| Millennium Bowl V | ||||||||||
| Independence Bowl | ||||||||||
| Shreveport, LA - 12/27 4:30PM | ||||||||||
| Nebraska (-4) vs Mississippi | ||||||||||
| Played on: | 12/30 3:00AM | Over/Under: | ||||||||
| Game Scoring | Coin Toss: | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | Matt called Heads (W) | ||||
| NEB | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | Flip: | ||||
| MISS | 10 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 35 | _________ called _______ W / L | ||||
| Game notes on back | ||||||||||
| NEB | MISS | NEB | MISS | |||||||
| 9:50 | TOP | 10:10 | 3/17 | Pens/Yds | 2/15 | |||||
| 1/6 | 3rdDowns | 4/8 | 7 | 1stDowns | 13 | |||||
| 0 | 4thDowns | 0 | 4 | Turnovers | 1 | |||||
| Players of the Game (PSX): | NU HB 30 | 0 | 2ptConv | 1/1 | ||||||
| Player of the Game (Matt & Mike): | ||||||||||
| Nebraska (Matt) | ||||||||||
| Rushing: | 217 | Passing: | 77 | Tot Offense: | 294 | |||||
| QB: | Player | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT | Rating | |||
| QB 10 | 4 | 12 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 70.6 | ||||
| Rushing: | Player | Att | Yards | TD | Fum | |||||
| HB 30 | 17 | 218 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| HB 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| QB 10 | 2 | -9 | 1 | |||||||
| Receiving: | Player | Rec | Yards | TD | Player | Rec | Yards | TD | ||
| HB 30 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||
| WR 89 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||
| FB 45 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| TE 99 | 1 | 7 | fumble | |||||||
| Mississippi (Mike) | ||||||||||
| Rushing: | 74 | Passing: | 258 | Tot Offense: | 332 | |||||
| QB: | Player | Comp | Att | Yards | TD | INT | Rating | |||
| QB 10 | 12 | 23 | 258 | 2 | 1 | 166.4 | ||||
| Rushing: | Player | Att | Yards | TD | Fum | |||||
| HB 35 | 14 | 72 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| FB 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| QB 10 | 6 | -4 | ||||||||
| Receiving: | Player | Rec | Yards | TD | Player | Rec | Yards | TD | ||
| HB 35 | 3 | 96 | WR 9 | 1 | 54 | 1 | ||||
| WR 8 | 3 | 24 | WR 84 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| TE 89 | 2 | 53 | 1 | |||||||
| WR 3 | 2 | 28 | ||||||||
| Defense/Special Teams | ||||||||||
| Nebraska (Matt) | ||||||||||
| LOLB 43 - 6 tackles, 2 for loss, 1 sack | ||||||||||
| CB #5 - punt return fumble (recovered by Nebraska) | ||||||||||
| Mississippi (Mike) | ||||||||||
| Game Notes: | ||||||||||
| Corso picked Nebraska | ||||||||||
| Matt fumbled a lateral on the first play - Mike returned it for a TD | ||||||||||
| Matt fumbed into the end zone while down 6 pts with 1:30 left. Mike recovered for a touchback. | ||||||||||