Football '98:
vs Kansas University, October 17, 1998

(8) NEBRASKA 41, KANSAS 0 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska is back playing their style of football, and Correll Buckhalter said it's a lot more fun. Buckhalter ran for 133 yards on 18 carries and scored three touchdowns as No. 8 Nebraska returned to form on both sides of the ball in a 41-0 victory over Kansas on Saturday night. "I was really having fun out there," Buckhalter said. "That's why we did so good. Everybody was having fun. We just ran straight power football, Nebraska football, right at them." After a narrow 24-17 victory over Oklahoma State and last week's 28-21 loss at Texas A&M, Nebraska looked like its old self, finishing with 466 rushing yards and 545 yards overall. "Power football. That was the type of football I ran in high school, where you run right at people," Buckhalter said. "That's what coach (Frank) Solich stressed we were going to do." The Huskers (6-1, 2-1 Big 12) also looked more like themselves on defense. They forced two fumbles that resulted in scores and dominated Kansas (2-5, 0-5), which came in averaging 33 points per game. "They're (Jayhawks) the kind of team that can make big plays in a hurry," Nebraska defensive coordinator Charlie McBride said. "That's what we were most concerned about." The Huskers posted their first shutout since beating the Jayhawks 35-0 last year. Nebraska also extended its home winning streak to 46 games and beat Kansas for the 30th straight year. Buckhalter started in place of DeAngelo Evans, who was nursing a bruised tailbone. Buckhalter, who played the first three games when Evans had a knee injury, scored on runs of 32, 6 and 3 yards. "I thought Correll was excellent," Solich said. "He made really quick decisions. He was a slashing-type runner, and you need that in our type of offense. I compliment him on his style of running tonight." It was a turnaround for a Nebraska team that uncharacteristically ran for only 73 yards against Oklahoma State and 141 against Texas A&M. After just 18 minutes Saturday, the Huskers already had 155. "We played good perimeter defense but they killed us between the tackles," Kansas coach Terry Allen said. "They must have had 350 or 400 yards between the tackles. If you allow that, you cannot win." Defensive tackle Loran Kaiser forced a fumble that was recovered at the Kansas 25 by linebacker Jay Foreman. Two plays later, Buckhalter scored his second TD and Nebraska led 24-0 early in the third quarter. Later in the quarter, the Jayhawks were driving when David Winbush was thrown for an 11-yard loss. Clint Finley forced a fumble and Mike Brown emerged with the ball from a pile near midfield and ran inside the 5. Although the Huskers were penalized for a personal foul, it took only six plays before Buckhalter dived into the end zone for his final score and a 31-0 lead.

(8) NEBRASKA 41, Kansas 0

               1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH  FINAL
               --- --- --- ---  -----
Kansas          0   0   0   0     0
Nebraska       10   7  14  10    41

First Quarter
      Neb-Buckhalter 32 run (Brown kick), 10:45.
      Neb-FG Brown 27, 4:00.
Second Quarter
      Neb-Newcombe 1 run (Brown kick), :13.
Third Quarter
      Neb-Buckhalter 6 run (Brown kick), 10:51.
      Neb-Buckhalter 3 run (Brown kick), 3:58.
Fourth Quarter
      Neb-FG K.Brown 28, 13:09.
      Neb-Legate 6 run (Brown kick), 6:53.
	

                          Kan     Neb
                          ---     ---
First downs                11      28
Rushes-yards            31-99  79-466
Passing                   121      79
Return Yards                4      69
Comp-Att-Int           8-25-1   5-9-0
Punts                  7-37.1  2-42.5
Fumbles-Lost              2-2     4-2
Penalties-Yards          3-15    9-69
Time of Possession      20:13   39:47


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Kansas, Winbush 14-39, Bowles 3-21, Curry 6-19, Bruce
5-12, Norris 3-8. Nebraska, Buckhalter 18-133, Alexander 15-90,
Christo 7-62, Makovicka 11-61, Newcombe 12-26, Runty 1-26, Legate
3-23, White 5-23, Miller 5-16, Kingston 2-6.

PASSING-Kansas, Wegner 8-25-1-121. Nebraska, Newcombe 5-8-0-79,
Christo 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING-Kansas, Chandler 3-52, Bowles 1-26, Patterson 1-21,
Childs 1-9, Hill 1-8, Gulley 1-5. Nebraska, Davison 2-30,
Makovicka 1-25, Wistrom 1-21, Buckhalter 1-3.

A-76,174.