Nebraska 21North Carolina 17
Dec. 19, 1977 • 8 p.m. Central
Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN
• ABC
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F | ||
| Nebraska | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 | |
| North Carolina | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
Second Quarter
UNC: Brooks Williams 12 pass from Matt Kupec (Tom Biddle kick) 13:52
NEB: Dodie Donnell 15 run (Billy Todd kick) 11:00
UNC: Bob Loomis 10 pass from Kupec (Biddle kick) 3:11
Third Quarter
UNC: Biddle 47 field goal, 4:17
Fourth Quarter
NEB: Curtis Craig 10 pass from Randy Garcia (Todd kick) 10:51
NEB: Tim Smith 34 pass from Garcia (Todd kick) 3:16
NEB UNC
First downs .............. 21 17
By rushing .............. 11 10
By passing ............... 9 6
By penalty ............... 1 1
Net yards rushing ....... 206 169
Attempts ................ 52 55
Yards gained ........... 231 213
Yards lost .............. 25 44
Net yards passing ....... 161 93
Comp-Att-Int ....... 14-17-0 8-13-1
Total offense ....... 69-367 68-262
Int. returns-Yds ........ 1-1 0-0
Punts-Average ........ 3-37.0 3-40.3
Punt returns-Yds ...... 3-(-2) l-0
Kickoff returns-Yds .... 4-71 3-61
Times penalized-Yds .... 2-10 5-35
Fumbles-lost ............ 4-2 3-2
Possession time ........30:33 29:27
Attendance: 49,456
NEBRASKA RUSHING Att. Net TD Long Berns 7 38 0 11 Hipp 18 52 0 8 Sorley 8 21 0 14 Donnell 9 59 1 17 Craig 1 5 0 0 Anthony 6 39 0 12 Garcia 3 -8 0 1 TOTALS 52 206 1 17 PASSING Att. Com. Int. Yds TD Long Sorley 13 11 0 105 0 22 T. Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 Garcia 3 3 0 56 2 34 TOTALS 17 14 0 161 2 34 RECEIVING No. Yds TD Long Craig 4 53 1 19 T. Smith 4 78 1 34 Berns 2 9 0 5 Hipp 2 6 0 3 Miller 1 3 0 3 Spaeth 1 12 0 12 TOTALS 14 161 2 34 PUNTING No. Yds Avg. Long T. Smith 3 111 37 37 RETURNS Punts Kickoffs Int Brown 2-(-2) 0-0 0-0 DuFresne 0-0 1-13 0-0 Craig 0-0 3-58 0-0 Wurth 1-0 0-0 0-0 Cotton 0-0 0-0 1-1 TOTALS 3-(-2) 4-71 1-1 DEFENSE T A FR PBU BK Anderson 1 1 0 1 0 Valasek 2 3 0 0 0 Pillen 0 3 0 0 0 Carpenter 2 3 0 0 0 Kunz 11 7 0 1 0 Vering 5 5 0 0 0 Hansen 1 0 0 0 0 Weinmaster 9 2 1 0 0 Davis 1 0 0 0 0 Cotton 3 4 0 0 0 Lee 1 2 0 0 0 Poeschl 4 3 0 0 0 DuFresne 1 0 0 0 0 Pensick 5 2 1 0 0 Young 0 1 0 0 0 Andrews 10 9 0 0 0 Barnett 1 2 0 0 0 Samuel 6 6 0 0 0 Sims 2 0 0 0 0 Fischer 1 1 0 1 0 Rick 0 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 66 55 2 3 0
NORTH CAROLINA RUSHING Att. Net TD Long Collins 2 8 0 4 Lawrence 8 35 0 13 Kupec 14 -3 0 16 Paschall 16 77 0 28 Loomis 8 33 0 6 Johnson 6 16 0 6 Lee 1 -2 0 -2 TOTALS 55 169 0 28 PASSING Att. Com. Int. Yds TD Long Kupec 11 7 1 75 2 16 Lawrence 1 1 0 18 0 18 Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 13 8 1 93 2 18 RECEIVING No. Yds TD Long Williams 4 44 1 18 Paschall 1 16 0 16 Loomis 1 10 1 10 Finn 1 16 0 16 Collins 1 7 0 7 TOTALS 8 93 2 18 PUNTING No. Yds Avg. Long Elam 3 121 40.3 48 RETURNS Punts Kickoffs Int Collins 1-0 0-0 0-0 Powell 0-0 3-61 0-0 TOTALS 1-0 3-61 0-0 DEFENSE T A FR PBU BK Menapace 3 4 0 1 0 Cale 3 1 0 0 0 Caldwell 7 4 0 0 0 Winters 5 1 0 0 0 Dowdy 4 4 0 0 0 Gay, B. 6 4 1 0 0 Curry 8 10 0 1 0 Rhames 4 3 0 0 0 Broadway 3 4 0 0 0 Hardison 7 3 0 0 0 Lancaster 2 0 0 0 0 Simmons 7 5 0 0 0 Sheets 2 1 0 0 0 Biddle 1 0 0 0 0 McDaniels 1 7 0 0 0 Taylor 1 0 0 0 0 Mack 1 0 0 0 0 Donnalley 1 0 0 0 0 Duncan 1 1 0 0 0 Mabry 0 0 1 0 0 TOTALS 67 52 2 2 0
