Whites 40
Reds 28

Apr. 29, 1989 - 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium | Lincoln, NE
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Whites 14 7 13 6 40
Reds 14 7 7 0 28

1989 Nebraska football spring game photoThe Whites’ Tyrone Legette (top) and Will Thomas break up a first-quarter pass to Red wingback Richard Bell. · The Lincoln Star · Newspapers.com

First quarter
RED: Clark 1 run (Drennan kick)
RED: Kratzenstein 10 pass from Gdowski (Drennan kick)
WHI: Baldwin 2 run (Janky kick)
WHI: McDuffy 1 run (Janky kick)
Second quarter
RED: Flowers 7 run (Drennan kick)
WHI: Liese 29 pass from Dunlap (Mendoza kick)
Third quarter
WHI: McDuffy 2 run (Mendoza kick)
WHI: Grant 14 run (kick failed)
RED: Gregory 39 pass from Joseph (Drennan kick)
Fourth quarter
WHI: McDuffy 1 run (pass failed)

                      RED      WHI
First downs .......... 18       24
Rushes-Yards ......62-328   65-340
Passing yards ....... 107       99
  Comp-Att-Int .. 10-26-5   7-21-3
Total offense .... 88-435   86-439
Return yards ......... 15      102
Punts ............ 4-41.5   2-33.5
Fumbles-Lost ........ 3-1      2-2
Penalties-Yards ... 10-80     6-35

Attendance 25,006

RUSHING
RED: Flowers 16-81, Carpenter 4-65, Joseph 8-55, Achola 8-44, Clark 8-38, Gdowski 5-23, Bell 2-6, Reynolds 1-5, Schmidt 1-3, Gray 1-3, James 6-3, McMillen 2-2.

WHI: Grant 19-157, McDuffy 17-68, Dunlap 5-36, Baldwin 9-32, Lewis 6-17, Janky 2-13, Glantz 1-6, Kieidosty 1-3, Bobolz 2-3. 

PASSING
RED: Gdowski 4-9-1, 45; Joseph 3-10-2, 49; James 2-6-2, 8; McMillen 1-1-0, 5.

WHI: Grant 4-12-1, 20; Dunlap 2-7-2, 36; Cornwell 1-10, 43.

RECEIVING
RED: Gregory 3-58, Kratzenstein 2-28, Pick 1-14, Bell 1-6, Werner 1-5, Bahe 1-2, Achola 1-(-6).

WHI: McCoy 3-19, Baumert 1-43, Leise 1-29, Bostick 1-5, Prater 1-3.

PUNTING
RED: Stigge 4-41.5.
WHI: Beckler 1-41, Janky 1-26, Team 2-67.

PUNT RETURNS
RED: Pickens 1-10.
WHI: Bostick 2-21.

KICKOFF RETURNS
RED: Gregory 2-39, Flowers 2-39.
WHI: Legette 3-50, Baldwin 2-43.

INTERCEPTION RETURNS
RED: Jobman 1-6, Lewis 1-5, Cooper 1-(-6).
WHI: Krantz 2-34, Cotton 1-31, Anderson 1-15, White 1-1.

Coverage

Recap

Grant leads Whites to upset in spring game

Third-string quarterback Mike Grant rushed for 157 yards on 19 carries to lead the White squad to a 40-28 win over the Reds in the Nebraska football spring game.

Coach Tom Osborne was ambivalent in his assessment of the team after Saturday’s game, which concluded the Huskers’ spring practices. “We could be very good,” he said, “and we could be fairly average.”

Osborne said he was disappointed in the number of interceptions thrown. “We had six in the first half, and that was too many. We had several times when they threw it up for grabs. They hadn’t done that all spring.”

He said Gerry Gdowski will enter the fall as the No. 1 QB. Gdowski and Mickey Joseph have battled all spring for the spot vacated by Steve Taylor.

Kicker Tom Janky and I-back Troy Uhlir suffered knee injuries that are likely to force them to miss the fall season.

Game stories
Omaha World-Herald
Lincoln Journal Star
Daily Nebraskan
Associated Press
Pregame & team info
• Red-White rosters
• Spring game history
• 1989 stats
• 1989 results
• 1989 roster
1989 schedule
04/29 White 40, Red 28  
09/09 No. Ill.   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 @Okla. 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 Fla. St.   L 17-41

Commentary

Shatel

Coach Tom Osborne let his quarterbacks throw the ball, and for the most part it wasn't pretty.

Tom Shatel
Omaha World-Herald
Babcock

The spring game is to be enjoyed by fans, not used to form strong opinions about the upcoming season.

Mike Babcock
Lincoln Journal Star
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