Nebraska 63Syracuse 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.