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Quarterback Randy Garcia came off the bench in the fourth quarter to throw two touchdown passes to rally Nebraska from a 17-7 fourth-quarter deficit to a 21-17 win over North Carolina in the 19th annual Liberty Bowl. Garcia, who replaced starter Tom Sorley, first hit wingback Curtis Craig with a 10-yard touchdown pass (a sensational diving catch) with 10:51 left to cut the Husker deficit to 17-14, then threw a 34-yard scoring pass to Tim Smith with 3:16 left to cap a rally that frustrated UNC's upset hopes. The Tar Heels drew first blood early in the second quarter on a 12-yard scoring pass from Matt Kupec to tight end Brooks Williams. Then, after the Huskers had tied the game at 7-7 on a 15-yard touchdown run by fullback Dodie Donnell, Kupec threw a 10-yard scoring pass to fullback Bob Loomis late in the half, giving North Carolina a 14-7 halftime lead. Carolina upped its lead to 17-7 late in the third quarter on a 47-yard field goal by Tom Biddle, and the Tar Heels appeared to have the game well in control until Garcia's heroics brought NU back. Full recap here. SERIES HISTORY | NU BOWLS  |
North Carolina 17
Dec. 19, 1977
Memphis, TN
Nebraska 0 7 0 14 - 21
North Carolina 0 14 3 0 - 17
First Quarter
UNC - Brooks Williams 12 pass from Matt Kupec
(Tom Biddle kick), 13:52 remaining.
NEB - Dodie Donnell 15 run (Billy Todd kick), 11:00.
UNC - Bob Loomis 10 pass from Kupec (Biddle kick), 3:11.
Third Quarter
UNC - FG Biddle 47, 4:17.
Fourth Quarter
NEB - Curtis Craig 10 pass from Randy Garcia
(Todd kick), 10:51.
NEB - Tim Smith 34 pass from Garcia (Todd kick), 3:16.
Attendance: 49,456.
NEB UNC
First Downs Rushing 11 10
First Downs Passing 9 6
First Downs by Penalty 1 1
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 21 17
Number Attempts Rushing 52 55
Yards Gained Rushing 231 213
Yards Lost Rushing 25 44
NET YARDS GAINED RUSHING 206 169
Number Passes Attempted 17 13
Number Passes Completed 14 8
Number Passes Had Intercepted 0 1
NET YARDS GAINED PASSING 161 93
Number Plays Rushing and Passing 69 68
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDAGE 367 262
Number Interceptions 1 0
NET YARDS INTERCEPTIONS RETURNED l 0
Number Times Punted 3 3
Number Punts Blocked 0 0
PUNTING AVERAGE, YARDS 37.0 40.3
Number Punts Returned 3 l
NET YARDS PUNTS RETURNED -2 0
Number Kick-Offs Returned 4 3
NET YARDS KICK-OFFS RETURNED 71 61
Number Times Penalized 2 5
TOTAL YARDS PENALIZED 10 35
Number Times Fumbled 4 3
NUMBER OWN FUMBLES LOST 2 2
NEBRASKA
RUSHING Att. Net TD Long
Berns 7 38 0 11
Hipp 18 52 0 8
Sorley 8 21 0 14
Donnell 9 59 1 17
Craig 1 5 0 0
Anthony 6 39 0 12
Garcia 3 -8 0 1
TOTALS 52 206 1 17
PASSING Att. Com. Int. Yds TD Long
Sorley 13 11 0 105 0 22
T. Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0
Garcia 3 3 0 56 2 34
TOTALS 17 14 0 161 2 34
RECEIVING No. Yds TD Long
Craig 4 53 1 19
T. Smith 4 78 1 34
Berns 2 9 0 5
Hipp 2 6 0 3
Miller 1 3 0 3
Spaeth 1 12 0 12
TOTALS 14 161 2 34
PUNTING No. Yds Avg. Long
T. Smith 3 111 37 37
RETURNS Punts Kickoffs Int
Brown 2-(-2) 0-0 0-0
DuFresne 0-0 1-13 0-0
Craig 0-0 3-58 0-0
Wurth 1-0 0-0 0-0
Cotton 0-0 0-0 1-1
TOTALS 3-(-2) 4-71 1-1
DEFENSE T A FR PBU BK
Anderson 1 1 0 1 0
Valasek 2 3 0 0 0
Pillen 0 3 0 0 0
Carpenter 2 3 0 0 0
Kunz 11 7 0 1 0
Vering 5 5 0 0 0
Hansen 1 0 0 0 0
Weinmaster 9 2 1 0 0
Davis 1 0 0 0 0
Cotton 3 4 0 0 0
Lee 1 2 0 0 0
Poeschl 4 3 0 0 0
DuFresne 1 0 0 0 0
Pensick 5 2 1 0 0
Young 0 1 0 0 0
Andrews 10 9 0 0 0
Barnett 1 2 0 0 0
Samuel 6 6 0 0 0
Sims 2 0 0 0 0
Fischer 1 1 0 1 0
Rick 0 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 66 55 2 3 0
NORTH CAROLINA
RUSHING Att. Net TD Long
Collins 2 8 0 4
Lawrence 8 35 0 13
Kupec 14 -3 0 16
Paschall 16 77 0 28
Loomis 8 33 0 6
Johnson 6 16 0 6
Lee 1 -2 0 -2
TOTALS 55 169 0 28
PASSING Att. Com. Int. Yds TD Long
Kupec 11 7 1 75 2 16
Lawrence 1 1 0 18 0 18
Lee 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 13 8 1 93 2 18
RECEIVING No. Yds TD Long
Williams 4 44 1 18
Paschall 1 16 0 16
Loomis 1 10 1 10
Finn 1 16 0 16
Collins 1 7 0 7
TOTALS 8 93 2 18
PUNTING No. Yds Avg. Long
Elam 3 121 40.3 48
RETURNS Punts Kickoffs Int
Collins 1-0 0-0 0-0
Powell 0-0 3-61 0-0
TOTALS 1-0 3-61 0-0
DEFENSE T A FR PBU BK
Menapace 3 4 0 1 0
Cale 3 1 0 0 0
Caldwell 7 4 0 0 0
Winters 5 1 0 0 0
Dowdy 4 4 0 0 0
Gay, B. 6 4 1 0 0
Curry 8 10 0 1 0
Rhames 4 3 0 0 0
Broadway 3 4 0 0 0
Hardison 7 3 0 0 0
Lancaster 2 0 0 0 0
Simmons 7 5 0 0 0
Sheets 2 1 0 0 0
Biddle 1 0 0 0 0
McDaniels 1 7 0 0 0
Taylor 1 0 0 0 0
Mack 1 0 0 0 0
Donnalley 1 0 0 0 0
Duncan 1 1 0 0 0
Mabry 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 67 52 2 2 0
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