Penn St. 27Nebraska 24
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F | ||
Nebraska | 0 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |
Penn St. | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
First quarter PS: Kirk Bowman 14 pass from Todd Blackledge (Massimo Manca kick) 1:43 Second quarter PS: Curt Warner 2 run (Manca kick) 8:51 NU: Irving Fryar 30 pass from Turner Gill (Kevin Seibel kick) 0:38 Third quarter PS: Kenny Jackson 18 pass from Blackledge (Manca kick) 9:42 NU: Mike Rozier 2 pass from Gill (Seibel kick) 3:28 Fourth quarter NU: Seibel 37 field goal, 13:02 NU: Gill 1 run (Seibel kick) 1:18 PS: Bowman 2 pass from Blackledge (kick failed) 0:04
McCloskey’s controversial catch. | Field diagram | Full game
NEB PSU First downs ........... 23 30 Rushes-yards ...... 48-233 41-210 Passing yards ........ 239 295 Comp-Att-Int ... 16-34-1 23-39-1 Total offense ..... 82-472 80-505 Return yards ........... 0 13 Punts ............. 3-38.7 2-37.5 Fumbles-lost ......... 3-2 3-2 Penalties-yards ..... 4-35 2-10 Possession time .... 30:13 29:47 Third-down conv. ... 11/19 6/13 Fourth-down conv. .... 0/1 2/2 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING NU: Rozier 19-86, Gill 12-52, Fryar 1-45, Roger Craig 7-27, Doug Wilkening 8-23. PS: Warner 13-78, Jon Williams 10-65, Skeeter Nichols 7-32, Joel Coles 4-20, Todd Blackledge 5-8, Mumford 2-7. PASSING NU: Gill 34-16-1 239. PS: Blackledge 39-23-1 295. RECEIVING NU: Fryar 7-112, Todd Brown 3-60, Ricky Simmons 2-28, Jamie Williams 1-18, Mitch Krenk 1-11, Wilkening 1-8, Rozier 1-2. PS: Gregg Garrity 5-75, Jackson 5-73, Mike McCloskey 4-68, Warner 3-47, Williams 3-0, Bowman 2-16, Nichols 1-16. ADDITIONAL STATS Attendance: 85,304