Nebraska 17
Miami 9

Oct. 2, 1976 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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Miami60039
Nebraska0071017
First Quarter
MIA: Ottis Anderson 5 run (Chris Dennis kick failed) 2:40
Third Quarter
NEB: Chuck Malito 32 pass from Vince Ferragamo (Al Eveland kick) 10:57
Fourth Quarter
MIA: Dennis 51 field goal, 12:08
NEB: Eveland 32 field goal, 6:24
NEB: Dave Shamblin 32 pass from Ferragamo (Al Eveland kick) 3:21

                            MIA       NU
First Downs.................. 8       24
Rushing, Net............. 36-66   54-207
Passing, Net............... 102      264
  Comp-Att-Int ......... 7-20-1  17-22-1
Total Offense........... 56-168   76-471
Return Yards................ 61        9
Punts..................... 9-38     6-39
Fumbles-Lost............... 6-3      3-3
Penalties-Yards .......... 5-55     5-58

LEADING NU RUSHERS: Monte Anthony 109,
  Rick Berns 54, Dodie Donnell 47
LEADING NU PASSER: Vince Ferragamo 264 
NU TOTAL OFFENSE LEADER: Vince Ferragamo
NU OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME:
  Steve Hoins
NU DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: 
  Kent Smith

MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS

Attendance: 76,255

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Recap

Huskers rally past ‘Canes in fourth quarter

Once again the Huskers had to come from behind and then hold off a physical Miami team in winning 17-9 in front of 76,155 people.

The typical scene was one of injured players being carried off the field in a game that saw few gridders escape unscathed.

Miami took a 6-0 lead into halftime on a five-yard touchdown run and a missed extra point that loomed bigger and bigger as the day went on. It was the first time a Nebraska team had failed to score in the first half since Oklahoma State in 1974 when that score was knotted 0-0 at halftime.

Nebraska drove 49 yards in five plays the first time the Huskers had the ball in the second half, capped off by a 32-yard Vince Ferragamo to Chuck Malito touchdown pass. Neither team threatened again until Miami kicked a 51 yard field goal less then three minutes into the final quarter.

Nebraska mounted its best drive of the day behind the passing of Ferragamo and two 15-yard penalties against Miami, one a roughing the kicker call on fourth down, to regain the lead on a pressure-packed 32-yard Al Eveland field goal. Nebraska finished the day’s scoring three minutes later with a 23-yard Ferragamo to Dave Shamblin touchdown pass, the big play in that drive being a 31-yard pass from Ferragamo to Shamblin.

Nebraska rolled up 471 yards total offense to 168 for Miami. Ferragamo finished the day 17 of 22 for 264 yards passing, and Monte Anthony had 109 yards on 24 carries.

H’MAX NOTES: Miami was coached by former Nebraska assistant Carl Selmer. … Selmer said the roughing-the-punter penalty on Miami was the key play of the game.

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1976 schedule
05/01Reds 26, Whites 29
09/11@ LSUL 6-6
09/18@ IndianaW 45-13
09/25TCUW 64-10
10/02MiamiW 17-9
10/09@ ColoradoW 24-12
10/16Kansas St.W 51-0
10/23MissouriL 24-34
10/30@ KansasW 31-3
11/06Oklahoma St.W 14-10
11/13@ Iowa St.L 28-37
11/26OklahomaL 17-20
12/04@ HawaiiW 68-3
12/31Texas TechW 27-24
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