Nebraska 58
Kansas St. 7

Oct. 7, 1989 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
1st 2nd 3rd 4th  T 
Kansas St. 0 0 7 0 7
Nebraska 14 21 23 0 58 
First Quarter
NEB: Ken Clark 2 run (Gregg Barrios kick) 3:38
NEB: Bryan Carpenter 31 run (Barrios kick) 1:49
Second Quarter
NEB: Gerry Gdowski 15 run (Barrios kick) 8:44
NEB: Leodis Flowers 67 run (Barrios kick) 7:02
NEB: Jon Bostick 41 pass from Gdowski (Barrios kick) 2:37
Third Quarter
NEB: Clark 5 run (Barrios kick) 9:25
KSU: Pat Jackson 6 run (David Kruger kick) 6:36
NEB: Carpenter 29 pass from Mickey Joseph (Barrios kick) 4:48
NEB: Safety, Jackson fumbled in end zone, 3:22
NEB: Bostick 16 pass from Mike Grant (Barrios kick) 0:00

                        KSU      NEB
First downs ............ 10       33
Rushes-yards ........ 22-16   75-542
Passing yards ......... 137      181
  Comp-Att-Int .... 14-45-1   8-12-1
Total offense ...... 67-153   87-723
Returns-yards ........ 2-49     7-76
Sacks by ............. 3-27     4-30
Punts-avg. .......... 10-40     3-36
Fumbles-lost .......... 2-2      6-3
Penalties-yards ...... 9-79     7-79
Possession time ..... 23:26    36:34
Third-down conv. ..... 2/17    10/15
Fourth-down conv. ..... 0/2      0/1

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
KSU: Jackson 11-12, Carl Straw 5-11.
NEB: Clark 22-166, Gdowski 10-81, Flowers 4-77, Carpenter 6-57, Rodgers 8-51, Joseph 5-43

Passing
KSU: Straw 14-40-1-137.
NEB: Gdowski 4-6-1-112, Grant 3-4-0-40.

Receiving
KSU: Michael Smith 5-32, Jackson 3-36, Frank Hernandez 3-35.

NEB: Bostick 3-77, Richard Bell 3-71.

Missed field goals: Nnone.

Interceptions
KSU: Marcus Miller 1-5.
NEB: Tyrone Legette 1-22.

Tackles (UT-AT-TT)
KSU: Miller 6-3-9, Matt Hennesy 3-5-8, five with 7 TT.

NEB: Pat Tyrance 4-2-6, Jon Crippen 4-0-4, four with 3 TT.

Sacks
KSU: C.J. Masters 3-18, Erick Harper 1-7, Maurice Henry 1-2.

NEB: Paul Brungardt 2-11, Travis Hill 1-10, Joe Spitzenberger 1-9.

MORE STATS

Attendance: 76,265

Coverage

Recap
Pat Tyrance and Travis Hill

Pat Tyrance wraps up KSU quarterback Carl Straw while Travis Hill closes in. | Courtesy of Nebraska Athletics

Huskers crush Wildcats in Big Eight opener

Nebraska got 166 rushing yards from Ken Clark and 193 total-offense yards from Gerry Gdowski, while the Blackshirt defense held Kansas State to 16 rushing yards and 10 first downs as the Huskers rolled past the Wildcats in the Big Eight opener for both teams.

Gdowski, Mickey Joseph and Mike Grant each threw touchdown passes, marking the first time in seven years that three different Huskers had passed for scores in the same game.

Pat Jackson’s 6-yard touchdown run for K-State was the Wildcats’ first touchdown vs. Nebraska in five years.

Recap source: 1990 media guide

H’MAX NOTES: It was Kansas State’s first game against Nebraska under new head coach Bill Snyder. … The Wildcats had broken a two-year winless streak the week before with a 20-17 victory over North Texas.

 

Pregame & team info
1989 schedule
04/29 White 40, Red 28
09/09 N. Illinois W 48-17
09/16 Utah W 42-30
09/23 @ Minnesota W 48-0
09/30 Oregon St. W 35-7
10/07 Kansas St. W 58-7
10/14 @ Missouri W 50-7
10/21 @ Oklahoma St. W 48-23
10/28 Iowa St. W 49-17
11/04 @ Colorado L 21-27
11/11 Kansas W 51-14
11/18 Oklahoma W 42-25
01/01 Florida St. L 17-41
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