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Official recap
An all-time high crowd of more than 18,000 fans were on hand on a bright, sunshiny spring afternoon for the annual All Sports Day scrimmage. The fans in the stands and those listening to the play-by-play broadcast throughout the state were treated to the biggest offensive explosion in history.

In all, ten records were broken and two others tied as the Reds, boasting the number one units on offense and defense at the close of spring drills, romped past the Whites, 64-21. Powered by the running of Jeff Kinney and Gary Dixon and the pin-point passing of Jerry Tagge and Steve Runty, the Reds marched to a 44-0 half-time lead.

One of the high points of the day came with 53 seconds left in the half when Joe Blahak broke loose on a 91-yard punt return for a touchdown. That broke the old record by 40 yards.

Of the records broken, eight were team records. Only Blahak's punt return and Al Pieratt's five PAT kicks were new individual marks. With that kind of balance and overall team strength, the 18,000 Big Red fans went home to mark each of the 127 days remaining until the 1971 season opener against Oregon, September 11.

SPRING GAME HISTORY
SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Reds 64
Whites 21

May 8, 1971
Lincoln, NE
Reds         13    31     0    20  —  64 
Whites        0     0    14     7  —  21

First Quarter
RED — Bill Olds (1, run); PAT no good 10:22
RED — Jeff Kinney (4, run); Pieratt kick 8:26
Second Quarter
RED — Gary Dixon (2, run); Pieratt kick 11:18
RED — Al Pieratt (37, field goal) 6:53
RED — Woody Cox (58, pass from Steve Runty);
 Pieratt kick 3:10
RED — Joe Blahak (91, punt return); Marv Ebers kick :53
RED — Jerry List (10, pass from Runty); Ebers kick 0:00
Third Quarter
WHI — Frosty Anderson (37, pass from Dave Humm);
 Tom Catlett kick 13:10
WHI — Brent Longwell (10, pass from Humm);
 Bill Allheiligan kick 5:47
Fourth Quarter
RED — Johnny Rodgers (18, pass from Jerry Tagge);
 Pieratt kick 11:29
RED — Bob Terrio (29, pass interception);
 Catlett kick 10:30
WHI — Mike O'Halleran (3, run); Catlett kick 7:46
RED — Olds (1, run); PAT kick failed 2:33

                                   WHI    RED 
First Downs Rushing                  7      9 
First Downs Passing                  9     12 
First Downs by Penalties             1      0 
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS                   17     21 
Rushing Attempts                    47     45 
Yards Gained Rushing               147    165 
Yards Lost Rushing                  42     11 
NET YARDS GAINED RUSHING           105    154 
Passes Attempted                    40     25 
Passes Completed                    12     18 
Passes had Intercepted               1      0 
NET YARDS GAINED PASSING           174    343 
Plays Rushing and Passing           87     70 
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDAGE              279    497 
Interceptions                        0      1 
NET YARDS INTERCEPTIONS RETURNED     0     29 
Times Punted                         8      3 
Punts had Blocked                    0      0 
PUNTING YARDS (Average)             33     35 
PUNT RETURNS (Number-Yards)        1-8  5-131 
KICKOFF RETURNS (Number-Yards)  10-254   1-41 
PENALTIES (Number-Yards)          5-52   7-45 
FUMBLES (Number-Own Lost)          1-1    2-2

WHITES

RUSHING       Att.     Yds.    TD     Long
Humm            7        2      0       10
Davis           2      -12      0        3
Damkroger      13       34      0       11
Butts          12       37      0        9
Goeller         1       -1      0       -1
Powell          3        2      0        4
Hughes          1        7      0        7
O'Halleran      8       36      1        9
Totals         47      105      1       11


PASSING       Att. Comp. Int.   Yds.  Long
Humm           30     9    1    168     37
Davis          10     3    0      6      5
Totals         40    12    1    174     37



RECEIVING      No.     Yds.    TD     Long
F.Anderson      2       45      1       37
Hughes          2       47      0       24
Linder          1       12      0       12
Butts           2       38      0       22
Hill            1        4      0        4
O'Halleran      1        5      0        5
Longwell        2       26      1       16
Britt           1       -3      0       -3
Totals         12      174      2       37


ALL RETURNS    Punts     K-offs      Ints.
Butts                     5—152           
Powell                    2—33            
Hughes                    2—45            
Britt                     1—24            
Garson          1—8                       
REDS

RUSHING       Att.     Yds.    TD     Long
Kinney          8       30      1        6
Olds            6       13      2        6
Tagge           4       -3      0        3
Carstens        6       34      0       12
Dixon          17       49      1        8
Runty           1       12      0       12
Coleman         2       21      0       18
Schmit          1       -2      0       -2
Totals         45      154      4       18


PASSING       Att. Comp. Int.   Yds.  Long
Runty           9     7    0    146     47
Tagge          13     9    0    189     59
Coleman         3     2    0      8      4
Totals         25    18    0    343     59


RECEIVING      No.     Yds.    TD     Long
List            3       75      1       47
Rodgers         3       35      1       18
Kinney          3       82      0       59
Cox             4       87      1       58
Lackovic        4       55      0       40
Schmit          1        9      0        9
Totals         18      343      3       59




ALL RETURNS    Punts     K-offs      Ints.
Rodgers         4—40      1—41            
Blahak          1—91                      
Terrio                               1—29 

 

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