 Official recap
With Nebraska leading, 20-16, midway in the third quarter, Bruce Pickens roared in on a rare cornerback blitz and blind-sided Oklahoma State quarterback Mike Gundy, forcing a fumble that turned the game around. Pickens, the Big Eight defensive player-of-the-week, recovered at the OSU 27, setting up a short drive to the first of three-straight touchdowns which allowed Nebraska to pull away. Gerry Gdowski piled up 295 yards of total offense, the most for a Nebraska player in 16 years and the school's fifth-highest total ever.
TULSA WORLD: 1, 2 SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
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Nebraska 48
Oklahoma State 23
Oct. 21, 1989
Stillwater, OKNebraska 10 10 14 14 — 48
Oklahoma State 3 10 3 7 — 23
First Quarter
NEB — FG Gregg Barrios 23, 9:51 left
OSU — FG Cary Blanchard 36, 4:20.
NEB — Ken Clark 14 run (Barrios kick), 3:03.
Second Quarter
OSU — FG Blanchard 31, 11:41.
OSU — Curtis Mayfield 65 pass from Mike Gundy
(Blanchard kick), 8:30.
NEB — Clark 12 run (Barrios kick), 4:30.
NEB — FG Barrios 31, 0:01.
Third Quarter
OSU — FG Blanchard 38, 13:45.
NEB — Gerry Gdowski 1 run (Barrios kick), 4:57.
Neb. — Jon Bostick 35 pass from Gdowski
(Barrios kick), 3:09.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Bostick 20 pass from Gdowski (Barrios kick) 13:43.
OSU — Jarrod Green 12 pass from Earl Wheeler
(Blanchard kick), 5:02.
NEB — Leodis Flowers 52 run (Barrios kick), 3:36
A—40,000.
Neb. OSU
First downs 26 16
Rushes-yards 54-316 33-42
Passing yards 195 305
Returns-yards 6-90 4-13
Passes 11-29-0 16-33-1
Sacks by 2-29 0-0
Punts-avg. 7.32 7.45
Fumbles-lost 2-1 6-3
Penalties-yards 3-30 4-30
Time of possession 32:06 27:54
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: Nebraska, Gdowski 14-125, Clark 21-85, Flowers 5-66. Oklahoma State, Vernon Brown 22-52, Cecil Wilson 3-5.
Passing: Nebraska, Gdowski 10-24-0-170, Grant 1-5-0-25. Oklahoma State, Gundy 13-23-1-191, Wheeler 3-10-0-114.
Receiving: Nebraska, Bostick 5-99, Morgan Gregory 2-36, Tyrone Hughes 2-27. Oklahoma State, Green 7-88, Mayfield 6-208.
Missed field goals: none.
Interceptions: Nebraska, Cooper l-0.Oklahoma State, none.
Tackles (UT-AT-TT): Nebraska, Bruce Pickens 7-0-7, Jeff Mills 5-2-7, Kent Wells 3-3-6. Oklahoma State, Rod Smith 10-4-14, Sim Drain 9-4-13, Mike Clark 8-1-9.
Sacks: Nebraska, Pickens 2-29. Oklahoma State, none.
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