Nebraska 56
Kansas 0

Oct. 19, 1974 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lawrence, KS
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Second quarter
NU: Don Westbrook 7 pass from Dave Humm (Coyle kick) 12:10
NU: Westbrook 10 pass from Humm (Coyle kick) 0:23
Third quarter
NU: Tony Davis 1 run (Coyle kick) 8:38
NU: Westbrook 3 pass from Humm (Coyle kick) 1:00
Fourth quarter
NU: John O'Leary 1 run (Coyle kick) 12:13
NU: Jeff Moran 1 run (Coyle kick) 6:57
NU: O'Leary 5 run (Coyle kick) 4:35
NU: Moran 10 run (Coyle kick) 1:58

                        NU        KU
First Downs ........... 28         4
Rushing, Net ...... 60-235     32-71
Passing, Net ......... 230        72
  Comp-Att-Int ... 23-27-0    3-14-2
Total Offense ..... 87-456    46-143
Punts-Avg ........... 4-38     10-30
Fumbles-Lost ......... 1-1       4-2
Penalties-Yds ....... 4-30      2-20


LEADING NU RUSHER: Don Westbrook 42.


LEADING NU PASSER: Dave Humm 23-27-0.


NU TOTAL OFFENSE LEADER: Dave Humm 237.


MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS


ATTENDANCE: 52,300


NU OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME: Dave Humm.


NU DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME: Tom Ruud.


NOTE: Dave Humm was named National AP Back of the Week, Big 8 Offensive Player for the WeeK and Sports Illustrated's Offensive Player of the Week.

Coverage

Recap

Humm enjoys record-setting day in rout of Kansas

Nebraska quarterback Dave Humm set one national record and three Big 8 marks as the lefthander from Las Vegas led the Huskers to a 56-0 humiliation of 13th-ranked Kansas.

Kansas entered the game 4-1 and had earlier in the year beaten nationally ranked Texas A&M. But the formidable Jayhawks never got off the ground thanks to a tough Black Shirt defense and the offensive brilliance of Humm.

Humm hit 23 of 27 passes for three touchdowns and 230 yards. His completion percentage of 85.2 was both a Big 8 record and Nebraska record. His three touchdown passes gave him 36 for the year, also a conference mark. But the most phenomenal record of all was that from the second through the fourth quarters, Humm hit 15 consecutive passes. That set a national and Big 8 record.

But it wasn’t all offense. Nebraska’s defense limited KU to four first downs and 143 total yards, and the Black Shirts intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble.

Nebraska now takes a 1-1 Big 8 mark and a 4-2 overall figure into its conference game with always tough Oklahoma State.

Recap source: 1975 media guide

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Pregame & team info
1974 schedule
05/04Red 41, White 40
09/14OregonW 61-7
09/21@ WisconsinL 20-21
09/28NorthwesternW 49-7
10/05MinnesotaW 54-0
10/12MissouriL 10-21
10/19@ KansasW 56-0
10/26Oklahoma St.W 7-3
11/02@ ColoradoW 31-15
11/09@ Iowa St.W 23-13
11/16Kansas St.W 35-7
11/23OklahomaL 14-28
12/31FloridaW 13-10
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