Year-by-Year: 1983
November 24, 1983 10:00 AM
Fumblin' Nebraska Holds on
Nebraska 21
LSU 20
Louisiana State’s Tigers came within one point of upsetting No. 3 Nebraska, but the Huskers held on to win 21-20.
Despite four fumbles and a pair of interceptions, the Big Red Machine was able to come back from a 17-7 deficit to win. Two Dalton Hilliard scores for Louisiana State came as the result of Nebraska fumbles and a third-quarter Louisiana State field goal was also the result of a fumble.
Finally, the Husker offense came alive, scoring twice thanks to drives engineered by quarterback Turner Gill. Gill found Mike Rozier with an 11-yard pass and then scored the second touchdown himself, giving the Huskers a 21-17 lead.
Louisiana State cut it to one with a fourth-quarter field goal by Juan Betanzos.
GAME STATISTICS
Nebraska LSU
First Downs 22 12
Rushing Attempts 58 31
Rushing Yards 237 63
Passes Attempted 22 30
Passes Completed 13 14
Had Intercepted 2 2
Passing Yards 184 173
Total Offense 403 211
Punting/Avg. 1/31.0 6/39.2
Fumbles/Lost 4/4 1/0
Penalties/Yards 4/25 8/54
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Nebraska 7 0 7 7 21
LSU 7 7 3 3 20
SCORING SUMMARY
NE: Schellen 5 run (Seibel kick); LSU: Hilliard 1 run (Betanzos kick); LSU: Hilliard 1 run (Betanzos kick); LSU: Betanzos 28 FG; NE: Rozier 11 pass from Gill (Seibel kick); NE: Gill 1 run (Seibel kick); LSU: Betanzos 49 FG...MVPs: Turner Gill and Dave Rimington (Nebraska C)
Nebraska Head Coach Tom Osborne
LSU Head Coach Jerry Stovall