Nebraska 65
Oklahoma St. 31

Oct. 24, 1970 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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Oklahoma St.7061831
Nebraska1427101465
First Quarter
NEB: Orduna 3 run (kick failed) 8:39
OSU: Graham 98 kickoff return (Pruss kick) 8:26
NEB: Adkins 57 int. return (Orduna pass from Brownson) 4:56
Second Quarter
NEB: Rogers 42 field goal, 12:22
NEB: Ingles 40 pass from Brownson (Rogers kick) 10:22
NEB: Orduna 2 run (Rogers kick) 5:34
NEB: Rodgers 66 punt return (Rogers kick) 4:03
NEB: Rogers 41 field goal, 0:00
Third Quarter
OSU: Eben 10 pass from Pounds (run failed) 12:23
NEB: Rogers 38 field goal, 6:15
NEB: Kinney 2 run (Rogers kick) 0:11
Fourth Quarter
OSU: Eben 35 pass from Pounds (pass failed) 12:52
NEB: Cox 26 pass from Tagge (Rogers kick) 9:07
NEB: Decker 73 int. return (Rogers kick) 8:16
OSU: Graham 13 pass from Pounds (pass failed) 4:31
OSU: Graham 84 pass from Pounds (run failed) 0:00

                         OSU       NU
First Downs ............. 18       30     
Rushing, Net ......... 23-64   65-270     
Passing, Net ........... 329      275    
  Att-Comp-Int ..... 32-18-4  29-19-0  
Total Offense ....... 55-393   94-545    
Punts-Avg. ............ 7-44     4-43
Fumbles lost ............. 0        0
Yards penalized ....... 3-23     8-88

RUSHING
OSU: Cole 14-49; Brown 4-19; Williams 1-8; Pounds 4-(-12)

NEB: Olds 7-62; Kinney 13-53; Orduna 10-49; Schneiss 7-27; Vactor 10-26; Brownson 7-17; Carstens 3-9; Rodgers 1-7; Jones 2-3.

PASSING
OSU: Pounds 32-18-4 329

NEB: Brownson 15-11-0 175; Tagge 12-8-0 100; Jones 1-0-0 0; Rodgers 1-0-0 0.

RECEIVING
OSU: Graham 7-149; Eben 5-92; Dearinger 3-47; Cole 2-38; Brown 1-3.

NEB: Rodgers 4-85; Ingles 4-74; Kinney 3-29; Cox 2-41; List 2-24; Harvey 1-11; Orduna 1-8; Vactor 1-5; Schneiss 1-(-2).


MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS


rogers_paul (1K)NU BACK OF GAME: Paul Rogers.
Kicked FGs of 42, 41 and 38 yards, and six of seven PATs for 15 points to lead NU scoring.

  
newton (2K)NU LINEMAN OF GAME: Bob Newton.
Outstanding job of blocking
and pass protection.
  

Attendance: 67,822

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Recap

1970 Nebraska-Okla. State, Joe Orduna photoJoe Orduna opens Nebraska’s scoring with a 3-yard run. · Miami Herald · Newspapers.com

Cornhusker scoring barrage buries Cowboys

Piling up the most points since 1922, Nebraska had a field day in swamping Oklahoma State, 65-31, before the second-largest home crowd in history — 67,822 fans.

The Cornhuskers scored first, yielded briefly as Oklahoma State scored on a 98-yard kickoff return for a 7-6 lead, then ripped to a 41-7 halftime lead. After that it was a matter of the reserves logging time and the Cowboys trying to salvage some glory.

rodgers (1K)
Rodgers

NU’s 27-point blast in the second quarter killed the Cowboys. Nebraska used 50 players in the game that saw Joe Orduna score two TDs, Paul Rogers kick three field goals and six of seven PATS, and Johnny Rodgers return a punt 66 yards for a score.

The Huskers amassed 545 yards and only OSU’s late passing surge against Husker reserves enabled the Cowboys to get 393 yards. The Blackshirts held the Pokes to only 64 yards on the ground.

Thus, the No. 4-ranked Cornhuskers headed for the key showdown at Colorado with a sparkling 6-0-1 record.

H’MAX NOTES: OSU quarterback Tony Pounds, who entered the game as the Big Eight’s total offense and passing leader, was held to 17 yards passing in the first half. But in the second half alone, he set a Nebraska single-game opponent record for touchdown passes (4).

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1970 schedule
05/09Reds 23, Whites 3
09/12Wake ForestW 36-12
09/19@ S. CaliforniaT 21-21
09/26ArmyW 28-0
10/03@ MinnesotaW 35-10
10/10MissouriW 21-7
10/17@ KansasW 41-20
10/24Oklahoma St.W 65-31
10/31@ ColoradoW 29-13
11/07@ Iowa St.W 54-29
11/14Kansas St.W 51-13
11/21OklahomaW 28-21
01/01LSUW 17-12
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