Nebr. vs. Texas 1999 title game -- HuskerPedia™

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Nebraska 22
Texas 6
Dec. 4, 1999, ABC TV
San Antonio Alamodome
Big 12 championship

                  1  2  3  4   F
                  -  -  -  -  --
Texas             0  0  0  6   6
Nebraska         10  5  7  0  22

 Nebr-FG J Brown 42
 Nebr-Crouch 31 run (J Brown kick)
 Nebr-FG J Brown 21
 Nebr-Safety
 Nebr-Crouch 4 run (J Brown kick)
 Texas-Brooks 20 fumble return
    (two-point conversion failed)

                    Texas    Nebraska
First downs            15          14
Rushed-yards         30-6      58-234
Passing yards         164          55
Sacks by-yards       1-10        7-44
Return yards           64         133
Passes            15-42-3      6-15-1
Punts             10-39.1      9-39.3
Fumbles-lost          1-1         2-2
Penalties-yards      3-17        4-20
Time of possession  22:09       37:51

RUSHING: Texas-Ike 3-21, K Hayter 8-19, Mitchell 8-14, R Brown 1-2, Team 1-(-15), Applewhite 9-(-35). Nebraska-Buckhalter 20-136, Crouch 23-72, W Miller 8-17, Alexander 4-13, D Diedrick 3-(-4).

PASSING: Texas-Applewhite 15-42-3-164. Nebraska-Crouch 6-14-1-55, Newcombe 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING: Texas-Cavil 5-90, Nunez 3-31, Ike 2-19, Flowers 2-16, R Brown 2-9, Healy 1-(-1). Nebraska-Bowling 2-30, Davison 2-19, Newcombe 2-6.

Att: 65,035

Coverage
• Complete stats • Official recap
• Gr. Island Independent:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Daily Nebraskan: 1, 2
• Nebr. StatePaper: 1, 2
• Dallas Morning News:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Houston Chronicle:
1, 2, 3, 4
• Ft. Worth Star Telegram:
1, 2, 3, 4
• UT Athletic Dept.
• New York Times
• Kansas City Star
• CBS Sportsline
• CNNSI
• AP/TSN
• Texas fan chronology
• Shockwave analysis
• Game photos
• Video clips
• Red Clad Loon
• Colonel Mustard

Series history
& Texas info

Pregame press
• Ft. Worth Star-Telegram:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12
• Grand Island Indep.:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Nebr. StatePaper: 1, 2
• ESPN
• CBS Sportsline
• Kansas City Star: 1, 2
• Big12.net
• AP prediction
• Colonel Mustard
• NU media guide

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