Nebraska 21
Kansas 17

Oct. 18, 1969 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
1st2nd3rd4th F 
Kansas077317
Nebraska680721
First Quarter
NU: Paul Rogers 55 field goal, 5:30* 
NU: Rogers 46 field goal, 2:35
Second Quarter
NU: Jeff Kinney 1 run (Kinney pass from Tagge) 8:26 
KU: John Mosier 19 pass from Jim Ettinger (Bill Bell kick) 4:53
Third Quarter
KU: Ettinger 1 run (Bell kick) 9:45
Fourth Quarter
KU: Bell 24 field goal, 14:14
NU: Kinney 3 run (Rogers kick) 1:22 

*-set Nebraska and Big Eight record

                      KU       NU
First Downs ......... 16       24
Rushing Net ..... 55-208   52-132
Passing Net ........ 144      260
 Comp-Att-Int ... 8-19-1  23-36-0
Total Offense ... 74-352   88-392
Punting ......... 8-39.1   5-30.6
Fumbles lost ......... 0        4
Yards penalized ..... 92       45

RUSHING
KU: Jessie 12-73; Riggins 19-66; Reeves 9-33; Basler 2-27; Rucker 3-3; Schmidt 3-4; Ettinger 7-2.

NU: Kinney 24-80; Schneiss 8-27; Frost 5-13; Tagge 12-9; Green 3-3.

PASSING
KU: Ettinger 8-18-1 144; Basler 0-1-0 0.
NU: Tagge 23-36-0 260.

RECEIVING
KU: Jessie 4-86; McGowam 2-32; Mosler 2-26.

NU: Kinney 9-94; Frost 5-88; Ingles 5-51; McFarland 3-26; Schneiss 1-1.

MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS

NU BACK OF THE GAME
Jeff Kinney

NU LINEMAN OF THE GAME
Ken Geddes: 12 tackles, including two for nine-yard losses.

ATTENDANCE: 66,667

Coverage

Recap

Huskers win on late drive aided by penalties

Nebraska combined Kansas miscues with its own patented, last-ditch comeback efforts to pull out a 21-17 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks before 66,667 fans.

Kansas took a 17-14 lead with 14:29 left in the game, but the Huskers fought back to achieve victory just as they had on 13 prior occasions under Coach Bob Devaney under similar conditions.

After stopping KU at the Husker 12 late in the fourth quarter, the Huskers moved 88 yards to score the winning TD with only 1:22 left in the game. Jerry Tagge hit four passes and the Jayhawks chipped in with a controversial interference call on a fourth-and-16 pass and two personal foul penalties to aid the Husker cause. Jeff Kinney banged over from the three for the clincher.

Paul Rogers kicked two first quarter field goals—the first a Big 8 record 55-yarder—and Kinney made it 14-7 at the half. But KU came back to tie 14-14 in the third quarter.

John Mosier’s 24-yard field goal gave the Jayhawks upset hopes, but the poised Cornhuskers couldn’t be stopped as they picked up win No. 3 and evened their Big Eight mark at 1-1.

Recap source: 1970 media guide.

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Pregame & team info
1969 schedule
05/10White 10, Red 8
09/20Southern CalL 21-31
09/27Texas A&MW 14-0
10/04@ MinnesotaW 42-14
10/11@ MissouriL 7-17
10/18KansasW 21-17
10/25Oklahoma St.W 13-3
11/01ColoradoW 20-7
11/08Iowa St.W 17-3
11/15@ Kansas St.W 10-7
11/22@ OklahomaW 44-14
12/20GeorgiaW 45-6
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