First Quarter
OSU: Ed Smith 13 run (Colin Ankersen kick) 5:44
Second Quarter
NEB: Billy Todd 23 field goal, 14:15
NEB: Tom Sorley 1 run (Todd kick) 7:28
NEB: Rick Berns 20 pass from Sorley (pass failed) 2:59
NEB: Todd 28 field goal, 0:15
Third Quarter
OSU: Terry Suellentrop 1 run (Ankersen kick) 8:12
NEB: Todd 42 field goal, 0:15
OSUNEB
First Downs ........... 17 15
Rushing Net ....... 57-213 57-217
Passing Net .......... 110 99
Comp-Att-Int .... 4-13-0 10-17-0
Total Offense ..... 70-323 74-316
Punts ............. 7-33.5 5-42.6
Fumbles-lost ......... 3-2 4-2
Penalized-yards ..... 1-15 3-15
Third-down conv. .... 6/15 11/20
Possession time .... 29:12 30:48
RUSHING
OSU: Smith 17-77, Burk 19-62, Taylor 12-39, Suellentrop 6-20, Hammonds 2-15, Headspeth 1-0.
NEB: Berns 18-87, Hipp 15-73, Franklin 8-49, Sorley 13-8, Kotera 1-4, Brown 2-minus-4.
PASSING
OSU: Burk 4-13-0 110.
NEB: Sorley 10-17-0 99.
RECEIVING
OSU: Taylor 1-57, Stephens 1-19, Ingram 1-19, Campbell 1-15.
NEB: Smith 4-36, Miller 2-22, Brown 2-11, Berns 1-20, Lockett 1-10.
ADDITIONAL STATS
ATTENDANCE: 75,786
NU OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME
Billy Todd, 3 field goals
NU DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME
Lee Kunz, 11 tackles, 7 unassisted
Oklahoma State traveled to Lincoln with just a 2-5 record, but the always tough Cowboys nearly came away with a tie against No. 5 ranked Nebraska. The Huskers had to turn back a late fourth quarter Oklahoma State drive at the Husker 19 to salvage the win, 22-14.
Oklahoma State took a 7-0 lead on its first possession of the game with an 80-yard drive capped by a 13-yard run by Ed Smith. The Huskers were shut out in the first quarter, but 19 second-quarter points put Nebraska out in front at the half, 19-7. In the second quarter, Nebraska scored on a 1-yard run by Tom Sorley and a 20-yard pass from Sorley to Rick Berns. Billy Todd added one extra point and field goals of 23 and 28 yards.
After a third-quarter touchdown by Oklahoma State’s Terry Suellentrop made it a 19-14 game, Todd kicked his third three-pointer of the day, this one 42 yards, in the final minute of the quarter to give the Huskers their final eight-point margin.
But it was far from over. Late in the fourth quarter, with OSU on the Husker 19, the Cowboys attempted a pass into the end zone. The receiver was open, but the ball was over his head, and Husker hearts started beating once again.