Nebraska 26Clemson 21
Jan. 1, 2009 • 12:10 p.m. Central
Gator Bowl • Jacksonville, FL
• CBS
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F | ||
| Nebraska | 0 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 26 | |
| Clemson | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
2nd quarter
CU: D. McDaniel 28 fumble return (M. Buchholz kick) 4:52
NU: A. Henery 48 field goal, 1:10
CU: A. Kelly 25 pass from C. Harper (Buchholz kick) 0:35
3rd quarter
NU: N. Swift 17 pass from J. Ganz (Henery kick) 12:24
CU: J. Ford 41 pass from Harper (Buchholz kick) 10:06
NU: T. Peterson 19 pass from Ganz (Henery kick) 7:54
NU: Henery 28 field goal, 5:13
NU: Henery 28 field goal, 1:45
4th quarter
NU: Henery 22 field goal, 5:20
NU CU
FIRST DOWNS ................. 14 14
Rushing .................... 3 2
Passing ................... 11 7
Penalty .................... 0 5
RUSHES-NET YARDS ........ 35-125 26-4
Average Per Rush ......... 3.6 0.2
Yards Gained Rushing ..... 164 58
Yards Lost Rushing ........ 39 54
NET YARDS PASSING .......... 236 206
Comp-Att-Int ......... 19-36-1 17-37-2
TOTAL OFFENSE .......... 71-361 63-210
Avg. Gain Per Play ....... 5.1 3.3
Fumbles-Lost ............... 3-2 1-0
Penalties-Yards ........... 8-81 7-50
Punts-Average ........... 7-38.6 9-37.0
Punt returns-Yards-TD ... 6-33-0 6-81-0
Kickoff returns-Yds-TD .. 4-89-0 4-97-0
Interceptions-Yds-TD ..... 2-0-0 1-63-0
Fumble Returns-Yds-TD .... 0-0-0 1-28-1
Possession Time .......... 34:11 25:49
Third-Down Conv. .......... 7/19 3/16
Fourth-Down Conv. .......... 0/0 1/3
Red-Zone Scores-Chances .... 5-5 1-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards .... 5-44 0-0
RUSHING
NU: Castille 18-125; Witt 1-4; Ganz 7-1;
Helu 5-minus-1
CU: Davis 12-26; Spiller 7-17; Ford 1-3;
Harper 6-minus-42
PASSING
NU: Ganz 19/36 236 Yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
CU: Harper 17/37, 206 Yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
RECEIVING
NU: Peterson 4-96; Lucky 4-13; Swift 3-32;
McNeill 3-27; Holt 2-35; Paul 2-13;
Castille 1-20
CU: Kelly 6-74; Ford 5-112; Spiller 4-6;
Faerber 1-8; Grisham 1-6
Attendance: 67,282
Colonel Mustard