Nebr. vs. Colorado 1970 -- HuskerPedia™

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Official recap
Nebraska struck early, gallantly fought off a Colorado upset bid and socked home two late touchdowns to whip the Buffaloes, 29-13.

A record crowd of 50,881 and a near-nationwide ABC-TV audience saw the highly-ranked and favored Huskers pop the rugged Buffs. Nebraska grabbed a 12-0 first quarter lead on two long Van Brownson-to-Guy Ingles TD pases but had to settle for a 12-7 halftime margin. Paul Rogers' 46 yard field goal made it 15-7 in the third quarter.

Then Colorado ripped back to pull up 15-13, but missed a two-pointer that would have tied the score with 11:22 left in the game. Incensed, the Cornhuskers fired up and whipped across two touchdowns in less than four minutes to wrap up a convincing win, their seventh of the year.

SERIES HISTORY
SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 29
Colorado 13
Oct. 31, 1970
Boulder, CO

Nebraska      12    0    3   14  —  29
Colorado       0    7    0    6  —  13

First Quarter
NU — Guy Ingles (35, pass from Van Brownson);
 Paul Rogers kick failed (11:17)
NU — Ingles (39, pass from Brownson); PAT pass failed (2:53)
Second Quarter
CU — Cliff Branch (7, run) Dave Haney kick (2:14)
Third Quarter
NU — Rogers (46, field goal) (2:17)
Fourth Quarter
CU — Jim Bratten (5, run) PAT run failed (11:22)
NU — Brownson (1, run); Rogers kick (9:27)
NU — Jeff Kinney (7, run) Rogers kick (5:34)

                        NU     CU
First Downs ........... 19     16
Rushing, Net ......... 153    297
Passes, Att-Comp ... 11-17   5-18
Passing, Net ......... 173     40
Total Offense ........ 326    337

LEADING NU RUSHER:
Joe Orduna 58.

LEADING UP PASSER: Van Brownson 11 of 17—173.

NU BACK OF GAME:
Van Brownson: Hit 11 of 17 passes for 173 yards and two TDs. Also ran for 30 yards.

NU LINEMAN OF GAME:
Guy Ingles: Caught five passes for 112 yards and two TDs (35 and 39) in first quarter to get Nebraska a lead that held up for victory.

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