Nebraska 27
Texas Tech 24
Dec. 31, 1976
Houston, TX
Nebraska 7 7 13 0 - 27
Texas Tech 3 14 7 0 - 24
First Quarter
NEB: Rick Berns 1 run (Al Eveland kick) 5:42
TTU: Brian Hall 28 field goal 1:22
Second Quarter
TTU: Billy Taylor 14 pass from Rodney Allison (Hall kick) 12:08
TTU: Taylor 11 pass from Allison (Hall kick) 2:14
NEB: Mark Dufresne, 22 pass from Vince Ferragamo (Eveland kick) 0:33
Third Quarter
TTU: Taylor 8 run (Hall kick) 11:32
NEB: Berns 18 run (Eveland kick failed) 9:19
NEB: Chuck Malito 23 pass from Ferragamo (Eveland kick) 7:01
NU TT
FIRST DOWNS 21 24
By Rushing 10 13
By Passing 9 11
By Penalty 2 0
NET YARDS RUSHING 164 191
Rushing Attempts 48 42
Yards Gained 191 206
Yards Lost 27 15
NET YARDS PASSING 232 193
Attempted 24 23
Completed 14 15
Intercepted 0 0
TOTAL OFFENSE 72-396 65-384
PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-39.7 3-36.3
Blocked 0 0
PUNT RETURNS-YDS 2-11 1-3
K.O. RETURNS-YDS 2-12 5-64
PENALIZED-YARDS 1-5 2-21
FUMBLES-LOST 2-2 4-1
Official recap.
Two back-to-back third-quarter touchdowns moved Nebraska from a 24-14 deficit to a 27-24 victory over the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the 1976 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl.
Those two TDs came on an 18-yard run by Rick Berns and a 23-yard Vince Ferragamo-to-Chuck Malito pass. The touchdown pass was set up by a partially blocked Texas Tech punt by Kent Smith and Ted Harvey.
With Nebraska ahead by 27-24 entering the fourth quarter, the game was far from over. Twice before in '76 - against Missouri and Oklahoma - the Huskers saw fourth-quarter leads vanish. But the third time was the charm for Nebraska.
Full recap here.
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NEBRASKA RUSHING Att Yds TD Lng Donnell 8 34 0 9 Berns 27 118 2 24 Craig 5 27 0 7 Ferragamo 7 -18 0 4 Stewart 1 3 0 3 PASSING Att Com Int Yds TD Lng Ferragamo 23 13 0 183 2 35 Craig 1 1 0 49 0 49 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lng Craig 3 24 0 11 Berns 2 10 0 6 Dufresne 2 31 1 22 Donnell 1 1 0 1 Shamblin 2 45 0 24 Malito 3 107 1 49 Spaeth 1 14 0 14 PUNTING No Yds Avg. Lng Lessman 4 159 39.7 49 RETURNS Punt KO Int Hansen 1-6 0-0 0-0 Butterfield 1-5 0-0 0-0 Craig 0-0 1-11 0-0 Berns 0-0 1-1 0-0 TACKLES AT UT TT Phillips 0 3 3 Pruitt 0 5 5 Fultz 0 2 2 Samuel 0 1 1 Andrews 0 3 3 Pillen 0 8 8 Eichelberger 0 7 7 Wightman 0 1 1 Smith 2 1 3 Butterfield 0 3 3 Harvey 0 3 3 Anderson 0 1 1 Valasek 1 7 8 Kunz 0 1 1 Carpenter 0 3 3 Davis 1 1 2 Lindquist 1 1 2 Young 0 1 1 TEXAS TECH RUSHING Att Yds TD Lng Taylor 13 46 1 21 Allison 14 89 0 25 Isaac 13 54 0 13 Williams 2 2 0 4 PASSING Att Com Int Yds TD Lng Allison 23 15 0 193 2 25 RECEIVING No Yds TD Lng Isaac 4 41 0 19 Nelson 1 14 0 14 Taylor 4 33 2 14 Turner 2 25 0 14 Williams 3 63 0 25 Brown 1 17 0 17 PUNTING No Yds Avg. Lng Kuykendall 3 109 36.3 61 RETURNS Punt KO Int Patterson 1-3 0-0 0-0 Berlingeri 0-0 1-17 0-0 Nelson 0-0 2-36 0-0 Isaac 0-0 2-11 0-0 TACKLES AT UT TT Buell 0 9 9 Howard 2 6 8 McCright 0 3 3 Mock 0 10 10 Krahl 0 4 4 Arledge 0 5 5 Patterson 0 10 10 Roberts 1 5 6 Dupree 0 2 2 Emerson 0 3 3 Frazier 0 3 3 Bothwell 0 2 2