Nebraska 41, Virginia Tech 21

December 31, 1996 | Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Fla.
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	1	2	3	4	T
(10) Virginia Tech (10-2)	7	7	7	0	21
(6) Nebraska (11-2)	0	17	14	10	41

Kickoff time: 7:17 pm
End of Game: 10:52 pm
Total elapsed time: 3:35
Temperature: 75 deg
Wind: 6
Weather: 75% humidity
Attendance: 51,212

Referee: Dick Honig
Umpire: Jim Augustyn
Linesman: Ed Peters
Line judge: Gary Arthur
Back judge: Tom Herbert
Field judge: Danny Freund
Side judge: T. Anderson

Scoring Summary
First Quarter				VT	NEB
VT	TD	03:14	Marcus Parker 19 yd Pass From Jim Druckenmiller (Shayne Graham Kick)Drive: 8 plays, 72 yds, 4:06	7	0
Second Quarter				VT	NEB
NEB	FG	13:25	Kris Brown 25 yd Field GoalDrive: 11 plays, 71 yds, 4:42	7	3
NEB	TD	09:14	Scott Frost 5 yd Rush (Kris Brown Kick)Drive: 3 plays, 45 yds, 0:31	7	10
NEB	TD	03:36	Jason Peter 31 yd Fumble Return (Kris Brown Kick)	7	17
VT	TD	00:19	Shawn Scales 6 yd Pass From Jim Druckenmiller (Shayne Graham Kick)Drive: 8 plays, 80 yds, 3:17	14	17
Third Quarter				VT	NEB
NEB	TD	09:54	Damon Benning 33 yd Rush (Kris Brown Kick)Drive: 9 plays, 74 yds, 3:01	14	24
VT	TD	04:58	Cornelius White 33 yd Pass From Jim Druckenmiller (Shayne Graham Kick) Drive: 12 plays, 80 yds, 4:56	21	24
NEB	TD	00:20	Damon Benning 6 yd Rush (Kris Brown Kick)Drive: 11 plays, 61 yds, 4:38	21	31
Fourth Quarter				VT	NEB
NEB	FG	07:52	Kris Brown 37 yd Field GoalDrive: 13 plays, 76 yds, 4:43	21	34
NEB	TD	03:26	Scott Frost 22 yd Rush (Kris Brown Kick)Drive: 7 plays, 55 yds, 3:24	21	41

Team Stats	VT	NEB
FIRST DOWNS	22	25
Rushing	11	15
Passing	11	8
Penalty	0	2
NET YARDS RUSHING	193	279
Rushing Attempts	39	49
Average Per Rush	4.9	5.7
Rushing Touchdowns	0	4
Yards Gained Rushing	219	288
Yards Lost Rushing	26	9
NET YARDS PASSING	214	136
Completions-Attempts-Int	16-33-0	11-22-0
Average Per Attempt	6.5	6.2
Average Per Completion	13.4	12.4
Passing Touchdowns	3	0
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS	407	415
Total offense plays	72	71
Average Gain Per Play	5.7	5.8
Fumbles: Number-Lost	1-1	1-0
Penalties: Number-Yards	5-89	3-16
PUNTS-YARDS	5-171	2-89
Average Yards Per Punt	34.2	44.5
Net Yards Per Punt	27.8	34.5
Inside 20	2	0
50+ Yards	0	0
Touchbacks	0	1
Fair catch	0	0

Team Stats	VT	NEB
KICKOFFS-YARDS	4-217	8-487
Average Yards Per Kickoff	54.3	60.9
Net Yards Per Kickoff	33.3	36.5
Touchbacks	0	5
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD	--	4-32-0
Average Per Return	0.0	8.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD	3-95-0	4-84-0
Average Per Return	31.7	21.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	1-1-1
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD	0-0-0	1-31-1
Miscellaneous Yards	0	0
Possession Time	31:02	28:58
1st Quarter	06:31	08:29
2nd Quarter	12:35	02:25
3rd Quarter	07:21	07:39
4th Quarter	04:35	10:25
Third-Down Conversions	9 of 16	11 of 16
Fourth-Down Conversions	0 of 1	1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances	2-3	4-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards	0-0	3-24
PAT Kicks	3-3	5-5
Field Goals	0-0	2-2

Virginia Tech Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Ken Oxendine	20	150	0	150	0	39	7.5
Marcus Parker	8	22	0	22	0	7	2.8
Jim Druckenmiller	9	44	26	18	0	16	2.0
Shyrone Stith	2	3	0	3	0	2	1.5
Total	39	219	26	193	0	39	4.9

