Nebraska 17
Auburn 3

Oct. 3, 1981 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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First Quarter
AUB: Al Del Greco 52 field goal, 6:28
Third quarter
NEB: Kevin Seibel 39 field goal, 9:10
NEB: Roger Craig 3 run (Seibel kick) 8:25
Fourth quarter
NEB: Turner Gill 8 run (Seibel kick) 3:51

A-76,423
                         AUB      NEB 
First downs ............. 12       16 
Rushes-yards ......... 52-55   64-257 
Passing yards ........... 95       50 
  Comp-Att-Int ...... 5-10-2   6-15-2 
Total offense ....... 62-150   79-307
Return yards ............ 44       80 
Punts ............... 7-44.3   5-50.2 
Fumbles-lost .......... 10-5      3-2 
Penalties-yards ....... 5-26     6-80 
Time of possession ... 26:52    33:08

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
 AUB: Ron O'Neal 14-22, Lionel James 4-19.
 NEB: Craig 22-87, Mike Rozier 15-76, Phil Bates 12-68, Gill 8-20.

Passing
 AUB: Charles Thomas 5-10-2-95.
 NEB: Mark Mauer 5-9-1-41, Gill 1-6-1-9.

Receiving
 AUB: Ed West 3-51, Chris Woods 1-30.
 NEB: Jamie Williams 3-26, Todd Brown 2-19.

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1981 Nebraska-Auburn fumbleJimmy Williams (96) gets set to recover a fumble in the third quarter. The turnover set up Nebraska’s go-ahead touchdown. · The Lincoln Star · Newspapers.com

Huskers shut down Auburn in the rain

Off to its worst start (1-2) since 1960 and playing before a record non-conference crowd at Memorial Stadium (76,423), Nebraska came up empty in the first half and found itself at the short end of a 3-0 score against Auburn.

However, the Huskers shook off fumble problems in one of the rainiest games in years, began to take advantage of Auburn fumbles, and scored 17 second-half points to post a 17-3 win over the visitors from the Southeastern Conference. Auburn had taken its lead on a 52-yard first-quarter field goal by Al Del Greco, while the frustrated Huskers saw two first-half drives end inside the Tiger 10.

In the second half, though, Nebraska scored on its first two possessions (a 39-yard field goal by Kevin Seibel and a three-yard run by Roger Craig), recovered four Auburn fumbles, and iced the game late in the fourth quarter on an eight-yard run by Turner Gill.

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Pregame & team info
1981 schedule
04/25Whites 22, Reds 21
09/12@ IowaL 7-10
09/19Florida St.W 34-14
09/26Penn St.L 24-30
10/03AuburnW 17-3
10/10ColoradoW 59-0
10/17@ Kansas St.W 49-3
10/24@ MissouriW 6-0
10/31KansasW 31-15
11/07@ Oklahoma St.W 54-7
11/14Iowa St.W 31-7
11/21@ OklahomaW 37-14
01/01ClemsonL 15-22
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