Nebraska 56
Minnesota 0

Sept. 22, 1990
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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First Quarter
NU: Derek Brown 7 run (Gregg Barrios kick) 9:05
NU: Mickey Joseph 4 run (Barrios kick) 5:15
Second Quarter
NU: Joseph 1 run (Barrios kick) 14:23
NU: Jon Bostick 27 pass from Joseph (Barrios kick) 12:33
NU: Chris Garrett 1 pass from Joseph (Barrios kick) 8:12
NU: George Achola 3 run (Barrios kick) 4:19
Third Quarter
NU: Brown 21 pass from Joseph (Barrios kick) 10:37
NU: Brown 2 run (Barrios kick) 3:28

                     UM       NU
First downs           8       35
Rushes-yards      31-43   79-433
Passing yards        63      131
  Comp-Att-Int   5-19-1   8-13-2
Total offense    50-106   92-564
Returns-yards      4-17     7-89
Sacks by            0-0     5-42
Punts-average      9-36     2-37
Fumbles-lost        2-2      3-1
Penalties-yards    7-55     3-30 
Time of poss.     22:40    37:20

RUSHING
MIN: Mark Smith 11-33, Al Settembrino 2-23
NEB: Achola 16-123, Brown 21-120, 
     Omar Soto 7-41.

PASSING 
MIN: Marquel Fleetwood 3-12-145, 
     Scott Schaffner 2-6-0-18;
NEB: Joseph 7-11-1-117,
     Keithen McCant 1-2-1-14.

RECEIVING 
MIN: Kevin Grant 2-18, John Lewis 1-21.
NEB: Brown 2-30, Brad Devall 1-30.

MISSED FIELD GOALS 
None

INTERCEPTIONS 
MIN: Frank Jackson 1-17, Martin Mathis 1-0.
NEB: Jon Crippen 1-0.

TACKLES (UT-AT-TT)
MIN: Jackson 6-3-9, William Collins 4-5-9,
     Sean Lumpkin 3-6-9.
NEB: Pat Tyrance 3-3-6, Matt Penland 4-0-4,
     Mike Croel 2-2-4, Curtis Cotton 1-3-4.

SACKS
MIN: none
NEB: Engelbert 2-13, Travis Hill 1.5-9.5,
     Croel 1-11, Greg Koellner 1-9, Penland
     1-1, Mike Petko 1-1, Tyrance 1-1, 
     Mike Anderson 0.5-4.5.

Attendance: 76,354.

Weather: Partly cloudy, 65, wind NW 25-35

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Recap
Derek Brown
Derek Brown rushed for 120 yards against the Gophers.

OFFICIAL RECAP

Nebraska dominated from start to finish as the eighth-ranked Cornhuskers rolled past longtime foe Minnesota, 56-0.

The Cornhuskers, 3-0, scored on six of their first seven possessions to build a 42-0 halftime lead and, in the process, ran up 22 first downs to five for the 1-2 Gophers, and out-yarded the visitors, 379-66.

Quarterback Mickey Joseph led the offensive charge as he made his second consecutive start. Joseph enjoyed his best passing performance to date, hitting on seven of 11 passes for 117 yards and three touchdowns while rushing 10 times for 32 yards and two scores. The five total-offense touchdowns were just one off the school record.

With regulars Leodis Flowers (knee) and Scott Baldwin (turf toe) held out with injuries, Derek Brown became the first freshman to start at I-back for Nebraska in 16 years and responded with 120 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. It was the second-best freshman rushing performance in the Husker record books, and he also became the first NU I-back to catch a touchdown pass in three seasons when he hauled in a 21 yarder from Joseph early in the third quarter. Junior I-back George Achola got his first significant playing time and came up with a game-high 123 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries.

“Our line is coming together,” Joseph said. “You can tell that by the yards per carry being over seven per. And you can tell by the way all our backs did well today. I’m no better and the backs are no better than the guys up front.”

Despite the offensive superlatives, the Husker defense’s performance may have been even more impressive. In recording their second shutout in three games, the Blackshirts gave up just eight first downs and 106 total-offense yards, and never allowed the Gophers to advance beyond their 45-yard line.

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SERIES HISTORY
SEASON STATS
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1990 schedule
04/28Reds 44, Whites 34
09/01BaylorW 13-0
09/08N. IllinoisW 60-14
09/22MinnesotaW 56-0
09/29Oregon St.W 31-7
10/06@ Kansas St.W 45-8
10/13MissouriW 69-21
10/20Oklahoma St.W 31-3
10/27@ Iowa St.W 45-13
11/03ColoradoL 12-27
11/10@ KansasW 41-9
11/23@ OklahomaL 10-45
01/01Georgia TechL 21-45
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