Nebraska Rushing
	No.	Gain	Loss	Net	TD	Lg	Avg.
Damon Benning	15	96	1	95	2	33	6.3
Scott Frost	9	63	1	62	2	22	6.9
Ahman Green	7	52	0	52	0	22	7.4
Simms,J.	8	49	1	48	0	11	6.0
Joel Makovicka	4	13	1	12	0	5	3.0
Matt Turman	2	8	0	8	0	7	4.0
Brian Schuster	4	7	5	2	0	4	0.5
Total	49	288	9	279	4	33	5.7

Virginia Tech Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Jim Druckenmiller	16-33-0	214	3	41	3
Total	16-33-0	214	3	41	3

Nebraska Passing
	Cmp-Att-Int	Yds	TD	Long	Sack
Scott Frost	11-22-0	136	0	23	0
Total	11-22-0	136	0	23	0

Virginia Tech Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Bryan Jennings	4	58	0	20
Ken Oxendine	3	60	0	41
Marcus Parker	3	28	1	19
Cornelius White	2	38	1	33
Michael Stuewe	2	23	0	14
Shawn Scales	2	7	1	6
Total	16	214	3	41

Nebraska Receiving
	No.	Yds	TD	Lg
Shevin Wiggins	3	36	0	14
Jeff Lake	2	27	0	17
Lance Brown	1	23	0	23
Kenny Cheatham	1	23	0	23
Sheldon Jackson	1	11	0	11
Vershan Jackson	1	9	0	9
Brendan Holbein	1	5	0	5
Damon Benning	1	2	0	2
Total	11	136	0	23

Virginia Tech Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Jimmy Kibble	5	171	34.2	45	2	0
Total	5	171	34.2	45	2	0

Nebraska Punting
	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	In20	TB
Jesse Kosch	2	89	44.5	45	0	1
Total	2	89	44.5	45	0	1

Virginia Tech All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Shawn Scales	0	0	0	3	35	14	0	0	0
Cornelius White	0	0	0	0	60	60	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	3	95	60	0	0	0

Nebraska All Returns
	Punts			Kickoffs			Interceptions
	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg	No	Yds	Lg
Kenny Cheatham	0	0	0	2	43	23	0	0	0
Damon Benning	0	0	0	1	23	23	0	0	0
Mike Fullman	3	25	26	0	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Legate	0	0	0	1	18	18	0	0	0
Octavious McFarlin	1	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	32	26	4	84	23	1	1	0

Virginia Tech All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Ken Oxendine	150	60	0	0	0	210
Cornelius White	0	38	60	0	0	98
Marcus Parker	22	28	0	0	0	50
Shawn Scales	0	7	35	0	0	42
Bryan Jennings	0	58	0	0	0	58
Michael Stuewe	0	23	0	0	0	23
Jim Druckenmiller	18	0	0	0	0	18
Shyrone Stith	3	0	0	0	0	3
Total	193	214	95	0	0	502

Nebraska All Purpose
	Rush	Rcv	KR	PR	IR	Total
Damon Benning	95	2	23	0	0	120
Kenny Cheatham	0	23	43	0	0	66
Scott Frost	62	0	0	0	0	62
Ahman Green	52	0	0	0	0	52
Simms,J.	48	0	0	0	0	48
Shevin Wiggins	0	36	0	0	0	36
Jeff Lake	0	27	0	0	0	27
Mike Fullman	0	0	0	25	0	25
Lance Brown	0	23	0	0	0	23
Billy Legate	0	0	18	0	0	18
Joel Makovicka	12	0	0	0	0	12
Sheldon Jackson	0	11	0	0	0	11
Vershan Jackson	0	9	0	0	0	9
Matt Turman	8	0	0	0	0	8
Octavious McFarlin	0	0	0	7	0	7
Brendan Holbein	0	5	0	0	0	5
Brian Schuster	2	0	0	0	0	2
Total	279	136	84	32	1	532

Virginia Tech Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
None

Nebraska Field Goal Attempts
	Qtr	Time	Distance	Result
Kris Brown	2	13:25	25	Good
Kris Brown	4	07:52	37	Good

Virginia Tech Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Jimmy Kibble	4	217	0	0	54.3
Total	4	217	0	0	54.3

Nebraska Kickoffs
	No.	Yds	TB	OB	Avg.
Kris Brown	8	487	5	0	60.9
Total	8	487	5	0	60.9

