Nebraska 70
Pacific 21

Sept. 24, 1994 • 1 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
1st2nd3rd4th F 
Pacific0014721
Nebraska282114770
First quarter
NEB: Benning 1 run (Sieler kick) 12:45
NEB: Phillips 74 run (Sieler kick) 9:02
NEB: Schlesinger 8 run (Sieler kick) 5:50
NEB: Schlesinger 39 run (Sieler kick) 3:58
Second quarter
NEB: Berringer 6 run (Sieler kick) 14:31
NEB: Johnson 15 pass from Berringer (Erstad kick) 11:02
NEB: Alford 46 pass from Berringer (Erstad kick) 6:22
Third quarter
NEB: Muhammad 18 pass from Berringer (Erstad kick) 11:06
PAC: Abdullah 17 pass from Whelihan (Fleenor kick) 8:05
NEB: Childs 1 run (Retzlaff kick) 5:30
PAC: Abdullah 2 run (Fleenor kick) 2:11
Fourth quarter
NEB: Lake 24 pass from Turman (Retzlaff kick) 8:12
PAC: Bowers 9 pass from Sellers (Fleenor kick) 5:28
   
                        PAC      NEB
First downs              20       32
Rushes-yards          25-84   59-510
Passing yards           290      189
  Comp-Att-Int      27-51-2  12-22-0
Total offense        76-374   81-699
Return Yards             -2       94
Punts                  7-29     1-45
Fumbles-Lost            1-0      2-1
Penalties-Yards        5-37     8-90
Time of Possession    28:22    31:38

RUSHING
PAC: Reeder 4-34, Abdullah 9-20, Green 4-17, Edwards 1-9. Blakney 3-5, Whelihan 3-0, Wallace 1-(minus 1).

NEB: Phillips 9-138, Benning 10-87, Childs 10-64, Makovicka 3-59, Schlesinger 3-51, Turman 4-37, Berringer 6-32, Uhlir 3-13, Davenport 2-10, Jackson 2-10, Frazier 1-5, Kucera 1-4, Norris 1-2, Stanley 1-0, Held 1-0, Schuster 2-(minus 2).

PASSING
PAC: Whelihan 25-49-2-279, Sellers 2-2-0-11.
NEB: Berringer 8-15-0-120, Turman 3-4-0-43, Frazier 1-2-0-26, Kucera 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING
PAC: Watley 7-126, Brown 4-28, Atkins 4-29, Green 3-26, Morales 2-20, Bowers 2-16, Weston 2-10, Abdullah 1-17, Blakney 1-16, Blackwell 1-2.

NEB: Baul 2-26, Alford 1-46, Childs 1-26, Lake 1-24, Muhammad 1-18, Johnson 1-15, Carpenter 1-12, Holbein 1-8, Vedral 1-7, Benning 1-4, Gilman 1-3.

Att. - 75,273

ADDITIONAL STATS

1994 Nebraska-Pacific, Barron Miles photoPacific’s Roger Fleenor and Nebraska’s Barron Miles chase the ball after Miles blocked Fleenor’s punt in the first quarter. · San Francisco Examiner · Newspapers.com

Coverage

Game recap

1994 Nebraska-Pacific, Schlesinger photoCory Schlesinger runs for one of his two touchdowns. · Santa Rosa Press Democrat · Newspapers.com

Smooth sailing against Pacific, but Frazier out

The Huskers scored on their first seven possessions and on 10 of their first 11 in a 70-21 romp over Pacific in Lincoln.

Nebraska’s 49 points in the first half tired a school record, and the Huskers’ 699 yards of total offense amounted to the seventh-highest total in program history. At the end of the first quarter, NU held a 262-31 yardage edge and freely substituted, playing more than 100 players.

With 510 rushing yards, it was the Huskers’ third consecutive week with over 400 yards rushing. Lawrence Phillips ran for 138 yards on just nine carries for his fourth consecutive 100-yard game.

Quarterback Tommie Frazier played just nine plays before leaving the game complaining of a calf bruise. His replacement, Brook Berringer, completed 8 of 15 passes for 120 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 32 yards. Of Nebraska’s 12 completed passes, 11 went to different receivers.

The defense, meanwhile, held Pacific scoreless until midway through the third quarter after Nebraska had built a 56-0 lead. Cornerback Barron Miles blocked two punts, while Trampis Wrice blocked a third.

On the Sunday after the game, Frazier was hospitalized with a blood clot behind his right knee. He remained in the hospital until Wednesday afternoon as doctors dissolved the clot. He would not play again until the bowl game.

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1994 schedule
04/23Reds 43, Whites 9
08/28@ West VirginiaW 31-0
09/08@ Texas TechW 42-16
09/17UCLAW 49-21
09/24PacificW 70-21
10/01WyomingW 42-32
10/08Oklahoma St.W 32-3
10/15@ Kansas St.W 17-6
10/22@ MissouriW 42-7
10/29ColoradoW 24-7
11/05KansasW 45-17
11/12Iowa St.W 28-12
11/25@ OklahomaW 13-3
01/01@ MiamiW 24-17

Commentary

Shatel

That 70-21 victory over out-of-place Pacific was a sad day for Nebraska football. It was the day that two schools bowed down and kissed the almighty dollar.

Tom Shatel
Omaha World-Herald
Kroichick

The Cornhuskers ran right and they ran left. They even passed, which is not always legal in this state.

Ron Kroichick
Sacramento Bee
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