Oklahoma 17
Nebraska 7

Nov. 17, 1984 • 2:50 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE • ABC
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First Quarter
OU: Danny Bradley 1 run (Tim Lashar kick) 2:40
Second Quarter
NU: Jeff Smith 1 run (Dale Klein kick) 4:21
Fourth Quarter
OU: Lashar 32 field goal, 14:49
OU: Bradley 29 run (Lashar kick) 0:56

                        OU          NU
First downs ............ 9          19
  Rushing .............. 6           9
  Passing .............. 3          10
  Penalty .............. 0           0
Rushes-yards ...... 51-143      53-137 
Passing yards ......... 58         236 
  Comp-Att-Int .... 5-10-2     14-24-1
Total offense ..... 61-201      77-373
Return yards ........... 6          49
Sacks by ............ 3-19        4-22
Punts ............. 9-40.2      5-42.6
Fumbles-lost ......... 1-1         4-3
Penalties-yards ..... 4-31        2-29
Possession time .... 30:01       29:59
Third-down conv. .... 5/18        8/16
Fourth-down conv. .... 1/1         0/1

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
OU: Spencer Tillman 13-48, Bradley 16-46, Lydell Carr 16-44.

NU: Doug DuBose 17-69, Scott Porter 6-33.

Passing
OU: Bradley 5-9-2-58.
NU: Craig Sundberg 7-10-0-171, Travis Turner 7-14-1-65.

Receiving
OU: Keith Jackson 2-12, Buster Rhymes 1-31.
NU: Robb Schnitzler 4-83, Shane Swanson 3-31, DuBose 2-52, Scott Kimball 2-48, Todd Frain 2-14.

Missed field goals: Nebraska, Klein 49, 23; Livingston 45.

SCORING SUMMARY & MORE STATS

Attendance: 76,323.

Coverage

Recap

1984 Nebraska-Oklahoma defense photoOklahoma fullback Lydell Carr is swarmed by Husker defenders. · The Lincoln Star · Newspapers.com

Cornhuskers stymied by Sooners

Oklahoma scored 10 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, while the Sooner defense twice stopped Nebraska inside the OU 10 in the second half (the second time just inches away with 5:32 left in the game) and came away with a 17-7 win over the Huskers.

The loss ended Nebraska’s 27-game conference win string and the Huskers’ 21-game home-field win string and kept NU from clinching a fourth consecutive outright Big Eight title.

The Huskers won the stats handily – 19 first downs to nine, 373 total yards to 201 – but four key turnovers gave the Sooners the breaks they needed.

OU went on to beat Oklahoma State the following week to share the conference title with Nebraska.

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Pregame & team info
1984 schedule
04/28Red 35, White 13
09/08WyomingW 42-7
09/15MinnesotaW 38-7
09/22@ UCLAW 42-3
09/29@ SyracuseL 9-17
10/06Oklahoma St.W 17-3
10/13MissouriW 33-23
10/20@ ColoradoW 24-7
10/27Kansas St.W 62-14
11/03@ Iowa St.W 44-0
11/10@ KansasW 41-7
11/17OklahomaL 7-17
01/01LSUW 28-10
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