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Nebraska 38
Minnesota 7

Sep. 15, 1984 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
1st 2nd 3rd 4th  F 
Minnesota 0 0 0 7 7
Nebraska 0 21 10 7 38 
Second Quarter
NEB: Jeff Smith 13 run (Scott Livingston kick) 14:20
NEB: Scott Porter 26 run (Livingston kick) 7:10
NEB: Brian Hiemer 28 pass from Craig Sundberg (Livingston kick) 1:32
Third Quarter
NEB: Livingston 22 field goal, 11:27
NEB: Jim Thompson 7 pass from Sundberg (Livingston kick) 5:11
Fourth Quarter
MIN: Valdez Baylor 63 pass from Rickey Foggie (Chip Lohmiller kick) 14:52
NEB: Doug DuBose 11 run (Dale Klein kick) 5:58

                         MIN        NEB
First downs .............. 9         28
Rushes-yards ......... 38-79     68-405 
Passing yards .......... 116        163 
  Att-Comp-Int ...... 7-20-2    10-14-0
Total offense ....... 58-195     82-568
Return yards ............. 2        145
Sacks by ............... 0-0       2-16
Punts .............. 11-46.5     3-46.3
Fumbles-lost ........... 1-0        8-4
Penalties-yards ....... 2-20       6-70
Possession time ...... 26:30      33:30
Third-down conv. ...... 2/13       6-16
Fourth-down conv. ...... 0/1        4-4

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
MIN: Tony Hunter 8-28, Donovan Small 9-23, Foggie 5-17.

NEB: Smith 26-183, DuBose 4-56, Porter 7-50, Paul Miles 10-42.

Passing
MIN: Foggie 2-8-1-64, Brett Sadek 5-10-1-52.

NEB: Sundberg 8-10-0-134, Travis Turner 2-4-0-29.

Receiving
MIN: Baylor 2-66, Kevin Starks 1-21, Small 1-13.

NEB: Todd Frain 2-42, Scott Kimball 2-25.

Missed field goals
MIN: None. NEB: Livingston 33.

MORE STATS & SCORING SUMMARY

Attendance: 76,077

Coverage

Recap
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Huskers roll despite trouble with fumbles

For the second straight week, fumbles were a major problem, as the Huskers put the ball on the ground eight times and gave it up four — twice in Minnesota territory.

In spite of that, NU still rolled up 405 rushing yards in the game — 183 by I-back Jeff Smith — and broke a scoreless first-quarter tie with a 21-point outburst in the second period. Quarterback Craig Sundberg got rid of whatever jitters he’d had against Wyoming to complete eight of 10 passes for 134 yards and two touchdowns.

Smith also had 90 yards in kick returns, including a 51-yard punt return, for 273 all-purpose yards.

Nebraska’s defense held the Gophers to 38 yards of total offense in the first half. It was Lou Holtz’s second game as Minnesota’s head coach.

Pregame & team info
1984 schedule
04/28 Red 35, White 13
09/08 Wyoming W 42-7
09/15 Minnesota W 38-7
09/22 @ UCLA W 42-3
09/29 @ Syracuse L 9-17
10/06 Oklahoma St. W 17-3
10/13 Missouri W 33-23
10/20 @ Colorado W 24-7
10/27 Kansas St. W 62-14
11/03 @ Iowa St. W 44-0
11/10 @ Kansas W 41-7
11/17 Oklahoma L 7-17
01/01 LSU W 28-10
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