Nebraska 45
California 0

Sep. 11, 1999 • 2:34 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE • ABC
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1999 Eric Crouch run vs. Cal footballEric Crouch tries to break away from a pair of Cal defenders in the second quarter. · The Los Angeles Times · Newspapers.com

First quarter
NEB: Bobby Newcombe 12 run (Josh Brown kick) 0:28
Second quarter
NEB: Eric Crouch 1 run (Brown kick) 8:44
NEB: Tracey Wistrom 70 pass from Crouch (Brown kick) 2:36
NEB: Crouch 60 pass from Newcombe (Brown kick) 0:50  
Third quarter
NEB: Brown 37 field goal, 3:55
NEB: Crouch 4 run (Brown kick) 2:54
Fourth quarter
NEB: Dan Alexander 5 run (Chace Long kick) 11:47

                         CAL       NEB 
First downs .............. 9        15 
Rushed-yards ......... 35-40    48-114 
Passing yards .......... 105       187 
  Comp-Att-Int ...... 8-26-2     5-9-0 
Total offense ....... 61-145    57-301
Sacked-yards lost ..... 5-37      4-35 
Return yards ............. 9        79 
Punts ............... 8-44.0    6-49.5 
Fumbles-lost ........... 1-1       3-1 
Penalties-yards ..... 14-110      6-65 
Possession time ...... 30:53     29:07

RUSHING
CAL: Fields 14-29, Igber 4-17, Muhammad 4-13, Echema 4-9, J White 2-1, Clemons 5-minus 12, Boller 2-minus 17.

NEB: D Diedrick 5-29, Alexander 6-26, Crouch 9-21, Perino 4-18, Newcombe 12-11, W Miller 3-10, Evans 6-5, Kingston 2-4, F London 1-minus 10.

PASSING
CAL: Clemons 6-16-1-84, Boller 2-10-1-21.

NEB: Newcombe 3-7-0-85, Crouch 2-2-0-102.

RECEIVING
CAL: Ainsworth 4-53, Fields 1-24, Surgener 1-14, Igber 1-8, Young 1-6.

NEB: Wistrom 2-102, Crouch 1-60, Davison 1-18, F London 1-7.

Att: 77,617

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Crouch does it all as Huskers blank Golden Bears

Nebraska’s two-quarterback system worked to perfection as the Huskers improved to 2-0 on the season with a 45-0 victory over California in front of the largest crowd in Memorial Stadium history.

The QB duo of sophomore Eric Crouch and junior Bobby Newcombe accounted for five of Nebraska’s six touchdowns and 219 yards of total offense.

Crouch accounted for four scores, rushing for two touchdowns, throwing for another and catching a 60-yard touchdown pass from Newcombe. Crouch became the first Husker to rush, pass and catch a TD pass in the same game since Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers against Notre Dame in the 1973 Orange Bowl — and he did it in an eight-minute span of the second quarter.

The Husker defense held Cal to 145 yards of total offense, 40 yards rushing and nine first downs. The Blackshirts caused three turnovers and tacked on five sacks.

Full Huskers.com recap

Quarterback sack 1999 Nebraska vs Cal footballScott Shanle and Randy Stella team up on a sack of Cal quarterback Kyle Boller. · The Columbus Telegram · Newspapers.com

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• Series history
• NU roster
• Season stats
• 1999 games
1999 schedule
04/17Red 27, White 12
09/04@ IowaW 42-7
09/11CaliforniaW 45-0
09/18S. MissW 20-13
09/25@ MissouriW 40-10
10/02Oklahoma St.W 38-14
10/09Iowa St.W 49-14
10/23@ TexasL 20-24
10/30@ KansasW 24-17
11/06Texas A&MW 37-0
11/13Kansas St.W 41-15
11/26@ ColoradoW 33-30
12/04TexasW 22-6
01/02TennesseeW 31-21

Commentary

Colonel Mustard

Our defense played very well again, especially Polk, against a pretty fair offense.


Colonel Mustard
HuskerMax
Shatel

Crouch may be the back-up quarterback. But he's the most celebrated back-up in the country.

Tom Shatel
Omaha World-Herald
Douglass

I went to the game as a company man. If coach Frank Solich says Newcombe is the man, then I believed him. But what Crouch is doing on the field is impossible to deny.

Terry Douglass
Grand Island Independent
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