Nebraska 48N. Illinois 17
Sept. 9, 1989 • 1:30 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | F | ||
| N. Illinois | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Nebraska | 7 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 48 |
First Quarter
NEB: Ken Clark 2 run (Gregg Barrios kick) 12:51
NIU: Adam Dach 2 run (John Ivanick kick) 6:04
Second Quarter
NEB: FG Barrios 28, 9:31.
NEB: Leodis Flowers 5 run (Barrios kick) 6:33
NIU: Dach 17 run (Ivanic kick) 3:13
NIU: FG Ivanic 36, 0:15
Third Quarter
NEB: Monte Kratzenstein 11 pass from Gerry Gdowski (Barrios kick) 13:43
NEB: Flowers 4 run (Barrios kick) 10:58
NEB: Chris Garrett 12 pass from Mickey Joseph (Barrios kick) 3:23
Fourth Quarter
NEB: FG Chris Drennan 55, 14:28
NEB: Mark Dowse 10 run (Drennan kick) 1:41
NIU NEB
First downs ............ 11 24
Rushes-yards ....... 50-130 47-455
Passing yards .......... 44 102
Comp-Att-Int ..... 5-13-1 8-13-1
Total offense ...... 63-177 60-557
Returns-yards ......... 1-2 4-25
Sacks by .............. 1-5 0-0
Punts-avg. .......... 10-38 2-43
Fumbles-lost .......... 1-0 5-4
Penalties-yards ...... 7-57 5-40
Possession time ..... 35:19 24:41
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing
NIU: Dach 10-42, Mike Strasser 7-27.
NEB: Clark 14-168, Gdowski 5-74, Flowers, 11-65.
Passing
NIU: Stacey Robinson 5-13-1-44.
NEB: Gdowski 6-8-1-83, Joseph 2-5-0-19.
Receiving
NIU: Mark Clancy 2-26.
NEB: Morgan Gregory 3-41, Kratzenstein 2-39.
Missed field goals: None.
Interceptions
NIU: Patrick Bryant 1-2.
NEB: Marvin Sanders 1-18.
Tackles (UT-AT-TT)
NIU: Brett Tucker 9-1-10, Phil Bucaro 5-0-5, Kevin Cassidy 5-0-5.
NEB: Pat Tyrance 4-6,10, Jeff Mills 3-4-7, Mike Petko 3-3-6.
Sacks
NIU: Tim Green 1-5.
NEB: none.
Attendance: 76,194
SCORING SUMMARY & MORE STATS
