sanger kick) 2:02
KAN NEB
First Downs .............. 7 23
Rushing, net ...... 35-(-42) 67-411
Passing, net ............ 98 127
Comp.-Att.-Int. ... 7-21-3 12-25-2
Total offense ........... 56 538
Return yards ............. 8 20
Fumbles lost ............. 5 1
Punts-average ......... 1-40 2-37
Yards penalized ......... 35 97
LEADING NU RUSHERS
Jeff Kinney 104, Gary Dixon 104, Bill Olds 75.
LEADING NU PASSER
Jerry Tagge 10 of 18—108.
NU TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS
Jeff Kinney and Gary Dixon — 104.
ATTENDANCE: 68,331 (record)
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