 Official recap
Twelfth-ranked Oklahoma State, off to a 5-0 start and riding an eight-game win string, both 42-year bests, had high hopes of pulling off an upset of No. 2 Nebraska, but the Cornhuskers dominated the game from the beginning and remained unbeaten against the Cowboys since 1961. Nebraska yielded only 43 rushing yards (seven on nine carries to OSU All-American and then-NCAA rushing leader Thurman Thomas), and stifled the Cowboys' only scoring threat on a Charles Fryar interception in the end zone in the second quarter.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
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Nebraska 35
Oklahoma State 0
Oct. 17, 1987
Stillwater, OKNebraska 7 14 7 7 — 35
Oklahoma State 0 0 0 0 — 0
First Quarter
NEB — Rod Smith 29 pass from Steve Taylor
(Chris Drennan kick), 5:48.
Second Quarter
NEB — Ken Clark 28 run (Drennan kick), 10:30.
NEB — Keith Jones 5 run (Drennan kick), 0:33.
Third Quarter
NEB — K. Jones 17 run (Drennan kick), 6:08.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Clark 1 run (Drennan kick), 11:43.
A—50,440.
Neb. OSU
First downs 36 16
Rushes-yards 74-466 22-43
Passing yards 151 221
Returns-yards 6-31 0-0
Passes 8-13-0 20-43-1
Sacks by 4-19 1-5
Punts-avg. 4-40 7-50
Fumbles-lost 3-1 2-1
Penalties-yards 6-31 4-20
Time of possession 38:06 21:54
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: Nebraska, K. Jones 21-115, Clark 9-83, Dana Brinson 6-52, Micah Heibel 6-50, Taylor 11-43. Oklahoma State, Barry Sanders 7-60, Thomas 9-7.
Passing: Nebraska, Taylor 7-12-0-140, Clete Blakeman 1-1-0-11. Oklahoma State, Mike Gundy, 20-43-1-221.
Receiving: Nebraska, R. Smith 3-66, Brinson 3-55. Oklahoma State, Hart Lee Dykes 5-113, Jarrod Green 5-49, Ronnie Williams 5-28.
Missed field goals: Nebraska, Drennan 43.
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