Virginia Tech Fumbles
	No.	Lost
Jim Druckenmiller	1	1

Nebraska Fumbles
	No.	Lost
Ahman Green	1	0

Virginia Tech Drive Summary
Drive Started				Drive Ended			Consumed
Qtr	Spot	Time	Obtained	Spot	Time	How Lost	Pl-Yds	TOP
1	VT20	11:53	PUNT	NEB42	09:28	PUNT	6-38	2:25
1	VT28	07:20	PUNT	NEB00	03:14	TD	8-72	4:06
2	VT20	13:25	KO	VT31	09:45	PUNT	8-11	3:40
2	VT20	09:14	KO	VT31	03:36	FUMB	10-11	5:38
2	VT20	03:36	KO	NEB00	00:19	TD	8-80	3:17
3	VT19	15:00	KO	NEB43	12:55	PUNT	4-38	2:05
3	VT20	09:54	KO	NEB00	04:58	TD	12-80	4:56
3	VT19	00:20	KO	VT41	12:35	PUNT	8-22	2:45
4	VT20	07:52	KO	VT22	06:50	PUNT	3-2	1:02
4	NEB25	03:12	KO	NEB06	02:18	DOWNS	5-19	0:54

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	06:31	12:35	07:21	04:35	19:6	11:56	31:2
Third Down Conversions	1/2	3/5	4/5	1/4	4/7	5/9	9/16
Fourth Down Conversions	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/1	0/1

Nebraska Drive Summary
Drive Started				Drive Ended			Consumed
Qtr	Spot	Time	Obtained	Spot	Time	How Lost	Pl-Yds	TOP
1	NEB25	15:00	KO	VT45	11:53	PUNT	6-30	3:07
1	NEB15	09:28	PUNT	NEB29	07:20	PUNT	6-14	2:08
1	NEB21	03:07	KO	VT08	13:25	FG	11-71	4:42
2	VT45	09:45	PUNT	VT00	09:14	TD	3-45	0:31
2	VT31	03:36	FUMB	VT31	03:36	TD	0-0	0:00
2	NEB42	00:19	KO	NEB44	00:00	HALF	2-2	0:19
3	NEB26	12:55	PUNT	VT00	09:54	TD	9-74	3:01
3	NEB39	04:58	KO	VT00	00:20	TD	11-61	4:38
4	NEB05	12:35	PUNT	VT19	07:52	FG	13-76	4:43
4	NEB45	06:50	PUNT	VT00	03:26	TD	7-55	3:24
4	NEB07	02:18	DOWNS	NEB24	00:00	HALF	5-17	2:18

	Quarter				Half		Total
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	1st	2nd
Time of possession	08:29	02:25	07:39	10:25	10:54	18:4	28:58
Third Down Conversions	2/4	2/3	3/4	4/5	4/7	7/9	11/16
Fourth Down Conversions	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	1/1

