FINAL SCORE
Nebraska Cornhuskers at Oklahoma Sooners game details
Saturday, December 2, 2006 at 8:00 PM ET
· Attendance 80,000
Put the final score in perspective.
Oklahoma finished 14 points ahead. The teams combined for 28 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Nebraska 7, Oklahoma 14. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Oklahoma outscored its opponent in 2 and Nebraska in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 17 | 13 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 3-15 | 4-15 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-3 | 0-1 |
| Total Yards | 366 | 307 |
| Passing | 295 | 271 |
| Comp/Att | 23/50 | 19/35 |
| Yards per pass | 5.6 | 7.6 |
| Rushing | 84 | 42 |
| Rushing Attempts | 21 | 28 |
| Yards per rush | 4.0 | 1.5 |
| Penalties | 5-24 | 3-25 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 3 | 1 |
| Possession | 17:15 | 19:14 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Nebraska Cornhuskers
passing
| Zac Taylor | 23/50 | 282 | 5.6 | 1 | 3 | 47.9 |
rushing
| Brandon Jackson | 13 | 70 | 5.4 | 0 | 31 |
| Zac Taylor | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 0 | 14 |
| Kenny Wilson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Todd Peterson | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | 48 |
| Marlon Lucky | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 31 |
| Maurice Purify | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | 23 |
| Terrence Nunn | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 13 |
| Brandon Jackson | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Kenny Wilson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 13 |
| Nate Swift | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| Hunter Teafatiller | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 14 |
| J.B. Phillips | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dan Erickson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
interceptions
puntReturns
| Cortney Grixby | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 4 | 0 |
| Nate Swift | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Jordan Congdon | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
punting
| Dan Titchener | 7 | 239 | 34.1 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Oklahoma Sooners
passing
| Paul Thompson | 19/34 | 265 | 7.8 | 2 | 1 | 73.4 |
| Hays McEachern | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
rushing
| Allen Patrick | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 1 | 11 |
| Paul Thompson | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 8 |
| Chris Brown | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 9 |
| Jacob Gutierrez | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Malcolm Kelly | 10 | 142 | 14.2 | 2 | 66 |
| Manuel Johnson | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | 15 |
| Jermaine Gresham | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 35 |
| Juaquin Iglesias | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Adron Tennell | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
interceptions
| D.J. Wolfe | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Nic Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Reggie Smith | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Garrett Hartley | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 |
punting
| Michael Cohen | 9 | 330 | 36.7 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 14:12 | Oklahoma rush for a touchdown. | 0 – 6 |
| 1 | 14:12 | Oklahoma Extra point GOOD. | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 5:35 | Oklahoma pass complete for a touchdown. | 0 – 13 |
| 1 | 5:35 | Oklahoma Extra point GOOD. | 0 – 14 |
| 2 | 4:37 | Nebraska pass complete for a touchdown. | 6 – 14 |
| 2 | 4:37 | Nebraska Extra point GOOD. | 7 – 14 |
| 3 | 1:25 | Oklahoma pass complete for a touchdown. | 7 – 20 |
| 3 | 1:25 | Oklahoma Extra point GOOD. | 7 – 21 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 3:44 AM UTCData methodology