Nebraska 29
Colorado 13

Oct. 31, 1970 - 1:50 p.m. Central
Folsom Field | Boulder, CO | ABC
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Nebraska 12 0 3 14 29
Colorado 0 7 0 6 13 
First Quarter
NU: Guy Ingles 35 pass from Van Brownson (kick failed) 11:17
NU: Ingles 39 pass from Brownson (pass failed) 2:53
Second Quarter
CU: Cliff Branch 7 run (Dave Haney kick) 2:14
Third Quarter
NU: Paul Rogers 46 field goal, 2:17
Fourth Quarter
CU: Jim Bratten 5 run (run failed) 11:22
NU: Brownson 1 run (Rogers kick), 9:27
NU: Jeff Kinney 7 run (Rogers kick) 5:34

                           NU       CU
First Downs .............. 19       16
  By rushing ............. 11       15
  By passing .............  6        1
  By penalty .............  2        0
Rushes, Net yards .... 55-153   54-297
Passing, Net ............ 173       40
  Att-Comp-Int ...... 11-17-2   5-18-2
Total Offense ........... 326      337
Punts-average ........ 6-36.7   6-35.1
Punt returns-yds ........ 0-0      2-8
Kickoff returns-yds ... 3-117    6-152
Fumbles-lost ............ 3-1      2-2
Penalties-yards ........ 5-29     7-33

RUSHING
NU: Orduna 18-58, Kinney 11-39, Schneiss 6-33, Brownson 14-30, Olds 1-3, Vactor 1-3, Rodgers 4-(-13)

CU: Keyworth 24-118, Branch 9-95, Tarver 6-44, Bratten 9-20, Walsh 6-20

PASSING
NU: Brownson 17-11-0, 173 yds, 2 TD; Tagge 1-0-1, 0 yds, 0 TD; Schneiss 1-0-1, 0 yds, 0 TD

CU: Bratten 18-5-2, 40 yds, 0 TD

RECEIVING
NU: Ingles 5-112, Rodgers 3-35, Schneiss 2-18, Kinney 1-8

CU: Branch 3-18, Dal Porto 1-15, Masten 1-7


MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS



brownson (1K)NU BACK OF GAME
Van Brownson: Hit 11 of 17 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns. Also ran for 30 yards.

  
ingles (2K)NU LINEMAN OF GAME
Guy Ingles: Caught five passes for 112 yards and two TDs in first quarter to get NU a lead that held up for victory.


Attendance: 50,881

Coverage

Recap

1970 Nebraska-Colorado, Van Brownson photoVan Brownson gets a pass away as Colorado’s Carl Taibi closes in. · Philadelphia Inquirer · Newspapers.com

Huskers subdue feisty Buffaloes in Boulder

Nebraska struck early, gallantly fought off a Colorado upset bid and socked home two late touchdowns to whip the Buffaloes, 29-13.

A record crowd of 50,881 and a near-nationwide ABC-TV audience saw the favored Huskers pop the rugged Buffs.

Nebraska grabbed a 12-0 first-quarter lead on two long Van Brownson-to-Guy Ingles TD passes but had to settle for a 12-7 halftime margin. Paul Rogers’ 46-yard field goal made it 15-7 in the third quarter.

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Kinney

Then Colorado ripped back to pull up 15-13 but missed a two-pointer that would have tied the score with 11:22 left in the game. But it was all Nebraska from then on, as Jeff Kinney returned the ensuing kickoff 79 yards to set up a touchdown, and Larry Jacobson recovered a Cliff Branch fumble at the CU 40 to set up another.

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Schneiss

H’MAX NOTES: Ingles’ TD catches capped drives of 68 and 79 yards. … Kinney credited Dan Schneiss with providing a key block on his pivotal kickoff return. … CU surprised Nebraska by using speedy receiver Cliff Branch as a wingback. He averaged more than 10 yards per carry. … Colorado marched 93 yards for its first TD, with Branch and Jon Keyworth doing most of the damage on the ground. … Joe Blahak’s tackle of Branch at the goal line kept the Buffs from tying the game 15-15 on CU’s two-point try early in the fourth quarter. … Will Grimsley of the Associated Press had predicted a 27-20 CU upset. … The crowd included an estimated 15,000 Husker fans.

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1970 schedule
05/09 Reds 23, Whites 3
09/12 Wake Forest W 36-12
09/19 @ S. California T 21-21
09/26 Army W 28-0
10/03 @ Minnesota W 35-10
10/10 Missouri W 21-7
10/17 @ Kansas W 41-20
10/24 Oklahoma St. W 65-31
10/31 @ Colorado W 29-13
11/07 @ Iowa St. W 54-29
11/14 Kansas St. W 51-13
11/21 Oklahoma W 28-21
01/01 LSU W 17-12
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