 Official recap
Starting against Kansas for the second-straight year, senior quarterback Clete Blakeman again made the most of the opportunity. With regular quarterback Steve Taylor on the bench with a bruised shoulder, Blakeman completed 10-of-12 passes for 100 yards and a touchdown, and rushed for 26 more yards. In 1986 he had led the Huskers to a 70-0 win at Kansas when Taylor was out with injuries. While Blakeman directed the offense, the Husker defense limited the Jayhawks to eight first downs and 138 total yards.
SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
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Nebraska 54
Kansas 2
Oct. 10, 1987
Lincoln, NEKansas 0 0 0 2 — 2
Nebraska 17 10 14 13 — 54
First Quarter
NEB — Micah Heibel 3 run (Chris Drennan kick), 11:16.
NEB — Tyreese Knox 1 run (Drennan kick), 6:26.
NEB — FG Drennan 40, 1:09.
Second Quarter
NEB — Ken Clark 4 run (Drennan kick), 8:54.
NEB — FG Drennan 43, 3:09.
Third Quarter
NEB — Tom Banderas 16 pass from Clete Blakeman
(Drennan kick), 9:28.
NEB — Clark 22 run (Drennan kick).
Fourth Quarter
KAN — Safety, punt blocked out of end zone, 13:14.
NEB — Jon Kelley 52 run (Dave Cheloha kick failed), 9:30.
NEB — Bryan Carpenter 4 run (Craig Schnitzler kick), 0:22.
A—76,053.
Kan. Neb.
First downs 8 23
Rushes-yards 39-74 58-363
Passing yards 64 100
Returns-yards 3-28 8-77
Passes 6-13-0 9-23-2
Sacks by 1-7 2-14
Punts-avg. 12-36 5-30
Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-yards 12-104 8-71
Time of possession 28:30 31:30
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: Kansas, Frank Hatchett 12-40, Mike Rogers 8-16. Nebraska, Kelley 5-62, Gerry Gdowski 5-58, Clark 8-58, Dana Brinson 3-47.
Passing: Kansas, Kevin Verdugo 9-23-2-64. Nebraska, Blakeman 10-12-0-100.
Receiving: Kansas, Ronnie Caldwell 3-36, John Baker 3-16. Nebraska, Rod Smith 2-36.
Missed field goals: none.
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