Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

Statistics:
Rushing: 28 attempts, 106 yards, 1 TD
Receiving: 2 receptions, 8 yards

Nebraska's Tony Davis was a hard-hitting, fiery competitor. Born to be a Cornhusker, Davis grew up in the shadows of Memorial Stadium in a little town where he earned the nickname “Tecumseh Tornado.” Everything Davis did, he did at breakneck speed. He preferred to run over tacklers rather than go around them, and made defenders pay for getting in his way. In the 1974 Cotton Bowl Classic, the sophomore halfback made Texas pay dearly. He pounded the Longhorn defense all day long, rushing for 106 yards on 28 carries, and scored once on a three-yard run. Davis and his Husker teammates seized momentum in the third quarter and broke open a 3-3 stalemate with back-to-back touchdowns to help Coach Tom Osborne earn his first bowl victory at Nebraska.