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Alamo Bowl Box Score

12/30/2000 12:00:00 AM | Football

Dec. 30, 2000

Recap

No. 9 Nebraska 66, No. 18 Northwestern 17

Nebraska      7 31 21  7 - 66
Northwestern  3 14  0  0 - 17

First Quarter
Neb-Alexander 15 run (Brown kick), 12:49.
Nor-FG Long 44, 9:51.

Second Quarter
Nor-Johnson 10 pass from Kustok (Long kick), 14:16.
Neb-Crouch 50 run (Brown kick), 13:56.
Neb-Alexander 2 run (Brown kick), 11:50.
Neb-Buckhalter 2 run (Brown kick), 7:13.
Neb-FG Brown 51, 1:28.
Nor-Anderson 69 run (Long kick), 1:10.
Neb-Newcombe 58 pass from Crouch (Brown kick), :20.

Third Quarter
Neb-Davison 11 pass from Crouch (Brown kick), 12:17.
Neb-Crouch 2 run (Brown kick), 3:52.
Neb-Davison 69 pass from Newcombe (Brown kick), 1:19.

Fourth Quarter
Neb-Diedrick 9 run (Brown kick), 5:22.

A- 60,028.

                          Neb         Nor
First downs                28          14
Rushes-yards           69-476      38-232
Passing                   160         151
Comp-Att-Int           6-14-1     17-43-1
Return Yards              183         118
Punts-Avg.             3-44.3     10-35.7
Fumbles-Lost              2-1         1-0
Penalties-Yards          4-67        7-46
Time of Possession      33:37       26:23

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS


RUSHING- Nebraska, Alexander 20-240, Crouch 15-90, Buckhalter 12-55, Diedrick 4-28, Davies 3-17, Lord 4-16, W.Miller 3-10, Collins 3-9, Newcombe 1-5, R.Miller 1-3, Grixby 2-3, Chrisman 1-0. Northwestern, Anderson 18-149, Kustok 14-55, Simmons 2-14, Lawrence 3-13, Danielson 1-1.
PASSING- Nebraska, Crouch 5-13-1-91, Newcombe 1-1-69-0. Northwestern, Kustok 15-35-0-138, Danielson 2-8-1-13.
RECEIVING- Nebraska, Davison 3-85, Newcombe 1-58, Bowling 1-9, Hassebroek 1-8. Northwestern, Johnson 4-53, Anderson 4-12, Simmons 3-24, Foster 2-41, Patrick 2-6, Schweighardt 1-9, Wright 1-6.

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