Nebraska 28
South Carolina 6

Oct. 10, 1964 • 2 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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South Carolina00066
Nebraska7140728
First Quarter
NU: Kent McCloughan 30 pass from Bob Churchich (Duncan Drum kick) 7:44
Second Quarter
NU: Frank Solich 41 run (Drum kick) 9:33
NU: Preston Love 50 pass from Churchich (Drum kick) 1:16
Fourth Quarter
NU: Harry Wilson 7 run (Drum kick) 12:41
SC: Jule Smith 2 run (pass failed) 2:55

                         SC       NU
First downs ............ 13       19
Rushing net .......... 26-3   51-263
Passing net ........... 240      138
 Comp.-Att.-Int. .. 18-28-2   7-20-3
Total offense ...... 54-243   71-401
Punts-Avg. ........... 6-38     5-39
Fumbles lost ............ 2        2
Yards penalized ........ 31       55

RUSHING
  SC: Smith 5-17, Lamb 2-7, Bryant 2-6, Divenere 4-6, Branson 2-3, Rodgers 1-0, Reeves 10-minus 36.
  NU: Hohn 7-53, Solich 2-41, Smith 11-40, Wilson 6-33, Tatman 7-27, Churchich 6-20, McNulty 1-8, Johnson 1-8, Carstens 2-8, Poggemeyer 1-7, McCloughan 6-5.

PASSING
  SC: Reeves 18-28-2 240.
  NU: Churchich 8-17-2 138; Tucker 0-2-1 0.

RECEIVING
  SC: Smith 4-87, Lamb 5-41, Tucker 2-38, Dickens 1-29, Wilburn 4-28, Senter 1-9, Gill 1-8.
  NU: Love 2-61, McCloughan 2-42, Kirkland 1-18, White 1-11, Wilson 1-6.

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Attendance: 47,874

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Recap

Huskers throttle Gamecocks

Sophomore quarterback Bob Churchich proved he was serious about succeeding the injured Fred Duda by sparking the Huskers to a 28-6 victory over South Carolina before a record Memorial Stadium crowd of 47,874.

Churchich fired a 30-yard TD pass to Kent McCloughan in the first period, and followed a 41-yard TD sprint by fullback Frank Solich with a 50-yard strike to Preston Love.

The Band Day throng also saw soph halfback Harry Wilson thread to a 7-yard tally in the fourth quarter.

Dan ReevesH’MAX NOTES
• Quarterbacking the Gamecocks was senior Dan Reeves, the future Dallas Cowboys player and NFL coach. He completed 18 of 28 passes for 240 yards.
• Despite the lopsided loss, Reeves set single-game SC records for completions and passing yardage, but most of his success came against the Husker reserves in the fourth quarter after NU had gone ahead by 28-0. Against Nebraska’s first unit, he had 96 yards passing — 60 coming on the final play of the first half.
• Before the final play of the first half, the Gamecocks had just 7 yards rushing, 1 yard passing and no first downs.
• NU’s defensive ends — Langston Coleman in particular — created havoc for Reeves, forcing him to abandon his rollout style in favor of drop-back passing. Reeves was tackled for 36 yards in losses and lost two fumbles.

Recap source: 1965 NU media guide

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Pregame & team info
1964 schedule
05/09White 24, Red 15
09/19South DakotaW 54-0
09/26@ MinnesotaW 26-21
10/03@ Iowa St.W 14-7
10/10South CarolinaW 28-6
10/17Kansas St.W 47-0
10/24@ ColoradoW 21-3
10/31MissouriW 9-0
11/07@ KansasW 14-7
11/14Oklahoma St.W 27-14
11/21@ OklahomaL 7-17
01/01ArkansasL 7-10
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