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Nebraska Cornhuskers © |
Baylor Bears |
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Played October 11, 1997 at Casey Stadium Waco, Texas |
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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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PCT |
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PCT |
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| Nebraska © | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | ||||
| Baylor | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | ||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Nebraska |
14 |
28 |
7 |
0 |
49 |
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Baylor |
7 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
21 |
The 3rd ranked, 4-0 Nebraska Cornhuskers of coach Tom Osborne traveled to Waco to meet the 1-3 Baylor Bears of first-year coach Dave Roberts. Nebraska’s All-Big XII RB Ahman Green rushed for 158 yards with 4 touchdowns in the first half as the Cornhuskers dominated the Bears 49-21 to retain The Belt. Midway through the 1st quarter, Green scored his first touchdown on a 3-yard touchdown run. Following the kickoff, the Bears tied the game quickly with an 80-yard touchdown run by RB Jerod Douglas. Nebraska took advantage of the first turnover of the game late in the quarter. Baylor's QB Jeff Watson fumbled a snap that the Cornhuskers recovered at the Bears' 15-yard line. On the next play, Cornhuskers' RB Joel Makovicka scored on a 15-yard touchdown run giving Nebraska a 14-7 lead with 0:37 left in the 1st quarter. The 2nd quarter was all Green as he scored on runs of 58, 2, & 30 yards to put the Nebraska ahead 35-7. Cornhuskers' RB Jay Sims scored on a 2-yard touchdown run as Nebraska took a 42-7 lead to intermission. Cornhuskers’ QB Scott Frost scored on a 1-yard touchdown run for the only points of the 3rd quarter & Nebraska started substituting liberally. Baylor got a 1-yard touchdown run from RB Darrell Bush & LB Kenyada Parker recovered a Nebraska fumble in the end zone as time expired for the final points. Frost finished with 103 yards passing with 71 yards rushing with a touchdown. For Baylor, Douglas was held to just 4 yards rushing on his other 14 carries while Watson threw for just 66 yards with an interception in the loss. Nebraska finished the season 13-0; Big XII Champions, ranked 2nd nationally while the Bears finished 2-9. Baylor would play for The Belt again in 1998.
