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
NUCU
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
NU BACK OF GAME
Van Brownson: Hit 11 of 17 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns. Also ran for 30 yards.
NU LINEMAN OF GAME
Guy Ingles: Caught five passes for 112 yards and two first-quarter TDs to give NU a quick lead.
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.
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.
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. … Larry Jacobson’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.