Nebraska 21
Kansas 17
Oct. 18,
1969
Lincoln, NE
Kansas 0 7 7 3 - 17
Nebraska 6 8 0 7 - 21
First Quarter
NU: Paul Rogers 55 field goal, 5:30*
NU: Rogers 46 field goal, 2:35
Second Quarter
NU: Jeff Kinney 1 run (Kinney pass from Tagge) 8:26
KU: John Mosier 19 pass from Jim Ettinger (Bill Bell kick) 4:53
Third Quarter
KU: Ettinger 1 run (Bell kick) 9:45
Fourth Quarter
KU: Bell 24 field goal, 14:14
NU: Kinney 3 run (Rogers kick) 1:22
*-set Nebraska and Big Eight record
KU NU
First Downs 16 24
Rushing Net 55-208 52-132
Passing Net 144 260
Att-Comp-Int 8-19-1 23-36-0
Total Offense 74-352 88-392
Punting 8-39.1 5-30.6
Fumbles lost 0 4
Yards penalized 92 45
RUSHING
KU: Jessie 12-73; Riggins 19-66; Reeves 9-33; Basler 2-27; Rucker 3-3; Schmidt 3-4; Ettinger 7-2.
NU: Kinney 24-80; Schneiss 8-27; Frost 5-13; Tagge 12-9; Green 3-3.
PASSING
KU: Ettinger 8-18-1 144; Basler 0-1-0 0.
NU: Tagge 23-36-0 260.
RECEIVING
KU: Jessie 4-86; McGowam 2-32; Mosler 2-26.
NU: Kinney 9-94; Frost 5-88; Ingles 5-51; McFarland 3-26; Schneiss 1-1.
More individual stats
NU BACK OF THE GAME
Jeff Kinney
NU LINEMAN OF THE GAME
Ken Geddes: 12 tackles, including two for nine-yard losses.
ATTENDANCE: 66,667
Huskers win on late drive aided by penalties
Nebraska combined Kansas miscues with its own patented, last-ditch comeback efforts to pull out a 21-17 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks before 66,667 fans.
Kansas took a 17-14 lead with 14:29 left in the game, but the Huskers fought back to achieve victory just as they had on 13 prior occasions under Coach Bob Devaney under similar conditions.
Stopping KU at the Husker 12 late in the fourth quarter, the Huskers moved 88 yards to score the winning TD with only 1:22 left in the game. Jerry Tagge hit four passes and the Jayhawks chipped in with a controversial interference call on a fourth-and-16 pass and two personal foul penalties to aid the Husker cause. Jeff Kinney banged over from the three for the clincher.
Paul Rogers kicked two first quarter field goals—the first a Big 8 record 55-yarder—and Kinney made it 14-7 at the half. But KU came back to tie 14-14 in the third quarter.
John Mosier's 24-yard field goal gave the Jayhawks upset hopes, but the poised Cornhuskers couldn't be stopped as they picked up win No. 3 and evened their Big Eight mark at 1-1.
OMAHA WORLD-HERALD: 1, 2
LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR: 1, 2, 3
LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD: 1, 2
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