There were several records broken in Lubbock, Texas when the Texas Tech Red Raiders squared off with the Nebraska Cornhuskers, but most of the records were good for the Raiders and bad for the Huskers

Nebraska' positive came when linebacker Barrett Ruud broke the team's all-time record for career tackles by surpassing the school record of 342 set by Jerry Murtaugh.

Beyond that, it was all Texas Tech.

The Red Raiders handed Nebraska there worst defeat ever, 70-10, forty-nine of those points coming in the second half. Nebraska threw five interceptions and lost two fumbles.

"I'm very disappointed with our team's effort," said Husker head coach Bill Callahan.

"We are certainly capable of being a better ball club. It just came down to turnovers, and we had a lot of them in the second half."

The Huskers seemed to have some life early in the third period. They cut the margin to 23-10 after quarterback Joe Dailey connected with Mark LeFlore on a 74-yard strike, but Texas Tech dominated for the rest of the game, scoring three times in the third and four times in the fourth quarter.

Texas Tech quarterback Sonny Cumbie, completed 44-of-56 passes for 436 yards and five touchdowns. His passing yards ranks as the third-highest passing total in history against the Huskers. He also set the opponent regular-season record with five touchdown passes against NU and propelled the Red Raiders to an NU opponent season-high 451 yards of total offense.

Texas Tech jumped out to an early 14-0 lead before the Huskers could get untracked. After junior strong safety Daniel Bullocks intercepted a Cumby toss and returned it 38 yards to Texas Tech's 27-yard line. Splace-kicker David Dyches got the Huskers on the board with his career-long 46-yard field goal to trim the Red Raider lead to 14-3 with 4:53 left in the first half.

Texas Tech then struck quickly with a two-play, 85-yard drive that took just 50 seconds.. Cumbie connected with wide receiver Jarrett Hicks for an 80-yard touchdown strike to set up a 21-3 halftime margin.

Nebraska seemed to have some spark when the second half opened when LeFlore notched his touchdown catch, but that would be the last time Nebraska would threaten in the game. Meanwhile the Red Raiders went back on the attack to score touchdowns on their next six drives to put the game out of reach.

For the game, the Huskers produced 292 yards of total offense, including 199 passing yards and 93 yards rushing. Dailey completed 14-of-34 passes for 187 yards with one touchdown and one interception, before true freshman quarterback Beau Davis made the first appearance of his career late in the third quarter.