Colorado 19
Nebraska 19

Nov. 2, 1991 • 6:30 p.m. Central
Folsom Field •Boulder, CO • ESPN
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Colorado757019
First Quarter
NU: FG Byron Bennett 27, 11:20
CU: Darian Hagan 11 run (Jim Harper kick) 7:20
Second Quarter
CU: FG Harper 27, 6:54
NU: Jon Bostick 49 pass from Keithen McCant (kick blocked) 1:17
CU: Greg Biekert 85 return of blocked PAT kick, 1:17
Third Quarter
NU: FG Bennett 35, 5:12
CU: Hagan 4 run (Harper kick) 0:27
Fourth Quarter
NU: Derek Brown 7 run (Bennett kick) 6:41

                       NU         CU
First downs            15         19
Rushes-yards       40-112     51-160
Passing yards         181        140
  Comp-Att-Int     8-20-0    10-23-0
Total offense      60-293     74-300
Returns-yards        2-20       3-56
Sacks by             2-16       2-13
Punts-average        7-44       7-34
Fumbles-lost          3-0        3-0
Penalties-yards      4-26       5-44
Possession time     27:59      32:01

Attendance: 52,319.

Weather, clear, 12 degrees, wind SE 5 mph

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
NU: Brown 30-96.
CU: Lamont Warren 17-55, James Hill 8-40, Hagan 19-40.

Passing
NU: McCant 8-20-0-181.
CU: Hagan 10-22-0-140.

Receiving
NU: Johnny Mitchell 2-70, Bostick 2-59, Nate Turner 2-32.
CU: Sean Brown 4-60.

Missed field goals
NU: Bennett 41.
CU: Harper 36.

Interceptions: none.

Tackles (UT-AT-TT)
NU: Mike Petko 5-6-11, Mike Anderson 4-7-11, Pat Engelbert 5-5-10.
CU: Chad Brown 4-1-10, Biekert 7-2-9, Eric Hamilton 6-3-9.

Sacks by
NU: Travis Hill 1, John Parrella 1.
CU: Jeff Brunner 1, Ron Woolfork 1.

Coverage

Recap

Huskers, Buffs battle to frigid deadlock

Colorado free safety Greg Thomas leaped into the air and, accompanied by a barrage of snowballs, blocked Byron Bennett’s attempt to win the game for Nebraska with a 41-yard field-goal on the last play of the game.

And, when the ball rolled out of bounds as time ran out, Nebraska and Colorado had finished in a 19-19 deadlock in their Big Eight showdown at the Buffaloes’ frozen Folsom Field.

There was some measure of satisfaction in the tie for both teams. For Nebraska, the Huskers overcame a disappointing first half with a dominating second half to get into position to win, despite playing on the road in subzero wind chills. For two-time conference champ Colorado, the blocked field goal kept Nebraska from putting itself in the driver’s seat for the Big Eight title.

In the first half, Nebraska managed just four first downs and 10 net rushing yards. The Huskers passed for 87 in the first 30 minutes, but 38 of those came on the first play of the game, Keithen McCant-to-Johnny Mitchell to set up a 27-yard Bennett field goal for a 3-0 lead. The other came on a 49-yard McCant-to-Jon Bostick TD pass to cut CU’s lead to 10-9 1:17 before halftime. In between the two completions, McCant misfired on seven in a row.

But Nebraska failed to tie the game when CU’s Jeff Brunner blocked Bennett’s PAT kick, and teammate Greg Biekert picked up the loose ball and ran it back 85 yards to give the Buffs a 12-9 halftime lead.

The Huskers drove from their 14 to the Colorado 17 on their first possession of the second half to tie at 12 on Bennett’s 35-yard field goal, but the Buffs came right back and drove 68 yards to regain the lead, 19-12, on Darian Hagan’s 4-yard run with 27 seconds left in the third quarter.

After that, it was almost all Nebraska as the Huskers had six first downs to one and outyarded the Buffs, 127-24, the rest of the way. One of nine on third-down conversions in the first three quarters, NU was four of six in the fourth.

I-back Derek Brown, held to 4 yards on 10 rushes in the first half, ran for 92 in second half, including 54 in the fourth, when he scored the tying touchdown on a 7-yard run with 6:41 left.

After an exchange of punts, Nebraska got the ball back at its 46 with 1:05 left, and McCant guided the Huskers to the CU 23 and called timeout with 4 seconds left. Bennett trotted onto the field but had to wait through three Colorado time-outs before getting to kick, and Thomas ended the Huskers’ victory hopes.

Notes: The tie for Nebraska was its first in 191 games since 1976 … Brown failed to get 100 rushing yards for the first times in eight games, finishing with 96, but became Nebraska’s 11th 1,000-yard rusher (1,033), the fifth to do so as a sophomore.

Quote of the game: “This was just like kissing your sister on a cold, cold, cold night. No satisfaction in that … but maybe a game like this should end up in a tie.” – Colorado nose tackle Jeff Brunner.

Game stories
Pregame & team info
1991 schedule
04/27Reds 43, Whites 21
09/07Utah St.W 59-28
09/14Colorado St.W 71-14
09/21WashingtonL 21-36
09/28@ Arizona St.W 18-9
10/12@ Oklahoma St.W 49-15
10/19Kansas St.W 38-31
10/26MissouriW 63-6
11/02@ ColoradoL 19-19
11/09@ KansasW 59-23
11/16Iowa St.W 38-13
11/29OklahomaW 19-14
01/01MiamiL 0-22
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