Official recap After an open week, Nebraska, ranked No. 14, recorded its first shutout of the season, blanking the Oklahoma State Cowboys 55-0 in Lincoln. The game was the Big Eight Conference season opener for both teams. The Husker Blackshirts not only held the Cowboys scoreless, but held them to a season-low seven first downs and did not allow them to complete a pass. Nebraska, meanwhile, did not commit a turnover, while Calvin Jones led the Huskers with a then-season-high 176 yards on seven carries, including a 90-yard touchdown, the AT&T long play of the week, and was named the Big Eight Offensive Player of the Week. NU punter Mike Stigge set a career-high 50.8 yards-per-punt average on four kicks and had a school-record 87-yard punt. Husker QBs Mike Grant and Tommie Frazier completed 12 of 22 passes for 140 yards and four touchdowns. ASSOCIATED PRESS PAT JONES SHOW SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 55
Oklahoma State 0

Oklahoma St.       0      0      0     0   -   0 
Nebraska          13     21     14     7   -  55 
 
First Quarter
NU - William Washington 5 pass from Mike Grant
 (Byron Bennett kick) 10:41.
NU - Calvin Jones 90 run (Bennett kick) 5:08. 
Second Quarter
NU - Corey Dixon 42 pass from Tommie Frazier
 (Bennett kick) 10:18.
NU - Grant 15 run (Bennett kick) 7:44.
NU - Trumane Bell 14 pass from Grant (Bennett kick) 0:11.
Third Quarter
NU - Jones 48 run (Bennett kick) 3:42.
NU - Gerald Armstrong 8 pass from Frazier
 (Tom Sieler kick) :37.
Fourth Quarter
NU - John McMillen 11 run (Sieler kick) 2:34. 

                      OSU         NU 
First downs             7         21 
Rushes-yards       56-155     51-366 
Passing yards           0        140 
Total yards           155        506 
Returns-yards         0-0       3-43 
Passes              0-3-0    12-22-0 
Sacks by              1-8       2-11 
Punts-average       11-33       4-51 
Fumbles-lost          2-2        1-0 
Penalties-yards      3-20       3-15 
Time of poss.       31:12      28:48