Nebraska 48
Middle Tenn. St. 7

Sept. 12, 1992 • 1 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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First Quarter
NEB: Calvin Jones 2 run (Byron Bennett kick) 7:36
Second Quarter
MTS: Vince Parks 61 pass from Kelly Holcomb (Garth Petrilli kick) 10:26
NEB: Mike Grant 15 run (Bennett kick) 6:23
Third Quarter
NEB: Lance Lewis 42 run (Bennett kick) 14:27
NEB: Derek Brown 44 run (run failed) 13:13
NEB: Brown 4 run (Bennett kick) 6:34
Fourth Quarter
NEB: Andre McDuffy 16 run (Tom Sieler kick) 13:58
NEB: Tommie Frazier 3 run (Sieler kick) 9:00

                      MTS       NU
First downs            13       31
Rushes-yards        40-50   65-490
Passing yards         152      110
  Comp-Att-Int     8-21-0   9-25-2
Total yards        71-202   90-600
Returns-yards        2-30     4-98
Sacks by              1-8     6-45
Punts-average      9-37.7   1-14.0
Fumbles-lost          6-2      2-1
Penalties-yards      6-52     7-59
Possession time     28:20    31:40
Third-down conv.     2/14     5/11
Fourth-down conv.     0/0      1/4

RUSHING
MTS: Walter Dunson 14-61, Brigham Lyons 5-22, Kippy Bayless 6-18, Walt Crowder 3-7, R. Montgomery 1-3, Scott Dirkson 1-minus-4, Woody Murphy 2-minus-11, Kelly Holcomb 8-minus-46.

NEB: Derek Brown 14-154, Calvin Jones 16-119, Mike Grant 10-68, Lance Lewis 5-59, Andre McDuffy 6-34, David Fiala 2-12, Jeff Makovicka 3-12, Cory Schlesinger 1-6, Joel Cornwell 1-5, Jon McMillen 1-5.

PASSING
MTS: Kelly Holcomb 8-21-0-152.

NEB: Mike Grant 7-16-1-87, Tommie Frazier 2-5-0-23, Joel Cornwell 0-2-1 0, Brook Berringer 0-2-0 0.

RECEIVING
MTS: Vince Parks 5-111, Steve Dark 1-24, Curt Watkins 1-14, Kippy Bayless 1-3.

NEB: Trumane Bell 3-32, Abdul Muhammad 2-31, Vincent Hawkins 2-13, Derek Brown 1-20, David Seizys 1-14.

MISSED FIELD GOALS
MTS: Garth Petrilli 43, 27.
NEB: Byron Bennett 44.

INTERCEPTIONS
MTS: Derek Huggins 1-27, Mike Caldwell 1-0.
NEB: none.

TACKLES (UT-AT-TT)
MTS: Derek Huggins 7-4-11, Shingo Weems 4-4-8, Montrell Toney 2-5-7.

NEB: Steve Carmer 4-3-7, John Parrella 4-l-5, Trev Alberts 3-2-5.

SACKS
MTS: Brian Yorston 1-8.
NEB: Trev Alberts 2-14, Steve Carmer 1-11, Terry Connealy 1-8, Donta Jones 1-7, Bruce Moore 1-5.

ADDITIONAL STATS

ATTENDANCE: 76,184

Coverage

Recap

Huskers roll after slow start vs. Blue Raiders

Nebraska, ranked No. 11, continued its rushing onslaught as the Huskers defeated the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders 48-7 in Lincoln.

The Huskers scored first on a Calvin Jones 2-yard run in the first quarter, allowed Middle Tennessee State to get on the board and tie the game early in the second quarter, then shut down the Blue Raider offense and rolled to a 48-7 victory, aided by 34 second-half points.

Eleven different Husker backs combined for a season-high 490 yards rushing and 600 yards in total offense while the Husker defense recorded a season-high six sacks.

I-backs Derek Brown and Jones each rushed for over 100 yards, Brown with 154 yards and two TDs, and Jones with 119 and one score.

Recap source: 1993 media guide

Omaha World-Herald*
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Team info
1992 schedule
04/25Reds 33, Whites 21
09/05UtahW 49-22
09/12Middle Tenn. St.W 48-7
09/19@ WashingtonL 14-29
09/26Arizona St.W 45-24
10/10Oklahoma St.W 55-0
10/24@ MissouriW 34-24
10/31ColoradoW 52-7
11/07KansasW 49-7
11/14@ Iowa St.L 10-19
11/27@ OklahomaW 33-9
12/05Kansas St.*W 38-24
01/01Florida St.L 14-27
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