Virginia Tech Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	Sack/Yds	QBH
Torrian Gray	7	5	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kerwin Hairston	5	1	6	0.5/0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pierson Prioleau	4	2	6	1.0/5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Myron Newsome	4	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Antonio Banks	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loren Johnson	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Waverly Jackson	3	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tony Morrison	2	2	4	0.5/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cornell Brown	2	2	4	0.5/0	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Jamel Smith	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brandon Semones	3	-	3	1.0/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
John Engelberger	2	-	2	1.0/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carl Bradley	1	1	2	0.5/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shaine Miles	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Stuewe	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Hawkes	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Korey Irby	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Keion Carpenter	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Danny Wheel	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jimmy Kibble	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cody Whipple	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Nebraska Defense
	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL/Yds	FF	FR-Yds	Int-Yds	BrUp	Blkd	Sack/Yds	QBH
Mike Minter	6	5	11	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Octavious McFarlin	3	6	9	1.5/15	-	-	-	-	-	1.5/15	-
Jamel Williams	3	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Ogard	4	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grant Wistrom	3	1	4	1.0/4	-	-	-	-	-	1.0/4	-
Eric Stokes	2	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jay Foreman	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jon Hesse	1	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Rucker	2	-	2	1.0/2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Booker	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Peter	1	1	2	0.5/5	-	1/31	-	-	-	0.5/5	-
Tony Ortiz	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ryan Terwilliger	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ralph Brown II	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Fullman	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Joel Makovicka	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chad Kelsay	1	-	1	1.0/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Scott Saltsman	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jason Wiltz	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jared Tomich	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Warfield	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Eric Johnson	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brian Schuster	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Play-By-Play
1st Quarter
	Virginia Tech wins toss and defers.
	Nebraska to receive, VT defending the west end.
	VT ball on VT35.
	Kibble,J. kickoff 63 yards to the NEB2, Cheatham,K. return 23 yards to the NEB25 (Miles,S.).
1 and 10 at NEB25	Frost,S. pass complete to Holbein,B. for 5 yards to the NEB30 (Banks,A.).
2 and 5 at NEB30	Benning,D. rush over right guard for 4 yards to the NEB34 (Jackson,W.).
3 and 1 at NEB34	Benning,D. rush over right end for 14 yards to the NEB48, 1ST DOWN NEB (Morrison,T.).
1 and 10 at NEB48	Benning,D. rush up middle for 5 yards to the VT47 (Hairston,K.).
2 and 5 at VT47	Frost,S. pass incomplete to Lake,J..
3 and 5 at VT47	Frost,S. pass complete to Benning,D. for 2 yards to the VT45 (Gray,T.).
4 and 3 at VT45	Kosch,J. punt 45 yards to the VT0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 30 yards, TOP 3:07
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 11:53.
1 and 10 at VT20	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Scales,S..
2 and 10 at VT20	Druckenmiller,J sacked for loss of 4 yards to the VT16 (Wistrom,G.).
3 and 14 at VT16	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Oxendine,K. for 41 yards to the NEB43, 1ST DOWN VT (Booker,M.).
1 and 10 at NEB43	Oxendine,K. rush up middle for 1 yard to the NEB42 (Ogard,J.).
2 and 9 at NEB42	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to White,C..
3 and 9 at NEB42	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Parker,M..
