1983
January 1, 1983 – Orange Bowl Stadium
Fumblin’ Nebraska Holds On
LSU 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 LSU came as the result of Nebraska fumbles and a third quarter LSU 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.
LSU cut it to one with a fourth quarter field goal by Juan Betanzos.
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NEB |
LSU |
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First Downs |
22 |
12 |
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Rushing Attempts |
58 |
31 |
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Rushing Yards |
219 |
38 |
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Passes Attempted |
22 |
30 |
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Passes Completed |
13 |
14 |
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Had Intercepted |
2 |
2 |
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Passing Yards |
184 |
173 |
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Total Offense |
403 |
211 |
|
Punts/Avg. |
1/31.0 |
6/39.2 |
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Fumbles/Lost |
4/4 |
1/1 |
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Penalties/Yards |
4/25 |
8/54 |
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SCORE BY QUARTERS |
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Nebraska |
7 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
- |
21 |
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LSU |
7 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
- |
20 |
SCORING SUMMARY
NEB: Schellen 5-yard run (Seibel kick); LSU: Hilliard 1-yard run (Betanzos kick); LSU: Hilliard 1-yard run (Betanzos kick); LSU: Betanzos 28-yard FG; NEB: Rozier 11-yard pass from Gill (Seibel kick); NEB: Gill 1-yard run (Seibel kick); LSU: Betanzos 49-yard FG MOP: Turner Gill (Nebraska), Dave Rimington (Nebraska)
Nebraska Head Coach: Tom Osborne
LSU Head Coach: Jerry Stovall