Official recap Penn State tight end Kirk Bowman made a miraculous catch of a low Todd Blackledge pass deep in the Nebraska end zone with just four seconds left to lift the Lions to a 27-24 win over the Huskers, sending a Beaver Stadium record crowd of 85,304 into a frenzy. Thanks to a series of Nebraska errors, the Lions controlled the early stages of the game and led, 21-7, just into the third period before the Huskers started to rally. NU had pulled within 21-17 in the fourth quarter when quarterback Turner Gill, playing before the largest regular-season crowd ever to see Nebraska play and a national CBS-TV audience, guided the Huskers 80 yards in 13 plays in a drive that consumed 6:50, capping the drive himself on a 1-yard run with 1:18 left — only to see Blackledge take the Lions 65 yards in 10 plays. PSU COLLEGIAN: 1, 2, 3, PDF 2002 retrospectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 McCLOSKEY'S CONFESSION   SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska       0     7     7     10   —   24 
Penn State     7     7     7      6   —   27

PSU — Kirk Bowman 14 pass from Todd Blackledge
 (Massimo Manca kick).
PSU — Curt Warner 2 run (Manca kick].
NEB — Irving Fryar 30 pass from Turner Gill
 (Kevin Seibel kick).
PSU — Kenny Jackson 18 pass from Blackledge
 (Manca kick).
NEB — Mike Rozier 2 pass from Gill (Seibel kick).
NEB — FG Seibel 37.
NEB — Gill 1 run (Seibel kick).
PSU — Bowman 2 pass from Blackledge (kick failed).
A—85,304.
                          NEB       PSU 
First downs               23         30  
Rushes-yards          48-233     41-210  
Passing yards            239        295  
Return yards               0         13  
Passes               34-16-1    39-23-1  
Punts                 3-38.7     2-37.5  
Fumbles-lost             3-2        3-2  
Penalties-yards         4-35       2-10  
Time of possession     30:13      29:47

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING
NEB: Rozier 19-86, Gill 12-52, Fryar 1-45, Roger Craig 7-27,
     Doug Wilkening 8-23, Jeff Smith 1-0.
PSU: Warner 13-78, Jon Williams 10-65, Skeeter Nichols 7-32,
     Joel Coles 4-20, Todd Blackledge 5-8, Mumford 2-7.

PASSING
NEB: Gill 34-16-1-239. 
PSU: Blackledge 39-23-1-295.

RECEIVING
NEB: Fryar 7-112, Todd Brown 3-60, Ricky Simmons 2-28,
     Jamie Williams 1-18, Mitch Krenk 1-11, Wilkening 1-8, Rozier 1-2.
PSU: Gregg Garrity 5-75, Jackson 5-73, Mike McCloskey 4-68,
     Warner 3-47, Williams 3-0, Bowman 2-16, Nichols 1-16.