Nebraska 35
Oregon St. 7

Sept. 30, 1989 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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First Quarter
NEB: Gerry Gdowski 7 run (Gregg Barrios kick) 9:36
Second Quarter
NEB: Bryan Carpenter 8 run (Barrios kick) 14:05
Third Quarter
NEB: Ken Clark 2 run (Barrios kick) 5:38
OSU: Pat Chaffey 2 run (Troy Bussanich kick) 2:10
Fourth Quarter
NEB: Jon Bostick 60 pass from Gdowski (Barrios kick) 13:39
NEB: Mark Dowse 9 pass from Mike Grant (Barrios kick) 4:24 

                          OSU       NEB
First downs .............. 16        21
  Rushing ................. 3        16
  Passing ................ 12         4
  Receiving ............... 1         1 
Rushes-yards ........ 27-(-36)   55-278
Passing yards ........... 264       119
  Comp-Att-Int ...... 19-41-2    6-17-0
Total offense ........ 68-228    72-397
Returns-yards ........... 0-0      4-20
Sacks by ................ 1-6     11-89
Punts-avg. ............. 6-44      7-38
Fumbles-lost ............ 5-1       4-0
Penalties-yards ........ 6-44      8-68
Possession time ....... 30:03     29:57
Third-down conv. ....... 7/15      9/17

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
OSU: Chaffey 8-22.
NEB: Richard Bell 5-82, Clark 20-59, Gdowski 12-47.

Passing
OSU: Nick Schichtle 18-39-2-269.
NEB: Gdowski 5-14-0-110.

Receiving
OSU: Jason Kent 5-67, Chaffey 4-22, Phil Ross 3-42.
NEB: Bostick 1-60, Bell 1-16.

Missed field goals
OSU: Bussanich 46, 46.
NEB: None.

Interceptions
OSU: None.
NEB: Reggie Cooper 1-8, Bruce Pickens 1-3.

Tackles (UT-AT-TT)
OSU: Larry Vladic 5-4-9, Esera Tuaolo 8-0-8, Paul Hill 6-1-7.

NEB: Mike Croel 6-2-8, Pat Tyrance 4-4-8, Tahaun Lewis 4-2-6.

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Attendance: 76,290
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Coverage

Recap
Ray Valladao

Oregon State’s Matt Booher goes down as defensive tackle Ray Valladao registers one of the Huskers’ record-setting 11 quarterback sacks. | Courtesy of Nebraska Athletics

Huskers sack stubborn Beavers

Third-ranked Nebraska completed the nonconference portion of its schedule with a hard-fought, 35-7, win over a stubborn group of Oregon State Beavers.

The Husker defense again proved to be the difference as the Blackshirts sacked Oregon State passers a school- and Big Eight-record 11 times and held the Beavers to a negative 36 yards rushing, the third-best performance in Nebraska history.

Nevertheless, it took a 60-yard TD pass from Gerry Gdowski to sophomore Jon Bostick early in the fourth quarter to put OSU away.

Recap source: 1990 media guide

Coverage

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Eugene Register-Guard
Daily Nebraskan
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Pregame & team info
1989 schedule
04/29White 40, Red 28
09/09N. IllinoisW 48-17
09/16UtahW 42-30
09/23@ MinnesotaW 48-0
09/30Oregon St.W 35-7
10/07Kansas St.W 58-7
10/14@ MissouriW 50-7
10/21@ Oklahoma St.W 48-23
10/28Iowa St.W 49-17
11/04@ ColoradoL 21-27
11/11KansasW 51-14
11/18OklahomaW 42-25
01/01Florida St.L 17-41
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