Oklahoma 31
Nebraska 24
Jan. 1, 1979 - 7 p.m. Central
Orange Bowl | Miami, FL | NBC
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total | ||
| Nebraska | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 24 | |
| Oklahoma | 7 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 31 |
First Quarter
NU: T. Smith 21 pass from Sorley (Todd kick) 8:29
OU: Sims 3 run (von Schamann kick) 0:07
Second Quarter
OU: Lott 3 run (von Schamann kick) 6:22
Third Quarter
OU: Sims 11 run (von Schamann kick) 13:30
OU: von Schamann 16 field goal 9:18
NU: Todd 31 field goal 4:24
OU: Lott 2 run (von Schamann kick) 0:15
Fourth Quarter
NU: Berns 1 run (Todd kick) 9:12
NU: Miller 2 pass from Sorley (Todd kick) 0:00
Attendance: 66,365
NU OU
First Downs ............. 27 17
Rushing ............... 16 14
Passing ................ 9 1
Penalty ................ 2 2
Rushes-Net Yards .... 54-217 53-292
Yards Gained ......... 223 297
Yards Lost ............. 6 5
Long Play ............. 18 38
Net Yards Passing ...... 220 47
Comp-Att-Int ..... 18-31-2 2-3-0
Long Play ............. 28 38
Total Offense ....... 85-437 56-339
Int. Returns-Yds ....... 0-0 2-66
Punts-Average ....... 2-37.5 3-39.3
Punt Return Yds .......... 2 0
Kickoff Return Yds ...... 45 53
Fumbles-Lost ........... 0-0 1-1
Penalized-Yds ......... 8-96 6-50
Third-Down Conv. ...... 8/18 7/12
RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD
Berns ...... 19 99 5.2 1
Hipp ....... 18 66 3.7 0
Sorley ...... 7 24 3.4 0
Wurth ....... 2 10 5.0 0
Franklin .... 3 9 3.0 0
Brown ....... 1 7 7.0 0
Johnson ..... 3 6 2.0 0
PASSING Att. Com. Int. Yds TD
Sorley ....... 31 18 2 220 2
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD
Miller .......... 3 49 1
T. Smith ........ 3 62 1
Franklin ........ 2 10 0
Wurth ........... 1 5 0
Brown ........... 5 43 0
Lockett ......... 1 22 0
Johnson ......... 1 3 0
Kotera .......... 1 12 0
Hipp ............ 1 14 0
PUNTING No. Yds. Avg.
Smith .......... 2 75 37.5
RETURNS Punts Kickoffs Int.
Johnson ........ 0-0 2-22 0-0
Brown ......... 0-0 1-12 0-0
Miller ......... 0-0 1-11 0-0
Liegl .......... 1-2 0-0 0-0
Sacks- Fum
DEFENSE UT AT Int Yds Rec
Andrews ..... 9 2 0 0 0
Dunning ..... 7 3 0 0 0
Cole ........ 6 3 0 0 0
Kunz ........ 5 5 0 0 0
Pillen ...... 5 2 0 0 0
Horn ........ 5 1 0 0 0
Fischer ..... 4 2 0 0 0
Hansen ...... 3 1 0 0 0
Means ....... 3 0 0 0 0
Nelson ...... 1 1 0 1-1 0
Pensick ..... 1 0 0 0 0
Weinmaster .. 1 0 0 0 0
Saalfeld .... 1 0 0 0 0
Cotton ...... 1 0 0 0 0
Leroy ....... 1 0 0 0 0
Clark ....... 1 0 0 0 1
Gary ........ 0 1 0 0 0
RUSHING Att. Net Avg. TD
Simms .......25 134 5.3 2
Lott ........14 74 5.3 1
King ........11 65 5.9 0
Overstreet .. 3 19 6.3 0
PASSING Att. Com. Int. Yds TD
Lott ......... 3 2 0 47 0
RECEIVING No. Yds. TD
Rhodes .......... 1 38 0
Kimball ......... 1 9 0
PUNTING No. Yds. Avg.
Ray .............. 3 118 39.3
RETURNS Punts Kickoffs Int.
Rogers ........ 0-0 2-47 0-0
Anderson ....... 0-0 1-6 0-0
Ray ............ 0-0 1-0 1-37
Babb ........... 0-0 0-0 1-29
Sacks- Fum
DEFENSE UT AT Int Yds Rec
Kinlaw ..... 11 0 0 0 0
Hunt ....... 10 2 0 0 0
Goodman ..... 6 2 0 0 0
Cumby ....... 5 4 0 0 0
Banks ....... 6 0 0 0 0
Dittman ..... 5 0 0 0 0
Tabor ....... 4 3 0 1-5 0
Lewis ....... 4 1 0 0 0
Taylor ...... 4 1 0 0 0
Jimerson .... 3 1 0 0 0
Ray ......... 3 0 1 0 0
Babb ........ 2 0 1 0 0
Burget ...... 2 0 0 0 0
Taton ....... 1 2 0 0 0
Mathis ...... 1 1 0 0 0
Sanders ..... 1 0 0 0 0
Lovelady .... 1 0 0 0 0
Paul ........ 1 0 0 0 0
Claphan ..... 1 0 0 0 0
