Attendance: 68,500 Partly Cloudy (30 Degrees) Nebraska 0 3 13 3 19 Texas 3 0 0 0 3 First Quarter 9:30 UT - Billy Schott 22-yd field goal; Drive: 8 plays, 29 yards Second Quarter 9:05 NU - Rich Sanger 24-yd field goal; Drive: 4 plays, 1 yard Third Quarter 3:05 NU - Ritch Bahe 12-yd run (Sanger kick); Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards 1:23 NU - Tony Davis 3-yd run (Sanger kick blocked); Drive: 3 plays, 19 yards Fourth Quarter 8:02 NU - Sanger 43-yd field goal; Drive: 13 plays, 63 yards Team Statistics Nebraska UT First Downs 21 11 Att-Net Yards Rush 58-240 37-106 Pass Comp-Att-Int 7-17-2 7-17-2 Net Yards Passing 91 90 Total Plays-Yards 75-331 54-196 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 6-3 Punts-Avg 3-40.0 4-39.8 Penalties-Yards 4-51 2-30   Individual Statistics Texas Rushing (Att./Yds/TD): Roosevelt Leaks (13-48-0); Marty Akins (15-44-0); Lonnie Bennett (2-12-0); Joseph Aboussie (3-8-0); Raymond Clayborn (2-5-0); Mike Presley (2-minus 11-0). Passing (Comp./Att./Int./Yds/TD): Mike Presley (7-13-1-90-0); Marty Akins (0-4-1-0-0). Receiving (No./Yds/TD): Parker Alford (3-32-0); Jim Moore (1-20-0); Pat Kelly (1-20-0); Clayborn (2-18-0). Punting (No./Yds/Avg.): Mike Dean (4-159-39.8). Nebraska Rushing (Att./Yds/TD): Tony Davis (28-106-1); Dave Humm (6-29-0); Ralph Powell (6-27-0); Ritch Bahe (7-26-1); Maury Damkroger (5-19-0); Steve Runty (1-16-0); John O'Leary (1-7-0); Jeff Moran (1-2-0); Earl Everett (2-3-0); Don Westbrook (1-5-0). Passing (Comp./Att./Int./Yds/TD): Dave Humm (5-13-2-75-0); Steve Runty (2-4-0-16-0). Receiving (No./Yds/TD): Ritch Bahe (2-35-0); Frosty Anderson (1-20-0); Maury Damkroger (1-16-0); Brent Longwell (1-12-0); Tony Davis (2-8-0). Punting (No./Yds/Avg.): Rich Sanger (3-120-40.0).

DALLAS -- Eighth-ranked Texas was making its sixth consecutive trip to the Cotton Bowl, and its opponent in the 1974 Classic was Nebraska.

Longhorns fans were thrilled with the visit to Dallas after UT started the year unranked, losing two of its first four games out of the gate. But after the slow start, the Horns rolled off six straight wins, scoring at least 42 points in five of the victories thanks to a devastating ground attack that featured consensus All-America Roosevelt Leaks.

Unfortunately, Leaks was not a factor against the 12th-ranked Huskers, who rewarded their coach, Tom Osborne, with his first bowl victory.

Texas scored on its first possession when Billy Schott hit a 22-yard field goal following a Nebraska fumble. After another Cornhusker turnover, Texas was ready to cash in again as it had the ball at the Nebraska 32. Leaks gained three yards on first down, but on the next play, he was hit hard and the ball shot up in the air into the hands of Nebraska’s Steve Manstedt. Manstedt grabbed the pigskin and dashed 65 yards to the Texas six before being dragged down. The end result was a Rich Sanger 24-yard field goal that knotted the score at three.

Seconds before the half, Nebraska was denied a golden opportunity. The Huskers marched 79 yards to the Texas goal line with 90 seconds left until the intermission, but the Texas defense dug in and denied admission to the end zone. Four plays, zero yards. At the half the score was 3-3 and it appeared UT’s goal-line stand could give the team the motivation it needed to grind out the win.

Instead, the second half was a much different game. Backup quarterback Steve Runty led the Huskers to a pair of third-quarter scores, while the Texas offense continued to sputter.

Following a missed Texas field goal attempt, the Huskers drove 59 yards in eight plays and went on top 10-3 thanks to Ritch Bahe’s 12-yard burst.

Ninety seconds later, after another Texas fumble, Tony Davis extended the lead to 17-3 when he capped a three-play, 19-yard drive with a three-yard touchdown plunge.

Texas fumbled the ball six times on the afternoon and was intercepted twice.