Official recap Twelfth-ranked Oklahoma State, off to a 5-0 start and riding an eight-game win string, both 42-year bests, had high hopes of pulling off an upset of No. 2 Nebraska, but the Cornhuskers dominated the game from the beginning and remained unbeaten against the Cowboys since 1961. Nebraska yielded only 43 rushing yards (seven on nine carries to OSU All-American and then-NCAA rushing leader Thurman Thomas), and stifled the Cowboys' only scoring threat on a Charles Fryar interception in the end zone in the second quarter. SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 35
Oklahoma State 0

Nebraska           7   14    7    7    —   35
Oklahoma State     0    0    0    0    —    0

First Quarter
NEB — Rod Smith 29 pass from Steve Taylor
 (Chris Drennan kick), 5:48.
Second Quarter
NEB — Ken Clark 28 run (Drennan kick), 10:30. 
NEB — Keith Jones 5 run (Drennan kick), 0:33.
Third Quarter 
NEB — K. Jones 17 run (Drennan kick), 6:08.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Clark 1 run (Drennan kick), 11:43. 
A—50,440.
                       Neb.        OSU
First downs            36          16
Rushes-yards           74-466      22-43
Passing yards          151         221
Returns-yards          6-31        0-0
Passes                 8-13-0      20-43-1
Sacks by               4-19        1-5
Punts-avg.             4-40        7-50
Fumbles-lost           3-1         2-1
Penalties-yards        6-31        4-20
Time of possession     38:06       21:54