Nebraska 27Colorado 24
Nov. 28, 1997 • 1:36 p.m. Central
Folsom Field •Boulder, CO
• ABC
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F | ||
| Nebraska | 3 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 27 | |
| Colorado | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
First quarter
NU: FG K Brown 25, 4:16
Second quarter
NU: Frost 19 run (K Brown kick) 11:42
CU: FG Aldrich 30, 0:27
Third quarter
NU: Green 16 run (K Brown kick) 14:25
CU: Cherrington 35 pass from Hessler (Aldrich kick) 13:53
NU: Green 11 run (K Brown kick) 10:37
NU: FG K Brown 46, 0:20
Fourth quarter
CU: Stiggers 32 pass from Hessler (Aldrich kick) 3:16
CU: Toler 18 pass from Hessler (Aldrich kick) 2:37
NU CU
First downs ............ 20 20
Rushing............... 15 5
Passing................ 5 14
Penalty................ 0 1
Rushed-yards ....... 58-350 25-93
Passing yards .......... 92 362
Comp-Att-Int ..... 7-14-0 19-36-2
Total offense ...... 72-442 61-455
Sacked-yards lost ..... 0-0 3-12
Return yards ........... 29 6
Punts .............. 5-38.4 4-39.0
Fumbles-lost .......... 3-2 0-0
Penalties-yards ...... 7-56 7-71
Possession time ..... 33:51 26:09
Third-Down Conv. ..... 6/15 2/10
Fourth-Down Conv. ..... 2/2 1/2
RUSHING
NU: Green 29-202, S Frost 14-76, Makovicka 12-46, Sims 3-26.
CU: Cherrington 10-78, Troutman 8-26, Weisinger 2-minus 4, Hessler 5-minus 7.
PASSING
NU: S Frost 7-14-0-92.
CU: Hessler 19-35-2-362, Weisinger 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING
NU: Cheatham 2-42, Green 2-minus 8, Davison 1-22, Makovicka 1-21, Wiggins 1-15.
CU: Savoy 6-107, C Anderson 3-39, D Chiaverini 2-54, Stiggers 2-38, Troutman 2-17, T McCarty 1-45, Cherrington 1-35, Toler 1-18, Heffner 1-9.
Att: 52,738
Colonel Mustard