Nebraska 56
TCU 14

Sept. 27, 1975 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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First quarter
NEB: Monte Anthony 3 run (Mike Coyle kick) 8:22
NEB: Tony Davis 5 pass from Terry Luck (Coyle kick) 2:38
Second quarter
TCU: Mike Renfro 21 pass from Jimmy Dan Elzner (Rick Isel kick) 11:28
NEB: Brad Jenkins 8 pass from Luck (Coyle kick) 9:24
NEB: Curtis Craig 5 run (Coyle kick) 9:03
Third quarter
NEB: Chuck Malito 7 pass from Luck (Coyle kick) 11:30
NEB: Tom Heiser 33 run (Coyle, kick) 3:41
Fourth quarter
NEB: Malito 30 pass from Vince Ferragamo (Coyle kick) 13:00
TCU: Darryl Lowe 70 pass interception (Isel kick) 8:47
NEB: Dave Gillespie 1 run (Coyle kick) 4:23

                      NU      TCU
First Downs ......... 30       12
Rushing Net ........ 323       16
Passing Net ........ 194      153
 Comp-Att-Int .. 16-22-2  12-26-3
Total Offense ...... 517      169
Punts-Avg ......... 2-50     4-30
Fumbles-lost ....... 1-1      2-2
Penalties-Yards ... 8-99     5-73

RUSHING
TCU: Wright 15-15; Littleton 2-5; Woodard 4-3; Modzelewski 2-2; Galloway 4-minus-3; Cook 5-minus-4.

NEB: Heiser 4-59; Anthony 11-54; O'Leary 11-53; Davis 11-51; Gillespie 11-39; Zabrocki 5-32; Donnell 5-12; Garcia 2-9; Ferragamo 1-8; Craig 3-6; Luck 3-3; Brown 4-minus-3.

PASSING
TCU: Elther 7-11-1 83; Cook 6-15-2 70. 

NEB: Ferragamo 6-8-1 99; Luck 9-13-2 83; Garcia 1-1-0 12.

RECEIVING
TCU: Renfro 4-83; Wright 3-23; Wells 2-23; Woodard 1-11; Modzelewski 1-8; Cowan 1-5.

NEB: Malito 3-45; Brown 2-40; Thomas 2-15; Craig 1-21; Heiser 1-13; Spaeth 1-12; Shamblin 1-10; O'Leary 1-10; Mushinskie 1-9; Jenkins 1-8; Gillespie 1-6; Davis 1-5.

ADDITIONAL STATS

ATTENDANCE: 75,931

NU PLAYERS OF GAME
  Offense: Chuck Malito
  Defense: Ray Phillips

Coverage

Recap
Chuck Malito scores in the fourth quarter
Chuck Malito scores in the fourth quarter.

Huskers swamp Horned frogs

With the Black Shirts holding TCU’s ground attack to a mere 16 yards, the Cornhuskers stormed past the Texans, 56-14. The Huskers scored early and often, while the defense allowed only one TD.

TCU made it 14-7 in the second quarter thanks to a 21-yard TD pass from Jimmy Dan Elzner to Mike Renfro, but the Huskers exploded for two quick touchdowns after a fumble recovery and a pass interception to lead 28-7 at halftime.

After Nebraska got a 49-7 lead in the fourth quarter, Darryl Lowe intercepted a Vince Ferragamo pass and ran 70 yards to score. But NU reserves came right back with a 70-yard drive to account for the final score.

It was win No. 3 for the highly rated Huskers, and they outyarded TCU, 517-169. Both Terry Luck (three) and Ferragamo (one) tossed TD passes to complement the 323-yard Husker rushing attack. Nebraska scored twice in every quarter, with seven different players logging touchdowns.

1975 Nebraska-TCU John Lee photoJohn Lee grabs TCU running back Ricky Wright. · Lincoln Star · Newspapers.com

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1975 schedule
05/03Reds 6, Whites 20
09/13LSUW 10-7
09/20IndianaW 45-0
09/27TCUW 56-14
10/04MiamiW 31-16
10/11KansasW 16-0
10/18@ Oklahoma St.W 28-20
10/25ColoradoW 63-21
11/01@ MissouriW 30-7
11/08@ Kansas St.W 12-0
11/15Iowa St.W 52-0
11/22OklahomaL 10-35
12/26@ Arizona St.L 14-17
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