Official recap
Nebraska came up with its best performance of the young season in shutting out Minnesota. The Husker offense rolled to 530 total-offense yards while the defense held the Gophers to 163 yards and 10 first downs. Wingback Richard Bell earned Big Eight offensive player-of-the-week honors after piling up 225 all-purpose yards, including career receiving highs of five catches and 121 yards. Gerry Gdowski had a fine night throwing the ball, hitting 10 of 15 for 180 yards and a 34-yard TD to Bell, while Ken Clark rushed for an even 100 yards.
SERIES HISTORY
SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
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Nebraska 48
Minnesota 0
Sept. 23, 1989
Minneapolis, MNNebraska 7 17 10 14 — 48
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 — 0
First Quarter
NEB — Ken Clark 6 run (Gregg Barrios kick), 1:52 left.
Second Quarter
NEB — FG Barrios 38, 11:30.
NEB — Richard Bell 26 pass from Gerry Gdowski
(Barrios kick), 3:50.
NEB — Clark 14 run (Barrios kick), 1:00.
Third Quarter
NEB — FG Drennan 42, 11:48.
NEB — Leodis Flowers 1 run (Barrios kick), 4:33.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Flowers 37 run (Barrios kick), 10:08.
NEB — Mark Dowse 7 run (Drennan kick), 2:02
A—58,368.
Neb. Minn.
First downs 22 10
Rushes-yards 55-295 34-58
Passing yards 105 235
Returns-yards 13-101 1-1
Passes 13-19-0 8-27-3
Sacks by 7-34 0-0
Punts-avg. 3-43 10-38
Fumbles-lost 5-1 1-0
Penalties-yards 9-94 12-78
Time of possession 31:40 28:20
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing:
Nebraska, Clark 18-100, Flowers 8-46.
Minnesota, Darrell Thompson 17-45, Al Settembrino 3-19.
Passing:
Nebraska, Gdowski 10-15-0-180.
Minnesota, Scott Schaffner 7-24-2-61.
Receiving:
Nebraska, Bell 5-121, Nate Turner 5-89, Monte Kratzenstein 2-20.
Minnesota, Chris Gaiters 3-30.
Missed field goals:
Nebraska, Drennan 52.
Minnesota, none.
Interceptions:
Nebraska, David White 1-5, Reggie Cooper 1-0, Pat Engelbert 1-0.
Minnesota, none.
Tackles (UT-AT-TT):
Nebraska, Mike Croel 4-2-6, Jeff Mills 3-3-6, Mike Petko 2-4-6.
Minnesota, Jon Leverenz 6-6-12, Sean Lumpkin 5-4-9, Mac Stephens 5-3-8.
Sacks:
Nebraska, Mills 2-11, LeAndre Anderson 1-8, Joe Sims 1-7, Croel 1-5, Pat Tyrance 1-2, Paul Brungardt 1-1.
Minnesota, none.
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