Miami 23
Nebraska 3
Jan. 2,
1989
Miami, FL
Miami, Fla. 7 13 0 3 - 23
Nebraska 0 0 3 0 - 3
First Quarter
MIA - Leonard Conley 22 pass from Steve Walshv (Carlos Huerta kick) 7:00
Second Quarter
MIA - FG Huerta 18, 8:58
MIA - Conley 42 pass from Walsh (Huerta kick) 5:49
MIA - FG Huerta 37, 2:28
Third Quarter
NEB - FG Gregg Barrios 50, 9:06
Fourth Quarter
MIA - FG Huerta 37, 7:32
A-79,480.
Miami Neb.
First downs 20 10
Rushes-yards 28-69 38-80
Passing yards 285 55
Returns-yards 6-47 3-31
Passes 23-48-3 8-22-3
Sacks by 6-36 2-14
Punts-avg 4-40 9-37
Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 7-60 5-45
Time of possession 30:16 29:44
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing:
Miami, Conley 10-40, Shannon Crowell 5-23.
Nebraska, Ken Clark 14-36, Bryan Carpenter 5-15.
Passing:
Miami, Walsh 21-44-3-277, Craig Erickson 2-4-0-8.
Nebraska, Steve Taylor 8-21-2-55.
Receiving:
Miami, Rob Chudzinski 5-94, Cleveland Gary 5-47, Conley 4-94.
Nebraska, Richard Bell 2-39, Nate Turner 1-6.
Missed field goals: none.
Interceptions:
Miami, Rod Carter 1-0, Maurice Crum 1-0, Charles Pharms 1-0.
Nebraska, Charles Fryar 2-0, Tahaun Lewis 1-31.
Tackles (UT-AT-TT):
Miami, Carter 10-1-11, Crum 7-2-9, Russell Maryland 6-2-8.
Nebraska, LeRoy Etienne 7-5-12, Fryar 6-1-7, Mark Blazek, 5-0-5, Tim Jackson 4-1-5, Broderick Thomas 3-2-5.
Sacks:
Miami, Greg Mark 2-18, Jimmie Jones 1-7, Bill Hawkins 1-6, Crum 1-5.
Nebraska, Thomas 1-8, Lorenzo Hicks 1-6.
Official recap
The Hurricanes gave sixth-ranked Nebraska no chance at an upset as they dominated the Huskers from start to finish in a 23-3 win.
Nebraska was kept out of the end zone for the first time since a 20-3 loss to Alabama in the 1978 opener at Birmingham, and the Hurricanes came within a whisker of keeping the Huskers off the scoreboard for the first time since 1973.
The Huskers' only serious scoring threat came early in the second half after Tahaun Lewis picked off a Steve Walsh pass and returned it 31 yards to the Miami 37. On first down, I-back Ken Clark gained 16 yards to the 21, but after Steve Taylor was sacked for a 13-yard loss (one of six sacks against NU), Nebraska had to settle for a career-long 50-yard field goal by Gregg Barrios.
Full recap here.
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