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Official recap
Perhaps stung by the suggestion that they hadn't been playing up to full potential, the Nebraska Cornhuskers unleashed a devastating attack against the Missouri Tigers and galloped to a 35-0 victory before 65,095 fans and a regional TV audience.

It was the Huskers' finest all-around performance of the season as they took command early and never let the Tigers gain a shot at contention.

The second time Nebraska got the ball, the Huskers drove for a touchdown, and the next time they gained possession they repeated — via a 16-yard run by Ben Gregory.

Following a 14-0 halftime lead, the Huskers blew the Tigers apart in the third quarter. It took just 13 plays on the ground for the Scarlets to take a 21-0 lead. Then Kaye Carstens intercepted a Tiger pass and returned the ball to the MU 8 to set up a 28-0 lead two plays later.

Nebraska reserves launched a 52-yard drive late in the third period and capped it with a Wayne Weber-to-Tom Smith TD pass with 11:34 left in the game.

The Huskers piled up a 336-107 offensive bulge on the Tigers, who gained only 59 yards on the ground and 48 via the air.

COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN
SERIES HISTORY
SEASON STATS | NU ROSTER

Nebraska 35
Missouri 0

Oct. 29, 1966
Lincoln, NE
Missouri ................ 0      0      0     0 —  0
Nebraska ................ 0     14     14     7 — 35

Second Quarter
NU — Pete Tatman 1 run (Larry Wachholtz kick) 14:30
NU — Ben Gregory 16 run (Wachholtz kick) 9:47
Third Quarter
NU — Bob Churchich 1 run (Wachholtz kick) 5:08
NU — Ben Gregory 8 run (Wachholtz kick) 2:37
Fourth Quarter
NU — Tom Smith 5 pass from Wayne Weber
    (Wachholtz kick) 11:34

                           NU      MU
First downs ............   19      10
 Rushing ...............   14       5
 Passing ...............    4       2
 Penalty ...............    1       3
Rushing net ............  271      59
 Attempts ..............   68      37
 Yards gained ..........  291     113
 Yards lost ............   20      54
Passing net ............   65      48
 Att-comp-int ........ 12-5-0  3-19-2
Total offense ..........  336     107
Punts-average ...........5-36    7-38
Fumbles ....................2       3
RUSHING
NU: Tatman 17-78; Gregory 14-54; Wilson 10-53; Winters 5-24; Davis 6-23; Ziegler 4-18; Weber 3-10; Critchlow 2-5; Brunk 1-3; Churchich 6-3.
MU: Brown 7-24; Powell 7-19; Lischner 3-12; Thorpe 7-6; Denny 1-5; Sharp 6-2; Kombrink 6-minus-9.
 
PASSING
NU: Churchich 3/8, 52 yds; Weber 2/3, 13 yds; Sigler 0/1, 0 yds.
MU: Sharp 3/16, 48 yds; Kombrink 0/3, 0 yds.
 
RECEIVING
NU: Wilson 1-44; Kimmel 1-8; Smith 1-5; Penney 1-5; Gregory 1-3.
MU: Weber 2-23; Denny 1-25.
 
KICKOFF RETURNS
NU: Gregory 1-18.
MU: Brown 4-65; Thorpe 1-19; Denny 1-15.
 
PUNT RETURNS
NU: Wachholtz 1-9; Poggemeyer 2-4.
MU: Whittaker 2-19.
 
INT. RETURNS
NU: Wachholtz 1-11; Carstens 1-40.
MU: None

 

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