Oklahoma jumped out to a 10-0 lead early in the game and it looked like a rout was in the making. But Nebraska regrouped and overshadowed the Sooners in posting a 14-13 halftime lead that held up until the final quarter. The Sooners won the game when Eddie Hinton skirted left end and sprinted 23 yards to score the clincher with 14:12 left in the game.

Oklahoma got a 3-0 lead following a Husker fumble on the opening kickoff as Mike Vachon kicked a 20-yard field goal before the popcorn venders got to work in the stands.

Ron Shotts made it 10-0 by capping a 47-yard drive with a one-yard plunge at the end of the quarter. It got worse for the Huskers when Oklahoma recovered another fumble at the NU 31 and wound up getting three more points on a 43-yard Vachon field goal.

Nebraska responded with gusto, marching 75 yards in nine plays after the kickoff, with Frank Patrick passing nine yards to Ben Gregory for the TD.

After blunting the Sooners at the Husker 20 late in the half, the Huskers again marched 80 yards to score with only :48 left. Bill Bomberger's second kick put NU ahead, 14-13, and the Huskers almost broke the game open when the Sooners fumbled the following kickoff.

Patrick pitched a 15-yard strike to Dennis Morrison and then hit Dennis Richnafsky in the end zone with a TD pass, but what could have been a 21-13 lead dissolved because Nebraska was guilty of illegal motion.

Bomberger's 26-yard field goal try before the gun didn't make it and the game became a defensive struggle until Hinton broke loose.

Husker standouts were legion — Wayne Meylan overshadowing his All America rival Granville Liggins; Dick Davis rushing for 127 yards and Patrick hitting 22 of 40 passes for 290 yards, to mention three.

Oklahoma went on to post a tremendous Orange Bowl victory while Nebraska passed up post-season play for the first time in six years with a sixth straight winning season to its credit but the Big 8 title gone for the first time in five years.

An inexperienced team had its great moments and its bad moments, but it kept the fans on the edges of their seats and looking forward to 1968.