Official recap Northern Illinois took advantage of five first-half Nebraska turnovers to forge a 17-17 halftime tie, but the Huskers bounced back to score on their first four possessions of the second half, including Chris Drennan's school-record-tying 55-yard field goal, to pull away for the win. The Huskers' second-half rally came without All-Big Eight I-back Ken Clark, who ran for 168 yards in the first 18 minutes before leaving with a bruised knee. In the first half, the Huskies turned three NU turnovers into scores and stopped Husker drives with the others. SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 48
Northern Illinois 17

Northern Illinois   7   10    0    0  —  17 
Nebraska            7   10   21   10  —  48

First Quarter
NEB — Ken Clark 2 run (Gregg Barrios kick), 12:51 left.
NIU — Adam Dach 2 run (John Ivanick kick), 6:04. 
Second Quarter
NEB — FG Barrios 28, 9:31.
NEB — Leodis Flowers 5 run (Barrios kick), 6:33.
NIU — Dach 17 run (Ivanic kick), 3:13.
NIU — FG Ivanic 36, 0:15.
Third Quarter
NEB — Monte Kratzenstein 11 pass from Gerry Gdowski
 (Barrios kick), 13:43.
NEB — Flowers 4 run (Barrios kick), 10:58.
NEB — Chris Garrett 12 pass from Mickey Joseph
 (Barrios kick), 3:23.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — FG Chris Drennan 55, 14:28.
NEB — Mark Dowse 10 run (Drennan kick), 1:41.
A—76,194.
                       NIU       Neb.
First downs            11        24
Rushes-yards           50-130    47-455
Passing yards          44        102
Returns-yards          1-2       4-25
Passes                 5-13-1    8-13-1
Sacks by               1-5       0-0
Punts-avg.             10-38     2-43
Fumbles-lost           1-0       5-4
Penalties-yards        7-57      5-40
Time of possession     35:19     24:41