Official recap Nebraska exploded for two touchdowns within six seconds midway in the third quarter to break up a close game, and the Huskers went on to crush Florida State, 34-14, in the home opener. The Huskers were leading, 10-7, when Irving Fryar returned a punt 82 yards for a TD with 8:31 left, then, on the ensuing kickoff, Tony Felici picked a fumble out of mid-air and ran 13 yards to score at the 8:25 mark to give Nebraska an insurmountable 24-7 lead. The Seminoles did pull back within 27-14 midway in the fourth quarter, but Roger Craig's 94-yard touchdown run put the game away—in addition to tying the Nebraska record for longest touchdown run and wrapping up a 234-yard day for Craig, which earned him national back-of-the-week honors. Felici came off the bench to record 13 tackles, earn Big Eight defensive player-of-the-week honors and nail down a starting job at defensive right end. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED: 1, 2 LYELL'S CALL (1, 2, 3) | SERIES HIST. SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 34
Florida State 14

Florida State    0    7    0    7   —   14 
Nebraska        10    0   14   10   —   34

NEB — Nate Mason 8 run (Kevin Seibel kick)
NEB — FG Seibel 24
FSU — Ricky Williams 1 run (Mike Rendina kick)
NEB — Irving Fryar 82 punt return (Seibel kick)
NEB — Tony Felici 13 fumble return (Seibel kick)
NEB — FG Eddie Neil 21
FSU — Dennis McKinnon 3 pass from Rick Stockstill
 (Rendina kick)
NEB — Roger Craig 94 run (Seibel kick)
A—76,289
                        FSU       NU 
First downs              15       22 
Rushes-yards          41-54   63-472 
Passing yards           173       31 
Return yards              1      151 
Passes              16-26-1    3-8-1 
Punts                8-51.1   2-33.5 
Fumbles-lost            3-2      4-4 
Penalties-yards        3-43     9-71 
Time of possession    30:25    29:35