Nebraska 56
Wyoming 20

Sept. 10, 1983
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
1st2nd3rd4th F 
Wyoming0371020
Nebraska212114056
First Quarter
NEB: Mike Rozier 4 run (Dave Schneider kick) 5:11
NEB: Mark Schellen 11 run (Schneider kick) 12:55
NEB: Jeff Smith 2 run (Schneider kick) 14:55
Second Quarter
NEB: Irving Fryar 49 pass from Turner Gill (Mark Hagerman kick) 3:41
NEB: Rozier 12 run (Hagerman kick) 6:14
NEB: Schellen 1 run (Dan Wingard kick) 10:46
WYO: FG Rick Donnelly 42, 15:00
Third Quarter
NEB: Rozier 5 run (Schneider kick) 2:07
WYO: Jay Novacek 1 pass from Brad Baumberger (Donnelly kick) 9:29
NEB: Rozier 27 run (Schneider kick) 12:07
Fourth Quarter 
WYO: Chris Kolodziejski 18 pass from Baumberger (Kevin Lowe run) 5:04
WYO: Safety, Nebraska fumbled out of end zone, 11:49

Attendance: 76,016.

                         WYO       NU 
First downs               23       26 
Rushes-yards          64-203   48-354 
Passing yards            184      227 
Return yards              18        5 
Passes               17-25-1  11-16-0 
Sacks by                 1-4     3-22 
Punts                   6-38     3-50 
Fumbles-lost             2-2      3-1 
Penalties-yards         4-40     2-32 
Time of possession     37:27    22:33

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
 Wyoming, Lowe 9-52, Waiter Goffigan 14-50, Tony Campbell 11-45. 
 Nebraska, Rozier 19-191, Schellen 4-83.
Passing
 Wyoming, Baumberger 17-25-1-184. 
 Nebraska, Gill 9-13-0-186, Craig Sundberg, 2-3-0-41.
Receiving
 Wyoming, Kolodziejski 9-95, Novacek 6-66. 
 Nebraska, Fryar 4-96, Scott Kimball 3-65.
Missed field goals
 None.

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Recap & links

Rozier breaks Husker career rushing record

All-America I-back Mike Rozier became Nebraska career rushing leader as he pounded Wyoming for 191 yards and four touchdowns on just 19 carries as he led the Huskers to a 56-20 win over the Cowboys. Rozier broke I.M. Hipp’s four-year-old record of 2,814 yards with a 12-yard touchdown run midway in the second period.

Quarterback Turner Gill also broke a Nebraska record as his 13 pass attempts without an interception upped his two-year string to 99, breaking Jerry Tagge’s 14-year-old mark of 88.

Despite the one-sided loss, Wyoming outscored the Huskers in the second half, 17-14, and controlled the ball for more than 37 minutes of the contest.

1983 schedule
04/23Reds 37, Whites 14
08/29Penn St.W 44-6
09/10WyomingW 56-20
09/17@ MinnesotaW 84-13
09/24UCLAW 42-10
10/01SyracuseW 63-7
10/08@ Oklahoma St.W 14-10
10/15@ MissouriW 34-13
10/22ColoradoW 69-19
10/29@ Kansas St.W 51-25
11/05Iowa St.W 72-29
11/12KansasW 67-13
11/26@ OklahomaW 28-21
01/02MiamiL 30-31
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