Nebraska 76
North Texas 14
Sept. 4, 1993
Lincoln, NE
North Texas 0 7 7 0 - 14
Nebraska 28 14 21 13 - 76
First Quarter
NU - Corey Dixon 33 pass from Brook
Berringer (Byron Bennett kick) 12:26
NU - Calvin Jones 1 run (Bennett kick) 8:15
NU - Toby Wright 33 INT return (Bennett
kick) 7:03
NU - Abdul Muhammad 11 pass from Tony
Veland (Bennett kick), 2:34
Second Quarter
NU - Berringer 1 run (Bennett kick) 10:56
NT - Terrance Brown 2 run (Richard
DeFelice kick) 6:42
NU - Jones 24 run (Bennett kick) 2:50
Third Quarter
NU - Berringer 4 run (Bennett kick) 13:05
NU - Veland 1 run (Bennett kick) 8:35
NU - Damon Benning 9 run (Bennett kick) 5:30
NT - Clayton George 71 pass from Mitch
Maher (DeFelice kick) 5:08
Fourth Quarter
NU - Riley Washington 15 pass from Matt
Turman (Bennett kick) 12:45
NU - Turman 1 run (kick failed) 7:46
NT NU
First downs 11 28
Rushing att.-yards 30-39 61-360
Passes 34-15-2 17-14-1
Passing yards 255 215
Total att.-yards 64-294 78-575
Returns-yards 1-19 6-145
Sacks by 0-0 5-41
Punts-average 7-40.1 1-31.0
Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-yards 6-43 3-35
Time of poss. 27:28 32:32
Individual leaders
RUSHING
NT: Terrance Brown, 17-55-1; Mitch Maher 3-27; Todd Bloom, 3-9-0; Cromer 2-6.
NU: Calvin Jones, 16-124-2; Damon Benning, 8-82-1; Clinton Childs, 7-35-0; Jeff Makovicka, 5-35-0.
PASSING
NT: Mitch Maher, 12-23-246-1; Valentine 3-11-9-1.
NU: Brook Berringer, 7-7-124-0; Tony Veland, 6-9-76-1; Matt Turman, 1-1-15-0.
RECEIVING
NT: David Brown, 3-61-0; Clayton George, 2-81-1; Troy Redwine, 2-43-0; Luis Silva, 2-42-0.
NU: Corey Dixon, 3-56-1; Clester Johnson, 2-28-0; Eric Alford, 2-17-0.
MISSED FIELD GOALS
NT: Defelice, 40.
NU: None.
INTERCEPTIONS
NT: Roland Jackson 1-19-0.
NU: Toby Wright 1 -33-1; Eric Stokes, 1-34-0.
TACKLES (UT-AT-TT)
NT: Sean Mayes, 6-5-11; Greg Matthews, 9-2-11; Wayne Walker, 1-9-10; Chad Renfro, 3-5-8.
NU: Ernie Beler, 1-4-5; Daren Williams, 2-3-5, Lorenzo Brinkley, 3-1-4; John Reece, 3-1-4; Mike Minter, 0-4-4.
SACKS
NT: None.
NU: Ed Stewart, 1-8; Trev Alberts, 1-6; Kevin Ramaekers, 1-9; Dwayne Harris, 1-8; Billy Wade, 1-10.
Attendance - 75,614
Huskers roll, but injuries hurt
The No. 9 Nebraska Cornhuskers opened their 104th season with a 76-14 victory over North Texas. Nebraska jumped out to a 28-0 first-quarter lead and took a 42-7 advantage into the locker room at halftime. In all, nine different Huskers scored, including rover Toby Wright on a 33-yard interception return.
Unfortunately, the Huskers lost three starters to injuries, including quarterback Tommie Frazier on the first play of the game. Heisman Trophy candidate Calvin Jones strained his knee and would miss the next two games after leading all rushers with 16 carries for 124 yards and two scores, and OLB Donta Jones left the game with a sprained ankle.
In Frazier's place, sophomore Brook Berringer was perfect (7-7) passing for 124 yards, including a 33-yard TD strike to Corey Dixon to open the scoring. Berringer also rushed for two touchdowns.
The Huskers totaled 575 yards to North Texas' 294 and outrushed the Eagles, 360-39. Berringer, Tony Veland and Matt Turman combined to pass for 215 yards, the first Husker 200-yard passing game since 1991.
Defensively, 40 Huskers were credited with at least one tackle, led by Ernie Beler and Daren Williams with five each.
The 76 points scored by NU was a season high and the most since the 1983 team defeated Minnesota, 84-13, in Minneapolis.