Nebraska 69
Colorado 19

Oct. 22, 1983 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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Colorado397019
Nebraska7748769
First Quarter
 CU: Tom Field 37 field goal, 7:31
 NU: Mike Rozier 11 run (Scott Livingston kick) 3:39
Second Quarter
 CU: Field 20 field goal, 12:19
 NU: Rozier 4 run (Livingston kick) 7:54
 CU: Dave Hestera 5 pass from Steve Vogel (pass failed) 1:30
Third Quarter
 NU: Irving Fryar 54 run (Livingston kick) 14:25 
 NU: Rozier 13 run (Livingston kick) 13:07
 NU: Turner Gill 17 run (Livingston kick) 12:36
 NU: Fryar 34 pass from Gill (Livingston kick) 9:40
 NU: Rozier 18 run (Livingston kick failed) 5:58
 NU: Jeff Smith 12 run (Dave Schneider kick) 5:15
 NU: Shane Swanson 1 pass from Nate Mason (Schneider kick) 2:47
 CU: Chris McLemore 2 run (Field kick) 0:52
Fourth Quarter
 NU: Tim Brungardt 1 run (Mark Hagerman kick) 8:42

Attendance: 76,268

                        CU        NU 
First downs ........... 20        37 
Rushes-yards ...... 32-112    72-526 
Passing yards ........ 286        83 
  Comp-Att-Int ... 23-42-1     7-9-0 
Total offense ..... 74-398    81-609
Return yards ........... 0         9 
Sacks by ............. 1-8       1-5 
Punts ............... 2-34         0 
Fumbles-lost ......... 4-2       3-0 
Penalties-yards ..... 7-61      6-29 
Possession time .... 30:56     29:04

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
 CU: Darryl Johnson 14-81, McLemore 9-21
 NU: Rozier 19-155, Smith 10-71, Fryar 1-54, Gill 7-52, Mark Schellen 7-51

Passing
 CU: Vogel 18-34-1-170, Derek Marshall 5-8-0-116
 NU: Gill 5-7-0-78, Craig Sundberg 1-1-0-4, Mason 1-1-0-1

Receiving
 CU: Hestera 7-66, McLemore 6-34, Johnson 5-80, Jon Embree 3-95, Ron Brown 2-11
 NU: Fryar 4-52, Rozier 1-26.

Missed field goals
 None

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1983 Nebraska-Colorado Turner Gill TD runLess than 2½ minutes into the third quarter, Turner Gill pulls away from CU’s Clyde Riggins for Nebraska’s third touchdown of the period. ·The Lincoln Star · Newspapers.com

Third-quarter explosion buries the Buffaloes

Top-ranked Nebraska was stymied by a well-conceived Colorado game plan for 30 minutes, then exploded for a Big Eight-record 48 points in the third quarter to increase a tenuous 14-12 halftime lead to a 62-19 margin after three periods before winning, 69-19, before 76,268 Homecoming fans.

In the Huskers’ record-setting third quarter (they missed the NCAA one-quarter scoring mark by one point), their seven scoring drives averaged 2.6 plays, 37 yards and 36 seconds. The first three scores came within 2:24 of the second-half kickoff.

Said CU cornerback Victor Scott, “It was like someone dropped the atom bomb on us.”

Mike Rozier again led the way with 19 rushes for 155 yards and four TDs. The four scores gave him 32 career rushing TDs to set a school record.

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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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