Nebraska 64
TCU 10

Sept. 25, 1976
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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First Quarter
TCU: Ruben Ray 27 field goal, 9:36
NEB: Dave Shamblin 10 pass from Vince Ferragamo (Al Eveland kick) 6:06
TCU: Gerry Modzelewski 1 run (Ray kick) 3:22
NEB: Dave Butterfield 87 punt return (Eveland kick) 0:37
Second Quarter
NEB: Bobby Thomas 31 pass from Ferragamo (Eveland kick) 8:54
NEB: Eveland 30 field goal, 3:23
NEB: Dodie Donnell 10 pass from Ferragamo (Eveland kick) 1:36
NEB: Thomas 10 pass from Ferragamo (Eveland kick) 0:26
Third Quarter
NEB: Eveland 25 field goal, 11:15
NEB: Eveland 34 field goal, 3:27
NEB: Dale Zabrocki 5 run (Ron VanderMeer kick) 1:37
NEB: Byron Stewart 7 run (VanderMeer kick failed) 0:34
Fourth Quarter
NEB: Byron Stewart 2 run (VanderMeer kick) 10:56

                            TCU       NU
First Downs.................. 7       22
Rushing Net .............. 38-8   45-192
  Comp-Att-Int ........ 10-21-4  17-27-1
Passing Net ............... 164      231
Total Offense........... 59-172   72-433
Return yards ................ 2      135
Punts-Average ............ 7-38     3-36
Fumbles-Lost .............. 5-3      2-1
Penalties-Yards........... 8-92     7-65

Attendance: 74,981

LEADING NU RUSHERS:
 Byron Stewart 64, Rick Berns 47, Monte Anthony 34.
LEADING NU PASSERS:
 Vince Ferragamo 218.
NU TOTAL OFFENSE LEADER:
 Vince Ferragamo 217.

NU OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Vince Ferragamo.
NU DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE GAME: Dave Butterfield.

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Tony Samuel
Tony Samuel pressures TCU quarterback Jimmy Dan Elzner.

Horned Frogs buried despite strong start

After an early scare by the Horned Frogs, Nebraska took advantage of seven TCU turnovers, a strong rushing attack, and the pinpoint passing of Vince Ferragamo to roll to a 64-10 win.

As 74,981 fans viewed Nebraska’s first home game, TCU led Nebraska in the early going. A recovery of a TCU fumble of a Nebraska punt and an 87-yard punt return for a touchdown by Dave Butterfield put Nebraska ahead 14-10 at the quarter. From that point on it was all Nebraska. Ferragamo tied the school record of four touchdown passes in a single game, and he did it all in the first half as Nebraska built a 38-10 lead.

TCU managed 26 yards total offense in the second half while Nebraska scored 26 more points to make the final score 64-10.

Seventy-six players saw action for Nebraska as coach Tom Osborne gave everyone a chance to play. Byron Stewart, a fifth string I-back going into the game, led Nebraska in rushing with 64 yards on 13 carries. Ferragamo continued his pinpoint passing by hitting 15 of 23 passes for 218 yards.

Pregame & team info
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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