 Official recap
Keith Jones sprinted 62 yards to the Arizona State 8-yard line, setting up a 3-yard touchdown run by Steve Taylor with 3:37 left in the game, giving second-ranked Nebraska a 35-28 win over the 12th-ranked Sun Devils. Moments before Jones' long run, ASU had taken advantage of a Taylor fumble at the NU 13, and had driven in to tie the game at 28 on Darryl Harris' 1-yard run. Even after Taylor's score, the Huskers needed a Steve Forch interception at their 30 with 2:38 to go to seal the victory.
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Nebraska 35
Arizona State 28
Sept. 26, 1987
Tempe, AZNebraska 0 14 7 14 — 35
Arizona State 0 6 15 7 — 28
Second Quarter
NEB — Steve Taylor 1 run (Chris Drennan kick), 13:10.
ASU — FG Alan Zendejas 36, 7:15.
NEB — Micah Heibel 1 run (Drennan kick), 2:19.
ASU — FG Zendejas 28, 0:00.
Third Quarter
ASU — Chris Garrett 2 pass from Daniel Ford
(Channing Williams pass from Ford), 10:50.
NEB — Keith Jones 1 run (Drennan kick), 7:49.
ASU — Darryl Harris 4 run (Zendejas kick), 2:45.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Rod Smith 12 pass from Taylor
(Drennan kick), 11:22.
ASU — Harris 1 run (Zendejas kick), 4:55.
NEB — Taylor 3 run (Drennan kick), 3:37.
A—71,264.
Neb. ASU
First downs 22 23
Rushes-yards 54-364 44-177
Passing yards 200 95
Returns-yards 5-1 4-28
Passes 7-17-1 15-34-3
Sacks by 3-13 2-9
Punts-avg. 4-42 5-39
Fumbles-lost 3-2 2-0
Penalties-yards 9-66 5-40
Time of possession 29:22 30:38
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: Nebraska, K. Jones 17-145, Taylor 19-122. Arizona State, Harris 26-110, Williams 9-42.
Passing: Nebraska, Taylor 6-16-1-69, Clete Blakeman 1-1-0-26. Arizona State, Ford 15-34-3-200.
Receiving: Nebraska, Todd Millikan 3-62, Dana Brinson 2-14. Arizona State, Aaron Cox 5-109, Tony Johnson 3-58, Garrett 3-16.
Missed field goals: none.
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