Official recap One hundred four Cornhuskers saw action as Nebraska scored at least twice in each quarter and rolled to its second win of the season. Quarterback Steve Taylor completed seven of 10 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown as he became the eighth Nebraska player to top 2,000 career passing yards. He added 74 yards and two touchdowns on the ground and passed Vince Ferragamo to move into fifth on NU's career total offense chart. Taylor and outside linebacker Broderick Thomas were named the Big Eight offensive and defensive players of the week. SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 63
Utah State 13

Utah State     0    0    7    6   —   13
Nebraska      14   14   14   21   —   63

First Quarter
NEB — Steve Taylor 22 run (Gregg Barrios kick), 11:25 left.
NEB — Sam Schmidt 6 run (Barrios kick), 5:08. 
Second Quarter
NEB — Taylor 15 run (Chris Drennan kick), 3:59.
NEB — Richard Bell 11 pass from Taylor
 (Drennan kick), 0:44.
Third Quarter
NEB — Ken Clark 7 run (Barrios kick), 12:32.
USU — Patrick Newman 1 pass from Brent Snyder
 (Russ Moody kick), 5:09.
NEB — Terry Rodgers 2 run (Barrios kick), 2:02. 
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Brad Devall 6 pass from Gerry Gdowski
 (Drennan kick), 14:55.
NEB — Mickey Joseph 8 run (Drennan kick), 13:24.
NEB — Gdowski 1 run (Tom Janky kick), 6:59.
USU — Kendal Smith 15 pass from Snyder
 (Snyder pass failed), 2:47.
A—76,233.
                          USU      Neb.
First downs                14        32
Rushes-yards            22-19    63-421
Passing yards             187       169
Returns-yards             0-0      4-28
Passes                21-39-1   10-14-0
Sacks by                  1-6      3-29
Punts-avg.               7-29      2-41
Fumbles-lost              2-1       0-0
Penalties-yards          2-10      5-34
Time of possession      27:50     32:10