 Official recap
Stunned by UCLA the week before, Nebraska's Cornhuskers bounced back in convincing fashion by beating Texas A&M, 37-7, before a record home crowd of 76,042.
Nebraska drove 86 yards for its first home touchdown and took advantage of an Aggie fumble for its second. Two Dave Humm TDs accounted for a 14-0 first quarter lead.
The Huskers got a second quarter tally from Maury Damkroger, added a Humm-to-Jerry List TD pass in the third quarter, then scored twice in the final period to fold up a 37-0 lead. Texas A&M scored with 3:29 left in the game against the NU reserves.
Nebraska's defense played a big role, holding the Aggies to only 75 yards on the ground and 154 yards passing. The Huskers served notice they'd have a potent offense, piling up 468 yards — 252 rushing and 215 passing.
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Nebraska 37
Texas A&M
Sept. 16, 1972
Lincoln, NETexas A&M 0 0 0 7 — 7
Nebraska 14 7 7 9 — 37
First Quarter
NEB — Dave Humm (1 run; Rich Sanger kick), 8:20
NEB — Humm (1 run; Sanger kick), :13
Second Quarter
NEB — Maury Damkroger (1 run; Sanger kick), 4:12
Third Quarter
NEB — Jerry List (9, pass from Humm;
Sanger kick), 7:26
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Sanger (54, field goal), 14:34
NEB — Ritch Bahe (12, pass from Steve Runty;
Sanger's kick failed), 9:03
A&M — Homer May (29, pass from Don Dean;
Pat McDermott kick), 3:29
NU A&M
First Downs ........... 26 13
Rushing, Net ........... 252 75
Passes, Comp-Att-Int ... 13-21-1 15-27-0
Passing, Net ........... 215 154
Total Offense .......... 468 229
Return yards ........... 111 1
Punts .................. 2-29 5-37
Fumbles-Lost ........... 1-0 5-3
Penalties-Yards ........ 2-18 2-10
LEADING NU RUSHER: Gary Dixon 62, Dave Goeller 45.
LEADING NU PASSER: Dave Humm 10 of 17 — 181.
NU TOTAL OFFENSE LEADER: Dave Humm — 174.
ATTENDANCE: 76,042
NU OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME: Dave Humm.
NU DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME: Dave Mason.
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