Recap
Five different Nebraska backs broke runs of at least 30 yards in
a 524-yard rushing display that helped the Cornhuskers flatten the Red
Raiders, 42-16.
"We'd be doing fine and then the dam would break and they'd hit
us with something else. Finally, we ran out of fingers to stick in the
dike," said Texas Tech coach Spike Dykes.
"They just wore us down, especially that offensive line," said
Tech linebacker Zach Thomas. "I think they've got a great chance at the
national championship."
Nebraska built a 14-3 halftime lead on the strength of two long
drives that ended with Tommie Frazier option runs of 58 and 3 yards. The
Huskers missed chances to pad the advantage when Darin Erstad missed a
pair of field-goal attempts and linebacker Thomas stuffed NU tailback
Lawrence Phillips for no gain on a fourth-and-one from the Nebraska 46.
Tech made the score 14-9 after taking second-half kickoff and driving
80 yards in nine plays for a touchdown. The Jones Stadium crowd sensed
an upset, but the No. 1-ranked Huskers went right to work, rolling 82
yards on each of two consecutive touchdown drives in taking a 28-16 lead.
Of the Huskers' 524 rushing yards, 335 came after intermission.
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Season stats
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Nebraska 42
Texas Tech 16
Sept. 8, 1994
Lubbock, TX – Order the game on DVD
Nebraska 7 7 14 14 - 42
Texas Tech 0 3 6 7 - 16
First quarter
NU - Frazier 58 run (Sieler kick)
Second quarter
NU - Frazier 3 run (Sieler kick)
TT - Davis 49 FG
Third quarter
TT - Aylor 6 pass from Lethridge (conversion failed)
NU - Phillips 2 run (Sieler kick)
NU - Phillips 56 run (Sieler kick)
Fourth quarter
NU - Alford 35 pass from Frazier (Sieler kick)
TT - Kaufman fumble recovery in end zone (Davis kick)
NU - Childs 30 run (Sieler kick)
NU TT
First downs 26 17
Rushes-yards 63-524 42-147
Passing yards 88 150
Comp-Att-Int 5-17-1 11-29-1
Total yards 612 297
Punts 3-47 8-41
Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-yards 5-44 4-30
Time of possession 33:50 26:10
RUSHING
NU: Phillips 19-175, Schlesinger 6-84, Frazier 13-84,
Childs 10-59, Benning 7-45, Schuster 2-37,
Makovicka 5-25, Berringer 1-15.
TT: Lethridge 6-62, Crain 15-46, Hanspard 12-27,
Darden 7-4, Hobbs 1-7, Walker 1-1.
PASSING
NU: Frazier 5-15-0-88, Berringer 0-2-1-0.
TT: Darden 3-10-0-64, Lethridge 5-14-1-46,
Cavazos 3-5-0-40.
RECEIVING
NU: Phillips 3-39, Alford 1-35, Baul 1-14.
TT: Scovell 4-74, Mitchell 3-24, DuBuc 2-31,
Lavender 1-15, Aylor 1-6.
Attendance: 32,768
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