4 and 9 at NEB42	Kibble,J. punt 29 yards to the NEB13, Fullman,M. return 2 yards to the NEB15 (Smith,J.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:25
NEBRASKA drive start at 09:28.
1 and 10 at NEB15	Benning,D. rush over right tackle for 2 yards to the NEB17 (Newsome,M.).
2 and 8 at NEB17	Frost,S. pass incomplete to Wiggins,S., dropped pass.
3 and 8 at NEB17	Frost,S. pass complete to Wiggins,S. for 13 yards to the NEB30, 1ST DOWN NEB (Hairston,K.).
1 and 10 at NEB30	Benning,D. rush left for loss of 1 yard to the NEB29 (Engelberger,J.).
2 and 11 at NEB29	Frost,S. pass incomplete to Wiggins,S. (Johnson,L.).
3 and 11 at NEB29	Frost,S. pass incomplete to Benning,D. (Brown,C.).
4 and 11 at NEB29	Kosch,J. punt 44 yards to the VT27, out-of-bounds.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 6 plays, 14 yards, TOP 2:08
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 07:20.
	VT ball on VT28.
1 and 10 at VT28	Oxendine,K. rush up middle for 8 yards to the VT36 (Minter,M.;Williams,J.).
2 and 2 at VT36	Oxendine,K. rush over right tackle for 4 yards to the VT40, 1ST DOWN VT (Peter,J.).
1 and 10 at VT40	Oxendine,K. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT43 (Wistrom,G.).
2 and 7 at VT43	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Jennings,B. for 9 yards to the NEB48, 1ST DOWN VT (Williams,J.;Hesse,J.).
1 and 10 at NEB48	Druckenmiller,J rush over right tackle for 8 yards to the NEB40 (Terwilliger,R.).
2 and 2 at NEB40	Druckenmiller,J rush over left tackle for 4 yards to the NEB36, Oxendine,K. for 16 yards to the NEB20, 1ST DOWN VT (Minter,M.;Williams,J.).
1 and 10 at NEB20	Oxendine,K. rush up middle for 1 yard to the NEB19 (Minter,M.).
2 and 9 at NEB19	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Parker,M. for 19 yards to the NEB0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:14.
	Graham,S. kick attempt good.
	Kibble,J. kickoff 64 yards to the NEB1, Cheatham,K. return 20 yards to the NEB21 (Stuewe,M.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 72 yards, TOP 4:06
NEBRASKA drive start at 03:07.
1 and 10 at NEB21	Makovicka,J. rush up middle for 4 yards to the NEB25 (Newsome,M.).
2 and 6 at NEB25	Benning,D. rush left for 3 yards to the NEB28 (Newsome,M.;Prioleau,P.).
3 and 3 at NEB28	Simms,J. rush over right end for 4 yards to the NEB32, 1ST DOWN NEB (Johnson,L.), PENALTY VT face mask 15 yards to the NEB47, 1ST DOWN NEB.
	1st and 10.
1 and 10 at NEB47	Frost,S. pass incomplete to Cheatham,K..
2 and 10 at NEB47	Simms,J. rush up middle for 8 yards to the VT45 (Gray,T.).
3 and 2 at VT45	Simms,J. rush over left tackle for 7 yards to the VT38, 1ST DOWN NEB (Gray,T.).
1 and 10 at VT38	Frost,S. pass complete to Brown,L. for 23 yards to the VT15, 1ST DOWN NEB.
1 and 10 at VT15	Makovicka,J. rush up middle for 4 yards to the VT11 (Engelberger,J.).
2nd Quarter
2 and 6 at VT11	Start of 2nd quarter, clock 15:00.
2 and 6 at VT11	Schuster,B. rush for loss of 5 yards to the VT16 (Prioleau,P.).
3 and 11 at VT16	Simms,J. rush up middle for 8 yards to the VT8 (Semones,B.).
4 and 3 at VT08	Brown,K. field goal attempt from 25 GOOD, clock 13:25.
	Brown,K. kickoff 65 yards to the VT0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 11 plays, 71 yards, TOP 4:42
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 13:25.
1 and 10 at VT20	PENALTY NEB offside defense 5 yards to the VT25.
1 and 5 at VT25	Stith,S. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT27 (Rucker,M.).
2 and 3 at VT27	Parker,M. rush up middle for 4 yards to the VT31, 1ST DOWN VT (McFarlin,O.;Minter,M.).
1 and 10 at VT31	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Scales,S., dropped pass.
2 and 10 at VT31	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Parker,M. for 1 yard to the VT32 (Minter,M.).
3 and 9 at VT32	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Stuewe,M. for 9 yards to the VT41, 1ST DOWN VT, out-of-bounds (Fullman,M.).
1 and 10 at VT41	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Oxendine,K. for loss of 1 yard to the VT40 (Kelsay,C.).
2 and 11 at VT40	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Stuewe,M..
3 and 11 at VT40	Druckenmiller,J sacked for loss of 9 yards to the VT31 (Peter,J.;McFarlin,O.).
4 and 20 at VT31	Kibble,J. punt 40 yards to the NEB29, Fullman,M. return 26 yards to the VT45 (Hawkes,M.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 11 yards, TOP 3:40
NEBRASKA drive start at 09:45.
1 and 10 at VT45	Green,A. rush over left tackle for 17 yards to the VT28, 1ST DOWN NEB (Johnson,L.).
1 and 10 at VT28	Frost,S. pass complete to Cheatham,K. for 23 yards to the VT5, 1ST DOWN NEB, out-of-bounds.
