UCLA 41
Nebraska 28
Sept. 10,
1988
Pasadena, CA
Nebraska 0 13 7 8 - 28
UCLA 28 10 3 0 - 41
First Quarter
UCLA: Charles Arbuckle 57 pass from Troy Aikman (Alfredo Velasco kick) 12:39
UCLA: Shawn Wills 50 run (Velasco kick) 6:38
UCLA: Arbuckle 3 pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) 3:21
UCLA: Darryl Henley 75 punt return (Velasco kick) 1:00
Second Quarter
NEBR: Mark Blazek 75 interception return (Chris Drennan kick) 11:44
UCLA: David Keating 11 pass from Aikman (Velasco kick) 6:42
UCLA: FG Velasco 42, 3:54
NEBR: Morgan Gregory 8 pass from Steve Taylor (kick failed) 1:21
Third Quarter
UCLA: FG Velasco 34, 10:41
NEBR: Taylor 1 run (Drennan kick) 6:09
Fourth Quarter
NEBR: Todd Millikan 1 pass from Taylor (Taylor run) 5:32
A-84,086
Neb. UCLA
First downs 21 21
Rushes-yards 41-260 47-233
Passing yards 125 205
Returns-yards 3-90 5-120
Comp-Att-Int 14-29-3 13-22-1
Sacks by 2-9 0-0
Punts-avg. 4-43 3-45
Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-0
Penalties-yards 8-70 14-98
Time of possession 26:14 33:46
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing:
Nebraska, Taylor 14-95, Bryan Carpenter 5-47, Ken Clark 12-46, Dana Brinson 3-40.
UCLA, Eric Ball 35-148, Wills 4-73.
Passing:
Nebraska, Taylor 14-29-3-125.
UCLA, Aikman 13-22-1-205.
Receiving:
Nebraska, Gregory 5-57, Brinson 3-15, Clark 2-22, Millikan 2-9.
UCLA, Arbuckle 5-110, Mike Farr 5-35, David Keating 2-28, Corwin Anthony 2-22.
Missed field goals: none.
Interceptions:
Nebraska, Blazek 1-75.
UCLA, Marcus Turner 1-22, Marcus Patton 1-3, Matt Darby 1-1.
Tackles (UT-AT-TT):
Nebraska, Broderick Thomas 8-3-11, LeRoy Etienne 8-1-9, Pat Tyrance 6-2-8.
UCLA, Jim Wahler 5-2-7, Darby 6-0-6, Henley 5-1-6, Chance Johnson 5-1-6, Eric Turner 4-2-6.
Sacks:
Nebraska, Jeff Mills 1-5, Thomas 1-4.
UCLA, none.
Bruins swamp Huskers with big first quarter
Playing before an ABC national television audience and the fourth-largest crowd ever to see the Huskers play (84,086), second-ranked Nebraska was subjected to the worst first-quarter blitz it had ever seen.
Fifth-ranked UCLA scored on its first three possessions, then tacked on the first punt-return touchdown against NU in 24 years as the Bruins built a 28-0 lead. The Huskers fought back gamely, but never seriously threatened, despite the fact that quarterback Steve Taylor out-yarded his UCLA counterpart, Troy Aikman, 220-196, in total offense.
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