Nebraska 54
Minnesota 0

Oct. 5, 1974 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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First quarter
NEB: Tony Davis 6 pass from Dave Humm (Mike Coyle kick failed) 7:55
Second quarter
NEB: Dave Gillespie 2 run (Coyle kick) 13:36
NEB: Monte Anthony 48 run (Coyle kick) 8:41
NEB: Humm 15 run (Coyle kick failed) 1:09
Third quarter
NEB: Anthony 3 run (Humm run) 9:30
NEB: Jim Burrow 67 punt return (Coyle kick) 8:49
Fourth quarter
NEB: Gillespie 5 run (Coyle kick) 10:18 
NEB: Chuck Malito 66 pass from Earl Everett (Coyle kick failed) 7:15

                        MIN       NEB
First Downs ............  3        30
Rushes, Net yds...... 31-29    75-402
Passing yards .......... 35       122
  Comp-Att-Int ..... 4-13-1    6-12-0
Total Offense ....... 44-64    87-524
Return yards ............ 0       141
Punts ................ 9-40      1-34
Fumbles-Lost .......... 1-1       3-2
Penalties-Yards ...... 4-40      2-16

RUSHING
MIN: Upchurch 14-19; Jones 2-4; Fuller 2-minus 7; Pride 4-4; Olsen 4-1; Brady 2-7; Perkins 1-0; Trestman 2-1

NEB: Humm 5-35; Westbrook 4-11; Davis 18-97; Gillespie 20-77; Anthony 8-86; Higgs 10-52; Zabrocki 2-19; Luck 2-minus 1; Craig 1-16; Walton 1-2; Talley 2-0; Everett 1-12; Bake 1-minus 4

PASSING
MIN: Olsen 1-4-1 0; Upchurch 0-1-0 0; Trestman 3-8-0 35

NEB: Humm 5-10-0 56; Luck 0-1-0 0; Everett 1-1-0 66.

RECEIVING
MIN: Upchurch 1-0; Kullas 2-14; Sims 1-11.

NEB: Davis 3-35; Westbrook 2-21; Malito 1-66
ATTENDANCE: 76,408

 

NU OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME: Tony Davis.

 

NU DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME: Ron Pruitt.

 

MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS

 

NOTE: Dave Humm’s TD pass to Tony Davis in the first quarter was his 33rd career TD pass, a new Nebraska record, breaking the old record of 32 set by Jerry Tagge from 1969-71.

 

Coverage

Recap
Tony Davis and Ric BonnessCenter Ric Bonness leads the way for fullback Tony Davis.

Blackshirts shut down Gophers

With the Nebraska Blackshirts at their best, Nebraska romped to a 54-0 win over the hapless Minnesota Gophers.

Nebraska’s defense held the Gophers to three first downs, 29 yards rushing and 35 yards passing. The Blackshirts also intercepted one pass and recovered one Minnesota fumble.

Nebraska scored on its first possession, marching 85 yards in 18 plays. The score came on a six-yard pass from Husker ace Dave Humm to fullback Tony Davis with 7:55 left in the first quarter.

Before the game was over, Nebraska scored seven more times and raised its 1974 record against Big Ten opponents to 2-1, beating Minnesota and Northwestern and losing to Wisconsin.

As 76,408 fans watched, Nebraska got 30 first downs, 402 yards rushing and 122 yards passing and was forced to punt only once.

Nebraska, now ranked No. 6 (AP), entered the Big 8 race against always tough Missouri, who was getting trounced by Wisconsin (59-20) when the Huskers were putting it to Minnesota.

Recap & photo from 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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