Nebraska 58
South Dakota St. 7

Sept. 21, 1963 • 2 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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1963 Nebraska vs South Dakota State game photo 0The Lincoln Star · Newspapers.com


First quarter
NEB: Rudy Johnson 36 run (Johnson kick) 11:40
NEB: Johnson 14 run (Johnson kick) 5:38
Second quarter
NEB: Kent McCloughan 4 run (Johnson kick) 5:55
NEB: McCloughan 2 run (Dave Theisen kick) 3:20
NEB: Ron Meyer tackled by Monte Kiffin in end zone for safety, 1:45
NEB: Bruce Smith 1 run (Theisen kick) 1:06
Third quarter
NEB: Dennis Claridge 1 run (Johnson kick) 8:00
NEB: Bobby Hohn 51 run (Theisen kick) 6:16
NEB: Fred Duda 2 run (Theisen kick) 2:03
Fourth quarter
SDS: Ed Maras 23 pass from Meyer (Gale Douglas kick) 1:50

                       SDS        NU
First downs ............ 5        20
Rushing net ...... 32-(-17)   58-352
Passing net ........... 48       106
  Comp-Att-Int .... 5-17-0     4-8-1
Total offense ...... 49-31    66-458
Punts-average ....... 8-37      1-34
Fumbles lost ........... 2         2
Yards penalized ....... 16       105

• Leading NU rusher: Bobby Hohn, 64 yards
• Leading NU passer: Dennis Claridge, 4 for 8 — 106 yards
• More individual stats
• Attendance: 34,493

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Huskers open with rout of Jackrabbits

It was no contest as the powerful Nebraska Cornhuskers opened the 1963 season by defeating undermanned South Dakota State, 58-7.

Nebraska led, 37-0, at halftime and piled up a 58-0 margin before the Jackrabbits tallied late in the game. South Dakota State didn’t earn its initial first down until the third quarter.

H’MAX NOTES: The visitors had minus-22 net yards in the first half. … The game was played in a light drizzle. … The SDSU score came on a 49-yard drive against the Husker reserves. … The score would have been even more lopsided if SDSU hadn’t stopped three Nebraska drives near the goal in the first half. … It was Nebraska’s highest point total since 1927.

1963 schedule
05/11Reds 21, Whites 15
09/21South Dakota St.W 58-7
09/28@ MinnesotaW 14-7
10/05Iowa St.W 21-7
10/12Air ForceL 13-17
10/19@ Kansas St.W 28-6
10/26ColoradoW 41-6
11/02@ MissouriW 13-12
11/09KansasW 23-9
11/16@ Oklahoma St.W 20-16
11/23OklahomaW 29-20
01/01AuburnW 13-7
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