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Kansas State Wildcats |
Nebraska Cornhuskers © |
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Played October 4, 1997 at Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Kansas State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | ||||||||
| Nebraska © | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | ||||||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Kansas State |
6 |
0 |
6 |
14 |
26 |
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Nebraska |
10 |
10 |
21 |
15 |
56 |
The 17th ranked, 3-0 Kansas State Wildcats of coach Bill Snyder traveled to Lincoln to meet the 3rd ranked, 3-0 Nebraska Cornhuskers of coach Tom Osborne. Nebraska’s All-Big XII RB Ahman Green rushed for 193 yards with 4 touchdowns & the Blackshirts defense held the Wildcats to 98 yards rushing as the Cornhuskers rolled to a 56-26 victory. Green finished the 10-play, 80-yard opening drive with a 25-yard touchdown run before Kansas State responded with a 1-yard touchdown run by RB Eric Hickson. The highlight of the Wildcats' drive was a 46-yard pass from QB Michael Bishop to WR Everett Burnett to the Nebraska 1-yard line. The Cornhuskers’ blocked the extra-point attempt by Kansas State's All-Big XII PK Martin Gramatica leaving the score 7-6. Cornhuskers' PK Kris Brown connected on a 31-yard field goal just before the end of the quarter giving Nebraska a 10-6 lead. Brown’s 32-yard field goal was set-up when Nebraska's S Eric Warfield intercepted Bishop & returned the ball to the Kansas State 16-yard line. Cornhuskers' WR Bobby Newcombe returned a punt to the Kansas State 43-yard line that set-up a 4-yard touchdown run by QB Scott Frost pushing the Nebraska lead to 20-6 as the teams headed to intermission. Green erupted in the 3rd quarter scoring on runs of 7, 59, & 50 yards as the Cornhuskers pushed the lead to 41-6 with 5:30 left in the 3rd quarter. Hickson got the Wildcats back on the board with his second touchdown, this one on a 13-yard touchdown run late in the quarter, but the Cornhuskers still led 41-12 as the teams entered the 4th quarter. Cornhuskers' Jay Sims scored for Nebraska on a 5-yard touchdown run & Kansas State got a 4-yard touchdown run by Bishop midway through the final period. Cornhuskers’ CB Joe Walker intercepted Bishop & returned it 71 yards for a touchdown making the score Nebraska 54 Kansas State 20. The Blackshirts recorded a safety when the Wildcats fumbled the ball out of their end zone before Bishop found WR Darnell McDonald with 0:49 left on a 21-yard touchdown pass to finish the scoring. Frost finished with 98 yards rushing & 94 yards passing for the Cornhuskers while the multi-talented Bishop was held to 14 yards rushing with 162 yards passing with a touchdown as well as 2 interceptions for Kansas State. Nebraska finished the season 13-0; Big XII Champions, ranked 2nd nationally while the Wildcats finished 11-1 & ranked 8th nationally. Kansas State has not played for The Belt again.
