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Official recap
The No. 11 Nebraska Cornhuskers opened their season with a 49-22 victory over Utah. Nebraska jumped out to a 35-0 halftime lead and a 42-0 advantage before the Utes got on the scoreboard.

In all, seven different Huskers scored. Fullback Lance Lewis started the offensive roll, scoring on a 57-yard jaunt on the first play of Nebraska's second drive.

NU jumped out to the top of the rushing charts with 399 yards on the ground, led by I-backs Derek Brown and Calvin Jones, who rushed for 105 and 92 yards, respectively, and Lewis with 85 yards.

The Huskers tallied 517 total offense yards to the Utes' 379.

SERIES HISTORY
SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 49
Utah 22
Sept. 5, 1992
Lincoln, NE

Utah           0    0   14    8  -  22 
Nebraska      21   14    7    7  -  49

First Quarter
NU - Lance Lewis 57 run (Byron Bennett kick) 11:11
NU - Derek Brown 26 run (Bennett kick) 5:20
NU - Mike Grant 16 run (Bennett kick) 0:47
Second Quarter
NU - Andre McDuffy 6 run (Bennett kick) 13:34
NU - Calvin Jones 14 pass from Grant (Bennett kick) 7:07
Third Quarter
NU - Grant 6 run (Bennett kick) 9:42
UT - Henry Lusk 7 pass from Frank Dolce (pass failed) 4:34
UT - Keith Williams 54 run (Pierre Jones run), 0:20
Fourth Quarter
NU - Gerald Armstrong 11 pass from Grant (Sieler kick) 12:07
UT - Jones 25 run (Jones run), 4:02

                    Utah   NU 
First downs           16   24 
Rushes-yards      36-172   47-399 
Passing yards        207   118 
Total yards          379   517 

Passes           21-38-4   13-26-1 
Sacks by             0-0   3-10 
Punts-average       7-38   5-43 
Fumbles-lost         1-1   3-1 
Penalties-yards     4-21   9-60 
Time of poss.      31:27   28:33
RUSHING
Utah: Keith Williams 15-106, Pierre Jones 8-42, Steve Abrams 4-17.
Nebraska: Derek Brown 15-105, Calvin Jones 11-92, Lance Lewis 6-85.
 
PASSING
Utah: Frank Dolce 21-38-4-207.
Nebraska: Mike Grant 12-23-1-114.
 
RECEIVING
Utah: Henry Lusk 5-58, Greg Hooks 3-57, Jamal Anderson 3-15.
Nebraska: Corey Dixon 3-40, Abdul Muhammad 2-19, Tyrone Hughes 2-15.
 
MISSED FIELD GOALS
None
 
INTERCEPTIONS
Utah: Mark Swanson 1-0.
Nebraska: John Reece 2-12, Steve Carmer 1-0, Tyrone Byrd 1-0.
 
TACKLES (UT-AT-TT)
Utah: Ed Miller 6-4-10, Swanson 5-4-9, Errol Martin 5-1-6.
Nebraska: Carmer 4-4-8, Mike Anderson 2-5-7, Travis Hill 3-2-5.
 
SACKS
Utah: None.
Nebraska: Hill 2-9, David White 1-1.
 
ATTENDANCE: 76,234
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