Colorado 21
Nebraska 16

Oct. 21, 1967 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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Colorado0147021
Nebraska706316
First Quarter
NU: Ben Gregory 17 pass from Frank
    Patrick (Bill Bomberger kick) 8:23
Second Quarter
CU: Bill Plantz 6 run (Dave Bartelt kick) 5:35
CU: Mike Veeder 45 run with lateral from
    Dick Anderson, who had run 27 with
    interception (Bartelt kick) 0:49
Third Quarter
NU: Joe Orduna 27 run (kick blocked) 11:32
CU: Jeff Raymond 76 pass interception (Bartelt kick) 3:09
Fourth Quarter
NU: Bomberger 33 field goal, 7:43

                        CU       NU
First downs  .......... 14       20
Rushing net ....... 42-110   44-178
Passing net ........... 72      224
  Comp-Att-Int .... 8-15-1  15-28-4
Total offense ..... 57-182   72-402
Return yards ......... 241       62
Punts ............... 3-37     5-29
Fumbles lost ........... 1        4
Yards penalized ....... 84       40 

RUSHING
CU: Harris 11-51; Nigbur 9-43; Plantz 3-9; Cleveland 1-5; Anderson 18-2.

NU: Orduna 10-98; Davis 19-68; Gregory 4-14; Patrick 11-minus-2.

PASSING
CU: Anderson 8-15-1 72.
NU: Patrick 14-27-4 191; Gregory 1-1-0 23.

RECEIVING
CU: Huber 5-44; Nigbur 2-14; Harris 1-14.
NU: Richnafsky 5-85; Gregory 3-56; Orduna 1-39; Morrison 2-32; Davis 2-6; Penney 2-6.

ADDITIONAL STATS

Attendance: 65,842

Coverage

Recap

Aerial thefts, long returns boost Buffs

Colorado and Nebraska had been sailing a collision course for a year after NU’s squeaker at Boulder in 1966. The crash came before a record crowd of 65,842 fans who stood and cheered the Huskers as they left the field, defeated 21-16 by a fine, opportunistic Buffalo team that would go on to win the Bluebonnet Bowl.

Two pass interceptions that went for TDs killed the inspired Cornhuskers, who thumped the Buffs in every department but the key one called scoring.

The fans hardly got seated before Colorado fumbled and Nebraska quickly drove 43 yards to score, Frank Patrick hitting Ben Gregory with a 17-yard TD toss with 8:23 left in the first quarter.

Colorado got a key break early in the second quarter when Nebraska elected to go for a fourth-and-inches situation at the Husker 29. The officials ruled Patrick failed to make the necessary yardage, and Colorado promptly punched in to score.

With only 49 seconds left in the half, the Buffs broke the deadlock in sensational fashion. All America Dick Anderson picked off a Patrick pass, apparently was hemmed in near the Husker bench and then lateraled to Mike Veeder, who skipped the rest of the way for a 72-yard score and a 14-7 halftime lead.

Nebraska took the second half-kickoff and went 80 yards to score in eight plays as Joe Orduna broke loose for a 27-yard TD. But Bill Bomberger’s kick was blocked and NU still trailed.

With 3:09 left in the third, Colorado again capitalized on an interception. Jeff Raymond grabbed a Patrick toss and tore 67 yards unhampered to score.

Back battled the Huskers in the fourth period, and a 39-yard Patrick-to-Orduna pitch set up a 33-yard field goal by Bill Bomberger. But the hay was in the barn and the Huskers, who had 402-182 yardage bulge, couldn’t dent the Buffs during the rest of the game. Fittingly, the final play of the game was a pass interception by Colorado, as if to spotlight the theme of the day.

Recap source: 1968 media guide

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Pregame & team info
1967 schedule
05/06Reds 16, Whites 14
09/16@ WashingtonW 17-7
09/30MinnesotaW 7-0
10/07@ Kansas St.W 16-14
10/14@ KansasL 0-10
10/21ColoradoL 16-21
10/28@ TCUW 29-0
11/04Iowa St.W 12-0
11/11Oklahoma St.W 9-0
11/18@ MissouriL 7-10
11/23OklahomaL 14-21
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