 Official recap
Seventh-ranked Nebraska scored on a 73-yard run by Ken Clark and an 86-yard interception by Charles Fryar in the first 3:31, then stunned 10th-ranked OSU with a 35-0 first quarter. The Huskers led, 42-0, before yielding the most points ever recorded against a Tom Osborne-coached team—in the highest scoring game in Memorial Stadium history. Clark was Big Eight offensive player-of-the-week after rushing for 256 yards, the second-highest total in Nebraska history. Quarterback Steve Taylor had five total-offense touchdowns, giving him a school career-record 55.
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Nebraska 63
Oklahoma State 42
Oct. 15,
1988
Lincoln, NEOklahoma State 0 21 7 14 — 42
Nebraska 35 14 7 7 — 63
First Quarter
NEB — Ken Clark 73 run (Chris Drennan kick), 13:55
NEB — Charles Fryar 86 interception return
(Drennan kick), 11:29.
NEB — Clark 9 run (Drennan kick), 9:16.
NEB — Steve Taylor 60 run (Drennan kick), 4:09.
NEB — Taylor 43 run (Drennan kick), 1:05.
Second Quarter
NEB — Clark 2 run (Drennan kick), 11:42.
OSU — Barry Sanders 9 run (Cary Blanchard kick), 8:45.
OSU — Sanders 1 run (Blanchard kick), 6:41.
NEB — Todd Millikan 32 pass from Taylor
(Drennan kick), 1:50.
OSU — Hart Lee Dykes 12 pass from Mike Gundy
(Blanchard kick), 0:03.
Third Quarter
NEB — Millikan 13 pass from Taylor (Drennan kick), 6:35.
OSU — Sanders 1 run (Blanchard kick), 1:56.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Taylor 9 run (Gregg Barrios kick), 9:49.
OSU — Sanders 4 run (Blanchard kick), 5:46.
OSU — Mitch Nash 20 pass from Gundy (Blanchard kick), 1:34.
A—76,432.
OSU NEB
First downs 27 28
Rushes-yards 44-208 60-570
Passing yards 247 92
Comp-Att-Int 17-30-3 6-11-1
Returns-yards 2-32 4-97
Sacks by 0-0 2-11
Punts-avg. 4-43 1-39
Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 3-26 9-86
Time of possession 28:07 31:53
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
OSU: Sanders 35-189, Gerald Hudson 5-24.
NEB: Clark 27-256, Taylor 11-140, Bryan Carpenter 7-76,
Tyreese Knox 10-53.
Passing
OSU: Gundy 17-30-3-247.
NEB: Taylor 6-11-1-92.
Receiving
OSU: Dykes 7-125, Jarrod Green 3-64, Brent Parker 3-32.
NEB: Millikan 3-52, Morgan Gregory 2-32.
Missed field goals
OSU: none.
NEB: Drennan 41.
Interceptions
OSU: Rod Smith 1-32.
NEB: Fryar 1-86, Mark Blazek 1-0, Tim Jackson 1-0.
Tackles (UT-AT-TT)
OSU: Smith 9-2-11, Brandon Colbert 6-5-11, David Bailey 7-2-9,
Sim Drain 6-3-9.
NEB: Reggie Cooper 6-4-10, LeRoy Etienne 6-2-8, Thomas 4-4-8,
Chris Caliendo 3-5-8.
Sacks
OSU: none.
NEB: Willie Griffin 2-11.
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