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After the kickoff, Houston started at their own 34 with 3:48 remaining, and Elston drove his team to the Nebraska six with nineteen seconds left. It was fourth and one as Elston snapped the ball, scrambling and throwing through two defenders' hands to Eric Herring in the end zone, to give Houston the
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opened the scoring with a nine-yard run late in the first quarter to complete an 85-yard drive. Houston responded midway through the second quarter with their own drive, 71 yards in six plays which ended with a touchdown run by quarterback
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lead with 8:25 remaining. But Nebraska recovered a Houston fumble at the 31 and scored six plays later on a six-yard touchdown pass from Jeff Quinn to tight end Jeff Finn to take the lead at
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The Cornhuskers went to bowls for the next eighteen years under Osborne before his retirement. However, they only returned to the Cotton Bowl
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lead with twelve seconds left. Nebraska could not work a miracle of their own as the Cougars gained their second Cotton Bowl win
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Houston - Eric Herring 6-yard pass from Terry Elston (Kenny Hatfield kick), 0:12 remaining
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The third quarter was scoreless. Kenny Hatfield kicked a field goal to give the Cougars a
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There was a Cotton Bowl Classic in January and December in 1966, 2015, 2017, 2023, 2025.
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Nebraska was the runner-up in the Big Eight Conference for the fifth time in head coach
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The 2015 (December), 2018, 2021, and 2025 (January) editions were
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Nebraska - Jeff Finn 6-yard pass from Jeff Quinn (Dean Sukup kick)
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The Cougars were co-champions of the Southwest Conference with
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to tie the game at seven each, the score at halftime.
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consecutive bowl game, seven of which were major bowls.
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but lost. They have not won a Cotton Bowl since 1980.
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Houston - Terry Elston 8-yard run (Kenny Hatfield kick)
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Nebraska Cornhuskers
Houston Cougars
Big 8
SWC
Tom Osborne
Bill Yeoman
AP
Coaches
AP
Coaches
1979
Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
Favorite
Referee
SEC
Network
CBS
Announcers
Lindsey Nelson
Frank Glieber
Paul Hornung
Cotton Bowl Classic
1979
1981
edition
college football
bowl game
Cotton Bowl

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