Nebraska 19
North Carolina St. 14

Oct. 13, 1962 • 2 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
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First quarter
NCS: Jim Rossi 3 run (kick failed) 10:06 
Third quarter
NEB: Dennis Claridge 2 run (John Faiman kick) 10:22
NCS: Joe Scarpati 91 kickoff return (Don Montgomery pass from Rossi) 10:10 
Fourth quarter
NEB: Dennis Stuewe 1 run (pass failed) 6:54
NEB: Stuewe 13 run (run failed) 1:08

                     NCS       NEB
First downs ......... 12        17
  Rushing ........... 10         8
  Passing ............ 1         7
  Penalty ............ 1         2
Rushing yards ... 44-130    47-154
Passing yards ....... 48       202
  Comp-Att-Int ... 4-8-0   15-25-1
Total offense ... 52-178    72-356
Punts ............. 7-26      6-35
Fumbles-Lost ....... 3-2       0-0
Penalized-Yards ... 2-10      5-43

RUSHING
NCS: Clark 7-38; Rossi 15-33; Falzarano 4-21; Moore 3-12; Scarpati 4-9; Kriger 2-7 Kozarsky 4-7; Barnes 3-2; Guin 2-1.

NEB: Young 9-36; Ross 10-36; Stuewe 6-28; Claridge 11-16; Martin 2-13; Johnson 4-10; Theisen 1-6; McCloughan 2-5; Paschall 1-4; Powers 1-0.

PASSING
NCS: Rossi 4-7-0 48; Barnes 0-1-0 0.
NEB: Claridge 14-23-0 184; Powers 1-2-0 18.

RECEIVING
NCS: Guin 1-7; Young 1-41; Montgomery 1-0; Clark 1-0.

NEB: Callahan 1-13; Tomlinson 3-23; Johnson 3-30; Huge 5-75; Steuwe 1-7; Ross 2-45; Donovan 1-9.

ADDITIONAL STATS

Attendance: 36,867

Coverage

Recap

Late rally lifts Huskers over Wolfpack

It took a fabulous last-ditch drive for the Cornhuskers to topple North Carolina State, 19-14, and remain unbeaten.

The inspired Wolfpack — pepped by quarterback Jim Rossi and scatback Joe Scarpati, who stunned NU with a 91-yard kickoff return for a go-ahead TD in the third quarter — had the Huskers in a jam until the final minutes.

stuewe_dennis (1K)With 13:52 of the final period gone, Dennis Stuewe skipped 13 yards for the clincher, capping a sensational drive generaled by Dennis Claridge. It was Stuewe’s second tally of the final frame as the Huskers were forced to come from a 14-7 deficit.

 

H’MAX NOTES
  • The Huskers’ first fourth-quarter TD capped an 80-yard drive.
  • The winning drive covered 68 yards and started with 2:45 left in the game.
  • Stuewe, who hadn’t played since the Michigan game, came off the bench to score his two fourth-quarter TDs.
  • The Wolfpack reached the Nebraska 24 in the game’s final minute but turned the ball over on downs.
  • The win gave Nebraska a sweep of its nonconference opponents for the first time since 1915.
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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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