Missouri 16
Nebraska 14

Oct. 19, 1968 • 2 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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Missouri6100016
Nebraska707014

1968 Nebraska-Missouri football photo Joe OrdunaNebraska’s Joe Orduna hurdles a Tiger during the third quarter. · Omaha World-Herald · Newspapers.com

First Quarter
NU: Joe Orduna 3 run (Paul Rogers kick) 12:57 
MU: Jim Harrison 4 run (kick failed) 0:12 
Second Quarter
MU: Harrison 3 run (Mike Sangster kick) 10:40
MU: Henry Brown 35 field goal, 8:15
Third Quarter
NU: Dick Davis 2 run (Rogers kick) 8:16

                        MU       NU
First Downs ............ 9       17
Rushing Net ....... 59-155    59-96
Passing Net ........... 53      159
  Comp-Att-Int .... 6-13-0   8-15-1
Total Offense ..... 72-208   74-255
Fumbles lost ........... 0        6
Punts-average ...... 12-33     8-35
Yards penalized ........ 5        0

Attendance: 66,818

RUSHING
  MU: McBride 20-68, Cook 14-36, Harrison 10-27, Staggers 4-15, McMillan 8-9, J.Moore 1-2, Phelps 2-minus-2. 
  NU: Orduna 23-88, Davis 19-52, Green 1-4, Frost 2-0, Ziegler 1-minus-4, Sigler 11-minus-12, Patrick 2-minus-16.

PASSING
  MU: McMillan 6-13-0 53.
  NU: Sigler 6-10-1 99; Orduna 1-1-0 45; Patrick 1-4-0 15.

RECEIVING
  MU: Shyrock 1-27, Cook 2-14, Gray 1-13, Cook 2-minus-1. 
  NU: Penney 4-113, McFarland 4-46.

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Attendance: 66,818

Coverage

Recap

Minus-seven turnover margin dooms Huskers

Nebraska’s hopes for getting back in the Big Eight title race were doused by the Cornhuskers’ own errors as they fell, 16-14, to the Missouri Tigers.

As more than 66,000 fans were jamming Memorial Stadium, Nebraska jumped to a 7-0 lead with only 2:03 gone in the first quarter The big play was a 45-yard pass from Ernie Sigler to Tom Penney which carried to the Tiger 17 on the first play of the game.

But misfortune befell the Cornhuskers the rest of the day as they lost four fumbles, had two Tiger punts bounce into them for turnovers and had one pass intercepted.

Late in the first quarter, the Husker defense forced a punt, but the ball bounced crazily into a blocking Husker and Missouri recovered at midfield. The Tigers drove to score but missed the kick and NU still had a 7-6 lead.

Missouri drove 62 yards to score in the second quarter to take a 13-7 lead, and three plays later the Tigers recovered a Husker fumble at the NU 18 to set up a field goal that supplied a 16-7 halftime lead.

Nebraska fired back in the third quarter to drive 49 yards in 13 plays, with Dick Davis getting the TD from the two with 8:16 left in the period.

The Huskers kept pressing the Tigers the rest of the way but couldn’t score as they fumbled at the Tiger 16 and had a pass intercepted at the MU 36.

Recap source: 1969 NU media guide

1968 Nebraska-Missouri football photo Randy ReevesDr. Frank Stone attends to Husker defensive back Randy Reeves on the sideline. · Omaha World-Herald · Newspapers.com

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Pregame & team info
1968 schedule
05/11White 26, Red 24
09/14WyomingW 13-10
09/21UtahW 31-0
09/28@ MinnesotaW 17-14
10/12KansasL 13-23
10/19MissouriL 14-16
10/26@ Oklahoma St.W 21-20
11/02@ Iowa St.W 24-13
11/09Kansas St.L 0-12
11/16@ ColoradoW 22-6
11/23@ OklahomaL 0-47
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