October 4, 1997

The Nebraska Cornhuskers dominated their second Top 20 ranked team in a row to serve notice on their big for a national championship run.

Ahman Green rambled for 193 yards and four touchdowns to help Nebraska roll to a 56-26 win over the Kansas State Wildcats.

The third-ranked Huskers improved to 4-0 and won their 23rd-straight league opener, while the 17th-ranked Wildcats fell to 3-1 overall and 0-1 in Big-12 action.

The win was the Huskers' 29th consecutive triumph over the Wildcats. "When somebody has beaten us a couple times in a row, I usually pay more attention to that team" said Husker coach Tom Osborne "(KSU coach) Bill Snyder is a very good coach and I'm sure they put a lot of thought into this game." The win also marked the Huskers' 23rd straight home conference win and 32nd Big-12 win in a row. (The Big 12 Championship is not considered a conference game.)

Green started the scoring by rumbling in from 25 yards away just over five minutes into the game. "The past few games have showed us that when we start rolling we are a very hard team to stop." said Green "It felt good to finally be able to run healthy behind my offensive line."

K-State answered right back with a one-yard scoring run by Eric Hickson to pull within one, but missed the potential tying extra point. It was the third straight year that K-State missed the extra point after pulling to with 7-6 of the Huskers

Two Kris Brown field goals and a four-yard scoring run by quarterback Scott Frost gave the Huskers a 20-6 lead at halftime. Brown's second field goal was set up by an Eric Warfield interception

KSU quarterback Michael Bishop knew halftime would be the turning point of the game. "We knew what we had to do to get back in to the game, but we had a couple of false starts." said Bishop. "Our confidence was down. They came out very strong. It was the first time we had been behind at halftime."

Green then hit paydirt three times in the first 9 1/2 minutes of the third quarter to quickly put the game out of reach. He scored from seven, 58 and 50 yards out to push the Nebraska lead to an insurmountable 41-6. "Once (Ahman) gets started he's very hard to catch." notes Osborne

Green carried 20 times before being taken out of the game and has scored seven rushing TD's this year and 27 for his career. He moved up to seventh on the NU career rushing chart with 2.537, passing Roger Craig, Rik Berns and Keith Jones on the list.

Walker picked his first career pass with 5:34 remaining and returned it 71 yards for a touchdown. On KSU's next drive the defense and penalties pushed the Wildcats to their own goal line where Bishop muffed a hand off and fumbled the ball. The Wildcats recovered in the end zone but gave up a safety in the process.

Frost carried 17 times for 98 yards and completed six-of-13 passes for 94 yards. He was intercepted once, ending his school-record string of 155 consecutive passes without being picked off.

Hickson scored twice for the Wildcats and has run for four scores this year.

Nebraska continues to be dominant on the ground rushing for 379 yards. "We think we can run the ball against most people and we don't think many people can run on us.." said Osborne. "So far this year that has been the case and we hope it stays that way. Somebody may crack us but so far they haven't."

KSU coach Bill Snyder echoes those sentiments. "They played like they are capable of playing. They played like a national championship team."

K-State's last win over Nebraska was in November of 1968, a 12-0 shutout in Lincoln. It was also the last time the Huskers were blanked at home.