Nebraska 9
Missouri 0

Oct. 31, 1964 • 2 p.m. Central
Memorial Stadium •Lincoln, NE
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Fourth Quarter
NU: Safety, Langston Coleman tackled
    Gary Lane in end zone, 12:34
NU: Kent McCloughan 37 pass from Bob
    Churchich (Duncan Drum kick) 6:32

                       MU        NU
First downs ........... 8        14
Rushing net ...... 36-100    58-152
Passing net .......... 57       118
  Comp-Att-Int ... 4-17-1    5-14-3
Total offense .... 53-157    72-270
Punts-Avg ........ 6-31.9    6-32.6
Yards penalized ...... 38        40


RUSHING
  MU: Denny 7-34, Lane 8-25, Reese 7-16, Saussele 5-11, C.Brown 7-11, Otto 1-4, Roland 1-minus-1.
  NU: McCloughan 15-45, Wilson 8-33, Solich 8-26, Hohn 10-18, Tucker 3-14, Smith 5-12, Kirkland 3-10, Churchich 6-minus-6.

PASSING
  MU: Lane 4-17-1 57.
  NU: Churchich 3-5-0 80; Tucker 2-7-2-38; White 0-2-1 0.

RECEIVING
  MU: Denny 1-22, Abell 1-14, Waller 1-11, C.Brown 1-10.
  NU: White 2-43, McCloughan 1-37, Jeter 1-30, Hohn 1-8.

MORE INDIVIDUAL STATS

Attendance: 48,878

Coverage

Recap

LATE SURGE PULLS HUSKERS PAST TIGERS

A record crowd of 48,878 jammed Memorial Stadium to see what many observers considered the unbeaten Cornhuskers’ first severe test since Minnesota. And the Missouri Tigers made it just that, battling the Huskers to a standstill for three quarters before yielding, 9-0.

Both teams had scoring opportunities; both teams staged rugged defensive stands to keep the stalemate in progress. Then, with 12:34 left in the fourth quarter, Tiger quarterback Gary Lane dropped back to pass from his own 14. Husker end Langston Coleman charged him hard, grabbed him and slung him in the end zone for a safety. At this point a 2-0 lead looked big – but also insecure.

Bob Churchich and Kent McCloughan teamed up to change the complexion in a hurry. With 6:32 left, Churchich eluded a hard rush by a Tiger end, escaped some would-be tacklers and fired a pass to McCloughan along the west sideline. McCloughan cut across the field, pulled free from one tackier and into the grasp of Tiger Johnny Roland. But at that point, Husker All-America tackle Larry Kramer peeled Roland off McCloughan with a shattering block and the NU speedster sprinted on to score a 37-yard clincher.

Recap source: 1965 NU media guide

1964 Nebraska-Missouri football interceptionVince Tobin ends a Husker threat by intercepting Freeman White’s second-quarter pass to Chuck Doepke at the Missouri 6. ·The Kansas City Star · Newspapers.com

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Pregame & team info
1964 schedule
05/09White 24, Red 15
09/19South DakotaW 54-0
09/26@ MinnesotaW 26-21
10/03@ Iowa St.W 14-7
10/10South CarolinaW 28-6
10/17Kansas St.W 47-0
10/24@ ColoradoW 21-3
10/31MissouriW 9-0
11/07@ KansasW 14-7
11/14Oklahoma St.W 27-14
11/21@ OklahomaL 7-17
01/01ArkansasL 7-10
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