Reds 23
Whites 3

May 9, 1970 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
1st2nd3rd4th F 
Whites00303
Reds3601423
First Quarter
RED: Daryl White 36 field goal, 8:51 
Second Quarter
RED: Jeff Kinney 2 run (PAT blocked) 1:39
Third Quarter
WHI: Paul Rogers 22 field goal 11:00
Fourth Quarter
RED: Dan Schneiss 1 run (White kick) 4:24
RED: Frosty Anderson 40 pass from Chuck Osberg (White kick) 2:50

                           White     Red 
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS ........... 12      16 
  First Downs Rushing ........ 3       6 
  First Downs Passing ........ 6      10 
  First Downs by Penalty ..... 3       0 
NET YARDS GAINED RUSHING .... 36     105 
  Attempts Rushing .......... 33      49 
  Yards Gained Rushing ...... 39     142 
  Yards Lost Rushing ........ 75      37 
NET YARDS GAINED PASSING ... 125     189 
  Passes Attempted .......... 36      32 
  Passes Completed .......... 13      12 
  Passes Had Intercepted ..... 6       1 
TOTAL OFFENSE  ........... 69-89  81-294 
Number Interceptions ......... 2       6 
NET YARDS INT. RETURNED ...... 0      74 
Number Times Punted .......... 6       5 
Number Punts Had Blocked ..... 1       0 
PUNTING AVERAGE, YARDS ...... 39      40 
Number Punts Returned ........ 3       3 
NET YARDS PUNTS RETURNED .... 64      28 
Number Kickoffs Returned ..... 5       1 
NET YARDS KICKOFFS RET. ..... 84      13 
Number Times Penalized ....... 2       6 
TOTAL YARDS PENALIZED ....... 10      83 
Number Times Fumbled ......... 1       2 
NUMBER OWN FUMBLES LOST ...... 0       0

                   Net               
RUSHING    Att   Yards     TD    Long
Goeller     10      13      0      5 
Tagge        6     -40      0      3 
Carstens     5       0      0      2 
Olds         4      10      0      4 
Harris       1       0      0      0 
Linder       1       9      0      9 
Jones        2     -19      0      0 
Hughes       1      -1      0      0 
Brownson     1      -8      0      0 
Schmidt      2       0      0      0 
TOTALS      33      36      0      9 

PASSING   Att-Comp-Int  Yds  TD  Long
Brownson        3-1-0   11    0   11 
Jones           8-3-0   23    0   14 
Tagge          18-7-4   72    0   21 
Linder          7-2-2   19    0   12 
TOTALS        36-13-6  125    0   21 

RECEIVING   No.    Yds.    TD    Long
Didur        3      35      0     15 
Cox          7      72      0     14 
Olds         1       6      0      6 
Goeller      1      10      0     10 
Harvey       1       2      0      2 
TOTALS      13     125      0     15 

PUNTING       No.  Yards   Avg.  Long
Longwell       5    189     38     44
Hughes         1     45     45     45
TOTALS         6    234     39     45
Team-Bad snap        36              

RETURNS       Punts   Kickoffs  Ints.
Kusch          1—21                  
Harris                 2—36          
Rodgers        2—43    2—32          
Jennings                          1—0
Terrio                            1—0
Goeller                1—16          
TOTALS         3—64    5—84       2—0
                   Net               
RUSHING    Att   Yards     TD    Long
Kinney      20      69      1     15 
Schneiss    13      33      1      4 
Powell       3       4      0      3 
Brownson     2     -17      0      0 
Rodgers      1       1      0      1 
Runty        5      14      0     22 
Tagge        2      -3      0      0 
Stinner      3       4      0      2 
TOTALS      49     105      2     22 

PASSING   Att-Comp-Int  Yds  TD  Long
Tagge        10-6-0      92   0    28
Runty         2-0-0       0   0     0
Brownson     19-5-1      57   0    21
Osberg        1-1-0      40   1    40
TOTALS      32-12-1     189   1    40

RECEIVING   No.    Yds.    TD    Long
Kinney       3      33      0      20
Ingles       2      35      0      19
Anderson     3      55      1      40
Schultz      1      21      0      21
Schneiss     1       5      0       5
Rodgers      2      40      0      28
TOTALS      12     189      1      40

PUNTING       No.  Yards   Avg.  Long
Schneiss       2      68    34     38
Hughes         2      90    45     54
Longwell       1      42    42     42
TOTALS         5     200    40     54
Team—Blocked          15             

RETURNS       Punts   Kickoffs  Ints.
Rodgers                              
Ingles         3—28                  
Hacias                           1—14
Hauge                            1— 2
Anderson                         1—21
Robinson                         1— 5
Morock                           1— 0
Peetz                            1—32
Kinney                  1—13         
TOTALS         3—28     1—13     6—74

Coverage

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Red squad prevails in soggy spring game

Pepped by a 97-yard drive and two TDs in the final quarter, the Reds whipped the Whites, 23-3, in the All Sports Day spring football windup at Memorial Stadium. Ironically, it was the final game on the famed turf before AstroTurf went down — and it was a rain-drenched quagmire.

Sloppy footing made efficiency uncommon, but the Reds — who boasted the top performers of the spring — rammed to a 9-0 halftime lead and then broke the game open in the final quarter after the Whites had pulled up, 9-3, and drove to the three.

Taking over after a heavy rush spoiled a fourth down pass, the Jerry Tagge-skippered Reds rolled 97-yards to score, mixing some fine running by Jeff Kinney and a long pass from Tagge to Guy Ingles.

Dan Schneiss bowled the final yard to ice the game with 4:24 left, but the Reds weren’t through yet.

Soph Chuck Osberg flipped a left-hand 40-yard strike to Frosh Frosty Anderson with 2:50 left in the game for the final TD of the muddy day.

An unofficial record crowd of 13,000 took in the proceedings.

Coverage

Associated Press
Lincoln Journal & Star
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Team info

1970 schedule

05/09Reds 23, Whites 3
09/12Wake ForestW 36-12
09/19@ S. CaliforniaT 21-21
09/26ArmyW 28-0
10/03@ MinnesotaW 35-10
10/10MissouriW 21-7
10/17@ KansasW 41-20
10/24Oklahoma St.W 65-31
10/31@ ColoradoW 29-13
11/07@ Iowa St.W 54-29
11/14Kansas St.W 51-13
11/21OklahomaW 28-21
01/01LSUW 17-12
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