Nebraska 55Michigan St. 14
Sept. 7, 1996 • 11 a.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
• ABC
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F | ||
| Michigan St. | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Nebraska | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 55 |
First quarter
NEB: Frost 11 run (K Brown kick) 8:05
Second quarter
NEB: Brown 35 field goal, 11:59
NEB: Fullman 62 punt return (Brown kick) 10:42
NEB: Minter 84 int. return (Brown kick) 3:06
NEB: Brown 24 field goal, 0:51
Third quarter
NEB: Green 1 run (Brown kick) 12:24
MSU: Keur 1 pass from Ornstein (Gardner kick) 8:43
NEB: Holbein 35 pass from Frost (Brown kick) 1:32
NEB: Wistrom 9 int. return (Brown kick) 0:45
Fourth quarter
NEB: Cheatham 30 pass from Turman (Retzlaff kick) 11:29
MSU: Irvin 1 run (Gardner kick) 2:11
MSU NEB
First downs ........... 11 18
By rushing ........... 5 12
By passing ........... 6 4
By penalty ........... 0 2
Rushed-yards ....... 49-83 46-184
Passing yards ........ 163 114
Comp-Att-Int ... 14-27-3 7-14-0
Total offense ..... 76-246 60-298
Sacked-yds lost ..... 7-47 1-11
Return yards .......... 44 255
Punts ............ 11-38.8 6-43.8
Fumbles-lost ......... 4-1 3-2
Penalties-yards ..... 4-29 2-10
Possession time .... 34:28 25:32
RUSHING:
MSU: Goulbourne 17-58, Irvin 15-51, Crenshaw 2-10, Hackenbracht 1-7, Reece 2-4, Gould 1-4, D Carter 1-minus 3, Burke 4-minus 10, Ornstein 6-minus 38.
NEB: Green 16-71, Frost 10-58, Benning 8-35, Makovicka 3-19, Schuster 4-13, Sims 2-5, Evans 1-2, Turman 1-minus 3, Cheatham 1-minus 16.
PASSING:
MSU: Ornstein 11-18-2-133, Irvin 1-1-0-31, Burke 1-5-0-minus 1, Schultz 1-3-1-0.
NEB: Frost 5-11-0-74, Turman 2-2-0-40, Perino 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING:
MSU: D Carter 3-45, Irvin 3-26, Long 2-61, D Mason 2-25, Keur 2-7, Goulbourne 1-0, Crenshaw 1-minus 1.
NEB: Vedral 2-20, Holbein 1-35, Cheatham 1-30, Schuster 1-16, Edwards 1-10, Makovicka 1-3.
Att.: 75,590
Colonel Mustard