Official recap Nebraska was guilty of six fumbles and five turnovers, but rolled to a 56-12 win over Utah State as the Huskers amassed 515 rushing yards and held the Aggies to minus-1 yard on the ground. Steve Taylor broke a 35-year-old school quarterback record by rushing for 157 yards and I-back Keith Jones had 118 yards and three touchdowns rushing. The Husker defense recorded eight quarterback sacks. Nebraska tied its own Big Eight record with two punt-return touchdowns, 57 yards by Dana Brinson and 80 by Rod Smith. SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 56
Utah State

Utah State       0     3     3     6   —   12
Nebraska         7    21    21     7   —   56

First Quarter
NEB — Keith Jones 1 run (Chris Drennan kick), 10:31. 
Second Quarter
NEB — K. Jones 1 run (Drennan kick), 13:43.
USU — FG Dean Garner 29, 6:48.
NEB — Dana Brinson 57 punt return (Drennan kick), 3:09.
NEB — Steve Taylor 44 run (Drennan kick), 1:24. 
Third Quarter
USU — FG Garner 26, 12:03.
NEB — Taylor 58 run (Drennan kick), 10:19.
NEB — K. Jones 13 run (Drennan kick), 7:47.
NEB — Rod Smith 80 punt return (Drennan kick), 4:05.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Clete Blakeman 10 run (Drennan), 14:54.
USU — Timo Tagloa 50 pass from Russ Widerburg
 (Widerburg pass failed), 8:36.
A—75,910.
                       USU        Neb.
First downs            14         32
Rushes-yards           29-(-l)    67-515
Passing yards          226        88
Return-yards           3-7        7-205
Passes                 19-46-1    7-19-2
Sacks by               1-9        8-59
Punts-avg.             10-40      3-26
Fumbles-lost           2-0        6-3
Penalties-yards        4-24       7-75
Time of possession     29:25      30:35