Nebraska 30
LSU 15

Jan. 1, 1987 • 2:30 p.m. Central
Sugar Bowl • New Orleands, LA • ABC
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Late in the third quarter, LSU started inside Nebraska’s 20 with a golden opportunity to cut into the Huskers’ 17-7 lead. But the Blackshirts responded with a pair of quarterback sacks, forcing the Tigers to punt. | MORE VIDEO

First Quarter
LSU: Harvey Williams 1 run (David Browndyke kick) 12:06
Second Quarter 
NEB: FG Dale Klein 42, 10:01 
NEB: Steve Taylor 2 run (Klein kick) 0:39
Third Quarter 
NEB: Tyreese Knox 1 run (Klein kick) 10:35
Fourth Quarter
NEB: Todd Millikan 3 pass from Taylor (Klein kick) 6:02
NEB: Knox 1 run (Klein kick failed) 3:26
LSU: Tony Moss 24 pass from Tom Hodson (Alvin Lee pass from Hodson) 2:01 

                          NEB       LSU
First downs                22        10
Rushes-yards           60-242     29-32
Passing yards             110       159
  Comp-Att-Int        11-20-0   14-30-2
Total offense          80-352    59-191
Return yards               48        11
Sacks by                 3-30       1-5
Punts                    4-30      6-42
Fumbles-lost              5-2       6-1
Penalties-yards          5-78    12-130
Time of possession      34:47     25:13

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
NEB: Knox 16-84, Taylor 20-63.
LSU: Williams 12-48, Sam Martin 7-4.

Passing
NEB: Taylor 11-19-0-110.
LSU: Hodson 14-30-2-159.

Receiving
NEB: Tom Banderas 4-42, Rod Smith 2-24, Millikan 2-23.
LSU: Wendell Davis 3-63, Martin 3-19, Rogie Magee 2-29.

Missed field goals
NEB: Klein 51, 52 (blocked).

Attendance: 76,234

Coverage

Recap

After slow start, Huskers throttle Tigers

Southeastern Conference champion Louisiana State shocked Nebraska with a 43-yard pass on the first play of the game and went on in to take a 7-0 lead in the first three minutes of the 1987 Sugar Bowl. After that, it was all Nebraska as the Cornhuskers manhandled the Tigers in rolling to a 30-15 win.

LSU picked up 64 yards total offense on that first drive, then got 65 more on a scoring drive in the final three minutes against Husker reserves. In the middle 54 minutes of the game, the Tigers managed only 62 yards and three first downs against a fired-up Blackshirt defensive unit. LSU finished the game with 32 net rushing yards and 10 first downs, both bowl-game defensive records for Nebraska.

The Huskers didn’t get on the board until Dale Klein booted a 42-yard field goal five minutes into the second period, and didn’t take the lead until quarterback Steve Taylor capped a 72-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run with 39 seconds left in the first half. In that drive, Taylor completed four of five passes for 42 yards and rushed twice for 10 more.

Leading 10-7, Nebraska took the second-half kickoff and marched 78 yards in nine plays to take a 17-7 lead on a 1-yard run by I-back Tyreese Knox. In that drive, Taylor completed four of four passes for 33 yards, then Knox set up his touchdown with a 34-yard run to the Tiger 1-yard line.

Late in the third period, the defense stepped in to deny LSU’s last serious threat. The Tigers had blocked a Klein field goal attempt and returned the ball to the Husker 17. They were in position to get back in the game, but back-to-back sacks by Broderick Thomas and Danny Noonan on the last two plays of the quarter threw LSU back 24 yards and, for all practical purposes, out of the ball game. The Tigers ended up punting from the Nebraska 40.

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Pregame & team info
1986 schedule
04/26Reds 70, Whites 14
09/06Florida St.W 34-17
09/20@ IllinoisW 59-14
09/27OregonW 48-14
10/04@ South CarolinaW 27-24
10/11Oklahoma St.W 30-10
10/18MissouriW 48-17
10/25@ ColoradoL 10-20
11/01Kansas St.W 38-0
11/08@ Iowa St.W 35-14
11/15@ KansasW 70-0
11/22OklahomaL 17-20
01/01LSUW 30-15
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