Nebraska 29
Colorado 13

Oct. 31, 1970
Folsom Field | Boulder, CO | ABC
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Nebraska 7 17 7 0 29
Colorado 0 7 0 0 13 

First Quarter
NU - Guy Ingles 35 pass from Van Brownson
    (Paul Rogers 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 - 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

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

Stats & Recap

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 highly ranked and favored Huskers pop the rugged Buffs.
Nebraska grabbed a 12-0 first-quarter lead on two long Van Brownson-to-Guy Ingles TD pases 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 (1K)
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 (1K)
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. … Colorado surprised Nebraska by using speedy receiver Cliff Branch as a wingback. Branch averaged more than 10 yards per carry. … Colorado marched 93 yards for its first touchdown, with Branch and Jon Keyworth doing most of the damage on the ground. … Joe Blahak’s tackle of Branch at the goal line prevented 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 victory. … The crowd included an estimated 15,000 Husker fans.

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