Official recap
Jarvis Redwine, who transferred from Oregon State and will be a junior this season, showed what he could do in the Spring Game, as star senior I-Back I.M. Hipp was absent because of a broken thumb. Redwine gained 94 yards in 16 carries and scored one touchdown. Redwine's speed — he's been clocked at 4.35 in the 40-yard dash — accounted for much of his yardage.
At quarterback, junior Jeff Quinn proved why he is the No. 1 signal caller going into fall camp. He was five of eight passing for 79 yards and also gained 34 yards rushing on eight carries. Another fine quarterbacking effort was turned in by sophomore Mark Mauer, who completed four of 10 passes for 92 yards, including a 52-yarder to frosh split end Todd Brown.
The Huskers' offensive line — tight end Junior Miller, tackles Dan Steiner and Mike Bruce, center Kelly Saalfeld, and guards John Havekost and Randy Schleusener — began to assert itself in the second half. Overall, the Reds gained 250 yards on the ground.
Full recap here.
SPRING-GAME HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER
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Reds 27
Whites 13
May 5, 1979
Lincoln, NEReds 3 10 7 7 — 27
Whites 3 10 0 0 — 13
First Quarter
RED — Field goal, Sukup 27 yards 4:33
WHI — Field goal, Bergkamp 29 yards 2:24
Second Quarter
WHI — Mauer, 1 run (Bergkamp kick) 17:34
RED — Wallace, 2 run {Sukup kick) 9:45
WHI — Field goal, Kirk 28 yards 0:27
RED — Field goal, Sukup 52 yards 0:05
Third Quarter
RED — Johnson, 15 yard run (Sukup kick) 14:36
Fourth Quarter
RED — Redwine, 1 yard run (Sukup kick) 13:09
Attendance: 20,119
Red White
First Downs 22 16
First Downs Rushing 17 5
First Downs Passing 5 9
First Downs by Penalties 0 2
Rushing Attempts 74 39
Yards Rushing 299 105
Yards Lost Rushing 49 63
Net Yards Rushing 250 42
Net Yards Passing 165 209
Passes Attempted 24 31
Passes Completed 13 11
Had Intercepted 2 1
TOTAL OFFENSIVE PLAYS 98 70
TOTAL NET YARDS 415 251
Average Gain Per Play 4.2 3.6
Fumbles: Number—Lost 3-1 3-2
Penalties: Number—Yards 11-105 4-40
Interceptions: Number—Yards 1--3 2-36
Number of Punts—Yards 7-273 7-282
Average Per Punt 39.0 40.3
Punt Returns: Number—Yards 0-0 5-27
Kickoff Returns: Number—Yards 5-118 3-29
RED | | WHITE |
RUSHING Att Gain Lss Net TD Lng
Quinn 8 39 5 34 0 10
Franklin 9 31 0 31 0 7
Redwine 16 95 1 94 1 17
Landwehr 3 3 0 3 0 2
Kotera 4 20 0 20 0 8
Hager 10 18 29 -11 0 8
Wallace 6 24 0 24 1 7
Zobel 2 6 0 6 0 4
Kelly 5 14 0 14 0 6
Michaelson 9 39 14 15 0 9
Johnson 2 20 0 20 1 15
TOTAL 74 299 49 250 3 17
|  | RUSHING Att Gain Lss Net TD Lng
Mauer 6 3 17 -14 1 2
Johnson 6 28 0 28 0 9
Hunt 2 6 0 6 0 4
Keith 5 22 0 22 0 6
Moravec 1 3 0 3 0 3
Mathison 7 19 12 7 0 7
Bates 3 7 0 7 0 4
Landwehr 3 6 0 6 0 3
Krejci 1 0 18 -18 0 0
McCrady 1 1 0 1 0 1
Vair 1 10 0 10 0 10
Gebert 2 0 13 -13 0 0
Knoll 1 0 3 -3 0 0
TOTAL 39 105 63 42 1 10
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PASSING Cp Att Int Yds Lng
Quinn 8 5 0 79 36
Hager 8 3 1 30 12
Michaelson 8 5 1 56 19
TOTAL 24 13 2 165 36
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PASSING Cp Att Int Yds Lng
Mauer 10 4 0 92 52
Mathison 8 4 1 61 19
Gebert 9 2 0 37 19
Knoll 4 1 0 19 19
TOTAL 31 11 1 209 52
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RECEIVING No. Yds TD Long
Miller 2 14 0 11
Smith 2 50 0 36
Bush 4 34 0 9
Finn 2 20 0 15
Huebert 2 35 0 19
Gibson 1 12 0 12
TOTAL 13 165 0 36
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RECEIVING No. Yds TD Long
Brown 3 87 0 52
Woodward 3 40 0 19
Vergith 1 19 0 19
McCrady 1 18 0 18
Hill 1 8 0 8
Wehrle 1 18 0 18
Davies 1 19 0 19
TOTAL 11 209 0 52
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PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long
Smith 7 273 39 51
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PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long
Gemar 7 282 40.3 62
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FIELD GOALS Att Good Blk Long
Sukup 2 2 0 52
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FIELD GOALS Att Good Blk Long
Bergkamp 2 1 0 29
Kirk 1 1 0 28
TOTALS 3 2 0 29 |
RETURNS Punts K-offs Int.
McCrady 2-46
Redwine 2-25
Iodence 1- -3
Bush 1-47
TOTAL 0-0 5-118 1- -3
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RETURNS Punts K-offs Int.
Krejci 1-27
Nyden 1-3
Steels 1-9 1-17
Moravec 1-3
Searcy 1-9
Keith 1-9
Gerlach 2-15
TOTAL 4-27 3-29 2-36
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