Red 29
White 8

Apr. 24, 1993 • 1 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE
1st2nd3rd4th F 
White53008
Red1376329
First quarter
WHI: Tom Sieler 29 field goal
RED: Reggie Baul 86 kickoff return (kick blocked)
WHI: Troy Dumas 65 conversion return 
RED: Gerald Armstrong 5 pass from Tommie Frazier (Byron Bennett kick)
Second quarter
RED: Jeff Makovicka 15 run (Bennett kick)
WHI: Sieler 29 field goal
Third quarter
RED: Armstrong 8 pass from Brook Berringer (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
RED: Matt Fisher 25 field goal

                       WHI        RED
First downs ........... 14         19
Rushes-yards ...... 38-179      51-93
Passing yards ........ 151        131
  Comp-Att-Int ... 14-29-1    15-30-1
Total offense...... 67-330*    81-224
Return yards .......... 17        139
Punts ............. 5-41.4     3-26.7
Fumbles-lost ......... 6-4        5-3
Penalties-yards ... 11-107       2-13

*Game stories say 311 yards

RUSHING
WHI: Tony Veland 16-85, Benning 9-46, Lance Gray 1-29, Barron Miles 1-15, Jason Fisher 3-7, Makovicka 2-7, Mike Smith 1-3, Aaron Davis 1-2, Damon Schmadeke 1-(-4), David Seizys 1-(-11).

RED: Damon Benning 15-44, Calvin Jones 5-27, Makovicka 2-17, Cory Schlesinger 4-13, Brian Schuster 4-10, Berringer 3-7, Frazier 10-5, Scott Davenport 2-(-4), Matt Turman 6-(-26).

PASSING
WHI: Berringer 8-14-0 91; Veland 6-15-1 60.

RED: Frazier 7-16-1 57; Turman 5-8-0 60; Berringer 3-6-0 14.

RECEIVING
WHI: Brett Popplewell 6-90, Seizys 4-36, Benning 1-11, J. Fisher 1-7, Brendan Holbein 1-6, Schmadeke 1-1. 

RED: Armstrong 3-18, Tom Steer 2-35, Duane Wiles 2-25, Baul 2-16, Trumane Bell 1-21, Makovicka 1-18, Benning 1-3, Clester Johnson 1-3, Davenport 1-(-2), C. Jones 1-(-6). 

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Coverage

Recap

Reds coast past Whites in spring game

Gerald Armstrong caught two touchdown passes and Reggie Baul returned a kickoff 86 yards for a score to lead the Reds to a 29-8 win in Nebraska football’s annual spring game.

The teams combined for 59 pass attempts, but coach Tom Osborne said that would not be the norm in the fall.

“If you just want to score points, you put Calvin Jones in there and put that big offensive line in there and ram it at people,” he said. “Today we threw it around a lot. Maybe people enjoyed that, I don’t know. But there are probably more efficient ways for us to get the ball in the end zone than with some of the things we did today.”

Jones, the Huskers’ star I-back, left with a leg bruise after carrying five times for 27 yards.

Defensive coordinator Charlie McBride wasn’t happy that the White defense, made up of top-unit players, yielded 29 points and more than 300 yards in the debut of the Huskers’ four-man front, a switch from a five-man setup of the past.

“I thought this group could be a little better than they are,” McBride said. “… We made some changes, and I’m not sure they’re the right ones.”

 

Coverage

Lincoln Journal Star
• Spring game raises doubts
Associated Press
• Armstrong has 2 TD receptions
Daily Nebraskan
• Red squad tromps White
Hail Varsity
• To the 4-3 in the Spring of ’93

 

Pregame & team info
1993 schedule
04/24Red 29, White 8
09/04North TexasW 76-14
09/11Texas TechW 50-27
09/18@ UCLAW 14-13
09/25Colorado St.W 48-13
10/07@ Oklahoma St.W 27-13
10/16Kansas St.W 45-28
10/23MissouriW 49-7
10/30@ ColoradoW 21-17
11/06@ KansasW 21-20
11/13Iowa St.W 49-17
11/26OklahomaW 21-7
01/01Florida St.L 16-18

Commentary

Babcock

If [Jones] remains healthy, he’s certain to be among the top collegiate running backs in the country this fall.

Mike Babcock
Lincoln Journal Star
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