Nebraska 42
UCLA 10

Sept. 24, 1983
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE • ESPN (delayed)
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First Quarter
UCLA: Frank Cephous 1 run (John Lee kick) 4:39 
Second Quarter
UCLA: FG Lee 37, 13:52
NEBR: Mark Schellen 11 run (Dave Schneider kick) 7:27
NEBR: Mike Rozier 5 run (Schneider kick) 5:01
Third Quarter
NEBR: Rozier 2 run (Schneider kick) 8:16 Rozier video 
NEBR: Tom Rathman 9 pass from Turner Gill (Schneider kick) 1:46
Fourth Quarter
NEBR: Jeff Smith 8 run (Schneider kick) 9:14
NEBR: Dave Burke 31 interception return (Schneider kick) 8:59

Attendance: 76,510.

                        UCLA        NU 
First downs ............. 17        34 
Rushes-yards ......... 39-97    82-477 
Passing yards .......... 195       123 
  Comp-Att-Int ..... 14-21-1    8-10-0 
Total offense ....... 60-292    92-600
Return yards ............ 10        55 
Sacks by ............... 0-0      3-15 
Punts ................. 4-41      2-55 
Fumbles-lost ........... 3-3       6-4 
Penalties-yards ....... 5-45      4-29 
Time of possession ... 24:50     35:10

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
 UCLA, Kevin Nelson 18-51, Cephous 9-46.
 Nebraska, Rozier 26-159, Smith 14-84, Gill 14-79, Paul Miles 8-73, Schellen 8-41.
Passing
 UCLA, Rick Neuheisel 9-14-0-144, Steve Bono 5-7-1-51.
 Nebraska, Gill 8-10-0-123.
Receiving
 UCLA, Mike Sherrard 5-71, Cephous 4-67, Paul Bergmann 2-24.
 Nebraska, Irving Fryar 6-100, Rozier 1-14, Rathman 1-9.
Missed field goals
 None.

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Huskers shrug off early miscues, trounce Bruins

Top-ranked Nebraska received its biggest scare of the young season when winless UCLA took advantage of two Husker fumbles to put NU behind for the first time in 1983, 10-0 early in the second quarter.

The Huskers scored on their next two possessions, though, to take a 14-10 halftime lead. Then, when linebacker Mike Knox blitzed to sack Bruin quarterback Rick Neuheisel early in the second half, Neuheisel fumbled and Nebraska recovered at the UCLA 32.

The Huskers scored in seven plays and went on to win, 42-10. The win was the 100th in Coach Tom Osborne’s career, and came against the same school that he got win No. 1 against in 1973.

1983 schedule
04/23Reds 37, Whites 14
08/29Penn St.W 44-6
09/10WyomingW 56-20
09/17@ MinnesotaW 84-13
09/24UCLAW 42-10
10/01SyracuseW 63-7
10/08@ Oklahoma St.W 14-10
10/15@ MissouriW 34-13
10/22ColoradoW 69-19
10/29@ Kansas St.W 51-25
11/05Iowa St.W 72-29
11/12KansasW 67-13
11/26@ OklahomaW 28-21
01/02MiamiL 30-31
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