Whites 40
Reds 28

April 29, 1989 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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Reds1477028

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
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

Commentary

Shatel

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

Omaha World-Herald
Babcock

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

Lincoln Journal Star
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