Nebraska 63

Syracuse 7

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.

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