 Official recap
Nebraska used 105 players, including 17 with rushing attempts and nine who scored, as the Huskers rolled to a Homecoming victory over Kansas State and mathematically clinched their 26th-consecutive winning season, tying the NCAA record. Husker ballcarriers netted 459 rushing yards, led by Tyreese Knox's 100. Quarterbacks Steve Taylor and Clete Blakeman combined to complete 13 of 17 passes for 203 yards. Although the defense yielded a second-quarter field goal, it kept a third-straight opponent out of the end zone.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: 1-2
SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
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Nebraska 56
Kansas State 3
Oct. 24, 1987
Lincoln, NEKansas State 0 3 0 0 — 3
Nebraska 21 14 14 7 — 56
First Quarter
NEB — Steve Taylor 49 run (Chris Drennan kick). 13:18.
NEB — Tom Banderas 15 pass from Taylor
(Drennan kick), 8:23.
NEB — Richard Bell 46 run (Drennan kick), 0:25.
Second Quarter
NEB — Clete Blakeman 1 run (Drennan kick), 7:07.
KSU — FG Mark Porter 29, 2:24.
NEB — Hendley Hawkins 40 pass from Blakeman
(Drennan kick), 0:00.
Third Quarter
NEB — Micah Heibel 3 run (Drennan kick), 8:17.
NEB — Gerry Gdowski 10 run (Drennan kick), 0:41.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Tyreese Knox 50 run (Drennan kick), 10:53.
A—76,106.
KSU Neb.
First downs 15 26
Rushes-yards 29-97 67-459
Passing yards 150 203
Returns-yards 1-4 6-43
Passes 15-33-1 13-17-0
Sacks by 0-0 1-1
Punts-avg. 9-30 1-46
Fumbles-lost 2-0 2-2
Penalties-yards 7-45 6-47
Time of possession 23:36 36:24
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
RUSHING
Kansas State, Lee Pickett 9-44, Tom Dillon 3-18, Jordan 7-16.
Nebraska, Knox 8-100, Heibel 9-60, Ken Clark 11-55, Bell 1-46,
Keith Jones 8-41, Dana Brinson 6-40.
PASSING
Kansas State, Gary Swim 12-29-1-118, Tim Hanson 2-3-0-24.
Nebraska, Blakeman 9-10-0-165, Taylor 4-7-0-38.
RECEIVING
Kansas State, Kent Dean 5-59, Dan Hughes 2-26, Jordan 2-6.
Nebraska, Morgan Gregory 4-39, Todd Millikan 3-46,
Tom Banderas 2-22, Hawkins 1-40.
MISSED FIELD GOALS
Kansas State, Porter 37.
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