1   2   3   4   - Final 
Nebraska           17   0  14   7   -   38
Southern Miss       0   7   0   7   -   14

1st quarter
NEB - J. Lord 6 yd run (D. Dyches kick) 11:40
NEB - D. Dyches 40 yd field goal 8:33
NEB - D. Horne 3 yd run (D. Dyches kick) 7:20
2nd quarter
USM - T. Blackwell 1 yd run (D. McCaleb kick) 1:57
3rd quarter
NEB - R. Pilkington 44 yd pass from J. Lord
     (D. Dyches kick) 9:51
NEB - I. Fluellen 43 yd pass from J. Lord
     (D. Dyches kick) 7:59
4th quarter
USM - C. Hendrix 6 yd pass from D. Carter
     (D. McCaleb kick) 2:43
NEB - R. Miller 47 yd run (D. Dyches kick) 1:48 
 
                                NEB        USM
First downs                      11         19
Rushed-yards                 45-141     36-108
Passing yards                   124        211
Sacked-yards lost              5-25       2-14
Punt returns-yards             4-42       3-49
Kickoff returns-yards          3-58      5-112
Interceptions-yards            2-41       1-16
Passes Att-Comp-Int          15-6-1    42-18-2
Punts-Avg.                   7-47.6     7-41.7
Fumbles-lost                    2-0        3-3
Penalties-yards                9-50       9-66
Possession time               28:49      31:11

RUSHING
NEB: R. Miller 2-47; J. Davis 10-42; D. Horne 6-31;
     C. Ross 6-25; J. Lord 18-6; S. Kriewald 1-2;
     J. Dailey 1-minus 3; K. Larson 1-minus 9.
USM: T. Blackwell 10-44; J. Walley 7-27; D. Almond 12-23;
     D. Carter 2-7; S. Moore 3-6; M. Young 1-1; Team, 1-0.

PASSING
NEB: J. Lord 6-14-0-124; J. Dailey 0-1-1-0.
USM: D. Almond 4-24-2-68; D. Carter 14-17-0-143; Team 0-1-0-0.    
 
RECEIVING
NEB: R. Pilkington 3-56; I. Fluellen 1-43; M. Herian 1-20;
     D. Horne 1-5. 
USM: K. Johnson 4-41; P. Causey 3-49; D. Lawrence 3-38;
     C. Hendrix 3-28; A. Courington 2-34; S. Moore  1-11;
     T. Blackwell 1-7; T. Browden 1-3.

Attendance: 36,125