Official recap
Steve Taylor threw five touchdown passes to lead No. 2 Nebraska to a 42-33 win over No. 3 UCLA before the Huskers' 150th-consecutive home sellout.
With two of the top three teams meeting in Lincoln for the first time, Taylor compensated for the Huskers' 117-yard rushing attack and led NU to a 42-17 lead late in the game.
Taylor's five scoring passes tied the Big Eight record set in 1938 by basketball coach-to-be Ralph Miller, for Kansas vs. Washburn. UCLA's Gaston Green scored three touchdowns but was held to 46 yards rushing.
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Nebraska 42
UCLA 33
Sept. 12, 1987
Lincoln, NEUCLA 7 3 7 16 — 33
Nebraska 0 14 14 14 — 42
First Quarter
UCLA — Gaston Green 4 run (Alfredo Velasco kick), 1:21
Second Quarter
NEBR — Tom Banderas 9 pass from Steve Taylor
(Chris Drennan kick), 12:16
NEBR — Ken Clark 11 pass from Taylor (Drennan kick), 7:49
UCLA — FG Velasco 23, 0:57
Third Quarter
NEBR — Clark 1 run (Drennan kick), 13:09
NEBR — Rod Smith 48 pass from Taylor 
(Drennan kick), 11:11
UCLA — Eric Ball 6 run (Velasco kick), 3:11
Fourth Quarter
NEBR — Todd Millikan 35 pass from Taylor
(Drennan kick), 14:54
NEBR — Millikan 33 pass from Taylor
(Drennan kick), 5:37
UCLA — Green 5 run (Green run), 3:46
UCLA — Green 2 run (Green run), 0:47
A—76,313.
UCLA NEBR
First downs 23 17
Rushes-yards 53-94 47-117
Passing yards 267 217
Comp-Att-Int 18-29-0 10-15-0
Total offense 82-361 62-334
Returns-yards 0-0 1-16
Sacks by 1-11 6-50
Punts-avg. 6-27 3-36
Fumbles-lost 4-3 5-4
Penalties-yards 9-70 5-30
Time of possession 34:53 25:07
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
UCLA: Green 19-46, Brendan McCracken 5-22
NEBR: Tyreese Knox 4-30, Taylor 12-27
Passing
UCLA: Troy Aikman 14-22-0-211, McCracken, 4-7-0-56
NEBR: Taylor 10-15-0-217
Receiving
UCLA: Charles Arbuckle 6-92, Willie Anderson 5-105, Paco Craig 4-43
NEBR: Dana Brinson 3-46, R. Smith 2-75, Millikan 2-68
Missed field goals: None
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