Nebraska 52
Iowa St. 0

Nov. 15, 1975 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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First quarter
NU: Curtis Craig 8 run (Mike Coyle kick) 13:57
NU: Craig 10 pass from Vince Ferragamo (Coyle kick) 4:28
Second quarter
NU: Ferragamo 1 run (Coyle kick) 13:29
NU: Coyle 39 field goal, 7:42
NU: Bobby Thomas 26 pass from Ferragamo (Coyle kick) 3:00
Third quarter
NU: Monte Anthony 5 run (Coyle kick) 7:28
Fourth quarter
NU: Dave Gillespie 2 run (Coyle kick) 12:16
NU: Gillespie 2 run (Coyle kick) 6:18

                    ISU       NU
First Downs ......... 9       33
Rushing, Net ... 35-150   72-318
Passing, Net ....... 52      249
 Comp-Att-Int .. 4-15-1  13-19-0
Total Offense .. 50-202   91-567
Punts-Avg ........ 8-40     3-50
Fumbles-Lost ...... 1-1      2-0

RUSHING
ISU: Wingender 15-77; Green 6-29; Hardeman 5-28; Isler 3-5; Tryon 3-minus-2.

NEB: Anthony 16-80; Davis 12-60; O'Leary 9-49; Gillespie 12-48; Donnell 9-37; Craig 5-28; Higgs 3-11; Panneton 1-10; Ferragamo 2-minus-1; Luck 4-minus-4.

PASSING
ISU: Mason 2-11-0 33; Hardeman 1-2-0 21; Tryon 1-2-1 minus-2.

NEB: Ferragamo 7-9-0 163; Luck 4-8-0 63; Cargia 2-2-0 23.

RECEIVING
ISU: Smith 2-31; Hardee 1-23; Wingender 1-minus-2.

NEB: Panneton 3-68; Thomas 2-72; Mushinskie 2-39; Craig 2-28; Malito 2-23; Shamblin 2-19.

ADDITIONAL STATS

ATTENDANCE: 76,131

NU PLAYERS OF GAME
  Offense: Curtis Craig
  Defense: Kent Smith
1975 Nebraska-Iowa State football QB sackDes Moines Register · Newspapers.com

Coverage

Recap
Curtis Craig carries
Curtis Craig carries the ball.

Cyclones blown away in Huskers’ fourth shutout

Nebraska’s Blackshirts turned in their fourth shutout of the year as the Huskers defeated the Iowa State Cyclones 52-0.

Nebraska held ISU to 202 total offensive yards, 150 on the ground and 52 through the air. The Huskers also recovered an Iowa State fumble and intercepted a Cyclone pass.

Nebraska scored on its first possession after Iowa State fumbled the opening kickoff. Three plays later, Curtis Craig scored on an outside reverse and the Huskers were rolling to win No. 10.

Nebraska’s win and Oklahoma’s narrow 28-27 victory over Missouri that same afternoon set up a Big 8 title game between the Huskers and the Sooners. The Cornhuskers were unbeaten and ranked No. 2 in the country, while Oklahoma had suffered one conference loss, a 23-3 upset by Kansas on Nov. 8. And a lot was at stake for the winner of the Nebraska-Oklahoma game, because the victor would represent the Big 8 at the Orange Bowl.

Recap source: 1976 media guide

Neb. sources
Omaha World-Herald
Lincoln Journal & Star
Daily Nebraskan
More sources
Des Moines Register
Waterloo Courier
Associated Press
Sports Illustrated
Pregame & team info
1975 schedule
05/03Reds 6, Whites 20
09/13LSUW 10-7
09/20IndianaW 45-0
09/27TCUW 56-14
10/04MiamiW 31-16
10/11KansasW 16-0
10/18@ Oklahoma St.W 28-20
10/25ColoradoW 63-21
11/01@ MissouriW 30-7
11/08@ Kansas St.W 12-0
11/15Iowa St.W 52-0
11/22OklahomaL 10-35
12/26@ Arizona St.L 14-17
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