Official recap
The finale to Nebraska spring football practice offered daring coaching tactics, the explosive and record-breaking running of Roger Craig and, just 24 seconds before the final gun, a touchdown and two-point conversion that left the Whites a 22-21 winner over the Reds.
Quarterback Turner Gill scored on an 11-yard run and added the two-point conversion to climax a desperation drive for the victory. The Whites moved for their touchdown in just over a minute after gaining possession at their own 46 with 1:30 to play.
Craig ran for a spring game record of 126 yards on just 11 carries.
Full recap here.
SPRING-GAME HISTORY
SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
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Whites 22
Reds 21
Spring 1981
Lincoln, NEWhite 0 7 7 8 — 22
Red 14 0 7 0 — 21
First Quarter
RED — Craig 2 run (Seibel kick) 11:32
RED — Craig 61 run (Seibel kick) 1:50
Second Quarter
WHI — Burke 1 run (Neil kick) 0:41
Third Quarter
WHI — Rogan 1 run (Neil kick) 10:19
RED — Moravec 15 run (Seibel kick) 1:24
Fourth Quarter
WHI — Gill 11 run (Gill run) 0:24
Attendance: 25,431 (new record)
WHITE
Rushing Att Gain Loss Net TD Lng
Patterson 1 4 0 4 0 4
Burke 3 4 0 4 1 2
Brungardt 7 33 0 33 0 8
Rogan 5 13 0 13 1 4
Ripa 3 7 0 7 0 4
Hill, P. 1 2 0 2 0 2
Gill 9 47 2 45 1 13
Mathison 11 100 0 100 0 22
Fryar 1 0 7 -7 0 0
Thompson 2 17 0 17 0 15
Thomas 1 17 0 17 0 17
Greene 2 20 0 20 0 15
TOTALS 46 264 9 255 3 22
Passing Att Cp Int Yds TD Lng
Gill 16 6 2 82 0 21
Mathison 18 5 1 88 0 25
TOTALS 34 11 3 170 0 25
Receiving No. Yds TD Long
Simmons 1 17 0 17
Brungardt 1 10 0 10
Krenk 3 28 0 13
Norberg 3 53 0 21
Fryar 1 15 0 15
Sorenson 1 22 0 22
Wehrle 1 25 0 25
TOTALS 11 170 0 25
Punting No. Yds Avg. Long
Campbell 4 188 47.0 54
Field Goals Att. Made Long
Neil 2 0 -
Returns Punts K-offs Intcp
Fryar 1-14 1-21
Daum 1-14
Clarke 1-25
TOTALS 1-14 1-21 2-39
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RED
Rushing Att Gain Loss Net TD Lng
Borer 1 1 0 1 0 1
Russell 4 14 0 14 0 6
Craig 11 131 5 126 2 61
J. Smith 10 57 5 52 0 13
Bates 3 14 0 14 0 6
Moravec 4 20 1 19 1 15
Mauer 10 47 14 33 0 17
Sundberg 6 52 22 30 0 20
Steels 2 23 0 23 0 14
Curry 1 0 0 0 0 0
P. Smith 1 2 0 2 0 2
McCowan 3 9 0 9 0 5
Seibel 1 11 0 11 0 11
TOTALS 57 381 47 334 3 61
Passing Att Cp. Int Yds TD Lng
Mauer 16 8 0 93 0 22
Sundburg 10 2 2 27 0 17
TOTALS 26 10 2 120 0 22
Receiving No. Yds. TD Long
Woodard 2 30 0 21
J.Williams 2 13 0 8
D. Hill 2 27 0 22
Steels 2 23 0 13
Curry 2 27 0 17
TOTALS 10 120 0 22
Punting No. Yds Avg. Long
Seibel 4 153 38.3 53
Field Goals Att. Made Long
Seibel - - -
Returns Punts K-offs Intcp
Steels 1-13
Haywood 1-0
Kramer 1-1
Graeber 1-3
Van Norman 1-0
TOTAL 2-14 3-3
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