Nebraska 56
Kansas State 3
Oct. 24, 1987
Lincoln, NE
Kansas State 0 3 0 0 - 3 Nebraska 21 14 14 7 - 56 First Quarter NEB: Steve Taylor 49 run (Chris Drennan kick) 13:18 NEB: Tom Banderas 15 pass from Taylor (Drennan kick) 8:23 NEB: Richard Bell 46 run (Drennan kick) 0:25 Second Quarter NEB: Clete Blakeman 1 run (Drennan kick) 7:07 KSU: FG Mark Porter 29, 2:24 NEB: Hendley Hawkins 40 pass from Blakeman (Drennan kick) 0:00 Third Quarter NEB: Micah Heibel 3 run (Drennan kick) 8:17 NEB: Gerry Gdowski 10 run (Drennan kick) 0:41 Fourth Quarter NEB: Tyreese Knox 50 run (Drennan kick) 10:53 A-76,106. KSU Neb. First downs 15 26 Rushes-yards 29-97 67-459 Passing yards 150 203 Returns-yards 1-4 6-43 Passes 15-33-1 13-17-0 Sacks by 0-0 1-1 Punts-avg. 9-30 1-46 Fumbles-lost 2-0 2-2 Penalties-yards 7-45 6-47 Time of possession 23:36 36:24 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING Kansas State, Lee Pickett 9-44, Tom Dillon 3-18, Jordan 7-16. Nebraska, Knox 8-100, Heibel 9-60, Ken Clark 11-55, Bell 1-46, Keith Jones 8-41, Dana Brinson 6-40. PASSING Kansas State, Gary Swim 12-29-1-118, Tim Hanson 2-3-0-24. Nebraska, Blakeman 9-10-0-165, Taylor 4-7-0-38. RECEIVING Kansas State, Kent Dean 5-59, Dan Hughes 2-26, Jordan 2-6. Nebraska, Morgan Gregory 4-39, Todd Millikan 3-46, Tom Banderas 2-22, Hawkins 1-40. MISSED FIELD GOALS Kansas State, Porter 37. MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS
Official recap
Nebraska used 105 players, including 17 with rushing attempts and nine who scored, as the Huskers rolled to a Homecoming victory over Kansas State and mathematically clinched their 26th-consecutive winning season, tying the NCAA record. Husker ballcarriers netted 459 rushing yards, led by Tyreese Knox's 100.Quarterbacks Steve Taylor and Clete Blakeman combined to complete 13 of 17 passes for 203 yards. Although the defense yielded a second-quarter field goal, it kept a third-straight opponent out of the end zone.
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