Nebraska 35
Okla. State 0
Oct. 17, 1987
Stillwater, OK
Nebraska 7 14 7 7 - 35
Oklahoma State 0 0 0 0 - 0
First Quarter
NEB: Rod Smith 29 pass from Steve Taylor (Chris Drennan kick) 5:48 
Second Quarter
NEB: Ken Clark 28 run (Drennan kick) 10:30
NEB: Keith Jones 5 run (Drennan kick) 0:33
Third Quarter
NEB: K. Jones 17 run (Drennan kick) 6:08
Fourth Quarter
NEB: Clark 1 run (Drennan kick) 11:43
A-50,440
NEB OSU
First downs 36 16
Rushes-yards 74-466 22-43
Passing yards 151 221
Comp-Att-Int 8-13-0 20-43-1
Total offense 87-617 65-264
Returns-yards 6-31 0-0
Sacks by 4-19 1-5
Punts-avg. 4-40 7-50
Fumbles-lost 3-1 2-1
Penalties-yards 6-31 4-20
Time of possession 38:06 21:54
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
NEB: K. Jones 21-115, Clark 9-83, Dana
Brinson 6-52, Micah Heibel 6-50,
Taylor 11-43, Clete Blakeman 3-37
OSU: Barry Sanders 7-60, Thurman Thomas
9-7, Mike Gundy 6-minus-24
Passing
NEB: Taylor 7-12-0-140,
Blakeman 1-1-0-11
OSU: Gundy, 20-42-1-221,
C. Smith 0-1-0-0
Receiving
NEB: R. Smith 3-66, Brinson 3-55
OSU: Hart Lee Dykes 5-113, Jarrod Green
5-49, Ronnie Williams 5-28
Missed field goals
NEB: Drennan 43
Official recap
Twelfth-ranked Oklahoma State, off to a 5-0 start and riding an eight-game win string, both 42-year bests, had high hopes of pulling off an upset of No. 2 Nebraska, but the Cornhuskers dominated the game from the beginning and remained unbeaten against the Cowboys since 1961.Nebraska yielded only 43 rushing yards (seven on nine carries by OSU All-American and then-NCAA rushing leader Thurman Thomas), and stifled the Cowboys' only scoring threat on a Charles Fryar interception in the end zone in the second quarter.
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