Nebraska 57
New Mexico St. 0

Oct. 6, 1979 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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First Quarter
NEB: Craig Johnson 2 run (Sukup kick) 9:04
NEB: Jarvis Redwine 1 run (Sukup kick) 5:03
NEB: Junior Miller 43 pass from Tim Hager (Sukup kick) 3:37
Second Quarter
NEB: Kenny Brown 30 punt return (Sukup kick) 11:27
NEB: Dean Sukup 21 field goal, 0:00
Third Quarter
NEB: Johnson 1 run (kick failed) 11:00
NEB: Jeff Quinn 1 run (kick failed) 4:06
NEB: Scott Woodward 13 pass from Mark Mauer (Kevin Seibel kick) 0:37
Fourth Quarter
NEB: Johnson 11 run (Seibel kick) 12:21

                         NU       NMS
First Downs............. 11        29
Rushing Net.......... 40-88    63-376
Passing Net  ........... 68       193
  Comp-Att-Int. ... 10-24-0   11-18-0
Total Offense....... 64-156    81-569
Punts-Avg ........... 12-34      2-50
Fumbles-Lost .......... 4-2       5-4
Penalties-Yds ........ 7-65      8-84
Possession Time ..... 28:47     31:13
Third-down conv. ....  5/17      5/10
Fourth-down conv. ..... 0-0       3/3

LEADING NU RUSHER: Jarvis Redwine 120

LEADING NU PASSER:
Jeff Quinn 7-11-0 for 123 yards.

MORE STATS & SCORING SUMMARY

ATTENDANCE; 76,135

NU OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME:
Jarvis Redwine. 120 yards and 1 touchdown.

NU DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF GAME:
Kim Baker 11 tackles.

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Recap

1979 Jarvis Redwine TD vs New Mexico StateJarvis Redwine scores the Huskers’ second touchdown on a 1-yard leap over the center of the Nebraska line. · Lincoln Journal Star · Newspapers.com

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84 Huskers play in rout of Aggies

Jarvis Redwine made his first start for Nebraska and raced up and down the field for 120 yards on only 16 carries and played only in the first half as the Huskers had their way against outmanned New Mexico State, 57-0.

Nebraska showed brilliance in both the offensive and defensive categories, rolling up 569 yards total offense and holding the Aggies to 88 yards rushing.

Eighty-four players saw action for the Huskers, and even the Nebraska freshman backfield got into the game.

Three touchdowns in the first quarter — including one by Redwine and one by tight end Junior Miller on a reception of 43 yards from Tim Hager — pushed the Cornhuskers to a 31-0 halftime lead.

The Nebraska Blackshirts were immovable as they posted their first shutout of the ’79 season.

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1979 schedule
05/05Red 27, White 13
09/15Utah St.W 35-14
09/22@ IowaW 24-21
09/29Penn St.W 42-17
10/06New Mexico St.W 57-0
10/13KansasW 42-0
10/20@ Oklahoma St.W 36-0
10/27ColoradoW 38-10
11/03@ MissouriW 23-20
11/10@ Kansas St.W 21-12
11/17Iowa St.W 34-3
11/24@ OklahomaL 14-17
01/01HoustonL 14-17
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