 Official recap
Sparked by sophomore I-back Mike Rozier's 93-yard touchdown run, the Huskers rolled to their second-straight Big Eight win—a 49-3 romp at Kansas State which saw the Big Red pile up 674 yards' total offense, while holding the Wildcats to 136. The performance gave Nebraska two-game figures of 1,393 yards on offense and 282 yards on defense.
Rozier finished the day with 153 yards on just nine carries, while quarterback Turner Gill had another outstanding day, completing 10 of 14 passes for two touchdowns, and rushing 14 times for 72 yards.
Steve Willis' 33-yard third-quarter field goal provided Kansas State's only points as the Husker defense did not give up a touchdown for a third-straight game.
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
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Nebraska 49
Kansas State 3
Oct. 17, 1981
Manhattan, KSNebraska 14 14 0 21 — 49
Kansas State 0 0 3 0 — 3
NEB — Jamie Williams 23 pass from Turner Gill
(Kevin Seibel kick)
NEB — Williams 13 pass from Gill (Seibel kick)
NEB — Mike Rozier 93 run (Seibel kick)
NEB — Mark Moravec 2 run (Seibel kick)
KSU — FG Steve Willis 33
NEB — Irving Fryar 49 pass from Mark Mauer
(Seibel kick)
NEB — Fryar 9 run (Seibel kick)
NEB — Bruce Mathison 1 run (Seibel kick)
A-44,915
NU KSU
First downs 34 8
Rushes-yards 62-451 39-86
Passing yards 223 50
Return yards 38 5
Passes 13-19-1 5-12-1
Punts 1-46.0 11-41.2
Fumbles-lost 8-3 3-0
Penalties-yards 4-31 5-49
Time of possession 32:10 27:50
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing Nebraska, Rozier 9-153, Gill 14-72, Roger Craig 13-59, Doug Wilkening 4-49, Tim Brungardt 7-46, Moravec 7-40. Kansas State, Barton Hundley 13-43, Kilisimasi Toluao 4-27.
Passing Nebraska, Gill 10-14-0-141, Mauer 3-3-0-82. Kansas State, Darrell Ray Dickey 4-9-1-51.
Receiving Nebraska, Williams 3-51, Craig 3-30, Mitch Krenk 2-38, Anthony Steels 2-24. Kansas State, Mike Cox 1-22, Eric Mack 1-12.
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