Nebraska 66
Northwestern 17
 | | Dec. 30, 2000 — ESPN
Alamodome,
San Antonio, TX |
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Nebraska 7 31 21 7 66
Northwestern 3 14 0 0 17
First Quarter
NEB - Dan Alexander 15 run (Josh Brown kick), 12:49
NWN - FG Tim Long 44, 9:51
Second Quarter
NWN - Teddy Johnson 10 pass from Zak Kustok
(Long kick), 14:16
NEB - Eric Crouch 50 run (Brown kick), 13:56 
NEB - Alexander 2 run (Brown kick), 11:50
NEB - Correll Buckhalter 2 run (Brown kick), 7:13
NEB - FG Brown 51, 1:28
NWN - Damien Anderson 69 run (Long kick), 1:10
NEB - Bobby Newcombe 58 pass from Crouch
(Brown kick), 0:20
Third Quarter
NEB - Matt Davison 11 pass from Crouch
(Brown kick), 12:17
NEB - Crouch 2 run (Brown kick), 3:52
NEB - Davison 69 pass from Newcombe
(Brown kick), 1:14
Fourth Quarter
NEB - Dahrran Diedrick 9 run (Brown kick), 5:22
NEB NWN
First downs ............... 28 14
By rushing .............. 24 6
By passing ............... 3 6
By penalty ............... 1 2
Rushed-Yards .......... 69-476 38-232
Passing yards ............ 160 151
Comp-Att-Int ........ 6-14-1 17-43-1
Total offense ......... 83-636 81-383
Sacked-Yards lost ........ 0-0 3-19
Punt returns-Yards ...... 9-81 2-6
Int. returns-Yards ....... 1-6 1-0
Kickoff returns-Yards .. 4-102 6-112
Punts ................. 3-44.3 10-35.7
Fumbles-Lost ............. 2-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards ......... 4-35 7-46
Time of possession ..... 33:37 26:23
Third-down conversions .. 6-15 5-20
Fourth-down conversions .. 1-2 0-3
RUSHING
NEB: Alexander 20-240, Crouch 15-90, Buckhalter 12-55,
Diedrick 4-28, Ju Davies 3-17, Lord 4-16,
W Miller 3-10, T Collins 3-9, Newcombe 1-5,
Grixby 2-3, R Miller 1-3, Chrisman 1-0.
NWN: D Anderson 18-149, Kustok 14-55, S Simmons 2-14,
Lawrence 3-13, Danielson 1-1.
PASSING
NEB: Crouch 5-13-1-91, Newcombe 1-1-0-69.
NWN: Kustok 15-35-0-138, Danielson 2-8-1-13.
RECEIVING
NEB: Davison 3-85, Newcombe 1-58, Bowling 1-9,
Hassebroek 1-8.
NWN: Johnson 4-53, D Anderson 4-12, S Simmons 3-24,
Foster 2-41, K Patrick 2-6, Schweighardt 1-9,
Wright 1-6.
Attendance: 60,028
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• Game recap & notesHuskers Set Bowl Scoring Record in 66-17 Rout of Northwestern
Dan Alexander ran for 240 yards as Nebraska (No. 8 ESPN/USA Today, No. 9 AP) set a bowl scoring record with a 66-17 victory over Northwestern (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today, No. 18 AP)…
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Official recap
The Nebraska offense saved its best game of
the season for last, dominating Big Ten co-champion Northwestern, 66-17, in the 2000
Alamo Bowl. The 66 points were an NU and NCAA bowl record, along with the Huskers'
nine offensive touchdowns.
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Nebraska got off to a quick start, as the Huskers scored on their first possession.
Dan Alexander capped the drive with a 15-yard touchdown run, just a part of his Alamo
Bowl and NU bowl-record 240 rushing yards. As a team, the Huskers had an Alamo
Bowl-record 476 rushing yards.
The Wildcats came right back, as quarterback Zak Kustok marched down the
field before Tim Long ended Northwestern’s drive with a 44-yard field goal. Another
Northwestern score made it look like the game was going to be close with NU trailing,
10-7. But Nebraska had a different plan.
Quarterback Eric Crouch started NU's NCAA bowl-record tying 31-point second quarter
with a 50-yard touchdown run. NU then scored 24 straight points before Northwestern's
Damien Anderson ran for a 69-yard score. Bobby Newcombe's 58-yard touchdown
reception gave NU a 38-17 halftime lead.
The NU defense went on to shut out the Wildcats in the final two quarters. Free
safety Dion Booker had a career-high eight tackles, while rush end Kyle Vanden Bosch
had a career-high six quarterback hurries, seven tackles, with three tackles for a loss,
and two pass breakups.
A 21-point third quarter, including Matt Davison's 69-yard touchdown reception,
put NU ahead 59-17. Place-kicker Josh Brown tied the NCAA bowl record for extra-point
kick attempts (9) and extra-point kicks made (9)
 
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