
Official recap
Nebraska jumped to a 28-0 first-half lead then coasted to its 10th straight win, a victory that assured the Huskers of their 19th consecutive season with at least nine victories. The second-ranked Cornhuskers rolled up a season-high 666 total-offense yards, the eighth-highest figure in school history. I-back Keith Jones led the way with a then-career-high 240 rushing yards. The Husker defense was also outstanding, yielding just 212 yards.
UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATED PRESS
SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
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Nebraska 42
Iowa State 3
Nov. 7, 1987
Lincoln, NEIowa State 0 0 3 0 — 3
Nebraska 14 14 7 7 — 42
First Quarter
NEB — Steve Taylor 9 run (Chris Drennan kick), 11:15.
NEB — Micah Heibel 3 run (Drennan kick), 2:04.
Second Quarter
NEB — Tyreese Knox 6 run (Drennan kick), 12:37.
NEB — Keith Jones 27 run (Drennan kick), 10:11.
Third Quarter
NEB — K. Jones 69 run (Drennan kick), 14:08.
ISU — FG Jeff Shudak 44, 8:19.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Gerry Gdowski 3 run (Craig Schnitzler kick), 5:15.
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ISU Neb.
First downs 12 30
Rushes-yards 38-66 70-604
Passing yards 146 62
Returns-yards 1-23 2-16
Passes 11-21-1 6-12-1
Sacks by 1-5 2-17
Punts-avg. 5-31 0-0
Fumbles-lost 4-3 5-3
Penalties-yards 1-5 4-41
Time of possession 27:12 32:48
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: Iowa State, Joe Henderson 21-67, Edwin Jones 4-15. Nebraska, K. Jones 15-240, Knox 14-118, Taylor 9-96.
Passing: Iowa State, Derek DeGennaro 8-14-0-105, Brett Sadek 3-7-1-41. Nebraska, Taylor 4-7-1-39, Clete Blakeman 2-5-0-23.
Receiving: Iowa State, Dennis Ross 4-66, Mike Busch 3-29, Eddie Bridges 2-31, Tom Schulting 2-20. Nebraska, Rod Smith 4-37.
Missed field goals: Iowa State, Shudak 39.
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