Nebraska 31
Utah 0
Sept. 21, 1968
Lincoln, NE
Utah 0 0 0 0 - 0
Nebraska 17 7 0 7 - 31
First Quarter
NU: Paul Rogers 28 field goal, 11:39
NU: Mike Green 3 run (Rogers kick) 9:36
NU: Joe Orduna 1 run (Rogers kick) 2:33
Second Quarter
NU: Tom Penney 41 pass from Frank Patrick (Rogers kick) 4:25
Fourth Quarter
NU: Jim McFarland 6 pass from Ernie Sigler (Rogers kick) 11:16
UU NU
First Downs ........... 11 24
By rushing ........... 4 10
By passing ........... 4 10
By penalty ........... 3 0
Rushing Net ........ 38-46 61-204
Passing Net .......... 92 314
Comp-Att-Int ... 10-29-0 19-32-2
Total Offense ..... 67-138 93-518
Fumbles-Lost ......... 4-3 5-3
Penalties-Yards ..... 4-28 6-60
Interceptions-Yds .... 2-0 0-0
Punts-Average ....... 8-45 5-35
Punt returns-Yds..... 3-25 6-54
Kickoff returns-Yds.. 5-98 2-27
Leading NU Passers:
Ernie Sigler 8 for 12, 165 yards;
Frank Patrick 9 for 18, 122 yards.
Leading NU Rushers:
Joe Orduna 18-67;
Mike Green 12-59.
Leading NU Receivers:
Tom Penny 4-122;
Larry Frost 5-56.
MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS
Huskers start fast, clobber Utah
Nebraska's Cornhuskers celebrated Band Day by jumping to a 17-0 first-quarter lead en route to a 31-0 win over Utah before 65,424 fans.
Paul Rogers, the soph hero of the Wyoming game, got the Huskers rolling with a 28-yard field goal the first time Nebraska got possession.
Utah fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Nebraska had the ball at the Redskin 18. Six plays later it was 10-0 as Mike Green plunged over with 9:36 left in the quarter and Rogers kicked the point.
Another Utah fumble at midfield set up a 53-yard Husker drive. An Ernie Sigler-to-Guy Ingles pass and a 19-yard run by Green were the big gains on the march, which was capped by Joe Orduna's one-yard TD drive with 2:33 left in the opening quarter.
Frank Patrick came off the bench in the second quarter and tossed a 41-yard TD pass to end Tom Penney. It was Penney's first Husker TD after two years of pass-catching stardom, and later in the game he was to suffer a fractured collarbone.
With a 24-0 halftime lead, the Husker defense kept Utah throttled. In the fourth quarter, Sigler wound up the scoring by hitting Jim McFarland with a six-yard TD pass.
The Huskers amassed 518 yards and the Scarlet defense held Utah to only 46 yards on the ground and a total of 138 yards.