 Official recap
New Mexico may have been an unknown quantity when it came into Memorial Stadium, but the Lobos quickly got Nebraska's attention by driving 83 yards in six plays after the opening kickoff. Down 7-0, Nebraska rallied for a hard-fought 38-7 win, but not before giving up 379 total yards. Paul Miles filled in at I-back for the injured Doug DuBose and rushed for a career-high 189 yards in his first career start.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
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Nebraska 38
New Mexico 7
Oct. 5, 1985
Lincoln, NENew Mexico 7 0 0 0 — 0
Nebraska 7 7 10 14 — 38
First Quarter
NM — Willie Turral 29 run (Joe Bibbo kick), 2:40
NU — McCathorn Clayton 1 run (Dale Klein kick) 8:57.
Second Quarter
NU — Clayton 2 run (Klein kick), 14:02.
Third Quarter
NU — Paul Miles 59 run (Klein kick). 1:30.
NU — FG Chris Drennan 42, 14:31,
Fourth Quarter
NU — Tom Banderas 14 pass from Travis Turner
(Klein kick), 7:24.
NU — Ken Kaelin 14 run (Dave Cheloha kick) 11:47.
A—75,902.
NM NU
First downs 20 24
Rushes-yards 46-156 63-365
Passing yards 223 134
Return yards 0 67
Passes 14-31-4 7-13-0
Sacks by 2-8 9-59
Punts 7-34 4-41
Fumbles-lost 3-1 8-4
Penalties-yards 3-17 3-35
Time of possession 32:15 27:45
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: New Mexico, Turral 16-86, Billy Rucker 6-43. Nebraska, Miles 24-189, Tom Rathman 10-60.
Passing: New Mexico, Ned James 12-27-3-182, Rucker 2-4-1-41. Nebraska, Clayton 4-9-0-91, Travis Turner 2-3-0-38.
Receiving: New Mexico, Terance Mathis 5-77, Chris Buford 3-57, Glenn Rogers 2-30. Nebraska, Todd Frain 2-43, Rod Smith 2-35.
Missed field goals: New Mexico, Bibbo 47. Nebraska, Klein 27.
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