Nebraska 36
Iowa St. 22

Oct. 6, 1962 • 2 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
1st2nd3rd4th F 
Iowa St.077822
Nebraska14140836
First quarter
NEB: Dennis Claridge 1 run (run failed) 7:12
NEB: Warren Powers 3 run (Jim Huge pass from Claridge) 3:08
Second quarter
NEB: Claridge 2 run (Willie Ross run) 8:12
NEB: Huge 44 pass from Claridge (pass failed) 7:11
ISU: Tom Vaughn 22 run (Larry Schreiber kick) 2:43
Third quarter
ISU: Dick Limerick 1 pass from Dave Hoppmann (Schreiber kick) 3:16
Fourth quarter
NEB: Claridge 2 run (Larry Tomlinson pass from Claridge) 11:17
ISU: Hoppmann 3 run (Vaughn run) 5:32

                      ISU       NEB
First downs .......... 13        20
  Rushing ............. 6        14
  Passing ............. 6         6
  Penalty ............. 1         0
Rushing yards .... 38-147    62-234
Passing yards ........ 70       153
  Comp-Att-Int ... 7-14-2    9-15-0
Total offense .... 52-217    77-387
Punts-average....... 5-38      2-40
Punt returns-yards .. 1-3      2-17
KO returns-yards ... 6-87      4-68
Fumbles-lost ........ 2-1       2-2
Yards penalized ...... 26        55

RUSHING
ISU: Vaughn 9-73; Hoppmann 20-71; Kimbrough 3-7; Clayberg 1-1; Limerick 1-0; Clay 1-minus-2; Switzer 3-minus-3. 

NEB: Ross 13-86; Claridge 16-58; Martin 4-28; Powers 7-28; Johnson 9-22; Thornton 4-17; Young 5-9; McCloughan 2-9; Bonistall 1-minus-10; Faiman 1-minus-13.

PASSING
ISU: Hoppmann 7-12-1 70; Switzer 0-2-1 0.
NEB: Claridge 9-13-0 153; Faiman 0-2-0 0.

RECEIVING
ISU: Limerick 5-54; Monterey 1-11; Schreiber 1-5.

NEB: Huge 4-83; Tomlinson 1-38; Powers 1-14; Johnson 1-9; Eger 1-7; Comstock 1-2.

PUNT RETURNS
ISU: Limerick 1-3.
NEB: Theisen 1-12; Tomlinson 1-5.

INTERCEPTION RETURNS
ISU: None.
NEB: Toogood 1-3; Brown 1-0.

Attendance: 34,321

Coverage

Recap

Warren Powers scores from the 3

Cornhuskers avoid letdown against Cyclones

Nebraska made it three in a row with a convincing 36-22 victory over Iowa State in the first Big Eight test of the season. With Dennis Claridge scoring three TDs and passing for another, Nebraska had a 28-0 lead with only 7:49 gone in the second quarter.

The Cyclones – sparked by All American Dave Hoppmann and a fine soph, Tom Vaughn – refused to holler “uncle” and battled for 22 points. But the early NU jump was too much. Nebraska’s first-quarter TDs came on drives of 70 and 80 yards.

H’MAX NOTES: Nebraska scored touchdowns on four of its first five possessions. … Nebraska’s only touchdown of the second half came after tackle Tyrone Robertson blocked an Iowa State quick kick and end Larry Tomlinson recovered the ball on the ISU 18. …

Fullback Bill “Thunder” Thornton left the game in the first quarter with a leg injury, and Dennis Stuewe remained sidelined from his injury at Michigan. … With the victory, NU moved up to 15th in the UPI poll, and the Orange Bowl was reported to be expressing interest in the Huskers.

Game stories
Pregame & team info
1962 schedule
05/12Reds 33, Whites 21
09/22South DakotaW 53-0
09/29@ MichiganW 25-13
10/06Iowa St.W 36-22
10/13North Carolina St.W 19-14
10/20Kansas St.W 26-6
10/27@ ColoradoW 31-6
11/03MissouriL 7-16
11/10@ KansasW 40-16
11/17Oklahoma St.W 14-0
11/24@ OklahomaL 6-34
12/15MiamiW 36-34
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