Nebraska 63
Syracuse 7
Oct. 1, 1983
Memorial Stadium •
Lincoln, NE
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F | ||
| Syracuse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Nebraska | 14 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 63 |
First Quarter
NEB — Mike Rozier 37 run (Dave Schneider kick) 5:10
NEB — Turner Gill 9 run (Schneider kick) 8:56
Second Quarter
NEB — Rozier 1 run (Schneider kick) 1:39
NEB — Gill 1 run (Schneider kick) 3:42
NEB — Nate Mason 14 run (Mark Hagerman kick) 11:31
Third Quarter
NEB — Mark Schellen 5 run (Schneider kick) 5:42
NEB — Gill 5 run (Schneider kick) 8:34
NEB — Brian Hiemer 20 pass from Craig Sundberg (Hagerman kick) 12:50
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Paul Miles 6 run (Hagerman kick) 4:02.
SYR — Larry Morris 69 pass from Greg Christodulu (Don McAulay kick) 5:00
Attendance: 76,382.
SYR NU
First downs 15 27
Rushes-yards 35-54 69-354
Passing yards 245 104
Return yards 0 70
Passes 17-30-3 8-17-1
Sacks by 0-0 4-39
Punts 4-37 2-36
Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-0
Penalties-yards 10-96 4-21
Time of possession 28:17 31:43
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
Syracuse, Harold Gayden 9-38, Jamie Covington 9-19.
Nebraska, Rozier 19-142, Mason 7-61, Gill 13-50, Jeff Smith 9-34.
Passing
Syracuse, Christodulu 8-13-0-143, Todd Norley 9-17-3-102.
Nebraska, Gill 4-10-1-49, Sundberg 3-4-0-44, Mason 1-3-0-11.
Receiving
Syracuse, Jim Tait 4-42, Scott Schwedes 4-36, Covington 2-36.
Nebraska, Scott Kimball 4-49, Ricky Simmons 2-19.
Missed field goals
None.