1 and Goal at VT05	Frost,S. rush over left tackle for 5 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:14.
	Brown,K. kick attempt good.
1 and Goal at NEB35	PENALTY VT personal foul 15 yards to the 50 yardline.
	Brown,K. kickoff 50 yards to the VT0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 45 yards, TOP 0:31
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 09:14.
1 and 10 at VT20	Oxendine,K. rush up middle for 9 yards to the VT29 (Minter,M.).
2 and 1 at VT29	Parker,M. rush over right tackle for 7 yards to the VT36, 1ST DOWN VT (Foreman,J.).
1 and 10 at VT36	Oxendine,K. rush over left tackle for 4 yards to the VT40 (Saltsman,S.;Wiltz,J.).
2 and 6 at VT40	Oxendine,K. rush over right tackle for 9 yards to the VT49, 1ST DOWN VT (Williams,J.).
1 and 10 at VT49	Oxendine,K. rush up middle for 4 yards to the NEB47 (Foreman,J.;Williams,J.).
2 and 6 at NEB47	Parker,M. rush over left tackle for no gain to the NEB47 (Ogard,J.).
3 and 6 at NEB47	Druckenmiller,J rush for 7 yards to the NEB40, 1ST DOWN VT (Stokes,E.).
1 and 10 at NEB40	Oxendine,K. rush left for 1 yard to the NEB39 (McFarlin,O.;Stokes,E.).
2 and 9 at NEB39	Druckenmiller,J sacked for loss of 11 yards to the 50 yardline (McFarlin,O.).
3 and 20 at VT50	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Oxendine,K. for 24 yards to the NEB26, PENALTY VT holding 17 yards to the VT33, NO PLAY.
3 and 37 at VT33	Druckenmiller,J rush for loss of 2 yards to the VT31, fumble forced by Rucker,M., fumble by Druckenmiller,J recovered by NEB Peter,J. at VT31, Peter,J. for 31 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:36.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 10 plays, 11 yards, TOP 5:38
Brown,K. kick attempt good.
	Brown,K. kickoff 65 yards to the VT0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 0 plays, 0 yards, TOP 0:00
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 03:36.
1 and 10 at VT20	Oxendine,K. rush over left tackle for no gain to the VT20 (Minter,M.).
2 and 10 at VT20	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Jennings,B. for 20 yards to the VT40, 1ST DOWN VT (Williams,J.).
1 and 10 at VT40	Oxendine,K. rush up middle for 39 yards to the NEB21, 1ST DOWN VT (Stokes,E.).
1 and 10 at NEB21	PENALTY NEB offside defense 5 yards to the NEB16.
1 and 5 at NEB16	Parker,M. rush up middle for 1 yard to the NEB15 (Wistrom,G.).
2 and 4 at NEB15	Oxendine,K. rush left for 2 yards to the NEB13 (Williams,J.).
3 and 2 at NEB13	Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 00:57.
3 and 2 at NEB13	Parker,M. rush up middle for 2 yards to the NEB11, 1ST DOWN VT (Ogard,J.).
1 and 10 at NEB11	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to White,C. for 5 yards to the NEB6 (Brown II,R.).
2 and 5 at NEB06	Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 00:25.
2 and 5 at NEB06	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Scales,S. for 6 yards to the NEB0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:19.
	Graham,S. kick attempt good.
	Kibble,J. kickoff 41 yards to the NEB24, Legate,B. return 18 yards to the NEB42 (Irby,K.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 3:17
NEBRASKA drive start at 00:19.
1 and 10 at NEB42	Frost,S. pass incomplete to Brown,L..
2 and 10 at NEB42	Green,A. rush up middle for 2 yards to the NEB44 (Brown,C.).
3 and 8 at NEB44	End of half, clock 00:00.
3rd Quarter
DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, 2 yards, TOP 0:19
Start of 3rd quarter, clock 15:00, NEB ball on NEB35.
	Brown,K. kickoff 60 yards to the VT5, Scales,S. return 14 yards to the VT19 (Ogard,J.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 2 plays, 2 yards, TOP 0:19
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 15:00.
1 and 10 at VT19	Oxendine,K. rush up middle for 36 yards to the NEB45, 1ST DOWN VT (Minter,M.).
1 and 10 at NEB45	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Scales,S. for 1 yard to the NEB44 (Booker,M.).
2 and 9 at NEB44	Stith,S. rush over left guard for 1 yard to the NEB43 (Ogard,J.;McFarlin,O.).
3 and 8 at NEB43	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to White,C..
4 and 8 at NEB43	Kibble,J. punt 17 yards to the NEB26, out-of-bounds.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 4 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:05
NEBRASKA drive start at 12:55.
1 and 10 at NEB26	Benning,D. rush up middle for 5 yards to the NEB31 (Gray,T.;Banks,A.).
2 and 5 at NEB31	Frost,S. pass complete to Lake,J. for 10 yards to the NEB41, 1ST DOWN NEB, out-of-bounds (Johnson,L.).
1 and 10 at NEB41	Benning,D. rush up middle for 4 yards to the NEB45 (Brown,C.;Jackson,W.).
2 and 6 at NEB45	Frost,S. rush over left end for 10 yards to the VT45, 1ST DOWN NEB (Johnson,L.).
