FIRST GAME AT MEMORIAL STADIUM
Nebraska 24
Oklahoma 0
Oct. 13, 1923
1 2 3 4 Final Oklahoma 0 0 0 0 - 0 Nebraska 0 3 7 14 - 24 SECOND QUARTER NU - Herb Dewitz 30 field goal THIRD QUARTER NU - Dave Noble 4 run (Herb Dewitz kick) FOURTH QUARTER NU - Douglas Myers 93 fumble return (Rufus Dewitz kick) NU - Noble 4 run (R. Dewitz kick) OU NU First downs ........... 8 19 Total yards ......... 141 350 Rushing yards ........ 41 350 Passing yards ....... 100 0 Comp-Att ......... 8-20 0-10 Yards penalized ...... 20 50 Attendance: 15,000 (est.) Lineups Nebraska Pos. Oklahoma Rhodes ........ LE ....... Hickman Weir .......... LT ........ Penick Berquist ...... LG ...... Thompson Hutchison ..... C ...... Hartford McGlasson ..... RG ........ Bowles Bassett ....... RT ......... White Myers ......... RE ......... Price R. Dewitz ..... QB ....... Johnson H. Dewitz ..... LH ...Hammert (c.) Noble (a.c.)... RH ..... Hendricks Locke ......... FB ....... Bristow Substitutions: Nebraska—Hubka for McGlasson, Halbersleben for Bassett, Hart- man for H. Dewitz, Wostoupal for Hutchison, Hendrickson for McGlasson, Halbersleben for Berquist, Bloodgood for Locke, McAl- lister for Myers, Cameron for Rhodes, Hill for Weir. Oklahoma—Wilcox for Thomp- son, McFadden for Hartford, Brockman for Bowles, Guffy for Penick, Maris for Price, Brockman for White. Officials—Ira Carrithers, Illinois uni- versity, referee; Clyde Williams, Iowa uni- versity, umpire; Gus Graham, Michigan uni- versity, headlinesman.

RECAP: In the inaugural game at Nebraskas Memorial Stadium, a 93-yard fumble return by Douglas Myers midway through the second half took the air out of an Oklahoma rally as the Cornhuskers posted a 24-0 win over the Sooners. OU had driven 50 yards, mostly via passing, and was threatening to slice into the Huskers 10-0 lead when Myers made the pivotal play.
Earlier, Herb Dewitz scored the first points in Memorial Stadium history, placekicking a second-quarter field goal as his brother Rufus provided the hold, giving Nebraska a 3-0 lead. Dave Noble scored the first touchdown, a four-yard run in the third quarter that gave the Cornhuskers their 10-0 advantage.
Trailing 24-0, the Sooners nearly scored late in the game when they got the ball at the Nebraska 2-yard line after a bad NU punt. But a one-yard gain was followed by a 10-yard loss on a bad snap and then an interception by Rufus Dewitz.
NOTES: Nebraska wore blue jerseys out of courtesy to the visiting red-and-white-clad Sooners. The Cornhuskers were without their captain and punter, Verne Lewellen, who was sidelined by an infected knee. The game was played on dirt, as grass had yet to be installed in the new stadium. The Sooners starter at left guard, James Thompson, was a member of the lower house of the Oklahoma Legislature Oklahoma remained winless in five tries against Nebraska.
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