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Nebraska 48
Minnesota 0

Sep. 23, 1989 • 7 p.m. Central
Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN
1st 2nd 3rd 4th  F 
Nebraska 7 17 10 14 48
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 
First Quarter
NEB: Ken Clark 6 run (Gregg Barrios kick) 1:52
Second Quarter
NEB: FG Barrios 38, 11:30
NEB: Richard Bell 26 pass from Gerry Gdowski (Barrios kick) 3:50
NEB: Clark 14 run (Barrios kick) 1:00
Third Quarter
NEB: FG Drennan 42, 11:48
NEB: Leodis Flowers 1 run (Barrios kick) 4:33
Fourth Quarter
NEB: Flowers 37 run (Barrios kick) 10:08
NEB: Mark Dowse 7 run (Drennan kick) 2:02 

                        NEB      MIN
First downs ............ 22       10
  Rushing ............... 5       12
  Passing ............... 3        8
  Penalty ............... 2        2
Rushes-yards ....... 55-295    34-58
Passing yards ......... 235      105
  Comp-Att-Int .... 13-19-0   8-27-3
Total offense ...... 74-530   61-163
Returns-yards ...... 13-101      1-1
Sacks by ............. 7-34      0-0
Punts-avg. ........... 3-43    10-38
Fumbles-lost .......... 5-1      1-0
Penalties-yards ...... 9-94    12-78
Possession time ..... 31:40    28:20
Third-down conv. ..... 9/16     6/17

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
NEB: Clark 18-100, Flowers 8-46.
MIN: Darrell Thompson 17-45, Al Settembrino 3-19.

Passing
NEB: Gdowski 10-15-0-180.
MIN: Scott Schaffner 7-24-2-61.

Receiving
NEB: Bell 5-121, Nate Turner 5-89, Monte Kratzenstein 2-20.
MIN: Chris Gaiters 3-30.

Missed field goals
NEB: Drennan 52.
MIN: None.

Interceptions
NEB: David White 1-5, Reggie Cooper 1-0, Pat Engelbert 1-0.
MIN: None.

Tackles (UT-AT-TT)
NEB: Mike Croel 4-2-6, Jeff Mills 3-3-6, Mike Petko 2-4-6.
MIN: Jon Leverenz 6-6-12, Sean Lumpkin 5-4-9, Mac Stephens 5-3-8.

Sacks
NEB: Mills 2-11, LeAndre Anderson 1-8, Joe Sims 1-7, Croel 1-5, Pat Tyrance 1-2, Paul Brungardt 1-1.

MIN: None.

MORE STATS

Attendance: 58,368.

Coverage

Recap
Ken Clark

Ken Clark rushed for 100 yards on 18 carries. | Courtesy of Nebraska Athletics

Huskers dominate the Gophers

Nebraska came up with its best performance of the young season in shutting out Minnesota. The Husker offense rolled to 530 total-offense yards while the defense held the Gophers to 163 yards and 10 first downs.

Wingback Richard Bell earned Big Eight offensive player-of-the-week honors after piling up 225 all-purpose yards, including career receiving highs of five catches and 121 yards.

Gerry Gdowski had a fine night throwing the ball, hitting 10 of 15 for 180 yards and a 34-yard TD to Bell, while Ken Clark rushed for an even 100 yards.

Recap source: 1990 media guide

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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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