Nebraska 19Texas 3
Jan. 1, 1974 • 1 p.m. Central
Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX
• CBS
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F | ||
| Nebraska | 0 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 19 | |
| Texas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
First Quarter
UT: Billy Schott 22 field goal, 9:30 (Drive: 8 plays, 34 yds)
Second Quarter
NU: Rich Sanger 24 field goal, 9:05 (Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard)
Third Quarter
NU: Ritch Bahe 12 run (Sanger kick) 3:05 (Drive: 8 plays, 59 yds)
NU: Tony Davis 3 run (kick blocked) 1:23 (Drive: 3 plays, 19 yds)
Fourth Quarter
NU: Sanger 43 field goal, 8:02 (Drive: 13 plays, 63 yds)
NU UT
FIRST DOWNS .......... 21 11
Rushing ............ 14 6
Passing ............. 5 4
Penalty ............. 2 1
NET YDS RUSHING ..... 240 106
Attempts ........... 58 37
Yards Gained ...... 260 132
Yards Lost ......... 20 26
NET YDS PASSING ...... 91 90
Comp-Att-Int ... 7-17-2 7-17-2
TOTAL OFFENSE .... 75-331 54-196
PUNTS-AVERAGE..... 3-40.0 4-39.8
FUMBLES-LOST ........ 3-1 6-3
PENALIZED-YARDS .... 4-51 2-30
Attendance: 67,500
Weather: Partly cloudy, 30 degrees
OUTSTANDING PLAYERS:
Tony Davis, NU; Wade Johnston, UT
RUSHING Att. Yds TD Tony Davis 28 106 1 Dave Humm 6 29 0 Ralph Powell 6 27 0 Ritch Bahe 7 26 1 Maury Damkroger 5 19 0 Steve Runty 1 16 0 John O'Leary 1 7 0 Jeff Moran 1 2 0 Earl Everett 2 3 0 Don Westbrook 1 5 0 PASSING Cmp Att Int Yds TD Dave Humm 5 13 2 75 0 Steve Runty 2 4 0 16 0 RECEIVING No. Yds TD Ritch Bahe 2 35 0 Frosty Anderson 1 20 0 Maury Damkroger 1 16 0 Brent Longwell 1 12 0 Tony Davis 2 8 0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg. Rich Sanger 3 120 40.0 RETURNS Punt Int KO B. Thornton 1-41 1-0 Borg 1-7 Manstedt 1-65* Johnson 1-0 O'Leary 1-21 * fumble return TACKLES AT UT TT Schneider 2 0 2 B. Thornton 2 1 3 Borg 3 1 4 Heydorff 3 1 4 Talley 1 0 0 Fischer 0 1 0 Powell 0 1 0 Sanger 0 1 0 Ruud 4 1 5 Starkebaum 5 2 7 Schmidt 0 1 0 Nelson 6 3 9 Alward 0 1 0 W. Thornton 1 0 0 Bell 5 2 7 Pate 1 1 2 Mills 1 1 2 Manstedt 2 3 5 Wieser 1 0 1 Martin 2 0 0 Dutton 3 1 4 Pruitt 3 0 3 Redding 2 1 3
RUSHING Att. Yds TD Roosevelt Leaks 13 48 0 Marty Akins 15 44 0 Lonnie Bennett 2 12 0 Joseph Aboussie 3 8 0 Raymond Clayborn 2 5 0 Mike Presley 2 -11 0 PASSING Cmp Att Int Yds TD Mike Presley 7 13 1 90 0 Marty Akins 0 4 1 0 0 RECEIVING No. Yds TD Parker Alford 3 32 0 Jim Moore 1 20 0 Pat Kelly 1 20 0 Raymond Clayborn 2 18 0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg. Mike Dean 4 159 39.8 RETURNS Punt Int KO Moore 1-21 Bizzell 1-16 Gaspard 1-11 Clayborn 4-72 Padgett 1-24 TACKLES AT UT TT Bizzell 4 5 9 Sarchet 1 0 0 Hamilton 9 0 9 Melancon 2 2 4 Clayborn 1 0 0 Yeoman 9 7 16 Bennettt 0 1 0 Johnston 11 6 17 Gaspard 10 5 15 Arnold 8 2 10 Minnick 7 1 8 Crosslin 0 1 0 Dahlberg 3 1 4 Simmons 0 1 0 Reese 3 3 6 English 2 1 3 Thruman 6 0 6 Boecker 2 0 2 Rutherford 4 1 5 Johnson 2 1 3 Milan 2 0 0
