Official recap With Nebraska leading, 20-16, midway in the third quarter, Bruce Pickens roared in on a rare cornerback blitz and blind-sided Oklahoma State quarterback Mike Gundy, forcing a fumble that turned the game around. Pickens, the Big Eight defensive player-of-the-week, recovered at the OSU 27, setting up a short drive to the first of three-straight touchdowns which allowed Nebraska to pull away Gdowski piled up 295 yards of total offense, the most for a Nebraska player in 16 years and the school's fifth-highest total ever. SERIES HISTORY SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 48
Oklahoma State 23

Nebraska            10   10   14   14  —  48 
Oklahoma State       3   10    3    7  —  23

First Quarter
NEB — FG Gregg Barrios 23, 9:51 left
OSU — FG Cary Blanchard 36, 4:20.
NEB — Ken Clark 14 run (Barrios kick), 3:03. 
Second Quarter
OSU — FG Blanchard 31, 11:41.
OSU — Curtis Mayfield 65 pass from Mike Gundy
 (Blanchard kick), 8:30.
NEB — Clark 12 run (Barrios kick), 4:30.
NEB — FG Barrios 31, 0:01.
Third Quarter
OSU — FG Blanchard 38, 13:45.
NEB — Gerry Gdowski 1 run (Barrios kick), 4:57.
Neb. — Jon Bostick 35 pass from Gdowski
 (Barrios kick), 3:09.
Fourth Quarter
NEB — Bostick 20 pass from Gdowski (Barrios kick) 13:43.
OSU — Jarrod Green 12 pass from Earl Wheeler
 (Blanchard kick), 5:02.
NEB — Leodis Flowers 52 run (Barrios kick), 3:36
A—40,000.
                       Neb.      OSU
First downs            26        16
Rushes-yards           54-316    33-42
Passing yards          195       305
Returns-yards          6-90      4-13
Passes                 11-29-0   16-33-1
Sacks by               2-29      0-0
Punts-avg.             7.32      7.45
Fumbles-lost           2-1       6-3
Penalties-yards        3-30      4-30
Time of possession     32:06     27:54