Official recap Third-ranked Nebraska completed the non-conference portion of its schedule with a hard-fought, 35-7, win over a stubborn group of Oregon State Beavers. The Husker defense again proved to be the difference as the Blackshirts sacked Oregon State passers a school- and Big Eight-record 11 times and held the Beavers to a negative 36 yards rushing, the third-best performance in Nebraska history. Nevertheless, it took a 60-yard TD pass from Gerry Gdowski to sophomore Jon Bostick early in the fourth quarter to put OSU away. SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 35
Oregon State 7

Oregon State     0     0     7     0   —    7 
Nebraska         7     7     7    14   —   35

First Quarter
NEB — Gerry Gdowski 7 run (Gregg Barrios kick), 9:36 left.
Second Quarter
NEB — Bryan Carpenter 8 run (Barrios kick), 14:05.
Third Quarter
NEB — Ken Clark 2 run (Barrios kick), 5:38. 
OSU — Pat Chaffey 2 run (Troy Bussanich kick), 2:10.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Jon Bostick 60 pass from Gdowski
 (Barrios kick), 13:39.
NEB — Mark Dowse 9 pass from Mike Grant
 (Barrios kick), 4:24. 
A—76,290.
                       OSU        Neb.
First downs            16         21
Rushes-yards           27-(-36)   55-278
Passing yards          264        119
Returns-yards          0-0        4-20
Passes                 19-41-2    6-17-0
Sacks by               1-6        11-89
Punts-avg.             6-44       7-38
Fumbles-lost           5-1        4-0
Penalties-yards        6-44       8-68
Time of possession     30:03      29:57