Official recap
Visions of Seminole upsets past danced in the minds of Nebraska fans when Sammie Smith raced 57 yards to give Florida State a 14-10 lead with 33 seconds left in the first half. But a third upset in four Memorial Stadium visits was not in the cards for FSU as the Huskers outscored the Seminoles, 24-3, in the second half, with the NU defense holding the visitors to minus-two yards after halftime. Nebraska posted a 34-17 win in the first-ever Memorial Stadium night game.
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Nebraska 34
Florida State 17
Sept. 6, 1986
Lincoln, NEFlorida State 7 7 3 0 — 17
Nebraska 0 10 14 10 — 34
First Quarter
FSU — Victor Floyd 30 pass from Chip Ferguson
(Derek Schmidt kick), 12:11
Second Quarter
NEB — Steve Taylor 20 run (Dale Klein kick), 9:11
NEB — FG Klein 33, 0:51
FSU — Sammie Smith 57 run (Schmidt kick), 0:33
Third Quarter
FSU — FG Schmidt 46, 10:12
NEB — Taylor 6 run (Klein kick), 5:15
NEB — Todd Millikan 12 pass from Taylor
(Klein kick), 0:45
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Von Sheppard 46 pass from Taylor 
(Klein kick), 10:09
NEB — FG Klein 38, 1:23
A—75,865.
FSU NEB
First downs 8 24
Rushes-yards 31-76 63-297
Passing yards 97 130
Comp-Att-Int 9-17-0 10-16-0
Return yards -3 26
Sacks by 0-0 7-44
Punts 9-35 3-34
Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-1
Penalties-yards 7-66 10-101
3rd Down Conversions 1-12 6-14
4th Down Conversions 0-1 2-2
Time of possession 22:42 37:18
RUSHING
FSU: Smith 9-72, Floyd 5-44, T. Holloman 1-2,
Ross 3-minus-1, Williams 5-minus-2,
Ferguson 8-minus-39.
NEB: Taylor 22-139, Keith Jones 17-58, Kelley 9-35,
Kaelin 5-32, Heibel 6-20, Sheppard 2-14,
Blakeman 1-1, Brinson 1-minus-2.
PASSING
FSU: Ferguson 9-17-0-97.
NEB: Taylor 10-16-0-130.
RECEIVING
FSU: Herb Gainer 2-23, Paul Carter 2-13, Floyd 1-30,
D. Holloman 1-13, Williams 1-11, White 1-9,
Ross 1-minus-2.
NEB: Sheppard 2-54, Willie Griffin 2-21, Dana Brinson 2-11,
Gamble 1-13, Schnitlzer 1-13, Millikan 1-12, Kelley 1-6.
Missed field goals: Nebraska, Klein 49.
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