1 and 10 at VT45	Frost,S. pass incomplete to Jackson,S..
2 and 10 at VT45	Frost,S. pass incomplete to Wieting,S..
3 and 10 at VT45	Frost,S. pass complete to Jackson,V. for 9 yards to the VT36 (Prioleau,P.).
4 and 1 at VT36	Timeout Nebraska, clock 10:20.
4 and 1 at VT36	Benning,D. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT33, 1ST DOWN NEB (Banks,A.;Gray,T.).
1 and 10 at VT33	Benning,D. rush up middle for 33 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN NEB, TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:54.
	Brown,K. kick attempt good.
	Brown,K. kickoff 65 yards to the VT0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 9 plays, 74 yards, TOP 3:01
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 09:54.
1 and 10 at VT20	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Parker,M. for 8 yards to the VT28 (McFarlin,O.;Schuster,B.).
2 and 2 at VT28	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to White,C., dropped pass.
3 and 2 at VT28	Parker,M. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT31, 1ST DOWN VT (McFarlin,O.;Warfield,E.).
1 and 10 at VT31	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to White,C..
2 and 10 at VT31	Oxendine,K. rush over left guard for 4 yards to the VT35 (Tomich,J.;Williams,J.).
3 and 6 at VT35	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Jennings,B. for 10 yards to the VT45, 1ST DOWN VT (Minter,M.).
1 and 10 at VT45	Oxendine,K. rush over right guard for 1 yard to the VT46 (Minter,M.;Hesse,J.).
2 and 9 at VT46	Oxendine,K. rush over right tackle for 2 yards to the VT48 (Hesse,J.).
3 and 7 at VT48	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Jennings,B. for 19 yards to the NEB33, 1ST DOWN VT.
1 and 10 at NEB33	Oxendine,K. rush over left tackle for no gain to the NEB33 (Wistrom,G.;Minter,M.).
2 and 10 at NEB33	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Oxendine,K., dropped pass.
3 and 10 at NEB33	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to White,C. for 33 yards to the NEB0, 1ST DOWN VT, TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:58.
	Graham,S. kick attempt good.
	Kibble,J. kickoff 49 yards to the NEB16, Benning,D. return 23 yards to the NEB39 (Whipple,C.;Kibble,J.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 12 plays, 80 yards, TOP 4:56
NEBRASKA drive start at 04:58.
1 and 10 at NEB39	Benning,D. rush over right guard for 5 yards to the NEB44 (Gray,T.).
2 and 5 at NEB44	Frost,S. rush for 4 yards to the NEB48 (Wheel,D.).
3 and 1 at NEB48	Benning,D. rush up middle for 3 yards to the VT49, 1ST DOWN NEB (Hairston,K.).
1 and 10 at VT49	Frost,S. pass incomplete to Wieting,S..
2 and 10 at VT49	Benning,D. rush right for 7 yards to the VT42, out-of-bounds (Prioleau,P.;Gray,T.).
3 and 3 at VT42	Frost,S. pass complete to Wiggins,S. for 9 yards to the VT33, 1ST DOWN NEB.
1 and 10 at VT33	Frost,S. rush for 4 yards to the VT29 (Semones,B.).
2 and 6 at VT29	Makovicka,J. rush up middle for 5 yards to the VT24 (Bradley,C.).
3 and 1 at VT24	Frost,S. rush up middle for 1 yard to the VT23, 1ST DOWN NEB (Hairston,K.).
	Cornell Brown (VT) injured on the play.
1 and 10 at VT23	Benning,D. pass incomplete to Brown,L., PENALTY VT pass interference 15 yards to the VT8, 1ST DOWN NEB, NO PLAY.
1 and Goal at VT08	Benning,D. rush right for 2 yards to the VT6 (Morrison,T.;Gray,T.).
2 and Goal at VT06	Benning,D. rush up middle for 6 yards to the VT0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:20.
	Brown,K. kick attempt good.
	Brown,K. kickoff 60 yards to the VT5, Scales,S. return 14 yards to the VT19 (Makovicka,J.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 11 plays, 61 yards, TOP 4:38
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 00:20.
1 and 10 at VT19	Oxendine,K. rush over left guard for 1 yard to the VT20 (Foreman,J.).
4th Quarter
2 and 9 at VT20	Start of 4th quarter, clock 15:00.
2 and 9 at VT20	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Oxendine,K. for 20 yards to the VT40, 1ST DOWN VT (Stokes,E.;Johnson,E.).
1 and 10 at VT40	Parker,M. rush for 3 yards to the VT43 (McFarlin,O.).
2 and 7 at VT43	Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 14:04.
	Light rain starts during timeout.
2 and 7 at VT43	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Jennings,B..
3 and 7 at VT43	Druckenmiller,J rush for 16 yards to the NEB41, 1ST DOWN VT.
1 and 10 at NEB41	Druckenmiller,J rush for 9 yards to the NEB32.
2 and 1 at NEB32	Oxendine,K. rush for loss of 15 yards to the NEB47, out-of-bounds (Stokes,E.), PENALTY VT holding 27 yards to the VT41, NO PLAY.
