Nebraska 49
North­western 7

Sept. 28, 1974 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
1st2nd3rd4th F 
North­western00077
Nebraska14217749
First quarter
NEB: Don Westbrook 5 run (Mike Coyle kick) 5:33
NEB: Jeff Moran 3 run (Coyle kick) 3:07
Second quarter
NEB: Dave Gillespie 1 run (Coyle kick) 12:07
NEB: Monte Anthony 3 run (Coyle kick) 6:08
NEB: Earl Everett 1 run (Coyle kick) 3:04
Third quarter
NEB: Gillespie 3 run (Coyle kick) 8:00
Fourth quarter
NEB: Everett 5 run (Coyle kick) 9:22
NWU: Rich Boothe 1 run (Jim Blazevich kick) 14:47

                           NWU       NEB
First Downs ............... 11        30
Rushing, Net .......... 51-134    63-391
  Comp-Att-Int ........ 4-15-2   11-19-0
Total Offense ......... 66-181    82-563
Punts-Avg ............... 7-33      3-41
Fumbles-Lost ............. 2-2       6-2
Penalties-Yds ........... 4-29      7-77


LEADING NU RUSHERS: Monte Anthony 111, Tony Davis 56.


LEADING NU PASSERS: Dave Humm 6-9-0, Terry Luck 4-8-0.


NU TOTAL OFFENSE LEADER: Monte Anthony 111.


MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS


ATTENDANCE: 76,101


NU OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME: Monte Anthony.


NU DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME: Bob Nelson, Tom Pate.

Coverage

Recap
Tom Heiser
Wingback Tom Heiser picks up yardage.

Freshman I-back Monte Anthony sets records in romp over ’Cats

Coming off its loss to Wisconsin, Nebraska gained sweet revenge over Big Ten opponent Northwestern as the Huskers demolished the Wildcats 49-7.

With Dave Humm at the controls, back from a hip injury, NU scored the third time it had the ball. Wingback Don Westbrook ran around left end for a five-yard touchdown run and with Mike Coyle’s kick, Nebraska led 7-0. That set the stage for the rest of the day.

Nebraska scored four more times in the first half and twice in the second half. Northwestern managed only one score, that coming in the fourth quarter.

Freshman running back Monte Anthony set modern-day freshman Nebraska varsity records by rushing for 111 yards on 14 carries and scoring one touchdown.

Nebraska dominated the team stats, garnering 30 first downs to Northwestern’s 11 and getting 563 total offensive yards to the Wildcats’ 181.

Recap and photo 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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