Official recap
Nebraska gave up a safety on the opening kickoff to fall behind for the fourth straight week, but recovered to roll up a 38-5 halftime lead over Kansas State. Then, however, frustration set in. After a scoreless third quarter (scoreless only because K-State fumbled at the Husker three), the Wildcats scored on the first play of the fourth quarter, recovered an onside kick and scored in three plays, recovered another Husker fumble and drove 63 yards in nine plays. With 8:57 still remaining, Kansas State was back in the game at 38-25, but Nebraska responded with two quick drives capped by Turner Gill touchdown runs and iced the game, 51-25. I-back Mike Rozier had his first 200-yard-plus game of the season with 227 yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries, and moved past Oklahoma's Steve Owens and Joe Washington into second place on the Big Eight career rushing chart with 4,078 yards. He trailed only Oklahoma State's Terry Miller at 4,582.
SERIES HISTORY
SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
 |
Nebraska 51
Kansas State 25
Oct. 15, 1983
Manhattan, KSNebraska 21 17 0 13 — 51
Kansas State 2 3 0 20 — 25
First Quarter
KS — Safety, Mike Rozier downed ball in end zone, 0:06.
NU — Rozier 4 run (Mike Livingston kick), 5:32.
NU — Turner Gill 1 run (Livingston kick), 10:04.
NU — Jim Skow 31 interception return (Livingston kick), 11:51.
Second Quarter
KS — FG Steve Willis 28, 1:04.
NU — Rozier 5 run (Livingston kick), 3:53.
NU — FG Livingston 29, 11:24.
NU — Rozier 22 run (Livingston kick), 11:48.
Fourth Quarter
KS — Stan Weber 1 run (Willis kick), 0:03.
KS — Lemuel James 30 run (Willis kick), 0:56.
KS — Mike Russell 8 pass from Weber (Greg
Dageforde pass failed), 6:03.
NU — Gill 3 run (Gill pass failed), 7:36.
NU — Gill 5 run (Livingston kick), 11:12.
Attendance: 44,150.
NU KSU
First downs 21 24
Rushes-yards 47-334 58-235
Passing yards 95 142
Return yards 39 - 3
Passes 6-15-0 12-27-3
Sacks by 3-17 0-0
Punts 1-47 3-39
Fumbles-lost 5-2 5-2
Penalties-yards 6-77 5-30
Time of possession 19:33 40:27
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
Nebraska, Rozier 23-227, Gill 10-38.
Kansas State. Weber 24-113, Dageforde 19-65, James 4-41.
Passing
Nebraska, Gill 5-14-0-62, Nate Mason 1-1-0-33.
Kansas State, Weber 12-27-3-142.
Receiving
Nebraska, Monte Engebritson 2-46, Scott Kimball 1-33.
Kansas State. Russell 3-41, Mike Wallace 2-35, Eric Bailey 2-24, Darrel Wild 2-17.
Missed field goals
None.
|
