Official recap Nebraska made its first Rose Bowl appearance in 44 seasons and the No. 1-ranked Huskers made the most of it, turning in by far their best early-season performance in rolling to a 42-3 romp over eighth-ranked (AP) UCLA in a game televised to nearly all of the nation by CBS. The Huskers sacked Bruin quarterbacks eight times as Nebraska handed the two-time defending Pac-Ten and Rose Bowl champs their worst loss in 14 years. But in recording their first win ever in California, NU lost I-back Jeff Smith to a first-half ankle injury that was to plague him most of the season. L.A. TIMES | UPI | AP VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 42
UCLA 3

Nebraska     6    15    7    14    —   42 
UCLA         0     0    3     0    —    3

First Quarter
NEBR — Jeff Smith 8 run (Scott Livingston
 kick failed), 8:06
Second Quarter
NEBR — Craig Sundberg 4 run (Jason Gamble 
 pass from Sundberg), 3:40
NEBR — Tom Rathman 3 run (Livingston kick), 12:59
Third Quarter
UCLA — FG John Lee 34, 6:58
NEBR — Shane Swanson 19 run (Livingston kick), 13:03
Fourth Quarter
NEBR — Doug DuBose 64 run (Dale Klein kick), 1:18
NEBR — Paul Miles 4 run (Klein kick), 9:17
A—71,355.
                      NEBR      UCLA
First downs             26        16
Rushes-yards        62-364     33-41 
Passing yards          104       165 
  Comp-Att-Int     10-19-1   20-43-1
Total offense       81-468    76-206
Return yards            62        24
Sacks by              8-46      1-11
Punts                 6-32     10-39
Fumbles-lost           3-1       3-2
Penalties-yards       4-30      5-34
Time of possession   31:27     28:33

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
NEBR: Smith 20-123, DuBose 8-104, Rathman 11-52, Miles 8-41.
UCLA: Danny Andrews 8-32, Bryan Wiley 4-19.

Passing
NEBR: Sundberg 10-17-1-104.
UCLA: Matt Stevens 13-28-1-119, Rod Norrie 7-15-0-46.

Receiving
NEBR: Swanson 3-33, Scott Kimball 2-21.
UCLA: Andrews 7-52, Mike Sherrard 3-37, Derek Tennell 3-16.

Missed field goals: None