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  1. Football: 1979 Season ▪ Nebraska Series

Oklahoma 17 – Nebraska 14

November 24, 1979 ▪ at Norman ▪ Attendance 72,516


Temperature: 52 F

Scoring

TEAM 1 2 3 4   1H 2H   F
#8 Oklahoma (9-1) 0 3 7 7 – 3 14 – 17
#3 Nebraska (10-0) 0 7 0 7 – 7 7 – 14

Team Stats

Stat OU OPP
First Downs 18 18
Total Yards 482 336
– Plays 67 72
– Yards/Play 7.2 4.7
Rushing Yards 352 234
– Attempts 59 53
– Yards/Attempt 6.0 4.4
Passing Yards 130 102
– Completions-Attempts 4-8 8-19
– Completion % 50% 42%
– Yards/Completion 32.5 12.8
Return Yards *
Turnovers (Fum-Int) 2 (1-1) 2 (0-2)
Penalties-Yards 5-42 4-40
Sacks By-Yards - -
Time of Possession
* Based on available return stats; Prior to the mid-2000s, this usually meant punt and interceptions returns, at best.

Player Stats

Oklahoma

Rushing Att Yards TD Long Y/A
Billy Sims 28 247 0 8.8

 

Nebraska

Rushing Att Yards TD Long Y/A
Jarvis Redwine 158 0.0

 

Note: Opponent player stats only reflect bests against OU based on certain minimums and available research, plus a few select games that have all players listed.


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