2 and 28 at VT41	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Jennings,B., dropped pass.
3 and 28 at VT41	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Scales,S..
4 and 28 at VT41	Kibble,J. punt 45 yards to the NEB14, Fullman,M. return -3 yards to the NEB11 (Smith,J.), PENALTY NEB illegal block 6 yards to the NEB5, 1st and 10, NEB ball on NEB5.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 8 plays, 22 yards, TOP 2:45
NEBRASKA drive start at 12:35.
1 and 10 at NEB05	Frost,S. pass incomplete to Jackson,S..
2 and 10 at NEB05	Schuster,B. rush up middle for 4 yards to the NEB9 (Newsome,M.).
3 and 6 at NEB09	Frost,S. pass complete to Wiggins,S. for 14 yards to the NEB23, 1ST DOWN NEB (Carpenter,K.).
1 and 10 at NEB23	Frost,S. rush option right for 9 yards to the NEB32 (Gray,T.).
2 and 1 at NEB32	Schuster,B. rush for 3 yards to the NEB35, 1ST DOWN NEB (Morrison,T.).
1 and 10 at NEB35	Simms,J. rush over left guard for 5 yards to the NEB40 (Banks,A.).
2 and 5 at NEB40	Simms,J. rush right for 6 yards to the NEB46, 1ST DOWN NEB (Newsome,M.).
1 and 10 at NEB46	Timeout Virginia Tech, clock 10:11.
1 and 10 at NEB46	Simms,J. rush up middle for 11 yards to the VT43, 1ST DOWN NEB (Prioleau,P.).
1 and 10 at VT43	Frost,S. pass complete to Lake,J. for 17 yards to the VT26, 1ST DOWN NEB.
1 and 10 at VT26	Simms,J. rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the VT27 (Morrison,T.;Hairston,K.).
2 and 11 at VT27	Frost,S. rush over right end for 8 yards to the VT19 (Prioleau,P.).
3 and 3 at VT19	Frost,S. pass incomplete to Jackson,V..
4 and 3 at VT19	Brown,K. field goal attempt from 37 GOOD, clock 07:52.
	Brown,K. kickoff 65 yards to the VT0, touchback.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 13 plays, 76 yards, TOP 4:43
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 07:52.
1 and 10 at VT20	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Scales,S. (Minter,M.).
	Al Clark enters the game at QB after injury to Druckenmiller.
	Clark,A. at QB for Virginia Tech.
2 and 10 at VT20	Parker,M. rush up middle for 2 yards to the VT22 (McFarlin,O.).
	Druckenmiller,J at QB for Virginia Tech.
3 and 8 at VT22	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Parker,M..
4 and 8 at VT22	Kibble,J. punt 40 yards to the NEB38, McFarlin,O. return 7 yards to the NEB45 (Smith,J.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 3 plays, 2 yards, TOP 1:02
NEBRASKA drive start at 06:50.
1 and 10 at NEB45	Green,A. rush over left guard for 22 yards to the VT33, 1ST DOWN NEB (Banks,A.).
1 and 10 at VT33	Green,A. rush up middle for 1 yard to the VT32 (Jackson,W.).
2 and 9 at VT32	Green,A. rush over right guard for 1 yard to the VT31, fumble by Green,A. recovered by NEB Jackson,V. at VT31.
3 and 8 at VT31	Frost,S. pass complete to Jackson,S. for 11 yards to the VT20, 1ST DOWN NEB (Newsome,M.;Gray,T.).
1 and 10 at VT20	Frost,S. rush for loss of 1 yard to the VT21, out-of-bounds (Semones,B.).
2 and 11 at VT21	Makovicka,J. rush up middle for loss of 1 yard to the VT22 (Bradley,C.;Brown,C.).
3 and 12 at VT22	Frost,S. rush for 22 yards to the VT0, 1ST DOWN NEB, TOUCHDOWN, clock 03:26.
	Brown,K. kick attempt good.
	Brown,K. kickoff 57 yards to the VT8, Scales,S. return 7 yards to the VT15, White,C. for 60 yards to the NEB25 (Ortiz,T.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 7 plays, 55 yards, TOP 3:24
VIRGINIA TECH drive start at 03:12, VT ball on NEB25.
1 and 10 at NEB25	Druckenmiller,J pass complete to Stuewe,M. for 14 yards to the NEB11, 1ST DOWN VT.
1 and 10 at NEB11	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Oxendine,K..
2 and 10 at NEB11	Oxendine,K. rush over left tackle for 5 yards to the NEB6.
3 and 5 at NEB06	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Scales,S..
4 and 5 at NEB06	Druckenmiller,J pass incomplete to Gildersleeve,M. (Fullman,M.).
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 19 yards, TOP 0:54
NEBRASKA drive start at 02:18.
	NEB ball on NEB7.
1 and 10 at NEB07	Green,A. rush for 6 yards to the NEB13 (Gray,T.).
2 and 4 at NEB13	Green,A. rush for 3 yards to the NEB16 (Hairston,K.).
3 and 1 at NEB16	Turman,M. rush for 1 yard to the NEB17, 1ST DOWN NEB (Jackson,W.).
1 and 10 at NEB17	Schuster,B. rush for no gain to the NEB17 (Brown,C.).
2 and 10 at NEB17	Turman,M. rush for 7 yards to the NEB24 (Gray,T.).
3 and 3 at NEB24	End of game, clock 00:00.
DRIVE SUMMARY: 5 plays, 17 yards, TOP 2:18

Nebraska 41, Virginia Tech 21

December 31, 1996 | Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Fla. Plain-text stats here | Return to game page

December 31, 1996 | Pro Player Stadium, Miami, Fla.
Plain-text stats here | Return to game page