Nebraska 35Oklahoma 31
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F | ||
Nebraska | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 | |
Oklahoma | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
— Dave Kindred, Louisville Courier Journal
First quarter NU: Johnny Rodgers 72 punt return (Rich Sanger kick) 11:28 OU: John Carroll 30 field goal 5:53 Second quarter NU: Jeff Kinney 1 run (Sanger kick) 11:08 OU: Jack Mildren 3 run (Carroll kick) 5:10 OU: Jon Harrison 24 pass from Mildren (Carroll kick) 0:28 Third quarter NU: Kinney 3 run (Sanger kick) 8:54 NU: Kinney 1 run (Sanger kick) 3:38 OU: Mildren 3 run (Carroll kick) 0:28 Fourth quarter OU: Harrison 16 pass from Mildren (Carroll kick) 7:10 NU: Kinney 2 run (Sanger kick) 1:38 NU OU First downs ............... 19 22 By rushing ............... 15 16 By passing ................ 4 6 By penalty ................ 0 0 Rushes-yards .......... 59-297 64-279 Net passing yards ......... 65 188 Comp.-Att.-Int. ...... 6-13-0 6-11-0 Total offense ......... 72-362 75-467 Punts-Avg. ............ 5-36.4 3-35.7 Punt returns ............ 2-80 1-7 Fumbles-lost ............. 1-1 5-3 Penalties-yards .......... 1-5 0-0 RUSHING NU: Kinney 31-171, Tagge 17-49, Rodgers 4-27, Olds 4-22, Damkroger 3-23, Dixon 1-2. OU: Mildren 31-130, Pruitt 10-53, Wiley 3-11, Crosswhite 12-59, Welch 8-26. PASSING NU: Tagge 6-12-0—65, Rodgers 0-1-0—0. OU: Mildren 5-10-0—137, Harrison 1-1-0—51. RECEIVING NU: Rodgers 5-61, Kinney 1-4. OU: Harrison 4-115, Chandler 2-73. PUNT RETURNS NU: Rodgers 2-80. OU: Wylie 1-7. KICKOFF RETURNS NU: Kinney 2-30; Rodgers 1-25; Jamail 1-1. OU: Wylie 1-16; Pruitt 1-9; Crosswhite 1-7; Dodd 1-2. TACKLING LEADERS (UT-AT-TT) NU: Glover 3-19-22, Terrio 4-13-17, Jacobson 2-12-14, Blahak 5-8-13. OU: Driscoll 5-6-11, Aycock 2-9-11, Selmon 1-9-10, Pope 6-3-9. Attendance: 63,385
— Lyell Bremser, KFAB radio
— Dan Jenkins, Sports Illustrated
— Wally Provost, Omaha World-Herald