Nebraska 48
Sept 9, 1989
Lincoln, NE
Northern Illinois 7 10 0 0 - 17 Nebraska 7 10 21 10 - 48 First Quarter NEB - Ken Clark 2 run (Gregg Barrios kick) 12:51 NIU - Adam Dach 2 run (John Ivanick kick) 6:04 Second Quarter NEB - FG Barrios 28, 9:31. NEB - Leodis Flowers 5 run (Barrios kick) 6:33 NIU - Dach 17 run (Ivanic kick) 3:13 NIU - FG Ivanic 36, 0:15 Third Quarter NEB - Monte Kratzenstein 11 pass from Gerry Gdowski (Barrios kick) 13:43 NEB - Flowers 4 run (Barrios kick) 10:58 NEB - Chris Garrett 12 pass from Mickey Joseph (Barrios kick) 3:23 Fourth Quarter NEB - FG Chris Drennan 55, 14:28 NEB - Mark Dowse 10 run (Drennan kick) 1:41 A-76,194. NIU Neb. First downs 11 24 Rushes-yards 50-130 47-455 Passing yards 44 102 Returns-yards 1-2 4-25 Passes 5-13-1 8-13-1 Sacks by 1-5 0-0 Punts-avg. 10-38 2-43 Fumbles-lost 1-0 5-4 Penalties-yards 7-57 5-40 Time of possession 35:19 24:41 INDIVIDUAL LEADERSRushing:
No. Illinois, Dach 10-42, Mike Strasser 7-27.
Nebraska, Clark 14-168, Gdowski 5-74, Flowers, 11-65.Passing:
No. Illinois, Stacey Robinson 5-13-1-44.
Nebraska, Gdowski 6-8-1-83, Joseph 2-5-0-19.Receiving:
No. Illinois, Mark Clancy 2-26.
Nebraska, Morgan Gregory 3-41, Kratzenstein 2-39.Missed field goals: none.Interceptions:
No. Illinois, Patrick Bryant 1-2.
Nebraska, Marvin Sanders 1-18.Tackles (UT-AT-TT):
No. Illinois, Brett Tucker 9-1-10, Phil Bucaro 5-0-5, Kevin Cassidy 5-0-5.
Nebraska, Pat Tyrance 4-6,10, Jeff Mills 3-4-7, Mike Petko 3-3-6.Sacks:
No. Illinois, Tim Green 1-5.
Nebraska, none.

Official recap
Northern Illinois took advantage of five first-half Nebraska turnovers to forge a 17-17 halftime tie, but the Huskers bounced back to score on their first four possessions of the second half, including Chris Drennan's school-record-tying 55-yard field goal, to pull away for the win.The Huskers' second-half rally came without All-Big Eight I-back Ken Clark, who ran for 168 yards in the first 18 minutes before leaving with a bruised knee. In the first half, the Huskies turned three NU turnovers into scores and stopped Husker drives with the others.
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