Nebraska 50
Michigan St. 10

Sept. 9, 1995 • 11:09 a.m. Central
Spartan Stadium •East Lansing, MI • ABC
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First quarter
NEB: FG Brown 22, 12:21 
NEB: Phillips 1 run (Brown kick) 10:09
MSU: Muhammad 16 pass from Banks (Garndner kick) 6:28
Second quarter
NEB: Phillips 2 run (Brown kick) 10:52
NEB: FG Brown 47, 3:36
Third quarter
NEB: FG Brown 40, 10:18
MSU: FG Gardner 24, 6:27
NEB: Phillips 1 run (run failed) 4:29 
NEB: Phillips 50 run (Brown kick) 1:10
Fourth quarter
NEB: Green 57 run (Brown kick) 13:24
NEB: Sims 80 run (Retzlaff kick) 8:23

                    NEB      MSU
First downs          28       17
Rushes-yards     58-552    34-45
Passing             114      290
  Comp-Att-Int   7-14-0  21-35-1
Total offense    72-666   69-335
Return Yards         66      137
Punts              3-36     8-43
Sacks by-Yards     3-16      0-0
Fumbles-Lost        4-2      6-2
Penalties-Yards    5-55    11-91
Time of Poss.     28:40    31:20

RUSHING
NEB: Phillips 22-206, Childs 8-83, Sims 1-80, Green 4-74, Je.Makovicka 9-38, Frazier 5-30, Berringer 4-20, Jo.Makovicka 2-9, Schuster 2-7, Turman 1-5

MSU: Greene 8-34, Crenshaw 3-17, Renaud 7-10, Patrick 5-3, Hiram 1-0, Banks 8-(minus 13), team 2-(minus 6)

PASSING
NEB: Berringer 6-11-0-106, Frazier 1-2-0-8, Turman 0-1-0-0

MSU: Banks 21-35-1-290

RECEIVING
NEB: Gilman 2-13, Holbein 2-10, Childs 1-10, Baul 1-51, Vedral 1-30

MSU: Muhammad 4-85, Greene 4-75, Mason 4-55, Bencie 3-30, Outlaw 2-24, Long 1-11, Carter 1-11, Renaud 1-8, Banks 1-(minus 9)

MISSED FIELD GOALS
None

INTERCEPTIONS
NEB: Minter 1-0-0
MSU: None

TACKLES (UT-AT-TT)
NEB: Ellis 7-2-9; Minter 6-2-8; C.Peter 4-3-7; Terwilliger 4-2-6; Farley 4-2-6; Veland 3-3-6

MSU: Wright 9-2-11; Shurelds 8-2-10; Martin 6-2-8; Garnett 4-4-8

SACKS
NU: Farley 2-10; Tomich 1-6; Ellis 1-5
MSU: None

Att. - 73,891

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Recap

Huskers blast Nick Saban’s Spartans

For the second consecutive season, Nebraska opened the year with two victories away from home as it defeated Big Ten foe Michigan State, 50-10, in East Lansing.

The Huskers jumped to a 10-0 lead less than five minutes into the game, but Michigan State responded with a touchdown to cut the lead to 10-7. Nebraska then registered 10 unanswered second-quarter points to take a 13-point lead into the locker room.

After Michigan State closed to 23-10 midway through the third quarter, Nebraska scored four touchdowns in a 12-minute span to account for the final 50-10 margin.

Lawrence Phillips paced the Husker rushing attack, gaining 206 yards on 22 carries and scoring four touchdowns. Three other I-backs, Clinton Childs, James Sims and freshman Ahman Green, gained more than 70 yards to pace the Husker ground game, which picked up 552 yards.

In total offense, Nebraska racked up 666 yards, the second consecutive week the Huskers had surpassed 650 yards. Quarterback Brook Berringer completed six of 11 passes for 106 yards and directed the Husker offense after Tommie Frazier left in the second quarter with an injury.

Defensively, the Huskers applied pressure to the Spartans all afternoon, sacking the quarterback four times, while picking off one interception and recovering two fumbles. The defense was led by Phil Ellis, who registered nine tackles, including seven unassisted and one quarterback sack. Rover Mike Minter added eight tackles and intercepted a pass for the Blackshirts.

Freshman kicker Kris Brown also starred in the game, connecting on 3 of 3 field goals, including a season-long 47-yarder.

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1995 schedule
04/22Reds 34, Whites 40
08/31@ Oklahoma St.W 64-21
09/09@ Michigan St.W 50-10
09/16Arizona St.W 77-28
09/23PacificW 49-7
09/30Washington St.W 35-21
10/14MissouriW 57-0
10/21Kansas St.W 49-25
10/28@ ColoradoW 44-21
11/04Iowa St.W 73-14
11/11@ KansasW 41-3
11/24OklahomaW 37-0
01/02FloridaW 62-24

Commentary

Shatel

The offense just goes into automatic pilot, no matter who's steering.

Omaha World-Herald
Foster

The Cornhuskers did not play a great game, but they had too much speed and talent to let the Spartans hang around for long.

Detroit News
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