Nebr. vs. Oklahoma 1988 -- HuskerMax™

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An 80-yard touchdown drive on Nebraska's first possession gave the Huskers all the points they needed as a sterling defensive effort kept Oklahoma out of the NU end zone for the first time since 1942.

Nebraska's "Black Shirt" defense held OU's powerful wishbone offense to 98 yards rushing, 137 total-offense yards and eight first downs as the Huskers claimed an outright Big Eight title and an Orange Bowl berth for the first time in five years. In the process, Nebraska ended Oklahoma's 31-game Big Eight win string.

Ken Clark powered the offense with 167 rushing yards.

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SERIES HISTORY
SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 7
Oklahoma 3
Nov. 19, 1988
Norman, OK

Nebraska     7    0    0    0   —   7
Oklahoma     0    0    3    0   —   3

First Quarter
NU — Steve Taylor 1 run (Gregg Barrios kick), 11:06 left.
Third Quarter
OU — FG R.D. Lashar 29, 1:50. 
A—75,004.
                       Neb.       Okla.
First downs            13         8
Rushes-yards           54-265     47-98
Passing yards          48         39
Returns-yards          4-8        2-19
Passes                 2-12-2     3-9-1
Sacks by               10-50      1-7
Punts-avg.             7-33       9-38
Fumbles-lost           1-1        3-0
Penalties-yards        4-36       3-20 
Time of possession     30:49      29:11

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing:
Nebraska, Ken Clark 24-167, Taylor 21-67.
Oklahoma, Mike Gaddis 12-45, Charles Thompson 17-29.

Passing:
Nebraska, Taylor 2-12-2-48.
Oklahoma, Thompson 3-9-1-39.

Receiving:
Nebraska, Richard Bell 2-48.
Oklahoma, Artie Guess 1-28, Adrian Cooper 1-8.

Missed field goals:
Nebraska, Barrios 41.
Oklahoma, none.

Interceptions:
Nebraska, Lorenzo Hicks 1-0.
Oklahoma, Scott Garl 2-19.

Tackles (UT-AT-TT):
Nebraska, Lawrence Pete 5-4-9, Broderick Thomas 5-3-8, LeRoy Etienne 6-0-6, Willie Griffin 4-2-6, Tim Jackson 4-2-6.
Oklahoma, Richard Dillon 7-4-11, Ken McMichel 5-3-8, Wayne Dickson 4-2-6.

Sacks:
Nebraska, Etienne 3-20, Wells 2-12, Thomas 2-9, Pete 1-5, Jeff Mills 1-3, Griffin 1-1.
Oklahoma, Kaspar 1-7.

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